Art & pottery classes in Berks County

403 programs. Drawing, painting, pottery and glass, for kids and adults.

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Make and Taste Glassblowing Workshop With Thorn Alley Kitchen

Make and Taste Glassblowing Workshop With Thorn Alley Kitchen

Starts Wed, Dec 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00

Learn about glassblowing in this two part workshop and make an original beverage glass of your own. The making session meets on a Wednesday evening in the Glassblowing Studio, Building 5, on the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Pen Turning: Session B

Pen Turning: Session B

Starts Wed, Dec 9, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces woodturning on the lathe, with each participant shaping a working pen. Instructor Mike Keiser covers the basic tools, the turning techniques…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Rustic Winter Snowman

Rustic Winter Snowman

Starts Wed, Dec 9, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person

Paint a rustic winter snowman step by step with a studio artist leading the way. The evening session runs on a Wednesday evening, and you choose your surface when you book: a 10x30 canvas or a 10x30…

Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading

  • Adults
Creative Kids Beading Jewelry Basics Workshop

Creative Kids Beading Jewelry Basics Workshop

Starts Fri, Dec 11, 5:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

In this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks, kids work with beads to build color patterns and make a personalized piece of jewelry, such as a necklace or a bracelet. Everyone takes their finished…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
Lumen Prints: Camera-Less Photography Workshop

Lumen Prints: Camera-Less Photography Workshop

Starts Fri, Dec 11, 6:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00

Make photographs without a camera. In this hands-on workshop at GoggleWorks, you work with photographic paper, natural light and found objects to create soft, experimental images. Instructor Juliana…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Lapidary Tree Stone

Lapidary Tree Stone

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 12:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you learn how to cut, shape, and polish a stone into a finished, custom cut tree gem. You can work with stone available in the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session C

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session C

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:00 AM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

In this single session at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio, you make your own glass ornament or bell. You learn how to gather hot glass from the furnace, add color, and shape it into a holiday form.…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Welding Basics: Session E

Welding Basics: Session E

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 11:30 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks introduces MIG welding, a process that uses an electric arc between a wire electrode and metal to melt and join the pieces. Students learn the basic…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session D

Glassblown Ornament or Bell: Session D

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00

This single session workshop at the GoggleWorks hot glass studio has you make your own glass ornament or bell for the holidays. You work with hot glass straight from the furnace, learn how to gather…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Welding Basics: Session F

Welding Basics: Session F

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00

This one session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts introduces the basics of MIG welding, where an electric arc melts a wire electrode and metal so the pieces join. It runs on a Saturday…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Turned Holiday Tree

Turned Holiday Tree

Starts Sat, Dec 12, 3:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

In this single session at GoggleWorks, you use a lathe to turn a small wooden holiday tree. It is a keepsake you can set out as holiday decor or give as a gift. The workshop is open to all skill…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Flameworked Snowman Glass Workshop for Teens and Adults

Flameworked Snowman Glass Workshop for Teens and Adults

Starts Tue, Dec 15, 5:30 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00

This single evening workshop is an introduction to working with borosilicate glass at the torch. You melt and sculpt your own glass snowman by hand and take it with you. Phil Hackman teaches. The…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Implosion Pendant: Session C

Implosion Pendant: Session C

Starts Sat, Dec 19, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00

This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces borosilicate glass and the torch. You apply color to a clear glass rod and shape it into a pendant with an imploded design inside. You take the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Accessible Art Lab

Accessible Art Lab

Starts Tue, Jan 5, 10:30 AM · Free

Accessible Art Lab is a drop in art session for adults at the Reading Public Library's Main Library. Participants work at their own pace on arts, crafts, and puzzles set out for self guided use, so…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Adults
Sourdough for Beginners

Sourdough for Beginners

Starts Sat, Jan 9, 10:30 AM · Free

This beginner class at the Reading Public Library introduces sourdough bread making from the ground up. Participants work with dough in class and learn the basic steps and handling that make…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Adults
Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

Creative Kids Handbuilding Clay Class

In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 17, through Oct 15 · Member: $183.60 / Non-Member: $216.00

Young artists work with clay in the handbuilding studio at GoggleWorks and learn how handbuilt pottery comes together. The class covers basic techniques: pinching, building with coils, and soft slab…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session A

Intro to Wheel Throwing: Session A

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00

This introduction to the potter's wheel covers the basics of throwing cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms. Instructor Heidi Sensenig guides students through throwing, shaping and trimming, along…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Cub Corner Story Time

