Ceramics Program

Instructor: Jane Zell (She/Her)

This beginner-friendly class series will cover basic wheel-throwing techniques tailored to students’ interests, accompanied by hand building projects. No experience required. This course is for students 8-12 years old.

Instructor: Jane Zell

This hybrid class series will cover both basic hand-building and wheel throwing plus surface decorating techniques tailored to your interests. No experience required.

Instructor: Phie Deal (They/Them)

This beginner-friendly class series will cover basic wheel-throwing techniques tailored to students’ interests, accompanied by hand building projects. No experience required. This course is for students 8-12 years old.

Instructor: Martín Hanley (he/him)

This beginner class will guide novice potters through the foundations of wheel throwing, including how to center, pull walls, glaze and more. No experience necessary!

Instructor: Martín Hanley (He/Him)

This intermediate class will guide advanced beginners to the next level of wheel throwing skills and techniques. A strong foundation of basic wheel throwing is required - students will need to be able to center and pull walls independently.

Instructor: Lisa WB Walker

This beginner class will cover the fundamentals of wheel throwing, including wedging, centering, pulling and more. No experience required.

Instructor: Lisa WB Walker

This All Levels class is perfect for students looking to work in an environment where they have the support of an instructor while improving both wheel throwing and hand-building skills. No experience required.

Instructor: Lisa WB Walker

This beginner class will guide novice potters through the foundations of wheel throwing, including how to center, pull walls, glaze and more. No experience necessary!

Instructor: Lisa WB Walker

This intermediate class will guide advanced beginners to the next level of wheel throwing skills and techniques. A strong foundation of basic wheel throwing is required - students will need to be able to center and pull walls independently.

Instructor: Rocky Prull (They/Them)

This multi-week ceramics class explores surface design from wet clay to bone-dry and glazed finishes, introducing techniques such as slip work, sgraffito, mishima, texture and stamp making, transfers, resists, marbling, water-etching, and layered surface design. Students will build skills progressively while experimenting with both handmade and commercial methods to develop richly layered, expressive surfaces on their work.

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Instructor: Elissa Dunlap

This is an excellent opportunity for potters to participate in a gold luster firing! Learn how to prep your surface and apply luster decoratively in different ways. Pots will be fired immediately following the workshop and ready for pick up the following week.

Instructor: TBD

This beginner-friendly workshop provides a wonderful opportunity to get creative with your child! Sharing a wheel, each parent + child pair will cheer each other on as they take turns making a pot on the wheel under the guidance of a seasoned instructor. No experience necessary. This course is for children 8-12 years old. All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Have you always wanted to try the wheel? Or are you ready to dust off your skills from a time past?

Join us for a special opportunity to learn how to use the potter's wheel from a seasoned professional! Under their guidance, learn the basics of throwing. At the end of the night, choose one piece to keep. We will glaze the piece for you with your preferred glaze color! 

Instructor: Donna Pioli (She/Her)

Do you dread glazing? Do you feel like you need a refresher on the basics? This workshop provides students and independent potters the opportunity to learn how to glaze successfully step by step, from start to finish. Much of this workshop will be lecture, demo and troubleshooting. You are welcome to bring three bisqued pieces (must be suitable for cone 6 glaze firing) to glaze with your newfound glaze education!

Instructor: Elissa Dunlap (She/Her)

Looking to bring your pottery to life? It's time to focus on surface. Join a seasoned instructor for a tour of varied decorating methods including how to use commercial transfers, silkscreens and getting creative with handmade stencils. This is a beginner friendly workshop.

Instructor: Elissa Dunlap (She/Her)

Looking to bring your pottery to life? It's time to focus on surface. Join a seasoned instructor for a tour of varied decorating methods including how to use commercial transfers, silkscreens and getting creative with handmade stencils. This is a beginner friendly workshop.

Join us for a full summer of creativity, exploration, and imagination! MBACC's 7-week Summer Youth Arts Program invites young artists to dive into a new creative theme each week while building skills across visual arts, crafts, clay, and performance.

Throughout the summer, participants will experiment with a wide range of materials, collaborate with peers, and express themselves through hands-on artmaking and playful movement. Each week offers fresh inspiration, while enrolling for the full summer allows artists to deepen their creativity, grow confidence, and form lasting friendships in a supportive, joyful environment.

Families may register for individual weeks or enroll in the full program at a discounted rate.