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Lakeville Area Arts Center offers pottery, painting

January 13, 2015 at 8:56PM
Madonna Denley, of Lakeville, enjoys spending her Thursday night throwing clay on a pottery wheel as part of a six week class at the Lakeville Area Arts center. ] (Aaron Lavinsky | StarTribune) Students at the Lakeville Area Arts Center take a pottery class under the tutelage of instructor JoAnne Andres on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. The course is six weeks long and provides instruction and hands-on demonstration to students hoping to learn how to hand form and wheel throw pottery.
Madonna Denley, of Lakeville, clearly enjoyed working with clay on a pottery wheel at last Thursday’s class. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

No matter the snow swirling outside, there's laughter and warmth around the whirling pottery wheels at the Lakeville Area Arts Center. The six-week pottery classes are among the most popular offerings at the center, which attracts students from around the metro. Instructors also teach drawing, oil and watercolor painting and basketweaving. Those who would rather admire than create can check out the work of local artists in the center's gallery. For information about upcoming classes for adults and children, go to www.lakevilleareaartscenter.com or call 952-985-4640.

Katie Humphrey


Instructor JoAnne Andres, left, demonstrates how to form texture using a pottery wheel as student Kari Khalil, of St. Paul, watches closely on Thursday night. ] (Aaron Lavinsky | StarTribune) Students at the Lakeville Area Arts Center take a pottery class under the tutelage of instructor JoAnne Andres on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. The course is six weeks long and provides instruction and hands-on demonstration to students hoping to learn how to hand form and wheel throw pottery.
Instructor JoAnne Andres, left, demonstrated how to form texture using a pottery wheel as student Kari Khalil, of St. Paul, watched closely. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Pottery instructor JoAnne Andres shows one of her finished products, a bowl detailed with tools called a "textured rib" and a "steve," both used during Thursday night's class as part of her presentation. ] (Aaron Lavinsky | StarTribune) Students at the Lakeville Area Arts Center take a pottery class under the tutelage of instructor JoAnne Andres on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. The course is six weeks long and provides instruction and hands-on demonstration to students hoping to learn how to hand form a
Andres showed one of her finished products, a bowl detailed with tools called a “textured rib” and a “steve.” (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Pottery instructor JoAnne Andres, left, teaches student Jean Meyer how to use an undercutting tool during Andres' class on Thursday night. ] (Aaron Lavinsky | StarTribune) Students at the Lakeville Area Arts Center take a pottery class under the tutelage of instructor JoAnne Andres on Friday, Jan. 9, 2015. The course is six weeks long and provides instruction and hands-on demonstration to students hoping to learn how to hand form and wheel throw pottery.
Pottery instructor JoAnne Andres — those are her hands at left — taught Jean Meyer how to use an undercutting tool during Andres’ class. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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