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Gloucester Pottery School's cancellation policy for classes, workshops and parties. Cancellation Policies Cancellation Policy Make-up classes Gloucester Pottery School does not substitute or provide make-up classes. If you miss a class, your instructor will ensure your work is at an appropriate state that allows you to continue with the class structure the following week(s). Cancellation policy for class or workshop enrollment For all class refunds requested, an Administrative Fee of $25+HST will apply even if refund is credited to your account. No refunds are given unless the request is made 7 days before the 1st class is due to commence, unless it is due to a provincial or Ottawa Public Health mandated closure. Refunds will be processed within 21 days of the refund request. No refunds are given for specialized Professional Workshops, where an outside artist is brought in to present. We reserve the right to cancel or postpone any program or activity due to low enrollment or inclement weather. A full refund will be provided for cancelled classes and every attempt will be made to re-schedule postponed classes. Refunds for purchased goods: for clay or toolkits Refunds will be issued within 30 days of purchase. Unused item and proof of purchase receipt must be presented in order to receive a refund. Returned cheques An admin fee will be imposed for all returned cheques and could result in refusal of future participation. Covid 19 Class Policies In the event of a provincially or Ottawa Public Health mandated closure occurring prior to the start of the course, you will be given the choice of a full course credit on your account or a full refund for your class. If the closure occurs once the course is in progress, you will be given the choice of a pro-rated course credit or refund for the remainder of your classes. We will waive our administrative fee for courses cancelled due to a provincial or Ottawa Public Health mandated closure. If we have to cancel a single class of your course due to an Ottawa Public Health Covid closure of the Shenkman Arts Center, we will extend your course by 1 week to make up the class. If the make-up date at the end of the session does not fit the student’s schedule we will offer make up glazing sessions that they can sign up for. (*glazing class is the last class of each course).

Welcome to Gloucester Pottery School. We are a non-profit school in Ottawa offereing classes and workshops for kids and adults of all skill levels. Ever wanted to learn wheel throwing? Look no further! Courses Birthday Parties Workshops New Clay Conference Visiting Artist Workshops Exhibitions in Dust Evans Gallery Gas Kiln Firings Soda Kiln Firings One Night Workshops And so much more! Speciality programs like How to Set up a Home Studio Pottery Wheel Rentals Custom 3d printed stamps and cookie cutters Register now Register for Summer Camps! Looking for a fun and creative activity in Ottawa? Why not try your hand at pottery! Whether you're a beginner an experienced artist, we offer plenty of classes and workshops for all skill levels. Get your hands dirty and create something beautiful while enjoying a unique and relaxing experience. What Can I do at Gloucester Pottery School? Parties We offer a variety of pottery birthday parties options for kids, teens, and adults. Our school also hosts school groups, team building events, and holiday parties. Come join us for a fun and creative experience! Call us to explore how we can work together on your next event. More Information Workshops Pottery summer camps are a great way to get creative and have fun! Our camps are designed for kids, teens, and adults of all skill levels. Join us this summer for a unique and exciting experience in the world of pottery. Courses Gloucester Pottery School is an incorporated non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors The Gloucester Pottery School is always looking for board member candidates and/or volunteers to help the board with specific tasks (Finance, treasury, legal, governance, strategic thinking, etc.). If you are interested or would like more information please email: kaitlyn@gloucesterpotteryschool.com Room 1 Wheel throwing and handbuilding classroom. Adaptive tables, pottery wheels, custom shelving Room 2 Wheel throwing classroom Room 3 - set up for parties Room 3 all set up for parties. Room 1 Wheel throwing and handbuilding classroom. Adaptive tables, pottery wheels, custom shelving 1/7 Discover your creative side with pottery classes 2024 New Clay Conference Registration is now open for this year's conference. Early Bird tickets available until April 30th. No events at the moment

Wheel Level 1.5 - Wed 6:30pm Tour niveau 1.5 pour adultes mer 18h30 Londe McClelland English / Anglais Wednesday/Mercredi 6:30 PM 9:00 PM 5/14/2025 6/18/2025 344 Register – Inscrire This course is aimed at students who have completed at least one Level 1 (multiple would be preferable) and are able to consistently center and throw a cylinder as high as it is wide. This more advanced class will push students to make more technically difficult forms. Prerequisite: At least one level 1 wheel class. Ability to center and pull walls up consistently, if unsure please contact the school to discuss which class is best suited to you. 10kg of clay included, with more available for purchase. Ages 16 to adult.Ce cours est pour les étudiants qui ont terminé le niveau 1 et sont capables de centrer et de tourner systématiquement un cylindre aussi haut que large. Cette classe plus avancée poussera les étudiants à créer des formes plus techniquement difficiles. Un sac d'argile inclus. Prérequis: Au moins un cours niveau un. Capacité à centrer et à tirer les murs de manière cohérente, en cas de doute, veuillez contacter l'école pour discuter de la classe qui vous convient le mieux. 10 kg d'argile inclus, avec plus disponible à l'achat.Ages 16 + $

