Thank you to our May Week at The Warehouse Sponsors:

5/15 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Doug

Time: 11am-2pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

5/16 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Mary

Time: 10am-3pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

2-D Tuesday: Open Studio

Dates: Tuesdays May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Time: 10:30am-3pm

Cost: Free to attend

Open studio work time is scheduled every Tuesday from 10am-3pm, available for people to work independently on their artwork in our 2-D room. Participants will provide their own materials.

2-D Tuesday: Watercolor Community Class

Dates: Tuesdays May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31

Time: 10:30-12pm

Cost: Free to attend

This is a watercolor community class under the guidance of Dr. Donna Murray. Participants will provide their own materials. Watercolor materials are also available for purchase at The Warehouse.

Writer's Workshop

Date: Tuesdays May 3, 17, 31

Time: 1-3pm

Instructor: Carol Amour

Cost: Free to attend

Hone your writing skills by taking ownership of your own writing under the guidance of an experienced writer, and support of a community of fellow writers. Join us as a commitment to give yourself time to write!

Summer Weekly Clay Class: Cozy Cabin Votive

Date: Tuesday, May 17

Time: 4:30-6pm

Instructor: Lisa Opfer

Cost: $20 / person

This is a handbuilding clay project, suitable for all ages and skill levels. Weekly clay projects are scheduled each Tuesday from 4:30-6pm, May 3 through August 30. Check the calendar to view the other fun projects happening this summer!

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Summer Weekly Clay Class: Shine Your Light- Sun Wall Hanging

Date: Tuesday, May 24

Time: 4:30-6pm

Instructor: Lisa Opfer

Cost: $20 / person

Ceramic Wall Hanging (2-day class) SOLD OUT!

Dates: May 18 + 20

Time: 9am-1pm

Instructor: Lisa Opfer

Cost: $100 / person

Surrounded by wildlife in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, deer, owls, and bears are some of the imagery that pours onto the clay. This class will use several surface decoration techniques including painting with underglaze and sgraffito.

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Large Ceramic Containers (2-day class)

Dates: June 22 +24

Time: 9am-1pm

Instructor: Lisa Opfer

Cost: $110 / person

Learn how to hand-build large containers and how to paint them. 1 per student.

Class includes:

8 hours of instruction

3 lbs of clay

firing

glazing

Dotting with Deb 2

Date: Wednesday May 18

Time: 1-4pm

Instructor: Debbie Wycklendt

Cost: $75 / person

Join Debbie Wycklendt as she teaches you to dot! This is an introductory experience. All materials will be provided. Each participant will receive a took kit that includes 17 dotting tools, a stencil, a pallet, 4 bottles of paint (turquois, teal, dark blue, and white), and a 5×7 canvas.

6 students maximum.

5/18 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitors- Lisa & Rob

Time: 2-6pm (Lisa)

Time: 6:30-9pm (Rob)

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Corks & Canvas

Date: Wednesday, May 18

Time: 6-9pm

Instructor: Megan Raymond

Cost: $45 / person

With instruction and guidance from an experienced artist/teacher, participants will paint their own version of an example image and will start at the beginning, including a description of tools and materials, and proceed step by step through the creation of an acrylic painting.

This class is open to adults. Includes one drink from our Inspiration Bar!

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Corks & Canvas

Date: Thursday, June 23

Time: 6-9pm

Instructor: Megan Raymond

Cost: $45 / person

5/19 Ceramics Open Studio: Monitor- Kris

Time: 9am-2pm

Access to your clay, and our space and equipment, and a shelf for work-in-progress! Our open studio hours are held different times on different days. Check the calendar for details. The cost is $35 per calendar month, to have access to all available dates.  

Arts & Aging (off-site)

Date: Thursday May 19

Time: 10-11am

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Our Arts & Aging program is designed to visit assisted living facilities and community centers in Vilas, Oneida, and Forest Counties bringing artistic experiences to this very special segment of our community population.

This program is sponsored by Northwoods United Way.

May Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing (class 3 of 4)

Dates: Thursdays May 5, 12, 19, 26 (4-week class)

Time: 6-9pm

Instructor: John Langer

Cost: $185 / person

Are you interested in honing your skills on the potter’s wheel? This offering is perfect for those who have some experience and consider their skill level to be intermediate or advanced in relation to the potter’s wheel. You should be comfortable centering clay and pulling a decent wall. Further your skills under the guidance of John Langer, an experienced studio potter, in a small class setting with no more than 6 students.

Opening Ceremony: Living WITH the Northwoods!

Date: Friday, May 20

Time: 7-9pm

Cost: FREE to attend

We invite you to attend the launch of our summer programming, Living WITH the Northwoods. On Friday, May 20, 2022 from 7 – 9 pm , Wayne Valliere will lead a traditional opening ceremony involving Native American drum and song. This event is free to attend and open to the public.

