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EDUCATION | CLAY CAMPS

June 13 – August 19Ages 6 & up

2016

Handbuilding or Sculpture camp. Students will make sculptures or

handbuilt vessels using a variety of techniques. Ideal for kids ages 6 – 9.

Some handbuilding camps are more ambitious and are marked for older

students.

Last year, almost 400 kids participated in our weeklong camps, designed for

all ability levels, for ages 6 and up. We are looking forward to the return of

former campers and those new to NCC!

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Fee for half-day camps: $170 (NCC members $160)*Fee for full-day camps: $305 (NCC members $285)*

*Unless otherwise noted, member rate applies only to children who are NCC members themselves.

Register online, beginning February 2,

at www.northernclaycenter.org or call 612.339.8007.

Fees for all camps

Wheel camp. Students will work primarily on the potter’s wheel. Ages 9 and up.

Some camps are marked for students with previous experience.

Campers will expand their imaginations while accomplishing LASTING FEATS OF

CLAY. (Parents, you’ll hang onto these clay artworks for many years to come!)

Whether working with sculpture, tiles, or wheel-thrown pottery, students will

learn to work INDEPENDENTLY AND COLLABORATIVELY in a small class setting

with plenty of individual instruction. Camps are offered in a variety of themes

(from first-time pots and table settings to pet dishes and “Big Small Things”), and

they incorporate instruction for a variety of clay techniques—leaving PLENTY OF

ROOM FOR EXPLORATION and decoration.

Half-day camps meet for three hours each day (from 9 am – 12 noon or 1 – 4 pm)

and include a short break for snacks provided by you. Half-day camps do not

include lunch. Full-day camps meet for 6 or 7 hours each day and include an hour-

long supervised break for lunch. See the class description for exact schedules.

Parents should provide snacks and lunches for full-day campers. One teaching

artist and one teaching assistant lead each of the NCC camps. New camps begin

each week from June 13 through August 19.

Join Northern Clay Center for a fabulous and fun summertime clay adventure!

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16CC01 You Spin Me Right Round, Baby #1 Use the wheel to create a variety of functional pots including cups, plates,

bowls, and vases. Great for beginners and returning students will get a lot of

good practice!

Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 9 & up

16CC02 The Droids You’re Looking For Can’t find the droids you’re looking for? Make figures, sculptures, masks,

and jars inspired by friendly (and not-so-friendly) humanoids and robots.

Add gadgets, computer chips, and special features to make your creations

worthy of a blockbuster.


16CC03 How Does Your Garden Throw? Use the potter’s wheel to make flowerpots, vases, and decorative tiles, and

learn to draw plants and gardens in this pottery camp. From herb gardens to

bud vases, your home and garden will be full of nature.

Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up

June 13 – 17Week

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16CC04 Home of the Glaze Make your pots as American as apple pie and baseball. Stars, stripes, and

red, white, and blue can adorn your cups, pitchers, and bowls in this patriotic

camp. Pick up your pots on July 1 in time for Independence Day.


16CC05 Sweets on Stage Create display stands for desserts—plates, cake stands, and cupcake holders.

Make mini-cupcakes to put your creations to good use. Learn basic wheel-

throwing techniques and add coils and carving for decoration.


16CC06 Jurassic Studio Working from pictures or your favorite toy dinosaur, create your own dinosaur

and its proper habitat in clay. Use a variety of handbuilding techniques and

decorative colorful slips.


16CC07 Put Some Feelers Out Start with wheel-thrown pottery techniques, then spend the week trying

carving techniques and adding handbuilt elements for texture, shape, and

decoration. Create truly individual treasures.


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16CC08 5 Centers: Great Power & Great Responsibility Launch into alternative universes with your favorite super hero—or create

your own being or extraordinary power. Tell his or her story—from origins

to special tools and abilities—in different ways at the 5 Centers for Art in

Minneapolis and Saint Paul. Partners include Textile Center, Independent

Filmmaker Project MN, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minnesota Center

for Book Arts, and Northern Clay Center. Please register through Northern

Clay Center.

Time: 9 am – 3 pmAges: 9 & upFee: $305 ($285 members)

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16CC09 Can You Handle Me? Make pots with different styles of handles—mugs, pitchers, casseroles, and

lids. Learn basic wheel-throwing skills and a variety of handle techniques such

as coils, lugs, sculpted handles, and traditional pulled handles.


