Meet Me Under the Birch Tree, 2008 earthenware 14″ x 13″ x 10″
Beth Kennedy—local artist and former resident of the Archie Bray Foundation—has announced a Ceramic Pottery Wheel Class for adults and teens. The class is designed for beginners to advanced in clay wanting to further learn pottery wheel basics. Participants will be using and learning on electric pottery wheels. Class will begin Monday, September 19th at 7pm and run for eight weeks, ending November 7th.
Advance Forms and Wheel & Hand/ Molds will follow, beginning Wednesday, September 21st and ending November 9th. This class will incorporate wheel, mold forms, and your hands while deconstructing some of your pots as you create new ones. BOTH classes are two and a half hours long, meeting weekly for eight weeks from 7-9:30pm. They will begin at 7pm and end at 9:30 pm. Instructor of class will ask students to come and practice what is taught and learned, during the week or over the weekend if you desire extra time in the studio. Students will be shown some basic hand building to enhance the thrown forms, while slip work and glazing techniques are taught in each class. Students are encouraged to keep a notebook and to attend the practice times available during the class session.
If you are wanting to be creative this Fall, these classes are for YOU! Cost for either class is $190 and includes the first 25 pounds of clay. If these dates and times do not fit into your schedule, call for information about the adult morning class and the Saturday children’s program.
The studio is located at 411 North 18th in Bozeman. Beth Kennedy has been teaching this and other pottery classes in Bozeman since 1993. Kennedy has a Masters degree in Ceramics. Her work has been shown throughout the United States and can be viewed in the 500 Animals and 500 Handmade Books published by Lark Books.
For information or to register, please contact Beth Kennedy at (406) 570- 6404 or redartgirl1987@me.com. Enrollments are limited. •