Master Artist Wayne Valliere (Mino-giizhig in Ojibwe) is a member of The Lake Superior Chippewa’s Lac du Flambeau band, and a 2020 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship, the nation’s highest honor awarded to those who keep folk and traditional arts alive. Wayne will present an itinerary that spans harvesting materials from our local woodlands to building a summer wigwam in the Warehouse courtyard, to talking about Living WITH the Northwoods in harmony.

Wayne will also give a detailed schedule for the first day of material harvesting, Saturday, May 21st. Participants will meet at The Warehouse at 8 am to caravan to Wayne Valliere’s home. Breakfast will be served at 9 am at Wayne’s Lac du Flambeau home and proceed to the harvest area, harvesting saplings from 10am-12pm. This Saturday activity is also a free event that is open to the public, but participants should secure a free ticket to attend. Call the Warehouse at 715-479-4060 or register at https://eagleriverart.com/events/wigwam-construction-gathering-saplings-at-chequamegon/. This activity is limited to 30 participants max, ages 10 and up are welcome. Participants should bring gloves and, if possible, a folding hand saw.

Community Wigwam project: Sapling Harvesting

Date: Saturday, May 21

Time: 10am-12pm

Guided by Wayne Valliere and his apprentices

Free to attend

Participants will meet at The Warehouse at 8 am to caravan to Wayne Valliere’s home. Breakfast will be served at 9 am at Wayne’s Lac du Flambeau home and proceed to the harvest area, harvesting saplings from 10am-12pm. This Saturday activity is also a free event that is open to the public, but participants should secure a free ticket to attend. Call the Warehouse at 715-479-4060 or register at the link below. This activity is limited to 30 participants max, ages 10 and up are welcome. Participants should bring gloves and, if possible, a folding hand saw.

Beginning Wheel Throwing 1-Day Boot Camp (glazing) SOLD OUT!

Date: Saturday, May 21 (class 2 of 2)

Time: 10am-12pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $80 / person

On May 7 from 9:00 am-noon, participants will center, open, and pull ten consecutive vessels. Participants will then choose their two best and set them aside while they break for lunch. From 1:00 – 3:00 pm Participants will trim and prepare each of their two vessels. After the vessels are dried and fired, participants are invited to return to the Warehouse on Saturday, May 21 from 10:00 am–noon to learn about glazing and preparation for glaze firing. Participants will glaze their two vessels and stage them for glaze firing. Participants will be notified when their vessels are fired and ready for pick up. Cost is $80.00 (includes, clay, glaze, firings, and instruction). Space is limited.

Participants may keep extra vessels for $3 each.

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June Beginning Wheel Throwing 1-Day Boot Camp

Date: Saturday, June 18

Time: 9am-3pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $80 / person

Glazing: Saturday, June 25, 10am-12pm

OTHER UPCOMING CLASSES AND EVENTS:

Todd Schroeckenthaler: LIVE @ Inspiration Bar

Date: Friday, May 27

Time: 7-9pm

Free to attend!

Singer and keyboardist Todd Schroeckenthaler returns by popular demand to Inspiration Bar Friday, May 27th from 7-9pm, recreating a nostalgic piano lounge listening experience for his audiences. Todd is inspired by the 1950’s through ’70’s music of American jazz and pop culture, performing crooner classics by greats such as Nat King Cole and Andy Williams, while interspersing songs from favorite Broadway musicals and movie soundtracks. Drawing from fond memories of family vacations in the Three Lakes area, Todd has made the Northwoods his home since 2016, is also a talented artistic photographer, and is a regular performer beloved by assisted care residents of Milestone in Eagle River.

Art off the Tracks! Artist Vendor Sale and Open House Fundraiser event

Date: Saturday, May 28

Time: 10am-4pm

Free to attend!

-family drop-in project for kids

-tour the studio

-pottery demonstrations

-silent auction featuring original art

-beverages for purchase at our Inspiration Bar

-live music by Todd Schroeckenthaler and The Northwoods Ukers

June Beginning/Advanced Beginning Wheel Throwing (3-week class)

Dates: Wednesdays June 1, 8, 15

Time: 9am-1pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $185 / person

This class is for absolute beginners to advanced beginners. Students who have never wheel thrown and students who have taken some classes and want to improve their wheel throwing skills and are all welcome in this class. Are you just beginning to explore the wheel for the first time, or are you not quite ready for an advanced wheel throwing class? This is the class for you.

This is a 3-session series with instructor Johanna Buwalda.

6 students maximum.

Cost includes:

• 12 hours of instruction
• 25 lbs of clay
• firing
• glazing

June Pottery Baskets (3-week class)

Dates: Thursdays June 2, 9, 16

Time: June 2: 2-5pm, June 9 + 16: 2-4pm

Instructor: Johanna Buwalda

Cost: $100 / person

This is a Handbuilding class which means that instead of mainly using a pottery wheel, we will use forms and the extruder to create thin strips of clay that can be woven together to form a basket. The instructor will help you design your basket, and guide you through some different techniques to create it. We can embellish our baskets with decorative rims and handles, and of course a beautiful glaze.

Fall/Winter hours:

Mon. - Fri., 10am - 3pm

and 6-9pm Fridays