Tuesdays, May 23, 30, Jun 6, 13, 27, skip 6/20 5 weeks 10:00am- 12:00pm
Instructor: Nancy O'Neill
Ages 16+. Beginner. Join in this fun pottery class to learn the basics of hand building! Working with textures, stamps, decals, different glaze techniques, and more, Nancy will guide you through the process of creating your one of a kind pottery pieces. Bring your ideas and inspirations, apron, hand towel, and your own pottery tool kit (available at local craft stores or online).
Fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay, glazes and firing. Please bring to class an apron, hand towel, and your own pottery tool kit (available at local craft stores or online).
Register by May 21 Minimum Registered: 3
Tuesdays, May 23, 30, Jun 6, 13, 20, 27 6 weeks
6:00–8:00p
Instructor: Lynette Porter
Ages 16+. Beginner. In this 6-week class, you will learn essential wheel-throwing techniques from centering to trimming. Bowls and mugs will be the first forms we practice throwing on the wheel. This class will give the student with little or no experience the opportunity to learn and develop a basic set of wheel-throwing skills.
After taking this class, the student will take with them a small collection of functional wheel-thrown pottery, as well as, the skills needed to create more advanced pieces in the future. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and leave your rings, watches and bracelets at home.
Fee includes up to 25 lb. of clay, glazes and firing. Bring an apron, hand towel, and your own pottery tool kit (available at local craft stores or online).
Saturdays, Jun 3, 10, 17, 24 4 weeks
9:00am–12:00pm
Instructor: Jennie Johnson Sic
Ages 16+. [Prerequisite: beginner throwing skills mastered or instructor approval]. This 4-week course will allow you to take your skills further and learn to throw with larger amounts of clay and create more intricate forms such as bottles, plates, and lidded vessels. Students are welcome to suggest forms they’re interested in creating and demonstrations will be given based on interest. Students are also free to work on their own personal projects and receive assistance from the instructor as needed.
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and leave your rings, watches and bracelets at home.
*Experience wheel throwing and creating basic forms is required to take this class.
Register by June 1 Minimum Registered: 3
Sunday, June 4
1:00-4:00 pm
Instructor: Karla Lombardo
Register by June 2 Minimum Registered: 4
Mondays, June 5, 12, 19, 26
4 weeks 9:00am–12:00 pm
Instructor: Janet Buchanan
Ages 16+. All levels. No previous experience necessary. This summer sculpture series is for all levels of potters from beginners, to current hand builders, to proficient wheel throwers wanting to add sculpture to their thrown vessel. Bring ideas, including photos or sketches of something you are interested in making or get ideas and instruction at the first class.
The clay used will be clay designed for the process of sculpting. The class fee includes all instruction, glazing, and 2 firings.
Register by June 3 Minimum Registered: 3
Tuesdays, June 6, 13, 20, 27 4 weeks
9:00 am-10:30 am
Instructor: Rebecca Beneditz
Ages 3–6 with an adult. Bring your child (age 3-6) to join Petal Creative in exploring flowers and nature! Each session will focus on a different topic and include a story, craft, and outdoor exploration (weather permitting). Session topics include Color, Texture, Shapes and Sounds.
Each session will be 1 hour, cost is for parent/child pair, additional children may be registered using the "Guest Registration" option at $10/additional child. Younger siblings (under 3yo) are welcome to come along if needed, but the craft/activity will only be for the registered 3-6 year old.
All supplies provided with registration. Each child must be accompanied by their adult. Wear long pants, a hat, closed shoes, sunscreen and bug spray.
JUNE 6: COLOR We will read the book, Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert. We will go outside, chalk squares with different colors, go find nature treasures and organize them according to the color sections. We will also plant a flower seedling to take home.
JUNE 13: TEXTURE We’ll read the book, Soft, Smooth, Rough and Bumpy: A Book About Touch by Dana Meachen Rau. Explore different textures at our feel station, then test your knowledge at the Secret Texture Touch Boxes. We will do Crayon Rubbings and take a Texture Walk.
JUNE 20: SHAPES After reading The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds, we will create a necklace with a shape to decorate. See and learn examples of nature shapes inside, then head outside to do a search for nature shapes on the grounds.
