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FAVA's offices and galleries will be closed from December 20, 2025 until January 6, 2026. We wish you a very happy holiday season and look forward to creating a great 2026 together!

FAVA's offices and galleries will be closed from December 20, 2025 until January 6, 2026. We wish you a very happy holiday season and look forward to creating a great 2026 together!

FAVA's offices and galleries will be closed from December 20, 2025 until January 6, 2026. We wish you a very happy holiday season and look forward to creating a great 2026 together!

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FAVA
39 South Main Street
Oberlin, Ohio 44074

Phone: (440) 774-7158
Fax: (440) 775-1107

Introduction to Ceramic Hand Building

AGES 16+

An introduction to ceramic hand building including pinching, slab rolling, and coil building techniques. This class will utilize hand building techniques to build a variety of forms, including a pinched bowl (or cup), a slab-built mug/cup, and a coiled sculptural vessel or vase. Surface texture will be discussed, especially pertaining to the slab-built cup/mug.


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When
Mondays and Wednesdays
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sep 13, 2021 - Sep 29, 2021

Where
Clay Studio
39 South Main St
Oberlin , OH 44074

Tuition $125
Member Price $120
Fees $20

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When & Where Tuition Member Price Supply Fee  
Mondays and Wednesdays
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Sep 13, 2021 - Sep 29, 2021
Clay Studio
39 South Main St
Oberlin , OH 44074
$125 $120 $20 registration closed

*You must be logged in with your FAVA membership to receive member rates

instructors

Erin McCarty

Erin McCarty

Erin McCarty is a mixed media artist from Henrietta, Ohio. She is the Director of Education and Outreach and an instructor at FAVA. She completed an MFA in Ceramics from West Virginia University in 2020, as well as an BFA in Painting and Drawing from Bowling Green State University. She specializes in Ceramics, Painting and Drawing. Her 3D artwork emphasizes texture, repetition and mark making on hand-built ceramic structures. The goal is to provide both the maker and the viewer a whimsical, saturated, and tactile experience as they interact with her objects and installations. Save

scholarships & aid

FAVA reviews and considers all application for scholarship assistance. While we may not be able to provide a complete scholarship to all those who request it, we are committed to making our classes available to as many people as possible – regardless of individual financial circumstances. For this reason, it is important that all scholarship requests are received well in advance of the class starting date, so we may allocate our available funds accordingly. We may consider any of the following factors when determining eligibility for scholarships:

  • Annual family income
  • Individual or special circumstances
  • Whether the applicant qualifies for the National Free/Reduced Price School Lunch program
    (for students age 18 & younger)


**FAVA also encourages applicants to consider partial scholarship assistance, in which case the student only pays some portion of the class tuition.

All information will be kept confidential and will be used solely to determine the amount of scholarship assistance to be provided.

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