Studio School Adult Classes

MON / APR 14 – MAY 19 / 6 – 9 PM
WED / APR 16 – MAY 21 / 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM
THU / APR 17 – MAY 22 / 6 – 9 PM
$175 / $160 Museum Members per session

This session is perfect for students with previous ceramic experience who are looking to work on self-directed
projects. With guidance and support from the instructor as needed, you’ll have the freedom to explore your own creative ideas. Bring your personal tools, apron, and a 2–2.5 quart reclaim bucket with lid. Clay is available for purchase at the Center: $50 for cone 6 clay or $60 for porcelain, which includes 25 lbs of clay, studio equipment, glazes, and firing fees. Enjoy a relaxed, supportive environment to enhance your skills!

Instructor Pam Hart / Beth Nova / Becca Watz / Mike Zureich / Intermediate & Advanced

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SESSION 1: MON / JAN 13 - FEB 17, 2025 / 6 - 9 PM
SESSION 2: MON / FEB 24 - APR 7, 2025 / 6 - 9 PM
$175 / $160 Museum Members, per session

Are you new to the world of pottery? Are you a potter in love with hand building? Join Pam Hart and explore the three major hand building methods: pinch pot, coil, and slab using a project-based approach. Handbuilding helps students to understand the properties of clay and learn skills all potters need. Every session introduces NEW projects that will allow students to explore making both functional and artistic work. Experienced potters can build on their own work with instructor support. All students are expected to purchase clay from the Center Ticket Office for $40.

Location / Carriage House Hall
Instructor Pam Hart / Beginners & Intermediate

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SESSION 1: THU / JAN 16 - FEB 20, 2025 / 6 - 9 PM
SESSION 2: THU / FEB 27 - APR 10, 2025 / 6 - 9 PM
$175 / $160 Museum Members

This semester we will focus on how to improve your wheel skills by throwing matching sets of two! Just for fun, each session will begin with a mini challenge! So far, we have learned how to throw cylinders, mugs, bowls, plates, and vases. Now, let’s set our pointer’s and begin to make equally sized pieces finishing them out with glaze and surface design. Individual goals, sketchbook, and glaze journals will be discussed. Demonstrations and one-on-one assistance will be offered throughout the course. All projects and “just for fun” class challenges are optional. All students are expected to purchase clay through the Center Ticket Office for $40.

Location / Carriage House Hall
Instructor Becca Waltz / Intermediate & Advanced

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SESSION 1: THU / JAN 16 - FEB 20, 2025 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
SESSION 2: THU / FEB 27 - APR 10, 2025 / 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
$175 / $160 Museum Members

Now that you have learned the basic forms and techniques, let’s have fun with them! In this class we are going DEEP—by exploring advanced forms, surface techniques, and a bit of sculpture. In addition, we will stretch our minds to think more broadly in the realm of aesthetics and how to create a cohesive body of work around a single theme. Come join us for an adventure as we dive deeper into the vast world of ceramic possibilities. All students are expected to purchase clay through the Center Ticket Office for $40.

Location / Carriage House Hall
Instructor Beth Nova / Advanced

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FRI / FEB 14, 2025 / 6 - 9 PM (One-Time Workshop)
$75 / $60 Museum Members, per session

Looking for something fun and unique to do with your Valentine this year? Come reenact Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore in our pottery studio! We are opening up our studio for this special date night event to anyone interested—no previous clay experience needed. You and your significant other will get a crash course in throwing pottery, as well as some excellent photo ops, while you enjoy chocolate covered strawberries and a glass of champagne.

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Celebrate Mother’s Day with a creative twist! Join us for a charming tea party with tasty pastries and tea sandwiches while crafting a unique gift for your mother, with your mother, or for yourself. Using acrylic paint, gold leaf, and a touch of glitter, you’ll design one-of-a-kind, old-fashioned Mother’s Day cards on 5”x7” panels. Whether you’re making a special card for your mom or creating something to cherish for yourself, this workshop offers a relaxing, artistic experience to enjoy together. Perfect for a thoughtful, handmade gift!

Instructor Jill Tatroe / All Skill Levels

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If you love fresh flowers and the translucency and beautiful effects of watercolor, you will enjoy this workshop. Yupo paper is synthetic slick surfaced watercolor paper where colors and layering can be achieved with patience and a blow dryer. Please bring a blow dryer, any watercolors and brushes you may have, an open mind, and a desire to paint! $7 materials fee due to the instructor on day of class. 

Nancy Philo, BFA, M Ed, has been painting professionally for 45 years and her work appears in many local, national, and international collections. She is excited to teach her unique techniques with our Studio School.

