UPCOMING WORKSHOPS

Led by Sou’wester Artist-in-Residence instructors, our all-ages workshops give you hands-on experience so you can unleash your inner artist, acquire a new skill, and gain a deeper appreciation for craftsmanship.

Workshop Gift Cards

Fri, May 16th

Wheel-Thrown Peace Pots w/David Campiche

5:30pm-7:30pm | $45

Sat, May 17th

Citrus Juicers Clay Play (slab + templet)

10am-1pm | $40

Sat May 17th

Learn to Sew Through Upcycling! /visiting artist Cassie Ridgway

10am-2pm | $50

Sun, May 18th

Bowls Clay Play (slab & bisque mold)

10am-1pm | $40

Fri, May 23rd

Mugs Clay Date

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, May 24th

Family Clay Play – Mini Plant Pots

11am-12pm | Sliding scale $0.00 – $25.00

Sat, May 24th

All Things Glaze Workshop

2pm-4pm | $55

Sun, May 25th

Succulent/Herb Planters Clay Play (coil + pinch) 

10am-1pm | $40

Fri, May 30th

Textured Catch-All Trays Clay Date (coil + slab)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat/Sun May 31st and June 1st

2-Day All Levels Wheel Throwing

1pm-4pm | $115

Sat, May 31st

Puff Puff Paint w/Ariel Zimman

2pm-4pm | $45 | ages 21+

Thursdays, June 5-26

4-Week Wheel Throwing Series | All Levels

5:30pm-7:30pm | $220

Fri, Jun 6

Fri, 6/6: Salt Pigs Clay Date (w/Raku clay option)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, Jun 7

Wheel Throwing Doughnut Handles & Forms

5:30pm-7:30pm | $50

Sun, June 8

Coffee Pour-Overs Clay Play (soft slab)

10am-1pm | $40

Sat, Jun 8

Horse Hair Raku Class & Firing

1pm-4pm | $40-$60

Fri, June 13

Mugs Clay Date (soft slab)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, June 14

Terracotta Planters Clay Play (coil-built)

10am-1pm | $40

Sat/Sun, June 14th & 15th

“Spirit House” Sculptures w/David Campiche

2pm-6pm | $85

Sun, June 15

All Things Glaze

10am-12pm | $55

Fri, June 20

Heavily Textured Cups/Kurinuki Clay Date

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, June 21st

Environmental Printmaking w/Kati Simeck

10am-2pm | $54

Sat, June 21

Wheel Throwing Vases

2pm-5pm | $50

Sat & Sun, June 21 & 22

2-Day All Levels Wheel Throwing

2pm-5pm | $50

Fri, June 27

Bowls Clay Date (slab & bisque mold) 

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, June 28th

Family Clay Play – Bee Cups

11am-12pm | Sliding scale $0.00 – $25.00

Sun, June 29

10am-1pm | $40

Thur, July 3

Bowls Clay Play (slab & bisque mold)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35.00

Sat, July 5

Wheel Throwing – Garden Oyas (self-watering vessels)

2pm-5pm | $50

Sun, July 6

Handled Cups Clay Play (slab & various techniques)

2pm-5pm | $40

Thur, July 10

Terracotta Planters Clay Play (coil-built)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Fri, July 11

Garden Gnomes & Snails Clay Play (pinch + slip ‘n scored)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, July 12

Wheel Throwing – Vases

2pm-5pm | $50

Sat & Sun July 12th & 13th

Slab Built Chain Vases w/Lynz Brightly

2pm-6pm | $85

Sun, July 13

Nerikomi Cups

10am-1pm | $50

Thur, July 17

Garlic Graters

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Fri, July 18

Pet Bowls

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat/Sun, July 19 & 20

2-Day All Levels Wheel Throwing

10am-1pm | $115

Sat, July 19

Mugs

2pm-5pm | $40

Sun, July 20

Reliquaries / Ornate Boxes for Special Things

2pm-5pm | $40

Thur, July 24

Plant Impression Coasters

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Fri, July 25

Heavily Textured Tumblers

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, July 26

K-3rd Family Clay Play – Leaf Bowls

10am-11am | $25

Sat, July 26

K-3rd Family Clay Play – Leaf Bowls

11:30am-12:30pm | $25

Sat, July 26

Tiles as Wall Hangings, Canvas, and Pedestals w/Stan Hunter

2pm-6pm | $45

Sun, July 27

Boxes Inspired by Architecture w/Stan Hunter

2pm-6pm | $45

Sun, July 27

Obvara + Raku Class & Firing

10am-1pm | $40-$60

Thur, July 31

Bud Vases (coiled)

5:30pm-7:30pm | $35

Sat, Aug 30

Handbuilt Berry Colanders w/Karen Pride

2pm-6pm | $45

Sat/Sun, Sep 20 & 21

Potted Cactuses w/Marsha Mack!

