Potter’s Wheel Wednesday Workshop | Ages 8–16
Learn to throw pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for beginners and return students.
Printmaking + Clay with Paul Andrew Wandless
An introduction to printing on clay using screen and relief printing techniques. Renowned printmaker and ceramicist Paul Andrew Wandless will teach you how to put images into screens without the use of a darkroom and how to carve designs into relief blocks. Then, learn how to print multi-color images using these screens and reliefs.
Sgraffito Clay Plates Workshop
Learn the art of sgraffito, which involves scratching designs into underglazed clay to show the contrast between color and the clay body, to create one-of-a-kind designs on a ceramic plate for a usable piece of art or a lovely wall decoration.
Ceramic Vases Workshop
Create an elegant ceramic vase through clay handbuilding techniques.
Sculptural Ceramics: Ages 8–16
An introduction to various handbuilding techniques and ways form sculptural art from clay.
Ceramic Tiles Workshop
Spend an afternoon crafting a unique hexagonal ceramic tile mural. Learn how to shape the clay and utilize underglazes to decorate your tiles with unique patterns.
Intermediate Potter’s Wheel and Handbuilding
This class will help you take your ideas to the next level—whether it's learning to throw clay at a larger scale or with better consistency. This class is intended for students who have taken multiple beginner classes. Handbuilders are welcome too!
Intermediate Potter’s Wheel
Expand your skills and take them to the next level—throw larger vessels with more consistency, or perfect your regular forms. Raku kilns will be fired. This is a great class for those who have previously taken a potter’s wheel class and desire more experience.
Ceramic Handbuilding
Learn the basics of molding and shaping clay with your hands. Experiment with texture, colored slips, and a variety of tools to make functional and non-functional pieces out of slabs and coils.
Try It Thursdays! Small Coil Bowls
Come on in for a one night only make-it-and-take-it art experience. Make lovely little bowls using clay coiling techniques.
Try It Thursdays! Ceramic Sun Faces
Come on in for a one night only make-it-and-take-it art experience! Grace your garden or home with a ceramic sun plaque.
Ceramics Studio Time
Return ceramics students can call 262.636.9177 to sign up for studio time, based on museum schedule and availability. No facilitator or instructor will be on-site.
Evening Open Studio
This class is designed for the advanced student with experience. A studio facilitator will be on-hand for questions, advice, and to keep the clay studio up and running!
Evening Open Studio
This class is designed for the advanced student with experience. A studio facilitator will be on-hand for questions, advice, and to keep the clay studio up and running!
Floral Design: Ceramic Vase and Flower Arrangement
Form a slab-style ceramic vase to house beautiful farm-fresh flowers! This class has two options, which can each be taken as a standalone workshop.
Potter’s Wheel and Sculptural Ceramics: Ages 10–16
Create a variety of functional and non-functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel and handbuilding techniques.
Potter’s Wheel: Ages 8–16
An introduction to wheel throwing and the principles of form, mass and texture. Learn through demonstrations and gentle guidance.
Sculpting with Clay | Ages 8–16
Create sculptural art pieces using handbuilding techniques. Learn to make surface textures, build functional and non functional vessels and construct dimensional ceramic art works.
Potter’s Wheel: Ages 8–16
An introduction to wheel throwing and the principles of form, mass and texture. Learn through demonstrations and gentle guidance.
Ceramic Studio: Ages 8–16
Learn a multitude of clay handbuilding techniques while creating sculptural art! Clay pieces will be underglazed and fired, but not clear coated with a shiny glaze. Learn about ways to add to your creation at home after firing.
