a maker's circle

The Power of Pastels, Winter 2026 with Andrea Gianchiglia (10 wk series)
2026-01-06 13:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | A Maker’s Circle Studio, 8 Hacklebarney Road, Pottersville, NJ, 07979, United States
Pastel Tuesdays starting January 6 – March 10. (10 weeks)
Delve deeper into the power of pastels each week with a teacher challenge. Andrea will guide you through step by step demonstrations. Discussions will include color theory, proportion, drawing, texture and more.
All levels are welcome.
Students are required to bring their own supplies.

Materials
The more pastels the better!
A great starter set is Prismacolor Nupastels. The minimum set recommended is 36 count.
Surfaces are important for pastels. Pastelmat by Clairfontaine is recommended. (A variety pack in several colors in 9 x 12 size is encouraged)
Other great pastel brands that are optional: Unison, Terry Ludwig, Sennelier.

About the Instructor

Andrea Gianchiglia
BFA, University of Hartford Art School, major in illustration, minor in art history. Exhibitions: Many solo, group and juried shows at various galleries and museums in the tri-state area. Awards: has won awards for her specialty, animal portraiture. Her work is in private collections throughtout the country and is available for commissions. A member of Society of Animal Artists, Salmagundi Club, and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe art group. Visit www.agillustration.com

Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling at least 1 week prior to class will be refunded. Within one week, tuition is non-refundable as we need to pay for materials and instructor cost.

Parent/Child Ornament Making Class with Sandra Jory
2025-12-20 10:00 - 12:00
Spend quality time with your child this holiday season and sew animal felt ornaments with your favorite pre school teacher Sandra Amaral. Using pre cut ornaments, Sandra will assist you and your child with sewing and stuffing ornaments using simple sewing stitches. Decorate your work with buttons and baubles and some other special stitch work.
Holiday refreshments will be served!

Private Holiday Class: Watercolor Card Making
2025-12-18 10:00 - 13:00
This is a private class and is not open to the public. It is by invitation only.
This annual holiday class that is full of relaxing creating, holiday spirit and joy. Come join us to create the small, holiday treasures to use as cards or gifts. This class is low pressure and lots of fun. You will be led by artist, Jackie Pankuck and all materials will be provided. You will leave with 8 original cards and/or a bunch of gift tags.
Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling outside 1 week of class will be refunded, within 1 week, tuition is nonrefundable.

December Monthly Watercolor: Evening Holiday Card Paint and Sip
2025-12-17 18:00 - 21:00
Join artist, Jackie Pankuck for this annual holiday class and share a glass of cheer!
This is an annual holiday class that is full of relaxing creating, holiday spirit and joy. Come join us to create the small, holiday treasures to use as cards or gifts. This class is low pressure and lots of fun. You will be led by artist, Jackie Pankuck and all materials will be provided. You will leave with 8 original cards and/or a bunch of gift tags.
All levels are welcome.
Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling outside 1 week of class will be refunded, within 1 week, tuition is nonrefundable.

Make a Wooden Gingerbread House with Vanessa Lopez
2025-12-13 12:30 - 14:30
Have your child get in to the holiday spirit with a creative 3D project! In this festive workshop, your child will transform a wooden house in to their own personalized gingerbread house that they can treasure year after year. Using paint, wood, and their imagination; the house will be decorated to make it look like it is made of candy–complete with painted icing, gumdrops, peppermints, and more! Ages 5-11 welcome.

Adult Gingerbread House Workshop with Becca Stein of Bridge Hollow Bakery
2025-12-12 19:00 - 21:00
Gingerbread houses aren’t just for kids! Take a night off, grab a friend and Join Becca Stein of Bridge Hollow Bakery, LLC for a festive evening of building and decorating her freshly baked gingerbread houses. You will start the workshop with a $58 gingerbread house kit that you purchase directly from Becca complete with all you need to build and light up your house. Extra candy will be out to elevate the decorating experience. Craft a masterpiece you’ll be proud to display while you enjoy your friends and sip some holiday spirits!

Andrea Gianchiglia Holiday Ornament: Create & Sip
2025-12-09 18:00 - 21:00
Handcrafted Holiday Ornaments with Andrea Gianchiglia

Get festive and have a glass of cheer with Andrea and create beautiful handmade holiday ornaments In this 3-hour workshop, Andrea will guide you through step-by-step demos and hands-on instruction, while leaving plenty of room for your own creative flair. You’ll learn simple, elegant techniques to bring seasonal designs to life on wooden rounds that you can hang on your tree or gift to friends and family!
All materials are provided!