2pm-6pm | $45

Shipping: Visiting ceramic workshop attendees can have their pieces shipped! We will invoice you for $15 handling, plus shipping.

Cancellations: We understand that sometimes plans change. For Clay Plays: We will issue a full refund up to 7 days from the event. Cancellations within 7 days of the event will receive credit towards a future, scheduled Clay Play or a refund minus a $15 cancellation fee (by request). No refunds or transfers if canceled the same day as the event. No refunds for no call, no shows. For all other workshops: We will issue a full refund up 7 days from the event. Cancellations within 7 days of the event will be issued a refund minus a $30 cancellation fee (by request). No refunds if canceled the same day as the event. No refunds for no call, no shows. Please email souwestertv@gmail.com to cancel.

Workshop Gift Cards

Visiting Artist Workshop Archive

  • Handle with Care – Elements of Cup Design w/Joe Hochman

  • Serving Dishes w/Taylor Stefanski

  • Learning Linoleum-Cut Block Printing w/Heidi Keith
  • Intro to Natural Dye Workshop w/Katey Rissi
  • Faces on Functional Forms: Slab-Built Cups W/National Visiting Artist, Carli Giese
  • Faces and Forms: Expressing Emotion Through Clay W/National Visiting Artist, Carli Giese
  • Relief Prints on Fabric Workshop w/Natalie Woodlock
  • Learn Cameraless Photography with Cyanotype w/Michaela Anderson

    • Handbuild your own bud vase w/Laura Hoopenjans

    • Hand built Yoni Altars Workshop w/Lynz Brightly

    • Large Lidded Jars Workshop w/Taylor Stefanski
    • “Kurinuki” – Carving Bowls, Cups & Vases 2-day workshop w/Gelindo L. Ferrin
    • Handbuilt Ceramic Shelves/Altars w/Celina Roseman
    • 4-Week All Levels Wheel Throwing w/Hans Miles

