All Events
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!
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.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Evening (5/6)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Evening (5/20)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Evening (6/3)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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!
Beyond the Template: Creative Stenciling for Painters
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.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Daytime (6/10)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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!
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Evening (6/17)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Surface Design Sampler: Transfers, Silkscreens and Stencils
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.
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.
Hybrid Pottery (Jane Zell, Mondays PM/Summer '26)
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.
Beginner Wheel (Phie Deal/Mondays AM/Summer '26)
Instructor: Phie Deal (They/Them)
This beginner class will cover the fundamentals of wheel throwing, including wedging, centering, pulling and more. No experience required.
Teen Ceramics
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.
All Levels Pottery (Phie Deal/Tuesdays AM/Summer '26)
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.
Beginner Wheel (Lisa WB Walker, Tuesdays PM/Summer '26)
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!
Beginner Wheel (Martín Hanley/Wednesdays/Summer '26)
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!
Intermediate Wheel (Lisa WB Walker/Thursdays PM/Summer '26)
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.
Intermediate Wheel (Martín Hanley, Saturdays AM/Spring '26)
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.
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.
Wall Pockets - A Hand-Building Workshop
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.
BIG INK @ Mother Brook Arts
Join BIG INK in Dedham, MA, for an epic printmaking workshop! Carve a woodblock up to 40 by 96 inches at home, then print your carving on a giant custom-built printing press.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Daytime (4/28)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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!
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.
Intermediate Wheel (Lisa WB Walker/Thursday PM/Spring 26’)
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.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Evening (4/15)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Beginner Wheel (Lisa WB Walker/Tuesdays PM/Spring 26')
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!
All Levels Pottery (Lisa WB Walker/Tuesday AM/Spring 26')
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.
Beginner Wheel (Lisa WB Walker/ Mondays AM/Spring 26')
Instructor: Lisa WB Walker
This beginner class will cover the fundamentals of wheel throwing, including wedging, centering, pulling and more. No experience required.
Parent+Child Try the Wheel
Instructor: Phie Deal (they/them)
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.
Intermediate Wheel (Martín Hanley, Saturdays AM/Spring '26)
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.
Adult Beginner Wheel (Martín Hanley/Wednesdays/Spring ‘26)
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!
Youth Pottery (Phie Deal, Wednesdays PM/Spring '26)
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.
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.
Life Drawing - Spring 2026 Daytime (4/7)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Adult Hybrid (Jane Zell/Monday PM/Spring 26’)
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.
Youth Pottery (Jane Zell, Mondays PM/Spring '26)
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.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Daytime (3/25)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Evening (3/18)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Daytime (3/11)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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!
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Daytime (3/4)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Evening (2/25)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Daytime (2/18) - Cancelled
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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
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
Youth Valentine Ornament Workshop
Instructor: Jane Zell
This beginner-friendly workshop is a fun and creative way for children (ages 8–12) to get their hands in clay. Under the guidance of an experience instructor, each child will learn how to roll slabs and cut heart shapes for their heart ornaments.
Skill Level: Beginners welcome
Workshop: Paper Work
In this one night workshop, Sarah teaches her technique as a foundation for exploring the collage world.
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Evening (2/11)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.
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!
Life Drawing - Winter 2026 Daytime (2/4)
During this weekly session, attendees will draw from life, with a nude or partially clothed model. Attendees must bring all materials. Wet and dry media are welcome; we request attendees use odorless solvents.