Birthday Party: Wheel Throwing
Adult Art Party | Available
Wheel throwing workshop for up to 12 participants.
Art time is from 1:30-3pm in the Clay II studio and cake/snack time is from 3-3:30pm in the Dominion community room. You may arrive 30min early to set-up. The front desk will direct you where to go! Please clean up everything after you are finished.
Teachers are responsible for the art portion of the session. You are responsible for "cake" time.
Have fun!
- Participants will be able to choose from 2 glaze color options to finish their work. Artwork will be left behind at VisArts to be kiln-fired, glazed, and fired again by VisArts clay studio team. You will receive an email when artwork is ready for pickup. This can take ~2 months, please allow extra time due to the holidays.
Birthday parties are subject to VisArts registration policies, should you need to cancel or reschedule. For more info visit visarts.org.
Tracy Shell
Tracy Shell received her Masters of Fine Arts Degree from The School for American Crafts at Rochester Institute of Technology in New York state, and Bachelor of Fine Arts from University of Montevallo in Alabama. She also apprenticed with Echizen potter, Juroemon Fujita, in Japan for three years.
Ms. Shell was Professor of Art and department chair at Midland University in Omaha, Nebraska from 2007-2018. Currently Tracy is a studio potter at Shockoe Bottom Clay.
“As a maker of utilitarian pottery I feel it is a privilege to make work that will transform routine activities into aesthetic experiences. I am curious about what characteristics of hand-made pottery elevate these objects to treasured possessions while embracing their utilitarian characteristics. My investigative process is fueled by a desire to explore the relationship between engaging form and practical function.”