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• Board Meeting

  • Start
    August 08, 2022
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  • End
    May 05, 2025
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  • Schedule
    33 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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• Mixed Media Studio Unavailable

  • Start
    April 25, 2024
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  • End
    June 06, 2025
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions

  The mixed media studio is unavailable due to class set-up, Guild sales or a special event.

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• Weaving/Fibre - Scheduled/Drop-In Open Studio

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    October 03, 2024
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  • End
    May 29, 2025
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  • Schedule
    31 sessions

  Scheduled weaving/fibre open studio sessions operate on a drop-in basis on most Thursday mornings (9:00 am to 11:00 am).  These sessions are restricted to clean and quiet disciplines such as knitting, basketry, and weaving.

  Each session is hosted by member with experience in one or more fibre disciplines.  Participants are expected to be able to work independently on their own projects as the host may not have the skills necessary to assist with all disciplines. 

  All participants must be full adult members of the Guild.  The fee is $40 per month or $5.00 per session and must be paid online.  Scheduled open studio sessions may be cancelled during holiday periods and do not run during the summer months.

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• Mixed Media - Scheduled/Drop-In Open Studio

  • Start
    October 03, 2024
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  • End
    May 01, 2025
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  • Schedule
    23 sessions

  Scheduled mixed media open studio sessions operate on a drop-in basis on many Thursday afternoons (1:00 pm to 3:00 pm) and evenings (7:00 pm to 9:00 pm).  All disciplines are welcome during these sessions.

  Each mixed media open studio is hosted by member with experience in one or more mixed media disciplines.  Participants are expected to be able to work independently on their own projects as the host may not have the skills necessary to assist with all disciplines. 

  All participants must be full adult members of the Guild.  The fee is $40 per month or $5 per session and must be paid online.  Scheduled open studio sessions may be cancelled during holiday periods and do not run during the summer months.

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• Fibre - Scheduled/Drop-In Open Studio

  • Start
    October 04, 2024
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  • End
    May 30, 2025
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  • Schedule
    30 sessions

  Scheduled fibre open studio sessions operate on a drop-in basis on Friday mornings from 9:00 am to 11:00 am.  These sessions are restricted to clean and quiet disciplines such as knitting, basketry, and weaving.

  Each fibre open studio is hosted by member with experience in one or more disciplines.  Participants are expected to be able to work independently on their own projects as the host may not have the skills necessary to assist with all disciplines. 

  All participants must be full adult members of the Guild.  The fee is $40 per month or $5.00 per session and must be paid online.  Scheduled open studio sessions may be cancelled during holiday periods or if a host is not available and do not run during the summer months.

  
  

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• Pottery - Scheduled Open Studio

  • Start
    December 01, 2024
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  • End
    June 01, 2025
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  • Schedule
    96 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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• Primitive Rug Hooking - Guatemala Style

  • Start
    February 17, 2025
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  • End
    April 28, 2025
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  • Schedule
    6 sessions
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    5

  

  Want an excuse to go through the family closets and discard clothing, but would like an actual use for it?  Rug hooking, using recycled clothing as our ancestors did, is the solution. Join us for four relaxing evenings to learn this easy traditional technique.  The final product will be a 14-inch circular rug, which can be used as a wall hanging or jacket embellishment. Students will learn basic rug hooking techniques, including how to design your own rug, supply collection and preparation, hooking a small rug, and adding finishing touches. This is a self-motivated class in which students will work on their own projects with the assistance of the instructor as facilitator.  Homework is required between sessions. The registration fee includes use of a 14” embroidery hoop and rug hook, backing and binding material, and access to a common supply of materials. Participants are expected to collect most of their own materials.  Materials could include wool cloth, T-shirts and other knit fabrics.  Participants should bring their own good quality sharp scissors or a rotary cutter and mat. Instructor:  Cathie Harper Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $249 (includes some supplies) Registration Opens:  January 14, 2025 at 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  February 14, 2025

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• Handbuilding - Beginner Level 1

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    March 10, 2025
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  • End
    April 28, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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  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:  January 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  March 7, 2025

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• Wheel - Beginner Level 1

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    March 11, 2025
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  • End
    April 22, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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  Learn the basics of wheel thrown pottery: wedging, centering, throwing simple shapes, trimming, firing and glazing. Instructors:  Georgina Williston Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $290 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  January 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  March 8, 2025

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• Wheel - Intermediate Level 2

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    March 12, 2025
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  • End
    April 23, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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    2

