TODAY‘S HOURS: 10am to 5pm

Pottery Studio

Classes fill quickly and often do not appear on our registration page.  To register for our waitlist or get more information, please call Natalie at the main Museum number:
843-238-2510

About the Pottery Studio + Classes

The Art Museum’s Lineta Pritchard Pottery Studio [est. 2018] includes six pottery wheels, an area for hand-building, stations for glazing and cleaning and a kiln room. With small and intimate class sizes, instructors provide students (ages 16 and up) of all levels of experience with one-on-one attention, working with them to enhance their technical strengths and improve technique. Both wheel throwing and hand-building (i.e., pinching, coiling and slab-building) classes are offered.

The Lineta Pritchard Pottery Studio has been generously funded by The Chapin Foundation with additional support from The Brittain Family, Carolyn Burroughs, Nancy Cave, Sharon and Mike Clayton, Cynthia and Eddie Dyer, Vern Hearl and Bill Pritchard.

History and Namesake

The Lineta Pritchard Pottery Studio honors a committed Museum leader whose hard work, commitment and sense of community – since the Museum’s earlier days – have helped make the Art Museum what it is today. Lineta Pritchard was recruited to join the Art Museum’ capital campaign in 1995; with her help, the Museum opened to the public in June 1997.

Over the years, Pritchard conceived and led the efforts to stage many of the Museum’s most recognizable annual fundraising events, including the Spring Tour of Homes and the Bag Ladies Luncheon. She initiated the Museum’s 15th Anniversary Celebration in 2012 and also created the Carolyn Burroughs Arts Patron Award in 2002 to recognize very special Art Museum patrons, including Carolyn Burroughs, who was the first recipient.

Perhaps her greatest achievement was working with the Myrtle Beach City Council to take over the mortgage of the Art Museum building in 2001, giving ownership of the building to the City.

“Our goal in establishing this studio is to provide a unique learning environment for diverse audiences, from grade schoolers to seniors, with a wide range of interests and levels of proficiency, but with a similar desire – to master a material with their hands and create something uniquely their own,” says Patricia Goodwin, Art Museum Executive Director. “Some may take a single session while others will become lifelong students. No matter which road our students take, the Art Museum will be an inspirational catalyst for our students’ personal journeys.”

Instructors

Diane Davis, Pottery Studio Instructor

Patty Lake, Pottery Studio Instructor

 

Class Descriptions:

6-Week Session: Wheel and Hand Building Combo

Wheel and Hand Building Combo sessions are for students 16 years and older. Enjoy a 6-week session that focuses on beginner-advanced wheel throwing and hand building techniques. All levels of ability are welcome! Demonstrations of different techniques will be offered most weeks, based on class interest, but will always start with an introduction to the basics of hand building, wheel throwing and glazing.  Our intimate class sizes (6 students/class) allow for personalized instruction. Come and play in the clay!

6-Week Session: Wheel Techniques

Wheel Techniques sessions are for students 16 years and older. Enjoy a 6-week session that focuses on beginner-advanced wheel throwing techniques.  All levels of ability are welcome! Demonstrations of different techniques will be offered most weeks, based on class interest, but will always start with an introduction to the basics of wheel throwing and glazing.  Our intimate class sizes (6 students) allow for personalized instruction. Come and play in the clay!

6-Week Session: Special Projects and Techniques

Special Projects and Techniques classes are for students 16 years and older who have previously taken one of our classes that includes beginner instruction . Enjoy a 6-week session that focuses on intermediate-advanced wheel throwing,  handbuilding, glazing and other specialized techniques. Demonstrations of techniques can include:  hand created underglaze transfers, silk screening underglaze, advanced glazing techniques, agateware, throwing large and many other unique projects based on student interest.  Our intimate class sizes (6 students) allow for personalized instruction. Come and play in the clay!

REGISTER
Wheel Techniques and Combo classes are $250 for Museum Members and $275 for the General Public.
Special Projects and Techniques Classes are $275 for Museum Members and $300 for the General Public.

Wheel Techniques: Tuesday 6 – 9 pm

Special Projects + Techniques: Wednesday 6 – 9 pm

Wheel Techniques: Thursday 6 – 9 pm

Wheel + Hand Building Combo: Friday 1 – 4 pm

Wheel + Hand Building Combo: Sign up for Saturdays, 10 am – 1 pm

Wheel Techniques: Sunday 1 – 4 pm

Classes fill quickly and often do not appear on our registration page.  To register for our waitlist or get more information, please call Bre McNamara at the main Museum number:
843-238-2510

All students currently registered in 6-week sessions are encouraged to take advantage of our open studio hours (at no extra cost) to develop their skills more quickly.

Open Studio Hours:

Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10 am – 12 noon, Wednesday and Saturday 2 – 4 pm

Note:  Open Studio time is not instructional time.  It is for all students to continue to work on projects that regular class time won’t allow for and to promote continuous growth of your abilities in a peaceful environment.

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Myrtle Beach’s Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum strives to be one of the finest visual arts museums in the Carolinas. With 11 galleries that change throughout the year, Myrtle Beach’s only art museum offers exhibitions featuring paintings, textiles, sculpture, photography, video, ceramics, assemblage, collage and more. A visit to the Art Museum’s exhibitions can be enhanced by its lively programming, including artist receptions, tours, lectures, workshops and classes for both adults and children.