    • Introduction to Hand Brooms workshop w/Sarah Benson

    • All Things Glaze w/Hans Miles

    • 2-Week Beginner Wheel Throwing Series w/Hans Miles

    • Intro to the Wheel w/Hans Miles

    • Wheel Throwing 3-Week Series w/Hans Miles

    • Sculptural Coiled Pots w/Taylor Stefanski

    • Refresher/Beginner Wheel Throwing w/Hans Miles

    • Surface Decoration Intensive w/Courtney Murphy

    • Raku Class w/Hans Miles & Thandi Rosenbaum

    • The Magic of Color Woodcut Prints w/Charles Spitzack

    • (ceramic) Ceramic Charms, Beads & Good Luck Icons w/Emily Wright

    • Making (ceramic) Miniatures w/Korin Schneider

    • Glazing & Surface Decoration Techniques Workshop w//Charlotte Deason Robillard

    • Ceramic Butter Dishes w/Taylor Stefanski

    • All About Raku w/Thandi Rosenbaum

    • Ceramic Sculptures: Making faces with clay w/Paige Wright

    • Beach Books and Zines w/Jessica Hoffman

    • Traditional Japanese Shibori Dying and Sashiko Stitching w/Jodie Cord

    • Wheel Throwing Fundamentals Workshop w/Kaitlyn Nelson

    • Nerikomi Plates & Platters w/Ally Bruser

    • Ceramic Handbuilding 101 w/Shelly Hedges

    • Playful & Sculptural Ceramic Cups! w/Ashley Campbell

    • Sgraffito Vases: Ceramic Surface Design w/Jo Pfeifer

    • Clay Creatures & Miniature Things Ceramic Workshop w/Kaitlyn Nelson

    • Ceramic Trinket Trays & Watercolor Palettes w/Kimberly Gottschalk

    • Sculpted Hats: Wet Felted Millinery w/Mikal Robinson

    • Basic Handbuilding Series: “In the Kitchen” w/ Shelly Hedges

    • Japanese Decorative Paper & Bookbinding w/ Yuka Petz

    • Screenprinting With Natural Dyes w/ Katey Rissi

    • Handbuilding a Fermentation Crock 3-day w/ Jo Pfeifer

    • Handbuilt Pitchers 3-day ceramic w/ Taylor Stefanski

    • All About Sauerkraut – How to make it, eat it, and why it rules w/ Sash Sunday

    • DIY Screenprinting w/ Azenath Lizárraga and Ian Greer

    • Intro to Handbuilding with Clay w/ Mariam Matheson

    • Sculpting with Nature w/ Ana Anu

    • Clay Teacup Making w/ Midori Hirose

    • Intuitive Multimedia Embroidery w/ Chloe Jacobson

    • Singing in the land:  earth magic, song, and the body w/ ell rieke

    • We Hold the Light: Cyanotype Quilts w/ Cordy Joan

    • Nerikomi Clay w/ Ally Bruser

    • Block Printing on Fabric w/ Ashley Quick

    • Activist Printmaking with Karim Shuquem

    • Concrete Jewelry Making w/ Arielle Brackett

    • The Magic of Moku Hanga/Japanese Woodblock w/ Charles Spitzack

    • Not-Knowing: Experiments in Writing w/ Quinn Gancedo and Katie Savastano

    • This is Me: Mixed Media Collaging about Identity w/ Angie Ebba

  • Analog Film Textures in Super 8 and 16mm Film w/ Stephanie Hough

  • Build A Bath Bomb w/ Hannon

  • Embroidered Botany w/ Chloe Jacobson

  • Printmaking With or Without a Press w/ Jane Pagliarulo

  • Sculptural Painting w/ Ondrea Levey

  • Working w/ Natural Materials: A Small Basket In Bark and Leaf w/ Rose Covert

  • Blue Mood: Cyanotype on 16mm Film w/ Stephanie Hough

  • Memoir Writing w/ Nick Jaina

  • Upcycled Fashion w/ Ophir El-Boher

  • Cold Forged Wire Jewelry w/ Junko Iijima

  • Tools, Toys and Things w/ Kaitlyn McKenzie Nelson

  • Explorations in Natural Dye w/ Iris Sullivan

  • Woodland Wonders in Clay w/ Jess Graff

  • Intro to Printmaking w/ Jess Graff

  • Drawing as Seeing: The Acceptance of Chaos w/ Heather McLaughlin

  • Alternative Process Photography & Pinhole Cameras w/ Rose Swartz

  • Comic Books and Zine Making w/ Kaitlyn Nelson

  • DIY Screen Printing w/ Kaitlyn Nelson

  • Building Furniture with Reclaimed Materials w/ Rose Swartz

  • Foraged Crafts w/ Maggie Doss

  • The Ocean in Clay w/ Jess Graff

  • Drawing & Painting The Natural World w/ Jess Graff

  • Feast Tables & Treasure Maps w/ Iris Sullivan

  • Dye Tales & Silk Fireworks w/ Iris Sullivan

  • Flower Pillows w/ Iris Sullivan

  • Fresh Leaf Indigo Silk w/ Iris Sullivan

  • Pigment and Water w/ Daniela Molnar

  • Repurposed Objects Animation w/ Cynthia Star (Youth)

  • Nature Animation w/ Laura Medina

  • Pattern Making Using Relief Printing w/ Heather McLaughlin

  • Animal Parade w/ Heather McLaughlin (Youth)

  • Drawing as Seeing: Natural Textures w/ Heather McLaughlin

  • Fundamentals of Wabi Sabi & Clay w/ Veronica Hwang

  • Interactive Figurines w/ Kaitlyn Nelson

  • Clay Creatures & Miniature Things w/ Kaitlyn Nelson

  • Accessing Ancestral Medicine: A Silent Writing Retreat w/ instructor Melissa Bennett

  • Traditional Rug Hooking: Basics plus Embellishments w/ Heidi Grevstad

  • Sorry, Knot Sorry: A Creative Healing Macramé w/ Nicole Boyer

  • Beginning Traditional Rughooking w/ Heidi Grevstad

  • Knots and Sailing Basics w/ instructor Randi Whipple

  • Real Red, True Blue & Fast Yellows: Using Ancient Natural Dyes to Create Lasting Beauty w/ instructor Iris Sullivan Daire

  • “Workshop Kits” were available 2020-2021. All materials and a video link were provided for people to follow along and craft an object at home or in their accommodation as part of social distancing.

