Oklahoma Contemporary
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Workshops

This isn't your typical wine-and-paint workshop! Join Studio School for an evening of grown-up fun. No art skills needed, but you can flex those social muscles as you pick up a new art-making skill. 21+ only, please. All supplies are included!

When signing up for a class, all students agree to abide by the policies set forth in the Student Handbook.


Interested in more than a single-night course? See all classes and workshops here.

Workshop | Make a Ceramic Pie Plate

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Thursday, July 13th
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liv Egan
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Make a ceramic pie plate because you and your pie deserve better than tin foil because everybody knows foil is what you wear on your head when you don’t want the aliens to find you.

No ceramic (or alien) experience necessary. Pick up your fired and finished pie plate about a week later. Don’t worry, we will call you when it’s ready.

Registration closes July 10.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is Friday, July 28. Please note that the make-up date is on a Friday.

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Workshop | Date Night on the Wheel - July

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Thursday, July 28th
  • Cost $140 per couple
  • Location The Studios | Lynda and Chuck Nelson Wheel Throwing Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liz Parham
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
Two masked people looking at the camera with clay objects on the table between them

Back by popular demand! Re-enact your favorite pottery scenes from the movie Ghost without the inconvenience of your significant other getting murdered. We can’t promise helpful advice from a psychic, but we do think you and your companion will have a great time learning to use the potter’s wheel and making a small bowl.

Bring a date, bring a friend, bring anyone you want as long as your partner is actually alive.

No experience necessary! Registration is limited to four couples. Pick up your fired and finished bowl about two weeks after the workshop. We’ll call you when it’s ready.

Registration ends July 24.
If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 4.

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Workshop | Date Night on the Wheel - September

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Friday, Sep. 1st
  • Cost $140 per couple
  • Location The Studios | Lynda and Chuck Nelson Wheel Throwing Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liv Egan
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org
Two masked people looking at the camera with clay objects on the table between them

Back by popular demand! Re-enact your favorite pottery scenes from the movie Ghost without the inconvenience of your significant other getting murdered. We can’t promise helpful advice from a psychic, but we do think you and your companion will have a great time learning to use the potter’s wheel and making a small bowl.

Bring a date, bring a friend, bring anyone you want as long as your partner is actually alive.

No experience necessary! Registration is limited to four couples. Pick up your fired and finished bowl about two weeks after the workshop. We’ll call you when it’s ready.

Registration ends August 28.
If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is September 8.

Register

Workshop | Make a Ceramic Herb/Windowsill Planter

  • Date 6:30-9 p.m., Thursday, July 27th
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liv Egan
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Make a ceramic planter and grow your own herbs. If you don’t like growing plants, or cooking with fresh herbs or cooking at all, use your planter to store take-out receipts and feel superior because other people make food for you. Or…make a planter, fill it with dried grains and reenact that scene in Amelie where she gets pleasure from dipping her fingers into a barrel of what looks like lentils. Because when your kids are screaming, the dog won’t stop scooting his behind on the carpet, the cat is barfing, and your partner won’t put their dishes in the dishwasher even though the dishwasher is right next to the sink—not even an arm’s reach away—you can gaze at your handmade planter, sink your fingers into those grains and whisper: I am in Paris.

No ceramic experience necessary. Registration closes July 24.

Pick up your fired and finished planter about a week later. Don’t worry, we will call you when it’s ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is Friday, August 11. Please note that the make-up date is on a Friday.

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Workshop | From Grocery to Glam

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 10th
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Cass Watson
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Learn how to arrange inexpensive flowers to make them look great. You’ll learn the basics of flower preparation and design and how to choose flowers for their scale, color, and texture.

No experience necessary. Registration closes August 7.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is Friday, August 18. Please note that the make-up date is on a Friday.

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Workshop | Fabric Tattoos: Cocktails

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 4th
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Darci Lenker
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Bring an item of clothing or a tote, blanket, towel, sheet, napkin, tablecloth (basically anything fabric) that needs some extra flash. Work with fiber artist Darci Lenker to learn basic embroidery stitches. Customize whatever you bring with an illustration or saying. On the rocks and salted rim, please.

No experience necessary. Registration closes July 31.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 18.

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Workshop | Fabric Tattoos: Vintage/Classic Toys

  • Date 6-9 p.m., Friday, Aug. 25th
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Darci Lenker
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Bring an item of clothing or a tote, blanket, towel, sheet, napkin, tablecloth (basically anything fabric) that needs some extra flash. Work with fiber artist Darci Lenker to learn basic embroidery stitches. Customize whatever you bring with an illustration or phrase.

No experience necessary. Registration closes August 21.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is September 1.

Register

Workshop | Make a Ceramic Berry Bowl

  • Date 6:30-9 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 3rd
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liv Egan
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Make a ceramic berry bowl which is just a bowl with small holes to allow for air circulation and drainage. No experience necessary! Have fun, socialize and learn basic ceramic hand building techniques.

Registration closes July 31.

Pick up your fired and finished berry bowl about a week later. We will call you when it is ready.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is Friday, August 18. Please note that the make-up date is on a Friday.

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Workshop | Embroider Text with Kendall! Ross!

  • Date 7-9 p.m., Thursday, August 17
  • Cost $65
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Kendall Ross
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

Kendall Ross, superstar knitter of I’d Knit That will teach you how to embroider text onto your clothes. Just imagine all the conversations your clothes can have for you…

Registration closes August 14.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date is August 24.

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Workshop | Make a Vase and Then Arrange Flowers for That Vase

  • Date 6:30-9 p.m., Aug. 24th and 6:30-8 p.m., Sep. 7th
  • Cost $75
  • Location The Studios | Flex Studio
  • Instructor / Presenter Liz Parham + Cass Watson
  • Age Requirements 21+
  • Contact studioschool@okcontemp.org

This two-evening workshop combines hand building clay techniques and flower arranging skills. In the first session you will hand build a ceramic vase. In the second session you will learn how to arrange flowers for your new vase.

No experience necessary. Registration closes August 21.

If the workshop is postponed due to weather or unforeseen instructor circumstances, the rain date for the first night is August 31. The rain date for the second night is September 14.

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Hours

Monday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Closed Tuesday

Wednesday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Thursday 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Friday - Sunday 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.

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Location

Visit us at 11 NW 11th St.
Oklahoma City, OK 73103
Phone: 405 951 0000
Fax: 405 951 0003
info@okcontemp.org

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P.O. Box 3062
Oklahoma City, OK 73101

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