2025 Member Event at Five Monkeys!

Name: 2025 Member Event at Five Monkeys!
Start: 2026-04-16T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-04-16T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 131 5th St, West Des Moines, IA 50265-4717, United States

Schedule

Thu Apr 16 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

131 5th St, West Des Moines, IA 50265-4717, United States | West Des Moines, IA

Please join the Capital Bears for a member event. If you were a Representative Member in 2025 the Bears will contribute up to $20 towards your project at Five Monkeys in Valley Junction. All are welcome to attend. Food and beverage of choice can be brought in.
www.fivemonkeysinc.com
How Does It Work?
You'll browse the hundreds of pieces we have to choose from (you can also shop online before you come). Our selection is about 60% mass produced and 40% hand poured in the US by independent ceramacists across the country (they have the good stuff, they have the pieces from our past).
Once you've selected your piece, we'll talk about how glaze works, colors and get you painting.
When your project is complete you'll leave it with us to be fired in the kiln and you'll pick up in about a week, for friends visiting from out of town we can expertly package and ship your items to you for the cost of shipping (typically $10 for the first item(small to medium) and $5 for each additional piece).
Prices are determined by the project you choose. The price listed on the shelf or website includes the piece, the glaze, the kiln firing and the initial visit (typically 2 hours).
If you don't complete your piece on your first trip you can return to finish at a later date (we DO NOT store in progress pieces, they are your responsibility). There is a studio fee on your return visit(s) of $5 per hour on weekends and $3 per hour weekdays. You may also request glaze and take your piece home to complete it and return it to us to be fired.
We strive for perfection but there are things that happen in the firing process that are beyond our control. In the event that a piece gets damaged we will attempt to correct it, if you choose to keep the piece we will give you a discount off your next project in the form of a gift certificate. If it is unable to be fixed or you don’t want us to attempt to fix it, you can paint a replacement or have a gift certificate of equal value. If you opt to keep the broken piece the gift certificate will be for half the value.