Studio use is for instruction and other learning. Work produced or fired in the Civic Arts Ed Ceramics Studio may not be sold except through the Clay Arts Guild and Civic Arts Ed.No work produced outside of classes or open studio will be fired. Class and workshop fees include firing. Clay must be purchased in class. Tools and tool kits may be purchased in the studio.
CORE CLASSES
Ceramics
Learn to wheel throw or handbuild basic ceramic forms. Decorating, glazing and firing techniques will be covered. Emphasis on developing a personal sense of form using sound fundamental skills.
Prerequisites: For all Int-Adv classes student must be able to center and throw a simple cylinder and bowl form.
15237 (Beg/Int) Mo, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 13-Nov 15 No class Oct 11 Lynne Meade; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
15238 (Int/Adv) Mo, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sep 13-Nov 15 No class Oct 11 Lynne Meade; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
15239 (Beg/Int) Mo, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sep 13-Nov 15 No class Oct 11 Coreen Abbott; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
15240 (Beg/Adv) Tu, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sep 14-Nov 16 Bruno Kark; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $179; 60+: $161; Classes: 10
15241 (Int/Adv) We, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sep 15-Nov 17 Michael Berkley; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $179; 60+: $161; Classes: 10
15242 (Beg/Adv) Th, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sep 16-Nov 18 No class Nov 11 Ann Henderson; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
15243 (Beg/Adv) Th, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sep 16-Nov 18 No class Nov 11 Lesley Jensen; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
15244(Beg/Adv) Sa, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 18-Nov 13 No class Oct 23 Roger Yee; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $157; 60+: $141; Classes: 8
Handbuilding with Soft Slabs (Beg/Adv)
Explore a broad variety of techniques and ideas for creating works with soft slabs of clay!Garden Vessels, dinnerware and Wall Reliefs will be among the projects in this course.A variety of surface treatments will be used.Bring your imagination and a sketchbook to the first class.
15249
Th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 16-Nov 18 No class Nov 11 Ellen Sachtschale; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $169; 60+: $153; Classes: 9
Handmade Art Tiles & Wall Reliefs (Beg/Int/Adv)
Explore a variety of methods for making art tiles and wall reliefs. Emphasis on decorative techniques with underglazes, slips and glazes to enhance your work. Moldmaking techniques and use of extruded forms will be included. Surface decoration with carving, stamp images and relief designs.
15253
Su, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Sep 19-Oct 17 Ed Blackburn; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $105; 60+: $94; Classes: 5
Intro to Sculpture (Beg/Adv)
More fully understand the process of working with clay and constructing sculpted ceramic objects from functional to figurative. Investigate broad artistic concepts like abstraction, representation, form and/or narrative through building demonstrations, image presentations and our own explorations in the studio. Techniques include pinch, slab, coil and solid hand building methods. Surface texture and treatments both ceramic and nontraditional also addressed. No wheel work will be taught.
15245
Tu, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 14-Nov 16 Chris Kanyusik; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $179; 60+: $161; Classes: 10
15246
Tu, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Sep 14-Nov 16 Chris Kanyusik; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $179; 60+: $161; Classes: 10
NEW Pottery Making for Raku Firing
Raku is a low-firing process. Preheated ware is put into a hot kiln with tongs, then withdrawn and usually heavily smoked. Focus on forms and techniques that work well with the Raku firing process. First half of class will include an overview of Raku and methods of making both handbuilt and wheel thrown objects that work well with the colors and character of raku glazes. Demos of glaze application, use of resists, terra sigillata and other techniques. Second half of class focuses on learning how to fire work that has been made. Note: Students participate in the firing process and must be physically able to pull their own work from kiln. It is advisable students provide their own gloves and tongs which are also available in the studio for purchase. Prerequisite: 1 quarter of ceramics. No clay beginners. All clay must be purchased in studio.
15251
Fr, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 17-Nov 19 James Newton; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $218; 60+: $196; Classes: 10
15544
Fr, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Sep 17-Nov 19 Michael Berkley; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $218; 60+: $196; Classes: 10
Sodium Vapor (Int/Adv)
Emphasis on ceramic work for high-fire salt kiln, to be stacked with kiln shelves. Students participate in loading and unloading of kilns. Enrollment limited to 20.
15250
We, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Sep 15-Nov 17 Peter Coussoulis; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $218; 60+: $196; Classes: 10
WORKSHOPS
NEW Master Potter Workshop
Dynamic Synthesis: Wheel-Thrown Slab Construction
Feel confined by the circular parameters of the wheel? Can’t get enough volume in your slab-built forms? Explore the dynamic synthesis of wheel-throwing and hand-building techniques to create innovative teapot and vase forms. With an emphasis on formal composition and craft, Christa will demonstrate using the wheel as a tool to generate building blocks:--simple forms that are later cut up and reassembled using a stiff slab construction method. Geometry, structure, ritual, design and earning a living from making pots covered. Note: Free parking permits available at door.
15254
Sa, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Oct 23 Christa Assad; Studio E, Civic Park Studios Fee: $77, ACGA Fee: $67 WC CAG Fee: $42; Classes: 1
OPEN STUDIOS
Open Studio Ceramics
Open Studio provides up to 30 hours per week of supervised studio time open to all enrolled ceramics and sculpture students to enhance skills learned and knowledge of the ceramics craft and to share this interest. Hours may be adjusted at City of Walnut Creek’s discretion as needed. No instruction is provided. Student must purchase clay in the studio and provide own tools. Glazes, firing and use of studio equipment are included in the fee. Clay Arts Guild membership qualifies students for discounted open studio fee and other benefits (see above). Use of the ceramics studio is strictly for non-commercial learning purposes and work produced may be sold only through authorized sales or donated to support the program. Note: Studio is closed on all legal City holidays. Actual hours and any changes are posted in studio. Must be taking a ceramics class.
15255 Approx. 30 hrs per week, actual hours posted in studio Monitor; Studio E, Civic Park WC Clay Arts Guild Member Fee: $62 Non-clay Arts Guild Member Fee: $125
