Nanaimo Ceramic Arts Studio and Gallery

🌃Tonight at the night market: Sydney Van Alstyne will be hosting the Nanaimo Ceramic Arts booth from 5 PM - 9 PM in front of the RBC bank in Commercial Street. Sydknee, is an artist based out of Nanaimo creating in studio and her home.

Most recognized for her slug-ified work, Sydknee has utilized her award-winning painting skills to create handpainted rainbow trout, ducks, and butterflies. With a love for detail, recent works include sculpted tree trunks, and beach-themed mugs with sanddollared bottoms.

Pops of color and endless creativity are something you can always expect of Sydknee Creative!

🍁Fall inlove with pottery this month at our beautiful downtown Nanaimo studio! Registration is now open for Sept - Oct courses and your the first one's to know. Offering beginner to intermediate wheel classes, if you have been looking for a sign that you need to take a pottery course, this is it!www.nanaimoceramicarts.com/clay-classes
Options Just For You:
Mondays 3 PM (Adult & Teen), 6:30 PM
Thursdays 10 AM, 6:30 PM (Intermediate)
Fridays 6:30 PM
Saturdays 10 AM (Handbuilding)
www.nanaimoceramicarts.com/clay-classes

Each class is 2.5 hours each for 6-8 weeks. All materials are included.

Miss a class? Don't worry, you can make it up with open studio!

🍁Draw, paint, sketch and roll your way into our creative art studio in downtown Nanaimo! This fall, choose from a wonderful lineup of classes, including watercolour, drawing and sketching, painting, and wet felting. Registration is now open, and classes are coming up soon—choose your creative adventure and reserve your spot!
📲 https://www.nanaimoceramicarts.com/artroom

🚨Gallery Restock --Our gallery shop is all ready for summer. If you are looking for a birthday, anniversary, wedding, get well gift or you just have an impulse to buy something beautiful, look no further. From functional to decorative, all our work is made by local island and BC potters. We also have a wonderful selection of work from our artist in residence program.

The gallery is open 11 AM - 5 PM, Tuesday to Saturday at 115 Chapel St. Downtown Nanaimo

🗿These are the last few days to see Sculptural In Nature, A Group Show of Small Sculptures, now showing in the gallery. See the show Friday and Saturday from 11 AM - 5 PM at 115 Chapel St.

Bringing together a collection of contemporary ceramic works that blurs the line between sculpture and vessel, Sculptural In Nature explores the expressive possiblities of clay through form, texture, surface and process. Showcasing works of art by nine artists, you don't want to miss out!

🏙We are back at the tonight from 5 PM - 9 PM. We have free mini watercolour kits, learn about our fall art and pottery classes and meet our featured artist!

Our featured artist tonight is Art! Art creates functional items in his backyard shed through the summer and at Nanaimo Ceramic Arts in the winter. He uses simple techniques to create clean lines and abstract motifs. In the summer months Art creates his work on a kick wheel without plumbing or electricity. It’s sounds romantic, and sometimes it is, but he is always happy to move indoors for the winter. He has been making pottery in this way since 2019. This is his first summer selling to the public.

Visit the Nanaimo Ceramic Arts Booth at the Commercial Street Night Market tonight from 5 PM - 9 PM. We are located in front of the RBC Bank. Tonight's featured artist is Janet McDonald!

“Fine Art Painting is my passion. I paint primarily in oils as I love the opacity, buttery feel and blend- ability of this medium. I regularly use a texture paste in my under-paintings to support the narratives and concepts of my works. You will find local wildlife and people to be my favourite subjects.

In addition to my paintings and traditional reproductions, I also offer FUN & FUNCTIONAL versions of my Art including Pillow Covers, and Wooden Art Tiles. I take pride in the fact that all of my FUNCTIONAL ART reproductions use high quality materials and are locally made. My latest art obsession and works on offer are my one-of-a-kind, hand-thrown and glaze-painted Pottery Mugs!” Janet McDonald

🏷 PRICE DROP! $50 OFF, Monday 3 PM Potter's Wheel course! Limited time only, don't miss out on this opportunity. Discount already set, so book online: https://www.nanaimoceramicarts.com/clay-classes

🍃The Lush Side of Summer! As summer landscapes shift from vibrant greens to golden browns, discover a collection of handcrafted ceramics in our gallery that celebrate the cool, calming hues of the season. From mossy greens and deep forest tones to soft sea blues, these one-of-a-kind pieces bring a refreshing sense of nature.

Our gallery is open Tuesday - Saturday, 11 AM - 5 PM. --115 Chapel St. Downtown Nanaimo

Summer memberships are here! Enjoy 24 visits July to the end of August with a full shelf for your work and your tools. Must have previous clay experience and be able to work without guidance. An orientation is required unless you have worked in our studio previously. $300/24 visits: www.nanaimoceramicarts.com/membership