Everyday Whimsy Redux with Lora Shelley - Back by Popular Demand!
Everyday Whimsy Redux – Lora Shelley Dates: Thursdays, 5-7PM, May 21st – June 25th, 2026 | Rain Date: July 2nd Studio: Outdoor Ceramics Area Tuition: $255 Lab fee: N/A Class limit: 8 Learn to make imaginative functional objects for your everyday life! In this class we will explore different methods of hand-building— including slab, coil, pinch, and hollowing out a form. Embracing experimentation and play, we’ll dream up whimsical designs and make them come to life. Make your own small custom accessories. Brighten up your kitchen counter with a raccoon sugar bowl and matching spoon. Make a squirrel-themed paint palette with mushroom brush rest and woodsy water vessel. The possibilities are endless! Register today for an outdoor clay adventure! Take advantage of the inspiring golden hours to express yourself creatively during our Plein Air Pottery sessions at WSW. While we work on our new and improved studio, our ceramic program is setting up camp on the back deck outside of the silkscreen studio! In case of inclement weather: the outdoor space is shaded in the afternoon and evening and has a covering adequate to provide shelter from light rain. Accessibility Note: Our ceramics space is located on the second floor up a flight of stairs. ***Women’s Studio Workshop is offering a Ceramic Class Volunteer Work Exchange for this class. We will reserve one enrollment space for a student to take the class at no charge in exchange for class assistance. Apply by April 10. Learn more and apply here.
Before or after the event
Licensed dispensaries in Kingston
More reading
Kingston in the Hudson Valley
Craft Beverages
The Dispensary + Brewery Day Trip: Kingston, Beacon, and Hudson
A route-based day-trip guide pairing licensed dispensaries with the Valley's best tasting rooms, organized by subregion.
5 min read
From NYC
A Weekend in Kingston for the NYC Reader
Two days in Kingston, the Hudson Valley's small-city cultural capital, written for the Brooklyn or Manhattan weekender. Where to stay, where to eat, where to legally buy cannabis, and how to do it without a car.
7 min read
Late-Night Eats
Late-Night Food in Kingston: The Evolving Scene
Kingston's post-10-PM kitchen scene is the best-organized in the Valley, and it's still growing. Here's the current map.
3 min read