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Workshops
2026 Art Workshops
Surface Decoration in Clay
with Miranda Howe
In this 2-day hands-on workshop, we will explore a variety of ceramic surface techniques that can be layered to create dynamic, lively surfaces on both sculptural and functional forms. Participants will experiment with embossing wet clay by creating unique rolling texture tools that leave personal marks and impressions on their pieces. We will also explore using paper masks, printing on clay, embellishing with commercial transfers, carving, and slip-trailing designs using colored underglazes. Throughout the class, students will construct simple slab-built forms that will serve as a canvas for experimenting with these techniques.
September 24th & 25th, 9:00am to 4:00pm
$225 Members $235 Nonmembers
$30 supply fee to be given to instructor
Stained Glass
Merryl Redding
Learn the beautiful art of creating stained glass, with this 3-day workshop. Our instructor Merryl Redding is a stained-glass art legend, creating the stained glass throughout churches, homes and restaurants all over Texas, and now she is going to share her craft with us. Learn how to create your own stained-glass masterpiece and take your work home to enjoy its beauty for years to come. In this class you will learn all the steps to make your own stained-glass piece, from choosing and cutting colored glass pieces, to foiling the pieces, creating a design and soldering the pieces into that design. The end product will be truly breathtaking.
September 29 - October 1, 5:00 - 7:00
$305 members, $325 nonmembers
$30 supply fee to be given to instructor
Honor Yourself – Spirit Dolls and Personal Words
with Phyllis Garey
As we care for those around us, it is vital to value our intrinsic worth with specific actions and activities. Making a spirit doll is a loving way to creatively use color, texture and personal object for our visual focus. This class offers you time, space and materials to do just that. I will also have materials for you to make a visual for your ‘word for 2026’, so be thinking what that might be! I will provide many materials and objects, but you will want to bring some that have meaning for you. Remember: It is YOUR spirit doll! It can be serious or whimsical.
October 3, 9:00-4:00
$120
Basic Wheel Throwing
with David Howard
This course is for the beginner who has no previous experience in throwing ceramics on the wheel. The beginning of this course will emphasize learning the mechanics and working of the wheel and tools, along with understanding the clay you will be using. You will also be glazing 2 pieces per student. Each student will have their own wheel along with 25-lbs of clay and a package of tools to perform all the class assignments.
Monday & Wednesday
October 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28
6:00-8:30pm
$210 Members, $225 Non-Members
$35 for supplies (clay and tools) given to instructor
Beginning Hand-Building
with Reba Goodman
This 4-week class welcomes students of all levels and will cover basic hand building techniques including pinching, coiling, slab building, applying textures, use of equipment such as a slab roller, hand tools, and glazing. This class will cover the fundamentals of working in the HCAF community clay studio.
Tuesdays & Thursdays
October 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27 & 29
5:30 - 7:30pm
$200 per person
$25 supply fee for clay
Bea Carruthers Memorial Folk Art Workshop
with Mary Baumgart
Join us for a journey in American Folk Art at the wonderful Hill Country Art Foundation. The journey we will begin with the preparation of the wood surface, getting it ready for the addition of the petticoat of paint for a design by Heidi England. The two paintings will be companion pieces done in Jo Sonja matte flow acrylic paints on wooden plates. Once the painting is complete, instruction will be given for the addition of a protective layer to make these pieces true heirlooms!
October 15-17, 9-4
$90
Introduction to Glazing
with J’Nil Jackson
This Introduction to Glazing workshop teaches you everything that you need to know to get you from the building to the glazing process. If you took a beginning ceramics workshop whether it be hand building, sculpture or wheel throwing (or are about to) this workshop is fundamental. Taught by longtime master artist and teacher J’Nil Jackson, this will get you on your way for everything you need to know to finish your ceramics pieces. You will learn all about commercial glazes, studio glazes, tools, techniques and firing. This class is a must for any novice artist hoping to get into the studio and create.
Demo on October 23rd, 6pm to 9pm. The demo is a part of the class.
October 23-25, 10 - 4
$90
Soul Dance
with Rachel Lovelace
Join us for a new dance experience, where we mix creativity, movement, energy alignment and dance technique. In this workshop you will begin with a meditative and energy alignment exercise, we will then get to moving by learning some dance basics in ballet, jazz, modern and interpretive. We will then get our creativity flowing by choreographing our own interpretive dance.
Absolutely no experience necessary, this class is just for you to get moving and get in touch with your creative movement energies. Great for people of any age, although I ask that this course be 16 plus. People with mobility issues welcome. Clothing: athletic or dance shoes and loose comfortable clothes.
November 14th, 10am to 12pm
$35 for members, $40 nonmembers