Andrea Gianchiglia Holiday Card Class
2025-12-09 10:00 - 13:00
Handcrafted Holiday Cards: Pen & Watercolor

Get festive and create a collection of beautiful handmade holiday cards using pen and watercolor! In this 3-hour workshop, Andrea will guide you through step-by-step demos and hands-on instruction, while leaving plenty of room for your own creative flair. You’ll learn simple, elegant techniques to bring seasonal designs to life and leave with several finished cards—perfect for sharing holiday cheer. All materials are provided!

Create a Festive Holiday Wreath with Floral Artist Laura Grimm
2025-12-03 18:00 - 20:00
Join floral artist Laura Grimm and create a gorgeous wreath to adorn your home. Laura will bring an array of beautiful, natural materials for you to use including a variety of fresh greens, berries, dried citrus, pinecones, bells and a wide variety of ribbons. Laura will guide you through the process of choosing your materials for the look you want and the best approach to creating your wreath. And you’ll be doing it all in our inspiring new studio in Pottersville, NJ.
Join us for this holiday classic…all materials will be provided and refreshments served!

Ceramic November Open Studio -AMC Ceramic Students Only
2025-11-30
Join us for Open Studio time in November! With all access, we provide a relaxed self – directed environment for clay artists of all levels to create, explore, and connect.
Whether you are continuing a personal project, practicing wheel throwing or hand building; open studio offers access to tools, equipment, and community.
Open studio is only for students who are currently enrolled in a ceramic class at A Maker’s Circle.

Private Ceramics-Fall All Level Hand Building Class-3 Week Series
2025-11-25 09:30 - 12:30
Learn the basics of hand building pottery every Tuesday for 8 weeks. Or get support to further your ceramic practice and projects in a classroom setting. Throughout the class, you’ll be guided through various clay handbuilding techniques such as pinch pots, coil building, and slab construction. You’ll create functional ceramic pieces like mugs, bowls, and plates, while also experimenting with abstract forms and textures.
All firing included.

The Power of Pastels 8 Week Series with Andrea Gianchiglia: Fall 2025 (SOLD OUT)
2025-11-21 10:00 - 12:30
Pastel Fridays are back starting September 26 and running through Nov. 21. 8 weeks (skip 10/14)
Delve deeper into the power of pastels each week with a teacher challenge. Andrea will guide you through step by step demonstrations. Discussions will include color theory, proportion, drawing, texture and more.
All levels are welcome.
Students are required to bring their own supplies.

Materials
The more pastels the better!
A great starter set is Prismacolor Nupastels. The minimum set recommended is 36 count.
Surfaces are important for pastels. Pastelmat by Clairfontaine is recommended. (A variety pack in several colors in 9 x 12 size is encouraged)
Other great pastel brands that are optional: Unison, Terry Ludwig, Sennelier.

About the Instructor

Andrea Gianchiglia
BFA, University of Hartford Art School, major in illustration, minor in art history. Exhibitions: Many solo, group and juried shows at various galleries and museums in the tri-state area. Awards: has won awards for her specialty, animal portraiture. Her work is in private collections throughtout the country and is available for commissions. A member of Society of Animal Artists, Salmagundi Club, and the Catherine Lorillard Wolfe art group. Visit www.agillustration.com

Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling at least 1 week prior to class will be refunded. Within one week, tuition is non-refundable as we need to pay for materials and instructor cost.

2 Week Master Study in Watercolor - Nov 13, 20
2025-11-20 11:00 - 13:30
Trevor Chamberlain is one of the most celebrated English watercolor painters of this generation and learning through his work is a great use of our time. His approach is very moody and soft which he achieves through wetting both sides of the paper to extend the dry time and maximize soft edges. This painting is one of my favorites and depicts a quiet canal in Venice with beautiful light and dark contrasts.
We will explore this painting in detail to figure out what Chamberlain did to achieve this work – specifically looking at what layers went on and when, the saturation level of each wash and most importantly the timing of each application of paint.
This class is appropriate for intermediate to advanced students and runs over two days – Nov. 13 & 20 from 11am-1:30pm
Cancellation Policy:
Any student canceling more than 1 week before the start of class will be refunded. Please note, however, that we incur a small transaction fee for all online signups. That amount will be subtracted from your refund. If the class is cancelled by us for any reason, you will be refunded in full. For students wanting to cancel within 1 week of a class, please be aware that your tuition is non refundable.

Private Thursday Wheel Throwing Class-2 Weeks
2025-11-20 09:30 - 13:30
This class is for beginner students who are interested in learning to throw on a wheel or veteran throwers who want to better their skills. Class dates are 11/13 and 20.

