classes + events
The studios at Common Street Arts provide a unique, safe, and supportive environment for creative endeavors for all ages and levels of experience. Common Street Arts is dedicated to providing a diverse array of educational experiences that enrich, engage and inspire. All of the programs at CSA are designed to reflect and promote diversity, creativity, and accessibility for the community.
For information on our current available classes, please see our list below.
CSA is pleased to provide afterschool art clubs. On Thursdays, the afterschool art clubs are directed toward children ages 6-12 with specific projects and themes developed from semester to semester.
CSA oversees week-long camps during the months of February and April and offers a series of summer camps with special themes devoted to that encourage participation and an appreciation for the creative arts.
The clay studio at CSA offers workshops, classes, and special demonstration events throughout the year. The studio has 6 wheels, a kiln, and a full range of tools and supplies.
A limited number of scholarships are available to teenagers interested in participating in teen afterschool clubs and other programs. For more information on classes, camps, clubs, or the clay studio at CSA, please call 207.872.arts or email ssanborn@watervillecreates.org.
Mondays: July 22, 29 and August 5,12,19,26 This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and…
Wednesdays 5:30-7:30 p.m. August 21, 28, Sept 4, 11, 18, 25 This six-week pottery class is perfect for the individual with wheel throwing and centering clay experience who would like to further refine their skills. In this class, students will build upon basic pottery skills including building and throwing forms, creating more complex vessels including…
We are cancelling this due to incoming thunderstorms. Sorry for any inconvenience! Create an air-dried clay tile using different textures and shapes from nature and employing 3D printed stamps. Each tile can be taken home and decorated with your favorite coloring device! This program will be cancelled if there is inclement weather. Art in the…
Finger puppets are fun to tell stories or to honor your favorite character in a book, movie or play! Come create these simple little puppets to bring home. This program will be cancelled if there is inclement weather. Art in the Park, a program of Common Street Arts is designed to foster creativity and community…
This three-session class will explore texture building, carving, slip trailing, and producing crackle effects on the clay surface. Students will learn how to use clay additives to achieve different color effects with glaze layering. Participants will make and employ press molds using leaves, shells, beads, and bolts to create the surface decoration. Introduction to Wheel…
Thursday Dates: October 10, 17, 24, (not the 31), November 7, 14, 21 This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be developed include…
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July 2019
beginning wheel class- 6 week workshop july – SOLD OUT
Mon. Jul 22 - Mon. Aug 26
common street arts
August 2019
intermediate wheel class- 6 week workshop august
Wed. Aug 21 - Wed. Sep 25
common street arts
art in the park: textured clay tiles (CANCELLED due to weather)
Thu. Aug 22
RiverWalk at Head of Falls
art in the park: felted finger puppets
Thu. Aug 29
RiverWalk at Head of Falls
September 2019
advanced techniques + textures
Thu. Sep 12
common street arts
October 2019
beginning wheel class- 6 week workshop october
Thu. Oct 10 - Thu. Nov 21
common street arts