POTTERY CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

Pottery, including both handbuilding and throwing on the wheel, has been a core discipline at the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts for many years.  Beginner, intermediate and advanced pottery classes and workshops are offered during all class sessions and student spots are always in high demand.

All pottery classes and workshops are held in the pottery studio on the first floor of the Guild building at 113 Kam Lake Road, Yellowknife, NT.  

Online registration for Spring 2025 pottery classes and workshops is ongoing.  Offerings include beginner wheel, intermediate wheel, intermediate handbuilding, one-time wheel, teen pottery, advanced workshops and more!

Refer to the information below for important details including eligible membership levels, registration dates, prerequisites and other requirements for registration.  Unless indicated otherwise in the class/workshop description, classes/workshops are open to adults only. 

Refunds arising from registration errors or failure to meet prerequisites are subject to  a $25 administration fee.



CLASS/WORKSHOP REGISTRATION

Membership in the Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts is required for participation in all classes and workshops.  To ensure that our programs are as accessible as possible, we offer several different membership levels.  Registration details for each program indicate the level of membership required and any necessary prerequisites.

Classes and workshops offered during fall, winter/spring sessions.  Registration is conducted online and spaces are in high demand.  We recommend that members and prospective students subscribe to our newsletter and check our website regularly to learn about upcoming classes and workshops.

Registration and materials fees for classes and workshops are non-refundable except in very limited circumstances.  Membership fees must be paid in advance of registration and are non-refundable even if a particular class or workshop is unavailable.  Acknowledgement of our refund policy is a condition of registration.  Registrations cannot be transferred between students or between classes or workshops.

Refer to our Info Sheet - Class/Workshop Registration for more information and tips for successful registration.


SPRING 2025 POTTERY CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS
Registration is Ongoing
Spaces are Available in Various Classes and Workshops

See Below for Class and Workshop Details!

    • May 05, 2025
    • June 23, 2025
    • 7 sessions
    • 3
    Registration is closed

    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

    • May 06, 2025
    • June 17, 2025
    • 7 sessions
    • 0
    Registration is closed

    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

    • May 07, 2025
    • June 18, 2025
    • 7 sessions
    • 0

    Learn the basics of wheel thrown pottery: wedging, centering, throwing simple shapes, trimming, firing and glazing.

    Instructor:  Yewon Kang

    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

    • May 09, 2025
    • 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
    • 0
    Join waitlist

    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

    PrerequisitesNothing 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

    • May 10, 2025
    • June 21, 2025
    • 7 sessions
    • 4
    Register

    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

    • May 10, 2025
    • May 16, 2025
    • 2 sessions
    • 0
    Registration is closed

    MANDATORY PREREQUISITE APPLIES


    Learn production techniques for making consistent and matching wheel-thrown bowls while contributing toward one of the Guild's most popular fundraising events - the annual Canada Day Ice Cream Bowl Sale!

    All bowls produced during these sessions will be donated to the Guild for sale at the Canada Day Ice Cream Bowl Sale or other fundraisers. The sessions are therefore free to participants and the Guild will supply clay.

    Instructor: Cynthia Levy and Yewon Kang

    Prerequisites: Scheduled open studio or full studio potter with current full adult membership.  Ability to center and throw a bowl.  Age 16 or older.

    Cost: Free with all bowls produced donated to the Guild.  Clay supplied by the Guild.

    Registration Closes: May 8, 2025

    • June 10, 2025
    • June 19, 2025
    • 4 sessions
    • 8
    Register

    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


Yellowknife Guild of Arts and Crafts
113 Kam Lake Road, Yellowknife, NT  X1A 0G3
867-920-4573
yellowknifeguild@gmail.com

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