EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org/clay-studio.html

FEE: 4-Use CAC Studio Rental Punch Card: $36.00 / $28.00 - Member price
12-Use CAC Studio Rental Punch Card: $84.00 / $60.00 - Member price

Open Ceramic Studio*

Every Wednesday, 5-8 pm

*PENDING NEW LOCATION

Open Ceramic Studio is a series of dedicated sessions for the community and AOTL Members to use the ceramic studio in the Creative Arts Center. Open Ceramic Studio is for artists to work individually on personal ceramic projects. Participants will need prior ceramics background, as no formal instruction will be given. Kristi Everts and other ceramic artists will be available during the Open Ceramic Studio hours, for questions and assistance if needed.​

Equipment: Pottery wheels, bats, project boards are available. Tools are available for purchase or artists may bring their own tools. Limited tools are also available for use.
  
Supplies: 25# of clay are available for purchase for $35 which includes the cost of clay, firing and glaze.  No outside clay can be used unless approved prior to use with documentation of type and cone. We bisque at cone 06 and glaze at cone 6.  

• Commercial glazes are available for use. No outside glazes can be used without approval prior to use with documentation of cone from original container.

Purchase a Punch Card for studio access
Choose the CAC Maker Studio Punch Card that best fits your needs and your schedule. 

• Only in the area for a short while? Just need a few days of work to finish a project? Choose the 4-Use option.

• Here for the season or year-round? Have a bigger project in mind? Choose the 12-Use option.

Each Punch Card gives you access to any of the Maker Studios at the CAC during hours of operation, subject to availability.

EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org

FEE: Free

Fiber Arts Group Meeting

Wednesdays at Art of the Lakes Gallery

Join fellow makers every Wednesday from 2–4pm at Art of the Lakes in Battle Lake. Whether you knit, crochet, weave, stitch, or simply enjoy creating in good company, all are welcome. Bring your project, meet new friends, and get inspired!

EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org

FEE: Free

Sunday Socials @ AOTL Gallery

Starting January 4 — Sundays — 2-4pm

Sunday Socials are your chance to get out of the house, beat the winter blahs, and connect with others who love the arts. They're a casual drop-in time for anyone and everyone - members and non-members alike. Bring a project, or just join in the conversation. Sundays, 2-4pm in the Gallery.

EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org/classes.html

FEE: $35/$40 Member/Non-Member
$30/$35 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By April 27)
Plus $30 materials fee payable to the instructor during class

Hardanger for Beginners and Refreshers

with Mary Williams
May 11, 9-noon / May 12, 9-noon
Art of the Lakes Gallery, Battle Lake

Hardanger is a Norwegian embroidery cutwork and is a form of counted thread embroidery

It's done on an even weave fabric, usually in white. The thread used is DMC pearl cotton, using 2 to 3 thread sizes. Participants will finish a project over the course of 1-2 classes. The first being Monday morning, May 11, 9 AM - noon. The 2nd session is on Tuesday morning, May 12, 9 AM - noon.

EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org/classes.html

FEE: $150/$160 Member/Non-Member
$140/$150 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By June 1)

Beginning and Intermediate Ceramics: Working with clay wheel throwing and hand building

with John and Terry Shaw
June 15, 17 & 19 either 10-noon or 1-3
Round Lake Studio (near Beach Bum's)

Students will be offered the opportunity to learn through doing: students will be introduced to basic hand building techniques and allowed to discover that throwing clay on a potter's wheel is an acquired skill. These classes are appropriate for all skill levels, those who have never touched clay, those with a modicum of experience with this material, and those with a skill set. There will be two instructors: John & Terry Shaw

Materials, tools and firing of any finished work will be provided.

This is a 3-session class on June 15, 17, and 19 (Monday, Wednesday, & Friday) for two hours each day. (Choose MORNING: 10 am - noon or AFTERNOON: 1-3pm)

Classes will be held at the home and studio of Terry and John Shaw under open air canopies looking out on pretty little Round Lake: 35646 Graystone Road. That's pretty much behind Beach Bums and very near the Corner Store, just off the southwest end of Otter Tail Lake.

Additional materials available for purchase from the instructors.

EVENT LINK: https://www.artofthelakes.org/classes.html

FEE: $135/$145 Member/Non-Member
$125/$135 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By June 12)
Clay and model costs are included in the class registration fee

Figure Clay Class

with Mary Williams

June 26, 9-4 and July 31, 9-4 (two sessions)
​Mary Williams' Studio, Clitherall

In this two-part class, we will first make a clay figure from a model on Friday, June 26, 2026. Mary will then fire your figure and on Friday, July 31, we will paint & finish it. Both parts of this class will meet at Mary's studio on Stewart Lake near Clitherall. Ages 16+