Charlotte County Art Classes

Mosaic and Clay Fun in Charlotte County, Florida

Have you heard about the great art classes available at The Learning Place? The Learning Place is a school located within the Cultural Center of Charlotte County in Port Charlotte, Florida. The Learning Place welcomes year round and part-time residents of Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Murdock, Englewood, North Port, and all surrounding communities. The Learning Place offers classes year round in a ton of different subjects. I am currently teaching Clay Art and Pottery for both adults and teens and an adult Beginning Shard Mosaic Class. We have tons of fun in class and learn lots, come join us.

New Semester Starts July 7th, Hurry and Enroll!

Garden Faces Workshop June 28th, 2008

A One Day Clay Workshop

Garden Faces Workshop: Introducing a brand new one day workshop. Garden Faces will show you how to make clay garden masks for your yard or home. Please visit this link for more info.

Beginning Clay Handbuilding for Adults

Come Play in the Clay

This class is great for people that like to work with their hands. The adult clay class covers the basics of handbuilding. Pinch, solid build up, coil, and slab techniques will be taught. Creations in both functional pottery and sculpture are encouraged. Currently we are using Cone 6 mid-fire clay. So don't be afraid to get a little dirty, come and give clay art a try.

Great News: The Beginning Clay Handbuilding class will meet this coming semester Monday 5:30pm-8:30pm Sign up now.

The Cultural Center of Charlotte County: Here you will find the class listing and how to enroll in the Clay class.

Required Clay Tool Kit on Amazon

For both the adult and teen class

AAC11028E - Pottery Tool Kit, Eight Assorted Tools per Kit - 11028E / AAC11028E

This is the basic tool kit required for the teen and adult clay classes it contain 8 tools used to work with clay.

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Beginning Wheel Throwing for Adults

Learning to throw on the wheel is a wonderful fulfilling skill to learn. There seems to be a magic on the wheel as the soft lump of clay becomes a vessel. This class will challenge you as you learn to center and throw clay forms on the wheel.

Techniques of centering, throwing both bowl and cylinder forms, adding handles, and an introduction to glazing are covered. Come take this class for a spin.

This class will meet Thursdays nights 5:30pm-8:30pm this coming semester.

The Cultural Center of Charlotte County: Here you will find the class listing and how to enroll in the Wheel Throwing Class.

Summer Teen Clay Class

A summer only class! This class introduces handbuilt clay art and pottery to teens ages 12-17. A variety of fun project are introduce, everything from wearable clay jewelry to functional yet funky bowls. This is a fun and creative way to spend part of the summer. Don't let your teen spend the entire summer complaining of boredom, sign him or her up for something fun.

The class meets Thursdays 3pm-5pm beginning Thursday June 12, 2008 this summer.

The Cultural Center of Charlotte County: Look here if you'd like to see what other classes the Cultural Center has to offer.

A Clay Workshop for the Whole Family

A Family that Clays Together Plays Together

These workshops will meet this summer. Please visit here for more information about this and other great educational opportunities.

Family Clay Play in Port Charlotte, Florida

Are you in Port Charlotte, Punta Gorda, Murdock, or North Port and looking for a fun weekend activity to do with your kids, grandkids or other younger family members. How about taking a workshop with the one or more of the children and or teens in yo...

Adult Beginning Mosaic Class

This is a great class for nearly everyone: artists, crafters, gardeners, recyclers, decorators and others will enjoy this class. This class uses broken plates, tiles, beads, and bottle or stained glass to create wonderful new objects for both home and garden. The techniques of adhering and grouting your shards to create your new mosaics will be covered. Projects will include kitchen trivet, stepping stone, and flower pot. If there is time a frame project could be added.

This class is a bundle of fun. Everyone is welcome to make a little noise breaking their dishes and tile. It is a great way to let off a little steam btw. Past students have had a great time smashing and crashing then making something new.

This class will meet Monday nights 2:00pm-5:00pm this coming semester.