Clay School Ithaca CourseBook 19-20
The Clay School Ithaca, Course Schedule 2019-2020 The Clay School provides a vibrant and creative place for community members to work with clay alongside fellow makers, including local professional and emerging potters. Our studio builds community among students of all ages and enriches peoples' lives through the shared experience of making art. When the Cornell Ceramics Studio closed in 2011, a void opened in Ithaca for a place to teach clay to students of all ages. In 2015, after searching for an adequate location, Julia Dean, a former instructor at the Cornell Studio, moved her own ceramic production studio to our current location at the South Hill Business Campus. The space was accessible and welcoming, and The Clay School was born. Enlisting a cadre of well established potters in the area with decades of combined teaching experience, the Clay School offers classes that introduce a variety of techniques and approaches to working with clay. Students may choose to concentrate on wheel throwing, hand-building methods, surface decoration, and functional work. Various choices of monthly space rental is available to established members in the 2500 square foot studio. Week-long, weekend, and one-day workshops are offered throughout the year for locals and out of town students as well.
The Clay School Ithaca, Course Schedule 2019-2020
The Clay School provides a vibrant and creative place for community members to work with clay alongside fellow makers, including local professional and emerging potters. Our studio builds community among students of all ages and enriches peoples' lives through the shared experience of making art.
When the Cornell Ceramics Studio closed in 2011, a void opened in Ithaca for a place to teach clay to students of all ages. In 2015, after searching for an adequate location, Julia Dean, a former instructor at the Cornell Studio, moved her own ceramic production studio to our current location at the South Hill Business Campus. The space was accessible and welcoming, and The Clay School was born.
Enlisting a cadre of well established potters in the area with decades of combined teaching experience, the Clay School offers classes that introduce a variety of techniques and approaches to working with clay. Students may choose to concentrate on wheel throwing, hand-building methods, surface decoration, and functional work. Various choices of monthly space rental is available to established members in the 2500 square foot studio. Week-long, weekend, and one-day workshops are offered throughout the year for locals and out of town students as well.
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A Raku Firing<br />
TRY-IT WORKSHOPS<br />
Date night, girls' night or just not ready to commit to a series of<br />
classes?<br />
This two-hour session will give you a taste of working on the potter's<br />
wheel with no strings attached. This workshop is designed for those<br />
interested in a one night experience. LOVE the expirence? Apply the<br />
cost of the workshop to a future 7-week term!<br />
BEGINNERS<br />
Drop-in classes are<br />
open to the public<br />
FRIDAYS<br />
6:30 - 8:30 PM<br />
Workshop Dates<br />
$45 per person and $15 to buy your new piece!<br />
September 13 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong> January 10 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
April 24 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
September 27 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
October 11 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
October 25 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
November 8 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
November 22 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
December 13 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
December 27 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
January 24 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
February 14 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
February 15 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
February 28 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
March 13 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
March 27 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
April 10 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
May 22 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
June 12 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
June 26 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
July 10 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
July 24 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
August 14 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
August 28 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS INTERMEDIATE<br />
MONDAYS<br />
BETSY<br />
with<br />
Check our website for more information on Visiting Artist Workshops.<br />
October 17-18th<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
March 21-22st<br />
<strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
SPRING <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
TBD<br />
ADULT CLASSES 13+<br />
Basics of Handbuilding<br />
7 Week sessions; $345<br />
Students will learn several methods of handbuilding with clay including, but not limited<br />
to: pinch, coil & slab. There will be an introduction to texture, color and interest to the<br />
surface design of forms. Although projects and demos will focus mainly on functional<br />
ware, students are free (and encouraged) to use the techniques acquired as a spring<br />
board for their own ideas.<br />
Fall Session 1<br />
Each Monday<br />
Sept. 9 - Oct. 21 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm<br />
Audry Deal-McEver- Hands on workshop featuring a focus on surface<br />
decoration.<br />
Andy Palmer- Welcoming former Cornell Pottery Studio Manager back to<br />
<strong>Ithaca</strong> for a workshop on wheel thrown and altered pots.<br />
Raku- Pieces are taken from the kiln while they are still glowing red hot, then<br />
starved of oxygen, which gives the resulting glaze a wonderful variety of colors.<br />
Fall Session 2<br />
Each Monday<br />
Oct. 28 - Dec. 9 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm<br />
Winter Session 1<br />
Each Monday<br />
Jan. 6 - Feb. 17 <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm<br />
BEGINNERS<br />
Winter Session 2<br />
Each Monday<br />
Feb. 24 - Apr. 6 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm<br />
Spring Session<br />
Each Monday<br />
Apr. 13 - May. 25 <strong>20</strong><strong>19</strong><br />
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
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