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Adult Classes

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March
28
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Miniature Figure Making with Karine Giboulo

Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."...

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March
29
10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Miniature Figure Making with Karine Giboulo

Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."...

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March
29
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Miniature Figure Making with Karine Giboulo

Our miniature figure making workshops with artist Karine Giboulo are back by popular demand! Discover the versatility of working with polymer clay and express your own creativity in response to the themes in the special exhibition "Karine Giboulo: Housewarming."...

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Apr
May
04
23
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Hand Building Basics: Gardiner Collections

Taking inspiration from Gardiner Collections, students will learn the fundamentals of hand building and explore a wide range of techniques, including pinch and coiled pots, slipping and scoring, and reliefs....

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April
11
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Re-claym Re-connect Re-member

In this two-hour workshop, participants will tap into a spirit of play and wonder, and engage in a series of clay exercises designed to harness the power of breath and activate the present moment....

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Apr
May
12
31
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

No Pressure – Just Build!

Learn to the basics of  hand building while not worrying about the final product. The goal of our "No Pressure" workshops is to give everyone a chance to learn basic pottery techniques, connect with others, and enjoy the process!...

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Apr
May
12
03
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Special Exhibition Class: Food and Housewarming

Inspired by the special exhibition Housewarming, students will look closely at artist Karine Giboulo's depictions of food and consumption, using hand-building techniques to respond to the works in the show with their own ceramic creations....

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Apr
May
13
04
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Hand Building and Surface Decoration: Water Etching

Participants will learn how to hand build and water etch their pieces. Water etching is a decorating technique where a resist design is painted onto clay and wiped away with a damp sponge to create a relief effect....

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April
13
27
5:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Making It Mini with Roxanne Brathwaite

Join Roxanne Brathwaite, Toronto-based miniaturist and contestant from Season 1 of CBC Gem's “Best In Miniature", for a series of three workshops in which participants will progressively develop skills and techniques to build their own miniature suite by repurposing everyday...

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Apr
May
14
05
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Introduction to Hand Building

Students will hand build with clay in the first three sessions of this course and glaze their works in the final session....

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Apr
May
18
09
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Centering with Clay

Participants explore a series of hand-building exercises rooted in the connection between clay and breath....

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May
10
31
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Hand Building and Underglaze Painting

Students will create their own kitchenware using hand-building techniques and learn to paint and decorate using underglazes....

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May
Jun
14
11
10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Planter Workshop (Stoneware)

Make your own planters and vases for your indoor and outdoor plants....

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May
23
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

CLAYming Interconnectedness: Here and Now

In this two-hour workshop, participants will explore simple physical practices with clay, using our sense of touch and breath exercises to bring us into the present moment while simultaneously deepening and expanding our awareness that we are all related....

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May
30
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

CLAYming Love

In this two-hour workshop, participants will engage is clay exercises designed to call attention to habits of believe, judgments, and the stories we tell ourselves. With self-compassion, we will create possibilities to loosen their hold on us by working with...

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