Classes
december
Open Pottery Studio allows individuals with previous pottery knowledge to freely create new works of art! A studio monitor will be in attendance to answer questions and provide advice, but only minimal instruction is provided. Students receive as much low-fire Gator White clay as they need for $1.00/lb, use of the pottery wheel, slab roller, and all tools and glazes. Students may also bring any low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, and tools, they may want to use. STAA will handle all bisque and glaze firing on site. Firings will take place at the end of the third and fourth weeks of studio, so make sure your pieces are bone dry and ready! Any additional firings will be a $15 charge per firing to the student.
This single-session class takes place
Friday, december 12th from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Price is per house built
Sign up on your own, or with a partner, to create a ceramic gingerbread house! Students will use the slab roller to roll out clay slabs to assemble their own 3-D gingerbread house. Use carving tools, stamps, underglazes, glazes, and your imagination to decorate and design a custom and festive piece. Students will be notified when their houses are ready to be picked up!
Single-session workshop on saturday, december 13th
from 11:00am - 2:00pm
Do you have a kiddo or teen that would love to create Christmas gifts for the ones they love? In this three hour workshop with Meghan Garcia, students will sculpt a variety of polymer clay earrings and trinkets! Ms. Meghan will help their creations come to life as they build, bake, and attach backings or hooks to their pieces! Students should bring a lunch, drink, and a festive attitude!
Join us for a charcoal still life workshop with
the 55th annual summer show first place winner amber hart!
This single-session workshop meets
saturday, december 13th
from 11:ooam - 1:00pm
Still-life drawing has been a cornerstone of art education since the Renaissance when artists like Caravaggio used everyday objects to explore light, composition, and form. In this 2-hour workshop, students will learn to apply and strengthen their foundational skills in drawing to a fun and creative staged still-life. Students will perform some warm-up exercises in line drawing and then proceed to their final drawing using charcoal. All materials will be provided.
ThESE single-session classES take place
Saturday, december 13th
3:00pm - 5:00pm & 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Want to spruce up your Christmas tree, or do you need a last minute gift? Create your own unique and festive ceramic Christmas ornaments! In the first class, students will use the slab roller and cookie cutter shapes to cut out 4 ornaments and decorate them using carving tools and glazes. Finished ornaments will be available for pickup before Christmas!
january 2026
Open Pottery Studio allows individuals with previous pottery knowledge to freely create new works of art! A studio monitor will be in attendance to answer questions and provide advice, but only minimal instruction is provided. Students receive as much low-fire Gator White clay as they need for $1.00/lb, use of the pottery wheel, slab roller, and all tools and glazes. Students may also bring any low-fire clay, low-fire glazes, and tools, they may want to use. STAA will handle all bisque and glaze firing on site. Firings will take place at the end of the third and fourth weeks of studio, so make sure your pieces are bone dry and ready! Any additional firings will be a $15 charge per firing to the student.
Join us for a watercolor course with
the 55th annual summer show first place winner amber hart!
This 4-week workshop meets
Tuesday, January 7th, 14th, 21st, & 28th
from 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Looking for the perfect gift for that art lover in your life? Amber Hart’s Watercolor course is the perfect opportunity for any artist to begin their journey!
Contemporary Watercolor is a 4-week course exploring the basics of the watercolor medium. Amber will cover different technics in handling the medium, such as wet on wet and blooming, while also investigating art history palettes. At the end of the course, students will walk away with 4 complete watercolor paintings to take home: 1 landscape, 1 still-life, 1 monochromatic, & 1 abstract.
This single-session girls’ night art meets
tuesday, january 13th from 6:00pm to 8:00pm
Kick off 2026 by joining a supportive creative community to make artistic pocket journals filled with art, mantras, intentions, and wishes! We will strengthen our decision-making and follow-through by documenting our immediate goal-oriented actions as well as higher order aspirations.
No experience required! Just come with a desire to explore and create!
This 8-week COURSE meets Friday, january 16, 23, 30, february 6, 13, 27, & march 6 & 13
from 10am to 12pm
note: no class on friday, february 20
Want to know why Van Gogh, Cezanne and Monet's paintings are so famous and well loved? Want to make your artwork sing like theirs?
In this eight week class, instructor Rachel Crawford will let you in on one of their secrets... COLOR! This Color Theory class will explore the theory, history and perception of color through hands-on color mixing and painting. Students will create a variety of color wheels and each week, will create a small painting applying color mixing theory using the various color wheel relationships to learn color harmony, contrast, and value. We will explore how colors affect us and how the we perceive color. This class will also cover the principles of design, the elements of art, and the Divine Proportion when planning out the small painting designs.
Each week there will be lecture and discussion, class work and homework.
Learn More Here!
First meeting of the covington collage club is
thursday, january 22nd
from 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Join our first ever session of the CCC! Each club meeting will offer a brief collage tutorial followed by lots of fun with paper and glue! Feel free to bring any projects or materials you wish to work on. Sharing of ideas, tops, and supportive feedback with the group is encouraged. We will have plenty of ephemera and supplies on hand. All ages welcomed, and experience is not required!
In our January meeting, Amy Bethke will demonstrate gel plate techniques to create hand-printed collage papers!
single-session workshop
Saturday, january 17th
11:00am - 1:30pm
Join Angelina in this workshop and create a small ceramic picture frame! Students will use the slab roller to create uniform pieces of clay and then cut their desired shape of frame! Build a small box from your pieces and use tools, texturizers, cookie cutters, and glazes to bring your frame to life! Frames will be dried and fired, and students will be notified when they are ready to be picked up!
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This single-session workshop meets
saturday, January 17th
from 3:00pm - 5:30pm
This year for Valentine’s Day, ditch the florist’s vase for your own unique creation!
Students will use the slab roller to roll out clay that will then be built and formed into a vase. From there, use tools, texturizers, cookie cutters, and glazes to customize your vase into a romantic piece you can love for years to come. Vases will be fired and ready for pick up before Valentine’s Day, so you can give your sweetheart a gift they’ll love!
2 Single-Session workshops
Saturday, January 24th
11:00am - 1:30pm & 5:00pm - 7:30pm
Join Rachael for some creative Mardi Gras fun with an introduction to paper flower techniques, headpiece construction, and a variety of king cakes to sample! Use your new knowledge of creating paper flowers, combined with other provided decorative elements, to create a unique Mardi Gras paper flower headpiece!