5 week - Creekside Ceramics Series – Adult Arts Education

Name: 5 week - Creekside Ceramics Series – Adult Arts Education
Start: 2025-10-01T17:30:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-01T20:30:00-07:00
Location: 15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA, United States, California 95070

Schedule

Wed Oct 01 2025 at 05:30 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

15400 Montalvo Rd, Saratoga, CA, United States, California 95070 | Saratoga, CA

Seize the Clay! In this five-part series at Montalvo's Creekside Studio, participants will learn fundamental wheel throwing skills. These include centering, welling, pulling walls, shaping forms, trimming, kiln basics, and various glazing techniques. Participants will use these skills to create their own set of mugs, bowls, flowerpots, or dishes!
5 Week Ceramic Workshop for $475

Bring your ideas to this workshop series and join the fun with friends to achieve repetition of similar forms. The fee includes all materials, your own toolkit and a work apron for class. Please wear clothes and shoes you don't mind getting dirty. Masks are recommended for anyone who suffers with severe allergies due to the dusty indoor/outdoor Creekside Ceramic Studio environment.

Fall Sessions:
Week 1: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 | 5:30 - 8:30pm
Week 2: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025 | 5:30 - 8:30pm
Week 3: Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025 | 5:30 - 8:30pm
Week 4: Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025 | 5:30 - 8:30pm
Week 5: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025 | 5:30 - 8:30pm
This five-part series will be held at Montalvo's Creekside Studio.
The instructor will coordinate pickup times for fired pieces.
Montalvo Arts Center’s Resident Ceramist Ashley Magaña is an emerging professional contemporary ceramic artist who will teach both Adult Arts Education Summer Ceramics Series’ and our Youth Summer Ceramics Summer Camps. Born and raised in the central valley of California, Ashley Magaña delves into her artwork challenging the relationship between sculpture and functionality. Her time spent exploring mediums, crafts, and skills, Magaña found her passion in clay. It was through this medium in which she could convey her views on color, form, and overall experience between the art, the artist, and the viewer. She derives inspiration from the mid-century modern era, the modern contemporary era, and present day popular culture. Through the exploration of the most influential and functional designs of 3D objects in these eras, Magaña is able to push the boundaries and re-envision the overall aesthetic of ceramicware as determined by modern conventional standards.