Carson City Pottery

The 2020 Jazz & Beyond Music and Art Festival this August will include the second annual Carson City Open Studios Tour on Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at multiple studios throughout Carson City.

The 2020 Jazz & Beyond Music and Art Festival this August will include the second annual Carson City Open Studios Tour on Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at multiple studios throughout Carson City.

Carson City Art Gallery hopes you enjoyed your summer and are looking forward to the promise of cooler weather and kids back to school for September! As such, we have some new classes to feed your soul!

Rich and Robin McGregor were all smiles Saturday afternoon as they opened the doors to the new Carson City Art Gallery and Pottery Studio inside the historic stage depot building located at 110 S. Curry Street in downtown Carson City.

There are multiple ways to say farewell to summer this weekend. The Best in the West Rib Cook-off is a local favorite, as is the Fallon Cantaloupe Festival. It has finally cooled down a little, so the Downtown Carson Wine Walk is a perfect way to spend an afternoon. Keep reading and have a great time.

SATURDAY:

Carson City Pottery is moving into the historic building at 110 S. Curry Street starting Sept. 3. Normal business hours for Carson City Art Gallery and ...

The historic building at 110 S. Curry Street, one of the oldest existing structures in the Nevada state capital, will soon have a new resident starting Sept. 3.

Empty Bowls Carson City will hold its first bowl painting event of the year this Saturday, May 7 during the RSVP Spring Celebration at Mills Park. Bowl painting begins at 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to help in the effort.

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls.

Empty Bowls Carson City will hold its first bowl painting event of the year this Saturday, May 7 during the RSVP Spring Celebration at Mills Park. Bowl painting begins at 1 p.m. Everyone is invited to help in the effort.

Empty Bowls is an international grassroots effort to fight hunger. The basic premise is simple: Potters and other craftspeople, educators and others work with the community to create handcrafted bowls.

As we are starting another year of Empty Bowls in Carson City, we wanted to take a minute and ask for help ... early on.
We are currently collecting bisquited, unglazed and undecorated handmade bowls. We are also seeking cone 6 white clay, kiln firings and other materials.

It's time to kick off this three-day weekend. Satiate your sweet tooth at the Boys and Girls Club; high school senior Larrissa Cruzan has organized a bake sale. Head downtown to check out the Grand Opening reception at Charlie B Gallery on West Telegraph. Stick around for the great band playing at Westside Pour House or have some dinner at one the nearby restaurants. Party Mardi Gras style at Remedy’s and wear something black light reactive.

FRIDAY:

Playing with mud isn’t just for little kids. At Carson City Pottery, the fun of getting your hands dirty is for adults, too.

Robin McGregor, owner of Carson City Pottery with her husband, Rich, whimsically describes working with clay as feeling like a kid again.

“I love to feel the clay in my hands,” she said. “It gives me pleasure to throw.”

Just to be clear, “throwing” is the term used by pottery artists when shaping clay. It’s something Robin McGregor has been doing for 24 years since she first put clay in her hands.

The clock is ticking for last minute shoppers. Luckily, Carson City has great options for everyone on the list. Telegraph Square in downtown will be hopping with a Santa parade, vendors, and a pirate ship, in addition to great shops. The Brewery Arts Center is hosting a weekend-long art sale with one of a kind options throughout the campus. Art is a great gift, and making it is even more fun. Carson City Pottery is holding an open house today; a gift certificate for a pottery class is perfect for all skill levels.

SATURDAY:

My snow dance worked! The weather should start clearing up for the next few days, so the roads should be clear. There’s no need to leave our valley though, great things are happening. The annual Share Your Christmas food drive goes on for most of the day: you don’t even need to leave your car, just drive up to the Governor’s Mansion, and someone will get your donation to the right place. Unwind, decompress and relax at a number of our great bars and restaurants.

Come on down and finish up your shopping at Carson City Pottery with handmade pottery and check out our teaching studio! This event is also going on Saturday, Dec. 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. We are located at 248 E Winnie Ln, Carson City.