16CC10 Let’s Dish Learn basic wheel-throwing skills to create a variety of unique, fanciful

cups, bowls, plates, and pots. Decorate with colorful slips and patterns to

personalize your own place settings.


16CC11 Kids, I Bought A Farm Make a barn and all the animals to fill it. Cows horses, pigs, chickens, and

bunnies all have a place at the trough. Earn a blue ribbon in clay by sculpting

and coloring a proudly midwestern scene.


16CC12 Jug Heads Make mugs and jugs on the pottery wheel; then add eyes, nose, mouth, ears,

hair, and more to create awesome characters for your home. Be inspired as

we learn from historical examples using basic wheel techniques.


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16CC14 Flower Power Whether starting new sprouts, moving them to a spacious new pot, or

showing off blooms in a vase—make pots for your plants of all sizes. Work

on the potter’s wheel to make many forms; then decorate with colorful

slips and glazes.

Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 9 & upFee: $140 (members $130)

16CC15 Dine In, Take Out, Free Delivery Everybody’s gotta eat! Younger kids can learn to make cups, plates, bowls,

creamers, and sugar bowls using tried-and-true handbuilding techniques.

Create a whole place setting in clay.

Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 6 & upFee: $140 (members $130)

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16CC13 Let’s Talk Decoration Use the potter’s wheel to make cups, flowerpots, vases, and bowls.

Experiment with different decorating techniques using shape, color, sculpture,

and carving.


16CC16 Set the Table for Two or Twenty Throw a cohesive place setting on the wheel: a plate, bowl, and mug or tumbler. Experiment with size, shape, color, and textures to create dishes for your family and friends. Previous experience is recommended.Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 9 & up

16CC17 Nuts & Bolts Make your clay look like metal or wood using texture, color, and shape. Focus on soft-slab building to make impressive shapes that will fool your eyes.Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 6 & up

16CC18 Perfect Pairs One is the loneliest number, so let’s make two of everything! Make matching sets of cups, bowls, plates, and more on the potter’s wheel so that you can share and use your creations with friends and family. Make your pairs match by decorating with colorful slips and glaze. Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up

16CC19 Throw Me How Much You Care Create beautiful gifts for the special people in your life—parents, friends, or pets. This camp will introduce basic throwing and decorating techniques needed to create heartfelt mementos.Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up

Adult SwimDon’t you wish you could stay for camp when dropping off your little one? Now you can by enrolling in this adults-only session! Impress your kids when you pick them up using big ceramic words and phrases such as “slip and score,” “cone 04,” and “slab roller.” Learn basic slab construction to make a mug or tray using a template of your choice. Bring a snack to really feel like a kid again!Monday, July 1116SuX1: 9 am – 12 pm16SuX2: 1 – 4pmFee: $30 (members: $25)

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16CC20 Teen Bootcamp: Practice Makes Perfect Our best class for teenagers with intermediate wheel skills! Refine your throwing skills and learn new forms and techniques. Practice what you already know and learn something new while you’re at it! Previous experience required (minimum two wheel camps).Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 13 & up

16CC21 Harry PotteryThis all-day camp is inspired by everyone’s favorite child-wizard. Each morning work on the potter’s wheel to make fantastic bowls and jars to hold all your potions, then focus on other magical crafts in the afternoon. Great if you have some experience with clay wizardry, but also open to new muggles. Time: 9 am – 3 pmAges: 9 & upFee: $305 ($285 members)

16CC22 Monsters and Minions Use your imagination to make monsters, minions, dragons, or anything else you can dream up. Is your monster squishy or muscled? Scaly or furry? Learn sculpture skills to make monsters of any shape and size.Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 6 & up

16CC23 5 Centers: The Truth is Out There

Take intergalactic adventures in 5 different materials at the 5 Centers for Art in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Whether you’re inspired by constellations and myths or science fiction and fantasy, let our teaching artists awaken the force in you during this all-day camp. Partners include Textile Center, Independent Filmmaker Project MN, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, and Northern Clay Center. Please register through Northern Clay Center.

Time: 9 am – 3 pm Ages: 9 & upFee: $305 ($285 members)

16CC24 The Breakfast Club Make a wonderful set for your breakfast table: waffle and pancake plates with plenty of room for syrup, a bowl for your cheesy grits or morning oatmeal, egg cups, juice glasses, and many other projects.Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up

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16CC25 Hangin’ Tough Listen up, everybody: use the potter’s wheel to make bells, chimes, and

planters that will take to the air in your house and yard. We’ll practice tying

knots to put a new twist on your ceramic creations.


