The Ceramics Studio at FYACS
Fall 1 Ceramics - Registration Opens August 19 at 6AM
Youth Programs
- Ages 6-8: Clay Sculpt & Hand-build (Tuesdays 4:00-5:00PM) – Instructor: Nicole Morse
- Ages 8-10: Clay Sculpt & Hand-build (Thursdays 2:45-3:45PM) – Instructor: Jessica Mitchell
- Ages 10-12: Clay Sculpt & Wheel-throwing (Mondays 3:30-5:15PM) – Instructor: Eliane Medina
- Ages 10-12: Clay Sculpt & Wheel-throwing (Wednesdays 3:30-5:15PM) – Instructor: Eliane Medina
Adolescents / Teens
- Ages 13-17: Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Tuesday 3:30-5:30PM) – Instructor: Bob Herman
- Ages 11-14: Wheel-Throwing & Hand-building (Thursdays 4:00-5:45PM) – Instructor: Allison Nutting
Adults (Ages 17+)
Note: For evening classes, formal instruction starts at 6:30PM with studio arrival between 6:00-6:30PM. For morning classes, formal instruction starts at 9:30AM with studio arrival between 9:00AM-9:30AM.
- Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Mondays 6:00-9:00PM) – Instructor: Eliane Medina
- Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Tuesdays 6:00-9:00PM) – Instructor: Michelle Ramadan
- Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Wednesdays 6:00-9:00PM) – Instructor: Alessia O’Brien
- Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Thursdays 6:00-9:00PM) – Instructor: Deborah Garner
- Wheel-throwing & Hand-building (Thursdays 9:00AM-12:00PM) – Instructor: Michelle Ramadan
One-Time Adult Workshops
Our one time hand-building and wheel-throwing workshops are wonderful opportunities for individuals, friends, family, and partners to create with clay. Get ready to have a memorable Friday night in Melrose!
- SUMMER WORKSHOP (still available) – Thursday 8/22 – Adult Hand-Building Workshop: Mugs 6:00-8:00PM – Instructor: Jackie Zajac
- Friday 9/6 – Pottery Wheel Throwing Workshop: Introductory 6:30-8:30PM – Instructor: Alessia O’Brien
- Friday 9/20 – Pottery Wheel Throwing Workshop: Introductory 6:30-8:30PM – Instructor: Alessia O’Brien
- Friday 9/27 – Coils & Slabs: Ceramics Hand-building Workshop 6:30-9:30PM – Instructor: Jackie Zajac
- Friday 10/4 – Pottery Wheel Throwing Workshop: Introductory 6:30-8:30PM – Instructor: Alessia O’Brien
- Friday 10/25 – Slab Mugs: Ceramics Hand-building Workshop 6:30-8:30PM – Instructor: Jackie Zajac
Tuition Assistance and Adaptive Services are available on all clay programs through Arts for All. Learn more and complete a simple application here.
Private Events
Interested in getting a group of friends or family together and getting some clay time in the Ceramics Studio at FYA? Fill out the interest form above.
Wheel-throwing Workshops
2 hours. $400 includes 5 people (maximum). Guests will work on the pottery wheel. Up to 2 piece per person (trimmed, fired, and glazed by staff). Catered to the levels of experience of the group.
Hand-building Workshops
2 hours. $390 includes 6 people. ($65/additional person. 12 maximum for Adults or Caregiver/Child (ages 8+). Guests will work with hands and tools to create a unique piece. 1 piece per person (trimmed, fired, and glazed by staff). Catered to the levels of experience of the group.
We fire kilns when they are at capacity. Because pieces must be fired, glazed, and fired again, pieces are ready for pick-up approximately 2 months after the workshop.
FAQs
- What goes into the cost of a ceramics class? Ceramics class costs cover materials (ex. glaze, clay), specialized equipment (ex. tools, wheels, kilns, regular upkeep), teaching staff, background technical support (ex. clay reclaim, glazing for kid classes, firing kilns), and overhead (ex. space, electrical costs),. If tuition assistance would help you access our programs, please visit our Arts for All page.
- How long does it take for me to get my piece back from a class or workshop? We estimate pieces to be available for pick-up 2-3 weeks after the end of a multi-week session. We send emails to students when pieces are ready for pick-up. It takes 2-3 days to fire and cool a kiln, and for sustainability purposes, we only fire when kilns are full. Each piece needs to be fired twice. Once to be bisque fired, and one for a glaze firing. For pieces made in our youth and adolescent classes, our technical staff bisque fires, clear glazes, and glaze fires all pieces. Such a process takes time.
