Beginner and continued ThrowingMonday AFTERNOON 1pm-4pm

1/12/26-2/23/26 (7 weeks, 3 hours)Acquire and continue to build your skills bwith throwing on the pottery wheel. We will start with basic forms, and progress on to more advanced throwing techniques. You will make functional and traditional forms like cylinders, bowls, cups, plates, and vases. Basics throwing kits are available for purchase for $12

Open studio time included.

Trimmed down fingernails recommended.

Beginner and continued Throwing

Monday evenings  6 pm to 9 pm 

1/12/26-2/23/26 (7 weeks, 3 hours)Acquire and continue to build your skills bwith throwing on the pottery wheel. We will start with basic forms, and progress on to more advanced throwing techniques. You will make functional and traditional forms like cylinders, bowls, cups, plates, and vases. Basics throwing kits are available for purchase for $12

Open studio time included.

Trimmed down fingernails recommended.

Beginning metalsmith jewelry series

Learn beginning skills in metalsmithing: cut, texture, bend metal into beautiful wearable art. Create rings, earrings, bracelets and pendants

Begins Tuesdays Jan 13, 2026

5-9 pm for 6 weeks

Cost Metal $35, Cabochons $10, patina, solder, etc $5 (included)

Ages 13-17 with instructor approval

Age 18+

Includes Open Studio by appointmentThursday 5-9 Saturday 9-12

New, Cozy AND Bright: Painted Furniture

Refresh a small dresser and your home all at once! We will provide you each with the gently used piece of furniture(pictured above). Your instructor is an experienced artist and an enthusiastic reclaimer having decorated her house entirely with Restore furniture painted in bold colors and patterns creating a house size work of art.  Bring brushes, craft acrylic paints in colors that you favor. ACA will provide sandpaper and a selection of base coat colors. Furniture will be stored in the studio where the class is taught for the duration of the class.

Saturday afternoons, Jan 17, 24, 31

9 am til 12 pm 

Slump/Hump Class

Learn how to use existing and design-your-own forms to make multiples from bisque molds. Forming within (slump) and on the outside (hump) learn about how to control vapor barriers and how to handbuild or throw molds.

Sat Jan 17-Feb 7, 10am-noon (4 weeks)$125

Creating a Damp Box

Saturday 1/17/26 12:30pm-2:30pm

Are your pieces drying out? Did you make a handle and not have enough time to attach it? In this class we will create our own damp boxes for keeping greenware at a perfect leather hard consistency. We will be working with plaster to create a base for a container you will need to purchase and bring with you. Required: must bring your own sterilite bin or tupperware container. Plaster and instruction provided.

Nail It!

 It is said that there are no two similar snowflakes. Learn how to weld while using your imagination and a few nails to create your own one-of-a-kind snowflake. Adaptable for a Wall hanging or a stake in the ground.

Saturday January 17th, 12:30 - 4:30 pm

Please wear close toed shoes, long pants and have long hair pulled back. 

You will learn beginning jewelry skills (using shear, rolling mill, and patinas; filing and sanding) to create beattiful wearable art. 

Sunday, January 18th

1 pm to 3 pm

Ages 18+