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There are many activities that are fun for the entire family in Baltimore. Taking in an Orioles or a Ravens game or heading out for a day at Harborplace.  The Baltimore Farmers Market won the Parent’s Choice for the “2009 Best Place for Families and Kids” in Nickelodeon’s magazine Parents Pick.  One activity though is a bit more subtle, a bit more laid back as far as days out with the kids are concerned.  The non-profit art school, Baltimore Clayworks has a mission, and that is to help people to develop their art, and to sustain and to keep promoting a community that is art centered while providing excellent education and collaborative artistic programs through working with ceramics.

It is this strive towards excellence in accessibility to the other artists and to the studios.  They offer a wide variety of classes and programs and the focus is on the individual student.  All of the pottery and sculpture instructors at Clayworks are working artists who are serious about their own art, which is key to the quality of instruction available.  As far as classrooms go, most classes offered at art schools are very laid back and casual, and this is so in the pottery studios.  Dialogue and discussions are encouraged between students and between the students and the artist instructing the class.  Along with the weekly classes, there are special workshops, seminars and festivals.

One such event is taking place in just about a week, and that is the Winterfest Jazz Preview, November 13 from 6pm-8pm.  This is a great time to get out and experience the holidays, to take in an early meal at one of the restaurants in Baltimore, and then head over to Clayworks.  The night will be filled with the celebration for the arts and the changing of the seasons.  All of the work produced during the year will be on sale, and this is opening night for that sale.  This is a great time to pick up unique and beautiful gifts for Christmas.  Live jazz musicians will be performing, there will be a bit of wine served and a fare amount of holiday spirit.  Clayworks is a great venue for families to come together and spend some time with each and with the arts.