THE GIRLS CLAY LAB
Make It. Change It. Own It.
Kimberly-Clark is proud to sponsor the Girls Clay Lab as part of its ongoing commitment to empowering girls and young women through hands-on learning and creative confidence-building. This program reflects Kimberly-Clark's belief in investing in the next generation, giving girls the tools, mentorship, and space to explore their creativity and find their own voice.
In this Two-Session Hand-Building Ceramic Lab for Girls Ages 12–18
Session 1 — Make It + Try It
Participants learn basic hand-building techniques and create a ceramic piece inspired by something meaningful to them. Through experimentation and a creative challenge, they practice taking risks, trying new ideas, and embracing unexpected outcomes.
Participants learn basic hand-building techniques and create a ceramic piece inspired by something meaningful to them. Through experimentation and a creative challenge, they practice taking risks, trying new ideas, and embracing unexpected outcomes.
Session 2 — Change It + Own It
Participants refine and finish their pieces while practicing creative decision-making and problem-solving. They reflect on their process, develop a short artist statement, and prepare to share their work with family and friends.
Participants refine and finish their pieces while practicing creative decision-making and problem-solving. They reflect on their process, develop a short artist statement, and prepare to share their work with family and friends.
All supplies included
Meet the educators:
Debbie Kupinsky
Debbie Kupinsky received her BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and her MFA from Louisiana State University. Her creative work often explores the way we mediate experience through objects and the intersection between the human and natural world. She has been a resident artist at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, The Appalachian Center for Crafts in Smithville, TN and the Arts in Industry program at Kohler in Sheboygan, WI. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Kohler Company and The Archie Bray Foundation among others. She shows her work nationally, internationally and regionally and maintains a studio in Appleton, WI.