Watercolor Skills 8 Week Series, Fall 2025 (SOLD OUT)
2025-11-18 11:00 - 13:30
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Whether you are new to watercolor or already painting and experiencing the frustration of managing this medium; you will gain new skills during this series. This series will cover many of the critical skills needed by the watercolor artist to manage the paint better so you can enjoy your painting time.
Series focus includes:

Color Mixing – how to get the color you want, fast.
Pigment to water ratio. Pigment strength is a critically important skill in watercolor. Without this knowledge your paintings will look anemic and flat.
Brush control- Find out what your brushes can do! You don’t need a ton of brushes to get the effect you desire. A few will do nicely.
Deconstructing a scene for the best watercolor outcome.
Special skills:

painting figures in watercolor scenes- the secret…less is more!
painting trees , bushes and foliage.
Adding cars and other “stuff” to give a scene energy, texture and life.

Pulling it all together, the last class we will paint a scene bringing all these skills into focus.

Cancelation: Studios cancelling more than 1 week ahead of the series start, will receive a full refund. After that, tuition is non refundable.

Monthly One Time Wheel Throwing-November
2025-11-18 10:00 - 13:00
This 3 hour class is for the student that wants to try throwing on a wheel without committing to a series of classes right away! Studio potter and instructor Lisette Bedoya will help through the steps necessary to create bowls and cups on a pottery wheel.
Your pieces will be trimmed and glazed in blue or white and ready for pick up in 2 weeks.

Visible Mending: Knits and Denim, Don't Throw Them Away, Make 'em Better!
2025-11-14 10:00 - 15:00
If you have a favorite sweater that moths have attacked or a favorite pair of jeans that have worn through; we can show you how to save them and make them a work of art with visual mending. This 5 hour class will open a world of options to you for limiting your carbon footprint while learning a meditative skill. We will sit together and slow stitch our way to newly rejuvenated pieces that will live on in our closets.
Sewer Jackie Pankuck, will show you a bunch of ways to repair your garments so that they are stronger and more beautiful than ever in this 5 hour, one day class.
Students will bring their garments to be repaired; sweaters, shirts, jeans, scarves, socks, mittens, etc! We will provide a ton of materials for that repair from fabric to wool; cashmere to thread. We can decide together what the best option is based on the garment and your style choice. If you have any fabric that you would like to incorporate in your repair, feel free to bring it!
We will supply all you need in terms of needles, scissors, etc. and the expertise to do the work. You will LOVE this class.

Cancelation Policy.: Students who cancel more than 1 week before class will receive a refund. After that, tuition is non-refundable.

November Monthly Watercolor Paint & Sip - Bare Trees
2025-11-12 18:00 - 21:00
Join us for a relaxing evening paint and sip.
November is the beginning of the long winter’s sleep here in the Northeast. And that beginning is characterized by bare trees and muted tones. Join us for November’s monthly watercolor class to explore the quiet, grey and browns of the beginner of Winter. With the sun low in the sky, this photo reference is an exploration of the sculptural nature of bare trees and brush as well as the lingering warmth of late Fall.
Join artist, Jackie Pankuck as we create a painting from drawing to finished work in watercolor. All materials will be provided and all experience levels are welcome.
Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling outside 1 week of the class will be refunded. Inside 1 week, tuition is non refundable.

November Monthly Watercolor - Bare trees and muted tones
2025-11-12 10:00 - 13:00
November is the beginning of the long winter’s sleep here in the Northeast. And that beginning is characterized by bare trees and muted tones. Join us for November’s monthly watercolor class to explore the quiet, grey and browns of the beginner of Winter. With the sun low in the sky, this photo reference is an exploration of the sculptural nature of bare trees and brush as well as the lingering warmth of late Fall.
Join artist, Jackie Pankuck as we create a painting from drawing to finished work in watercolor. All materials will be provided and all experience levels are welcome.
Cancelation Policy: Students cancelling outside 1 week of the class will be refunded. Inside 1 week, tuition is non refundable.

Teen/Tween Clay Art Class, 6 Week Series Starting Monday, 9/29
2025-11-10 16:00 - 17:30
During this 6 week art class, Susan Palmer will help your child explore wheel throwing and hand building with clay. This class is a deep dive in to all things clay!
Proper technique will be emphasized in this class for maximum success with projects. Ages 10-15 welcome. We will skip 10/13 class date as it is Columbus Day.

Teen Painting: Introduction to Oil Painting (Sequencing) with Artist, Jackie Pankuck, Sat. Nov. 8, 2-5pm
2025-11-08 14:00 - 17:00
Sequencing is a great introduction to oil painting for teens. It is a process created in Brattleboro, Vermont at the River Gallery School. It aims to encourage artists to dive into the medium in a free and impressionistic way breaking their preconceived notions of what it is to paint with oil paints..
Artist, Jackie Pankuck who is certified in this approach to painting, will provide a wonderful array of oil paint colors and a ton of encouragement to your teen for them to paint a number of beautiful small oils. They will surprise themselves with what they create!
Students, aged 11-16 will be provided all the materials they need in this encouraging, low pressure class.

