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 Coming Soon!

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

Pottery Tool Kit (AAC11028E) Category: School Supplies

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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Amazon Price: (as of 12/28/2009)
List Price: $11.80

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++FULL++

Another section opened tho for Thursday afternoons 2-5pm.

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

Samples of Some Pottery Students' Work

Freshly Fired

Here is a shelf full of students' work ready to be unloaded from the kiln.

Coming Workshops

Breezy Windchimes

This workshop is for both beginners in clay and experienced clay artists. In this 4 hour workshop you will build clay pieces for a windchime using only your hands and a few household tools. A fun way to get your hands muddy and see if you like working with clay. For more info and how to enroll please call The Learning Place Located at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County 941-625-4175 ext. 223

Past Workshops: Garden Faces Workshop: This one day workshop took place in June. The Workshop demoed an easy to learn technique of making Garden Faces and masks. I am hoping to be able to repeat this workshop next spring or summer. Please visit this link for more info.

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 in the summer only, look for this class next summer.

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

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 Wednesday Night from 6pm-9pm this coming semester.