Kent County Arts and Entertainment Events- January 2022

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Wednesdays, running from January 5th through February 9th. (6 weeks)

This 6 week course introduces basic pottery wheel techniques to beginning students with a focus on throwing bowl and cylinder forms. Students will be shown the step-by-step process of wedging, centering, throwing, trimming, and glazing clay into finished pieces. Class time and the encouraged Open Studio practice time will enable students to create at their own level and improve their skills with clay.

Included with instruction is 25 pounds of cone 6 clay.

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Thursdays, running from January 6th through February 10th. (6 weeks)

This 6 week course is intended to be a "next step" for returning beginners. Students will expand and refine their skillset through instruction and weekly project assignment. More advanced techniques in surface decoration and glaze application will be introduced. This class is a great opportunity for you to move beyond the basic techniques and deepen your experience with clay.

Included with instruction is 25 pounds of cone 6 clay (Standard Brown 112).

Make a fun and creative collage that will help you keep your hopes, dreams, and desires front and center as you begin 2021. Gather your supplies & join us for camaraderie, creativity, and fun!

Supplies needed:

* a "canvas" of some sort -- a piece of heavy paper, part of a cardboard box, or an actual canvas -- any size, but 11x14 is a good size to consider
* magazines, junk mail, photographs, notes, lists, mementos, or any other items you’d like to include
* scissors
* glue stick
Feel free to enjoy lunch while we're working together!

Happiness Hour is a time for grown-ups to explore their powers of creativity. Join us to try your hand at something new and leave a little happier than you arrived!

Featured Project: Winterariums

Create a small winter world in a terrarium jar!

Supplies provided. You are also welcome to bring materials to add your own personal touch.

Space is limited and registration is required for this FREE program.

The class will be held at the Clay Studio from 6 - 8:30 pm on Tuesdays, running from January 18th through February 22nd. (6 weeks)

This course introduces the fundamentals of handbuilding to students of any experience level. Students will learn the process of handbuilding through pinching, coiling and slab building clay, and glaze their work into finished pieces to take home with them. Class time and the encouraged Open Studio practice time will enable students to create at their own level and improve their skills with clay.

Included with instruction is 25 pounds of cone 6 clay.

Location: Most likely, our ArtsAlive Education Center at 200 High Street, on the corner of High & Queen Streets, right across from Evergrain Bakery. We will have ongoing construction in this building in early 2022, so you will receive an email closer to the class date confirming the exact location in downtown Chestertown (in case we need to meet in our Gallery or another nearby location).

Colorful and fun, yarnbombing & yarnstorming create delightful public art in unexpected places.

PRY is an environmental art exhibition in 2 locations by Baltimore-based artist, Stephanie Garon. It can be experienced inside Kohl Gallery and outside the Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall on the public walking path near the Chester River. It uses the invasive plant species Phragmites australis as subject and material to explore questions related to our human relationship with the natural world in the age of the Anthropocene. Visit both locations! It is presented collaboratively by Washington College's Center for Environment and Society, River and Field Campus, and Kohl Gallery. Both installations are free and open to the public. Visit Kohl Gallery's website for more info. Garon will give a public talk on February 10 at 6pm in Tawes Theatre in the Gibson Center for the Arts.