Fall Open Studio Wheel Throwing/Hand Building Weds. Night Class-8 Week Series (SOLD OUT)
2025-11-05 17:30 - 20:30
This evening class is for wheel throwers or hand builders who have completed a beginning wheel throwing class. Weds. dates are 9/17-11/5. Students work at their own pace and are supported where they need it through demos and discussions. 25 LB bag of white clay included and all glazing and firing.

Ceramics-Beginner Hand Building Class-8 Week Series - SOLD OUT
2025-11-03 09:30 - 12:30
Learn the basics of hand building pottery in this class. Or get support to further your ceramic practice. Classes are 9/15, 22, 29, 10/6, 13, 20, 27, 11/3. Throughout the class, you’ll be guided through various clay handbuilding techniques such as pinch pots, coil building, and slab construction. You’ll create functional ceramic pieces like mugs, bowls, and plates, while also experimenting with abstract forms and textures. Surface design techniques such as sgraffito will also be covered.
1 25 lb. of white clay included and all firing.

October Ceramic Open Studio for AMC Class Students Only
2025-10-31
Join us for Open Studio time in October! With all access, we provide a relaxed self – directed environment for clay artists of all levels to create, explore, and connect.
Whether you are continuing a personal project, practicing wheel throwing or hand building; open studio offers access to tools, equipment, and community.
Open studio is only for students who’re currently enrolled in a fall ceramic class at A Maker’s Circle.

Fall Young Child Art Class, 6 Week Series: Thursdays, 9/25-10/30
2025-10-30 16:00 - 17:15
During this 6 week art class, your child will explore a variety of kid friendly art materials including clay, watercolor and more.
With a focus on the process of creating art, your child will discover the joy and freedom of art making! Ages 5-9 welcome.
Dates for class are Thursdays, 9/25-10/30.

Cancellation policy: We will refund all tuition for students cancelling more than a week before class starts. After that, tuition is non-refundable.

Private Mommy and Me Class
2025-10-30 13:00 - 14:00
This private class series is for a parent and their young ones. Spend an hour creating with Vanessa Lopez. You will explore different ways to create with your child in a supported environment. Remember to dress for a mess. One parent and kids, ages 3-6, are welcome.

Intermediate Watercolor 8 week Series, Fall 2025 (SOLD OUT)
2025-10-30 11:00 - 13:00
This series WILL make you a better painter. The secret is “planning”.
This class will run for 8 weeks on Thursdays from 11-1:00pm. Dates include: September 4, 11, 25, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 (skipping September 18)
Over 8 weeks, you will plan and complete 4 full paintings from drawing to finished work. We will explore different styles of painting and different types of subject.

You will paint from a series of four different photo references, all with their own challenges and appeal.
These paintings will help you develop your watercolor techniques for looser, fresher paintings.
You will learn and practice all the important watercolor skills needed to paint a range of scenes.
These sessions are geared for the intermediate painter.
All materials are provided.

Cancellation Policy: Students will be refunded in full up to one week prior to the class date. No refunds will be offered within a week of the beginning of the series.

Fall Thursday Wheel Throwing Class-8 Week Series: SOLD OUT
2025-10-30 09:30 - 13:30
This class is for beginner students who are interested in learning to throw on a wheel or veteran throwers who want to better their skills. Class dates are: 9/11, 9/18, 9/25, 10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30. Students will learn to throw bowls, cups and plates. Our classroom emphasizes proper technique for best outcomes, and support in a small class environment. Classes are Thursdays from 9:30-1:30pm.
1 bag of white clay and all firing included.

Fall Young Child Art Class, 6 Week Series: Wednesdays, 9/24-10/29
2025-10-29 16:00 - 17:15
During this 6 week art class, your child will explore a variety of kid friendly art materials including clay, watercolor and more.
With a focus on the process of creating art, your child will discover the joy and freedom of art making! Ages 5-9 welcome. Dates for class are Wednesday, 9/24-10/29.

Cancellation policy: We will refund all tuition for students cancelling more than a week before class starts. After that, tuition is non-refundable.

Private 2 Hour Wheel Throwing with Lisette Bedoya
2025-10-28
Are you are beginner who wants private instruction or an experienced wheel thrower who is looking to improve some skills? This private class gives you personal instruction at your pace. Each session will be tailored to your goals and focused on improving technique. Private lessons are perfect for individuals who want focused attention, flexible scheduling, or a more customized creative experience. All materials are provided. Once you book a lesson, Lisette will be in touch to verify a time that works for both of you on a Tuesday.
