Vitality Arts: Hand-Built Pottery 8 Week Course Winter 2025

Ages: geared for older adults ages 55+, but any adult can register
Date: Fridays 1/17 - 3/7
Time: 9:30am - 11:30am
Cost:  $170 (This class is made possible at a subsidized rate by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.)
Location: Rumriver Art Center (south studio suite 102)
Teacher: Samantha Gonzalez Longley

During this 8 week series, explore your creative side with clay and your best tools--your hands! This class will focus on the creation of functional forms through the foundational handbuilding methods of coiling, pinching, and slab building with an emphasis on using texture throughout these explorations. During each class, techniques to create a new form or build on an existing form will be demonstrated. Class will be a balance of teaching and demonstration with independent work time. Plenty of individual guidance will be provided. Instruction will be at a beginner level, but all levels of working are welcome.