Our amazing Administrator Donna is retiring and we are looking for someone to fill her very big shoes. Are you interested? 2025 KPG Admin Job Ad.
Christine Bell
Spring/Summer 2025
🎨 Summer Workshops 2025
🌀 Pattern Planning Workshop
Date: Saturday, June 21st, 1:00–5:00pm
Instructor: Karina Bates
Explore repeated patterns like mandalas and geometric forms using sgraffito. No prior experience needed. Bring a medium leatherhard piece if you wish.
Cost: $96.05 (Member) / $118.65 (Non-Member)
Location: Kawartha Potters Guild, 993 Talwood Dr., Peterborough
💪 Throwing Large Boot Camp
Date: Saturday, June 14th, 1:00–5:00pm
Instructor: Kristina Albright
Practice throwing larger vessels—this class is all about technique and process, not keeping pieces. Must be able to center 1kg of clay.
Cost: $135.60 (Member) / $163.85 (Non-Member)
Max: 5 students
🔄 Altered Forms Workshop
Dates: Fridays starting June 6th, 11:30am–2:30pm
Instructor: June Goodwin
Combine wheel and hand-building techniques in this 4-session class. Must be able to center and pull a cylinder. Includes 10kg of clay.
Cost: $350.30 (Member) / $384.20 (Non-Member)
Max: 6 students
🌿 What’s Happening at KPG
🌿 Celebrate Ceramics
Get ready for an unforgettable evening—Celebrate Ceramics is our signature fundraising event, and it only comes around every two years! Join us for a vibrant night filled with delicious food, lively music, and the joy of selecting a stunning piece of pottery to take home. Whether you’re a long-time collector or just discovering the beauty of handmade ceramics, this is a night you won’t want to miss!
🎨 One-Off Classes Are Back!
Our fun and flexible one-off handbuilding classes return on Sunday mornings from 10:30–12:30. Led by Brenda Barron, each session features a new creative project.
Cost: $65 + HST per class
Check out the schedule and register through our classes page (scroll below the Winter section).
☀️ Summer Camp 2025
Our popular Summer Camp is back! Registration is open for ages 7–12 and for our returning Teen Wheel Week.
Join us for a week of creative exploration and hands-on learning in our inspiring studio environment.
Family Day Fun!
Join Brenda for a day of making! You can bring out your own inner child by registering for this fun workshop with your child, or the whole family. Adults will be making planters while the children get to sculpt whatever creatures their imaginations desire. This workshop takes place on Family Day, Monday, February 17 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
To register, please click here.
The adults will be making a planter something like this:
The children will make critters:
Holiday Hours and Thanks
We would like to give a heartfelt thanks to all of our students and customers this year. This year has be a tough one for many not-for-profits and we have also faced our challenges this year. The support from our customers and community is really appreciated.
The Guild will be open for your last minute Holiday shopping, today, Monday, December 23 until 5pm (weather permitting), and tomorrow, Tuesday, December 24, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. As always, our online store is open all year round, but please note that no online orders will be fulfilled after today until January 6th.
The Guild will be closed from 2:00 p.m. December 24 and resuming our regular hours as of January 6th, 2025. May your Holidays be bright and your New Year full of many great opportunities.
Extra Shopping Day!
On top of our regular shop hours, our Pottery Store will be open Sunday, December 1, from Noon – 5:00 p.m. We still have a renewed selection after our recent Holiday Sale, so come on down to fulfill any of your gift list needs. We also offer gift certificates for those hard-to-buy-for folks or for taking a class.
Holiday Sale Thanks!
Our Sales Committee and participating members would very much like to thank all of you who came to our sale last weekend. We were delighted by the many comments on how lovely the place looked and, of course, by all of your purchases. We hope that these gifts (for yourself or others – we won’t tell) will serve you well in good health. Keep your eye out for news regarding our Spring Sale and a return of Celebrate Ceramics next year as we celebrate our 30th anniversary as a Guild. If you missed out on our sale, please check out our Pottery shop which is open all year round.
Summer Camp News!
By popular demand, we have added a second Teen week to our popular camp program. We accept teens from 12-17 into this short week of intensive clay building and creative expression. See our camp page for details.
Also, we are pleased to introduce our two counsellors for this year, Mackenzie Barker and Katie Brazeau. They are both potters and members of the Guild, and Mackenzie is an experienced teacher. We know your kids will learn a lot and have a great time with these two heading up the camp weeks.
Summer Flex Clay is Back!
2024 – FLEX CLAY REGISTRATION IS OPEN!
Our popular flex clay session is back and expanded. This year the classes begin in June and run through the end of August, and we are running on TWO evenings and an afternoon! You can book the whole summer or any 3 weeks. Details below.
•Tuesday evenings – 6:00 p.m – 8:30 p.m.
•Wednesday evenings – 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
•Wednesday afternoon – July only – 11:30a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Flex Clay is an evening wheel throwing class for beginners or those who would like to keep up their skills over the summer months. No previous experience is required. Flex Clay runs every Tuesday evening from June 4– August 27, 2023 or Wednesday evening from June 5 – August 31, 2023. You can register for all 13 classes or, for those who are not around all summer, for a minimum of 3 classes. All sign ups must be for either Tuesday or Wednesday, cannot fluctuate. You will need to set your dates for attending in advance. Attendance is still limited to 5 students per class.
Non-Member cost for the full 13 week session is $807.95 (incl HST). Cost for 3 weeks is $186.45 (incl HST). Member cost for the full 13 week session is $746.99 (incl HST), cost for 3 weeks is
$172.38 (incl HST) Members cannot sign up on line – only at the sales desk with cash or debit, or by e-transfer. Should you wish to register for 4, 5, 7, 9 or 11 weeks, please contact Donna to arrange for a quote and payment options.
Refund Policy:
No refund will be given if notice of withdrawal is not received at least 10 days in advance
of the start date. All refunds are subject to an administration fee of 20%. Any refund can
be transferred to another class or purchase of items in the Pottery Shop (via a gift
certificate) at full value.
Spring Sale!
Our Spring Sale is here! Friday April 19, 10-6, Saturday April 20, 10-5 and Sunday April 21, 10-4. Shop for Mother’s Day. Shop with Mom! Are there teachers’ gifts you’d like to source? We have a lot of great mugs, yarn bowls and some garden pottery too! This is the largest spring show we have had in a long time and the selection is wonderful. We also have work from 5 of our newer potters to check out. Come see us this weekend!
Holiday Wishes
As Chair of the Board for KPG, I would like to take a minute to thank all of our wonderful customers, students and members. We never thought we would grow as much as we have during Covid and we are very thankful for all of you. This year has been the first full year of classes, sales and summer camp, since 2019. We have been very happy to welcome all of you back and introduce your new friends to our great shop, teachers and members. We look forward to seeing you again in 2024.
The Guild will be closed for business and regular operations from December 24, 2023 – January 3, 2024, opening again on January 4th. Classes will begin the week of January 8th and as of this writing, there are still a few spaces left.
From all of us, to all of you, we hope you have a healthy and happy holiday season, and we wish you the brightest, and most creative New Year.