FALL YOUTH: Handbuilding & Wheel Throwing (Ages 8-12)

Course Description:     
In this new class students will explore different hand building and wheel throwing ceramics projects. While hand-building they will learn to work with pinch pots, slabs, and coils and to create your own functional ceramic pieces, as well as ceramic sculptures. They will also learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, practice basic techniques like centering, shaping, and creating simple forms. Students that have taken this course previously are welcome to take it again as projects will be new from the previous semester.

Instructor: Maddie Gage
Maddie Gage is a ceramic artist from Concord, Massachusetts. She has over 9 years of experience working in clay, committing to pursue a career in ceramics before graduating high school. In May 2024, she received her BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in ceramics from Syracuse University. Maddie has interned at several studios, including the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, Massachusetts and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in... Learn More »
Age range: 
8-12
Students min/max: 
4/10
Duration: 
8 weeks
Day/time: 
Wednesdays, September 24 - November 12, 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Dates: 
September 24, 2025
October 1, 2025
October 8, 2025
October 15, 2025
October 22, 2025
October 29, 2025
November 5, 2025
November 12, 2025
Location: 
Room 108
Cost: 
$180