Welcome to the SAS Community Pottery page!
We offer Core Classes through the City of Surrey and our own Specialty Courses.
Subscribe to our quarterly pottery newsletter with this link! Access all past pottery newsletters here!
Take a look at our Spring Pottery Update newsletter!
Summer studio clear-out deadline is Jun. 23, 2 – 6PM. Pottery drop-ins resume on Jul. 2.
May is a bring a buddy to drop-in day! Your buddy can purchase drop-in tickets with no experience as long as you are a drop-in member!
June Pottery Drop-in Competition
Date: Friday, June 21
Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm
Cost: Free to participate and watch (must pay for drop-in if you are staying afterwards)
Judges: Pottery Studio Technicians
COMPETITION THEME: TALLEST CYLINDER!
Join us for Semiahmoo Arts Society’s first pottery competition for drop-in participants! Potters will have up to 1 hour to throw the tallest cylinder within the given time and clay. Each potter will be given 600 grams of clay and are restricted to using the tools given by the technicians.
Confirmed participants must come between 3:30pm – 3:50pm to sign in and set up. If you are not at your wheel at 4pm, it will be given to the next person in line.
Judging will be from 5pm – 5:30pm. Techs will measure each piece. The public will vote on their favourite cylinder. Winners will be announced in the pottery studio at 5:45pm and will be contacted if not in the room.
Find out more info, rules, and prizes here.
Register for this competition during pottery drop-in through the drop-in supervisor!
Pottery Drop-in Schedule
March – June
From March to June, our Pottery Drop-in Schedule (except holidays and long weekends) will be:
- Tuesdays: 9 AM – 1 PM
- Fridays: 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM
- Saturdays: 9 AM – 1 PM
- Sundays: 2 PM – 6 PM
July – August
From July to August, Tuesday hours are moving to the evening to make way for our kids camps. The Pottery Drop-in Schedule (except holidays and long weekends) will be:
- Tuesdays: 4:30 – 8:30pm
- Fridays: 4:30 – 8:30pm
- Saturdays: 9:00am – 1:00pm
- Sundays: 2:00 – 6:00pm
Please refrain from using Semiahmoo Pottery Studio for at-home workshops or creating artwork not by drop-in participants. Thank you for your cooperation in maintaining our pottery studio environment.
Please purchase the drop-in tickets in the office and make sure you have been vetted by completing the Drop-in Vetting Checklist below.
Drop-in Vetting Checklist
Starting August 1, 2023, the following information will be required for pottery drop-ins:
- A pottery drop-in access card is required to access the studio.
- All participants must be a SAS member. (Link to become a SAS Member)
- Participants must have either taken a pottery class or an assessment with SAS within the last two years.
- All participants are required to read and sign our Community Pottery Studio Policy and Liability Waiver.
(Link to Community Pottery Studio Policy/ Waiver) - Sign up to receive our Pottery Newsletter. (Link to sign up to receive our Pottery Newsletter)
- This application form must be fully completed. (Link to the application form)
Once you fill out the form, our Pottery Tech gets your info and lets you know the result via email. If you are approved, she fills out your access card and leaves it in the office for you to pick up.
*Access to pottery drop-in will not be available until these safety conditions are met. SAS reserves the right to deny applications.
Additionally, pottery drop-ins are now supported by a pottery instructor with advanced skill level. The drop-in fee will be $20 per session, and $10 for participants currently in a class at SAS.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding to these changes, please contact the executive director, Laurel ([email protected]).
Studio Clear Our / Clean Up
| We have a quarterly full studio clear out/clean up. This includes all drop in shelves, clay, tools, items left in cabinets that were not approved by technician to store and more. | Please pick up all items before June 23, 6PM. Thank you for your cooperation! |
Alternative Pottery Drop-ins in the Lower Mainland
| Mudlab: https://www.mudlab.ca/dropin Claymates: https://www.claymatesceramicsstudio.com/ Clay warehouse: https://theclaywarehouse.ca/collections/studio-booking and https://theclaywarehouse.ca/pages/kiln-firing-service Community Clay: https://www.communityclay.ca/pages/studio-drop-in Hand Eye Design: https://www.handeyeceramics.com/friday-night-drop-in Semiahmoo Potters Society: https://www.semiahmoopotters.com/ Surrey Arts Center: Register as Open Pottery Studio Just Potters: https://justpotters.com/pages/drop-in City of Vancouver: https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/pottery-ceramics.aspx |
| Make at Home and Rent Firing Space Kiln share: https://www.kilnshare.com/ Shadbolt Centre for the Arts: https://www.burnaby.ca/recreation-and-arts/arts-and-culture-facilities/shadbolt-centre-for-the-arts/arts-programs/kiln-rentals BellaCeramica has a Pottery-to-go kit: https://bellaceramicastudio.com/ |