TUESDAY Summer Ceramic Sculpture Class with Katharine Schmidt
Tuesday Hand Building Sculpture in Clay Classes with Katharine Schmidt
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025, through TUESDAY, July 29, 2025. Classes are held Tuesday Afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m., 8 week session.
Instructor: Katharine Schmidt, Professor of Fine Arts Bethel University and Ivy Tech Community College (recently IUSB)
Location: Elkhart Art League Studio, 131 Tyler Street #1-B, Elkhart IN 46516
Located in the West End of the Depot Building south of the Post Office.
Cost: $153 members/ $186 non-members
(Class is appropriate for ages 18 and up.) Includes instruction, 25 pounds ceramic clay, glazes, firing, and open studio time on Thursday nights.
Class description from the Instructor:
Do you love clay and want to build natural-lookin figures and animal sculptures? In this class, we will learn about the possibilities of clay materials and textures through slab rolling and other hand building techniques. The instructor will demonstrate a project involving the challenges of working with the human figure or any other projects requested by students. If you already have an idea for what you want to make, we can do that. If you need ideas, we will brainstorm together. Or you can simply follow along with the instructor. Look forward to leaving the class with new skills and creative possibilities! All skill levels are welcome. Some hand-building experience is helpful.
Students supply their own basic pottery tools. The EAL sells a basic beginning tool kit for $10. Tools will be discussed during the first class. Students need to bring an old pillowcase or t-shirt in addition to their tools. All other materials are provided.
Email mail@ealonline.org with questions.
Tuesday Hand Building Sculpture in Clay Classes with Katharine Schmidt
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025, through TUESDAY, July 29, 2025. Classes are held Tuesday Afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m., 8 week session.
Instructor: Katharine Schmidt, Professor of Fine Arts Bethel University and Ivy Tech Community College (recently IUSB)
Location: Elkhart Art League Studio, 131 Tyler Street #1-B, Elkhart IN 46516
Located in the West End of the Depot Building south of the Post Office.
Cost: $153 members/ $186 non-members
(Class is appropriate for ages 18 and up.) Includes instruction, 25 pounds ceramic clay, glazes, firing, and open studio time on Thursday nights.
Class description from the Instructor:
Do you love clay and want to build natural-lookin figures and animal sculptures? In this class, we will learn about the possibilities of clay materials and textures through slab rolling and other hand building techniques. The instructor will demonstrate a project involving the challenges of working with the human figure or any other projects requested by students. If you already have an idea for what you want to make, we can do that. If you need ideas, we will brainstorm together. Or you can simply follow along with the instructor. Look forward to leaving the class with new skills and creative possibilities! All skill levels are welcome. Some hand-building experience is helpful.
Students supply their own basic pottery tools. The EAL sells a basic beginning tool kit for $10. Tools will be discussed during the first class. Students need to bring an old pillowcase or t-shirt in addition to their tools. All other materials are provided.
Email mail@ealonline.org with questions.
Tuesday Hand Building Sculpture in Clay Classes with Katharine Schmidt
TUESDAY, June 10, 2025, through TUESDAY, July 29, 2025. Classes are held Tuesday Afternoons from 1 to 4 p.m., 8 week session.
Instructor: Katharine Schmidt, Professor of Fine Arts Bethel University and Ivy Tech Community College (recently IUSB)
Location: Elkhart Art League Studio, 131 Tyler Street #1-B, Elkhart IN 46516
Located in the West End of the Depot Building south of the Post Office.
Cost: $153 members/ $186 non-members
(Class is appropriate for ages 18 and up.) Includes instruction, 25 pounds ceramic clay, glazes, firing, and open studio time on Thursday nights.
Class description from the Instructor:
Do you love clay and want to build natural-lookin figures and animal sculptures? In this class, we will learn about the possibilities of clay materials and textures through slab rolling and other hand building techniques. The instructor will demonstrate a project involving the challenges of working with the human figure or any other projects requested by students. If you already have an idea for what you want to make, we can do that. If you need ideas, we will brainstorm together. Or you can simply follow along with the instructor. Look forward to leaving the class with new skills and creative possibilities! All skill levels are welcome. Some hand-building experience is helpful.
Students supply their own basic pottery tools. The EAL sells a basic beginning tool kit for $10. Tools will be discussed during the first class. Students need to bring an old pillowcase or t-shirt in addition to their tools. All other materials are provided.
Email mail@ealonline.org with questions.
About Katharine Schmidt
Katharine Schmidt is a retired professor of Fine Arts at Bethel University and Ivy Tech Community College who loves to teach students the basic skills they need to create their own realistic works of art.
“Katharine works in ceramic sculpture and mixed media using the human form, sometimes realistic, sometimes not, to explore the vague anxieties, confusion, and spiritual hunger that comes from living through rapidly changing times.” “Katharine has an M.F.A. in Painting and Art History from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She then moved to Seattle and studied at the Seattle Academy of Fine Art (now the Gage Academy) where she later became an instructor. After returning to Indiana, Katharine had a portrait business before teaching at Ivy Tech and then Bethel University where she recently retired. She has exhibited work regionally and nationally”
