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Summer Art Classes

Summer Pottery I
For adults and teens
6 Thursdays, beginning June 28, no class July 26
7:00-9:00 p.m., Schedule #AB1111
Fee: $190 includes materials
Teri Herel
Beginner students will learn basic hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to create simple forms as well as more complex functional or sculptural pieces. Texture and surface techniques will be incorporated. Students have access to studio hours to practice skills.

New!
Pit Fire Workshop
For adults and teens
Friday, June 29, 7:00-9:00 p.m., Saturday July 21, 1:00-4:00 p.m., Sunday July 22, 10:00 a.m.
Schedule#  AW1131  Fee:  $90   includes materials
Teri Herel
In this oldest known method for firing pottery, pots are placed in a pit in the ground with combustable materials and minerals.  The pit is set on fire and tended until the fuel is consumed and the pit has reached a temperature of approximately 2000F.  The pots are removed when cool and cleaned to reveal dynamic (and often crusty) smoke and metal oxide patterns. 
Students will participate in an initial 2 hour class with pot demos and then be given time to construct pots on their own during monitored studio hours.  In the second class, students will help load the pit and tend the firing. In the third class, participants can help unload the pit and clean their pots. A potluck picnic will be encouraged!

Summer Pottery II
For adults and teens
6 Mondays, beginning July 2, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Schedule #AB1121; Fee $ 190 includes materials
Emine Cichowski
Designed for Intermediate to Advanced students with prior wheel experience. Explore more
advanced pottery and glazing techniques, creating tall, closed, combined, altered and sculptural forms. Students have access to studio hours to practice skills.

Summer  Sculpture
For adults and teens
6 Tuesdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m. beginning June 26 no class July 24
Schedule # AB1261, Fee: $190, includes materials
Jenn Miller
For advanced students with prior hand-building and wheel experience, this class explores the
possibilities of the pot as sculpture. Students will construct and use tools to explore clay as a 3
dimensional object, and critique and discuss traditional and non-traditional sculptural forms and the methods used to construct them.

Family Clay (Age 6+ & parent)
6 Tuesdays, 5:00-6:30 p.m., beginning  June 26
Schedule # AB1042
$225 for parent and child together, additional family members $100 each.
Mika Taylor
In this fun hands-on class, students will learn basic vocabulary, techniques, and tools for hand-building and wheel throwing. Parent/caregiver and child will work together and on individual projects.

Private and Semi-Private Pottery Lessons
60-minute lessons are available and must be scheduled by calling the CSA office at 860-486-1073.

Monitored Pottery Studio Hours
Monitored access to the Community School of the Arts Pottery Studio is available FREE OF
CHARGE for current pottery students on a regular schedule to practice skills and finish class work.
Monthly rental time is also available for non-CSA students. Call CSA at 860-486-1073 for the current schedule. This system ensures a safe working environment. Call for summer studio hours.