The third annual Empty Bowls Carson City event to help raise hunger awareness, will be Friday, Dec. 4 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The event is part of the Silver and Snowflakes Festival of Lights and takes place inside the First Presbyterian Church, 306 W. Musser St., the site of the second tree lighting event of the evening.

There will be a raffle for dozens of locally made art pieces and other merchandise, generously donated to the cause. Demonstrations on a potter's wheel will also be occurring to show you how bowls are made.

Empty Bowls Carson City gives everyone the chance to choose a bowl made by local artists and fellow citizens for a minimum $12 donation that includes comes all you can eat soup generously donated by many local restaurants.

Carson City Pottery introduces~ Project of the Week! Each Friday we will introduce a new hand-building project! This is an individualized class, and you may choose to create the given project, work on the pottery wheel, or expand projects from previous classes. You are welcome to either drop-in or prearrange your class by e-mailing bommaritostudios@gmail.com. Classes will be held weekly from 4:00- 6:00 every Friday beginning Nov. 6. This is a great time create some holiday gifts!

Carson City Pottery hosts a Special Raku/Pit Firing event Saturday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, November 1st.

You may bring 4 pots for the pit and 4 pots for the raku, already bisqueted. You can bring more as if there is room in the pit and time enough for the raku once everyone's four pots are raku fired.

Carson City Pottery will be holding KIDS classes every Sunday beginning Oct. 25 to Nov. 29, from 10:00AM to 1:00PM. This is the perfect opportunity to be creative for the holidays! Day 1 we will learn how to make a mask for Dia de los Muertos or for Halloween! Day 2, 3, and 4 we will learn how to construct a mug, a box and a rattle sculpture (pictured above). Our final two days will be set aside for glazing and any finishing touches on the projects. Nicole Bommarito will be leading the class and demonstrating construction techniques.

Carson City Pottery invites children ages 10 and up to join local ceramic artist Sarah Reesor for some fun and hands-on wheel throwing classes this fall! They will be learning techniques needed for beginning wheel throwing, trimming on the wheel, and the basics of glazing--while making pieces of art that will be treasured for years to come. This wheel-throwing will run from 4-5:30 pm for 3 weeks on Thursday afternoons from December 3 - December 17 (please note this will be a finishing class only, no new projects). Tuition includes all materials. $90.

Carson City Pottery will be holding KIDS classes every Sunday beginning Oct. 25 to Nov. 29. This is the perfect opportunity to be creative for the holidays! Day 1 we will learn how to make a mask for Dia de los Muertos or for Halloween! Day 2, 3, and 4 we will learn how to construct a mug, a box and a rattle sculpture.

Carson City Pottery has a few spaces available for two classes starting Thursday. From 4-5:30 Sarah Reesor will be teaching the potter's wheel for kids 10-plus, and Rich McGregor's handbuilding for adults and high schoolers from 5:30-8:30.
Each class has a cost of $120, including all materials, the afternoon class runs for 5 weeks & the evening class runs for 4 weeks. All materials are included!! We have a few spaces left, so if you want to be a participant in either of these classes, please contact us asap. It'll be fun!!

This last weekend of August is filled with ways to celebrate your community. Carson Animal Shelter Initiative, better known as CASI, hosts their annual Bark, Whine, and Dine Fundraiser at Fuji Park. Animal lovers can also head to Carson Catalina Apartments for a rummage sale that benefits the Carson Tahoe SPCA. The Carson City Sheriff's Office young Explorers will host a fundraising car wash; The Marine Corp League can be found at the north Carson Walmart; half of the donations received will go to Deputy Howell’s family fund. And don’t miss out on the drought-friendly water balloon ice bucket challenge raising funds for ALS at Butler Meats on Sunday.

