Adult Classes and Workshops
Maud Morgan Arts offers classes and workshops for adults in ceramics and printmaking. We run four sessions per year (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer) with a range of classes for beginners and advanced artists. Students must be 18 or older to participate. All classes run from 6:30-9:30 PM unless otherwise noted.
Adult Programming Information and Policies
Fall 2025 Registration begins Thursday, August 14 at 6 pm.
Our currently enrolled students have access to priority registration starting on August 12. While there are typically still spots remaining after the priority registration period, these spots fill up within minutes of general registration opening. If you’re unable to register for a class, add yourself to the waitlist as soon as possible and we’ll notify you if a spot opens up.
Join our email list to stay up to date and hear about enrollment for future sessions.
Financial Aid
We provide a limited number of scholarships per session to students who qualify. To learn more, please review our Adult Scholarship Policies and contact smarkng@agassiz.org
Programs
Beginner Handbuilding
Instructor: Emma Murphy
Mondays, September 15, 2025 – November 24, 2025 (no class 10/13)
This introductory level course is designed for students new to ceramics or for students looking for a refresher on basic skills. Students will imagine, draft, and execute various forms of their choice. This will be a fun, creative, and experimental space to explore handbuilding according to students’ interests. Basic skills covered include wedging clay, construction techniques, surface decoration techniques, and more. Students must be 18 or older to participate.
Screenprinting
Instructor: Nicole Stone
Mondays, September 15, 2025 – November 24, 2025 (no class 10/13)
This course covers water-based fine art screenprinting and is structured both for introductory as well as experienced screenprinters.
The class will feature a group and hands-on learning experience supported by instructor-led technical demonstrations and will encourage creative experimental exploration guided by students’ interests. Techniques covered will include cut paper and hand-painted stencils, monotypes, photographic emulsion techniques, as well as printing on fabric.
Whether you’re learning printmaking for the first time or looking to expand your existing skills, this course offers a welcoming group learning environment with multiple entry points for beginners through experienced artists.
This class also includes 2 extra weeks of studio time, as well as sign-up based independent hours throughout the session.
Beginner Pottery
Instructor: TBA
Tuesdays, September 16, 2025 – November 25, 2025 (no class 11/11)
This introductory level course is designed for students new to ceramics or for students looking for a refresher on basic skills. Students will imagine, draft, and execute various forms of their choice. This will be a fun, creative, and experimental space to explore wheel throwing and some handbuilding according to students’ interests. Basic skills covered include wedging clay, wheel throwing, how to attach a handle, and more. Students must be 18 or older to participate.
Advanced Pottery
Instructor: Gustavo Barceloni
Wednesdays, September 17, 2025 – November 19 , 2025
This class is for intermediate and advanced potters who are comfortable with throwing and handbuilding and are looking to greatly expand their skills and knowledge. Students will be introduced to advanced handbuilding and throwing techniques, the basics of glaze chemistry, additives to clay, basic plaster mold making and slip casting, and mixed-media ceramics. Students will come up with their own projects with support from their instructor along the way. Students must be 18 or older to participate.
Exploring Printmaking: Monoprint, Relief, and Silkscreen
Instructor: Nicole Stone
Thursdays, September 18, 2025 – November 20, 2025
This dynamic 10-week course invites students to explore three major printmaking techniques—monoprint, relief, and silkscreen—each offering unique opportunities to expand your visual language and creative expression. Learn playful, accessible methods like gelli plate printing for easy at-home replication, create colorful and textured monoprints using the press, carve and layer imagery through traditional relief printing, and make it bold with the graphic versatility of photo-emulsion silkscreen.
Through demonstrations, individual hands- on practice, and exposure to historical and contemporary artists’ works, you’ll gain technical skills while discovering how different approaches to printmaking can shape and strengthen your artistic voice. Combine methods or work in focused series—this course is designed to support both new and experienced printmakers in developing a personal, powerful image-making practice.
This class also includes 2 extra weeks of studio time, as well as sign-up based independent hours throughout the session.
Intermediate Pottery
Instructor: Moon Rodriguez Decker
Thursdays, September 18, 2025 – November 20, 2025
This class is for students who have already taken a few classes, and are looking to continue building on their ceramics knowledge. Students will imagine, draft, and execute various forms of their choice. This will be a fun, creative, and experimental space to explore wheel throwing and some handbuilding according to students’ interests. Additional skills include throwing more complicated forms, surface decoration techniques, and more. Students must be 18 or older to participate.