Fall 2026
WORKSHOPS
creative care • wheel experience • ceramic holiday ornament
The Wheel Experience Workshop
Saturday Groups.
Embark on your clay journey with our Introduction to the Pottery Wheel Workshop! Perfect for beginners or anyone looking to try something new. This hands-on experience is designed to ignite your passion for clay. Our skilled passionate instructors will guide you through the fundamentals of the wheel-throwing process, providing personalized attention to ensure a supportive and enjoyable learning environment. Discover the joy of shaping raw clay into functional and artistic forms while connecting with a community of fellow creatives. No prior experience is necessary. Just bring your enthusiasm and let the fun begin!
This 3-hour workshop is focused on the experience and participants will not be keeping everything they make. Students will have the option to choose 1 piece to fully finish. Our team will finish the piece in the glaze of your choosing. Pieces will be ready for pickup in about 3 weeks give or take. Students will be notified by email when work is ready for pickup.
Saturdays. Inquire Dates.
Class ID #: FALL2026-WHLWS
Instructor: TBD
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Room 6
Cost: $95/person for a group of 5 people minimum (up to 12 people max)
Contact: art.admin@40thandpinearts.com to schedule a party for a future date!
Tuesday, November 24
Class ID #: 112426-WHLWS
Instructor: Eric Shaw
Time: 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Location: Room 6
Cost: $95
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Saturday, December 5
Class ID #: 120526-WHLWS
Instructor: Doug Tobin
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Room 6
Cost: $95
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Ceramic Holiday Ornament Workshop
Add a handmade touch to your holiday season! In this fun and festive workshop, students will create a collection of 10 to 16 unique ceramic ornaments. Personalize your pieces with stamps, textures, cut-outs, and colorful underglazes—perfect for gifting, decorating, or starting a new tradition. This workshop is for all ages 8 and up.
No experience needed—just bring your creativity and holiday cheer! All materials are included. Ornaments will be glazed and fired for pickup in time for the holidays. Participants will receive an email notification when their ornaments are ready.
Saturday, November 14
Class ID #: 111426-ORNAMENTWS
Instructor: Sarah Beth Gagnon
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Location: Room 5
Cost: $75
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Return of the Light: A Winter Solstice Luminary Workshop
As winter deepens and the days grow shorter, gather with us to create, reflect, and welcome back the light.
Inspired by the Winter Solstice—the turning point when darkness reaches its fullest and the light begins its gradual return—this hands-on ceramic workshop invites you to create a luminary from slabs of clay. Through cutouts, patterns, and intentional design, candlelight will glow through the clay, casting shifting shadows and light into the space around you.
Choose Your Luminary: The Tall Luminary
Create a single, elegant cylindrical luminary with pierced or cut designs. Explore geometric, botanical, organic, or abstract patterns—or keep it beautifully simple.
Light in Three Forms
Create a trio of smaller luminaries in varying heights, designed to glow together as a set. Give them a shared pattern for a cohesive look, or let each one have its own personality.
Working with rolled slabs of wet clay, participants will learn the fundamentals of hand-building while designing their own unique luminary. Explore cutouts, patterns, texture, and form using templates, stencils, texture mats, and other tools—or follow your own creative instincts and free-form your design.
You’ll learn how to shape, join, strengthen, and refine your piece as you bring your luminary to life. Once constructed, participants will add color and surface decoration using studio underglazes.
Throughout the workshop, we’ll reflect on the simple symbolism of the luminary: That even as the light seems to fade into darkness, we can always count on its return in the days to come.
Create something by hand, slow down for an afternoon, and make some space for a little light in the winter season.
ALL MATERIALS INCLUDED
Finished pieces: Students will be notified via email when they are ready for pickup.
Saturday, December 5
Class ID #: 120526-LUMINARYWS
Instructor: Sue McCoy
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Class Size: 10 participants
Ages: 10+
Experience: Beginner-friendly; all experience levels welcome
Youth: Participants ages 10–15 must attend with an adult
Location: Room 1
Cost: $95
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