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• Board Meeting

  • Start
    August 08, 2022
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  • End
    December 01, 2025
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  • Schedule
    40 sessions

  Meetings of the directors of the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts are held on the first Monday of each month.  In the event of the first Monday falling on a holiday, the meeting is deferred to the following Monday.

  
  

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• Pottery - Scheduled Open Studio

  • Start
    December 01, 2024
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  • End
    June 29, 2025
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  • Schedule
    109 sessions

  Scheduled pottery open studio sessions operate on Wednesday afternoons from 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm, Thursday evenings from 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, and on Saturday and Sunday afternoons from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm.  Each session is hosted by an experienced studio potter who is available to answer questions, ensure that equipment is used safely, and supervise studio chores. 

  Participants are expected to contribute approximately 15 minutes of volunteer time to cleaning and other studio chores during each visit to the studio.

  The fee for scheduled open studio access is $40 per month and must be paid online at the beginning of each month.  Students enrolled in a pottery class may attend scheduled open studio sessions for free until completion of the class.

  Scheduled open studio sessions may be cancelled during holiday periods or if a studio host is unavailable and usually do not run during the summer months.

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• Handbuilding - Beginner Level 1

  • Start
    May 05, 2025
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  • End
    June 23, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Spaces left
    1

  

  Learn the ABC’s of hand building:  pinch, coil and slab. Improve your techniques and exercise your creativity through a series of step-wise projects. Instructor:  Jenny Tucker Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $290 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  April 15, 2025 @ 10:00 am Registration Closes:  May 2, 2025

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• Teen Pottery - Continuing Wheel

  • Start
    May 10, 2025
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  • End
    June 21, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Spaces left
    4

  MANDATORY PREREQUISITE APPLIES

  This class will refine throwing skills learned in Teen Wheel or Teen Wheel/Handbuilding classes.  Students will learn to throw larger amounts of clay and will be introduced to making lidded vessels. Instructor:  Melanie Desjardins Prerequisites:  Completion of Teen Wheel or Teen Wheel/Hand-building at the Guild, or previous experience approved by the instructor prior to registration. Must be able to make basic cylinders on the wheel.  Ages 12 to 15 only.  Current child membership. Cost:  $290 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  April 15, 2025 at 9:00 am Registration Closes:  May 7, 2025

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