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Beginners Sculpting with Guillermo Nunez 2025-2026 (Wednesdays)

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Clay Sculpture     B-I
Guillermo Nunez

Wednesdays: 9:00 – 12:00

Come, experience sculpting, enjoy moments of transforming a material like clay. Give presence to your ideas and share your art with us. Class includes 25# of clay, in studio glazing & firing.

S1: Jan 7, 12, 21, 28, Feb 4, 11                                                                                                                                          S2: Feb 18, 25, Mar 4, 11, 18, 25 Class Full Call For Waitlist                                                                              S3: Apr 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Class Full Call For Waitlist

5 wk: $193 Member                                                                                                                                                            5 wk: $218 Future Member

6 wk: $231 Member
6 wk: $256 Future Member

 

Advanced Independent Jewelry, Wendy Thurlow 2025-2026

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Advanced Independent Jewelry     A
Wendy Thurlow

Mondays: 5:30 – 9:00

Advanced independent study with a twist. In this class, students will expand on existing skills. Focus on craftsmanship and design will be emphasized. Complex and advanced stone setting techniques, fabrication and mechanisms. Learn and expand your skills while developing your creativity. Students must be able to solder independently and have a design skill set. This is a technique based class. Demos’ will be introduced throughout the session. Students are expected to develop their own designs and projects, soldering independently, design skills, stone setting & tool safety.

 

S1: 5 wk – Sep 8, 15, 22, 29, Oct 6
S2: 5 wk – Oct 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17
S3: 4wk – Dec 1, 8, 15, 22
S4: 5 wk – Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb 2
S5: 5 wk – Feb 16, 23, Mar 2, 9, 16
S6: 5 wk – Mar 30, Apr 6, 13, 20, 27

4 wk: $135 Member
$160 Future Member

5 wk: $169 Member
$194 Future Member

 

 

Intermediate Jewelry, Wendy Thurlow 2025-2026

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Intermediate Jewelry     I
Wendy Thurlow

Mondays: 12:00 – 4:00

In this class, students will expand on existing skills. Focus on craftsmanship and finishing will be emphasized. Complex soldering techniques, fabrication, texturing, forming and much more will be introduced. Tips for creative problem solving will be discussed. New techniques and original projects will be shown each session. Stones will be used during class, please bring what you have. Learn new skills while developing your creativity. Students must know safety of studio and comfortable soldering alone.

 

S1: 4 wk – Sep 8, (no 15), 22, 29, Oct 6
S2: 5 wk – Oct 20, 27, Nov 3, 10, 17 Class Full Call For Waitlist
S3: 4 wk – Dec 1, 8, 15, 22  Class Full Call For Waitlist
S4: 5 wk – Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, Feb 2  Class Full Call For Waitlist
S5: 5 wk – Feb 16, 23, Mar 2, 9, 16 Class Full Call For Waitlist
S6: 5 wk – Mar 30, Apr 6, 13, 20, 27 Class Full Call For Waitlist

4 wk – $158 Member
$183 Future Member

5 wk: $197 Member
$222 Future Member

 

 

Russian Wedding Band, Bernadette Nichols 2025-2026

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Russian Wedding Band     B
Bernadette Nichols

Saturdays: 9:00 – 2:00

This ring will literally roll right onto your finger and no, it is not just for the married folk! You will learn how to precisely size, cut, file, solder and polish the three bands that once completed will be fun to wear and garner lots of compliments. The rings consist of sterling, gold-filled and rose gold-filled wire. You will complete your ring in this one-day workshop. Material cost is between $45 and $60 plus tax payable to the instructor at the beginning of class. Hair must be pulled back and closed-toed shoes are a must.

