Classes For Kids

Mudflat offers classes for children during 3 semesters each year. Classes meet once per week – either Thursday afternoons, or on Saturday afternoon.

For Spring Semester, these classes are 8 weeks long, beginning April 30 (Thursday classes) or May 2 (Saturday class).

Tuition is $240.00 and includes all materials.

Mudflat offers a 10% discount off the tuition of a second child of a family when registering for any children's class. Children's classes do not include open lab hour access.

REGISTRATION FOR WINTER SEMESTER BEGINS ON THURSDAY, March 12

TO REGISTER FOR KIDS CLASSES, call the Mudflat office at 617-628-0589

For ages 5-8: CLAY FOR KIDS

These classes introduce children to the wonderful medium of clay. Varied and exciting projects using handbuilding techniques, including animals, sculptures, containers, tiles and more will be undertaken. Both directed projects and experimentation will be supported and encouraged as each child's skill evolves. Pieces will be glazed and fired.

For ages 8-14: KIDS WHEELTHROWING

Children will be introduced to wheelthrowing methods of working with clay. They will learn to create forms such as bowls and mugs on the pottery wheel, and to decorate and glaze their finished pieces. Students will be encouraged to explore their own ideas on the wheel and use handbuilding techniques to enhance their work.