Wheel-Throwing 101

$295.00

5-Week Session: April 7 — May 5, 2026

Instructor: Emily Tatro

Class Meeting Times:
Tuesday evenings, 5:30-8:00pm
4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, work pick-up 5/12

This project-oriented class will focus on using the potter's wheel. We will start with simple forms and steadily challenge and expand our skills. If you've ever wanted to try learning how to throw pots on the wheel, this is a great opportunity. If you are returning to the craft this course can further your skills and help you express through clay.

Each in-person class will involve a demonstration of a form or technique, and guided working time. In addition to wheel-throwing, we will cover glazing and slip techniques to explore the possibilities of ceramic surfaces. A main benefit of enrollment includes the use of the studio during Open Studio Hours, which will be an important time for students to practice at their own pace.

The class is perfect for beginner to intermediate students. More experienced students can expand upon class demonstrations, and projects can be altered meet individual needs.

This class fee includes all tools and materials, plus 5 weeks of studio usage—5 instructional classes and an evening gathering at the end of the session to pick up fired work and collectively review progress made throughout the course.

This class is open to students ages 16+.
Skill Level: 1-2, All levels welcome.

Limited scholarship funding may be available for this class. To apply for financial aid, please fill out our Scholarship Application.

Click here to view our Terms & Conditions.

Skill levels: 1 - Beginner; 2 - Beginner/Intermediate; 3 - Intermediate; 4 - Intermediate/Advanced; 5 - Advanced

5-Week Session: April 7 — May 5, 2026

Instructor: Emily Tatro

Class Meeting Times:
Tuesday evenings, 5:30-8:00pm
4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, work pick-up 5/12

This project-oriented class will focus on using the potter's wheel. We will start with simple forms and steadily challenge and expand our skills. If you've ever wanted to try learning how to throw pots on the wheel, this is a great opportunity. If you are returning to the craft this course can further your skills and help you express through clay.

Each in-person class will involve a demonstration of a form or technique, and guided working time. In addition to wheel-throwing, we will cover glazing and slip techniques to explore the possibilities of ceramic surfaces. A main benefit of enrollment includes the use of the studio during Open Studio Hours, which will be an important time for students to practice at their own pace.

The class is perfect for beginner to intermediate students. More experienced students can expand upon class demonstrations, and projects can be altered meet individual needs.

This class fee includes all tools and materials, plus 5 weeks of studio usage—5 instructional classes and an evening gathering at the end of the session to pick up fired work and collectively review progress made throughout the course.

This class is open to students ages 16+.
Skill Level: 1-2, All levels welcome.

Limited scholarship funding may be available for this class. To apply for financial aid, please fill out our Scholarship Application.

Click here to view our Terms & Conditions.

Skill levels: 1 - Beginner; 2 - Beginner/Intermediate; 3 - Intermediate; 4 - Intermediate/Advanced; 5 - Advanced

Instructor: Emily Tatro

Emily Tatro is an artist and art educator working in painting, ceramics and sculpture. She is a graduate of the Cornell University MFA program, and holds a BFA in visual art and ethnography from Marlboro College. She has participated in residencies in the United States and France, and exhibited in the Northeast US, New York City (Ortega y Gasset Projects, StudioNineDee), and Beijing, China. Her work is populated by characters, symbols and landscapes drawn from personal, art historical, or ethereal sources and relates to non-linear time, animism and the sentience of natural systems. She lives in Brattleboro, VT.