Design and create a wood sculpture, planning for the changes that occur as the wood ages and matures.

Learn more advanced pottery skills and techniques while making a lattice cut bowl, nesting ware and woven pieces.

Make a wooden chest from start to finish, including forging the hardware

Take a journey through the art of assemblage and build-up as sculptural processes.

This class offers students a hands-on approach to creating pieces with different functions built in a variety of ways: coil, pinch, and hand building.

Gallery Talks: Monday through Friday at 6:30 PM ET ~ Artist talks on various art forms. FREE VIRTUAL Weeks 1 & 2: Gallery Talks stream on the Common Ground on the Hill YouTube Channel IN-PERSON Week 3: Gallery Talks at Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall

Learn to hand carve a wooden sign.

Discover the art of welding! Learn techniques to build a metal sculpture.

Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.

Gain the skills to build your own dome-style pizza oven!

Learn simple techniques to create a cute critter from polymer clay

Create a beautiful polymer clay cover for a journal.

Learn to weave a modified potato rib basket with a found twisted vine or stick handle using colors and reeds of your choice.

Learn techniques to create metal flowers and leaves to make a pin, pendant, bracelet or sculpture.

Spend time with NEA National Heritage Fellow Anita Fields, clay and textile artist of her Native Osage culture. Learn hand building techniques to create a sculpture in spired by your personal experience and stories.

Students will learn the basics of seat weaving by creating a foot stool.

Learn mosaic techniques while creating a piece inspired by designs of the Sonoran Desert.

Create a beautiful and useful woven basket

Create a stained glass work of art!

Make a basket from sweetgrass, a historical art form brought to South Carolina by slaves from West Africa.