Handbuilding - Intro to Ceramics - Tues 6:30pm Intro à la céramique pour adultes mar 18h30 Vanessa Villarreal English / Anglais Tuesday/Mardi 6:30 PM 9:00 PM 5/13/2025 6/17/2025 344 Register – Inscrire This 6 week class is the perfect introduction to ceramics; students will learn the basics of working with clay through handbuilding. The class will teach you about clay, studio safety, and a variety of handbuilding and surface decoration techniques establishing a strong foundation with the material. We recommend this class to anyone looking to get started making pottery, it is a great first class in your ceramic education. 10kg of clay included. No prerequisite. Ages 16 to AdultCe cours de 6 semaines est une introduction à la céramique; les élèves apprendront les bases du travail de l'argile grâce à la fabrication à la main. Le cours vous apprendra sur l'argile, la sécurité en studio et une variété de techniques de construction à la main et de décoration de surface établissant une base solide avec le matériau. Nous recommandons ce cours à tous ceux qui cherchent à se lancer dans la poterie, c'est un excellent premier cours dans votre éducation en céramique. 10kg d'argile inclus. Aucun prérequis. À partir de 16 ans. $

Teen/Adult Wheel 1 Camp Jul 21-25 @10am-12pm Camp d'ados/adultes tour niveau 1 21-25 juillet 10h00-12h00 Sisko Capurro English / Anglais Mon-Fri/lun-ven 10:00 AM 12:00 PM 7/21/2025 7/25/2025 259 Register – Inscrire An intensive 1 week (Monday to Friday) where the student will learn and practice the art of throwing and trimming. This intensive learning environment with daily lessons will not only be fun, but will help build a great foundation for further classes. Beginners are welcome, as well as those with previous experience who are looking to hone their skills. Our technicians will glaze your pots afterwards. Pottery is ready for pick up 3 weeks after camp. Ages 12yrs and up. Materials included.Un camp de roue intensif d'une semaine (lundi a vendredi) où l'étudiant apprendra et pratiquera l'art du tournage. Cet environnement d'apprentissage intensif avec des leçons quotidiennes ne sera pas seulement amusant, mais aidera à construire une excellente base pour d'autres cours. Les débutants sont les bienvenus, ainsi que ceux qui ont une expérience antérieure et qui cherchent à perfectionner leurs compétences. Nos techniciens glaceront ensuite les pots. La poterie est prête à être ramassée 3 semaines après le camp. 12 ans et plus. Matériaux inclus. $

One Night on Wheel Fri May 16 @ 6:30pm Une nuit sur la tour Emma Gauthier English / Anglais Friday/Vendredi 6:30 PM 9:00 PM 5/16/2025 99 Register – Inscrire Have you wanted to try making pottery on the wheel? Here is your opportunity to enjoy one evening discovering the art of throwing clay during this 2.5 hour workshop. After the workshop our technicians will trim and fire your pieces and they will be ready for you to pick up in 3 weeks. Come and relax while experiencing the joy of clay. This workshop is open to clients 16 years and older. All materials included. $99 +HST each. Êtes-vous intéressez à essayer la poterie sur le tour? Voici votre chance de profiter d'une soirée découverte sur le tour, dans un atelier de deux heures et demi. Les projets seront émaillés et cuits pour les participants et ils seront prêts à être récupérés trois semaines plus tard. Venez et vous détendre tout en découvrant la joie de l'argile. Cet atelier est ouvert aux clients de 16 ans et plus. matériels inclus. 99$ pour chaque. $

