The Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (“The J”) is excited to offer virtual and in-person art classes, led by professional art instructors. The ceramics classes will be in The J’s new expanded art studio, located at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park, beginning in January. The in-person classes will ensure safety precautions, including limited participants and a face mask requirement.
The in-person ceramics offerings include:
- Class: Ceramics Make-and-Take Vases — learn to build a vase using coil building techniques
Instructor: Elaine Buss
Dates and Times: Jan. 18, 25 and Feb. 1, 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.
Cost: Introductory special offer of $110, which includes all supplies and firing
- Class: Ceramics — Texture Triptych — learn how to make a textured slab wall hanging
Instructor: Elaine Buss
Dates: Jan. 18, 25 and Feb. 1, 8 from 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Introductory special offer of $110, which includes all supplies and firing
- Class: Ceramics — Beginning Wheel Throwing — learn the fundamentals of throwing on the potter’s wheel. Class will cover throwing, trimming, preparing for glaze and glazing.
Instructor: Alex Watson
Dates: Feb. 4,11,18 and 25 from 1 to 4 p.m. OR 6 to 9 p.m.
Cost: Introductory special offer of $110, which includes all supplies and firing
The expanded art studio, named the Blitt Family Art Studio, was part of The J’s new 32,000-square-foot expansion that opened Nov. 9. The art studio is now five times as large as the former studio and has skylights that allow natural light to permeate the space. It includes seven new pottery wheels, two kilns and two wedge tables to allow the use of white and red clay. The studios were named after Rita Blitt, a contemporary painter, sculptor and film collaborator from the Kansas City area, and her late husband Irwin Blitt, who was instrumental in building the Jewish Community Campus. Many of Blitt’s works of art are on display at The J.
For more information and to register, visit www.thejkc.org/art. Additional classes will be added after the first of the year.