Cub Corner Story Time

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free

Cub Corner Story Time is a recurring story hour at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch on Perkiomen Avenue. A staff member reads a story aloud, and the group sings songs together before…

Run by Reading Public Library - Southeast Branch · Reading

  • Kids
Storytime with Stories and Craft at Northwest Branch

Storytime with Stories and Craft at Northwest Branch

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free

Storytime at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch pairs shared reading with a simple craft. Children and their grown-ups read along with us, and then everyone makes something afterward.…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading

  • Kids
Intro to Handbuilding

Intro to Handbuilding

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 12 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50

This ceramics class covers the basics of building pots and other objects by hand, without a wheel. Students work with pinching, coil building, and soft slab construction. Each session opens with…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Learn to Turn

Learn to Turn

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $306.00 / Non-Member: $360.00

Learn to Turn is a woodturning class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You work on the lathe and pick up the core techniques behind turned wood projects, such as bowls, pens and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Arts and Crafts

Arts and Crafts

In progress since Sep 16, next Tue, Sep 22, through Sep 29

Arts and Crafts is a drop-in style class at Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, the Centro Hispano program built around group activities for older adults. Participants gather to make craft projects…

Run by Centro Hispano Daniel Torres · Reading

  • Seniors
Intro to Sewing: Session B

Intro to Sewing: Session B

In progress since Sep 15, next Tue, Sep 22, through Oct 13 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00

This introductory sewing class at GoggleWorks covers the groundwork: machine maintenance, seam ripping, stabilizing fabric, telling fabric types apart, and other basic skills. By the end you should…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
‘Let’s Make Art’ Learn to Watercolor Painting Series

‘Let’s Make Art’ Learn to Watercolor Painting Series

In progress since Sep 2, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30

Berks Encore runs this watercolor series at its Strausstown Wellness & Activity Center for older adults who want to learn to paint. Sessions meet on Wednesday afternoons at 12:30 PM, so you can pair…

Run by Berks Encore · Strausstown

  • Seniors
Intro to Screen Printing

Intro to Screen Printing

In progress since Sep 16, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00

This class covers the basics of screen printing at GoggleWorks in Reading. You begin by drawing your idea, then learn how to prepare a screen and pull ink across it to print your design. It runs over…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Teens
  • Adults
Crochet with May at Berks Encore Mifflin

Crochet with May at Berks Encore Mifflin

In progress since Sep 3, next Thu, Sep 24, through Sep 24

Crochet with May is a crochet group at the Berks Encore Mifflin Wellness and Activity Center in Shillington. May leads the session, and the group meets on Thursday afternoons at the center on Liberty…

Run by Berks Encore · Shillington

  • Seniors
Junk Journal Club

Junk Journal Club

In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 28, through Sep 28 · Free

Junk Journal Club is a drop-in craft club at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. People come together to journal, scrapbook, collage and decorate pages, all in one sitting. It is a relaxed…

Run by Reading Public Library - Northwest Branch · Reading

  • Adults
  • Kids
  • Teens
Hands-On History: Molding and Casting

Hands-On History: Molding and Casting

In progress since May 1, through Sep 30 · Free

At this hands-on program from Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, visitors step into the role of a furnace molder. You work through the process of making a sand mold and learn how molding fit…

Run by Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site · Elverson

  • Families
Preschool Storytime

Preschool Storytime

In progress since Sep 17, next Tue, Oct 6, through Oct 6 · Free

Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library is a weekly gathering of stories, songs and crafts led by Miss Betsy. Each session runs about 45 minutes in the late morning. The…

Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults
  • Seniors
Crafty Creations Craft Program for Children and Families

Crafty Creations Craft Program for Children and Families

In progress since Sep 9, next Wed, Oct 7, through Oct 14 · Free

Crafty Creations is a weekly crafting program in the children's area at the Main Library in Reading. Miss Rosalin leads the projects, and there is something different to make every week. The program…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
Art Blast: Hands-On Art Program for Children

Art Blast: Hands-On Art Program for Children

In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Oct 8, through Oct 22 · Free

Art Blast is a hands-on art program for children at the Reading Public Library. Kids try out different materials and make their own art projects, with room to experiment and express themselves. The…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Kids
Musical Art Loft

Musical Art Loft

In progress since Sep 16, next Wed, Oct 14, through Oct 14 · Free

Musical Art Loft is a teen program from Reading Public Library that pairs musicals with hands-on crafting. Teens watch or listen to a musical while they make their own craft projects, so the time…

