Expressions provides Friends with notification via email several times a year of upcoming events and opportunities for the public to visit the studio and see potters at work. This is our preferred method of green communication about our events and happenings. Please know we do not believe in excess, an email or two a month from us would be a lot! To become a friend and be one of the first to learn of our Expressions events, please subscribe to our mailing list.
Students
Day and evening adult classes run quarterly. Each student has 24 hour access with open bench time and is guaranteed a potter’s wheel during class. Students enjoy access to the majority of the studio amenities including a large slab roller, extruder, personal storage and a wide variety of high and mid-fire glazes mixed onsite. Our classes are designed for beginner to intermediate potters. We encourage you to join us for a class to learn to play with clay or build upon your existing experience.
Expressions Pottery Workshop is a co-operative studio with 32 members who collectively run all aspects of the studio. Members enjoy 24 hour access to our fully functional pottery studio. The studio boasts ten potter's wheels, an oversized slab roller, an extruder, personal cubbies, a wide variety of glazes, and an electric and gas kiln. Members may show and sell their work in our gallery as well as at other events scheduled throughout the year. All members assist in running the studio, which includes firing kilns, making glazes, covering the gallery, etc. Working as a co-operative, we provide each other with ongoing studio support as well as a community of peers which offers encouragement to each potter to work independently at their own pace.
Potters with previous experience have the opportunity to rent at Expressions. Renters will enjoy the camaraderie of other potters with 24 hour access and open bench time (except during classes, member meetings and studio events.) Renters are provided personal storage spaces for tools, clay, and bisque and glazed pieces. All work is fired for the Renters by Members at cone 06 for bisque and at cone 6 oxidation or cone 10 reduction for glaze firings.
