General Use
Events
Repair Café Free Plans available from $80 No purchase required to enroll
Textiles Meet-up Free Purchase required to enroll
MAXT Work Party! No purchase required to enroll
Open Game Night @MAXT Free No purchase required to enroll
Learn how the Makerspace can make your gaming bigger and better, take a tour and find out about our upcoming programs.
This is a free event open to the public, gaming snacks provided.
Halloween Costume Cafe Free Purchase required to enroll
Training
Sew/Embroidery Machine Training Plans available from $48 No purchase required to enroll
Initial Textiles Project Troubleshoot Plans available from $48 No purchase required to enroll
Classes
Chill Clay Night $40
Two evening outings of fun! These short little classes will allow you to try your hand on the wheel and play with clay, gathering a second time to experience the art of glazing. Perfect for the beginner or experienced clay user, use your creativity and innovation to make a bowl or a mug or other wheel-thrown object and enjoy a warm summer evening with fellow art lovers, wine and cheese. If you can’t make it for the glaze session, the instructor can glaze yours for you. (2 Sessions) All Levels
Ceramic Center Open Studios $20 per class No purchase required to enroll
Beginning Clay $275 Purchase required to enroll
If you are brand new to clay, or are looking to build up your pottery skills, this class is for you! In this course we will go through the basic steps and processes to make pottery in a variety of ways. These sessions will provide the tools, materials, and space to learn new techniques in hand building, wheel throwing, trimming, and glazing, with guidance and time for creative exploration along the way. Level: Beginner
Teapot Workshop $125 Purchase required to enroll
with Sam Deering
Session 1: Sunday November 5th 1:30-4 PM
Session 2: Sunday November 12th 1:30-4 PM
Session 2: Sunday November 19th 1:30-4 PM
Session 2: Sunday December 3rd 1:30-4 PM
A quintessential form in ceramics, the teapot is a combination of multiple parts working in unison to serve a specific purpose. In this workshop, students will learn how to create the body of a teapot, its lid, spout, and handle, then combine them together to make a finished form that is balanced and functional. Combining many pieces to make one form with clay is challenging, and a large part of this workshop will be learning not just how to make the various aspects of a teapot, but how to combine them in a way that maintains the visual tension of the vessel while still being useful and easy to handle. We will make multiple versions of each respective part to get the hang of each form, working iteratively, coming away with at least one complete teapot at the end. (Weekend workshop; 4 sessions) Some experience on the wheel required.
Ceramics - All Levels with James Mitschmyer $300 Purchase required to enroll
With a focus on the wheel and incorporation of hand-built elements, James Mitschmyer will shepherd students, from beginners to veteran potters, to taking their work to the next level. From Sprig molds, hand-building to perfecting or learning basic wheel-throwing techniques, this class focuses on the individual interests of the participants. (Once a week; 8 sessions) Level: All levels welcome.
CNC Group Meetup Free No purchase required to enroll
All-Levels Wheel-Throwing with Sam Deering $300 Purchase required to enroll
Using the potter’s wheel, students will learn how to throw clay into a variety of shapes and sizes. Every class will start with a brief demonstration of clay preparation, basic throwing skills, and some examples of how to push things a little further for those who are ready and those who want to try. We will then move to trimming and finishing our pieces, and finally glazing. Wheel-throwing is a challenging yet meditative way to work with clay, and whether you're new to the wheel, or an experienced thrower, we’ll improve your skills and ability to really finish a piece for firing. (Once a week; 8 sessions) Experience Level: Beginning through Advanced.
Clay Class for Middle Schoolers $150 Purchase required to enroll
Using basic tools and techniques, students will learn to work with clay using pinch pot, coils, and slab handbuilding techniques to create both functional and sculptural ceramics. Focusing on these basic techniques students will develop the fundamental skills necessary to move on to larger and more complicated projects. Learning in a safe and fun environment we will introduce good habits with clay, and work to inspire the students to continue on in their own creative endeavors. No experience necessary. (Once a week; 4 sessions)
Ceramics Center Open Studio $20 per class No purchase required to enroll
Pit-Firing Team-Taught Workshop $175 Purchase required to enroll
With Kimberly Kersey-Asbury and Sam Deering
Session 1: Saturday, June 17 9:30am-12:30pm (3 hours)
Session 2: Saturday, July 2 9:00am-12pm
The oldest known form of firing pottery, pit firing remains an accessible and fun way to interact with clay and create beautiful surfaces on pottery. Students will learn the basics of pit firing, its history, how to make pieces for it, how to decorate clay before firing, and then how to fire the pots with nothing more than a hole in the ground and some wood. We will cover the advantages and disadvantages of pit firing, and learn how to navigate this ancient process with a modern eye and a curious mind. (Weekend Workshop; 2 Sessions) All levels welcome.
