Community Art & Pottery Studio (CAPS)

HAPPY 2ND ANNIVERSARY TO CAPS!
Affordable | Creative | Life-long learning


You can register and pay for these classes online through our secure checkout powered by Google or you can send an email to Courtney Blackmon  at courtney.ccac@verizon.net and indicate the class name, your name, address, phone, email and we'll send a confirmation asking for your preferred method of payent (check, Visa or Mastercard). Checks can be sent to PO Box 406, Olean, NY 14760 to secure your registration. Easy! Paid class registrations will guarantee your spot in a CAPS class. If you have any questions, just contact CCAC at 716-372-7455.


Pottery for the People

August 10, 17: 6- 8:30 | August 24, 31: 7-9:30| CAPS Studio

$95 member | $105 nonmember

Instructor: Peter Goergen

 

This is one of CAPS most popular classes. Come rejuvenate your creative side with our pottery class and new high fire kiln. This class is designed for students ranging from the very beginning to advanced wheel throwers. Peter will guide students in all aspects of working with clay, glazes, and firing. You will learn the basics of hand building and slab work, wheel throwing, form and function and a few secrets of the trade too. All supplies are included in the cost of tuition and all students are eligible for independent studio time to work on projects throughout the week.

 


Plein Air Painting

Tuesday  September 14, 21, 28 | 10am- 1pm| CCAC

$65 member| $ 75 nonmember

Instructor: Judson Brown

Ages 16 and up 

Judson Brown will share his experiences and offer guidance to the group to complete a painting a day. The class will stress the necessity of simplifying the complex while catching the spirit of the scene at hand. Color KEYS will be emphasized and illustrated as the essence to making a successful on location painting. Because this class with be outdoors, and we live in WNY with unpredictable weather, a rain day may be scheduled. Please bring you own painting supplies.

 


Also see our free or low-cost workshops held in libraries throughout Cattaraugus County