Cost: $75

Date: Sunday, November 1st

Time: Morning session is from 10:00a - 12:30p

Glaze Day: Wednesday, November 18th 6-8pm

Level: Adult Beginner

Instructor: Lindsey Samotis

Class Notes: All materials included. No experience necessary 

Class Description:

Pinch a pumpkin from the patch for your harvest table! Join us for this beginner friendly pinch pot pumpkin class. Learn to make a basic pinch pot, then transform the pinch pot into a small pumpkin using carving and shaping techniques. 

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible. 

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $75

Date: Sunday, November 1st

Time: Afternoon session is from 2:00p - 4:30p

Glaze Day: Wednesday, November 18th 6-8pm

Level: Adult Beginner

Instructor: Lindsey Samotis

Class Notes: All materials included. No experience necessary 

Class Description:

Pinch a pumpkin from the patch for your harvest table! Join us for this beginner friendly pinch pot pumpkin class. Learn to make a basic pinch pot, then transform the pinch pot into a small pumpkin using carving and shaping techniques. 

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible. 

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost:  $210 but with EARLY registration (you must sign up before or ON October 27th to qualify for this price) the cost is reduced to $200. You will need to use the code CARDDISCOUNT for early registration.

Date:  Tuesdays, November 3, 10, 17, 24, and December 1, 8

Time:  Afternoon, 1:00 - 2:30

Level:  Adult

Supplies:  All supplies will be provided by the instructor,  they will include one grey kneaded eraser, 140# watercolor paper, HB Pencil, a variety of mixed media including watercolor paint, colored pencils, subject matter.

Instructor:  Sherry Graziano 

Class Notes:  this class will assist you in developing a variety of ideas for creating greeting cards.   You do not need to come in with any experience or abiities, both the experienced and inexperienced person is capable of designing some awesome cards.

Class Description:  This class will provide inspirational ideas and fun techniques that you can use to create a broad variety of greeting cards. You may create cards that fit a particular holiday event (such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, the New Year, a Birthday or Anniversary) There is no end of the  reasons for wanting to create a special card to gift a person that is an important part of your life.  Working on a small surface (such as that a greeting card) is a very liberating activity; you do not face the sometimes overwhelming blank space of a canvass or large sheet of paper.  Sherry will encourage you to use mixed media  (paint, colored pencil, pencil, etc) to add to the appearance of your creative choices.  You may be using glue stick and pieces of paper  to that card and will enjoy the freedom of using a variety of items to make your art. Each week will add increasing excitement as you develop a series of greeting cards.  Class will meet downstairs in the original art gallery buiildihng, in the AAV Creativity Center

About the Instructor:  

As an experienced teacher, local artist teacher, author, and illustrator Sherry will make the class comfortable for all experience levels of students. Especially those who are just starting out! Don't worry if you haven't had lessons before or if you have just a little exposure creating art. Sherry Graziano graduated from Central Michigan University. She has experience teaching children and adults in  Grayling, Roscommon, and St. Helen public school and at the Saginaw tribal college.

 Sherry has served the community for many years and was the program director for the Devereaux Memorial Crawford County Library. Sherry was published in "60 Quick Knits" and worked with Bambi Mansfield as illustrater on her book, "Through the Eyes of a Child."  She loves animals and has many hobbies, including knitting!  Sherry has mentioned that she may be bringing along some special guests: her tortoise pets may provide some fun interaction as they meander about attached to a coorul balloon!

DISCLAIMERS:

A refund minus the processing fees is issued if registration is canceled more than seven days before the class begins. No refunds after that time. Full refunds if AAV cancels the class at any time. 

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Cost: $100 for all 4 sessions

Dates:

Session 1: Saturday, Nov. 7th

Session 2: Saturday, Nov. 14th

2 week break

Session 3: Saturday, Dec. 5th

Session 4: Saturday, Dec. 12th

Time: 10:00a-12:00p 

Level: Adult Beginner to Advanced

Instructors: Jan Wachowski and Terry Dickinson

Class Notes: 

There will be a two-week break between the second and third sessions to allow enough time for the clay to dry and get bisque fired. Please plan accordingly 

Mud Club members will get a 50% discount.