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  This class will teach you how to center larger amounts of clay and will refine skills learned in beginner wheel classes.  It will also introduce students to more advanced skills such as adding handles and lids. Instructor:  Yewon Kang Prerequisites:  Completion of Wheel - Beginner Level 1; able to center clay and make basic cylinders on the wheel.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $260 (clay not included; clay must be purchased separately through Guild website) Registration Opens:  January 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  March 8, 2025

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• Stained Glass - Beginner

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    April 01, 2025
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  • End
    May 20, 2025
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
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  This fun and challenging program introduces you to textures and colours of stained glass, glass working tools, and patterns.  You will also learn skills like glass scoring, breaking, grinding, copper foiling, soldering, and finishing. You will complete at least two projects. You will choose from one of the patterns provided for your first project: learning how to make a template from which you will create a sun catcher using the Tiffany method.  Once you have completed the sun catcher, you will have an opportunity to try another project of your choosing.  Templates made from the patterns are yours to keep.  A variety of patterns are available for use in class. Instructor:  Francine Dennis Prerequisites: No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $290 (includes materials) Registration Opens:  March 11, 2025 Registration Closes:  March 29, 2025

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• Basketry - Willow Market/Bicycle Basket

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    April 26, 2025
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  • End
    April 27, 2025
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  • Schedule
    2 sessions
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  This willow basket is designed for your bicycle or to be used as a market basket. Its dimensions will be 9 inches high x 10 inches wide x 15 inches long.  We will use local willow (provided by the instructor) for this project. The oval base is an easy base to work with.  Weaves will include twining, 3-rod wale and French randing.  A 4-2 border will be used. Participants will have the following options for handles: 1.  a rigid willow built-in handle (traditional market basket); 2.  a swing webbing handle (cross body basket); or 3. velcro straps to attach to handlebars (bicycle basket). Instructor:  Cathie Harper Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $317 (includes materials and use of tools) Registration Opens:  January 14, 2025 at 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  April 18, 2025

  Registration fee includes materials and use of special equipment. If possible, participants should bring anvil clippers, locking knifes and old towels.

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• Spring Sale

  • When
    May 04, 2025
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    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Aurora Arts Studio

  The Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts will hold its 2025 Spring Sale on Sunday, May 4, 2025.  This sale will be held in the Aurora Arts Studio located next door to the Guild building at 113 Kam Lake Road, Yellowknife, NT and run from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.

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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
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    7

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  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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• Wheel - Beginner Level 1

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    May 06, 2025
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  • End
    June 17, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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  Learn the basics of wheel thrown pottery: wedging, centering, throwing simple shapes, trimming, firing and glazing. Instructor:  Georgina Williston Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $290 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  April 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am Registration Closes:  May 3, 2025

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• Wheel - Beginner Level 1

  • Start
    May 07, 2025
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  • End
    June 18, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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  Learn the basics of wheel thrown pottery: wedging, centering, throwing simple shapes, trimming, firing and glazing. Instructor:  To be determined Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $290 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  April 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am Registration Closes:  May 4, 2025

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• Wood Carving - Loon

  • Start
    May 08, 2025
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  • End
    June 05, 2025
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    8 sessions
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  Students will carve a small-scale loon (6.5 inches) which is small enough to be manageable but large enough to use all basic carving techniques.  Students will shape the loon, beginning with a basswood cut-out giving top and side profiles, and add feather textures using a dremel tool and wood burner.  Students will finish the loon using acrylic paints. Instructor:  Garry Singer Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $264 (includes materials and use of tools) Registration Opens:  March 10, 2025 Registration Closes:  April 21, 2025

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• One-Time Handbuilding

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    May 09, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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  Looking to try out pottery without the commitment of a full class?  At One-Time Handbuilding night, you can try your hand at clay for handbuilding. Friendly guild members will be available to demo techniques and support you in your efforts to tame the clay and turn it into an object you can actually eat or drink from. The goal of the night will be to have fun and create a piece or two to take home. You will be able to choose a glaze for your magnificent creation. In two to three weeks, once it has dried and been fired and glazed by our members, it will be available for pick up. Instructors:  Jenny Tucker and Melanie Desjardins Prerequisites:  Nothing but a positive attitude!  Age 16 or older.  Adult full or casual membership. Cost (Adult Full Member):  $65 (includes clay and completion of pieces by Guild potters) Cost (Casual Member):  $75 (includes clay and completion of pieces by Guild potters) Registration Opens:  January 13, 2025 at 7:00 pm Registration Closes:  May 6, 2025

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• Teen Pottery - Continuing Wheel

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    May 10, 2025
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  • End
    June 21, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
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  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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• Pottery Studio Orientation

  • When
    May 11, 2025
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    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts
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    4

