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Claudia Olds Goldie

Workshops

Claudia packs her workshops with information-rich demonstrations, guiding students to build hollow, expressive, anatomically convincing figures from soft slabs of clay.
Claudia Olds Goldie teaching in a ceramics workshop

Upcoming Workshops

  • Hop into Wonderland by Claudia Olds Goldie — White stoneware, graphite, paint, 17 x 7 x 7 inches, 2024

    November 14–15, 2026

    Weekend Animal Forms Workshop

    Mill Pond Ceramic Studio

    Biddeford, Maine

    In this two-day workshop, students will work with Harvard Ceramics instructor and artist Claudia Olds Goldie to learn how to create animal forms using a single slab rolled into a cylinder. With sensitivity and a willingness to understand the essence of their chosen animal, students will use slab, modeling, pinching and layering techniques to create an expressive, anatomically convincing animal. Claudia will demonstrate the techniques she applies to her own sculptural work, as she leads you through this exciting process.

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Past Workshops

  • Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill logo

    July 5–11, 2026

    The Figure in Clay

    Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill

    10 Meetinghouse Rd, Truro, MA

    A hands-on exploration of the figure in clay at Castle Hill on Cape Cod. Build expressive, hollow figures and explore gesture, proportion, and narrative with Claudia Olds Goldie.

    Phone: 508-349-7511 · info@castlehill.org · christophersmith@castlehill.org

  • Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program logo

    June 14–19, 2026

    The Expressive Figure in Clay

    Snow Farm: The New England Craft Program

    5 Clary Road, Williamsburg, MA 01096

    Learn how to build hollow, expressive, anatomically convincing figures using soft slabs, pinching, and modeling. Demonstrations explore similarities and differences between human and animal structures, as well as how to use gesture and facial expression for narrative and emotional emphasis. Whether you are interested in realism, whimsy, or fantasy, bring your voice and vision to this rich exploration of technique and ideas. Some experience required. (June 14 is the arrival day; instruction runs June 15–19.)

    Phone: 413.268.3101 · info@snowfarm.org

  • Two figurative ceramic sculptures of women in black gowns by Claudia Olds Goldie

    March 8–13, 2026

    The Expressive Figure with Claudia Olds Goldie

    Estudio Paloma

    San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

    Workshop fee: $1,250 USD · Deposit to register: $600 USD

    Join us for a five-day workshop where students work in a supportive and inspiring studio environment and are encouraged to develop their own sense of style. A full-time studio artist and educator, Claudia returns to Paloma Studio for the third time to share her knowledge of sculptural ceramics and help each student problem solve, explore, and expand their vision. Students will learn to build medium-size, hollow, figurative sculpture from slabs, working from imagination, photographs, drawings, or any other source of inspiration.

Questions About a Workshop?

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