Introduce your child to the world of ceramics through material exploration and building techniques, such as pinching and constructing with slabs and coils.
Courses progress to expressing ideas, showcasing creativity and exploring design. Class projects may include sculptures focused on telling stories, inventing fantasy animals, creating self-portraits, designing interiors and exteriors of buildings, jewelry, beads, cups, plates and more.
All supplies are included.
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Chelsey Pettyjohn is a multidisciplinary artist working primarily in paint, sculpture, and collage. Her work engages a specific collection of self-made archetypes and iconography. Themes reveal personal history: childhood fantasies, fragmented dreams, the secrecy of inner worlds. She is interested in the juxtaposition of delicate and grotesque; articulating the human experience in all its innocence and brutality.
She holds a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design, and a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. She has shown her work locally and internationally; exhibitions ...
She holds a BFA from Parsons the New School for Design, and a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts. She has shown her work locally and internationally; exhibitions include solo shows at Hunter College and Tennis Elbow, as well as group shows at Kapp Kapp, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, and Foxy Production. She lives and works in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Drawing and Painting Intensive
Sculpture and Pottery
Collage and Mixed Media for Absolute Beginners
Artist Talk with Chelsey Pettyjohn: Play and Experimentation in Artmaking
Collective Creations: Exquisite Collage Workshop
The Art of Tarot: Drawing and Painting Magic
Carol Grocki Lewis has been on the faculty at the 92nd Street Y since 1995. She earned her M.A. in Museum Studies and Art History from the Gallatin Division at New York University in 1992 and her B.S. in Art Education from SUNY College at Buffalo. She has been a teaching ceramic artist from 92nd Street Y at P.S. 37 (River East K-5) in East Harlem (An Empire State Partnership). In addition to teaching at 92Y, Lewis has taught ceramics and art at Earthworks, Marymount Manhattan College and various public and private schools. Her work was most recently included in an exhibit, History in the Ma ...
Carol Grocki Lewis has been on the faculty at the 92nd Street Y since 1995. She earned her M.A. in Museum Studies and Art History from the Gallatin Division at New York University in 1992 and her B.S. in Art Education from SUNY College at Buffalo. She has been a teaching ceramic artist from 92nd Street Y at P.S. 37 (River East K-5) in East Harlem (An Empire State Partnership). In addition to teaching at 92Y, Lewis has taught ceramics and art at Earthworks, Marymount Manhattan College and various public and private schools. Her work was most recently included in an exhibit, History in the Making: Ceramic Traditions and Contemporary Pots in Rochester, NY and received an honorable mention from the juror, Ron Meyers. Her work has also been included in Strictly Functional Ceramics Exhibits.
Handbuilding and Wheel (Beginner)
Vicki Finkel teaches ceramics in the 92NY Art Center’s afterschool program, and has been in the ceramics department for over 10 years. She has created and run the Clay Arts program for the 92NY Program for Cognitive Strength and Ability, and has designed and implemented a hands-on, guided Family Arts Program to foster creativity and strengthen family connections. Vicki has worked with master potters with residencies around the world, including in Korea, and Japan, and has been a visiting teaching artist in numerous other Asian and Eastern European countries. She was a Presidential Sch ...
Vicki Finkel teaches ceramics in the 92NY Art Center’s afterschool program, and has been in the ceramics department for over 10 years. She has created and run the Clay Arts program for the 92NY Program for Cognitive Strength and Ability, and has designed and implemented a hands-on, guided Family Arts Program to foster creativity and strengthen family connections. Vicki has worked with master potters with residencies around the world, including in Korea, and Japan, and has been a visiting teaching artist in numerous other Asian and Eastern European countries. She was a Presidential Scholarship recipient at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, in Colorado. A Brown University Alumna, after working years as a freelance journalist in Africa, including for the New York Times and CNN, Vicki received an MSW degree, and became a psychotherapist. In addition to having a private psychotherapy practice, Vicki is a dedicated teacher and exhibited artist. Her work has been shown in numerous exhibitions, including the recent, A Taste of Home, juried by Julia Galloway, in Port Chester, NY, and The Teapot Show, in Providence Rhode Island.
Carol Cutler currently teaches ceramics in the Art Center's afterschool program and in the 60+ Program of 92nd Street Y. In addition, she is director of Ceramics for the Y Camps at the Henry Kaufman Campgrounds, where she developed art programs for special-needs children. In conjunction with the American Craft Museum, Carol developed programs to bring art education in the NYC public schools. Carol has also taught art at the Trinity School Day Camp, the Calhoun School and the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Her work has been shown at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, the P ...
Carol Cutler currently teaches ceramics in the Art Center's afterschool program and in the 60+ Program of 92nd Street Y. In addition, she is director of Ceramics for the Y Camps at the Henry Kaufman Campgrounds, where she developed art programs for special-needs children. In conjunction with the American Craft Museum, Carol developed programs to bring art education in the NYC public schools. Carol has also taught art at the Trinity School Day Camp, the Calhoun School and the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Her work has been shown at the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Science, the Paley Design Center, Wallingford Community Art Center and Arteffects Gallery in Philadelphia. She received a BA degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
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