JUNE 27: SOUNDS The Listening Walk by Paul Showers or I Hear You, Forest by Kallie George will be our final book to read in this series. We will decorate a seed pod to make a natural shaker, go on a listening walk on the grounds, and put found objects in a collection container to make your own shaker.
Register by June 1 Minimum Registered: 4
Tuesday, June 6
6pm– 8pm
Instructor: Lindsey Butz
We will be creating feminine flower portraits using responsibly foraged flowers and botanical elements to create lovely, unique artwork. This workshop is very eco-friendly, therefore we will not be using any glue or tape to adhere the materials. We will think creatively and embrace our natural surroundings by using flowers, sticks, vines, petals, leaves, feathers and various other foliage. Snap a photo of your work and frame it!
Register by: June 4 Minimum Registered: 4
5 weeks 9:30a–12:30p
Instructor: Jean Apgar
Join this fun, independent clay study group and create something you are interested in. You can use forms, natural elements, and your imagination to build practical, unusual or whimsical forms. Delores will be able to offer some guidance, but no specific instruction will be provided. You must be an advanced clay worker and be able to work independently. There are lots of tools to play with, lots of colors to choose from and so many choices for you to enjoy.
Fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay, glazes & firing.
Register by June 5 Minimum Registered: 3
Thursday, June 8
12:00 - 1:00p
Facilitator: Sister Mary Boyd
This lecture will online Zoom only. The zoom code will be sent in your confirmation email.
Milwaukee is proud that Ruth Grotenrath (1912–1988) is one of Milwaukee’s own artists. Her unique style of painting and printmaking was influenced by Henri Matisse, Vincent Van Gogh and Japanese Prints. A first retrospective of her colorful art was displayed at Milwaukee’s Warehouse Art Museum from January 13, 2023 through March 31, 2023. Highlights from this exhibition will be included in the presentation.
Register by June 6
Saturday, June 10
1:00-2:30 pm
Instructor: Rita Carpenter
Cyanotype (sa-YAN-no-type) is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan blue print. Rita will begin with an introduction to cyanotypes, demonstrate the proces, and then you will create your own cyanotype on fabric. Bring your own memorabilia or material to copy ( anything works) or use pressed flowers, fresh foliage and plant material from the yard.
Each person will be able to use some provided fabric/watercolor paper pieces to practice first. Then they will make a unique piece on a 6”x 6” fabric piece. This means each person will have 3-4 pieces of fabric. They can choose to frame, paint watercolor paper and frame, sew together, or use to cover a journal on their own. Instructor will give and show suggestions for finishing on your own.
Bring your ideas and any materials you wish to use. All other supplies provided.
Register by June 8 Minium Registered: 5
Saturday, Jun 10 1:00–3:00p
Instructor: Anya Nelson
Ages 16+. This class is for those who want a delicate finish to their pottery pieces. Slip trailing is the application to a clay surface of lines or slip using a fine-pointed dispenser. Slip Trailing can be applied to any type of pottery. Slip trailing adds another dimension to pieces through decorative lines or unconventional shapes. The technique of slip trailing will be demonstrated. You will have an opportunity to practice and refine your skill under the guidance of the instructor.
Bring pieces of pottery that have been thrown and are partially dried (leather hard). All pieces should be trimmed as needed before the class time. All needed equipment will be provided.
Register by June 8Minimum Registered: 3
Tuesdays, Jun 13, 20, 27, Jul 11, 18, skip 7/4
5 weeks 10:00 am–12:00 pm
Instructor: Sue Abare
Register by June 11 Minimum Registrations: 3
Wednesdays, June 14, 21 2 weeks
6:00-7:30 pm
Instructor: Marsha Hosfeld
Topic: Still Life/Product Lighting
What do you like to photograph? Let’s try to build up a few skills together and share the results! We will spend one session taking photos together, and take suggested prompts home to work on until the next session. Order prints of a couple of favorites to share, or bring a thumb drive to look at on a TV screen. Even if a topic isn’t a particular favorite, the practice and some useful bits of knowledge will likely prove useful. Practice makes progress!
Register by June 12 Minimum Registered: 3
Thursdays, Jun 15, 22, 29, Jul 6, 13 5 weeks
10:00 am–12:00 pm
Ages 18+. Intermediate–Advanced. In this five-week class, we will continue to practice our skill building toward simplicity, spontaneity and success. We will discuss value, wetness, color and composition. Do you know what NOT to paint? Ideas abound! Lots of thinking goes on as we continue learning. Bring their own supplies.
