Kimball Art Center

Park City, Utah Art Center

Thursday

Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding in Clay Kids Session 2

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Join our exciting four-week kids’ pottery class where young artists explore both wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques. Kids will learn the basics of the potter’s wheel and create fun, imaginative pieces using handbuilding methods. They’ll have the chance to make functional items like cups and bowls, as well as whimsical sculptures. This hands-on class encourages creativity and offers a playful approach to pottery, allowing children to express themselves through their clay creations.

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece.





Wheel Throwing & Handbuilding in Clay Kids Session 1

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Join our exciting four-week kids’ pottery class where young artists explore both wheel throwing and handbuilding techniques. Kids will learn the basics of the potter’s wheel and create fun, imaginative pieces using handbuilding methods. They’ll have the chance to make functional items like cups and bowls, as well as whimsical sculptures. This hands-on class encourages creativity and offers a playful approach to pottery, allowing children to express themselves through their clay creations.

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece.





Painting Concepts Session 2

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Find your own painting style.

Develop your own unique style while exploring the tools and techniques to make a great painting from start to finish. Practice the elements of art and design, composition, color theory, and brushwork, while drawing inspiration from artists around the world to learn new approaches to creativity  and expressing emotions with paint. Techniques like priming, layering, glazing, and varnishing will be demonstrated. Students will walk away with a finished painting as well as confidence to continue to explore the medium. All ability levels  benefit from this class.

Materials:

– Sketchbook 

– Pencils 

– Eraser 

– A pad of Canvas paper (Oleo, thick watercolor paper, or canva paper is fine)

– Oil Paints / Acrylic Paints

Kits are fine, but if you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these: 

  • Titanium white 
  • Ivory black 
  • Cadmium Red 
  • Permanent Alizarin Crimson 
  • Ultramarine Blue 
  • Phthalo Blue 
  • Cadmium Yellow 
  • Lemon Yellow 

– Optional additional colors Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber 

– Firm Bristle Paint Brushes Please select one or two small, medium, and large round brushes, as well as flathead brushes

-Palette A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on 

– Odorless Gamsol, Turpenoid, or other odorless mineral spirits

-Linseed Oil Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base. 

-Glass Jar To hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well. 

-Palette Knife If you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.

-Rags Used for cleaning/drying brushes 

-Painting Clothes These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on 

-Canvas Canvas boards are very economical but you may want to choose a stretched canvas. The stretched canvases one can purchase at art stores are already primed and ready to paint on. If you are stretching your own canvas, you will need to prime your surface with an acrylic gesso.  Bring at least one of a smaller dimension, for example an 8” x 10” canvas board, and one larger surface, for example a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.  



Painting Concepts Session 1

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Find your own painting style.

Develop your own unique style while exploring the tools and techniques to make a great painting from start to finish. Practice the elements of art and design, composition, color theory, and brushwork, while drawing inspiration from artists around the world to learn new approaches to creativity  and expressing emotions with paint. Techniques like priming, layering, glazing, and varnishing will be demonstrated. Students will walk away with a finished painting as well as confidence to continue to explore the medium. All ability levels  benefit from this class.

Materials:

– Sketchbook 

– Pencils 

– Eraser 

– A pad of Canvas paper (Oleo, thick watercolor paper, or canva paper is fine)

– Oil Paints / Acrylic Paints

Kits are fine, but if you choose to purchase individual tubes of color, please include these: 

  • Titanium white 
  • Ivory black 
  • Cadmium Red 
  • Permanent Alizarin Crimson 
  • Ultramarine Blue 
  • Phthalo Blue 
  • Cadmium Yellow 
  • Lemon Yellow 

– Optional additional colors Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber 

– Firm Bristle Paint Brushes Please select one or two small, medium, and large round brushes, as well as flathead brushes

-Palette A palette is any surface on which you can mix your paint. I prefer to use a covered palette which preserves paint for longer use. You want a palette big enough to mix all your colors on 

– Odorless Gamsol, Turpenoid, or other odorless mineral spirits

-Linseed Oil Linseed oil increases the transparency of paint as well as the fluidity, while maintaining the paint’s oil base. 

-Glass Jar To hold our solvent. You may want to purchase one with a metal coil inside to help clean brushes. Bring an extra empty, sealable jam jar as well. 

-Palette Knife If you prefer to mix your colors with brushes, that is fine.

-Rags Used for cleaning/drying brushes 

-Painting Clothes These are clothes you don’t mind getting paint on 

-Canvas Canvas boards are very economical but you may want to choose a stretched canvas. The stretched canvases one can purchase at art stores are already primed and ready to paint on. If you are stretching your own canvas, you will need to prime your surface with an acrylic gesso.  Bring at least one of a smaller dimension, for example an 8” x 10” canvas board, and one larger surface, for example a 16” x 20” stretched canvas.  



Daytime Beginner Wheel Throwing Session 3

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This six-week course introduces students to the basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel, covering essential techniques, trimming, and glazing applications. Designed for beginners, this class ensures a tailored learning experience to meet their specific needs. A series of skill-building practices will introduce you to the joys of working with clay on the wheel. The basic skills of wheel-thrown pottery will be taught through step-by-step instruction in clay preparation, throwing on the wheel, trimming, handles, and the firing process. Students will learn how to throw a cylinder, cup, and bowls. We emphasize this class structure to provide beginner students with focused instruction, making the most of the invaluable learning opportunities offered by our qualified instructors. If you’ve taken this course more than three times, we ask that you enroll in one of our more intermediate or advanced classes. 

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece. 

The $50 material fee includes a bag of clay, with options including Rods Bod, Death Valley, and Stoney White. Porcelain is not included. Students wishing to use porcelain can get their material fee refunded and purchase porcelain separately at the front desk.



Daytime Beginner Wheel Throwing Session 2

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This six-week course introduces students to the basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel, covering essential techniques, trimming, and glazing applications. Designed for beginners, this class ensures a tailored learning experience to meet their specific needs. A series of skill-building practices will introduce you to the joys of working with clay on the wheel. The basic skills of wheel-thrown pottery will be taught through step-by-step instruction in clay preparation, throwing on the wheel, trimming, handles, and the firing process. Students will learn how to throw a cylinder, cup, and bowls. We emphasize this class structure to provide beginner students with focused instruction, making the most of the invaluable learning opportunities offered by our qualified instructors. If you’ve taken this course more than three times, we ask that you enroll in one of our more intermediate or advanced classes. 

Note on firing: All work will be fired and ready for pick up in the Kimball Art Center 7-14 days after your class. We do not ship class work. If artwork is not picked up after 60 days it will be recycled. *Since artwork may look different after firing, make your pottery or sculpture recognizable by carving a signature into your piece. 

The $50 material fee includes a bag of clay, with options including Rods Bod, Death Valley, and Stoney White. Porcelain is not included. Students wishing to use porcelain can get their material fee refunded and purchase porcelain separately at the front desk.