Starting next week, we’re switching the roles of our two ceramics studios:
Studio One—our larger space with more wheels, more shelving, and more room to move—will now host intermediate and advanced classes.
Studio Two becomes the new home for beginning wheel and introductory ceramics.
Why the change? Because this program isn’t what it was when we started. Under the leadership of Scott McClellan, and with the strength of our outstanding ceramics instructors, more students are sticking with it—coming back quarter after quarter, making bigger pots, more ambitious sculpture, and serious progress.
This swap gives the growing edge of the program the space it needs to stretch out. It’s a practical move with a clear intention: to support more adventurous work, sharper skills, and a stronger community of makers.
It’s also the next step toward something big: Our ceramics certificate program launches Fall 2025.
Same studios. New momentum. We’re just getting started.
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This is a post about a new member of the Seattle Artist League: Mary Shea. I’m proud to say she’s set up to teach drawing with us this quarter. I wanted to share some of her work that so excited me. I met Mary Shea in one of our online art class during the pandemic. …
Ceramics Just Leveled Up
Starting next week, we’re switching the roles of our two ceramics studios:
Why the change? Because this program isn’t what it was when we started. Under the leadership of Scott McClellan, and with the strength of our outstanding ceramics instructors, more students are sticking with it—coming back quarter after quarter, making bigger pots, more ambitious sculpture, and serious progress.
This swap gives the growing edge of the program the space it needs to stretch out. It’s a practical move with a clear intention: to support more adventurous work, sharper skills, and a stronger community of makers.
It’s also the next step toward something big:
Our ceramics certificate program launches Fall 2025.
Same studios. New momentum.
We’re just getting started.
—The League
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