Register by June 13 Minimum Registrations: 3
Saturday, June 17
9:30 am.-4:30 pm.
Instructor: Linda Conroy
Join Herbalist Linda Conroy for this fun day of soap making. We will start out learning the basics and then dive into a hands-on experience, making soap that you will take home. We will make soap with herbs from the garden, as well as fresh goat’s milk. We will make both hot and cold process soap, as well as try our hand at hand milling and felting soap.
Participants will go home with soap made in class, along with instructions and recipes for making soap at home. For adults and youth (ages 8 years and up with an adult). Includes instruction on hot and cold process soap making, as well as hand milling and felting. Bring a pair of rubber gloves; all other supplies provided. Each participant will leave with 9-12 bars of soap.
All supplies provided (a $20 supply fee is included in registration fee)
Register by June 15 Minimum Registered: 5
Wednesday, June 21, 28, July 5 3 weeks
10:00 am –12:00 pm
Intermediate level. Come and enjoy some creative time with Rita Carpenter. We will work on your watercolor skills by painting poppies and cone flowers. Rita will use several different techniques such as gesso and permanent pen. Bring your reference photos or you can choose to use Rita’s. Let’s have some watercolor fun!
If you have watercolor paints and brushes, bring to the class. Other supplies will be provided.
Register by June 19 Minimum Registered: 5
Fridays, June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21 5 weeks
11:00 am–1:00 pm
Instructor: Jaymee Fedor
Ages 16+. All levels. Want to keep moving forward with your painting skills? Check out this guided open studio class for watercolor and acrylic painters! Jaymee will provide individual instruction based on your creative goals. Feel free to bring your own reference imagery and ideas, or peruse Jaymee’s collection of art samples for inspiration! Some previous painting experience is beneficial, but not always necessary. Absolute beginners should be prepared to work on painting exercises before moving on to individual work. Since instruction is individual, there will be plenty of independent work time as Jaymee spends time with each student.
All supplies are provided, including paper, brushes, canvases and professional grade paints, but feel free to bring your favorites!
Register by EARLY! This class fills fast!
Tuesday, June 27
6:00-8:00 pm
Instructor: Pat Sullivan
Create a stunning garden theme for your fused glass lantern. Pillar candle-sized lanterns will be used, and we will replace the plain glass in the lanterns with your fused glass creations. Students will “paint” scenes on the glass panels with crushed glass, called frit, and their panels will be fired and cooled in a kiln, then mounted in the lanterns. Additional lanterns may be purchased through prior arrangement with instructor.
Art will be available for pickup at Womanspace one week after the class, to allow time for firing and cooling the glass. Safety glasses and masks will be provided if working with powdered glass. Closed-toe shoes will be required.
Register by June 25 Minimum Registered: 4
Thursdays, Jun 29, Jul 6, 13, 20, 27, Aug 3 6 weeks
10:00am–12:00pm
Instructor: Rebecca Rehpolh
Ages 16+. Beginner. Begin your journey learning to throw pottery. This 6-week class is for those with no knowledge of throwing on a wheel or with little experience of throwing and need more practice. The instructor will demonstrate during each class and assist learners with improving their skills. Start by throwing simple forms of cylinders and bowls, then to trimming vessels. Glazing will be demonstrated after the greenware is low fired in the kiln. Each glazed piece will then be high fired to finish the process.
Fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay, glazes and firing. Please bring to class an apron and hand towel. Each student must bring their own pottery tool kit (available at local craft stores or online).
Register by June 27 Miniumum Registered: 3
Thursdays, Jul 6, 13, 20 3 weeks
Thursday 1:00 –3:00 pm
Instructor: Laura Gomel
Ages 16+ [Previous paint experience or completion of our Beginning Acrylic 1 class is recommended.] Do you have some experience painting with acrylics but still struggle to get the results that you want? Instructor Laura Gomel can help!
In this 3-part class, you will break down the process of painting so you will be able to understand “How did they do that?” Continued practice with blending colors and mediums, using different brush stroke techniques and understanding the order of what to do next will all be covered. Course Includes all paint and brushes needed as well as a 16x20” and an 11x14” canvas. Bringing personal references is encouraged!