Textiles Open Studio $10 per class No purchase required to enroll
Flower Vases (Ikebana Style) $125 Purchase required to enroll
Using multiple techniques including the wheel and hand building, we will create interesting and unique vessels that can be used for this unique and poetic art form. Making forms for flower vases is a wonderful way to push our creative limits, it challenges us to look at our work in a different way and to explore methods we otherwise wouldn’t have considered while working with clay. (Weekend workshop; 3 sessions)
Furniture for Beginners: Milking Stool $175 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Bubbles Chopping Board $175 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Let's Turn a Bowl $175 Purchase required to enroll
This course will teach you the basic steps needed to turn a small wooden bowl from tree to finished piece. Through discussion, question and answer periods, as well as demonstration and hands on experience, you will gain the knowledge and confidence needed produce a wooden bowl. Our goal, is to make you feel comfortable enough continue to visit MAXT and explore woodturning on your own. The small class size and abundance of tools and attention is designed to help you through the exploration of this craft.
The class will include instruction on wood selection, design, and finishing techniques all while focusing on safety and control.
One Good Turn Deserves Another $250 Purchase required to enroll
This course will further your understanding of the steps needed to turn a small wooden bowl or enclosed vessel from tree to finished piece. Our goal, through creative class projects, is to make you feel more comfortable around the shop and challenge your design sense. Membership at MAXT is recommended but not required. The intent is for you to continue to explore woodturning on your own and build a community that supports wood turning and woodturners. The small class size and abundance of tools and attention is designed to help you through the exploration of this craft.
We will discuss wood selection, design, and finishing techniques all while focusing on safety and control. Natural edge bowls, turning “air”, and hollow forms will be discussed and supported. All meetings will start with a demo and then convert into supported design and production time. Surface treatments and carving will be discussed as well.
All Levels Ceramics with James Mitschmyer $275 Purchase required to enroll
April 4 - May 23, 2023
Tuesday Evenings, 6:00-9:00pm
With a focus on the wheel and incorporation of hand-built elements, James Mitschmyer will shepherd students, from beginners to veteran potters, to taking their work to the next level. From Sprig molds and hand-building to perfecting or learning basic wheel-throwing techniques, this class focuses on the individual interests of the participants. (Once a week; 8 sessions) Experience Level: Beginning through Advanced.
Tondos & Shields Revisited: A Sculptural Tile Workshop $120 Purchase required to enroll
"Panta Rhei" means everything flows, everything changes, said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. But the circle stays unbroken... and is still a powerful vehicle for narrative. The Tondo, or Tondi/Tondos, is a renaissance term for a circular work. The Circle is one of the most enduring forms in Art. We will explore this form starting with circular tiles, working small and large-scale and in series. Watch as the work grows from a narrative to a Shield prototype, echoing the great shield of Achilles in Homer's Iliad. For this workshop students will create two mid-sized sculptural shields with accompanying painted designs on paper. All materials provided. No experience required. All levels.
Jewelry Making Workshop Series $40 Purchase required to enroll
Woodturned Gifts $75 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Wooden Bowl Turning for Beginners $75 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner ? All Levels
Woodturning Lvl. 1 - Tool Handles $75 Purchase required to enroll
It is a handy skill to be able to quickly turn a tool handle. Whether for new tool tips or old tool restoration, making your own handles saves time, money, and offers a chance to customize the handle to your needs. In this class, we’ll cover such things as pre-drilling, keeping the tenon concentric, adding the ferule, and other basic turning and design considerations. If you’ve got a tool in need of a handle, bring it along.
Woodturning Lvl. 1 - Captive Rings $75 Purchase required to enroll
Captive rings offer an interesting and playful design element that can be added to a variety of spindle projects. They add movement and sound, and often leave folks wondering “how did they do that anyway?” Captive rings are not difficult to turn, but there are a few tools and tricks that can aid in consistency and help to finish them off nicely. In this class, we’ll cover a variety of tools, techniques, and projects designed to make captive rings a part of your turning arsenal.
DIY Resin Charcuterie Board $75 Purchase required to enroll
Each student receives a pre-cut board for them to apply the resin. Mix your own colors and watch as the ocean comes alive as you pour over the board.
