Summer Camp
ages 8-14
Camps offered 12:30-2:30
June 17-21
July 15-19
August 5-9
Camps offered 9:00-11:00
June 10-14
August 12-16
Ceramics, Clay, Pottery Summer Camp
2024 Summer!!
We LOVE pottery and the time summer allows us to create. We have designed our ceramic camp for ages 8-14 that allows for our campers to become fully immersed in messy, creative clay projects. This ceramics intensive camp will focus on wheel throwing, trimming, sculpting, learning how to hand-build kitchenware and items for their bedrooms or desk. Limited to just 8 campers.
*Those looking for all day camps, we are teaming up with Studio 4 Art during their ceramic weeks. Campers ages 8-10 can have morning camp, lunch with us, then afternoon camp at Marin Pottery!
Marin Pottery Camp FAQs
Why enroll in our camps?
Marin Pottery wants to share what the power of working in clay gives. Working with your hands is essential to being human and when you connect to clay you are connecting to earth after all clay is essentially mud. Our staff will share techniques in wheel throwing, sculpture, working with different clay bodies, glazing, and hand building.
Our curriculum is progressive, child-initiated, and thought-provoking. Marin Pottery creates and writes all curriculum, training our teachers in our philosophies and procedures. How to teach the whole child and honor each as the individuals they are is a pretty special way of teaching. We provide growth in children through honoring ideas, executing dream designs, guidance through questions to engage problem-solving, build creative thought processes through mistake-making, and celebrate collaboration.
What age are your camps for?
Our summer camps are for ages 8-14.
How many children are in each camp?
8 campers.
Will my child get to work on the potter's wheel?
Every day!
The clay items my child makes, are they food safe?
If your child is making artwork that is meant to eat out of (cup, plate, bowl, etc.) their work is food and microwave-safe.
Do the paint and clay wash out of clothes?
Yes, but clay is messy. Please don’t wear anything you can’t get dirty.
Do you offer sibling discounts?
due to our very small camp size we are unable to offer discounts
Do you offer new curriculum and art projects every year?
We have been hosting camps since 2000, we only duplicate a technique but never duplicate a project. Because of our teaching philosophy of letting our students decide what their artwork will be, they become leaders of their making allowing them to make decisions on are executions.
My child doesn’t really know much about ceramics, will they feel overwhelmed?
Our camps are taught to scaffold the learning of each of our campers. We will meet a child at their level and have the ability to then work together to accomplish a work of art that they are proud of. We don’t ever compare work from one camper to another, we know every child comes with their own set of knowledge, our goal is to elevate and celebrate them from where they are.
What techniques will my child learn?
Campers will learn traditional clay techniques, learning to work with tools, understanding glazes, and build confidence and apply their knowledge with contemporary applications.
What is your refund policy for camps?
There are NO REFUNDS FOR CAMPS and no make-ups for missed days of art camp. If an emergency arises and your child is unable to attend camp there is a $100 non-refundable deposit per child. Please email info.marinpottery@gmail.com