The Gloucester Pottery School is an incorporated not-for-profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors. Founded in 1991, the Gloucester Pottery School is the largest and best equipped ceramics studio in the region. We offer pottery courses and workshops for adults, teens, and children. About Our History The Gloucester Pottery School was founded in 1991 by Rosemary Swan. We are an incorporated not-for-profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors. We have grown from a very small entity operating out of a basement studio in the Cyrville Community Centre. Over the years we expanded into the whole of CCC’s basement. In June of 2009 we were able to expand still further when we moved to the new Shenkman Arts Centre. Our Facility The Gloucester Pottery School is the largest and best equipped ceramics studio in the region. Our school has 3 classrooms, 22 electric potters wheels, 4 electric kilns, a Bailey Gas Kiln, a pugmill, slab roller, and a wall extruder along with a great selection of hand tools. We take cleanliness very seriously, we have state-of-the-art air filtration system, all surfaces are thoroughly cleaned after each booking and the floors are professionally surfaced frequently. Our Programs We offer pottery courses for adults, teens, and children. In addition, we have Parent and Me for 6 – 10 year olds to participate with a parent or guardian. Gloucester Pottery School also offers Summer Camps for children and teens, professional pottery workshops by visiting artists and we give workshops for numerous groups including at present: Children’s Birthday Parties, youth organizations, Corporate Team Building, School classes and for Special Occasions as well as Special Needs groups. Private lessons are also available. We operate the Dust Evans Gallery which showcases six professional artists each year. Rosemary Swan From the Founding Director: “It is well known that there are more than creative benefits to pottery making. The very act of focusing on a given project you are creating actually frees the mind from the cares of the world you may be carrying and in turn can act as a therapy. This focus also allows your creative process to come into play and then there is the added bonus of having this special piece that is truly your own work, be there for others to enjoy and as a reminder of what you can achieve.” Our Partners and Sponsors We gratefully acknowledge the support of: T hrough this grant the Gloucester Pottery School improved accessibility of the school removing several of the barriers to ceramic education in Ottawa. The school’s mandate states that the school will provide pottery courses and provide a welcoming space and in a facility with equipment of the highest possible health and safety standards. This project has allowed the school to more fully fulfill it’s mandate than it has previously been able to. In the past ceramics education at GPS and other studios in the region has b een limited (by cost and physic al building spaces) to those that are able to enter the spaces and use the existing equipment/studio. With this project and by purchasing adjustable height tables, an adjustable height barrier free adaptive pottery wheel and by installing barrier free sinks Gloucester Pottery School has opened up ceramics education to a greater portion of the community. This project has also improved the ergonomics and health of safety for many more of the students. Project Completed December 2021. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the City of Ottawa Cultural Facilities Fund for funding our project: Improvements to Gloucester Pottery School Accessibility Board of Directors Gloucester Pottery School is an incorporated not-for-profit organization with a volunteer Board of Directors. The Board is currently looking for new members that can assist in the continued success adn growth of the school. We are always seeking individuals with legal, financials, non-profit, governance experience. Priority given to individuals from equity seeking groups. Please fill out the form below if you would like to discuss this opportunity. We’d love to hear from you! Shenkman Arts Center | 245 Centrum Blvd. | Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1 Admin: 613-424-2888 | email Submit Thanks for submitting!

We have been hard at work creating new projects you can do from your own home whenever is convenient for you.  The kits include all of the clay and tools you will need and we provide you with a great video tutorial to guide you through your project.  When complete return your project to us and we will glaze and fire it.  We will contact you when your finished project is ready for pickup. Take Home Kits Get your hands dirty and explore your creativity at Gloucester Pottery School this year! Welcome to our Take Home Kits page. We have been hard at work creating new projects you can do from your own home whenever is convenient for you. The kits include all of the clay and tools you will need and we provide you with a great video tutorial to guide you through your project. When complete return your project to us and we will glaze and fire it. We will contact you when your finished project is ready for pickup. Register for Summer Camps Register for Classes We don’t have any products to show here right now.

Private Lessons Request Form Please fill out the form below to request a private lesson. We will get back to you with availability based on the information below, instructor and studio availability. Gloucester Pottery School has limited availability for lessons as we have a large number of classes, workshops and parties already scheduled. First Name Last Name Email What would you like to learn in the private lesson? Thanks for submitting! Send Number of Participants What technique would you like? * Required Wheel Throwing Handbuilding Other What is your previous pottery/clay experience? When are you available for private Lessons Weekday Daytime Weekday Evening Weekend Daytime Weekend Evening Are you looking for a one time lesson or possibly recurring lessons?

