Welcome to School of Service / Access Arts!

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clay club

Kids and Moms, join us for Clay Club, a monthly opportunity for
kids aged 2-6 to make things with clay!  Great parent and kid activity.
Create family keepsakes to be cherished for a lifetime!

Fee is $10 for first child, $8 for each additional child.
Children must be accompanied by parent or guardian.

First Thursday of each month, 11:00 am - Noon
Pottery studio:  800 Moss Street.
Work will be glazed, fired and ready to pick up within two weeks.

Weekend Pottery Events

Nerikomi IV:  Designing with Simple Shapes, with Leah, Saturday, May 19, 1-4pm; $35 per person.  Learn to create stunning patterned pottery by slicing and layering colorful clay in a process called Nerikomi.  This workshop will be an expansion on techniques covered in earlier workshops.  Open to all levels of experience, ages 12 and up.  Enrollment limited to 12 students.

Millions of Miniatures, with Leah, Saturday, May 26, 1-3pm; $30 per person.  It's a miniature smorgasbord!  Make miniature food, animals, people, and baubles for dollhouses, jewelry, decoration, or playtime from clay.  Open to all ages 8 and up.

Art in the Park, with all staff, Sat-Sun, June 2-3, 10am-4pm; no charge
Come join us at Stephens Lake Park for the 54th annual Art in the Park!  We will have a fun, creative, and comfortably breezy booth on the island in the middle of Stephens Lake.  We will have demos of various art forms, a shady rest area, and modestly priced face painting for the kids!  Hope to see you there!

Inlaid Glaze Decoration, with Stephen, Sat-Sun, June 30 - July 1, 1-4 each day; $35 per person.  Learn how to make stunning and graphic designs in glaze with the inlaid glaze technique.  Each student will need to bring a piece of GLAZED, but UNFIRED bisque ware to the workshop.  It will also be helpful to bring a pattern idea or printout.  Bold, simple, figure-ground designs will be most successful.  If you have questions about your design you can get in touch with Stephen beforehand.  This workshop is open to intermediate and advanced level students only.

Lunchtime Critique, with Matt, Sunday, July 1, 11am-12pm; no charge.  Struggling to make your work express your true artistic voice?  Trying to develop your signature style?  Just want an outside opinion on your work?  Bring some of your work, and a snack or lunch to the studio to join in a critique session with a ceramic artist from the community.  Get their take on what you've made, and pick their brains on topics like form, function, and style.  (Pre-registration not required.)

Call or stop by the office to register and ensure your place in any of these workshops.

More upcoming Summer Events!

High Firing Techniques, with Matt and Joel

There is a world of glazing and firing options out there besides electric kilns.  Come learn about the wide world of atmospheric firings and their varying effects on pottery.  Bring a piece of high-fire compatible bisque to experiment with.  Open to intermediate and advanced level students only.

Spring 2012 Session
begins May 14

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School of Service-Access Arts

The Access Arts campus is located at the intersection of McAlester St and Moss St in Columbia, MO.  There are three buildings as part of the campus, which house various parts of our program.  Look at the maps below to find our locations.

The mailing address for School of Service-Access Arts is:
1724 McAlester Street, Columbia, MO 65201

To visit the office go to:  1728 McAlester Sreet, Columbia
Office hours are Monday-Friday, 10am to 5pm

You can phone our office at:  573-875-0275

Our e-mail address is:  accessarts@centurytel.net


Would you like to volunteer at Access Arts?  We have lots of different things that volunteers can do, and a fairly flexible schedule as well.  If you are interested, print out the Volunteer Application, fill it out and send it to us.  We will contact you about the possibilities.

Our Business Spotlight this month is Boone County Lumber Company,
1100 Rogers, Columbia.

More information on
our Sponsors page!


All students!  Please make sure the office has your current e-mail address so that we can contact you in case of any change in your classes.

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