Class Description:

Terry Dickinson and Jan Wachowski team up to create a safe space to explore out-of-the-box ideas and practical techniques to push your creativity to a whole new level.

Combine your prior knowledge and personal skills to stimulate your imagination… “What would happen if…” is the cutting-edge question that will take your art to new levels of miserable failure and astounding success. This is a four-session experience;

Session 1: We will be creating the piece either on the wheel or hand-built.

Session 2: We will jump into the creative process exploring unusual ways to alter the work by gouging, scrapping, carving, adding sculpture or whatever else will push the limits of ceramics.

*2 week session break*

Session 3: Dedicated to the glazing process from oxidation, to reduction to Raku or Saggar. We will introduce concepts and techniques that will open your mind to endless possibilities.

Session 4: A mind-blowing learning experience in which each person will share their work from creation to altering to glazing.

Mud Club members will get a 50% discount.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions

Cost: $65

Date: Sunday, November 15th

Time: 12:00p-3:00p

Level: Adult Beginner

Instructor: Pam Meland

Class Notes: All materials provided

Class Description:

Join local artist, Pam Meland

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible. 

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $65

Date: Friday, November 20th

Time: 12:00p-1:30p

Level: Adult Beginner

Instructor: Emily Binard

Class Notes: All materials provided

Class Description:

Make some holiday cheer, and great stocking staffers! Together we will explore basic handbuilding techniques to create original ceramic ornaments.

Each student will be able to make 4 ornaments of their own design using the provided materials and tools.

A second class session for glazing after the first kiln firing will be scheduled during the first class session.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $45 for  Early Registration or $55 after Nov. 18 

Date: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2026

Time: 9:00 am – 4:30pm

Level: Open to students 9 years and older. Children younger than 9 can attend if accompanied by an adult.

 Supplies:  all materials will be provided by the instructor 

Instructor: Susan Thiel

Class Notes:  Early Registration Through Nov. 18th: $45 with promo code SweetTreat Late Registration: $55

Additional Information: Students are welcome to bring a sack lunch and enjoy their lunch break in the classroom. Time is built into the schedule for baking the polymer clay decorations during the final hour, allowing everyone to take home their finished canisters that day.

Class Description:

A Friends & Family Creative Experience

Turn everyday glass jars into beautiful, one-of-a-kind decorative canisters with polymer clay

Looking for a fun way to spend time with family or friends while creating unique, handmade gifts? Join polymer clay instructor Susan Thiel for a creative, hands-on class where you'll learn how to transform ordinary glass containers into colorful, personalized storage jars. No clay experience necessary!

Create decorative canisters for coffee, tea, flour, sugar, pet treats, bath salts, cotton balls, holiday candies, and more! Design your jars to complement your home décor, celebrate the holidays, or create a thoughtful, handmade gift for someone special.

Each participant will have time to create one small and one larger decorative canister, learning fun polymer clay techniques along the way. If time permits, additional jars may be created for a nominal supply fee. All tools and supplies are provided.

This Friends & Family class is a wonderful opportunity for grandparents and grandchildren, parents and children, siblings, or friends to enjoy a creative day together. Whether you're making holiday gifts or something special for yourself, you'll leave with beautiful, functional creations and memories of a fun day spent together!

Bring your family, invite a friend, and come enjoy a day of creativity while making beautiful, personalized gifts to give or keep!

This Friends & Family class is designed for ages 9 through adult and is a wonderful opportunity to create together. Grandparents and grandchildren, parents and children, siblings, or friends can enjoy a fun, creative experience while making keepsake charms to share.

Grayling Schools students may use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery for assistance.  This promo code would be used after the Nov. 18 if you miss the EarlyBird registration date.   Only one PROMO code can be applied

Class is held in the downstairs room of the original building location: the AAV Creativity Center.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.