At least TWO FAMILY MEMBERS from two generations must apply together. All participants should be 14 years or older. Spanish speaking families are welcome! We can accept up to 8 families per session. Here’s what the class will include, and you are agreeing to participate in, if accepted:
- The first clay classes you will both learn and practice basic hand building skills and surface decoration techniques.
- The elder generation will teach the younger generation a meaningful family recipe. You will be given a gift card to buy ingredients and cook together in your own home, taking pictures of the prepared food.
- During the second half (six classes) your participating family members will collaborate to design, build, and decorate a ceramic serving dish for your traditional family recipe.
- You will again purchase ingredients with a gift card and cook the recipe together in your home. You will bring the prepared food in your handmade serving dish to our final potluck to share with all the other participants. We will all break bread together!
- You will provide the recipe and be interviewed about it - the history, memories, traditions, and rituals around it. Lauren will compile a recipe book that will be published. Each family will get a copy that includes the recipes and their stories from all the sessions.
This activity is funded in part by the California Arts Council, a state agency, via the The Inland SoCal Creative Corps, a component fund at The Inland Empire Community Foundation.