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January 2026
Beginning/Intermediate Pottery On the Wheel with Charley Blair
Date: 01/09/26-02/20/26, Fridays, 5:30pm-8:30pm | Level: Beginner & Intermediate
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Pottery Studio
This class will cover the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel. We will learn the entire process through to a finished piece, including wedging, trimming, and glazing. You will get messy in this class, so please dress accordingly.
Beginner/Intermediate Wheel Throwing with Yvonne Dixon: Pottery with Purpose for Your Home
Date: 01/11/26-02/15/26, Sundays, 2pm-5pm | Level: Beginner and Intermediate
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Pottery Studio
The focus of this six-week course is making wheel-thrown pottery for purposeful usage in the home. Students will make two or more functional stoneware pieces for cooking/serving from ideas provided by the instructor (ex: bakers, casseroles, chip & dips, cake stands, brie bakers, steamers, salad bowls, pasta bowls, colanders, soup bowls, serving platters, etc...) The culminating activity will be a community meal in our OCAF School Street kitchen with each student using their chosen pottery piece and chosen recipe.
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Evening
Dates: 01/28, Wednesday, 5:30pm-8pm & 01/31 Saturday, 5:30-8:30pm (twice/month, check our calendar for all future dates)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Koffman Studio
Informal group setting to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just facilitators and supportive artist camaraderie. Proceeds from each session go towards the professional model. A different female or male model is scheduled each month, nude or clothed depending on availability. For sessions with a professional nude model, artists must be 18 years of age or over to attend.
Free Introductory Session: 1/20, 10am or 1/21, 7pm
Session I: Private personal instruction into meditation. 1/22, 1/23, or 1/24 (student to select time)
Sessions II, III, and IV: Group discussion. 1/27, 7pm; 1/29, 7pm; 2/3, 7pm
Fee: Pay what you are able, suggested $100 to $500. "Shouldn't cause harm, should cause a pinch."
4 Classes + a Free Introductory Session: Discussion of the benefits, history and mechanics of meditation. Receive private instruction plus group meditation and discussion sessions.
Meditation Course with Uma Laura Rose
February 2026
Creative Writing Feedback Studio with Heidi Nilsson
Date: 02/10/26-04/14/26, Every other Tuesday (No class 4/7), 1pm-4pm | Level: All
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
This creative writing workshop is designed to inspire new writing and help you refine your work. This supportive space brings together writers who are just starting to write as well as writers ready to share and polish their stories, novels, memoirs, or poems through focused discussion and guided critique. You'll gain invaluable insight into how readers experience your work while sharpening your own editorial eye. Each session revolves around participant submissions, with discussions that illuminate strengths and reveal opportunities for growth. The instructor provides personalized written responses to your work, serving as your literary guide to help you move your writing project forward with confidence. A whole community of writers awaits, ready to support you. Join us!
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Afternoon
Date: 02/12/26, Thursday 2pm-5pm (Monthly, every 2nd Thursday)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
All are invited to join this informal group of artists that meet to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Scott Atkinson at atknsn@uga.edu to be added to the email group for announcements. Image art by Maryann Cox.
Poetry Writing Studio with Heidi Nilsson
Date: 02/19/26-04/23/26, Every other Thursday (No class 4/16). 9:15am-12:15pm | Level: All
Fee: $200/Members, $250/Non-members | Location: School Street Studios, Upper Classroom
Do you love to write poetry? Do you crave support and inspiration? Are you ready to share your work and receive feedback? Do you need deadlines to make you sit down and write? This class is for you! Join us in the writer’s studio for a study of craft and creativity! We’ll dive into our most vulnerable selves and elicit our reader’s emotions with fresh metaphorical leaps, clear imagery, artful pacing, and effective syntax. We’ll edit and revise our poems in small group writing workshops, and you’ll receive constructive responses to your work. You’ll find a whole community of poets here ready to support and nurture you. Join us!
Live Model Figure Drawing & Painting - Evening
Dates: 02/25, Wednesday, 5:30pm-8pm & 02/28 Saturday, 5:30-8:30pm (twice/month, check our calendar for all future dates)
Fee: $10 Members, $15 Non-members | Location: School Street Studios Upper Classroom
Informal group setting to paint/draw portraits/figures from a life model. This is a self practice group and has no instruction, just facilitators and supportive artist camaraderie. To join, please email Isabel Reuter at ireuter37@gmail.com to be added to the email group for announcements. Proceeds from each session go towards the professional model. A different female or male model is scheduled each month, nude or clothed depending on availability. For sessions with a professional nude model, artists must be 18 years of age or over to attend.
March 2026
Abstract Turntablism Workshop with Maria Chávez
Date: 03/01, Sunday, 2PM-4PM | Fee: $25/OCAF Members, $30/Non-members
This Abstract Turntablism workshop is a hands-on workshop using turntables and vinyl records as an instrument. Learn from internationally acclaimed turntablist and sound artist Maria Chávez. All students will receive a free .PDF of Maria’s book, Of Technique: Chance Procedures on Turntable and will learn 3 basic abstract turntablism techniques, break a record and practice the techniques among peers.
All experience levels welcome! Ages 10+ (parent/guardian must accompany students under 18). There are very limited spaces available, register early!