CERAMICS & SCULPTURE
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.
Studio Cleanup
March 17, 10am-12pm
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. Note: It is highly recommended that all beginning students attend first class.
18525 (Beg/Int)
Mo, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 9-Mar 12
No class Jan 16 and Feb 20
Lynne Meade; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $161; 60+: $152; Classes: 8
18526 (Int/Adv)
Mo, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Jan 9-Mar 12
No class Jan 16 and Feb 20
Lynne Meade; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $161; 60+: $152; Classes: 8
18527 (Beg/Int)
Mo, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Jan 9-Mar 12
No class Jan 16 and Feb 20
Coreen Abbott; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $161; 60+: $152; Classes: 8
18528 (Int/Adv)
Tu, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Jan 10-Mar 13
Bruno Kark; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
18529 (Int/Adv)
We, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Jan 11-Mar 14
Michael Berkley; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
18530 (Beg/Adv)
Th, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Ann Henderson; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
18533 (Beg/Adv)
Th, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Lesley Jensen; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
18531 (Beg/Adv)
Sa, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 7-Mar 10
No class Feb 18
Roger Yee; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $174; 60+: $164; Classes: 9
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.
18534
Tu, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 10-Mar 13
Chris Kanyusik; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
18535
Tu, 1:00 PM-4:00 PM, Jan 10-Mar 13
Chris Kanyusik; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
SPECIAL INTEREST
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. No registration permitted after second class.
18539
Fr, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 13-Mar 16
James Newton; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $223; 60+: $211; Classes: 10
18540
Fr, 7:00 PM-10:00 PM, Jan 13-Mar 16
Michael Berkley; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $223; 60+: $211; 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.
18536 (Int/Adv)
We, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 11-Mar 14
Peter Coussoulis; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $223; 60+: $211; Classes: 10
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.
18542
Th, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, Jan 12-Mar 15
Ellen Sachtschale; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $184; 60+: $174; Classes: 10
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.
18541
Su, 10:00 AM-1:00 PM, Jan 22-Mar 11
No class Feb 19
Ed Blackburn; Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $172; 60+: $163; Classes: 7
WORKSHOPS
NEW
Master Potter Workshop: A Day with Ruthanne Tudball
Ruthanne Tudball, a California native and a full-time potter since 1989, currently works out of her studio at Temple Barn Pottery in Norfolk, England. Her expertise is in soda glazing, and she has published a highly acclaimed book on the subject. She will be demonstrating throwing, manipulating and assembling pieces while fresh on the wheel to capture the soft organic quality of the clay and preserve that softness in the finished piece. Work in her studio is slip-decorated stoneware vapor fired in a wood/gass kiln which she will show in a slide presentation. Bring a pot luck dish to share. Cosponsored by Walnut Creek Clay Arts Guild, Trax and Clay & Glass Artists Foundation.
18543
Sa, 10:00 AM-4:00 PM, Feb 18
Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Fee: $77
Walnut Creek Clay Arts Guild Fee: $42
Clay & Glass Artists Foundation affiliates Fee: $67
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 also be currently enrolled in a ceramics class.
18532
No open studio on Jan 16, Feb 18, Feb 19, Feb 20
Studio E, Civic Park Studios
Walnut Creek Clay Arts Guild Members: $69
Nonmembers: $129
