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Beyond the Template: Creative Stenciling for Painters
Mar
28
to Mar 29

Beyond the Template: Creative Stenciling for Painters

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Move past basic stencil techniques to discover how these tools can create depth, rhythm, and unexpected visual relationships in your paintings. Learn to combine handcut and found stencils with brushwork and color layering.

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Learning to Paint in a Judgment-free Zone
Apr
8

Learning to Paint in a Judgment-free Zone

Instructor: Paul Hastings

This course will cover the basic building blocks of successful painting including basic composition, color mixing, and capturing the way light falls on objects. Working from a still life set-up each week, and through demonstrations and class discussions, we will tackle these essentials of painting in a fun and judgment-free classroom!

Acrylic paints are suggested but students may use other mediums.

Whether you’re a beginner or looking to improve your painting skills, this course will provide an opportunity for skill development and practice.

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Special Projects: Surface Design (Rocky Prull, Fridays AM/Spring '26)
Apr
17

Special Projects: Surface Design (Rocky Prull, Fridays AM/Spring '26)

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.

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Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (April 24th)
Apr
24

Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (April 24th)

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! 

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Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (May 1st)
May
1

Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (May 1st)

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! 

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Gold Luster 101
May
2

Gold Luster 101

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.

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Parent+Child Try the Wheel
May
30

Parent+Child Try the Wheel

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.

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Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (June 5th)
Jun
5

Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (June 5th)

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! 

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Glazing 101
Jun
12

Glazing 101

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!

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Plaster Molds - Beginner
Jun
27

Plaster Molds - Beginner

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.

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Summer Youth Arts Program
Jul
13
to Aug 28

Summer Youth Arts Program

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.

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Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (March 6th)
Mar
6

Ceramics: Try the Wheel - One Night (March 6th)

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! 

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February Vacation Week Art Program
Feb
17

February Vacation Week Art Program

Instructor: Jess Byrd, Joyce Lauro, TBD

Keep your young artist inspired over February break with our fun and creative Kids Art Camp! Designed for ages 7–12, this four-day program runs Tuesday through Friday and features hands-on art projects, visits to resident artist studios, and time in our ceramics studio. Campers will explore a variety of materials and techniques in a supportive, engaging environment that encourages creativity and self-expression. Space is limited, so early registration is recommended!

Skill Level: All are welcome

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Valentine’s Try the Wheel Workshop + Chocolate Tasting
Feb
14

Valentine’s Try the Wheel Workshop + Chocolate Tasting

Instructor: Kymberlee Keckler

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a romantic evening of chocolate and clay in our special couples wheel-throwing workshop. Start with a decadent multi-chocolate tasting by local chocolatier Filthy Rich Chocolates, then share a potter’s wheel as you learn the basics of throwing under expert instruction. Each guest will choose a piece to be glazed and fired by our studio, ready for pickup in about a month.

This 21+ event is perfect for beginners or anyone looking to rekindle their creative spark—just wear comfy clothes you don’t mind getting a little messy!

Skill Level: Beginners welcome

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Ceramics: Try the Potter's Wheel - One Night
Feb
6

Ceramics: Try the Potter's Wheel - One Night

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! 

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Special Projects: Thrown and Altered Forms (Kymberlee Keckler/Friday/Winter 26’)
Jan
30

Special Projects: Thrown and Altered Forms (Kymberlee Keckler/Friday/Winter 26’)

Instructor: Kymberlee Keckler

This class will focus on several techniques that may be used to alter thrown forms (e.g., darting, fluting, and faceting).  Forms will begin with a round piece made on a potter’s wheel and then cut, stretched, or paddled into something that is not round. Some projects may involve assembling multiple thrown forms to create something new.

Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced. Students should be able to throw cylinders and basic forms independently

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Parent/Guardian + Child Wheel-throwing Workshop
Jan
10

Parent/Guardian + Child Wheel-throwing Workshop

Instructor: Jane Zell

This beginner-friendly workshop is a fun and creative way for parents and children (ages 8–12) to try the potter’s wheel together. Each pair will share a wheel and take turns making a pot with guidance from an experienced instructor—no prior experience needed. It’s a supportive, hands-on experience designed to spark creativity and teamwork!

Skill Level: Beginners welcome

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