ADULT POTTERY & CERAMIC CLASSES

WINTER 2025 ADULT CLASS SESSION

Monday, January 20, 2025 - Thursday, March 6, 2025 | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

Member registration: Tuesday, December 3rd | 12PM via email link
Public registration: Tuesday, December 10th | 12PM via website

WINTER 2025 INDEPENDENT STUDY

The Independent Study program is intended for intermediate/advanced ceramic artists with considerable clay experience who do not need instruction. Each individual will receive a half-shelf and a first come, first serve sign-up calendar for studio time shared with the adult session students. Independent Study is for self-paced artists who wish to practice and produce work with little to no guidance in the studio. Independent Study has a specific start and end date for a fixed rate regardless of when you can start or if you need to end early. Should you wish to take up a full shelf rather than a half shelf, you may purchase a quantity of two half shelves at checkout.

Dates: Monday, January 20, 2025 - Thursday, March 6, 2025 | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

Requirements: Must have taken at least 1 intermediate/advanced level class at CCC or at least 2 beginning classes at CCC

Price: $300/half shelf | Firing fees included | Clay not included

*If you have not taken an intermediate/advanced level class at CCC and are confident working independently or have outside experience, please contact programs@carbondaleclay.org. Please note that if you register for independent study and we find that you are unqualified upon review, your registration will be cancelled and a refund will be issued less a 10% cancellation fee.

Member registration: Tuesday, December 3rd | 12PM via email link
Public registration: Tuesday, December 10th | 12PM via website

(INDEPENDENT STUDY HAS FILLED DURING MEMBER REGISTRATION)

FORM OVER FUNCTION: SCULPTURAL PLAY

Mondays, 6-8:30PM, January 20th - March 3rd | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

Rules are made to be broken! This class is for intermediate/advanced students who want to challenge the way they work with clay and dive into the unknown with curiosity and fun. We will push the rules of ceramics, giving students the skills to experiment and play to discover new ways of making.

HANDBUILDING: FOUNDATIONS OF FUNCTIONAL FORMS…AGAIN!

Tuesdays, 9:30-12PM, January 21st - March 4th | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

In this beginning handbuilding class, students will learn the basics of making functional pottery using solely hands and basic clay tools. Think you need a potter's wheel to make cups and bowls? Think again! Explore techniques such as pinching, rolling coils, slab building, and using molds to build utilitarian pieces and wares to fill your kitchen, table, and beyond!

FROM EARTH TO VESSEL

Tuesdays, 6-8:30PM, January 21st - March 4th | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

This beginning wheel throwing class will focus on building the foundational skills required to make basic pottery, beginning with simple bowls and moving through other tableware such as cups, small pitchers and plates. Emphasis will be placed on forms that are simple enough to grasp but still pleasing to hold and look at. Basic guidance in trimming and glazing will also be covered.

LEARNING HOW TO CLAY

Wednesdays, 6-8:30PM, January 22nd - March 5th | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

Surely we have all spent a moment in our lives wondering about clay and its many possibilities. This class is your opportunity to meet this wonderful material (maybe for the very first time) and explore the ways it can take shape! Try the potter's wheel, roll coils, build slabs and pinch. Put it all together and..VOILA...a functional object! Walk in with an open mind and you may end up leaving (and coming back) with a whole new view of the world through the ceramic lens.

POTS WITH PARTS

Thursdays, 6-8:30PM, January 23rd - March 6th | Glaze Week: March 7 - 15, 2025

Feeling good on the wheel? Let's step it up together. Teapots, Lidded Jars, Handled Baskets... Pots with multiple parts require timing and skills that challenge the potter. We'll workshop lids that fit, pots that pour and gaining height thru stacking wet parts. Potters will be asked to arrive with an idea that challenges their skills. Steven will offer demonstrations, group discussion and individual consultation designed to deepen our pottery practice.

ENROLLMENT POLICY

Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis. A student will only be registered for a class upon receipt of tuition payment in full. We cannot guarantee placement into a class until payment is received. Materials and firing fees are included in the tuition.

CANCELLATION POLICY

To cancel a registration and receive a refund, you must notify the CCC at least 7 days before the start date of your class. We will refund your payment minus a 10% cancellation fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations made less than 7 days before the start date of the class. In the event that the Clay Center is forced to cancel a class, a full refund will be issued.

WORK TRADE OPPORTUNITIES

The Carbondale Clay Center exists to promote excellence in the ceramic arts and to build community through clay related activities. If you would like to be a part of this community but do not have the means, work trade opportunities are available. Work Trade consists of 15 hours of studio help in exchange for half of tuition. If you need financial assistance and would like to be considered for work trade, please complete the application form below.