The Ceramics Program offers a safe and fun place to gather where clay, creativity, and community meet in a relaxing atmosphere. A variety of classes are available, including a one-day Beginning Wheel Throwing Boot Camp, to multi-session skill building on the potter’s wheel, to hand building series, to single-day classes, to no experience necessary make-it- take-it classes.

Open Studio membership is available for $35.00/month after prerequisite skills have been verified.

In the summer months, ceramic offerings also include a weekly clay project, suitable for all ages!

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  •  October 19, 2026
     5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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  •  October 19, 2026
     5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

w/ McCall Hocking Monday October 19 5-7pm $35 Ages 10+   Make an adorable handbuilt candy skull just in time for spooky season! Taking two simple pinch pots and a slab for the form, learn scultpure techniques to make into a skull, and then spread extra time extravagantly decorating with underglaze, sgraffito, and designer liner. (more…)


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  •  October 20, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  •  October 27, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm
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  •  October 6, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  •  October 13, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  •  October 20, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm
  •  October 27, 2026
     10:00 am - 1:00 pm

w/ McCall Hocking Tuesdays October 6 – 27 10am-1pm $195 / person This class is for absolute beginners to intermediate throwers. Students who have never wheel thrown and students who have taken some classes and want to improve their wheel throwing skills and are all welcome in this class. This is a 4-session series with (more…)


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  •  October 21, 2026
     2:30 pm - 4:00 pm
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  •  October 21, 2026
     2:30 pm - 4:00 pm

w/ Johanna Buwalda Wednesday October 21 2:30-4pm $25 All ages Make an adorable handbuilt ghost! During this class participants of all ages will be guided through a project that can be completed in 1.5 hours. Each Class will begin with a 5-10 minute educational moment specific to the project and students will make their own (more…)


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  •  October 21, 2026
     4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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  •  October 21, 2026
     4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

w/ Johanna Buwalda Wednesday October 21 4:30-6pm $25 All ages Make an adorable handbuilt pumpkin! During this class participants of all ages will be guided through a project that can be completed in 1.5 hours. Each Class will begin with a 5-10 minute educational moment specific to the project and students will make their own (more…)


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  •  October 25, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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  •  October 25, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Muddy Hands Wheel Throwing w/ Johanna Buwalda Sunday October 25 2:30-5pm $50 It takes commitment to learn wheel throwing. This class is tailored to beginners who want to ‘get a taste’ of pottery and see if they want to invest the time to learn this amazing skill. You don’t need any prior artistic abilities and (more…)


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  •  November 3, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  •  November 10, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
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  •  November 3, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  •  November 10, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  •  November 17, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm
  •  November 24, 2026
     9:00 am - 12:00 pm

w/ Johanna Buwalda Tuesdays November 3-24 9am-noon $195 This class is for anyone who loves to get their hands muddy and play with clay; there are so many fun ways to create ceramics that aren’t the pottery wheel! You’ll learn the basic techniques of handbuilding like slab and coil building, as well as working with (more…)


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  •  November 8, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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  •  November 8, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

w/ Johanna Buwalda Sunday November 8 2:30-5pm  $50 Hand-Building with clay is a fun way to create beautiful pottery. This class is tailored to beginners who want to ‘get a taste’ of pottery and see if they want to invest in learning a larger variety of hand-building skills. You don’t need any prior artistic abilities (more…)


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  •  November 8, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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  •  November 8, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

w/ Johanna Buwalda Sunday November 8 2:30-5pm  $50 Hand-Building with clay is a fun way to create beautiful pottery. This class is tailored to beginners who want to ‘get a taste’ of pottery and see if they want to invest in learning a larger variety of hand-building skills. You don’t need any prior artistic abilities (more…)


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  •  November 16, 2026
     5:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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  •  November 16, 2026
     5:00 pm - 9:00 pm

w/ McCall Hocking Monday November 16 5-9pm $45 for OS Members $70 for everyone else   For intermediate ceramics folks only. *OS members will bring an already wheel thrown or hand built bowl that is still pretty soft, not quite leatherhard, and use their own clay and glaze. Non-members will have a 5 lb bowl (more…)


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  •  November 22, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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  •  November 22, 2026
     2:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Muddy Hands Wheel Throwing w/ Johanna Buwalda Sunday November 22 2:30-5pm $50 It takes commitment to learn wheel throwing. This class is tailored to beginners who want to ‘get a taste’ of pottery and see if they want to invest the time to learn this amazing skill. You don’t need any prior artistic abilities and (more…)