  • Write Your Own “Snapshot” Memoir w/ Heather Douglas

  • Artful Correspondence w/ Melissa Favara

  • SoulCollage®: Building Your Deck w/ Josephine Banks

  • The Crucible: Feminist Art Weekend

  • Floral Bundle Dyeing w/ Brittany Boles

  • Natural Fiber Dyes w/ Kate Coulton

  • DIY Screen Printing w/ Contact Paper Stencils w/ Heather McLaughlin

  • Spice Rack Remedies : DIY Kitchen Medicine for Common Ailments w/ Elyssia Maya Schaeffer

  • Intro to Oyster Mushroom Cultivation and Wild Mushroom Foray

  • Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing w/ Heather McLaughlin

  • Women and the Frontier: Memoir Writing w/ Marianne Monson

  • Sandalmaking w/ Rachel Sees Snails Shoes

  • Guided Group Meditation w/ Larkin

  • How the Light Gets In w/ instructor Suzie Kassouf

  • Channeling the Creative Self Through Tarot and Magic

  • The Art of Wandering: A Walking and Writing w/ Erica Trabold

  • Radiant Fearlessness: Embracing Your Best YOU with the Tools of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation

  • Crafting and Nourishing Our Way into Summer w/ Lara Pacheco, Paige Common & Kate Coulton

  • Find Your Golden Thread: A Writing w/ Madeleine Eno

  • Expanding Macramé: Taking Your Macramé Practice To The Next Level w/ instructor Emily Katz

  • Natural Dyeing Bag of Tricks w/ Iris Sullivan Daire

  • Embodied Creativity w/ Liz Asch Greenhill

  • The Subtle Body: Essential Oils, Movement, Mudra and Mantra to Balance the 7 Major Chakras

  • Intro to the Subtle Body Rainbow: An Introductory Journey Through the 7 Major Chakras

  • Rope Basket Making w/ Jessica Pezalla

  • Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo w/ Carolyn Hopkins

  • Story is a Chance: Writing as Spiritual Practice

  • Coptic Stitch Bookbinding w/ Jillian Barthold

  • The Art of Seasonal Nourishment: An Ayurvedic “Cook, Learn & Eat” Dinner Party w/ Elyssia Maya Schaeffer

  • Still Life Painting w/ Kristen Flemington

  • Cloud Stretch: A Meditative Poetry w/ Ana Anu

  • Winter Solstice SoulCollage®: Letting the Light Back In with Josephine Banks

  • Floral Bundle Dyeing with Brittany Boles

  • Crafting and Nourishing Our Way into Winter with Lara Pacheco, Paige Common & Kate Coulton

  • Busy Hands Quiet Minds: Weaving as Meditation with Samantha LaMont & Natalie Novak

  • Ecstatic Dance with Scott Schaeffer

  • Climactic Dialogue for the Climactic Story Teller: A Writing with Diana Kirk

  • Exploring Color: Silk Painting with Jess Beebe

  • Mycopigments: Mushroom Dyed Silk Scarf with Alissa Allen

  • Spore Printing: A Mushroom’s Unique Mark with instructor Kyla Sjogren

  • Printmaking Without A Press: Relief, Monotypes, & Collagraphs Using Akua Non-Toxic Inks with Jane Pagliarulo

  • Arabesque Quilling: Bridging Cultures With Art

  • Chocolate and Coffee Making with Becca Roebber & Ryan Rabaca

  • Dance Therapy/Healing Through Movement Practice and Creation with Sarah Brahim

  • Doodling for Creativity with Cynthia Mosser

  • Paint Your Pet: Painting with Cindy Geffel

  • Can You Learn To Be A Poet?: A Writing with Nick Jaina

  • Artful Correspondence with Melissa Favara

  • The Art of Seasonal Nourishment: An Ayurvedic “Cook, Learn & Eat” Dinner Party with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer

  • Reconnecting Mind, Body & Spirit (Let That Shift Go!) with Shanna Gillette

  • The Art of Wandering: A Writing and Walking with Erica Trabold

  • Hand Papermaking with Ivy & Joel Ricci

  • Writing Through the Cracks: self-forgiveness and compassion in memoir writing

  • Leatherworking Class: Mason Jar Coozie with Liz Wright

  • Fermented Vegetables & Fermented Lunch! with Sash Sunday

  • The Creative Flash: Writing with Chelsea Werner-Jatzke

  • Wild Forage: Forage for Health/Spring Seasonal Transition with Lara Pacheco & Paige Common

