Holiday Ornament Workshop - Adult | Fall 2
Ceramics | Available
Join ceramic artist and 171 instructor, Martha Manikas-Foster, to make your own holiday ornaments! Martha will show you how to use various techniques and an assortment of clay tools to make ornaments you can enjoy for years to come. Cookie cutters, stamps, and many other fun utensils will be available to embellish your creations. You will then be able to paint your ornaments with our wide range of underglaze colors. The ornaments will be fired and ready for pickup a couple weeks after the workshop, in time to beautify your house for the holidays!
Martha Manikas-Foster
Martha Teaches: Introduction to Clay and Handbuilding Workshops
Martha Manikas-Foster is a writer, broadcaster, and potter living in Corning, NY who uses slips, underglazes, and carving tools to decorate her thrown and hand-built ceramics. Martha’s work has been included in numerous art exhibitions and events in the area including the Arnot Art Museum’s Gallery Gala and the Museum’s Holiday Art Market, 171 Cedar Art Center’s Artful Exhibits, Summer Mosaic, and annual Student & Faculty Exhibitions. She is a member of the ARTS Council of the Southern Finger Lakes where she regularly displays her work. Martha teaches one-day ceramics workshops in the art center’s ceramics studio. Her beautiful functional work is available for purchase on Corning’s Market Street at the ARTS Council’s gallery shop.