Pottery & Art Studio

Pickering Recreation Centre
1867 Valley Farm Road,
Pickering, Ontario L1V 1Y7
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Telephone: 905.420.2667
Mail: P.O. Box 667,
Pickering, ON L1V 3T3

About the Studio | Lessons

Art class registration form

Classes

• Children & Youth Pottery
• Adult Pottery Lessons
• Arts Studio Classes

P.A. Days Pottery Camp 2013 The Pickering Pottery Studio will offer day camps for children aged 6 and older during Professional Days for the Durham District School Board and the Durham District Catholic School Board more ...		Anngel Pollard of Vito’s Italian Trattoria and DWAC board member David Green draw lucky winners for the $25 gift certificates more ...
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Pottery Camps for Creative Kids

Dates: July 2 - August 23, 2013 | Times: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

Weekly Camp Price: $205.00 (applicable taxes included) Short week: $165.00.

This all day camp (ages 6+) stimulates the imagination and develops pottery skills, offering a range of arts activities along with the pottery experience. Children learn to create and decorate projects using hand-building techniques. Camp price includes clay, use of studio tools, glaze decoration and kiln firing. Also one day of supervised swimming in the Recreation Complex Pool, and pizza lunch on Fridays. Extended care is available for an additional fee. Registration forms are available at the studio. Daily and half-days also available for $50 and $30.

Items to bring for Camp: Lunch for each day (except Friday). Two snacks-one for mid-morning & one for mid-afternoon. Water bottle and sunscreen. Swimsuit and towel (on Wednesday). Eco-friendly or plastic bag for finished pottery treasures.

The clay projects will be fired within a 1 ½ to 2 weeks and you will be contacted to arrange pick-up of the finished pieces.

Click here for more information and to download registration form.

P.A. Days Pottery Camp 2013

The Pickering Pottery Studio will offer day camps for children aged 6 and older during Professional Days for the Durham District School Board and the Durham District Catholic School Board. This all day camp that stimulates the imagination and develops pottery skills with lots of fun arts activities! The studio will offer camp for the days of June 7 and June 28.

Each morning, will be spent creating and decorating a hand-built treasure using a variety of hand-building techniques. (There will be a mid-morning snack break). After lunch, the children will also create non-pottery related crafts (There will be a mid-afternoon snack break). Camp Price: $205.00 (applicable taxes included) for all five days or single day rate is $50.00. This cost includes all clay, decorating with low fire glazes, kiln firings and use of studio tools. Camp Time: 9:00 – 3:30 pm.

Extended care hours: (8:00 – 9:00 am/4:00 – 6:00 pm) are available for a flat fee of $10.00 daily. Extended hours must be requested at the time of registration, (Please be aware that there will be an additional charge, at the discretion of the camp administrators, for repeated lateness.)

Items to bring for Camp: Lunch for each day. Two snacks-one for mid-morning & one for mid-afternoon. Extra water bottle. Eco-friendly or plastic bag for finished pottery treasures.

The clay projects will be fired within a 1 ½ to 2 weeks and you will be contacted to arrange pick-up of the finished pieces.

Click here to download registration form.

Pop-Up Gallery in Pickering Town Centre

A few highlights from the opening of the DWAC Studio Tour Preview – POP-UP Gallery at the Pickering Town Centre.

There was a full turnout for the opening with dignitaries from all levels of government on hand showing their support.

John Henry, Mayor of Oshawa
Keith Falconer, President Pickering East Shore Community Association (Pesca)
Doug Dickerson, City Councillor and Deputy Mayor of Pickering
Edward Falkenberg, DWAC founder
Dave Ryan, Mayor of Pickering
Corneliu Chisu, MP Pickering-Scarborough East
David Stone, Chair DWAC Foundation
Pieter Uiterlinden, DWAC Chair
Laura Oliver, Joe Dickson's representative
Roger Anderson, Chair & CEO of the Regional Municipality of Durham

Yvonne Meissner, her painting is the backdrop of the Studio Tour brochure

Cultural Expressions curator Esther Ford, Potter Deanna Jones and DWAC Foundation Administrator Pamela Edmonds

(The gallery is located beside Trade Secrets near Sears and will be open until Wed. April 24th at 6:00pm)

Heritage Day at Pickering Town Centre, Sat. Feb. 23rd

The Pickering Advisory Committee on Diversity presented HERITAGE DAY - "Diversity Comes Alive" at the Pickering Town Centre. A Celebration of Pickering's Multi-Cultural Community.

Durham West Arts Centre was pleased to take part in the event with a booth promoting our Spring Studio Tour the last weekend of April.

Sculptor Gordon Reidt was one of the artists who answered questions about the tour and handed out brochures.

Who or What is DWAC ?
The Durham West Arts Centre is a 'hub' organization working to establish links with artists, arts groups and arts lovers. We want to meet and talk to the groups and individuals who are willing to help build the infrastructure for a permanent arts centre in Pickering.

Who or What is DWAC Foundation ?
Our mandate is to organize, plan, design, fund, contract for, and build a performing and visual arts centre in the western part of the Durham Region, for the benefit of the citizens and arts community in the Durham Region.

The Vision
The arts centre is envisioned to include performing, media, visual arts and multi-purpose spaces serving local and regional audiences and artists, and featuring local, regional, national and international talents.

Cultural Expressions
62 Old Kingston Road
Ajax, ON
L1T 2Z7

SilverStone Gallery
617 Liverpool Road
Pickering, ON
L1W 1R1
a PineRidge Arts Council Project.

Saturday, May 25, 2013 in Esplanade Park, by Pickering Civic Complex (Library and City Hall). One The Esplanade, Pickering

OAA Juried Show 2013
Registration deadline: April 12, 2013

Painting delivery date: Thurs., April 25 from 4 – 7:45 pm – R. McLaughlin Gallery
Juroring: Sat., April 27
Pick-up of unaccepted work: Sun., April 28 from 1 – 3:30 pm – R. McLaughlin Gallery
Opening Night: May 2nd, 7 pm at the R. McLaughlin Gallery
Last day of show: May 19th
For further info and registration forms contact Mary Gartlan, Chair 905.576.7693
Registration forms will be available on the OAA website, Curry’s and R. McLaughlin Gallery

2013 Spring Art Show and Sale
April 26, 27 & 28
10 - 5 daily
22 Sherwood Dr. W. Pickering Village, Ajax.
New Members Welcome

At the Centre

Durham West Arts Centre is proud to announce our new location and move to the Pickering Potters Studio in the downtown Recreation Complex. This exciting new venture allows DWAC the opportunity to teach, interact and engage the public through dynamic programming. In addition to continuing with the well-established pottery programs, we plan to offer a diverse range of visual arts programming from the studio location.

It will also be the home and office of DWAC, providing us with a central hub from which to continue to build and promote the idea of creating a permanent home for the arts centre here in Pickering.