Cleaning, Health and Safety

  • Our studios also depend on the participation of Students and Teachers to create a good working environment for everyone.
  • Please do not move wheels, tables, or large equipment. 
  • Students must thoroughly clean all wheels, work surfaces, and equipment they have used following our New Art Center safety and cleaning protocols that are posted in the studios.
  • Allow extra time for clean-up.  Students are responsible for leaving any tools, surfaces equipment,t and materials clean and returned to their proper place after use. Students may be asked to clean up in shifts to avoid congestion at sinks.
  • All sanding must be done outside the building. Please refrain from blowing dust off your projects.
  • No food or drink in the studios, except a water bottle

Open Studio

Up to 2-time slots per week of Adult Open Studio time are available to adult students currently enrolled in a full-session Adult Ceramics class. Open Studio is extra time for practicing what you have learned in class.

Students must sign up if they would like to come to the open studio and adhere to the guidelines.  You will receive instructions in the first week of your class. Open Studio is uninstructed and unmonitored, If you need extra help with a project, please save questions for your teacher during your class time. Be careful with any equipment that you use. Use of equipment and materials requires permission or orientation before use. If you notice a problem with equipment, stop using it immediately.  Please be cleaned up and ready to leave at the end of open studio time.

Firing

  • All work to be fired must be made at the New Art Center and within the session that students are registered. Clay must be purchased from the New Art Center.
  • SIGN all your work before firing.
  • Work to be fired must be dry, unbroken, and structurally sound.
  • To protect kiln shelves, work must have unglazed bottoms and unglazed side areas of at least ¼ inches from the bottom.
  • Work should not exceed 15 ” in any direction.
  • Please try to keep up on your glazing and complete work within the session it was created. Large pieces may take longer to get fired.
  • The New Art Center cannot store bisque longer than 90 days
  • Glazed purchased outside of the New Art Center may be used only with the approval of the studio manager.
  • The New Art Center is an educational facility. We cannot accommodate high volume work or production pottery.