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Adult Workshops Mudflat's workshops cover a broad range of topics for everyone from beginner to advanced students. They're a great opportunity to gather with students and clay artists from Mudflat and elsewhere to explore a variety of ceramic art, try your hand at new techniques, or meet visiting artists. See below for upcoming workshop desciptions. Fall 2025 Adult Workshop Descriptions Soda Firing Learn about soda firing, an alternative to Mudflat’s regular high fire reduction and oxidation kiln firings. This workshop includes an orientation meeting that will discuss clay bodies, best forms to make, application of flashing slips, texture considerations, glaze choice and glazing tips, plus what happens in a soda kiln during the firing. Mudflat’s tech staff will wad, load, fire and unload the kiln. Limited to 10 people for each section. Students are eligible to enroll in one Soda workshop per semester but can add themselves to the waitlist for the other workshop should more space become available. Skill level: Not recommended for beginning students. Fall #1 Orientation: Wednesday, Sept 10, 6-7 pm Firing: Thursday, Oct 23 Fall #2 Orientation: Wednesday, Oct 29, 6-7 pm Firing: Thursday, Dec 11 Tuition: $250, Subscribers $200, Includes one 25-lb clay Altering Thrown Forms with Elaine Medina Eliane will demonstrate ways to alter wheel thrown forms to create functional, but not round, pieces. Various techniques will be shown for darting, bottomless forms, combining multiple parts, and adding sculptural elements, that can all be used to alter your clay work. Participants will be able to try out some of these techniques on their own pieces; bring your tools and 2-3 recently thrown pieces - soft leather hard is best. Saturday, October 4 10 am - 4 pm Tuition: $200, Subscribers $150 Moving the Clay towards Healing the Heart : A Grief and Healing workshop for Adults Grief and loss are universal and each of us has a unique journey through this emotional landscape. Art making of any kind can be very helpful in healing from loss. Clay in particular can be a powerful medium, as the experience of working with it can be transformative, both figuratively and literally. As one moves the clay they are also moving with the grief, transforming it slowly, creating an object of representation that has meaning. You will have the opportunity to do this with other people in the workshop who are on their own grief journey. Using handbuilding techniques and underglaze colors, we will each create a decorated tile that will honor your loved one. We will start with exercises to develop our ideas for imagery for our tiles, and afterwards can share our results as a group. Open to all, no clay experience required. Emily Newmann, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and ceramist. She has been working with people who are grieving for over twenty-five years. Thursday, October 9, 6:30-9:30 pm Tuition: $100, subscribers $75 Creating Memory Clay Tiles of Loved Ones for Teens Who Are Grieving (ages 13-15) Do you ever feel like you are alone in your grief? Maybe your friends don’t get what it means to lose a parent or sibling? Or that your life has totally changed in ways you can’t even talk about? Ever want to just be with other teenagers going through a similar loss? This workshop will give you an opportunity to be with other teens your age to make a memory tile of your loved one. We will start with exercises to develop our ideas for imagery for our tiles. Then using handbuilding techniques and underglaze colors, we will each create a decorated tile. Afterwards we can share what we have made with the group. Emily Newmann, LICSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and ceramist. She has been working with teenagers and people who are grieving for over twenty-five years. She brings empathy and a sense of humor to her work. She is a mom of teenagers and loves how smart, whimsical and funny teens are even when they experience hard times. Emily believes blending therapy with art is hugely healing. Thursday, October 23 4-6:30 pm Tuition: $75 Making Mini Houses with Amy Sullivan Make a tiny slab-built stoneware house, 2 to 6" tall. Amy will demonstrate how she creates her little houses, sharing tips on slab rolling, angle cutting, scratching and attaching coils, and decorating with slips and underglazes. She will provide a variety of templates and cutters, as well as stamps for windows & doors. Make anything from a mini-Christmas house to a canal house shaker, or a tealight house, or a clay cottage container, or a brownstone vase! Skill Level: All Levels Saturday, November 1, 1-4 pm Tuition: $100, Subscribers $75 Holiday Ornament Making Workshops with Kristie Simonó Join us for a fun, hands-on experience where you'll design and craft your very own holiday clay ornaments! In this one-day workshop, Kristie will walk you through the process of handbuilding unique ceramic ornaments using clay slabs, cookie cutters, templates, and printed images. You'll have the opportunity to create up to five personalized ornaments, adding your own artistic touch with underglaze colors to make each piece truly one-of-a-kind. Whether you're crafting for your tree, as a gift, or simply for the joy of making, this workshop is the perfect way to get into the holiday spirit. All pieces will be fired and ready for pickup 4 weeks after the workshop. This workshop is for all skill levels. This workshop consists of two sessions. The first session is restricted to adults 18 and older. The second session welcomes families with children ages 5 and up, with all children requiring adult supervision. Adults: Saturday Nov 8, 11 am-12 pm Tuition: $20; subscribers $15 Families (kids 5+): Saturday Nov 8, 1-2 pm Tuition: Adults: $20 (subscribers $15) ; Children 5-17 years old: $15