16CC26 ArtiCulture & NCC: Architecture and Design If you were to design your dream house what would it be—modern simplicity?

Historical? Environmentally green? Futuristic? Come to this fun class and

create lifestyle designs that express the inner you! Mornings will be at

Northern Clay Center working on ceramic vessels and structures, while

afternoons will be spent at ArtiCulture designing with a variety of materials.

Students will walk the 1.5 blocks from NCC to ArtiCulture with a chaperone.

Time: 9 am – 4 pmAges: 9 & upFee: $305 ($285 members)

16CC27 Put a Bird On It “Spruce it up, make it pretty. Everything is better with a bird on it.” Learn

sculptural skills and surface techniques to create feathered friends on

functional and decorative pots.


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16CC28 Quest for the Holy Grail Learn basic wheel techniques to make goblets and other feast dishes fit for a knight or lady at King Arthur’s court. Decorate with colorful slips!Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up

16CC29 Find Your Center Great for beginners and intermediate learners—focus on how we start to

throw a pot. Everyone will finish and decorate several bowls, cups, or mugs.

Repeat students will refine their skills and try new techniques.


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Fee for half-day camps: $170 (NCC members $160)*

Fee for full-day camps: $305 (NCC members $285)*

*Unless otherwise noted, member rate applies only to children who are NCC members.

Register online, beginning February 2,

at www.northernclaycenter.org.

Fees for all camps

16CC30 You Spin Me Right Round, Baby #2 Use the wheel to create a variety of functional pots including cups, plates,

bowls, and vases. Great for beginners and returning students will get a lot of

good practice!


16CC31 Tubular Totems How high can you make your pots climb? Throw a series of forms on the

wheel and stack them up high to make unique vases and sculptures. Apply

colorful carvings and additions from your imagination.


16CC32 Small Big Things Skyscrapers. Trees. Pyramids. Ships. Build a collection of massive miniatures in

this bite-sized camp. Using sculpture techniques and ceramic colors, you can

hold the world in the palm of your hand.


16CC33 Pet Peeves Feed and water your pets in style! Make personalized dishes and bowls, fancy

nametags, and even a treat jar for your favorite pets—real and imaginary. Learn

basic wheel techniques for functional ceramics and decorate with colorful slips.

Time: 1 – 4 pmAges: 9 & up16CC34 It’s All About That Vase

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up from there! Make all types of towering vases and vessels by focusing on

skills that will help us throw taller forms.


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16CC35 Bowl Lotta Love Create different size bowls for different purposes, from teeny-tiny to

humongous-gigundous. Make your pieces on the potter’s wheel, then decorate

and add fancy slips to each piece.


16CC36 HOLD EVERYTHING! It won’t be hard to contain yourself in this camp. Brainstorm vessels for every room of the house—food storage for the kitchen, a pencil holder for the study, a toothbrush cup for the bathroom. Learn basic handbuilding skills through slab, pinch, and coil construction. Time: 9 am – 12 pmAges: 6 & up

16CC37 Hip to be a Square Using the potter’s wheel, make fun, functional serving pieces that have been

squished, pinched, paddled, tossed, trimmed, and tweaked into various

shapes. Previous wheel experience recommended, but not required.


16CC38 I Scream, You Scream Use the wheel to create your own set of ice cream party dishes! Create your

ultimate sundae dish and decorate with colorful glazes. Complete the week

with an ice cream party!


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16CC39 Superbowl in the Summer Make all kinds of bowls on the potter’s wheel—cereal bowls, soup bowls, tea

bowls, serving bowls, and even dog bowls! Finish your pieces by trimming;

then decorate with colorful slips and glazes.


16CC40 Center of Attention Use the wheel to throw and assemble clay parts to make centerpieces,

candleholders, bowls, and vases for your dining room table.


16CC41 Gotta Make ’Em All Create your own Pokémon characters and all the accessories you need to be

a true Pokémon Master, such as pokéballs, pokédexes, berries, and potions.

Bring your favorite books and cards for inspiration.


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Fee for half-day camps: $170 (NCC members $160)*Fee for full-day camps: $305 (NCC members $285)**Unless otherwise noted, member rate applies only to children registered as members.

