Clay classes at the Gardiner Museum

Adult Classes

The Gardiner Museum is a leader in clay and art education, offering a range of adult classes year-round in our studios.

Winter Clay Classes go on sale to Gardiner Friends on Monday November 25 at 10 am and to the public on Wednesday November 27 at 10 am.

Gardiner Friends get 15% off and front-of-the-line registration for sessional classes and camps. Join now!
Does not apply to Get Acquainted pass holders.

Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Intermediate-Advanced)

Nov 24 2024 – Dec 15 2024
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Develop your skills in wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This free-form or open studio style class will focus on independent experimentation and is designed for students with previous experience working with clay.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (All Levels)

Jan 6 2025 – Mar 3 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Start by learning basic hand-building techniques, then learn to use the pottery wheel to create functional ceramics.

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Stoneware (Beginner)

Jan 6 2025 – Mar 3 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Learn basic hand building and wheel-throwing techniques, and experiment with exciting glaze combinations on both functional and sculptural pieces.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Intermediate – Advanced)

Jan 6 2025 – Mar 3 2025
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Learn wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This class is designed for students already comfortable working with clay.

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Wheel Throwing: Stoneware (Beginner)

Jan 7 2025 – Feb 25 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Using stoneware clay, learn to create functional and sculptural pieces on the pottery wheel. This class is designed for students new to ceramics.

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Wheel Throwing (Beginner)

Jan 7 2025 – Jan 28 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Practice centering with clay before moving on to making simple shapes like cylinders and bowls.

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Hand Building (All Levels)

Jan 7 2025 – Feb 25 2025
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Learn to make functional, sculptural, and decorative pieces using hand-building techniques. Practice sculpting, slab building, coiling, surface decoration, and glazing.

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CLAYming Beloved Community

Jan 7 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Guided by a registered psychotherapist, explore simple physical practices with clay, using your sense of touch and breath exercises to bring yourself into the present moment.

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Intro to Sculptural Pottery: Stoneware (All Levels)

Jan 8 2025 – Feb 26 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Using stoneware clay, learn hand-building techniques, including pinching, coiling, and slab making.

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Wheel Throwing: Stoneware (Intermediate)

Jan 8 2025 – Feb 26 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Improve your ability to center and throw consistently, and practice creating and altering thrown vessels.

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Wheel Throwing: Stoneware (Intermediate)

Jan 8 2025 – Feb 26 2025
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Advance your wheel throwing skills to create functional sculptural vessels.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Beginner)

Jan 9 2025 – Feb 27 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Learn wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more.

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Wheel Throwing (All Levels)

Jan 9 2025 – Feb 27 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Learn the art of the potter’s wheel! Create your own functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes.

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Wheel Throwing and Surface Decoration (All Levels)

Jan 9 2025 – Feb 27 2025
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Learn wheel throwing and surface decoration, inspired by the Gardiner Museum’s permanent collections.

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Wheel Throwing (Beginner)

Jan 9 2025 – Feb 27 2025
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Get an introduction to the pottery wheel and learn to create functional and decorative pieces.

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Hand Building (Beginner)

Jan 10 2025 – Feb 28 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Make functional, sculptural, and decorative pieces using hand-building techniques.

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Wheel Throwing: Gardiner Collections (All Levels)

Jan 11 2025 – Mar 8 2025
10:30 am – 1:30 pm

Create functional and sculptural pieces with earthenware clay and glazes, inspired by wheel-thrown works in the Gardiner Museum’s collections.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Intermediate – Advanced)

Jan 12 2025 – Feb 2 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Develop your skills in wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This free-form or open studio style class will focus on independent experimentation.

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CLAYming Love

Jan 14 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Guided by a registered psychotherapist, engage in clay exercises designed to call attention to habits of belief, judgments, and the stories we tell ourselves.

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Re-Claym Re-connect Re-member

Jan 21 2025 @ 6:00 pm

Guided by a registered psychotherapist, engage in the simple physical practice of breath with clay.

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Reclayming Space to Build Community

Jan 28 2025 – Feb 18 2025
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Guided by a registered psychotherapist, explore the dance between breath and clay through a series of hand-building exercises designed to awaken the present moment.

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Wheel Throwing (Beginner)

Feb 4 2025 – Feb 25 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Practice centering with clay before moving on to making simple shapes like cylinders and bowls.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Intermediate – Advanced)

Feb 9 2025 – Mar 9 2025
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Develop your skills in wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This free-form or open studio style class will focus on independent experimentation.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (All Levels)

Oct 21 2024 – Dec 9 2024
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Learn wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This class is suitable for all skill levels.

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Wheel Throwing: Stoneware (Intermediate)

Oct 21 2024 – Dec 9 2024
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Using stoneware clay, learn intermediate wheel-throwing techniques, creating functional and sculptural pieces. This class is designed for students with previous experience on the pottery wheel.

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Hand Building and Wheel Throwing Combo (Intermediate-Advanced)

Oct 21 2024 – Dec 9 2024
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

Develop your skills in wheel throwing, hand building, glazing, texturing, and more. This class is designed for students with previous experience working with clay.

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