Lydia Thompson at work in her studio.
We’re excited to share our 2026 workshop offerings at The Hambidge Center—an evolving series of immersive, retreat-style experiences that invite deep engagement with process, material, and place.
April 9–12 – Functional Clay Vessels with Martha Cook
June 11–14 – Handbuilt Ceramic Memory Houses with Lydia Thompson
July 16–19 – Creative Surface Design with Keok Lim
July 23–26 – Indigo Dying with Keisha Cameron
August 9–14 – Hand-Turned Ceramic Pottery with Paul Briggs
October 1–4 – Figurative Sculpture with Basil Watson
October 15–18 – Raku and Alternative Firing Techniques with Vicente Garcia
To learn more about the structure of our workshop retreats and how they differ from our free (one-day) community workshops, visit our workshop page. If there is a workshop that interests you that doesn’t yet have registration open and you’d like to reserve your seat, email ddavid@hambidge.org
2025 Workshop Retreats
In 2025, we presented seven dynamic workshop retreats by world-class instructors in ceramics, plein air painting, audio field recording, culinary, meditation, botanical illustration, and printmaking. These workshop retreats were hosted in our beautiful Antinori Village where attendees enjoyed cozy weekend accommodations and hand-crafted communal meals.