Get acquainted with our studio and learn the basics of throwing clay on the pottery wheel. In this beginner class, lessons will include centering clay, wheel throwing techniques, trimming pieces, surface decoration, and the process of glazing and firing. Dress for mess and bring an old towel.

 

Director's Notes

I welcome the addition of Ceramics instructor, Kim Hanson. She has studied and worked under the direction of functional potter/teacher Lindsey Howarth who teaches here at Sanctuary Arts, as well as sculpture & functional artist/teacher Erica Hood, handbuilding instructor Paisley Hanson, and UNH pottery adjunct professor Emily Wernig. Currently, Kim works as a studio-tech at Sanctuary Arts and is a teacher assistant at Chase’s Garage. Her love of new teaching strategies and creating a positive open environment for students to explore and improve skills is a driving force behind her work. As an educator she shares with students that mistakes are valuable and they are to be dissected, explored, and learned from.  Kim will be teaching a beginner wheel throwing 8 week class called Beginner Spin Session (SA 26). This class will run for 8 weeks on Tuesdays 1 – 4 beginning August 8 and ending September 26. You can sign up online at www.sanctuaryarts.org

 

   

 

ATTENTION HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS!

 

Sanctuary Arts Connects, our non-profit, offers scholarships to students 16 and up.

Go to sanctuaryartsconnects.com or call (207) 438-9826 for further information.

 

(We also offer half & full scholarships to adults)

  

 

 

 

 

On July 29 (rain date July 30) from 5 - 8 we are celebrating Summer with a pizza party fundraiser for our non-profit scholarship entity Sanctuary Arts Connects. Enjoy hot pizza pies from an outdoor gas kiln, while music and merriment surround you at the Sanctuary Arts campus. Toss a $10 (suggested) donation in the bucket for our non-profit scholarship program. Our gardens, music and a bouncy house for the kids are ready for enjoyment. 

Sanctuary Arts Connects strives to create an environment where arts education is not limited to those with financial security. We know that art classes are extracurricular for many and breaking down the financial barrier is our way of including more voices. So come party with us for a good cause. (Plus our kiln baked pizzas are simply amazing!) 
To donate to our scholarship fund, go to www.sanctuaryartsconnects.com.

 

We still have room in a couple of summer classes.

 

  

 

Prong Set Sea Glass, Beachstone or Cabachon with Alice Carroll (SA 12)     On Saturday, July 15, from 10 – 1, learn how to set a cabachon or an irregular stone such as sea glass or beach stone, with prongs or tabs. Design and create a beautiful unique setting specifically for your stone. Soldering, measuring, shaping and setting are all part of this workshop with an excellent instructor.

 

 

 Practical Watercolor Techniques: Tactics & Inspiration for the Beginner/Intermediate with

Bill Paarlberg (SA 10)

This workshop meets Saturday July 22 from 9 – 12. Come in with some watercolor experience to learn practical working techniques and learn some basic exercises that will immediately give you more control and confidence. If your brilliant beginnings with watercolor too often get worse as you go, then this is the class for you.