Co-Op Pottery Classes

Design Your Own Co-Op Pottery Class at NPC!

Create a 6 week pottery class series that fits your schedule and meets your needs!

With co-op classes, you decide what you want to learn and we can design a 6 week session specifically for you.

All you need is a group of 6-12 people to join the class and we’ll get you set up!

Co-Op classes are great for homeschoolers, after school activities for kids & teens, senior groups, friends, co-workers, or anyone you want to play in the mud with!

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Co-Op Class Requirements

Course Content

  • We can accommodate most ceramics topics including:

    • Hand Building

    • Wheel Throwing

    • Surface Decoration

    • Special Projects (i.e. jars with lids, wall hangings, sculpture, etc.)

    • Any combination of skills or projects you want to learn, as long as we are able to achieve those goals within the allotted time

Skill Levels

  • Co-op classes are great for beginners or more experienced ceramists alike!

Group Sizes

  • All co-op classes must have a minimum of 6 participants prior to scheduling.

  • Co-op classes cannot have more than 12 participants

  • If your co-op class has less than 12 participants, we will open the class up to other participants to register

Age Requirements

  • For any wheel throwing co-op class, all participants must be 10 years or older

  • All participants must be 5 years or older for co-op classes

  • Co-op classes may combine adult and child participants but all participants must be registered (adults accompanying children to classes may not participate unless they are registered)

Class Length

  • All co-op classes are held on the same day and time once per week for 6 consecutive weeks and missed classes cannot be made up

    • We are not able to accommodate sessions that are less than 6 weeks in length

  • Choose from 1 - 3 hour sessions (in 30 min increments) per week for your class

    • Note that all co-op class participants are required to clean-up during their allotted class time so we recommend a minimum of 1.5 hours per class for any adult co-op class and between 1 and 2 hours per class for any kids' co-op class to give ample time for instruction and clean-up)

Scheduling and Payment

  • We require a minimum of 6 committed participants prior to scheduling your class

  • The co-op class organizer is responsible for prepaying for all participants in order to schedule the class

    • We can provide an itemized receipt to help the organizer collect reimbursement from participants

    • If you have less than 12 participants for your class, we will collect payment from other participants who register (if any)

  • Co-op classes must be paid and reserved at least 4 weeks before the first class begins

  • We will do our best to accommodate your requested days and times but we ask for your flexibility in scheduling, as we are a teaching studio with a robust class offering that may prevent us from accommodating your scheduling request

    • We generally have more availability on weekdays between 10am and 5pm and on weekends after 1pm

Fees

  • Co-op classes are $40/participant/hour of instruction so each class's fees will vary based on the weekly class session length

    • Please fill out this form to receive a quote for your co-op class

  • Clay is not included in co-op classes and must be purchased from NPC separately by each participant

  • Firing is included with each initial clay purchase during the course but if additional clay is purchased, an additional firing fee will be added

  • Open studio time is not included in co-op classes but can be purchased separately

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