Open Studio Program

Ceramics

 

Ceramics Open Studio offers ceramics students a monthly space to create, make and share at Ah Haa’s purpose built facility with 12 wheels, slab roller, handbuilding tables, extruder, three electric cone 6 kilns and a glazing kitchen. This incubator for emerging and established ceramic artists is a cornerstone of Telluride’s creative community and commitment to create opportunities for access to hands-on arts spaces for those who want to create.

 

Open Studio spaces are available first come, first served, and a waitlist will be established with full capacity. Materials including clay, glazes, and firing fees are not included in the membership fee and may be purchased from Ah Haa. Included in your monthly fee, is a dedicated storage shelf and shared space in a lockable cabinet. Membership fees are due the Monday before the first day of each month. Failure to pay on time will result in the immediate loss of your membership and movement to the bottom of the waiting list. Please note that adult and youth students enrolled in our traditional classes have priority over the main classroom space during scheduled class times. Open Studio members may work in the glazing kitchen during scheduled class times, which includes a handbuilding table and two wheels.

Palmyra Membership Full Access $150 Monthly

  • Available year-round on a first come, first serve basis

  • Access to the studio equipped with twelve pottery wheels and accompanying handbuilding tables, a slab roller, extruder, low-fire and mid-range firing services, and a glazing kitchen

  • A dedicated storage shelf (14” deep x 38” wide x 16” high) and half of a closed cabinet (three shelves in overall space of 12.5” deep x 17” wide x 28” high) for storing your tools and materials 

  • Access to the ceramics studio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a unique door code*

PALMYRA MEMBERSHIP FULL ACCESS $150 MONTHLY

  • Available year-round on a first come, first serve basis

  • Access to the studio equipped with twelve pottery wheels and accompanying handbuilding tables, a slab roller, extruder, low-fire and mid-range firing services, and a glazing kitchen
  • A dedicated storage shelf (12.3” deep x 28” wide x 14” high) for storing your tools and materials

  • Access to the studio 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with a unique door code*

 

BEAR CREEK LIMITED ACCESS
$50 Monthly

  • Available in January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, and December

  • Access to the studio equipped with twelve pottery wheels and accompanying handbuilding tables, a slab roller, extruder, low-fire and mid-range firing services, and a glazing kitchen

  • Does not include dedicated storage space for anything other than wet clay

  • Access to the ceramics studio while Ah Haa is open to the public (Monday-Friday, from 10AM-6PM)*

Open Studio members are required to have completed a 4-week ceramics class at Ah Haa or similar ceramics program.
Memberships are approved on a case-by-case basis by the Ceramics Program Director.
 

Please email Program Director Tara Carter tara@ahhaa.org with questions and to apply.

Teen Open Studio


Teen Open Studio offers students an opportunity to use a variety of Ah Haa’s studio spaces to create their own work and collaborate with other young artists. Student members are encouraged to work with directors on studio and program maintenance. Students may have the opportunity to participate in an exhibition and/ or portfolio review during their membership. This membership is our commitment to create opportunities for access to hands-on arts spaces for local emerging artists.


One of the directors or the program manager will be available to students during the Open Studio hours. Students in this program are permitted to use select materials provided by Ah Haa.

TEEN open studio memberships $75 Monthly

  • Monthly fee includes materials

  • Mondays: Ceramics, after school-6pm

    Tuesdays: Ceramics, after school-6pm or

    Painting/ Dry Medium (Transformation Studio), after school-6pm

    Wednesdays: Ceramics, after school-6pm

    Thursday: Ceramics, after school-6pm

    Fridays: Ceramics, after school-6pm or

    Painting/ Dry Medium (Possibilities Room), after school-6pm

Open Studio members are approved on a case-by-case basis by the Youth & Teen Program Manager.
 

Please fill out this application.

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