 

S1: Nov 22
S2: Apr 18

Member: $117
Future Member: $142

Explore Clay Handbuilding Techniques, Ted Camp 2025-2026

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Explore Clay Handbuilding Techniques  B-I
Ted Camp

Wednesdays: 1:00 – 4:00

Slab construction is the easiest and fastest form of hand building for beginners to learn while presenting the more advanced student with a variety of challenges involving aesthetics & scale. This class will cover a variety of building and design techniques, including coils along with the use of a clay extruder that play well with the physical characteristics of clay. Demonstrations will focus on the making of quality utilitarian or sculptural objects. Students will be introduced to numerous glazing techniques that allow them to fully explore colors and effects possible with mid-fire (cone 6 electric). Bring your own tools or purchase a beginners kit at the front desk. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing, and in-studio glazing.

S1: Sep 3, 10, 17, 24, Oct 1
S2: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5
S3: Nov 12, 19, (no Nov 26), Dec 3, 10, 17
S4: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb 4 Class Full Call for Waitlist
S5: Feb 11, 18, 25, Mar 4, 11 Class Full Call for Waitlist
S6: Mar 18, (no Mar 25), Apr 1, 8, 15, 22 Class Full Call for Waitlist

Member: $190
Future Member: $215

Sculpting with Guillermo Nunez 2025-2026

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Clay Sculpture     I-A
Guillermo Nunez

Tuesdays: 9:00 – 12:00

Come, experience sculpting, enjoy moment of transforming a material like clay. Give presence to your ideas and share your art with us. Class includes 25# of clay, in studio glazing & firing.

S1: Sep 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7 Class Full Call For Waitlist
S2: Oct 21, 28, Nov 4, 11, 18, 25  Class  Full Please call for Wait list
S3: Dec 9, 16, 23, 30, Jan 6, 13 Class  Full Please call for Wait list
S4: Jan 27, Feb 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar 3 Class  Full Please call for Wait list
S5: Mar 17, 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21 Class  Full Please call for Wait list

$231 Member
$256 Future Member

 

Creating on the Wheel, Ted Camp 2025-2026

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Creating On The Wheel     B-A
Ted Camp

Wednesdays: 9:00 – 12:00

Wheel throwing attracts students who particularly like symmetrically round objects and challenges them to learn how to control the development of a particular form. The basic steps for throwing will be the focus for beginners, while more advanced students will be challenged by more complex forms and techniques, which will lead to all students achieving success through practice. Whether the focus is on the traditional drinking vessel or the more challenging lidded container, including the tea pot, numerous demonstrations will provide the way to success. Students will also explore the myriad ways to apply glazes to their pieces and experience the difference between mid-fire (cone 6 electric). Bring your own tools or purchase a beginners kit at the front desk or online. Class fee includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing, and in-studio glazing.

S1: Sep 3, 10,, 17, 24, Oct 1
S2: Oct 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov 5
S3: Nov 12, 19, (no Nov 26), Dec 3, 10, 17
S4: Jan 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb 4 Class Full Call For Waitlist
S5: Feb 11, 18, 25, Maar 4, 11 Class Full Call For Waitlist
S6: Mar 18, (no Mar 25), Apr 1, 8, 15, 22 Class Full Call For Waitlist

 

Member: $190
Future member: $215

Ceramic Workshop

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Ceramic Workshop     A

Tuesdays: 1:00 – 4:00

This is an independent study, hands on, open to anyone who has experience with clay and has taken a class at Herrig Center for the Arts or Herrig Center for the Arts. This class has no instructor, but there is learning amongst students.  Class fee includes 25lb of clay, bisque and glaze firing.
*Note: You must have taken at least one session of classes with an instructor before you can register for this class.

S1: 5wk – Sept 9, 16, 23, 30, Oct 7
S2: 6 wk – Oct 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov 4, 11
S3: 5 wk -Nov 18, 25, Dec 2, 9, 16

S4: 5 wk – Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, Feb 3

S5: 5 wk – Feb 10, 17, 24, Mar 3, 10

S6: 6 wk – Mar 17, 24, 31, Apr 7, 14, 21

5wk: Member: $190
Future Member: $215

6wk Member: $227
Future Member: $252

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