Spring Art Camp: Clay Critters

Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18, 2025

Time: 9:00am-12:00pm

Ages: 6-10

Cost: $200 members, $210 non-members

Let’s explore the world of clay in animals! In this week long clay camp we will dive into beginner pottery techniques while making our favorite animals, monsters, and creatures. The animal kingdom is as big as our imaginations! 

Please note that working with clay is a process. Students will be required to return to the Art Center at a later date to pickup their kiln fired work.

Masks may be required in the classroom depending on community spread. Masks requirements may be subject to change. If you are not willing to wear a mask please do not register for our youth classes.

Marley Montague’s first memories growing up are almost all surrounded by some medium of art; knitting with her grandmother, making jewelry to sell, or even school murals. Marley started her secondary education at Buffalo State University in the Art Education Program. There she took a wide variety of classes from weaving, to jewelry making, to painting; but the class that really stole her heart was ceramics. After a few years at Buffalo State she chose to move to Syracuse and apprentice at Papavero Clay Studio in Skaneateles. There, Marley has continued to create ceramic pieces, in addition to teaching classes and events held at the studio; including: wheel throwing, hand building, and smaller pinch pot classes for both children and adults. For the past two years Marley has learned from and worked at Papavero under artist Jeremy Randall, allowing her work to grow as both an instructor as well as an artist. Marley continues to look forward to the new experiences that will help her continue to develop her work further.