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Hours of Operation

  • Administrative Offices:
    Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
  • Gallery & Gallery Store:
    Monday - Friday, 10am -7:30pm
    Saturday, 10am - 5pm
    Sunday, 12pm - 4pm
  • Building Hours:
    Monday - Friday, 8:30am -10pm [doors locked at 8pm]
    Saturday, 10am - 5pm
    Sunday, Noon - 4pm

CLAY

The Clay Studio offers classes in wheel-throwing, handbuilding, sculpture, glazing and firing. Our introductory courses emphasize technical and personal development, while the intermediate and advanced courses seek to stimulate and develop individual creative and technical processes.
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wheelthrowing

handbuilding

sculpture

glazing

firing

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CLAY STUDIO

The Clay Studio occupies over 5,000 square feet and is divided into central studio areas, including studios for faculty, artist-in-residence and rental studios. More than one dozen skylights provide a bright and cheery atmosphere where a range of students, from beginners to professionals, share in their common bond of clay working. The facility is well-equipped and supports a range of work including pottery, tile and sculpture, at a wide range of temperatures and firing atmospheres.

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WHEELS
(18) Brent C or CXC potters wheels
(7) Shimpo RK-Whisper & VL Whisper potters wheels
(3) Randall kick-wheels

 

CLAY
Soldner Pro Model clay mixer
100 pound capacity Estrin dough style mixer
A full range of clays and raw materials

 

GLAZE
Fully stocked glaze lab
Ventilated spray booth
Extensive inventory of glaze raw materials

 

KILNS

Alpine 16 cubic foot, down-draft
24 cubic foot, up-draft car kiln
Alpine 40 cubic foot, up-draft
30 cubic foot, down draft, soda kiln
Single chamber cross-draft wood kiln
L&L DaVinci Series 12 cubic foot computerized electric kiln
(3) Skutt computerized 7 cubic foot electric kilns
(3) Assorted 4 cubic foot electric kilns
(1) Olympic Hot Box computerized test kiln
Raku, pit/rubble and experimental kiln area out-of-doors

 

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT  

North Star 24" slab roller
Brent extruder
Slip tank