Children's Courses

Courses

Mommy & Me Clay Ornament Course

Create precious memories with your little one during our Mommy & Me Clay Ornament Course! We will create clay ornaments (4 per person) and a ceramic cookie plate. This course is perfect for beginners and children!

November 5th

$40.00 for Parent and $10.00 Per Child

Materials Included

Kid's Clay Camp

Look around you! You can probably see at least one thing that began as raw clay--the bricks that make up your home, the plates and mugs that you eat and drink from, your light sockets - all of these started out as raw clay. Even the outer shell of the space shuttles was made of clay. Clay has been used for thousands of years to build homes as well as to create useful and beautiful things. From a pinch pot to coil, slab, and adobe, we will explore clay as early humans must have done and then we’ll have some fun with more modern techniques.

$48.00 - Materials Included

Hand Built Pottery

Designed for children 10 and up. Children will be introduced to pinch pots and slab-built projects. Surface decoration techniques and studio best practices will be introduced as part of the learning process. This is a one-day class lasting three hours. The participants will create and glaze a piece the same day and will pick up their creations after they are fired in the kiln.

$24.00 - Materials Included

Native American Clay Workshop

Explore Native American culture and its history with clay. Practice traditonal pottery techniques while learning it's role in everyday Native American life!

$48.00 - Materials Included

Adobe Workshop

Learn the hisotry of adobe and is origin. These sun-dried brick, are one of the oldest and most common building materials known to man. Explore clay as early humans, and have fun with more modern techniques.

$48.00 - Materials Included

Visual Journaling for Kids

Visual Journaling Camp is a five day journey into learning the art of visual journaling. Visual Journaling is much more than just a sketch or painting inside a book but rather a way to utilize the materials and experiences around us that we encounter on a daily basis as a means of inspiration for art making.

Apply for a course scholarship here!

$85.00 - Materials Included

Meet Our Instructors

Patty Lewis

Marri Buchanan

Patty grew up in the beautiful Appalachian Mountains where she enjoyed the wonderful trails, water features, wild ponies, and some of the most beautiful scenery in the United States. She was also exposed to an environment focused on preserving Appalachian culture. She has a business degree from the University of Phoenix. More recently, Patty has discovered ceramics and has fallen in love with the craft. She loves to create and to teach pottery and looks forward to helping preserve the culture of her Appalachian mountain home.

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Marri Buchanan

Marri Buchanan has a degree in Art Education. She has been an art teacher and has had her own business in designing art tiles. Her passion is pottery and painting. She loves working with all ages, particularly children and is looking forward to introducing kids to the wonders and fun of creating with clay.

Callie Lewis

Marri Buchanan

Callie Lewis

Callie Lewis is a native of Ashe County and has taught K-6 Visual Art at Westwood Elementary school for the past 7 years. She graduated from Appalachian State Univeristy with her BFA in Art Education. Callie loves working in her sketchbooks, Gelli Printing, painting, and sewing. Her favorite way to spend her free time is outdoors with her daughter, Clementine, and husband, Dalton.