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  Mandatory pottery studio orientation is required for all new and former studio potters requesting access to the pottery studio during scheduled open studio or full studio hours.  The purpose of this orientation is to review Guild operations to ensure that potters are able to safely use the studio without supervision and are aware of the roles and responsibilities of studio potters such as clean-up and volunteer duties.  All potters approved for scheduled open studio or full studio access must complete an orientation session before commencing studio access. Instructor:  Janet Diveky Prerequisites:  Approval from pottery representative after completion of Guild pottery class or assessment of prior pottery studio experience.   Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  Free for approved scheduled open studio and full studio potters.  All other registrations will be cancelled. Registration Closes:  May 9, 2025

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• Annual General Meeting

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    May 28, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

  The Annual General Meeting of the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts will be held on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 7:00 pm in the mixed media studio.  All current members are encouraged to attend.

  
  

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• Private Session (One-Time Wheel with Josée Lalonde)

  • When
    May 30, 2025
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    7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
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  Have some fun playing with clay with your colleagues!  At One-Time Wheel Night, you can try your hand at throwing a bowl on the wheel.  Guild potters will demo techniques and support you in your efforts to tame the clay and turn it into an object you can actually eat or drink from. The goal of the night will be to have fun and create a piece or two to take home.  You will be able to choose a glaze for your magnificent creation.  In two weeks, once it has dried and been fired and glazed by Guild potters, it will be available for pick up. Instructors:  Josée Lalonde  Prerequisites:  Nothing but a positive attitude!  Age 16 or older.  Full adult or casual membership and registration code required. Cost:  $65 for current Guild members or $75 for non-members (both rates include instruction, clay, and completion of pieces by Guild potters). Registration Closes:  May 25, 2025

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• Mosaics - Ancient Art with a Modern Twist

  • Start
    June 06, 2025
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  • End
    June 08, 2025
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    3 sessions
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  Students will learn traditional techniques of ungrouted mosaics while using both traditional and contemporary materials.  We will cover mosaic design, materials choices and cutting techniques. We will also discuss the importance of andamento or the flow of the mosaic. Time will be spent allowing each student to try using the hammer and hardie, which are the traditional tools used to cut stone and smalti (the traditional glass used in mosaics). Each student will create an 8” (20 cm) x 10” (25 cm) wall mosaic to take home.  The plywood substrate (base), thinset adhesive, and thinset tints plus a variety of marble, stone and glass will be available for students to use.  Each student is also encouraged to bring any materials they would like to add to their mosaic artwork, such as shells, beads or ceramics. This workshop is suitable for both beginners and people with some mosaic experience. Instructor:  Valerie Brownell Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $337 (includes materials) Registration Opens:  February 20, 2025 Registration Closes:  May 23, 2025

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• Pottery Studio Orientation

  • When
    June 08, 2025
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    12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
  • Location
    Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts
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    6

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  Mandatory pottery studio orientation is required for all new and former studio potters requesting access to the pottery studio during scheduled open studio or full studio hours.  The purpose of this orientation is to review Guild operations to ensure that potters are able to safely use the studio without supervision and are aware of the roles and responsibilities of studio potters such as clean-up and volunteer duties.  All potters approved for scheduled open studio or full studio access must complete an orientation session before commencing studio access. Instructor:  Janet Diveky Prerequisites:  Approval from pottery representative after completion of Guild pottery class or assessment of prior pottery studio experience.   Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  Free for approved scheduled open studio and full studio potters.  All other registrations will be cancelled. Registration Closes:  June 6, 2025

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• Wheel - Beginner Intensive/Refresher (Daytime)

  • Start
    June 10, 2025
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  • End
    June 19, 2025
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
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  This condensed wheel course is intended for motivated beginners, former potters seeking a reintroduction to throwing, or potters who have taken classes elsewhere but aren’t familiar with the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts studio. Learn or refresh basic skills and become orientated to the Guild so that you can apply for access as an open studio potter in the future.  This afternoon course will cover the basics in a condensed format over 2 weeks.  You will learn the fundamentals of wheel thrown pottery: wedging, centering, throwing simple shapes, trimming, firing and glazing. Students should be prepared to participate in scheduled open studio sessions and assignments may be given for completion at open studio between classes.  Open studio sessions offer extra practice at no additional cost during this 2-week intensive course. Instructor:  Ann Peters Prerequisites:  No prior experience necessary.  Age 16 or older.  Adult full membership. Cost:  $208 (includes clay) Registration Opens:  April 15, 2025 @ 9:00 am Registration Closes:  June 7, 2025

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