Clay & Print Workshop

Date

October 2

Time

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Council District

City Council District 7
Event Schedule

October 2026

  • Friday 2nd 2:00 AM

Image credit: Gisela Ramirez 

Explore the intersection of printmaking and ceramics, applying monoprint and collage techniques onto clay slabs to create functional or sculptural pieces with narrative surfaces. This one day workshop will teach you new ways to enhance decorate ceramic pieces, combining two art forms. Make a truly unique piece while developing new skills!

Age Group: Adult (18 and up)

Friday, October 2, 2:00pm - 5:00pm
Instructor: Gisela Ramirez

Multi-media artist Gisela Ramirez brings experience in ceramics, printmaking, and sculpture to her teaching. Gisela has a BFA in Printmaking and a BA in Art Education from California State University - Chico. Her unique artwork highlights humanitarian issues, bringing to light the struggles of marginalized communities. She draws inspiration from her family’s migration story and subsequent struggles. Gisela is a recipient of the Janet Turner Print Memorial Scholarship for excellence in printmaking and the Lt. Robert Merton Rawlins Merit Award for outstanding academic and professional accomplishments.

Upcoming Events

September 24 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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$0.00 - $7.00

Hollyhock House Tours

Experience the interior of Hollyhock House at your own pace with a self-guided tour. Docents are on hand to provide information and answer questions.

September 23 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
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Free

Shifting Perspectives: Cheech Collects

Over the past year and a half, artists and collectors have donated 80 works by almost 35 artists to The Cheech Center Collection. This year's exhibition will highlight some new additions alongside works from Cheech Marin's initial gift of 500 works. The latest exhibition, Cheech Collects, explores different forms within the Cheech Marin Collection. It introduces photography and sculpture alongside paintings, prints, and mixed media works for which the collection is celebrated. See website for ticket prices.

September 25 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm -
See event website.

Construction, Occupation

Construction, Occupation presents the work of 24 artists and collectives that engage art’s potential to shape the city through the power of community. Drawing on myriad visual languages and poetics grounded in collective action, the exhibition investigates a radical urban vocabulary that blurs art and activism to address questions of infrastructure and vulnerability, circulation and segregation, and the body in public

September 23 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm -
$0.00 - $19.00

BEHIND BARS: INCARCERATION IN THE WEST

This installation features some of the many forms that incarceration has taken in the American West over time, in conversation with a new photo series by fine art photographer Pep Williams, taken in a California state prison. Located in the jail cell area of the Autry’s firearms galleries, the installation brings past and present into dialogue.

September 23 @ 10:00 am - 5:00 pm -
$0.00 - $15.95

Bernard Hoyes: Out from Under the Net

Presenting the evolution of Bernard Hoyes’ signature Rag Series, developed during the 1970s and expanded through collage, painting, and printmaking. His rhythmic compositions reflect Afro-Caribbean spirituality, rituals, and the power of women across music, dance, and magic. The works explore themes of race, identity, memory, and liberation through layered visual language.