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Unleash your creativity and discover the joys of working with clay with a wide range of ceramics classes in NYC. From beginner pottery to advanced sculpture techniques, learn to mold and create stunning pieces while enjoying the therapeutic benefits of this timeless art form.

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Making Museums Accessible to All

The Jewish Museum @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY

Learn about ways that the Jewish Museum welcomes students with learning differences through partnerships with special education schools and programs designed for students with a range of disabilities. Included is a visit to the Museum’s galleries and hands-on art activities in the art studio, where Jewish Museum educators will model techniques for engaging special education students. Price includes light refreshments

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Claymation

92nd Street Y

In this online class, we will utilize, a frame by frame approach to working with ceramics and a digital camera/phone. We will learn how to manipulate this magical material into a moving image. Squeeze, cut, push, pull—each movement of the clay will be recorded to give action to our intended content Supplies needed:  clay, plasticine air dried clay or flour dough mixture  digital camera or phone camera  aluminum armature wire ...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Ceramics and Clay Sculpting: The Art of Ceramics

Craftsman Ave @ 117B 11th St, Brooklyn, NY

Understanding ceramics begins with an understanding of the clay you’re working with. In this class, Danielle will introduce the basic techniques for working with clay. How to build unique forms and objects by coil building, pinching, and slab construction. This class is directed by the objects each student chooses to create. Danielle will guide them using foundational tools and traditional methods. After the initial creation, you will learn how...

(525) Beginner 18 and older
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$165

2 sessions

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Templates and Ceramic Forms

92nd Street Y

In this class students will about the use paper templates to plan out future vessels. Form and function will be discussed. Through the use of non-traditional materials, we will experiment with texture and explore pattern. Ideas generated in this class will be able to be transferred and used once back in the studio. Click below for the supply list: Supply List

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Raku Weekend Retreat Workshop

Choplet Ceramic Studio

Escape to a weekend of intense and fun pottery firing at the tranquil Sullivan County retreat. Experiment with over 20 glazes and create stunning turquoise, red/bronze, and white crackle pieces. Immerse yourself in the Raku firing technique for a fulfilling and creative experience.

(459) All levels 15 and older
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$435

3 sessions

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Eddie Dominguez: From Garden to Studio to Table

92nd Street Y

In this workshop, Eddie Dominguez will share his unique approach to translating his love of nature and Hispanic culture into utilitarian ceramics. He will explain his use of low fire earthenware and his techniques for carving in clay. He will also demonstrate the application of commercial underglaze and glazes. The workshop will take place over two separate sessions to allow participants to practice techniques shown in the first class. This program...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Adult Beginner Handbuilding Ceramics/Make a Planter

RNK Ceramics @ 34-09 Queens Blvd, Long Island City, NY

This workshop is a beginning handbuilding course. You will learn classic ceramic techniques such as coiling, slabbing and pinching to make a one of a kind planter.  All materials will be provided for this class, however you should wear clothing that you can get messy in. Paper will be provided for sketching basic designs, but feel free to bring a sketchbook with ideas you have been thinking about. Workshop participants will make 1 planter...

Beginner 18 and older
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Adult Artist Ceramics

Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY

Prospective students across skill levels are invited to join our Adult Ceramics course, where burgeoning potters will be introduced to the foundations of the medium—from using a pottery wheel to hand-sculpting and glazing—and intermediate students can take rudimentary practices to the next level by learning how to forge handles, lids, spouts, and other finishing touches that elevate basic vessel forms. Advanced participants will have the opportunity...

(29) All levels 18 and older
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$475

10 sessions

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Beginning Ceramics

Educational Alliance Art School @ 197 East Broadway, New York, NY

Learn how to use the potter’s wheel and hand-building techniques to create decorative and functional objects such as bowls, cups, vases or plates. Discover pottery techniques such as slips, glazes and embossed surface decorations to finish and enrich the forms. Individuals with prior experience will learn new skills such as creating handles, lids, spouts and other finishing applications. Note: Price Includes $40 Materials Fee

(29) Beginner 18 and older
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$445

11 sessions

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Advanced Ceramics

Educational Alliance Art School

For experienced ceramic students to work on projects of their choice, while honing technical skills. Course allows for creative exploration within the medium and an opportunity for students to develop their own style and voice. For adults who have taken at least three beginning and/or intermediate ceramics courses. Prerequisite: At least four (4) beginning and/or intermediate ceramics courses

(29) Advanced 18 and older
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Virtual Ceramics: Coil Construction

Educational Alliance Art School

In this virtual five-week course, students will deepen their understanding of handbuilding with clay and create robust vessel forms from coiled clay. Students will explore a variety of techniques, focusing primarily on coil construction to produce functional tableware and decorative art objects. Students will learn how to embellish and adorn the surface of these vessel forms with stamps, etching, and underglaze.  Anyone interested in pottery...

