Ceramics Program

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.

Instructor: Jane Zell (She/Her)

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

Instructor: Phie Deal (They/Them)

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

Instructor: Jane Zell (She/Her)

This beginner class will cover the fundamentals of wheel throwing, including wedging, centering, pulling in addition to hand-building. No experience required. A great summer opportunity for students enjoying pottery classes at school! This class is for teens 13 to 17 years old.

Instructor: Phie Deal (They/Them)

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 (She/Her)

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 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 (She/Her)

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: 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.

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.

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: Lisa WB Walker (She/Her)

Cut, fold, love: Learn to make your own wall hanging vase/wall pocket! This hand-building workshop is beginner friendly - no experience necessary.