WCA exhibit on functional ceramics runs through April 14
This bowl is by artist Micheal Kline, who will be a presenter at the Functional Ceramics Workshop at the Wayne Center for the Arts.
The Functional Ceramics Workshop, a program of the Ohio Designer Craftsmen, is exhibiting currently in the Looney Gallery at the Wayne Center for the Arts, 237 S. Walnut St., Wooster, through April 14. The public is invited to view these pieces from artists across the country. The Functional Ceramics Workshop is a nationally recognized workshop for potters creating works that are meant to be used and enjoyed and will take place April 14-16.
It began in Wooster in 1977 when Phyllis Blair Clark and The College of Wooster Art Department hosted the Wooster Workshop with artists Ginny and Tom Marsh as demonstrators. A total of 35 students attended. That workshop — and the accompanying exhibition — expanded over the years, thanks to Clark’s guidance, eventually becoming the Functional Ceramics Workshop. In 1987 Clark moved the event to the newly renovated Wayne Center for the Arts.
For those interested in clay, Wayne Center for the Arts is offering an array of classes. A sculpture class is being offered in which students will complete an independent sculpture that showcases their voice and style with guided instruction along the way, or students can dive into pottery on the wheel in Daytime Beginning Wheel, where they will make bowls, mugs and plates.
Other classes beginning during the week of March 27 are as follows:
—Children’s Painting for age 6-9 on Mondays at 5:30 p.m.
—Potter’s Medley for age 18 and over on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
—Preschool Picassos for age 3-5 on Mondays at 4 p.m.
—Artist Toolbox for age 10-13 on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m.
—Mudlarks (Intro to Clay) for age 6-9 on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
—Sculpture for age 18 and over on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m.
—Beginning Wheel 2 for age 18 and over on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m.
—Daytime Beginning Wheel for age 18 and over on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.
—Gen Z Pottery for age 14-17 on Wednesdays at 4:15 p.m.
—Artist Playground for age 6-9 on Thursdays at 4:15 p.m.
—Daytime Intermediate Wheel for age 18 and over on Thursdays at 12:30 p.m.
—Doodle Buggies for age 18 months through 3 years on Thursdays at 2:30 p.m.
—Drawing for Teens for age 12-17 on Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
—Intro to Figure Drawing for age 18 and over on Thursdays at 7 p.m.
—Kid’s Wheel & Hand-Building for age 10-13 on Thursdays at 4:30 p.m.
—The Art of Painting for age 10-13 on Thursdays at 6 p.m.
—Artificial Intelligence Art Lab for age 12 and over on Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
The schedule is subject to change, and some classes require prerequisites. Find all class details and register at www.WayneArtsCenter.org or call 330-264-2787.