Friday April 22nd, 2022
6PM-8PM
Ages 21+ (Cash Bar)
$45
Want to get out of the house and have fun on a Friday night? Why not try out a new skill while you're at it. Every month, River Arts hosts a Sip N' Slurry class (paint and sip for clay). Our clay alternative to paint and sip classes is a familiar favorite for potters new and old. Learn basic hand-building techniques like slab rolling, coil building and surface techniques. This time try to making a clay whistle or a musical shaker.
Barbara Flathers (she/her) has been in love with ceramics since, as a young Girl Scout, she first saw a potter's wheel being used at Old Sturbridge Village, near to where she grew up in Western Massachusetts. She dabbled with ceramics during her high school years and also at her time at Holyoke Community College.
Barb attended Massachusetts College of Art where she studied ceramics with Ben Ryterband, John Baymore, and Jana Longacre. After graduating with a BFA in Ceramics, she spent several years restoring architectural terra cotta on buildings in and around Boston and other cities in New England. She then moved from Boston to Johnson, Vermont where she has lived, worked, and raised her family ever since.
Barb received her MFA from Northern Vermont University where she focused on glaze design and functional wheel-thrown ceramics. You can find her currently kayaking around Lamoille county and making things with clay.
Lisa Wolfgang (she/her) is a lifelong clay lover. She currently has a mug collection problem and is excited to share some of her acquisitions with the group as part of this workshop. Lisa doesn’t consider herself a potter, wonders if people read these descriptions online, but really enjoys teaching workshops and getting nerdy with the slideshow presentations in her classes. She is a firm believer that anyone can make functional pottery and believes that if shown a range of techniques, people will intuitively find their own style of making that excites and enlivens them.