About Classes
Each class size limit: Min 6, max 12 participants
• Adult participants only
• Cost per each 7-week term: $509.40 + HST
• Clay: up to $42.48 + HST and Tool kit: $26.00 + HST
• There are no make-up classes.
When registering, you need to order clay (we suggest MCS) and a tool kit. Only clay sold by the Potter's Studio and only glazes provided by the Studio are permitted. A maximum of two bags of clay is permitted per term. Tools and clay are delivered to students in the first class and orders for these supplies are made during the online registration process.
We provide a safe environment for our members and students.
Masks are optional, welcomed, and supported, but not required.
There are cancellation fees of $60.00 for withdrawals after registration up to four days prior to commencement of classes. Students who cancel after classes start will not receive a refund so please make sure that the 2024 Summer and Early Fall sessions work with your schedule.
Interested in seeing what students make in the classes?
Check out the gallery of students’ work below.
Instructors
Toby Sue Carrel
I was first introduced to clay at summer camp at the age of 6. I then went to art camp at Interlochen Arts Center for 5 years which gave me a solid foundation of all of the arts, visual, dance, theatre and music.
At Interlochen I had found my “people” and finished my highschool education as a Senior at the Interlochen Arts Academy graduating with a specialty in ceramics and weaving.
Moving to Montreal in 1987, I began my time there with CEGEP and then Concordia University where I studied ceramics and painting. After many years of schooling I took a GAP 4 years back in Toronto.
It was during this time 1993 that I got hired by The Avenue Rd Art School to teach ceramics and run the ceramics studio and kilns. This eventually led to going back to school to finish my BFA at NSCAD in Halifax. After graduating in 1997 I did a year living in Korea and traveling then returning to Toronto in 1998.
I returned to teaching at the Avenue Rd Art School and many more Toronto Institutions such as The McMichael Collection in Kleinberg, The Toronto School of Art among others.
Then the pandemic……
I was very prolific during the pandemic as I could create all day long and not have to go to work retail anymore!
I realized that it was time to open my own studio in the neighborhood where I lived and raised my kids. Hence The Riverdale Hive Artists Collective was born. The Hive had a great 3 years but the lease has ended so I must move on.
I'm excited to be working for such a long standing Co-op which has a strong reputation and membership. The studio and facilities are beautiful and I look forward to meeting new artists and students!
Student Pots
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