Push, pull, squish, and turn clay into anything you can imagine. Be inspired by the organic forms of our sculpture garden, mix found objects and plaster with multiple forms of clay, and construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
Learn more about Clay Play.
Give your fingers a workout by rolling coils, smooshing slabs, and constructing artworks using clay. Create dough cookies during imaginative play, push together smooth and fluffy cloud clay for a sensory experience, and create organic forms using hand-building methods like coiling and pinch pots.
Learn more about Build, Squish and Roll.
Explore the stories we uncover through the artworks that civilizations leave behind. Pair museum learning and the exploration of diverse sculptural materials and processes for a full arts experience. Learn about the history, cultural significance, and conservation efforts of ceramics works through behind-the-scenes exploration of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s exhibition “The Stories We Keep,” and discover how the plaster cast process is used to preserve natural and manmade marvels through hands-on experiences. Gain an understanding of hand-building and wheel throwing techniques and engineer your own clay-based designs. Projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after the program ends.
Learn more about Art Anthropology: Sculptural Stories.
Push, pull, squish, and turn clay into anything you can imagine—from a bowl you can use to an abstract sculpture inspired by nature, to an imaginative creature of your own design. Become inspired by the art in our galleries and utilize the hand-building and wheel throwing skills you will hone to construct artworks that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
Learn more about Ceramics Studio.
Push, pull, squish, and turn clay into anything you can imagine—from a bowl you can use to sculpted figures of your pet or an imaginative creature of your own design. Learn to use the potter’s wheel to shape vessels and hand-building techniques to construct figurative sculptures that stand, sit, or dance suspended in motion. Kiln-fired projects will be fired and available for pick-up at the museum 3 to 4 weeks after camp.
Learn more about Ceramics Studio.