Studio Rentals Available Mudflat is now accepting applications for 2 studio rentals at Mudflat. Please read on below for information about each studio space. Please note that the Applications for the Associate Artist studio will be restricted to individuals who are currently enrolled students at Mudflat. Applications are due: November 26 Resident Artist Space Looking for one Resident Ceramic Artist, beginning January 1, 2024. Applications are due November 26, 2023. Apply here About the space: The Resident artist space is in Studio #1, a shared 186 square foot studio, in a private room with 1 other artist, on the 2nd floor off the high-fire glaze room. Rental includes 24-hour access, access to electric and gas kilns, and use of other studio and classroom equipment such as a slab roller, extruders and spray booth. Resident Artists are responsible for providing and maintaining their own shelving, tables and other equipment including pottery wheels. No kilns may be installed in studios. Rent: Monthly rent is $350.00.Rent does not include clay materials, glazes or firings, but clay, glazes and firings may be purchased through Mudflat and are additional fees. Resident artists are required to fire their own work; a training and authorization process for firing Mudflat kilns can be arranged with the Mudflat tech directors. About: Mudflat is a non-profit community clay studio and all studio artists are required to participate in Mudflat sponsored events and fundraising activities, including Mudflat’s Open Studio and Pottery Sale, held in May and December each year. All studio artists are eligible to exhibit and sell their work at Mudflat Gallery. Paid teaching opportunities are available. To apply, please fill out our online application and include 5 images of your work. Associate Artist Space Looking for one Associate Ceramic Artist, beginning January 1, 2024. Applications are due November 26, 2023. Apply here About the space: The associate artist space is in Studio # 8, a shared studio in a 300 square foot room on the 2nd floor, with a total of 6 artists. Each individual area is approximately 50 sq feet. Rental includes 24-hour access, access to electric and gas kilns, and use of other studio and classroom equipment such as a slab roller, extruders and spray booth. Mudflat provides one shelving unit for each Associate Artist and there is 1 pottery wheel and 1 common table to be shared. No kilns may be installed in studios. Please note that the Applications for the Associate Artist studio will be restricted to individuals who are currently enrolled students at Mudflat. Rent: Monthly rent is $257.00.. Rent does not include clay, glazes or firings, but clay, glazes and firings may be purchased through Mudflat and are additional fees. Associate artists are not required to fire their own work, but are eligible to enroll in a training and authorization process for firing Mudflat kilns. About: Mudflat is a non-profit community clay studio and all studio artists are required to participate in Mudflat sponsored events and fundraising activities, including Mudflat’s Open Studio and Pottery Sale, held in May and December each year. All studio artists are eligible to exhibit and sell their work at Mudflat Gallery. Paid teaching opportunities are available. To apply, please fill out our online application and include 5 images of your work.

Technical Education Program A 1-year education program for hands-on ceramic technical skill building, designed for students who are interested in learning more about clays, glazes, kilns, firings, and studio maintenance. The next Tech Ed program will begin in January 2026. Open to intermediate to advanced level students, to be selected by application each year, based on interest, availability, and commitment. Prior ceramic technical experience is not required. Time commitment from students is 10 hours/week (spread over 3 days per week) for an entire year. Students must be available during daytime hours, typically between 10 am and 6 pm. Over the course of the year, the weekly schedule will change to accommodate learning different skills and tasks, and to match kiln firing schedules. Only 3-5 students will be selected for the year-long program. During the first semester students will be trained in all aspects of ceramic technical information. Topics include: Clays: clay body materials, clay recycling Slips and glazes: chemistry and mixing/maintaining Kilns: loading, firing, and unloading electric and gas kilns, as well as maintaining the shelves & kiln furniture Studio maintenance: cleaning, clay deliveries, etc. Following completion of the first semester, students will continue working independently as technical staff trainees through the following 2 semesters, with an added focus on training to fire our gas kilns. Gas kiln firings range in length from 8-9 hours for a bisque firing, to 11-13 hours for a glaze firing --students are expected to attend the entire firing. Applicants should be aware that there are physical demands involved in this work, including ability to lift/carry 50 lbs of clay or other materials. Tuition for the first semester is $800.00. Tuition for the second and third semesters is $550.00 each semester. Mudflat will provide additional shelf space and 24 hour access for all 3 semesters to participants. We will only consider applications for this program from people who are able to make a commitment for a full year, and who have flexible availability during daytime work hours. If you are working full-time, this program is not a good fit. However, if you are taking extended time off from your job, or are in between jobs for at least a year and want to work intensely in clay, then do apply - we would love to hear from you! Applications for January 2026 will open on August 1, 2025 and be due September 22, 2025.