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Date Night | May 23
with Audry Barnes
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included.
Ages 18 & up. Price is per person.
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Plein Air Painting- MAY 29
with Sasha Mirzoyan
Join us for our watercolor & acrylic nature painting workshops! Enjoy some time outside and be inspired by the nature around you. This workshop is open to adults ages 18+ — bring a friend, special someone, or just yourself!
This workshops is free to Fayetteville City Residents thanks to the sponsorship by City of Fayetteville, Parks and Rec & Arts and Culture Departments
FRIDAY DATES:
5:00 PM — Students will meet at CCC for a brief introduction. Instructor will lead students to the Upper or Lower Ramble to paint with gouache, watercolors, or acrylic on paper or stretched canvas.
7 :00 PM — Students will return to CCC to discuss the experience.
Date Night | May 29
with Laurie Massanelli
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included.
Ages 18 & up. Price is per person.
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Date Night | May 30
with Dave Metzger
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included.
Ages 18 & up. Price is per person.
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Summer Camp Animals in Art
with To Be Announced
Ages: 7 - 12
Step into a world where animals take center stage! In this week-long camp, young artists will explore how animals appear in famous artworks from around the world, then create their own animal-inspired pieces. Each day features a new hands-on project using a variety of materials, encouraging observation, storytelling, and artistic expression. From bold jungle creatures to whimsical pets, campers will bring the animal kingdom to life through art.
Youth Wheel Week 1
with To Be Announced
Ages: 10 - 16
Discover the excitement of pottery on the wheel! This week-long camp is designed for youth ages 10–16 who want to learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing. Meeting from 3:30–5:30 pm, campers will receive step-by-step instruction on centering clay, proper posture, and pulling forms. By the end of the week, students will have created their own cups and bowls while building skills and confidence. No prior experience required.
Date Night | June 5
with Raine Ransom
Learn a new skill together with your partner, friend, or family member! We will walk you through the wheel throwing process together. No clay experience necessary but dress for a mess! Clay, glazes, and firing fees are included.
Ages 18 & up. Price is per person.
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Surface Design Techniques on Bisque Fired Clay Workshop
with Jenny Dowd
Do you struggle with surface design and decoration on your ceramics? Professional Potter Jenny Dowd will help you get inspired and teach you new techniques to bring your surfaces to life!
10am – 4pm with a lunch break
This one day workshop will cover the basics of decoration techniques for bisque fired clay as well as how to transfer imagery from paper (or your imagination) to the side of a pot.
We will cover:
What is glaze? What is underglaze?
Creating and layering imagery
Painting with underglaze – a layered watercolor effect
Underglaze pencils and applicators
Applying stain and glaze to texture
Underglaze transfers
Glaze application including wax resist designs
Troubleshooting glaze application
How to make your own waterslide decals
Students are encouraged to bring bisque pots and test tiles of their favorite clay. Bisque tiles and small cups or bowls made of porcelain and stoneware will also be provided.We will start with a quick discussion of issues students have had with glazing and decorating– this will inform the order and direction of the rest of the class.
Before lunch break: All the ways to use underglaze and underglaze products on your bisque. How to make stencils for underglaze and glaze.
After lunch break: Glazing! Wax resist designs and stencils, different ways to apply glazes. How to layer glaze with decoration. Applying glaze and stains to texture (textured tiles will be available.)
Demonstrate and discuss decals (after glaze.)