SATURDAY:

• Car Wash fundraiser for Carson City Sheriff’s Office Explorers at Unique Sounds: 3080 Hwy 50 East (10am-2pm)
• Virginia City Ferrari Hill Climb
• Back to School at Carson Hot Springs (Free 17 and younger admission per paid adult; outdoor pools only; 7am-10pm)
• Rummage Sale fundraiser for Carson Tahoe SPCA at Carson Catalina Apartments: 700 Hot Springs Rd. (7am-ish until?)
• Annual Outreach and Fundraiser by the Marine Corps League of Carson City Silver State- Detachment 630 at the Walmart store on Retail Drive (8am-5pm; half of the donations go to the family of fallen Carson City Sheriff’s Office Deputy and former U.S. Marine Carl Howell)

I apologize, Carson City. You have some decisions to make. There is quite a bit going on whether you want something family friendly, adults only, indoors, outdoors, or a combination of it all. The weekly Farmers Market at Third and Curry St. is always a good way to start the weekend. Yummy food, a bounce house for the kids, and beautiful flowers are hard to argue with. Keep reading for enough fun to make your head spin!

SATURDAY:

• Back to School at Carson Hot Springs (Free 17 and younger admission per paid adult; outdoor pools only; 7am-10pm)
• 21st Annual Silver Dollar Car Classic at Mills Park (8am-4pm show and shine, music, and vendors; Registration 8am-11am; Pancake Breakfast 8am-10:30am; Judging until 4pm)

Carson City Pottery announces a new class that begins Thursday. Known for his unusual functional teapots, Rich McGregor will share the techniques that go into making them in this 4 week class, which runs on Thursday evenings from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. The cost is $120 plus glaze firing costs.

Do you have a bucket list? I’ve heard so many people tell me they have one and making pottery is pretty high up there. Come to Carson City Pottery and get your hands in clay.

We have a variety of classes available for sign up, and lots of free open studio time. Our glazes are beautiful and we would love for you to drop by and take a look at them.

Those who have never worked with clay, or have and want to do some hand building would benefit taking a hand building class with Leigh Lunt on Wednesdays from 1:30 - 4:30 pm, starting June 24th.

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly. Why, oh, why did she swallow that fly when there is the monthly W.I.N.O.S. ladies night at Tahoe Ridge Winery tonight? Wine and cheese are a much better alternative to flies anyday. It’s National Cheese Day and Old Maids Day, so all you single ladies go celebrate; an old maid ain’t what it used to be. For those of you with kids, head over to the Carson City Library to visit with Mother Goose: she knows what to do if one swallows a fly.

THURSDAY:

• One Putt Jr. Academy at Silver Oak Golf Course (sign in 7:45am, 8am-10am; $40 per class or $200 for six classes classes includes Green Fees, Pull Cart, Golf Clubs, Gatorade; space limited, ages 7-12)
• Last week: ‘Forevermore’ by artist Su Limbert at the LXS Gallery in the Legislature Building

Kids Pottery Classes, Ages 8 and older are being offered by Carson City Pottery. Parents and grandparents have been asking about kids classes ever since Carson City Pottery moved to 248 E Winnie Lane. They have heard your requests and are offering a clay class for kids ages 8 and up on Mondays from 4pm - 6pm, starting Monday, June 8 through Monday June 22, taught by South Lake Tahoe Artist Sarah Reesor.

Do you want to meet an author or play with clay? Luckily, both of those are available to you today. The Friends of the Carson City Library are hosting Rockin’ Rev. Ken Haskins and Carson City Pottery needs help getting ready for an Empty Bowls bowl making event. Dancing shoes are perfect for salsa dance lessons at El Charro’s, but you may want cowboy boots for line dance lessons at Beercade. Practice those newly learned dance moves at Living the Good Life: DJ Bobby G is featuring Latin music. Sing to your heart’s content at Jimmy G’s Cigar Bar or at the Feisty Goat Pub: it’s karaoke night.

THURSDAY: Bike to Work Week

• Last Day to RSVP for the May Carson City Leisure Hour Club meeting on Wednesday, May 20 with speaker Sherry Rupert, Executive Director of the State of Nevada Indian Commission (call Dorothy Link at (775) 885-2542 to RSVP)
• ’The Driest State: Nevada Watersheds’ by artist Nolan Preese at the CCAI Gallery in the Courthouse: 885 E. Musser (8am-5pm)

Empty Bowls Carson City Project for 2015 kicks off with its first event Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cops and Kids public safety festival at at the Carson City Sheriff's Office, 911 E Musser Street. Bring your family, friends, co-workers and local groups down for some creative fun for a great cause at this free pottery making event to end hunger in Carson City.