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This class will discuss and demonstrate proper ceramic glazing techniques for mid-range-firing. Perfect for the student who has made ceramic pieces and needs glaze instruction or for experienced students that would like to learn new glazing techniques.
This class is designed for past clay hand-building participants or BCA ceramics open studio patrons that need glazing instructions for their bisque ware. Please make sure your pieces are bisque fired and ready to be glazed before class. *No outside studio bisque ware allowed, only bisque ware made in BCA ceramics studio.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes glaze, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.




This class is designed for the intermediate potter who can center and throw a tall cylinder and is ready to grow and advance to the next level of pottery shape making. This class will explore the process of making different shapes such as vases, bowls as well as mugs and handles. .
To take this class, participants are required to have previously taken Beginner Wheel Throwing at BreckCreate in the past or to have communicated with the instructor about skill level PRIOR to registration. Any participants who are not intermediate level will have their registration moved the a future Beginner Wheel Throwing class. You can email the instructor at scumugs@gmail.com
Instructor: Melissa Michel
Class participants, even pre-registered, are required to check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


Join Artist-in-Residence, Zain Alam for an evening of musical storytelling. Zain will share about his creative process and residency experience through a blend of audio, video and narration. He will then perform music he composed during his stay described as “An Indian sense of raga is voiced through shimmering, single-coil guitars; concepts from Indo-Islamic poetry that find their way into lyrics blending English with Hindi-Urdu; the repetition of qawwali music restaged using the loops and breaks common to modern hip-hop.” The evening will conclude with a question/answer session. Light refreshments will be served.




Join artist, educator and environmental advocate Calder Kamin to learn about nature’s recyclers: mushrooms! In these workshops, participants will get to transform trash into art by creating mushrooms from various materials. Those mushrooms will be added to Calder’s Trail Mix installation during the Breckenridge International Festival of the Arts. Participants will get to take one mushroom home with them!




Enjoy a summer day outside in the kiln yard, firing ceramic pieces in a special gas firing. Students will be hands on during the firing process and firings may last up to 6 hours. Instructions include loading and manning the kiln while firing, taking out molten hot pieces and handling reduction chambers, removing char from pieces as well as any prep work. Participants are allowed up to 5 bisque sculptural or decorative pieces to Raku. Pieces must be larger than 5 inches and Raku glazed no later than the night PRIOR to class. Check out the Glazing Techniques class to learn about glazing for Raku firings.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


Following in the tradition of Deep Listening pioneered by Pauline Oliveros, students in “Collect – Curate – Craft” will be led to explore in Breckenridge the richness of sound unveiled with nothing more than a microphone. They will then be guided through processes of finding form in the act of listening, labeling, and editing sound (and any accompanying photo/video) as outlined by cinematographer Walter Much in his book, In the Blink of an Eye.
Students will need to bring a cell phone for recording sound and video and preferably a laptop for editing sound and video. A limited number of laptops will be available for use on campus during the workshop. Please note whether you will need one of ours during registration.
Instructor: Zain Alam




In this class, every other week participants will have the opportunity to create jewelry with precious metal clay or enameling. See below dates for each project.
6/11: Torch Enameled Jewelry: Torch fired enamel glass on copper will be explored to create earrings or pendants to take home.
6/25 + 7/23: Precious Metal Clay: Using clay infused with silver and torch firing out the bonding agents to create silver charms. Add beads to take home a pair of earrings or pendants.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials and use of studio equipment.
Instructor: Sharon Speedy
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


Reserved Seating
Doors open at 5:30PM
Carl Topilow, conductor
Christophe Koenig, violin
On the Program
Coleman: Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Glazunov: Violin Concerto
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5
Program Details
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
Umoja: Anthem of Unity
Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Christophe Koenig, violin
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- Moderato
- Andante – cadenza
- Allegro
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Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
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- Moderato – Allegro non troppo
- Allegretto
- Largo
- Allegro non troppo
Pictured: Carl Topilow and the 2021 NRO
Photo by LovePris






Welcome to the exciting world of clay sculpture! In this class, youth 6 and up will learn to use stoneware clay and a variety of tools to sculpt the wildlife of the Colorado Rocky Mountains! Educational fun facts and photos will be introduced each class about the animal being sculpted. Each sculpture will be approximately 4-6 inches in height and will be kiln fired once the clay is dry. Attendees have the option of putting a mat underglaze on for color.
June 7 Fox
June 14 Rabbit
June 21 Bobcat
June 28 Black Bear
July 5 Mountain Goat
July 12 Bighorn sheep
July 19 Moose
July 26 Wolf
For ages 6 and up. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants. Participants must be 6 or older to participate. The cost the class includes clay, tools and firing.
Instructor: Tracy Bligh
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


This class would engage the young toddler from ages 3-5 in a focused art medium each week, emphasizing and enhancing their focus, fine motor, gross motor, communication, and visual artistic skills. For ages 3-5. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents are required to attend. Please register for child only.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


Join us for a beginner class focusing on linoleum block printmaking techniques. Participants will jump into carving while learning about tools, methods of pressing, paper, inks, and more! We will work with soft cutting linoleum to create an image by taking away material. This class is designed for ages 12 – 19.Participants must be 12 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials.
Instructor: Hannah Taylor
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.


This class would engage the youth from ages 6-12 in a focused art medium each week. Emphasizing and enhancing their focus and visual artistic skills. For ages 6 and up. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.




Participants will be introduced to a variety of techniques in reusing and recycling found and everyday objects to create new works of art. From sculpture to wall hung works, we’ll explore a variety of mixed media and assemblage techniques while using materials such as cereal boxes, soda cans, bottle caps, old t-shirts, plastic bags, and so much more. Through creative experimentation, teens will explore expression through the medium of what essentially would be “trash”.
Participants must be 12 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials.
Instructor: Kia Neill
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, participants should check-in at Old Masonic Hall, 136 S. Main St., prior to class.