IN-PERSON AND ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Designed for students looking to advance their skills in a concentrated period of time, our intensives offer a unique opportunity to dive deep into techniques and concepts. Experience the joy of focused creation and unlock new dimensions of your creative potential with us. Join a network of passionate artists and take your figurative ceramics to the next level.
ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN
SUMMER 4-WEEK LIVE ONLINE INTENSIVE:
JUNE 2026 - Enrollment close June 1
LIVE ONLINE WORKSHOP:
Dates: Classes run from June 2 to June 27, 2026.
Note: Students pursuing certification will have July to complete assignments, with continued one-on-one coaching with Cristina Córdova and community gatherings throughout the month.
Schedule: Live sessions happen twice a week (Tuesday and Saturday) and are all recorded, so you’ll have lifetime access to revisit them whenever you need.
Language: English
Price: $2,200 (Price excludes tax. Taxes apply based on your location and local laws.)
Join us for the final four-week live online intensive of 2026, an immersive experience in figurative ceramics led by Cristina Córdova. This program brings together an exceptional group of internationally recognized artists, each offering intimate, practical approaches to constructing, understanding, and presenting sculpture, while guiding you toward a deeper, more personal command of your own work.
Cristina Córdova guides you through her slab-based method for figure construction, focusing on proportion and movement, while Assis Filho focuses on anatomical refinement of the head and hands. Beth Cavener teaches gesture and tension to build emotionally charged sculptures, Malene Hartmann Rasmussen shares how to create narrative work rooted in mythology, and Carolein Smit demonstrates expressive textures over hollow forms. Susan Halls shares her fast slab-building techniques for dynamic forms, Kukuli Velarde reflects on how cultural memory informs sculpture, and Brady Connelly teaches professional photography and lighting to accurately represent your work.
ENROLLMENT IS NOW OPEN
2-day In-Person Figurative Ceramic Sculpture Intensive:
Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Surface with Cristina Córdova
IN PERSON WORKSHOP:
Location: 1000 Avenida Ponce de Leon, Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dates: August 3 - August 4, 2026 (Monday-Tuesday)
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. a 4:40 p.m.
Language: English
Instructed by: Cristina Córdova
Price: 650 USD
Join Cristina Córdova in the heart of San Juan for a two-day immersive workshop focused on building a full figurative sculpture using her dynamic slab-based approach. Through clear, adaptable methods, you will develop the figure from the thighs upward while gaining essential anatomical insight into the torso, head, and hands. The course also explores expressive surface techniques, including hair and texture, helping you bring presence and narrative to your work.
Alongside construction, Cristina will share a range of finishing approaches, and you will create a set of fired test tiles to serve as a lasting studio reference. Each participant will leave with their work safely packed for travel and the tools to continue refining it at home. This is an opportunity to step into focused making, deepen your practice, and be inspired by the energy and cultural richness of Puerto Rico.
ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN JULY 15
Exquisite Head: Form, Expression, and Surface
In-Person Weekend Workshop with Cristina Córdova and Sergei Isupov
IN PERSON WORKSHOP:
Location: Project Art, 54 Main Street, Cummington, Massachusetts, USA
Dates: October 16 – October 18, 2026 (ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN JULY 15)
Instructed by: Cristina Córdova and Sergei Isupov
In sculpture, the human head holds a singular power. It is where identity gathers, where emotion surfaces, where thought becomes visible in form. In this rare two-day intensive, acclaimed sculptors Sergey Isupov and Cristina Córdova invite participants into an immersive exploration of the head as both structure and story.
Working side by side, the two artists bring together distinctly powerful approaches to figurative clay. Isupov is known for his richly pigmented, psychologically layered portraits that merge image, color, and narrative. Córdova brings a deeply structural understanding of the figure, guiding students through the architecture that gives a head weight, presence, and life. Together they reveal the inner logic of the form, how a head is built, how expression emerges, and how surface can amplify meaning.
Through demonstrations, lectures, and guided studio work, participants will learn practical systems for constructing the head in clay, strategies for understanding facial anatomy and proportion, and methods for refining features so they feel both believable and expressive. The workshop will also explore approaches to surface and pigmentation that allow sculpture to carry emotional depth and narrative resonance.
Participants will leave with a powerful framework for constructing the head, a sharper understanding of facial anatomy, new strategies for color and surface, and a series of study heads that capture the breakthroughs made during this immersive studio experience.
SOLD OUT
IN PERSON WORKSHOP:
Location: Constructo, 1108 Av. Las Palmas Suite 1A, San Juan, 00907, Puerto Rico
Dates: 9 Feb – 13 Feb, 2026 (Monday to Friday)
Schedule: 9:30 a.m. a 4:00 p.m.
Language: Spanish
Instructed by: Yamileth Flores Reyes
Price: Free (Only 10 slots available for people accomplishing the requirements)
Cerámica para todos in Collaboration with Pitirre Proyectos
“Investigación de Barros Locales” by Yamileth Flores Reyes
This workshop introduces participants to a comprehensive research process focused on Puerto Rico’s local clays, from their identification, collection, and processing to their formulation and use in a range of ceramic applications. Through hands-on experimentation, participants will explore the properties of local clay, the addition of minerals to enhance performance, and its use both as a clay body and as a material for surface finishes such as slips, textures, and glazes. The workshop aims to promote a more conscious, informed, and sustainable use of local resources, expanding technical knowledge of the island’s clays and their potential within contemporary ceramic practice.
SOLD OUT
Fire Forms: Large-Scale Ceramics and Pit Firing
in collaboration with Penland School of Craft
IN PERSON WORKSHOP:
Location: Bakersville, NC, USA
Dates: Sept 28 – Nov 7, 2025
Registration closes on: Friday, September 12, 2025 5:00 PM
Instructed by: Cristina Córdova and Patricia Esperanza
Building big opens up a different relationship with our creativity. Within the realm of figurative sculpture, large-scale pieces evoke a connection to the monumental and archetypal, drawing a different energy from which to let concepts and personal narratives flow. This workshop will explore basic, effective strategies for large-scale slab, pinch, and coil construction.
We will cover creating blueprints, sourcing clay bodies, tools, and equipment as well as drying protocols and firing cycles to ensure success. We will complement this with a surface lab to build a library of finishing possibilities. We will practice both electric firing and pit firing, which is a communal process that brings people together and creates unique surface effects.