Register for the New Clay Conference. A jam packed weekend long conference featuring fabulous ceramic artists born from a desire for new ideas, new artists, new events, and do something NEW for clay in the Ottawa New Clay Conference 2024 When Oct 25, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EDT – Oct 27, 2024, 5:00 p.m. EDT Where Richcraft Theatre Shenkman Arts Center, 245 Centrum Blvd, Orléans, ON K1E 3W8, Canada Details Toni Losey Website Toni Losey, born in the Canadian prairies, now lives and works as a full time ceramic artist in Halifax, Canada. She attended both The Alberta University of the Arts and The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she received her BFA, focus on Ceramics. She has received numerous national grants and bursaries and was the first Artist in Residence award recipient of Cluster Craft London. Losey’s work is shown both nationally and internationally. She has exhibited at Collect in London, Salon Art + Design in New York, Design Miami, SOFA Chicago, Ceramic Art London and in 2021 had her first international solo show in London. She was named one of Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2020, was short-listed for the Winifred Shantz Award 2020 and has been widely published in respected journals such as Ceramics Monthly and Ceramic Review. Meet the Artists Carly Slade Website Carly Slade grew up in "Big sky" Alberta, Canada. Her work is influenced by her blue-collar roots and plagued by a concern for the precarious nature of the working class. Using a mix of materials (most often including clay, embroidery, and building supplies), Slade creates dioramas of real places in an unreal perspective. She received her MFA from San Jose State University and her BFA from the Alberta University of the Arts. Slade is currently an Assistant Professor in Ceramics at California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, in Arcata, CA, USA. Brendan Tang Website Brendan Lee Satish Tang (B: 1975, Dublin Ireland; lives/works: Unceded territory of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations) is a visual artist who is widely known for his sculptural ceramic work. He received an MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and he is the recipient of numerous awards and accolades, both nationally and internationally. Tang’s work explores issues of identity and the hybridization of our material and non-material culture while simultaneously expressing a love of both futuristic technologies and ancient traditions Although he is primarily known for his ceramic work, Tang continues to produce and exhibit work in a wide variety of mixed and multiple mediums. A recipient of the 2016 Biennale Internationale de Vallauris Contemporary Ceramic Award, France, shortlisted for the Sobey Art Prize , and a finalist in the Loewe Foundation’s International Craft Prize, Madrid, Spain . Tang’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, the Gardiner Museum, Toronto, ON, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, the Musee National Des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec City, QC, the Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche, Faenza, Italy, the Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, QC, the Boston Art Museum, Boston, MA , the Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, the Foundation d’Entreprise Bernardaud, Limoges, France, among many others. Tang’s professional practice has taken him across North America and to India, Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, China and Japan.

Dust Evans Gallery: Past Exhibitions Get your hands dirty and explore your creativity at Gloucester Pottery School this year! Gloucester Pottery School showcasing the work of six diverse professional artists a year in the Dust Evans Gallery. Exhibitions are visible online and in person at the Shenkman Art Center, the gallery is locating on the lower level next to the City of Ottawa's Trinity Gallery. In the past the gallery has had exhibitions by a a diverse range of artists and moving into our 30th year we will seek to give more Dust Evans Gallery exhibition opportunities to artists in equity-seeking communities. View Current Exhibition Upcoming Exhibitions Jessica Sally-Carrington 2020 Montreal, Quebec https://www.jessicascreatures.com/ Leslie McInally 2017 Cookstown, Ontario https://www.lesleymcinally.com/ Lauren Blakely 2014 Toronto, Ontario http://laurenblakey.com/ Kaitlyn Brennan 2018 Merrickville, Ontario http://www.kaitlynbrennan.com Jen Drysdale 2015 Carp, Ontario https://www.facebook.com/stonewarebyjen/

Gloucester Pottery School is accepting entries for Canadian Queer Ceramics Exhibition to be held June - August 2025 Canadian Queer Ceramics Exhibition Gloucester Pottery School is accepting entries for Canadian Queer Ceramics Exhibition. This exhibition will be held in the Dust Evan's Gallery. Exhibition will be up for Pride Month and Ottawa Pride. All items must be for sale. 75% of sales are retained by the artist. There is no fee to enter Up to 3 entries per person Entries must primarily be made of clay Open to Queer Canadian artists and queer artists living in Canada at the time of the exhibition Delivery or shipping to Gloucester Pottery School is the responsibility of the artist Unsold works will be the responsibility of Gloucester Pottery School to return to the artist Work will be displayed in the gallery and will be viewable online and available for sale. Sold items will be available after the exhibition ends Entry Deadline: April 21st Notification: April 26th Arrive at GPS by: May 26 Exhibition Dates: June 1 - Aug 31st Entry Form First Name Last Name Email Address Website (include http://) Instagram (include http://www.instagram.com/) Your content has been submitted An error occurred. Try again later Entry 1 Entry 1 Title Entry 1 Dimensions Entry 1 Description Entry 1 Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Entry 1 Detail Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Entry 2 Entry 2 Title Entry 2 Dimensions Your content has been submitted An error occurred. Try again later Entry 2 Description Entry 2 Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Entry 2 Detail Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Entry 3 Entry 3 Title Entry 3 Dimensions Entry 3 Description Entry 3 Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Entry 3 Detail Image Select File Max File Size 15MB Submit