By Age Group
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Youth Pottery - Leaf Trays
Use a real leaf to imprint texture in clay and decorate with whatever you can imagine. Feel free to bring in a leaf, or choose from the ones we will have available.
Ages:
5-18
Intergenerational Pottery - Leaf Trays
Use a real leaf to imprint texture in clay and decorate with whatever you can imagine. Feel free to bring in a leaf, or choose from the ones we will have available.
Ages:
5 and up
Working Out- Exercises for Observational Painting
Strengthen your perceptual and painting skills with focused exercises in color, composition, and paint application. This class, designed for experienced painters, combines direct observation, still-life setups, and group critiques to refine your unique style. Suitable for acrylic and oil painters.
Youth Pottery - Fairy Doors (August)
Create a clay fairy door for indoor or outdoor display.
Ages:
5-18
Intergenerational Pottery - Fairy Doors (August)
Create a clay fairy door for indoor or outdoor display.
Ages:
5 and up
Resident Artist Series: August Totems
In this class we will use the slab machine and/or the potter’s wheel to make various shapes that will be stacked together on a metal pole/rebar for either garden art or inside your home. Students will need to source their own rebar and mounting base/block before class and have it ready on the first day of class. Various hand building techniques will be demonstrated as well as student created templates and studio forms used to construct shapes. Students need to bring resource materials for inspiration such as pictures, sketches, etc.
Class Meets:
August 4th-7th and 13th
Kids Clay Camp - Wheel Throwing Camp (August)
Try out making pottery on the wheel. Students will practice the basics of learning to center and throwing small bowls, cups and plates. Work will be fired and glazed after the class and be available for pickup three weeks after class ends.
Ages:
8-18
Contemporary Landscape Painting using Traditional and Abstract Techniques
Combine classical landscape painting techniques with principles of abstraction to push beyond the basics. This workshop explores mark-making, color theory, and composition while experimenting with mediums like Cold Wax and Galkyd for texture and layering. Includes demos, discussions, and one-on-one guidance.
Youth Pottery - Pinch Pot Animals (August)
Use the pinch pot technique to create a clay creature, real or imaginary.
Ages:
5-18
Intergenerational Pottery - Pinch Pot Animals (August)
Use the pinch pot technique to create a clay creature, real or imaginary.
Ages:
5 and up
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Visit: 323 Franklin Road
Highlands, NC 28741 (Map It)
Call: 828-526-4949 (Main)
828-787-2892 (Ceramics Studio)
This project was supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Learn more at NCArts.org
Funded in part by a grant from South Arts in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more at SouthArts.org.
Funding is due in part to a Tourism Grant with Visit Highlands, NC. Learn more HighlandsChamber.org