Day 1 - Lay the resin and cure overnight
Day 2 - Sand and finish
Board size 1”x10.5”x13.3”
Stitch Resist Shibori: Indigo Art $40 Purchase required to enroll
All materials provided
The Bowls on the Wheel $120 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: Throwing Session I - 9:30am-1:30pm, Saturday, June 24th
Session 2: Throwing & Trimming Session II - 9:30am-1:30pm, Sunday June 25th
All Levels.
Craft + Beer at Post and Beam: Playful Watercolor $40 Purchase required to enroll
If you’ve been curious about watercolor or have some experience and just want to play, please join us at Post and Beam on August 30th, We will explore the world of how watercolor moves, blends drips and drys. There are no expectations. It’s a chance to learn and explore the wonders of watercolor. All of the materials will be supplies, but if you have your own, please feel free to bring them.
Craft + Beer happens at Post and Brewery in Peterborough, monthly.
Jars $150 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: Session I - 9:30am-1:30pm, Saturday, July 8 (4 hours)
Session 2: Session II - 9:30am-1:30pm, Sunday, July 9 (4 hours)
Session 3: GLAZING Day - 10:00am - 1:00pm, Sunday, July 22 (2 hours)
Used for millennia to store and transport goods, age and ferment food and drink, and show off social status, the jar is synonymous with pottery and its rich history. In this workshop students will use the potters wheel to throw a form, learn how to throw a lid, how to trim both, use texture or color to decorate, and in the final session how to glaze the jar so it’s visually appealing and functional. Combining these techniques participants will create their own jar to use in the home, or simply admire.
Some experience on the wheel is recommended.
Mugs $125 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: Session I - 6-9pm, Tuesday, August 8 ______ (3 hours)
Session 2: Session II - 6-9pm, Thursday, August 10 _____ (3 hours)
Session 3: GLAZING Day - 6-8pm, Tuesday, August 22________ (3 hours)
There’s nothing better than enjoying your morning coffee out of your own handmade mug. So join us in this mug making workshop where we’ll learn about and use different techniques to craft our own unique mugs. Participants will use the potters wheel to throw a vessel, learn how to pull and attach handles, decorate with texture or color, and in the next session do any final decorating and glazing to get our finished work. We’ll cover all the steps necessary to create your morning masterpiece.
This workshop is beginner friendly.
Fun with Forms: A Bottles Workshop $100 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: On the Wheel - Saturday Morning, July 1, 10:00am-2:00pm
Session 2: Glaze Session - Saturday Morning, July 15, 10:00am-1:00pm
Description:
Spend a day playing with form and experimenting. Bottles are a fun and classic shape that can be made on the wheel. During this workshop, we will practice pressure and pulling methods to create a small series of bottles. Students will be encouraged to use creativity and add their personal style to their artwork. Intended for potters with some wheel throwing experience, this workshop includes one day for creation and finish work, and another for glazing.
Sound Through Clay $150 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: Handbuilding Session I - 9:30am-1:30pm, Saturday, August 12 (4 hours)
Session 2: Handbuilding Session II - 9:30am-1:30pm, Sunday August 13 (4 hours)
Session 3: GLAZING Day - 10:00am - Noon, Saturday, August 26 (2 hours)
Description:
Ceramic whistles, ocarinas, shakers, and horns each balance form and space in miraculous ways to make noise! join us at the studio as we explore different clay instruments, how they work, and how you can design and make your own. There will be clay, space, time, and firings provided so you can play and discover new sounds through clay. All Levels
Exploring Slab Bowls Workshop $75 Purchase required to enroll
Session 1: Handbuilding Day - 2:00-4:00pm, Tuesday, July 11 (2 hours)
Session 1: Handbuilding Day - 2:00-4:00pm, Tuesday, July 18 (2 hours)
Session 3: GLAZING Day - 2:00-4:00pm, Tuesday, July 18 (2 hours)
A different spin on making clay bowls! Ceramicist and art educator Karrie Mitschmyer will guide you through creative approaches with slabs to construct one-of-a-kind eye-catching bowls. Beginner’s welcome.
