Classes
Ceramics Classes: Montpelier Art Center
Currently, Due to Covid-19, classes are only virtual through MAC. Please see their website for details.
https://web1.vermontsystems.com/wbwsc/mdpgparkswt.wsc/search.html
Class Schedule @ Montpiliar Art Center
9652 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD 20708
To Register:
Phone: 301-377-7800
https://web1.vermontsystems.com/wbwsc/mdpgparkswt.wsc/search.html
Ceramics: Children, Beginner - 30202
03/29/2020 -05/10/2020
10:00 am -12:00 pm
Ages: 8-12
$60.00/$78.00
Basic techniques of hand-built including glazes and firing process. Intermediate students focus on materials, techniques, control and fluency through practice. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional $15 fee for clay due at the front desk the first day of class.
Ceramics: Teens, Beginner - 30304
03/29/2020 -05/10/2020
12:30 am -2:30 pm
Ages: 13-17
$60.00/$78.00
An introduction to working with clay. Learn hand building and/or throwing on a potter's wheel, and glazing. See individual course details for extra fees. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional $15 fee for clay.
Ceramics: Adults, All Levels - 30404 (All levels Welcome)
03/24/2020 -05/12/2020
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$115.00/$150.00
An introduction to ceramics. Explore hand building and wheel throwing techniques to make pottery. Learn wedging, centering, trimming, and glazing techniques.
See receipt for cancellation policy. Additional fee for clay payable to Montpelier Arts Center. Wear old clothes because you will get dirty!
Additional fee for clay and gas kiln.
Ceramics: Workshop - 30601 (Parent/Child)
03/21/2020 -03/28/2020
05/17/2020 -05/24/2020
Saturdays, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
$40.00/$52.00
This activity is designed for adult/child pairs -- parent/child, aunt/niece, etc. Learn basic hand building, decoration, and glazing techniques. Fee is per person. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Child must be 6-13 years old. Price is per person. Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional fee for clay.
Ceramics: Special Projects in Slip and Fabric
05/16/2020 -05/16/2020
9:00 am -12:00 pm
Learn how to use fabric to build with slip, using burn-out in a gas kiln.
Create delicacy with strength that you never thought possible through slip and plaster compression on natural fabrics in this 3 hour workshop. (Stage: Beyond Beginner--Advanced/Master Level)
This workshop is designed to introduce functional and sculptural artists to the range of possibilities in working with slip and plaster. Slip will be introduced as a material to be combined with organic materials (beginning with fabric) to create forms without limitations. Potters and hand-builders alike will find tools to expand their current work with embellishment and production methods, as well as having new ways of working presented. Pair new skills with wheel, hand-building or other methods you have loved in the past to expand your universe!
Ceramics: Intro to Plaster Adult Workshop
03/14/2020 -03/14/2020
Plaster is an important tool in ceramics.
Learn the chemistry of plaster and how to use is as a materiel in your work.
Introduction to mold making with on part mold, stamps, and intro to two part mold. Learn how to make a plaster "positive." Learn common terminology.
Plaster can be intimidating, but learning to treat it as a material and understanding it's characteristics can open a whole new work, in crease production and give you new tools for your current work.
Special Projects in Clay: Jump off A Cliff with Us!
03/24/2020 -05/12/2020
Sundays from 2:45-5:45pm
Call to register: 301-377-7800
Find/Develop Your Voice, Learn New Skills!
This class is designed for students with at least one previous class in clay experience or those who are transitioning from another medium. This is a class with individualized attention in demo/tutorial form. This small class enables your work to more forward conceptually and technically quickly, move beyond your own rut, or simply gain the tools to do that project in the the back of your mind!
Both functional and sculptural artists will be introduced to new methods. Potters and hand-builders alike will find tools to expand their current repertoire with embellishment and production methods. New and experimental techniques will be demonstrated (Slip and Fabric, Surface, Backwards engineering, mold making, and many experimental processes). Kilns will be run specific to the work and include firing techniques, including cone ten, as well as demos on techniques by request from students. Class members encouraged to demo as well. Join a community of makers who want to push themselves to the next level.
A note from the instructor:
In these classes I consider myself a partner to help you get a you to where you want to go. I look at your past work, watch you work, and ask questions about what is important to you, what your goals include, and what art you are drawn to love. These answers determine what tutorials and demonstrations I provide, what artists or books I steer you towards and how I direct your investigations. My approach to each student is highly individualized with the students' goals in mind. More often then not, I find that students (of all ages and levels of experience) understand more then they might at first give themselves credit for knowing about where their voice lies.
