Workshops

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2-Day Creative Process Workshop
Saturday & Sunday, March 14–15, 2026, 10 am–4 pm
$295 includes materials
Prepare to come away with a blast of creative momentum!
Discover and work with your own personal and symbolic imagery with focused explorations in collage, doodling and claywork. Set aside what you do and don’t know about technique, deepen your relationship with the materials and yourself as an artist, and practice ways of mining the riches of the unconscious. We begin with nearly a full day of collage, a powerful tool for gauging your creative life, looking at your image vocabulary, and discussing how to make the most of your creative process. A sequence of doodling exercises invites essential artistic style expressed in the language of line, color and shape. Clay exercises build on vocabulary and style in 3-dimensional form. We complete and integrate the workshop experience with deeper clay exploration and making an image journal.
All levels welcome. No experience necessary. Limited enrollment.

Sculpture Workshop Series
Five Saturdays, August 22—Sept 12 plus glazing day October 10, 2026, 9:30 am–3:00 pm (plus open studio hours) $575 includes materials & firings
From ideation using collage and sketching on paper to sketches in clay, we’ll zero in on one or more directions that have meaning for you to explore in clay sculpture. Utilize and practice basic clay techniques including working solid and hollowing, pinch, coil and slab building. Start working at a size that’s comfortable for you and if you wish, challenge yourself to work bigger. I’ll be there to help you with plenty of troubleshooting and problem solving along the way. A glazing day a few weeks later will give you a chance to explore options on your bisque-fired pieces. Bisque and glaze firings included.
Some familiarity with handbuilding (pinch, coil, slab) is recommended. Limited enrollment.