Run by Reading Public Library · Reading

  • Teens
Vibe Lounge Youth Art Evenings at GoggleWorks

Vibe Lounge Youth Art Evenings at GoggleWorks

In progress since Sep 4, through Nov 20 · Free

Vibe Lounge gives kids a Friday evening of creativity, conversation, music and relaxation at GoggleWorks in Reading. Young people share a safe, creative space with other kids, watched over by a…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
Create With Me: Parent and Child Art Class

Create With Me: Parent and Child Art Class

In progress since Sep 4, through Dec 4 · $10.00

Create With Me at GoggleWorks is a drop-in style art class for young children and a grown-up to do together. Families explore painting styles, play with clay, and make art side by side while the…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Kids
2026 Woodworking Open Studio

2026 Woodworking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00

Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Darkroom Open Studio

2026 Darkroom Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

This is independent work time in the darkroom and photography studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Sessions run Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and access is sold by the month. Bring your own…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Ceramics Open Studio

2026 Ceramics Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

Ceramics Open Studio gives experienced potters time to work on their own projects in the ceramics studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Access runs on Fridays and is sold by the month, so you can keep…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Fine Metals Open Studio

2026 Fine Metals Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

Fine Metals Open Studio gives metalsmiths independent access to the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks. You work on your own projects at your own pace, using the studio space and equipment. A studio…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Flameworking Open Studio

2026 Flameworking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $120.00

Flameworking Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives experienced glass artists independent time in the Flameworking Studio to work on their own projects. Access runs by the month, and sessions are available…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Fused Glass Open Studio

2026 Fused Glass Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00

Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives fused glass makers time to work on their own projects in the warm glass studio. You set the agenda and work independently, with a studio monitor present for oversight…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Printmaking Open Studio

2026 Printmaking Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00

This is independent studio time in the Printmaking Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. You come in and work on your own projects during open studio hours, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
2026 Welding Open Studio

2026 Welding Open Studio

In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $70.00

Welding Open Studio at GoggleWorks is independent work time for welders who already know their way around the equipment. You bring your own project ideas and work at your own pace, with a studio…

Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading

  • Adults
Basic Wheel Throwing

Basic Wheel Throwing

Fridays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00

Basic Wheel Throwing is an adult ceramics class at Clay on Main focused on the potter's wheel. Students get instruction in throwing forms such as cups, bowls, plates and vases, and can keep building…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Beginners Glass Class

Beginners Glass Class

Sundays · $220.00

In this beginner glass class at Clay on Main, students make a stained glass sun-catcher from start to finish. The class covers the basics of working with glass, including safe and effective use of…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Ceramic Sculpture and Basic Handbuilding Class

Ceramic Sculpture and Basic Handbuilding Class

Thursdays 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00

This adult ceramics class at Clay on Main focuses on sculpture and basic handbuilding. You start with core concepts and building techniques and move toward more advanced skills as you go. Along the…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Clay at Night

Clay at Night

Tuesday, Wednesday 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM · $260.00

Clay at Night is an evening studio class for adults at Clay on Main in Oley. Sessions run Tuesday and Wednesday evenings from 5:30 to 7:30 PM, with Pirjo L'seperance leading the Tuesday group and…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Drawing Class

Drawing Class

$50.00

This class at Clay on Main in Oley is a good fit for beginner and intermediate artists who want to improve their drawing from observation. You will learn techniques like stippling, cross-hatching and…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Foundations in Clay: Adult Ceramics Class

Foundations in Clay: Adult Ceramics Class

Saturdays 10 AM to 12 PM · $260.00

Foundations in Clay is an adult ceramics class at Clay on Main in Oley. It introduces design and hand building, including slab, coil, and pinch methods, along with surface decoration and glazing. It…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Adults
Home School Classes

Home School Classes

$125.00

Clay on Main in Oley runs this class series for home school students ages 8 to 12. Each week covers a new topic. Students get handouts on the subject and complete a hands on activity, so they leave…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Homeschool
  • Kids
Introduction to Fused Glass

Introduction to Fused Glass

Saturdays · $50.00

This one-day workshop with Clay on Main covers the basics of fused glass. You cut and arrange glass pieces, then leave with a finished project: either a suncatcher or a small dish. The class is led…

Run by Clay on Main · Oley

  • Kids
  • Teens
  • Adults