Chill Clay Night with Handbuilding $40 Purchase required to enroll
Screenprinting Workshop $100 Purchase required to enroll
Pen Turning $75 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level Beginner / All Levels
Altering Thrown Vessels $150 Purchase required to enroll
This 8-week class will be focused on throwing shapes and then manipulating them off the wheel. Using the wheel as a tool for creating instead of the entirety of creation will change your perspective of how to produce great artwork. Removing pieces from the wheel also allows for more sculptural exploration. Students are encouraged to think outside the box and combine throwing and hand building skills. Artists who attend will be encouraged to cut and re-assemble their pieces to challenge themselves. Students will throw cylinders, alter them into other shapes and use a variety of techniques to develop unique and creative artwork. This class requires fundamental throwing skills and is geared towards intermediate and advanced students. Tools are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their own set. (Once a week; 8 sessions)
Ceramic Jewelry Workshop $95 Purchase required to enroll
Introduction to 3D printing $30 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Urban Sketching $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Funky Upcycled Earrings $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range 18+
Level: Beginner
Sparkling Gemstone Trees $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Chunky Chain Upcycled Bracelets $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Hammered Wire Rings $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Knitting Needle Necklace with Bur Oak Studio $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range 10+
Level: Beginner
Knitting Needle Earrings Trio with Bur Oak Studio $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 10+
Level: Beginner
Statement Upcycled Necklace $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Wire Wrapped Jewelry $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Yarn Dyeing Crash Course $90 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Colorful Coil Baskets $80 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Introduction to Oil Painting $125 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Playful Watercolors $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
CNC for Beginners: Holiday Sign $200 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Python Programming with the MicroBit $100 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range 14+
Level: Beginner
Introduction to CAD in 3D Studio Max $60 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range 14+
Level: Beginner
Linocut Prints Inspired by Nature $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Linocut Prints Inspired by Nature - Youth Session $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 12-18
Level: Beginner
Sewing for Beginners: Corn Filled Heating Bag $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Spooky Screen Printed T-Shirt Make + Take $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Holiday Screen Printed T-Shirt Make + Take $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Big and Bold, Crochet Granny Square Sweater $75 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Quilting for Beginners: Tablemat $80 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Beginning Sewing - Pincushion / Thread Catcher $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Macramé Witch Bells $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Ghostly and Ghastly Fiber Arts Workshop $35 Purchase required to enroll
Create a dastardly duo of spooky projects in this special Friday the 13th workshop. Nicole will guide students through summoning an adorable amigurumi crochet ghost. In this class you will learn the basics of 3 dimensional shapes and finishing techniques for stuffed creations.Dave meanwhile will lead a group through extracting a needle felted eyeball pincushion from nothing more than wool roving. Costumes encouraged, basic crochet experience (single, increase and decrease) a plus but beginners welcome.
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner / All Levels
Beginning Knitting $50 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Macramé Plant Hanger $50 Purchase required to enroll
Gardening season may be coming to an end, but there's still time to play with plants! Add some retro charm to your home with this beautiful Macramé Plant Hanger class. Our instructor Kate will guide you through the basics of macramé and each student will leave with their very own potted plant buddy in a stylish cord hammock.
Age Range: 14+
Level: Beginner
Garment Sewing for Beginners - Estuary Skirt $180 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Understanding Natural Edge Turning $120 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Beautiful and Practical Wooden Tool Caddy $195 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Beginning Woodturning - Youth Session $75 Purchase required to enroll
A great beginning course for middle school students with experienced instructor Doug. Students will learn how to safely work in the woodshop using lathe tools to turn a wood block into a fast and fun finished piece. Perfect for kids who want to explore, build and create!
Age Range: 12-18
Level: Beginner
Spoon Carving for Beginners $95 Purchase required to enroll
Learn to carve a spoon from a tree. This class will focus on gaining skills with two main tools of spoon carving – the sloyd (straight) knife and the hook knife. We will explore wood grain, learn different strokes and maintenance with each knife, and learn how to care for your body while carving. Students will leave the class with their own spoon, handouts of further resources, and the empowerment to continue learning and making things out of wood. This is a great class for beginners, as well as folks with some experience carving who are looking to brush up / reengage!
Age Range: 18+
Level: Beginner
Turned Boxes $150 Purchase required to enroll
Dive a little deeper into woodturning with this beginner friendly two part class. Students will learn to turn the box shape and then create a close fitting lid. Perfect for a first project to keep or gift! Jim will guide students through all the steps from box blank to finished piece, whilst learning about the fundamentals of wood turning and lathe safety.
