| 06 January - 24 February | Monday Beginning Handbuilding – Sue Allen & Candice Ulbricht MEETS WEEKLY FROM MONDAY JANUARY 6 - FEBRUARY 24, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | View Details |
| 06 - 27January | Mindful Sculpting – K.D. Rowell MEETS WEEKLY FROM MONDAY JANUARY 6 - JANUARY 27. 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | View Details |
| 06 January - 24 February | Evening Raku – Doug Dacar MEETS WEEKLY FROM MONDAY JANUARY 6 - FEBRUARY 24. 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | Add to cart |
| 07 January - 25 February | Tuesday Beginning Handbuilding – Andrea Misbach MEETS WEEKLY FROM TUESDAY JANUARY 7 - FEBRUARY 25. 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | View Details |
| 07 January - 25 February | Tuesday Creative Clay with Kids – Kelly Matney MEETS WEEKLY ON TUESDAY JAN. 7 - FEB 25. 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | View Details |
| 07 January - 25 February | Tuesday Creative Clay with Kids – Kelly Matney MEETS WEEKLY ON TUESDAY JAN. 7 - FEB 25. 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM | Add to cart |
| 08 January - 26 February | Wednesday Beginning Wheel – Fred Hamann MEETS WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS, JAN. 8 - FEB. 26, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | View Details |
| 08 January - 26 February | Paper Clay Handbuilding – Doug Dacar MEETS WEEKLY FROM WEDNESDAY JAN. 8 - FEB. 26, 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Add to cart |
| 08 January - 26 February | Wednesday Evening Beginning Wheel – Jim Ransom MEETS WEEKLY ON WEDNESDAYS, JANUARY 8 - FEBRUARY 26, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | View Details |
| 09 January - 27 February | Thursday Intermediate Wheel – Jim Ransom MEETS WEEKLY ON THURSDAYS, JAN. 9 - FEB. 27, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Add to cart |
| 09 January - 27 February | Thursday Beginning Wheel – Rollie Smith MEETS WEEKLY FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 27. 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Add to cart |
| 09 January - 27 February | Beginning + Wheel – Rollie Smith MEETS WEEKLY FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 9 - FEBRUARY 27, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | View Details |
| 10 January - 28 February | Friday Beginning Wheel – Fred Hamann MEETS WEEKLY ON FRIDAYS, JAN. 10 - FEB. 28, 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Add to cart |
| 10 January - 28 February | Friday Beginning Wheel – Andrea Misbach MEETS WEEKLY ON FRIDAYS, JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 28, 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | View Details |
| 10 January - 28 February | Friday Beginning Wheel – Jesse Breon MEETS WEEKLY FROM FRIDAY JANUARY 10 - FEBRUARY 28, 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | View Details |
| 11 January - 01 March | Saturday Beginning + Wheel – Amanda Ohrn MEETS WEEKLY FROM SATURDAY JANUARY 11 - MARCH 1. 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | View Details |
Open Studio Passes are intended for folks who do not need basic instruction about how to use clay and/or clay equipment. If you can work safely and independently on your own ceramics and pottery, a studio pass is right for you! All of our Studio Passes entitle you to use the studio during our regular business hours. This does not include instruction or materials. To have your pieces fired in our kilns, you can purchase firing tickets separately.
We have scholarship funds available on our website for all youth and adult classes. If you or your child would love to take an art class, but it is just not within your family’s means right now, we may be able to help.
Download, print, and fill out the appropriate application, then send or bring it in to the studio. You will be notified if you are chosen as a recipient.
If you would like to be added to a waitlist for a class or workshop that has been closed, please call 503-365-3911.
Willamette Art Center reserves the right to cancel, combine or reschedule classes in order to adjust for enrollment. If we must cancel a class we will notify all registered participants. Registrants will have the opportunity to register for another class (depending on space available) or receive a full refund. If you withdraw from a class more than 10 days before the start date, you will be subject to a $25 processing fee. If you withdraw from a class 10 or fewer days before the start of class, you will not receive a refund.
Do you have an idea for a class or workshop? If you would like to have your proposal considered for a WAC-sponsored activity, please complete the following form. If your proposal fits the mission of the center, and if our schedule can accommodate it, we will contact you for further information.
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In this three-session workshop, join instructor Doug Dacar to design and craft your own unique ornaments. WAC will bisque fire your pieces, then you’ll glaze and Raku fire them, creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind decorations. Take home ornaments perfect for gifting or adding a personal touch to your holiday decor!
Dates: Saturdays, Nov. 16, Nov. 30, and Dec. 7, 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
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BYOB – Bring your own Bisqueware!
Bring pots that have already gone through a bisque kiln.
Bring four small to medium-sized bisque vessels per person. (Small equals 4” high or smaller/ Medium equals up to 7” high. Larger than this counts for two pieces.) Additional pots can be fired only if we are under-registered and there is extra space in the kiln. Firing these extra pieces will cost $10 each, which you can pay at the monitor desk during the workshop.
Raku Workshop Participation:
We start glazing at 6 p.m. The cut-off time to glaze is at 7 p.m.. After glazing, we will fire the kiln until all the work is done – usually around 2-3 hours after the start time. Glazes provided.
