Sugar Maples Center for Creative Arts offers the best equipped studio in the Mountain Top region. If you’re a potter/sculptor working with clay, come enjoy working at your own pace on your ideas/visions. There will be bisque firings, cone 6 oxidation firings, and participation in one cone 10 soda firing at the conclusion of the course. This unique opportunity is for makers who have a knowledge of the ceramics processes with which they need to continue to develop their ‘voice.’ Additional clay is available for purchase.

Saturdays. 8:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Sundays. 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Wednesdays. 8:00am - 8:00pm

Course Fee: $270
Lab Fee: $70 [includes 25 lbs. clay and firings, including participation in a soda firing]
Registration Fee: $40

This exciting course is for folks who want to learn how to make pots on the potter’s wheel or would like a refresher for skills already learned. Students will be taught the A to Z about preparing clay and using tools that are unique to this fascinating process of creating functional pottery. Glazing and firing techniques will be covered. There will be demonstrations, heaps of individual attention, and lots of discussions about ceramics’ rich history. Join us here in the most beautiful ceramics studio in the Catskill region!

Sundays. 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Course Fee: $270
Lab Fee: $60 [includes 25 lbs. clay and firing]
Registration Fee: $40

This dynamic and enjoyable course is intended for anyone who has the desire to build with clay those ‘things’ that their minds’ eye can imagine! Come join us in our sunny and well-equipped studio at the foot of Thomas Cole Mountain and put your hands to work. Basic techniques such as coil building, slab construction, scoring, and pinch forming will be taught. You don’t have to have any experience delving into this exciting world of creating sculptures, vessels, or any other form that crosses your mind. Applying engobes, underglazes, and glazes with be presented through demonstrations, exercises, with time to practice! 


Sundays. 2:00 pm - 5:00pm

Course Fee: $270
Lab Fee: $60 [includes 25 lbs. clay and firings]
Registration Fee: $40