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.
Adult Programming Information and Policies
Winter 2025 Registration begins December 2 at 6 PM! Join our email list to stay up to date.
(updated 11/25/24)
Winter 2025 Schedule
Beginner Handbuilding with Emma Murphy
Mondays, 1/6 – 3/17 (no class 1/20)
6:30-9:30 PM
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.
Beginning Pottery with Gustavo Barceloni
Tuesdays, 1/7 – 3/25 (no class 1/28 and 2/18)
6:30-9:30 PM
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.
Intermediate Pottery with Moon Rodriguez Decker
Thursdays, 1/9 – 3/13
6:30-9:30 PM
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.
Advanced Pottery with Gustavo Barceloni
Wednesdays, 1/8 – 3/19 (no class 2/19)
6:30-9:30 PM
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.
Screenprinting with Christina Kang
Mondays, 1/6 – 3/17 (no class 1/20)
6:30-9:30 PM
This course covers water-based screenprinting and is structured both for introductory as well as experienced screenprinters. We’ll be exploring the basic techniques and concepts of this fine art printmaking process. As always in our studios, there will be an emphasis on non-toxic methods and materials. Techniques covered will include: cut paper and hand-painted (autographic) stencils, monotypes, and photographic emulsion.
Relief Printing with Christina Kang
Tuesdays, 1/7 – 3/11
6:30-9:30 PM
This course covers linoleum relief printing techniques using oil-based, water-soluble inks primarily on paper and fabric. There will be an emphasis on non-toxic methods and materials. Techniques covered will include: reductive relief, multiblock registration, jigsaw relief, hand cut stencils, fabric printing, hand printing, and printing with a press. For introductory and experienced print levels alike.
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