Course Includes all paint and brushes needed as well as a 16x20" and an 11x14” canvas. Bringing personal references is encouraged!
Register by July 3 Minimum Registered: 4
Thursdays, Jul 6, 13, 20, 27, Aug 3, 10 6 weeks
6:00–8:00pm
Ages 16+. Intermediate. Advance your hand-building skills while having fun in this 6-week class. Explore many hand-building techniques to make mugs, plates, functional pieces and pieces students are interested in creating. Create your own texture and templates and explore many decorating and glazing options.
Fee includes up to 25lb of clay, glazes and firing. Please bring to class an apron and hand towel. Each student must bring their own pottery tool kit (available at local craft stores or online).
Register by July 3
Saturdays, Jul 8, 15, 22, 29 4 weeks
Register by July 6 Minimum Registered: 3
Saturdays, July 8, 15, 22, 29
4 weeks 1:00–4:00 pm
Ages 16+. Intermediate–Advanced. [Prerequisite: beginner throwing and handbuilding skills mastered or instructor approval.] . If you are looking to sharpen or expand your clay throwing skills, this is the class for you! Form, Function and Finesse will be the class baseline. Each week, at a fast learning pace, we will broaden into alternate techniques of design and surface. Participant input on what to explore next is highly encouraged. Instructor demos and individual attention will be given as requested.
Participants must bring their own tools, including several throwing bats to store their larger pieces. Additional time outside of class may be needed for finishing pieces since we will not cover glazing techniques.
Class includes 50lbs of clay, glazes, and firing. Suggested important tools to bring are personal bats, soft red rib/s and finishing sponge.
Sunday, July 9
Come on out and learn how to make a beautiful Mandala painting using things you can find around your own home. ArtbyKarla will show you step-by-step. All supplies are included in the cost of the class and canvas is 8”x8”.
Register by July 7Minimum Registered: 4
Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31
The clay used during this class is clay designed for sculpting. The class fee includes all instruction, glazing, and 2 firings.
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Register by July 8 Minimum Registered: 3
Mondays, July 10, 17, 24, 31 4 weeks
1:00–4:00 pm
Instructor: Linda Ewalt
Ages 16+. Intermediate–Advanced. [Prerequisite: beginner throwing skills mastered or instructor approval.] This is a fast paced workshop focusing on collaboration and independent study. Instruction of various techniques to explore or expand on will be presented. Implementation of the process will be determined by the students own artistic interests. Students are encouraged to share their creative variations with the class.
Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty and leave your rings, watches and bracelets at home. Bring hand towel and your own pottery tools (available at craft stores and online).
Fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay, glazes, and firing.
Mondays, Jul 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug 7, 14 6 weeks
Ages 16+. [Prerequisite: beginner throwing skills mastered or instructor approval]. Start your week off by doing something you love while learning to bring your wheel throwing skills to the next level. This 6-week class is an excellent opportunity to work alongside peers who are serious about improving their form, throwing larger pieces, and incorporating other methods into your pieces. Instructor will tailor each class to the student's throwing needs, assist in troubleshooting, and take time to work with each individually. Excellent peer support and inspiration is encouraged to enhance everyone’s experience.
If you seriously want to improve your proficiency and think outside the box, this class is for you. Come to this “Monday Funday” and let your pottery grow at your own pace. Please bring a list of pottery goals with you or we can work on that together!
Fee includes up to 25 lbs. of clay, glazes and firing. Bring a list of your pottery goals, an apron, hand towel, and your own pottery tool kit (available at craft stores or online).
Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25, August 1, 8 5 weeks
9:30am-12 noon
Register by July 9 Minimum Registered: 3
Tuesdays, Jul 11, 18, 25, Aug 1, 8, 15 6 weeks
Register by July 10 Minimum Registered: 3
Wednesdays, July 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16 6 weeks
2:30–4:30p
Wednesdays, July 12, 19
2 weeks 6:00-7:30 pm
Topic: Portrait/Lighting
Thursday, July 13
For many years, Sister Janet Petersen (1938–Present) has been an educator, author, poet and artist in the media of pottery, print-making and drawing. It will be a delight to have Sister Janet as a guest presenter to personally share about some of her poems and colored pencil creations.
Register by July 11
