Friday Morning Pottery with Anita Griffith and Robert Parrott
Adult | FULL
Open to all levels, GAC’s ceramics classes and workshops support both beginners and experienced students. Skilled instructors guide you through designing, wheel throwing, handbuilding, and glazing, helping you develop both functional pieces, and expressive sculptural work while exploring your personal style.
Ceramics classes are named by day and time to make scheduling easy; all cover the same core material and offer the full Ceramics experience unless otherwise noted. Tuition includes two scheduled open studio sessions per week. Clay must be purchased in class ($32–$35 per bag; cash, check, or PayPal accepted). Lab and clay fees cover firings and glaze materials.
Tuition includes bench time for students enrolled in classes; it does not include workshops. Clay must be purchased in class ($32or $35/bag); tax) Payable by cash, check, or PayPal. Lab and clay fees cover costs of firings and glaze materials.
Robert Parrott
ROBERT PARROTT holds a BA from the University of New Hampshire. He has been a full time potter since 1971, working in domestic stoneware and numerous forms of architectural ceramics. He has taught at Creative Arts Workshop, Wesleyan Potters, Brookfield Craft Center, Horizons and Pratt Institute in NYC. He exhibits and sells internationally.
Anita Griffith
ANITA GRIFFITH holds a BFA from Tulane University. She also studied at the New York College of Ceramics, Alfred, and has professional training in industrial design, mold making and slip casting at a pottery studio in Kyoto, Japan. She is a full time potter and Principal of "It's Only Mud," a commercial pottery of her original ceramic objects. Her work has been commissioned and exhibited widely throughout the USA. She teaches at Southern Connecticut State University and Creative Arts Workshop, and has taught at Wesleyan Potters, Brookfield Craft Center, and through the Visiting Artists' program of the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. She taught travel workshops on Native American pottery processes in the American Southwest, and Spanish tile-making in Seville. She has also served as juror for local and national arts organizations.