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Ceramics Exploration Weekend
January 8, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Join us for a weekend to build with clay and watch artists create with clay in two live competitions!
Saturday
- Pottery Throw Down –Watch 10 artists race the clock as they make a clay work of art on a pottery wheel in just 30 minutes
- Pottery Hand Building Competition – Watch 10 artists race the clock as they create a clay work through hand building in one hour
- Hand Building for Visitors –Explore air-dry clay through various hand building activities (This is a make-and-take activity)
- Glazing activity – Learn about the various stages of the glazing process and try your hand at painting some glazes on a collaborative ceramics piece
Sunday
- Vote! – Cast your vote for your favorite creations in both the pottery wheel and hand building competitions
- Hand Building for Visitors –Explore air-dry clay through various hand building activities (This is a make-and-take activity)
- Glazing activity – Learn about the various stages of the glazing process and try your hand at painting some glazes on a collaborative ceramics piece
- Throwing on the potter’s wheel
Visitors can sign up for time slots to work on a pottery wheel guided by our teaching artists. Participants will be given a ball of clay and instructed on how to throw a pot on the wheel with the assistance of Museum staff.
Pottery Wheel Activity Details
- Sign ups for throwing on the pottery wheel will be taken starting on Noon on Sunday, January 8, in Studio Lab in MuseumLab
- Sign ups are on first come, first served basis
- We will give as many people as we can a chance to try throwing on the potter’s wheel, but not all visitors will be guaranteed a chance to engage in this activity due to time and staff constraints. If the time slots fill up, there will be a waiting list that will be utilized in the event someone does not use their full allotted time
- This activity is for experimentation and learning purposes only. Visitors will not be able to take home what they throw on the pottery wheel; these pots will not be fired and we will recycle the clay