03/29/2020 -05/10/2020
10:00 am -12:00 pm
Ages: 8-12
$60.00/$78.00
Basic techniques of hand-built including glazes and firing process. Intermediate students focus on materials, techniques, control and fluency through practice. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional $15 fee for clay due at the front desk the first day of class.
Ceramics: Teens, Beginner - 30304
03/29/2020 -05/10/2020
12:30 am -2:30 pm
Ages: 13-17
$60.00/$78.00
An introduction to working with clay. Learn hand building and/or throwing on a potter's wheel, and glazing. See individual course details for extra fees. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional $15 fee for clay.
Ceramics: Adults, All Levels - 30404 (All levels Welcome)
03/24/2020 -05/12/2020
Tuesdays, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm
$115.00/$150.00
An introduction to ceramics. Explore hand building and wheel throwing techniques to make pottery. Learn wedging, centering, trimming, and glazing techniques.
See receipt for cancellation policy. Additional fee for clay payable to Montpelier Arts Center. Wear old clothes because you will get dirty!
Additional fee for clay and gas kiln.
Ceramics: Workshop - 30601 (Parent/Child)
03/21/2020 -03/28/2020
05/17/2020 -05/24/2020
Saturdays, 10:00 am -12:00 pm
$40.00/$52.00
This activity is designed for adult/child pairs -- parent/child, aunt/niece, etc. Learn basic hand building, decoration, and glazing techniques. Fee is per person. See brochure or online for withdrawal policy.
Child must be 6-13 years old. Price is per person. Wear old clothes because you will get dirty! Additional fee for clay.
Ceramics: Special Projects in Slip and Fabric
05/16/2020 -05/16/2020
9:00 am -12:00 pm
Learn how to use fabric to build with slip, using burn-out in a gas kiln.
Create delicacy with strength that you never thought possible through slip and plaster compression on natural fabrics in this 3 hour workshop. (Stage: Beyond Beginner--Advanced/Master Level)
This workshop is designed to introduce functional and sculptural artists to the range of possibilities in working with slip and plaster. Slip will be introduced as a material to be combined with organic materials (beginning with fabric) to create forms without limitations. Potters and hand-builders alike will find tools to expand their current work with embellishment and production methods, as well as having new ways of working presented. Pair new skills with wheel, hand-building or other methods you have loved in the past to expand your universe!
Ceramics: Intro to Plaster Adult Workshop
03/14/2020 -03/14/2020
Plaster is an important tool in ceramics.
Learn the chemistry of plaster and how to use is as a materiel in your work.
Introduction to mold making with on part mold, stamps, and intro to two part mold. Learn how to make a plaster "positive." Learn common terminology.
Plaster can be intimidating, but learning to treat it as a material and understanding it's characteristics can open a whole new work, in crease production and give you new tools for your current work.
Special Projects in Clay: Jump off A Cliff with Us!
03/24/2020 -05/12/2020
Sundays from 2:45-5:45pm
Call to register: 301-377-7800
Find/Develop Your Voice, Learn New Skills!
This class is designed for students with at least one previous class in clay experience or those who are transitioning from another medium. This is a class with individualized attention in demo/tutorial form. This small class enables your work to more forward conceptually and technically quickly, move beyond your own rut, or simply gain the tools to do that project in the the back of your mind!
Both functional and sculptural artists will be introduced to new methods. Potters and hand-builders alike will find tools to expand their current repertoire with embellishment and production methods. New and experimental techniques will be demonstrated (Slip and Fabric, Surface, Backwards engineering, mold making, and many experimental processes). Kilns will be run specific to the work and include firing techniques, including cone ten, as well as demos on techniques by request from students. Class members encouraged to demo as well. Join a community of makers who want to push themselves to the next level.
A note from the instructor:
In these classes I consider myself a partner to help you get a you to where you want to go. I look at your past work, watch you work, and ask questions about what is important to you, what your goals include, and what art you are drawn to love. These answers determine what tutorials and demonstrations I provide, what artists or books I steer you towards and how I direct your investigations. My approach to each student is highly individualized with the students' goals in mind. More often then not, I find that students (of all ages and levels of experience) understand more then they might at first give themselves credit for knowing about where their voice lies.