Your instructor will advise and assist you through the process.
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5 to 6 p.m. – Learn how to make glaze brushes
6 to 7:30 p.m. – All sort of tools. Bring your own creation to show and tell.
Attendees must have an Open Studio pass. Don’t have one? Purchase one here.
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Do you ever get back bisqued items and have no idea how you should glaze them? Next time you trim a pot, don’t let it dry out! Wrap it in plastic and bring it to my workshop…
This is a two-day, two-week workshop that ‘scratches the surface’ of the many ways one can modify clay items in that fleeting leather-hard moment after trimming, before they become bone-dry and have to be bisqued.
With an emphasis on carving, we will explore effects of different clay bodies, stains, slips, and carving tools. We will also spend some time thinking about how texture operates on positive and negative space in figurative and abstract carving, how different clay bodies and dryness’ lend themselves to different kinds of line, and imagining forward to glazing during the process of carving.
The second week we will glaze everything we carved the first week and think about how different glazes work with slips and stains. Although I will provide a variety of leather-hard pieces for you to work with, everyone is strongly encouraged to bring their own work to play with. Said work should be somewhere between swiss cheese and bone dry.
Glaze and firing included. Limited to 10 students age 14 years & up.
$40 for 2 day workshop
Class meets twice from 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Monday March 27 and Monday April 3.
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.*. One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 10 – Feb. 28
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.*. One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$204 for 7 weeks
Class meets weekly from 6 – 8:30 p.m. Fridays, Sept. 20 – Nov. 8
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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We will explore design and construction of masks from simple to complex. How to decide on surface treatment and glazes. Masks can be flat or. Formed to fit the face. Masks can be decorative, to hang on a wall or garden fence, or they may be intended to be worn. If they are to be worn, we will have different challenges. Whatever plan you have for your mask, the object of creating one is to enjoy the opportunity to let your shaman loose. No experience is necessary.
Clay provided. Open studio included. Limited to 10 students age 16 years & up.
$120 for 4 weeks
Class meets weekly from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm. Friday June 16 – Friday July 14 (No class July 7)
I became interested in masks when I saw one of ancient and simple design. It was the antiquity that intrigued me. I have made many masks since then, always looking for simplicity and antiquity. People make masks for many reasons. They present a strangeness to the world. They free expression because they erase identity. When the drums are beating and the fire blazes in the fire pit, when the moon is dark and the stars are wheeling overhead, the spirits call out. They howl and cavort around the fire. Some of us find ourselves in tune with these spirits and we need only put on a mask to join them. A blanket and something wispy cloth to wave about is never a bad idea. But the most important part of dancing with the spirits is the mask. Of course there is also the quandary before going to the fire circle. It is always better to have options, “Which mask should I wear?” than to have to admit, “I don’t have a single mask to wear.”
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.* One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 1 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 10 – Feb. 28
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.* One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Fridays, Jan. – Feb 28
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.* One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 8 – Feb. 26
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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Explore the basic skills of wheel throwing and glazing. Students will learn a variety of throwing, trimming and glazing techniques. You will make plates, mugs and bowls in no time at all. Enrollees do not need any previous clay experience. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. Participants will need basic tools.* One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18 – Nov. 6
*Available for sale at the Willamette Art Center
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Have you taken a beginning wheel class and centering is going fairly well? It might be time to move to the intermediate class. Students will explore more challenging throwing techniques and pottery forms, as well as design and glazing techniques. Struggling with a clay idea? Bring it and we’ll tackle it! Experience required. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm on Thursdays, Jan. 9 – Feb. 27
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Have you taken a beginning wheel class and centering is going fairly well? It might be time to move to the intermediate class. Students will explore more challenging throwing techniques and pottery forms, as well as design and glazing techniques. Struggling with a clay idea? Bring it and we’ll tackle it! Experience required. Limited to ten students aged 18 years and older. One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 1 – 3:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 19 – Nov. 7
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Unlock your creativity and discover the art of wheel throwing in our ceramics class designed specifically for teens! This completely hands-on course will guide you through the essential techniques of pottery, from centering clay on the wheel to shaping and crafting your unique masterpieces. Learn the foundational skills of wheel throwing, including wedging, centering, and pulling up the clay. Explore your artistic side as you design and create various forms such as bowls, mugs, and vases. Understand the process of glazing your pieces and preparing them for the kiln to achieve beautiful, finished ceramics. Make things for yourself or gifts for your friends. No prior experience is necessary. Limited to 10 students aged 14 to 18 years. Participants will need basic tools.* One 25 lb. bag of clay and open studio time included.
$234 for 8 weeks
Class meets weekly from 4 – 6:30 p.m. Thursdays, Sept. 19 – Nov. 7
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You will make flat shapes with wet pottery clay to be textured and painted on with non-ceramic paints. Then, using paper, you will press on the clay to make a painted print. No experience necessary.*
*Printing materials supplied. The instructor will give you ideas of what to bring to the second class to finish your projects.
Limited to 10 Students age 16 years & up
$100 for 4 weeks
Class meets weekly from 6 – 8 p.m. Thursdays, March 28 – April 18