Ceramics & Sculpture Classes in Chicago | Lillstreet Art Center

Ceramics/Sculpture

Lillstreet's long-established clay department offers classes for the total beginner, casual novice or advanced student. Start with the basics of handbuilding and wheelthrowing while you work your way up to creating platters, bowls, teapots, sets on trays, and more. Take advantage of our 200 glaze combinations, firing, and state-of-the art equipment.

Summer classes begin the weeks of June 17 & July 22.

Save $10 on 5-week classes or $20 on 10-week classes when you register and pay in full by May 28.

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Visiting Artist Workshops - January 01, 2013 - December 31, 2014

VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOPS

Less is More: Hand-Built Vessels with Joe Pintz (1 Day)

LAC Members $120.00 / Non-Members $125.00

Summer 2013 - June 17, 2013 - August 25, 2013

BEGINNER/ADVANCED BEGINNER

First-Time Potter (5 Weeks)

LAC Members $160.00 / Non-Members $165.00

First-Time Handbuilder (5 Weeks)

LAC Members $160.00 / Non-Members $165.00

Beg/Adv Beg Wheelthrowing (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $320.00 / Non-Members $330.00

Beg/Adv Beg Handbuilding (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $320.00 / Non-Members $330.00

MULTILEVEL (ADVANCED BEGINNER TO ADVANCED)

Home and Garden Pottery (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

The Art of Food (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Throwing Clinic (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Small Sculptures, Figurines, and Dolls (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Intermediate Wheelthrowing (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Simply Soda: Beginning Soda (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

Advanced Wheelthrowing (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Advanced Handbuilding (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Summer Wares (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Advanced Topics in Soda Firing: Pour, Sip, Savor: The Art of Drinking (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Sculpting with the Potters Wheel (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Figurative Sculpture (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Traditional Figure Sculpture (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Advanced Topics (10 Weeks)

LAC Members $350.00 / Non-Members $360.00

Choose Five (1 Hour)

LAC Members $275.00 / Non-Members $285.00

WORKSHOP

Ceramic Cocktails (1 Day)

LAC Members $40.00 / Non-Members $45.00

Soda Fired “Box” Turtles (1 Day)

LAC Members $60.00 / Non-Members $65.00

Self Portrait in Clay (1 Day)

LAC Members $55.00 / Non-Members $60.00

Making Underglaze Chalks and Pencils (1 Day)

LAC Members $55.00 / Non-Members $60.00

Kokeshi Dolls in Clay (1 Day)

LAC Members $40.00 / Non-Members $45.00

Soda Fired Herb Pots (1 Day)

LAC Members $60.00 / Non-Members $65.00

Hand Built Candelabras (1 Day)

LAC Members $40.00 / Non-Members $45.00

Garden Gnomes (1 Day)

LAC Members $40.00 / Non-Members $45.00

Creative Retreats - May 01, 2013 - December 31, 2013

RETREATS

Travel Photography Retreat (1 Day)

LAC Members $115.00 / Non-Members $120.00

The Art of Asian Ink Painting (1 Day)

LAC Members $115.00 / Non-Members $120.00

En Plein Air Painting Retreat (1 Day)

LAC Members $115.00 / Non-Members $120.00