Instructor Nancy Philo / All Skill Levels

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Enjoy painting the Spring landscape as you explore key concepts and techniques for capturing nature en plein air. This workshop will focus on value, composition, and the advantages of using a limited color palette to create stunning outdoor scenes. You’ll gain valuable skills while working in one of our local gardens or parks, providing the perfect backdrop for your artistic inspiration. This hands-on experience will help you refine your landscape painting techniques in a beautiful, natural setting. Please bring your own supplies, sunscreen and hat. Instructor will reach out with class location.

Instructor Jill Tatroe / Beginners & Intermediate

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Over the course of three weeks, we’ll explore local parks and gardens, capturing the beauty of paths, bridges, trees, foliage, and architecture bathed in Golden Light. This workshop welcomes all media, including watercolor, acrylics, oils, and more. Please bring your own easel, supplies, sunscreen, and a hat. Instructor will reach out via email with class locations. 

Nancy Philo, BFA, M Ed, is a professional artist with 45 years of experience. Her work is featured in numerous
local, national, and international collections. Nancy is excited to share her unique techniques with students at our Studio School.

Instructor Nancy Philo / Beginners & Intermediate

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Take your drawing and painting skills and apply them to portraiture. Classes will focus on proportion, scale, and perspective as they relate to the human face. We will work on color mixing, using a limited color palette to achieve different skin tones, and study images from Art History. For the most part painting will be from photo references with a focus on how best to take photos for that purpose.

Instructor Jill Tatroe / Intermediate & Advanced

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Bring in a jacket or bag that needs some new life and learn a variety of upcycling techniques from multimedia artist Allise Noble. Techniques that utilize sewing will use two basic hand stitches, so no sewing experience is needed. There will also be plenty of no-sew options. Materials to paint, fabric collage, create pattern and texture, and embellishment will be provided for additional $5 materials fee to be collected by instructor, but you are welcome to bring your own items from home as well.

Instructor Allise Noble / Beginners & Intermediate

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Watercolor is an elusive, portable, and beautiful medium! Learn and practice all the watercolor techniques with Nancy Philo, a professional award-winning artist with fifty years of classical and experimental watercolor expertise. Still-life, florals, and landscape will be part of this class. This class features an inclusive and welcoming approach with individualized instruction and positive class critiques. Come join us and begin or find your next level with watercolor.

Instructor Nancy Philo / All Skill Levels

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Create beautiful illustrations in ink, exploring both realism as well as more whimsical, stylized applications. Learn basic drawing skills with both pen and pencil, and then add a burst of color using watercolor markers. This technique is relaxing and experimental and works with a variety of drawing styles.

Instructor Allise Noble / All Skill Levels

Unlock your creativity in this 3-hour fused glass workshop, perfect for beginners or those exploring a new medium. Learn various techniques while creating beautiful glass pieces. You’ll leave with your own suncatcher, ready for pickup in 1-2 weeks. Please dress for the weather (no sandals, as there is no heating or air conditioning in the instructor’s home studio). A $30 materials fee, payable to the instructor, covers all materials, tools, and kiln firings. Instructor will reach out via email with class location.

Instructor Emmy Heger / Beginners Only

This 6-week, hand-fabricated jewelry class offers a wonderful opportunity to explore the versatility & endless
possibilities of manipulating precious metals & gemstones into objects of adornment. Students will learn fundamental jewelry manufacturing techniques, emphasis on soldering, while working in gold and silver, as well as essential gemological information about gemstones and how they should be cared for during the manufacturing process. Students must purchase all raw materials.

Instructor Roger Schmidt / All Skill Levels

This hand-fabricated jewelry class offers a wonderful opportunity to explore the versatility and endless possibilities of manipulating precious metals and gemstones into objects of adornment. Students will learn fundamental jewelry manufacturing techniques while working in gold and silver, as well as essential geological information about gemstones and how they should be cared for during the manufacturing process. Students must purchase all raw materials.

Location / Carriage House Hall
Instructor Roger Schmidt / All Skill Levels

Take your designs on paper through the process of lost wax casting to create finished jewelry. Beginning students will execute a guided project; intermediate and advanced students will work on their own designs. Wax working, casting, and finishing techniques will be demonstrated. At the start of the class, a group order will be placed for metal and supplies.

Location / Carriage House Hall (directions to be emailed closer to class start date)
Instructor Sharon Berkan-Dent / All Skill Levels

Join us for a 4-hour photography workshop, exploring two beautiful garden and trail settings. Led by an expert
instructor, you’ll learn how to adjust camera settings and apply compositional techniques to capture the perfect light and scenery. At the end, the instructor will provide personalized feedback on your images. Be sure to bring your camera, spare batteries, memory cards, and a tripod (if available) to fully enjoy the experience.

Instructor Stephen Grewe / All Skill Levels