  • Beginner’s Embroidery with Liz Wright

  • Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo with Carolyn Hopkins

  • Into the Whirl: Cross-Step Waltz with Steve Carruthers

  • DIY Screen Printing & Contact Paper Stencils with Heather McLaughlin

  • Plant The Seed Writing: The Magnificent Practice of Getting Out What Your Heart & Guts Have To Say with Franciszka Voeltz & Jennifer Morales

  • Hands on Healing for the People with Jason Tschimperle

  • Busy Hands Quiet Minds: Weaving as Meditation with Samantha LaMont & Natalie Novak

  • Creative Songwriting, Arranging and Rhythm: Tell Your Story through Song with Katie Sawicki & Zanny Geffel

  • Type/Writing: Experiments in Creative Nonfiction & Zinecraft with Melissa Favara

  • Poetry Through List Making with Heather Douglas

  • Objects / Belongings: Writing and Drawing about Our STUFF with Kate Bingaman-Burt

  • The Micro Essay and the Prose Poem with Martha Grover & July Westhale

  • The Gut-Brain Connection, How to Maintain Mental Health from a Nutritional and Herbal Perspective with Geena Barker & Ingrid Abbate

  • Let’s Make a Sandwich with Tommy Habetz & Jason Cohen

  • Writing Your Conservative Relatives with Jenny Forrester

  • Yoga & Ayurveda for Winter Vitality with Elyssia Maya Schaeffer

  • How We Share Nature: with Pete Brook, Dicky Dahl & Melissa Laurie

  • Plant Allies and Writing Rituals: Shifting into a New Year of Personal Resilience with Lara Pacheco & Abby Chroman

  • Drawing as Seeing: The Figure, Nude & Costume with instructor Heather McLaughlin

  • Creating a Travel Journal with Fay Malloy & Marilyn Zornado

  • Coptic Stitch Bookbinding with Jillian Barthold

  • Cut It Up Art Card Party: “Put A Bird On It” with Mark Elliott

  • Settle Your World: Self Empowering Techniques for Fostering a Calm Life in a Wild World with Jason Tschimperle

  • Drawing as Seeing & the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing with Heather McLaughlin

  • Partner Dancing 101 with Sarah Riddle

  • Salsa QuickStart with Sarah Riddle

  • Writing is Magic: Mythological Writing with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper

  • Mushroom Medicinals with Jason Tschimperle

  • Shibori, Batik, & Dip-Dye Using All Natural Indigo with Carolyn Hopkins

  • Shorebirds, Seabirds & Little Brown Birds with Mark Elliott

  • Nourishing Ourselves into Winter with Food and Herbs with Kate Coulton & Paige Common

  • Radio Muse: Writing with Meg Weber

  • Ayurvedic Nutrition and Self Care for Autumnal Equinox with Elyssia Schaeffer

  • Kinchaku Kago: Japanese Basket Purse with Donna Crispin

  • Cedar and Willow Tray with Donna Crispin

  • Fermented Vegetables 101 with Sash Sunday

  • DIY Succulent Planters with Jamin London Tinsel

  • Writing Through the Cracks: Self-Forgiveness & Compassion in Memoir Writing with Cooper Lee Bombardier & Gina Senarighi

  • Time/Travel: Experiments in Typewriting Creative Nonfiction about Place and Movement with Melissa Favara

  • Custom Mosaics with Damon Ayers & Christy Wiesenhahn

  • Yoga in the Sweet Sweet Summertime with Ivy Ross Ricci

  • Drawing as Seeing and the Acceptance of Chaos: A Sumi Ink Wash Drawing with Heather McLaughlin

  • Experiments in Writing & Zine Making with A.M. O’Malley & Grant Gerald Miller

  • Macrame Wall Hanging with Liz & Brian Wright

  • Writing is Magic: Mechanics with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper

  • Writing is Magic: Story Structure with Nick Jaina & Olivia Pepper

  • Type/Writing: Experimental Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, and Zinecraft with Melissa Favara

  • Winter Vitality with Elyssia Schaeffer

  • Yoga: Service & Self-Care with Ivy Ross Ricci

  • Herbal Plant Walk and DIY Elderberry syrup and Herbal Vinegar with Lara Pacheco

  • Prose Writing with Nick Jaina