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Become a Wood Carver - Serving Spoon Set $190 Purchase required to enroll
Dig into wood carving with this weekday evening multiseries with Lee Spoons. In this class, which meets 4 Tuesday evenings in November from 6-9, you will learn the skills to carve your own wooden utensils, and enter into the world of green wood carving. Students will work with a sloyd knife and hook knife to create a set of spoons, perfect for gifts over the winter holidays, or for use in your own kitchen.
Students will leave the class with their own sloyd knife, as well as a finished set of spoons they have made over the course of 4 weeknight sessions. Students will learn in-depth spoon carving techniques, as well as how to sharpen and maintain their tools and stretch your body. Come join us, and leave with a new skill to last a lifetime.
Age Range: 18+
Level: All Levels
Jewelry Upcycling Open Studio $10 per class Plans available from $48 No purchase required to enroll
Come and get creative in our jewelry space! Grab some vintage goodies, bead and findings from our stash and let your creativity take off. MAXT volunteers will be on hand to help break apart, recombine, clean and polish forgotten relics into new shining treasures. Bring your own broken pieces and we’ll even help you give them a new lease of life!
Tools and materials are provided. Free for members and students in ongoing jewelry classes. $10 for public entry.
Every third Wednesday of the month 6-8p
Craft + Beer @ Post and Beam - Wire Wrapped Pendant $40 Purchase required to enroll
Craft + Beer @Frogg - Frog Embroidery $40 Purchase required to enroll
Shapely Charcuterie Board $150 Purchase required to enroll
Doug will guide students through turning a rough board into a beautiful, smooth and shapely piece to brighten up your dinner table. We'll learn how to select wood, mill, cut, cut, shape and finish a piece that you'll be proud to show off. Doug's classes are always a fun time and with years of experience teaching woodshop he'll make sure everyone leaves with some great new skills!
Craft + Beer @ Post and Beam - Knit Gemstone earrings $40 Purchase required to enroll
Craft + Beer @ Frogg - Silk Scarf Dyeing $40 Purchase required to enroll

Have a relaxing evening of crafting with MAXT Makerspace at Frogg Brewing! Learn the basics of acid dyeing in this fast and fun class! Students will dye a large, 5ft long fringed silk scarf using premixed dyes. Make beautiful and colorful, organic mixes and patterns with this foolproof technique. Plus your first beer is on us!
This is a 21+ event. Hosted at Frogg Brewing, 580 Sawyers Crossing Rd, Swanzey
Craft + Beer @Post and Beam - Block Printed Coasters $40 Purchase required to enroll
Wood Turning for Homeschoolers $75 Purchase required to enroll
This class will introduce beginning students to the safe and thoughtful use of the wood lathe. Here students will learn to easily create simple shapes while discovering how woodturning can open the door to an infinite variety of creative possibilities. The class will begin with a discussion of shop safety as well as a discussion of wood as a material.
Students will leave with a few small projects such as key rings, spinning tops, light pulls, tree ornaments, or mini baseball bats.
Designed for students aged 12+Bowl Turning for Homeschoolers $75 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 12+
Wood Turning - Holiday Ornaments $75 Purchase required to enroll
A great introductory class to wood turning. Students will learn the basics of lathe and tool safety with our experienced instructor Doug. Then it's on to making some jolly holiday ornaments with some beautiful woods in a variety of forms. Learn the same skills as our other beginning wood turning courses with a holiday twist. It's a regular Santa's workshop!
Felted Tapestry - Under A Frosty Sky $80 Purchase required to enroll
Gnomes! $50 Purchase required to enroll
Ugly Sweater Factory! $20 Purchase required to enroll
We've been saving goodies all year to make some truly wild creations, we've got ornaments, battery powered lights, glitter and tinsel galore ready to create your own garish fashion faux pas. We'll have some hot chocolate, holiday music and even a photo booth set up to model your creations.
Just bring your enthusiasm and a garment you'd like to decorate, leave your good taste at home.
Two sessions
2-5p for families with kids age 8+ (must be accompanied by an adult)
6-8p for 18+, 21+ are welcome to BYOB.
Intro To Papermaking: Holiday Cards and More! $75 Purchase required to enroll
Linocut Printing for the Holidays $50 Purchase required to enroll

Join experienced art educator Kelsey for a holiday linocut printmaking workshop. Choose between card making or gift tags. Students will design and carve their own linocut block and have the opportunity to print their design on cards (envelopes provided) or gift tags.
Holiday Tea Spoon Carving Class $75 Purchase required to enroll
We'll even send you home with some holiday tea blend and a cute little ribbon for the perfect mini gift package, cute as a button!
