The Clay Place

Getting your hands in the Mud at The Clay Place

Located on the Arts Center campus on Harvard Avenue, The Clay Place offers clay classes for all ages and abilities in a fun and creative environment. The Clay Place provides:     

• Summer arts programs in the 3-dimensional arts for kids and young adults.

• Evening adult classes in ceramics for beginners, continuing and advanced students.

• Open Studio space and facilities for ceramic artists needing a place to work and share ideas.

• Support for the Arts in Education programs with materials, education and our facility.

Students and artists using the facility create pots, sculptures, tiles....your imagination is the only limit to what you can produce at this full service, professional ceramics studio! The studio has kick and electric wheels, a slab roller, a pugmill, numerous glazes, three electric kilns and lots more.

Students interested in exploring ceramics are sure to benefit from our professional instructors,Ted Isto and Greg Price. Both Ted and Greg have extensive Arts background and teach in the Fine Arts Department at Umpqua Community College. The Arts Center is fortunate to have these talented educators involved with our ceramics program.

Clay Place Upcoming Terms We have scheduled the Spring, Summer, and Fall Terms for the Clay Place! Spring Term: April 9- June 1, 2012 Summer Term: June 25- August 17, 2012 Fall Term: September 24- November 16, 2012

Days of Instruction:

Mondays – 3-8pm Taught by Ted or Greg.
Wednesdays – 3-8pm Taught by Greg.
Fridays – 3-8pm Taught by Ted
Saturdays – 10-2pm Studio assistance from Ashtine

Fees (per term):
Full Pack (3 classes a week, plus Open Studio on Saturday): $175 for UVAA Members, $185 for non-members
10 Pack (only 10 classes): $90 for UVAA Members; $100 for non-members

You can register for these classes by printing and filling out this form, and mailing it to us (or coming in yourself) at Umpqua Valley Arts Association, 1624 W. Harvard Avenue, Roseburg, OR, 97471. You can also register online for classes here. Or you can call us at 541-672-2532!

Clay Place Spring Term Schedule

April 9-April 13: Coils, pinch pots, soft slab bowls and the physics and chemistry of clays.
April 16- April 20: Soft slab mugs, joining leather-hard slabs, hump molds, tiles, surface and texture
April 23-April 27: Kick and electric wheel throwing; cylinders and underglazes
April 30-May 4: Kick and electric wheel throwing; bowls; glaze theory and application.
May 7-May 11: Kick and electric wheel throwing; plates and glazes on pots.
May 14-May 18: More glazing, stains, oxide painting and larger pots.
May 21-May 25: Extruder, molds, coil and throw techniques and more surface decoration.
May 28-June 1: Glazes, spraying and pouring; kilns, furniture, loading and firing. Tricks and tools; molds and extruder pots, fast things.

POT LUCK Friday June 1; 6-8pm Bring your friends!