This is a 12-week afternoon class for ages 6 – 12. Students will work with their hands and discover the magical qualities of clay! They will explore texture, color and shape while building technical skills as they create a wide variety of wonderful creations. Each class session will introduce a new technique and present a new, exciting challenge. All works will be created in red earthenware, decorated with vibrant AMACO velvet underglaze and glaze fired to cone 04. Class includes all materials and firing.

This is a 12-week afternoon class for ages 6 – 12. Students will work with their hands and discover the magical qualities of clay! They will explore texture, color and shape while building technical skills as they create a wide variety of wonderful creations. Each class session will introduce a new technique and present a new, exciting challenge. All works will be created in red earthenware, decorated with vibrant AMACO velvet underglaze and glaze fired to cone 04. Class includes all materials and firing.

Let your ideas flow through clay where you will build magical worlds. Students will explore illustration as a sketchbook practice along with the fundamentals of hand building techniques.

In this 12-week class for ages 12-16, Students will use the potter’s wheel to develop their foundational skills for creating hand-made vessels. This class will cover the techniques of forming, shaping and decorating vases, cups and bowls. As students refine these skills, they will work on more complex projects that will enable them to combine techniques and push their own creativity and problem solving abilities. Glazing and other surface treatments will be explored. Class size will remain at reduced capacity for increased social distancing, masks indoors remain mandatory

In this hand-building class, we will explore the creation of ceramic wares specific to our personal food narratives of choice. We will learn various building techniques to help us translate our conceptual ideas into physical forms through design and function. This class will challenge us to create outside of conventional ideas of tableware, as well as emphasize building in multiples, surface design and glaze testing. Overall, we will focus on the presentation and interaction with our clay vessels, the food, and the consumer.

Want to make a special gift this holiday season? Join us at the Baltimore Museum of Industry for a teddy bear workshop with BMI Educator and Local Baltimore artist, Jesse Lentzwiler.

Using a mix of hand stitching and machine work, participants will leave this workshop with a simple patterned new friend. Suitable for ages 10+.

$30/members/$35 non-members. Workshop includes supplies and museum admission. Free parking is available at the BMI.

Come make this winter break one that's filled with fun, playful learning, and magical moments for everyone! Visit Port Discovery to enjoy winter-themed performances, art projects, stories, and sensory-themed activities, plus hands-on exploration that will keep the "I'm bored" moments at bay.