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Classes + Workshops // Youth Art Program

CLAY TILE MAKING

All Skill Levels: Teen/Adult
Youth Artists may enroll with an Adult


Instructor: 
Laura Herhold


Days // Times:
Session 1: July 8, 15, 22, 29
Session 2: August 5, 12, 19, 26

Tuesday 6:30–8:30 pm


Tuition per Session:

$ 220

Explore texture, repetitive pattern, drawing in clay, as well as slab, and handbuilding techniques in clay as we learn to create tiles for installation or as objects of beauty

  • workshop description

    Tiles can tell a narrative story... and tiles can reveal impressions and patterns from nature. The studio is equipped with a slab roller and the required hand tools. We will also explore surface treatments and simple glaze options. Bring your ideas! 


    Students purchase clay from NISDA. $ 25  bag for $ 60. Which includes the cost of glaze and firing.

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April 2, 2025
THE WAUWINET CLAY RIDE 5 Day Workshop Work alongside Master Clay Artist Piero Fenci Instructor: Piero Fenci Days // Times: 3 Day Intensive: Monday, Wednesday + Friday July 21, 23 + 25 // 1 pm–3:30 pm 4th session for glazing TBA Tuition: $ 250 // Clay fee additional This 5 day exploration of clay led by Piero Fenci is a rare opportunity!
March 31, 2025
YOUNG ARTISTS Ages 5-8 and 9-12 Instructor: tba Days // Times: Weekly enrollment: June 16–August 22 // 3 day week Monday, Wednesday + Friday // 9:30 am–12 noon Tuition per week: $ 225 Young Artists find a sense of wonder, new ways to express themselves, explore the natural environment and communities around the world through mythology, folktales, traditional arts and crafts, movement and sound!
March 31, 2025
Generations Together A Multi-Age Family + Friends Art Workshop Instructor: tba Days // Times: Fridays 9:30 am–12 pm Tuition per week: $ 75 for 2 participants $ 25 for each additional participant in the group A fun filled morning of creativity for all ages! Bring the whole family... houseguests... and friends! Register for the entire series or select specific days. Children registered in the Young Artists program are automatically enrolled and invited to bring a guest.
Clay Workshop
March 31, 2025
Learn the basics, or expand your skills, working on the potter’s wheel.
March 31, 2025
CHANCERY CALLIGRAPHY Teen 13+ // Adult // All Skill Levels Instructor: Kathy Kelm Days // Times: August 5, 12, 19, 26 Tuesday Afternoons // 1:30 pm–3 pm Tuition: $ 150 + $ 30 (includes contemporary calligraphy pen, India ink, papers) The art of calligraphy is a delight and has application as an expressive art, illumination & design. Among many daily applications, letter writing, birth and marriage certificates.
March 31, 2025
FALL IN LOVE WITH WATERCOLOR! An “en Plein Air” 2 day workshop Teen 13+ // Adult // All Skill Levels Instructor: Leyah Jensen Marshall Days // Times: June 17+ 19 // 9:30 am–12 noon Tuition: $ 120 Embracing its astonishing beauty and taking inspiration from the natural world and the landscape, students will learn basic techniques and visit sites around the island to create works.
March 31, 2025
DISCOVER NANTUCKET: AN ADVENTURE IN PHOTOGRAPHY All Skill Levels Adult // Teen 13+ Instructor: Anne Conway Jennings Days // Times: July 17 // July 25 // July 31 // August 7 // August 14 // August 21 Thursdays 6:00 pm–9 pm Tuition: Single night enrollment per student $ 75 3 Pack $ 180 (Enroll for 3 nights or 3 registrants enroll together for 1 night together) Thinking of Nantucket as a material resource and natural inspiration! Looking for hidden treasures, secret spots and transient tranquil moments to deepen your sense of wonder and creativity? Perhaps take a photography class that explores Nantucket’s very special landscape, or a guided tour of Squam Swamp’s abundant foraging treasures…?
March 31, 2025
CYANOTYPE + SOLAR PRINTING 1 day workshop Adult // Teen 13+ Instructor: Anne Conway Jennings Days // Times: July 19 // Saturday // 9:30 am–1 pm August 2 // Saturday // 9:30 am–1 pm Tuition per session: $ 95 (all materials included ) This workshop is for those interested in alternative photographic printing techniques.
March 31, 2025
BIG SELF-PORTRAITS 4 day workshop Teen 13+ // Adult Instructor: Ian Torney Days // Times: July 15-18 Tuesday - Friday // 9:30 am–12 noon Tuition: $ 250 Students will create a dramatic, finished and larger-than-life self-portrait on @ 40” x 60” parchment paper or a large piece of cardboard, building a portrait image in a step-by-step process from a photograph, from a line drawing in graphite, to a limited palette in acrylic using Burnt Umber and white paint in washes of value, and utilizing both Classical and contemporary methodology and practice.
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