Since its inception, the Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden’s mission has encouraged educational and innovative programs in the arts with rotating exhibitions, lectures, and workshops. The new Kroll Ceramic Arts School will make it possible for the Hammond to fulfill their goals of serving the community.
The Kroll Ceramic Arts School will offer adult wheel-throwing classes beginning on Sept. 16.
The program is a 10-week semester, with classes once a week Monday through Saturday with morning, afternoon, and evening sessions.
The semester cost will be $460 for nonmembers, and $440 for Hammond Museum members, and includes 10, 2.5 hour long classes, 25 lbs of white stoneware clay, glazes, and firing.
The Kroll Ceramic Arts School will supply state-of-the-art equipment as well as experienced and established teachers that will provide hands on instruction for adults of all skill levels.
This program is designed for everyone, from the causally curious to the established artist, to be able to come together and be transformed and enriched through the shared experience of art. An open house will be held on Saturday, Sept. 7, from 3 to 6 p.m. where prospective students are invited to view the new studio space, meet the instructors, and learn more about the program. Refreshments and champagne will be served.
As an extension of the Hammond Museum, enrolled students will gain access to the Japanese Stroll Garden, art exhibitions, non-ticketed events and enriching lectures on days when they attend class and within museum hours (Wed - Sun, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.).
This studio and engaging program is thanks to the generous gift from Lisa Kroll Witt. She worked as an accomplished ceramicist after a highly successful career as a designer and CEO of high-end international home-furnishing textile companies.
“My own contact with clay and the experience of creating with my own hands was the beginning of a new artistic journey for me,” Lisa Kroll Witt explained. “Creating the Kroll Ceramic Arts School is an effort to enrich the lives of others through ceramics. I believe that everyone should have this joy of creating art.”
The school opens its doors to everyone with a passion for the arts and profound respect for natural beauty. Ceramic Arts requires individual thought and expression and can serve as a powerful educator to that end.
For additional information or to sign up for classes, visit The Hammond Museum’s website at www.hammondmuseum.org
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