Ceramic Tile Making Demo Free Purchase required to enroll
With its origins dating back to 1000 BC in Egypt, China and Mesopotamia, the art of making Ceramic Tiles reached intricate levels of craftsmanship across the world, from Persia to the East and Italy to the West. Join us for an overview of Ceramic Tile Making, including the design process, from abstract to realistic relief, embossment or impression, techniques such as slab cut, press molding and traditional plaster cast and modern rubber mold making and production, as well as a discussion and presentation of the wide range of decorating techniques available to this craft. *FREE
This informative demo is a preview of the Ceramic Center’s New Tile-Making workshops over the coming year!
Craft + Beer @ Frogg - Linocut Notebooks $40 Purchase required to enroll
This is a 21+ event
Brass Holiday Ornaments: Introduction to Jewelry $40 Purchase required to enroll
Join us for a fun and festive class of beginner friendly metalsmithing! Smithing instructor Krystal will guide students in making a shiny new addition for their tree. We will learn proper sawing, filing, texturing, and polishing techniques on brass sheet metal to create your own unique ornaments. Students will walk away with a finished piece ready for holiday display!
MAXT Junior Creatives $100 Purchase required to enroll

Leap into a new creative world with MAXT and The River Center! Our new joint program, Junior Creatives for starts it’s first session in January 2024.
Each session will bring new and exciting ways for middle schoolers to express their creativity, build some fantastic maker skills and work as a team to produce a final piece they can all be proud of!
Chapter 1: Board Game Bonanza
Wednesdays 3-5p Jan 17-Feb 21 / Mar 6-13 2024
Our intrepid adventurers will start their quest by exploring a variety of board and party games styles from our game library at MAXT.
Then it’s on to a design stage, working in two teams they’ll develop a game based on their own ideas, before heading into the Makerspace to turn it into a reality. 3D printing, laser cutting, button makers, design software and more will help them on their way to making multiple copies of a game ready for the tabletop..
Finally reaching the end of their journey, the prize of a gaming party where each team will get to play each others games. We’ll even add a copy of their creation to our MAXT game library!
Exercises for a Mindful Studio Practice $40 Purchase required to enroll
In this two-hour workshop participants will go through a series of guided making exercises that are intended to bring both novelty and grounding to their making practice. Pairing a mindful approach to the creation of forms, marks and language, participants will leave with new conceptual tools and ways of being in their studio practice. Whether one is new to their art practice or have been making for decades there will be something of value and consideration for every one.
Requirements include: A willingness to work in periods of silence. A willingness to play. A desire to prioritize your process. All Levels
"The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable." Robert HenriLarge Vessel Wheel Workshop $120 Purchase required to enroll
This class will be focused on working with larger amounts of clay and throwing bigger pots. Students will increase the amount of clay, and exercise their ability to build wider and taller. This concept will be explored through stacking smaller vessels to create larger pieces as well as using quantities of clay 5lbs or greater. If you have foundational wheel skills and are ready for a new challenge, this is the class for you! We will explore historical pottery of large shapes and sizes that will inspire our own work. This class is targeted to intermediate level ceramic artists. Tools are provided, but students are encouraged to bring their own set.
Level: Intermediate
Hand Cut Slab Tile Workshop $150 Purchase required to enroll
Utilizing a hand-cut slab method, instructor Jim Cusmano will lead you through the design process, whether you choose to work in the abstract or realistically, to create interesting pictorial tile surfaces. Time will be spent finishing your works with a variety of decorating techniques, from stains, to underglazes to traditional glazes. Use these techniques to decorate your home or create a portable work of art. Students will make two 7x7 designs.
No experience necessary.
Abstraction & Sculpture Clay Workshop $120 Purchase required to enroll
Using a variety of hand building techniques, students will create detailed sculptures. These sculptures will focus on abstraction of form and shape through clay. Starting with sketching ideas, students will be challenged to explore how volume is created in three dimensional space without specific realistic sculptural goals. Slab, coiling, and pinching methods will be used to develop unique abstracted ideas. If you are curious about clay and are ready to explore new ways of playing with it, sign up now!
Screen Printing - an Introduction $45 Purchase required to enroll
Textiles Project Troubleshoot $12 per appointment Plans available from $48 No purchase required to enroll
Ceramic Center Tour - (1283 Main St. Dublin) Free No purchase required to enroll
Big Upcycled Sweater Mittens : Sewing for Beginners $40 Purchase required to enroll
Age Range: 8+
Level: Beginner