
Repetition in Form
Discover how to create tableware by blending wheel throwing, slabs, and bisque mold-making techniques, mastering consistency and precision in every form.
This studio-focused intensive summer art camp is a two-part 3D art experience designed to build your vocabulary in ceramics. An emphasis in both handbuilding and wheel throwing techniques will provide students with the opportunity to develop an array of skills in pottery and sculpture.
June 29 – July 12, 2025
Two week session
Student Exhibition
Friday, July 11, 2025
Parks Exhibition Center @ 6:00PM
14 – 17
(includes tuition, room & board, and all fees)
$5,125
(includes tuition and all fees)
$2,605
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All levels
12 Students
Total Capacity includes Residential and Day Students
In your first week, you will focus on methods of construction. Students will work to design and create a sculpture of choice, as well as a functional concentration, such as sets of cups, bowls, teapot, etc., with a choice of various handbuilding and pottery wheel techniques. In your second week, you will examine glazing and firing, experimenting and choosing from many midrange electric techniques for surface decoration. This intensive gives you excellent opportunities for individual instruction, group interaction, and growth, whether you are a beginning or advanced student.
The final culmination is Friday evening, with Saturday being a move-out day.
Our Visual Arts classes do not require any type of assessment or portfolio to get into the program. Instructors will work with your child at the level that they are at. Your child will improve and learn new skills whether they are a beginner or have been an artist for years.
Class begins at 9 AM with demonstration of new techniques. Students are then given work time to create their projects. Lunch is 12-1 PM. Students return to the studio for afternoon demonstrations and additional work time. Class concludes at 4 PM and students are released for afternoon and evening activities.
A refillable water bottle
Comfortable clothes that can get messy
An apron or large, button up shirt to wear over your clothes
Sturdy closed-toed shoes
Stefania Ford is a ceramic artist and teacher living in the Coachella Valley. Originally from Michigan, Ford attended Washington University in St. Louis where she received her fine arts degree in sculpture. Ford then worked as a public artist around the country, creating large scale ceramic sculpture and tile installation art. Ford moved to California to work with non-profit arts organization Tools for Tomorrow, and then became the art director and ceramic instructor for Old Town Artisan Studios. After studying for a masters in education, Ford became a full time art educator within Desert Sands Unified School District, where she currently teaches high school art and ceramics. Ford has been a part of Idyllwild Arts Summer Program since 2009 and is thrilled to be back again for another wonderful summer of intensive ceramics education.
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