Guest passes are for ceramic studio members to bring a guest into the studio for the day. Each member is limited to 2 guests per day unless otherwise arranged with the studio managers. Guest passes are for individuals 12 years and older.
Kids 12 years and younger are allowed in the studio accompanied by a studio member under constant adult supervision. This is limited to 2 kids per member unless otherwise arranged with studio managers.
Guest passes can be purchased online or at the studio.
After School + Friday Morning Art Club
After school art club is a spectacular program for kids kindergarden-6th grade. Many art mediums will be explored throughout the year, helping to open a world of art to the next generation.
This program runs:
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Friday Morning Art Club
Friday Morning art club is a spectacular program for kids kindergarden-6th grade. Many art mediums will be explored throughout the year, helping to open a world of art to the next generation.
3-month pass - Fall Term Open Studio Pass
Your pass includes:
You may use open studio time to work on projects with clay you have bought from our studio, unless otherwise approved by studio managers.
All firing costs (not covered by open studio pass) will be invoiced at the end of the term.
If you are not a current or past student, please email our studio managers to arrange an orientation at paintedsky.ceramics@gmail.com.
Open Studio hours are 9:00am - 5:00pm with additional evening and weekend hours held by volunteers. Please see the calendar at the bottom of the ceramics department page for details.
Please email Lizz and Kara, studio Managers, at paintedsky.ceramics@gmail.com if you have questions.
Do you learn better one-on-one or prefer small sized classes? This is an opportunity to have individual instruction throwing on the potter's wheel. An hour of private instruction paired with Open Studio time can be a huge boost to your confidence and throwing skills! This time can be tailor made for where you are on your potter's journey - from green beginners to potters looking for more advanced techniques such as lids, handles, sets, glazing techniques, and more.
Choose private lessons, or grab your bestie, your sweetie, or even your snarky teenager and take a semi-private class together and make some memories!
$60 for 1.5hr private lesson
$45 (per student) Semi-Private 1.5hr lesson
*Does not include purchase of clay or firing tickets.
Once you have registered, please email Genevieve Paddock at nomadsignart@yahoo.com to set up your lesson.
Genevieve Paddock
Like so many other potters, I was first introduced to clay in a high school ceramics class. By senior year, I was taking most of my lunches in the ceramics room with the other art geeks, spending as much time playing with clay as I could. But, again, it was the clay’s versatility that I was drawn to. You can make it look like anything you can imagine - tree bark, skin, leather, metal - you name it! And the meditative spin of a wheel, who can resist that?
To pursue my interest in the arts, I attended Bennington College in Vermont, a school with a deep history in ceramic arts, where I received my B.A. in ceramics. During that time, I also worked in a ceramics factory, under glazing literally hundreds of pots a day! The following year I had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. and intern at the Capitol Children’s Museum and create a ceramics studio and program. In 2003, I moved to Grant County where I met my husband, David, and joined him in the Nomad Sign Art studio and learned the old school art of hand lettering and hand-crafting signs. These days my 500-pound potter’s wheel sits cozily in our living room next to a sunny window, where our whole family can learn to play on it.
I am extremely excited to share my love of clay at the Painted Sky Center for the Arts. So many of my best memories and closest bonds have been made working in studios, making art, and playing in the mud.
Can’t commit to a 4-week class but would love the chance to try out throwing on a Pottery Wheel?
Are larger classes not really your thing but you’d love a small custom class with your favorite people?
This Private/Semi-Private class may just be for you, in this 2-hour allotment we will explore the basics of throwing on the wheel. This format of class is flexible and can be scheduled according to what fits everyone’s schedule best. This class will best fit beginners.
**Does not include purchase of clay or firing fees
**Please bear in mind this is for ONE two hour session, additional lessons will need to be purchased at a later date for further instruction on trimming and glazing at later dates.
Ages 10 & up (children must be accompanied by an adult)
Skill Level - Beginner
Brenna DesJardin
I’m a lover of almost all things creative. I enjoy sewing, painting, mending clothes, stamp carving, baking, cooking, gardening, the list goes on and on. Most recently, after quite a few years, I’ve fallen back in love with pottery and have primarily focused on throwing vessels on the wheel here at Painted Sky.
I’m very enthusiastic about helping others find their creative passions. I believe in supportive, collaborative classes with students that are curious and willing to try something new. Learning new things can be really difficult and I so look forward to helping you build your confidence in your creativity.
Join us at our free weekly gathering for storytellers this Fall. Writers will be invited to workshop pages, confront one another on each other’s work in a safe and constructive manner as well as discuss the art of storytelling.
The aim of this group will be to build a grass roots effort to showcase the important, talented and unique voices of our community’s very special natural storytelling habitat. Attend and participate as you are able.
This is a free offering and weekly participation is appreciated but not necessary... if you are thinking of joining, please register.
Open to all storytellers and writers of any skill levels over the age of 18.
My name is Cassandra, I am a writer, who just moved back to Grant County. I am here because I would love to connect with other writers and contribute to the creative community in town.
Currently, I am workshopping with Chuck Palahniuk and developing a collection of short stories from a series of pieces I began to present at Chuck and Karen's Open Mic night in Portland. It's been such an incredible experience. Makes me wonder about what it would look like if we did the same in Grant County. We have a lot of good storytellers out here.
Literary Arts is a passion for me that began here in Grant County where I was born and raised. In part thanks to the community, I now hold a BA in English from Colorado State University. I have helped develop many independent books, working with both independent publishers and freelance writers.
Currently, for work, I am employed as Support Team Lead at WEO Media (6 years), a small, full-service dental marketing company. I specialize in website development, leadership and communication, with advanced knowledge in SEO, Social Media, HTML and CSS.
I am looking forward to connecting with anyone who has an interest in hearing or telling good stories.
Month-long Drawing Challenge: Using the drawing on clay techniques of scraffitto and mishima, make a set of 31 individual drink coasters inspired by daily word prompts.
Beginning on Saturday, September 30th, participants will come to an in-studio workshop in scraffitto and mishima. Students will then be given 7 pre-made clay coasters, 7 colors of underglaze, and a scratch tool to take home so that they can create a new piece of art each day as they follow the word prompts which will be texted daily. Stop into the studio each Saturday morning during October and drop off your pieces to be fired and pick up 7 more blank coasters for the upcoming week. Repeat through the month of October!
The ceramics department is offering two ways to participate:
Weekly or monthly.
***This sign up is for all four sessions***
To pursue my interest in the arts, I attended Bennington College in Vermont, a school with a deep history in ceramic arts, where I received my B.A. in ceramics. During that time, I also worked in a ceramics factory, under glazing literally hundreds of pots a day! The following year I had the opportunity to go to Washington D.C. and intern at the Capitol Children’s Museum and create a ceramics studio and program. In 2003, I moved to Grant County where I met my husband, David, and joined him in the Nomad Sign Art studio and learned the old school art of hand lettering and hand-crafting signs. These days my 500-pound potter’s wheel sits cozily in our living room next to the woodstove, where our whole family can learn to play on it.
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PSCA cancellation policy: Teacher reserves the right to cancel if class size minimum is not reached. You will receive a full refund in this case or if the instructor needs to cancel for other reasons.
If you need to cancel: Cancellations within a week of class start date will receive a 50% refund. After that a refund will not be issued. Our teachers and staff put a lot of work in to be ready for your class. If you need to cancel, please communicate with us as soon as possible.
