After School Teen Wheel Throwing

Join Amy Smoot in October to create and play with clay! Students will have fun exploring the pottery wheel and various techniques to create functional cups, bowls or mugs. Students will receive instruction through each step of the throwing process from creating to glazing and decorating their work. This class is limited to a maximum of 6 students and a minimum of 3. Classes meet on the following Tuesdays from 3:30-5pm : October 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd About Amy Smoot: Amy Smoot is the Clay Studio manager at Kentuck. She is from Carrollton, GA and currently resides in Tuscaloosa, AL. She received her BFA in ceramics from the University of West Georgia in 2015. While there, she was studio technician and research assistant in the ceramics area. In 2019 she received her MFA from The University of Alabama where she first began teaching ceramics as a graduate assistant. Her practice consists of all types of ceramics techniques including mold-making, slip-casting, hand building, and wheel thrown pottery. This workshop is sponsored in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the Holle Family Foundation.