Visual Arts
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Friday, October 3, 2025 • 4:30–6:00 PM • In person • $10 Join one of AMOCA’s teaching artists for a 1.5-hour wheel throwing lab, where youth ages 12-16 are invited to try their hand at the wheel and learn the steps to make their own pottery. Advance registration required.
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Teen Art Mornings at the Maloof!Come express yourself, try something new, and meet other teen artists! No experience necessary — just bring your creativity. 9:00 AM – 11:00 AMFree! Space is limited
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Join us to celebrate Radical Geographies: possibilities of the imaged landscape. Enjoy light refreshments, music, and art. Free and open to the public.
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Friday, October 3, 2025 • 11:00 AM–4:00 PM • In person • pay what you can Thanks to generous support from AMOCA’s Board of Directors, Museum admission for First Fridays at AMOCA is pay what you can. Each month, visit the Museum and choose your own ticket prices! |
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Tuesday, October 7, 2025 • 12:00 –1:00 PM (PDT) • Online Join us for a virtual artist talk with Artist in Residence Bianca MacPherson to celebrate the beginning of her residency in the AMOCA Studio.
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Saturday, October 11, 2025 • 3:00 PM • In person • free w/admission On the second Saturday of each month, AMOCA’s docents offer a guided look into one of our current exhibitions. October’s tour will focus on Making in Between: Indigenous Americans.
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Friday, October 10, 2025 •5:30-6:30 PM or 7:30-8:30 PM • In person • $75 The perfect way to get your hands dirty, relax, and have fun! In this one-hour introductory class, you’ll learn the basics of throwing on the potter’s wheel. Advance registration required.
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Monday, October 13, 12-2pm CAA-210, Rancho Campus Join us to learn linocut skills from artist Melanie Walden. Linocut is a versatile and easy-to-do relief printing technique. The idea of using the easy to cut linoleum instead of a hard wood as block-material for printmaking originated from the late 19th century Read more
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Beginning Wheel Throwing with Isabella • $350 Mondays, October 13- November 17, 2025 • 6:00-8:30 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic throwing shapes, as well as the Read more
$350
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Beginning Hand Building with Kat • $350Tuesdays, October 14- November 18, 2025 • 10:00 AM-12:30 PM • In-person This beginning hand building course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic types of hand building and construction techniques, Read more
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Intermediate Wheel Throwing with Bianca R. • $350 Tuesdays, October 14- November 18, 2025 • 6:30-9:00 PM • In-person This intermediate wheel throwing course is designed for students who are comfortable throwing, trimming and glazing work independently. This class focuses on developing consistency in throwing and also using the wheel Read more
$350
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Beginning Wheel Throwing with Michelle • $350 Wednesdays, October 15- November 19, 2025 • 6:00 -8:30 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic throwing shapes, as well as Read more
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Beginning Wheel Throwing: Altered Forms with Bianca M. • $350 Thursdays, October 16- November 20, 2025 • 6:00 -8:30 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Through guided exercises and demonstrations, students will gain Read more
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Beginning Wheel Throwing with Mark • $350Saturdays, October 18- November 22, 2025 • 10:00 AM -12:30 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic throwing shapes, as well as Read more
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Intermediate Wheel Throwing with Mark • $350 Saturdays, October 18- November 22, 2025 • 2:00 -4:30 PM • In-person This intermediate wheel throwing course is designed for students who are comfortable throwing, trimming and glazing work independently. This class focuses on developing consistency in throwing and also using the wheel Read more
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Beginning Wheel Throwing with Max • $350 Sundays, October 19- November 23, 2025 • 10:00 AM -12:30 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic throwing shapes, as well Read more
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Beginning Hand Building with Aida • $350Sundays, October 19 - November 23, 2025 • 12:00-2:30 PM • In-person This beginning hand building course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic types of hand building and construction techniques, Read more
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Beginning Wheel Throwing with Isabella • $350 Sundays, October 19- November 23, 2025 • 2:30 -5:00 PM • In-person This course is designed to teach the fundamentals of working with clay on the potter’s wheel–no prior experience is necessary. Students will be introduced to basic throwing shapes, as well as Read more
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Saturday, October 25, 2025 • 4:00 –6:00 PM • In Person • free w/registration Join us for the opening reception for Fired in Revolution: Ceramics from the People’s Republic of China, presenting ceramics created during the Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976. Admission to the event and Museum galleries is complimentary with advance registration. |
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Sunday, October 26, 2025 • 3:00 –4:00 PM • In Person • free w/admission Join us in the gallery for a poetry reading with southern California poet Martha Ronk. Ronk’s newest book Clay: Bodies + Matter is comprised of poems that find meaning and connection in the process of creating pottery from clay. |
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025 • 12:00 –1:00 PM (PDT) • Online Join us for a virtual artist talk with Artist in Residence Maxwell Henderson to celebrate the beginning of his residency in the AMOCA Studio.
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Camera Obscura Workshop Friday, October 31 10:30am - 12:30pm CAA-129 Join Radical Geographies artist Alex Delapena in this hands-on workshop. Explore the magic of photography through its most fundamental form: camera obscura, aka the pinhole image. Camera obscura is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon that has inspired and has been Read more
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Calling all teens! Spend your Saturday morning making art, exploring new materials, and having fun with fellow young creatives. All materials provided! 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Free! Space is limited
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