Intro to Pottery: Throwing for Beginners | AFTERNOON

with Matt Saunders | Beginners

Learn skill, dexterity, and coordination using the potter’s wheel as a tool of the ceramic-forming process as you are introduced to hand-building and throwing techniques. Develop aesthetics in a contemporary, social, and historical context while also exploring the fundamental process of firing and glazing. Firing fees are charged, based on volume of work produced. Materials list provided.

Mondays, 1 - 4 p.m. | 1/22 - 4/15 (No Class 3/11)
12 classes | 36 contact hours
Location: Ceramics Studios, 1211 State Street (Enter through Museum side of building near Fountain Elms) 
Cost: $380, Member: $360, Material Fee: $75

+ SCHOLARSHIPS: Need-based scholarship request forms are available HERE >

+ CERAMICS STUDIO GUIDELINES: Please review the best practices and studio rules for the Munson Community Arts Ceramics Program HERE >

+ CLASS NOTES: Ceramics courses may sometimes require light lifting. Students should be able to occasionally lift up to 25 lbs.

+ OPEN STUDIO TIMES: Students currently enrolled in an adult ceramics class may take advantage of open studio hours on Saturdays or Sundays from 8am - Noon or 1-5pm. Open studio spots are limited and must be registered for in advance of attending via digital signup.

+ FIRING TICKETS: Firing fees are based on the measured volume of the finished pieces. Firing tickets are $2 each and available for purchase at the School of Art reception desk during business hours.

+ MATERIAL FEES: Required material fees cover the cost of full use of studio clay and glazes.

+ PRATT MUNSON SPRING BREAK: No classes or open studio the week of March 11 - 17.

+ CAMPUS MAP: View the College of Art and Design Campus Map > Entrance locations are marked with a “star”. Visit Studio Building Reception for help and directions to classrooms.

Meet your instructor, Matt!
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MATT SAUNDERS: " With ceramics, we have a chance to connect to an older part of our culture, often reconnect and also explore other cultures. In my practice, I use my time creating for self reflection and discovery. The end results are a mirror and memory of my personal journey. Whether it is sculpture or functional ware, the interaction of family, friends, and strangers, is key to the completion of the work. The rituals we have while creating and using our drinking vessels, dinner ware, and storage containers; the sense of community it cultivates, is very much as important as the objects themselves".
msaunders@prattmunson.edu