Register online, beginning February 2, at www.northernclaycenter.org.

Age and Ability Restrictions We work closely with instructors to develop optimal age ranges and ability levels for each class. At the time their camp begins, children must have reached the minimum age and ability level indicated. In order to ensure the success of our classes, we ask that you observe these restrictions when registering your children for camps. NCC makes NO exceptions to the ages or ability levels indicated in the descriptions.

When registering online, if you register your child for the wrong age group, the registration will be canceled and we will contact you via phone to secure your second choice. If you have questions regarding the age ranges for a camp, please call Northern Clay Center at 612.339.8007 to register.

Drop off / Pick up Caregivers should drop off and pick up their children at the northwest entrance to the Clay Center. Please do not drop your child off too early (no more than 5 minutes before class time); pick up your child promptly at the end of class. NCC does not provide day care or supervision before or after camps. There is free parking on the west side of our building. Caregivers must provide supervision from noon to 1 pm to children registered for separate morning & afternoon classes during the same week; NCC will provide supervision during lunch for full-day classes.

Snack Break Campers take a short break every day, so please pack a snack for your child and label the bag with his/her name. Caregivers need to supply lunches and snacks for children in full-day classes. Please note: NCC’s facility is NOT peanut free. Please notify us 3 weeks in advance if your child has special dietary issues that would affect the other campers and we will do our best to notify other parents of the issue.

What to Wear and Bring Kids may get messy, so make sure your child wears appropriate clothing and footwear (sneakers are best; no open-toed shoes.) For all camps, kids must bring a reusable tote to hold finished projects. We recommend canvas or nylon, roughly the size of a grocery bag. For wheel classes, we suggest, but do not require: a one-quart bucket (such as a yogurt container) and an old towel.

Completed Projects Completed projects may be picked up one week after your camp ends; we will NOT call you when they are ready. We strongly recommend that you bring your child with you to help identify what s/he made. Projects left more than 4 weeks after the camp ends will be discarded. If you cannot pick up your child’s projects by this date, please make arrangements for someone else to pick them up.

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Instructors and Class ContentInstructors will be listed on our website, and are subject to change.Students can expect to make new work Monday through Thursday and spend Friday glazing. Class periods will include time for cleanup, an integral part of the process. Class descriptions are subject to change depending on ability levels of participating students.

Other InformationChildren will be encouraged to create several pieces of clay art during class. You can anticipate your child having at least 5 completed works. Please Note: Due to the very nature of clay and the firing process, NCC cannot be responsible for any damage to work caused by poor construction or the firing or glazing processes.

ScholarshipsNCC has a small number of partial scholarships for children, awarded on a need basis. Please call 612.339.8007 for an application form. Applications can be downloaded from our website at www.northernclaycenter.org.

Special NeedsSigned interpretation is available for any camp. Please call the Center to request an interpreter at least three weeks in advance. NCC’s building is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with a wheelchair accessible potter’s wheel. The information in this brochure is available in large-print format upon request. To contact us via the Minnesota Relay Service, please call 1-800-627-3529.

Registration InformationTuition Must Be Paid in Full to Hold Your Reservation.NCC Will Make Absolutely No Exceptions to Age Ranges Indicated In Descriptions.

To register: Register for your child’s class online; visit NCC during business hours, TWFSa, 10 am – 6 pm; Th, 10 am – 7 pm; Su, 12 – 4 pm; or call 612.339.8007. Payment may be made by cash, check, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover. You may also send the registration form with your check or VISA/MasterCard/Discover number and expiration date for the full fee to: Northern Clay Center, ATTN: Ian Petrie, 2424 Franklin Avenue East, Minneapolis, MN 55406. Make checks payable to Northern Clay Center.

NCC will send confirmation of registration two weeks prior to the start of camp. If there is insufficient enrollment, we will cancel the camp, notify registered students, and refund all payments. This cancellation may occur at the very last minute.

REFUNDS: NCC charges a cancellation/transfer fee for all changes to existing registrations. If a student cancels for any reason up to one week (7 days) before the camp begins, a $15 processing fee will be subtracted from the refund. If a student transfers from one class to another, a $15 processing fee will be charged. No refunds or transfers will be issued with less than a one-week (7 days) notice. Tuition is not pro-rated. There are no make-up sessions.

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