summer clay camp
instructed by amy smoot
Join Amy Smoot to create and play with clay! Students will have fun exploring a variety of hand building techniques to create functional and/or sculptural artworks. Students will receive instruction through each step of the ceramics process from creating to glazing and decorating their work. Building techniques will include slab building, pinching, coiling, stamping and more!
The dates, times, and ages of Clay Camps are as follows:
Session A: June 6-8; 9-11 AM; Ages 10-12
Session B: June 13-15; 9-11 AM; Ages 6-9
Session C: June 20-22; 9-11 AM; Ages 10-12
Session D: July 11-13; 9-11 AM; Ages 6-9
This class has a minimum of 3 students and a maximum of 8. If the class does not meet the minimum, participants will be refunded.
Please email Mary Bell, Program Director, at mbell@kentuck.org with any questions.
Kentuck workshops are non-refundable after the registration closes. If you would like to cancel before the deadline passes, please email mbell@kentuck.org or call 205-758-1257. If the class does not meet the minimum by the registration deadline and the workshop is cancelled, all participants will be refunded their registration fees.
details:
session a
Age Range: 10-12 year olds
Dates: June 6-8, 2023
Times: 9-11 AM all days
Location: Kentuck Art Center's Georgine Clarke Building
Tuition: $160; All supplies will be included
session b:
Age Range: 6-9 year olds
Dates: June 13-15, 2023
Times: 9-11 AM all days
Location: Kentuck Art Center's Georgine Clarke Building
Tuition: $160; All supplies will be included
session c:
Age Range: 10-12 year olds
Dates: June 20-22, 2023
Times: 9-11 AM all days
Location: Kentuck Art Center's Georgine Clarke Building
Tuition: $160; All supplies will be included
session d:
Age Range: 6-9 year olds
Dates: July 11-13, 2023
Times: 9-11 AM all days
Location: Kentuck Art Center's Georgine Clarke Building
Tuition: $160; All supplies will be included
This workshop is sponsored in part by the Alabama State Council on the Arts.
Meet the Instructor
Amy Smoot
Amy Smoot is from Carrollton, GA and currently resides in Tuscaloosa, AL. She received her BFA in ceramics from the University of West Georgia in 2015. While there, she was studio technician and research assistant in the ceramics area. In 2019 she received her MFA from The University of Alabama where she first began teaching ceramics as a graduate assistant. She is currently the instructor of beginning ceramics, ceramics two, and figurative modeling at UA. Her practice consists of all types of ceramics techniques including mold-making, slip-casting, hand building, and wheel thrown pottery.