Spring After School Clay Club | Monday

About this event

Join Betty’s for a super fun-filled semester of after school with one of our experienced teaching artists! This class is for kids ages 5-9 who want to learn how to use clay. Kids will learn how to center and throw on the pottery wheel, how to wedge their clay, basic handbuilding techniques and how to use underglazes and glazes. We use experimentation and risk-taking as learning tools to teach kids in a process-oriented setting. Kids will learn to collaborate with others as they learn how to use the slab roller and extruder to handbuild sculptural forms. All of our lesson plans reference the rich and ancient histroy of ceramics inculture around the world. This class focuses on clay but sometimes we will sprinkle in printmaking, painting and drawing to add variety as our work goes through the firing process. Parents: while your child gets to know the process of ceramics, please help them by focusing on process and experimentation over finished product. Please pack a snack for your child. BETTY'S IS PROUD TO OFFER FREE SCHOOL PICKUP from Cordero (pick up from CASPER), Hamilton Park Montessori, Scandi School, and The French Academy. To request pickup simply select after school pick up from the add on menu at check out. Please be sure to state what school your child will need picked up from. A staff member will then reach out prior to the beginning of term to confirm pick up. PRICE INCLUDES: Unlimited studio clay, glazes, and slips. Community tools, sponges, bats, ware boards, and buckets If you require a makeup session for a missed class, we are happy to schedule the student and an adult to join us during a Saturday Family Wheel session. Make ups must take place within the dates of the childs current session. Please contact us at info@bettysceramicsclub.com to coordinate. By registering for this class, you agree to allow yourself or your child to be occasionally photographed for Betty's social media platforms, including Instagram. If you would like to OPT OUT of this agreement, please email us at info@bettysceramicsclub.com before the start date of your class. Thanks! Betty’s classroom spaces are accessible via elevator. If you require further accommodations, please reach out to info@bettysceramicsclub.com