Events

The January installment of our Resident Artist Series will focus on providing you with all the basics you will need to know to get started working on the potter's wheel. We will make bowls and cylinders and learn how to trim. The class meets from 10am - 12pm/noon on January 11th, 13th, 18th, and 20th.

The February installment of our Resident Artist Series will focus on providing you with all the basics you will need to know about using the slab machine to make functional serving pieces from slump and hump molds. The class meets from 10am - 12pm/noon on February 8th, 10th, 15th, and 17th.

The February installment of our Youth Pottery Workshop series will focus on using the slab machine to make functional wares to be enjoyed with family and friends. This workshop meets for a total of three(3) sessions from 3:30 - 5:00pm on February 9th, 16th, and 23rd. The tuition is $120/person and includes all three sessions. Appropriate for students ages 5 and up.

The March installment of our Resident Artist Series will focus on providing you with all the basics you will need to know to get started working on the potter's wheel. We will make bowls and cylinders, trim, and apply handles. The class meets from 10am - 12pm/noon on March 8th, 10th, 15th, and 17th.

The March installment of our Youth Pottery Workshop series will focus on developing wheel throwing skills for making bowls. This workshop meets for a total of three(3) sessions from 3:30 - 5:00pm on March 9th, 16th, and 23rd. The tuition is $120/person and includes all three sessions. Appropriate for students ages 5 and up.

The Bascom and The Southeast Center for Arts Integration: SECAI inspires teachers to embrace the arts as the powerful teaching tools they are by engaging them in experiential, arts-integrated learning that all teachers can use.

The Bascom and The Southeast Center for Arts Integration (SECAI) are working together for the first time in 2020 to motivate educators in Western North Carolina to use the arts in the classroom by demonstrating connections between brain research, multiple intelligences theory, and state standards. SECAI inspires teachers to embrace the arts as the powerful teaching tools they are by engaging them in arts-integrated learning that all teachers can use in the classroom. We enable them to teach with the arts immediately by providing practical tools and demonstrating arts-integrated lessons.

There are an infinite number of ways to create narrative expression through figurative sculpture. In this fun filled three-day workshop, students will create a 15” hanging piece that combines the small human torso and an abstracted, textural skirt.

The April installment of our Resident Artist Series will focus on providing you with all the basics you will need to know about using the slab machine to construct various shapes from templates. The class meets from 10am - 12pm/noon on April 5th, 7th, 12th, and 14th.

The April installment of our Youth Pottery Workshop series will focus on using the pinch method to create fun animal planters. This workshop meets for a total of three(3) sessions from 3:30 - 5:00pm on April 6th, 13th, and 20th. The tuition is $120/person and includes all three sessions. Appropriate for students ages 5 and up.

This 5-day, hands-on intensive workshop will explore learning to see and visualize ceramics through the history of different functional and decorative styles.