(29) All levels 18 and older
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Greece, Egypt, Byzantium, Persia, Weiner Werkstatte

92nd Street Y

Greece, Egypt, Byzantium, Persia, Weiner Werkstatte and More  Elisabeth Kley discusses her work and historical sources and influence  Elisabeth Kley is a New York artist known for her black and white ceramic sculptures, drawings and site-specific paintings. She draws motifs from historic ornamentation found in cultures and styles including Roman, Egyptian, Byzantine, Islamic and Wiener Werkstate. Collapsing geography and history, she...

(1068) All levels 18 and older
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Virtual Handbuilding & Surface

Educational Alliance Art School

In this five-week virtual pottery course, students will deepen their understanding of handbuilding with clay and decorating the surface of their ceramic forms. Students will explore a variety of techniques, focusing primarily on carving from a solid block of clay to produce functional tableware and decorative art objects. Through demonstrations, students will learn how to embellish and adorn the surface of these vessel forms with stamps, etching,...

(29) All levels 18 and older
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Children's Wheel Throwing

Stilclay

Younger students will be introduced to the potter's wheel. Students will explore different methods of throwing, and altering. Students are given  options  to built functional wares, such as cups, bowls, and even more elaborate wares like teapots. They are also taught to use the wheel as a tool for sculptural pieces, where they can cut, and alter thrown objects to abstract forms. 

Beginner 11 and older
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Advanced Wheel Throwing

Stilclay

At this level, we begin to explore the more advanced techniques of throwing. Personal development, and style is encouraged. Techniques such as sgraffito, and altering forms are introduced. Students also have the option of using specialty clay bodies. More complex forms are also introduced such as teapots, jars with lids, and much more!  Clay included Prior experience on the wheel is recommended Glazing= 4 cents per cubic inch 

Advanced 18 and older
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Children's Hand Building

Stilclay

Younger students will create functional, and sculptural objects by learning both basic, and advanced techniques. They will learn how to properly handle the material, and construct their ideas with clay. They build anything from head busts, to functional plant pots. We will assist them in building out their ideas.

Beginner 6 and older
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Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak

The Jewish Museum @ Virtual Learning

Teachers, librarians, and school staff are invited to explore the work of renowned children’s book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, subject of the 2005 Jewish Museum exhibition, Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak.  Arthur Yorinks, award-winning author and director, will speak about his collaborations with Sendak, including most recently, Presto and Zesto in Limboland, published after Sendak’s death, and will discuss how Sendak...

(8) All levels 18 and older
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Introduction to Ceramics

Newark Museum @ 49 Washington St, Newark, NJ

During an eight-session weekly course, participants will learn the foundations of hand-building and wheel throwing ceramic techniques. Starting with inspiration from the Newark Museum’s ceramic collections, participants will create functional and decorative objects using pinch-pot, slab-building, coil-building, and wheel throwing methods. The course will cover the basics of working with clay and allows participants to trim, embellish, and glaze...

Beginner 18 and older
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$300

8 sessions

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Pipe Making Workshop

MostRecklessly @ 355 Stockholm St, New York, NY

This Pipe Making Workshop will provide a great introduction on how to create your very own one of a kind ceramic pipe. During this session Nicole will teach you how to hand build a pipe. These techniques can then be applied to creating more pieces. Then we'll add some extra flare by painting your pieces.  During the session you will learn hand building methods to create pipe. If you have something specific you’d like to make please let us...

All levels 18 and older
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What is So Special About a Spoon?

Oxum NYC @ 67 West St, Brooklyn, NY

Well, there are many types and many uses; spoons can be units of measure – teaspoons, tablespoons, some people collect souvenir spoons, and they can even be used as musical instruments and yada yada yada. But primarily, spoons represent access to the most basic nourishment – a warm cup of soup, a hearty bowl of oatmeal, and a simple dish of rice and beans, all consumed with a spoon. And as we know, too many neighbors and families don't always...

All levels 16 and older
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$205
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