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Michigan Art Center!
32129 Block Street
Garden City, Michigan 48135
734.266.3500
info@michiganartcenter.com
www.michiganartcenter.com
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Hours of Operation
Monday 10a-10p, Open Studio 1p-6:30p
Tuesday 10a-10p, Open Studio 1p-6:30p
Wednesday 10a-10p, Open Studio 1p-6:30p
Thursday 10a-10p, Open Studio 1p-6:30p
Friday Closed for Special Events
Saturday 10a-5p, Open Studio 1p-5p
Sunday Closed
Open Studio Note: although there will be a staff member on site to answer questions and troubleshoot, open studio is a non-instructional time for enrolled students to work independently on their projects. No demos will be given.
Directions
Block Street is off of Merriman Road in Garden City, 4 blocks north of Ford Road and south of the traffic signal at Maplewood. There is an old, white rectangular schoolhouse on the corner of Block and Merriman. Turn west at the schoolhouse and then turn left into the driveway at 32125 Block Street (at the RL Sheridan Construction sign) and take the driveway back to the third building.
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The Michigan Art Center is a family-owned art center and we welcome students of all skill levels from first-timers to advanced artists.
We strive to offer a fun, educational, and relaxing atmosphere where students ages 16 and up can express their artistic ability in community with other like-minded artists.
The Michigan Art Center offers morning, evening, and Saturday ceramic classes; jewelry classes, workshops; private parties; and occasional classes in watercolor painting, pastels, and glass fusion. We're always looking for enthusiastic, qualified instructors for classes and workshops, so if this is you, we'd love to talk to you!
In our ceramics studio, students will use a variety of tools and equipment such as slab rollers, extruder, spray booth, over 20 pottery wheels, and hundreds of texture items such as mats, rollers, and stamps. Our heated and air-conditioned facility is over 4,500 square feet,and allows you to enjoy a spacious glaze and cleanup area, over 70 glaze choices, large wheel throwing area, cone 10 gas reduction kiln, cone 6 electric kilns, Raku kiln, retail store, lots of shelving space, and a generous amount of open studio time for students to practice what they've learned.
In our retail store we carry MKM, Xiem, MudTools, Groovy Tools, Kemper, and Dirty Girls pottery tools; GR Pottery Forms, Coyote glazes, Speedball glazes and underglazes, as well as other supplies needed for class projects.
You don't have to be a MAC Member to take a class, but a MAC Membership will give you discounts on classes, 50% off of workshops, 15% off of clay and retail purchases, 25 extra lbs. of clay, as well as a free promotional item.
We also welcome opportunities for production potters. Production potters are defined as artists who create work for the purpose of resale such as galleries, boutiques, stores, internet, art fairs, Potter’s Market, etc., irregardless of the quantity made. Furthermore, it is understood that production potters have separate prices for enrollment. If "production potter" needs further definition, please see Mike or Carol.
Our students come from all over southeastern Michigan to attend our classes and workshops and we have several couples and families taking classes together!
We hope you can join us!
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MAC Bucks!
Students - refer a friend, get a $25 credit good towards upcoming class or workshop registration, clay, tools, and MAC merchandise when your friend registers and attends classes. Offer valid for new students only and your name must be given at registration. See Mike or Carol for details
What's happening at the MAC:
We offer beginning pottery classes on Monday mornings (10a-1p) and Monday & Thursday evenings from 7p-10p.Beginning /Intermediate Wheel - MON AM
For details and to register, click HERE!
Beginning Wheel Throwing - MON PM
For details and to register, click HERE!
Beginning | Intermediate Ceramics - THU PM
For details and to register, click HERE!
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Intermediate Jewelry - Saturdays, 10a-1p, 7/6/19 - 9/7/19, 8 weeks, no classes 7/13 & 8/10
Click on the links above for details and to register!
Gift Certificates
MAC gift certificates make great gifts!
Purchase one of our gift certificates and enable someone special to purchase tools and glazes in our retail store, or attend one of our ceramics classes on you! MAC gift certificates make great gifts for birthdays, holidays, Mother's Day, Father's Day, or any other special day.
Click on the title to purchase!
Past Workshops:
August 2013 - Naked Raku
September 2013 - Tom Krueger
January 2014 - Daniel Johnston Demo
April 2014 - Daniel Johnston Workshop
September 2014 - Marie Woo Lecture
October 2014 - Steve Olszewski Sculpture
January 2015 - Jeri Hollister Demo
May/June 2015 - Naked Raku Workshop
July 2015 - Steve Hansen Workshop
October 2015 - Phil Rogers Workshop
March 2016 - Brian Beam Demo
May 2016 - Frank James Fisher
July 2016 - Fong Choo Workshop
February 2017 - Troy Bungart Brush Workshop
April 2017 - Michael Kifer Workshop
November 2017 - Robert & Gail Piepenburg
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Details and ordering information will be posted soon.
New membership benefits!
You don't have to be a member to take classes here, but membership does have its benefits. Our MAC Members enjoy:
- Discounts on classes
- Workshops 50% off
- 25 lbs. of MAC Clay
- 15% discount on merchandise
- Free promotional item
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Take advantage of our discounts:
- Become a MAC member and receive discounts on classes, workshops, clay and tools.
- MAC Bucks - if you're a current student and you refer a friend who signs up and takes a class, you'll get $25 in MAC Bucks for future use toward class and workshop registration, clay, and tools. New students must give the name of the referring person at registration.
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Thank you for visiting the Michigan Art Center
and we hope to see you soon!
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Contact Us
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MKM
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Xiem
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Dirty Girls
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MudTools
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Kentucky Mudworks
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Kemper
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GR Pottery Forms
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Coyote Glazes
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Speedball Glazes and Underglazes
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Black Ice Porcelain
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Blue Ice Porcelain
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White Porcelain
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And more!
Friday Night Special Events
Girls Night Out
Birthday Parties
Tired of doing the same old things? Looking for a creative, different, and fun experience for birthdays, Girl's Night Out, Mom's Night Out, or Family Night?
Join us at the MAC on a Friday evening for a pottery extravaganza! During this 3-hour event, participants will make a total of 3 clay projects: one hand-built, and two wheel thrown pieces each. Participants will then select glazes for their pieces and the MAC will finish the pieces and call when they're ready for pickup.
Friday evenings only,
3 hours, 6p-9p, 6:30-9:30p, or 7p-10p
Group size: Minimum: 8; maximum: 15
Click on the links above for details.
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Supply Donations
If you have pottery tools or equipment,
or other art
supplies that you're no longer using or needing, we may be interested!
Please give us a call first @ 734.266.3500.
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Links
Daniel Johnston Pottery
www.danieljohnstonpottery.com
Fong Choo
www.fongchoo.com
Frank James Fisher
www.frankjamesfisher.com
Jeri Hollister
www.jerihollister.com
Marie Woo
www.mariewoo.net
Michigan Ceramic Artists Association
www.michclay.com
Phil Rogers
http://www.philrogerspottery.com/
TroyBungart
www.troybungartstudios.com
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