Art of Elan returns to ICA North with a musical program that takes inspiration from the great outdoors, highlighting the ICA Sculpture Trail and its newest addition by Mexican artist Pedro Reyes: a sculpture titled "Hannah Arendt." This colorful concert explores finding beauty in unexpected places and includes a variety of music for strings, harp,...
Join us at ICA San Diego / North on Monday, March 16th for the unveiling of Graft (2023), a newly installed sculpture by Edra Soto, generously donated to the museum by the artist, supported by the Sahm Family Foundation, and now permanently part of our public Sculpture Trail.
Discover the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi, a philosophy that celebrates flaws and imperfections by mending broken pottery with gold. In this hands-on class, you’ll learn to repair ceramics using traditional techniques and materials, transforming cracks into stunning veins of beauty.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Dive into the vibrant world of Foundations of Painting, where you’ll build essential skills and unlock your creative potential through color, composition, and expressive brushwork.
Learn how to confidently use your camera in both manual and automatic modes while discovering the fundamentals of lighting and framing that bring images to life. Whether you’re looking to capture everyday moments or begin a journey into professional photography, this class equips you with the knowledge and confidence to capture stunning moments.
Perfect for all skill levels! Bring your camera or other image making device.
Discover the art of observation in Still Life Drawing, a hands-on art class that sharpens your eye and elevates your creative skills. Through focused exercises with everyday objects, you’ll learn techniques in proportion, perspective, shading, and composition that bring depth and realism to your work.
In this 6-week class, you’ll learn to create functional ceramic pieces by hand—no wheel required—while diving into the expressive world of modern majolica-style decoration. We’ll focus on building forms like mugs, plates, platters, and tiles using slab and coil techniques. After bisque firing, you’ll decorate your pieces using a white glaze base and layer on color with underglazes and other paintable colored glazes. Explore techniques like brushwork, layering, line work, and pattern to bring your surfaces to life.
Ceramic Sculpture: The Human Form (Jan 26-Mar 9, 5:30-8:30pm) Class Schedule Mondays, 5:30-8:30pm Six-Week Session Jan 26, Feb 2, 9, 23, Mar 2, 9 Instructor Suzanne Lussier (click for website) Description Explore the beauty, complexity, and personality of the human form through clay. In this sculpture-focused class, you’ll learn how to build expressive figures, gestures,...
In this six week class students ages 13-17 will begin by learning the basics, focusing on 3 essential steps of the throwing process: centering, opening, and pulling. Students will be led in working with ceramics, hand-building and wheel throwing, learning slab construction, pinch pots, surface texture, clay impression and more.
Sharpen your observational skills and deepen your understanding of the human form in this dynamic figure drawing class.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
With a main focus on functional pottery, beginner students will learn how to use the equipment in the studio and how to use the wheel while more advanced students will further use the wheel as a tool to create work made partially or entirely from thrown forms.
Learn the fundamentals or level up your wheel throwing skills in this supportive, hands-on class. Beginners will focus on centering, pulling walls, and creating basic forms. Intermediate students can refine techniques, explore new forms, and build consistency.
Children ages 8-12 will have the opportunity to explore how to shape clay as a creative medium.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
In this 6-week class, you’ll learn to create functional ceramic pieces by hand—no wheel required—while diving into the expressive world of modern majolica-style decoration. We’ll focus on building forms like mugs, plates, platters, and tiles using slab and coil techniques. After bisque firing, you’ll decorate your pieces using a white glaze base and layer on color with underglazes and other paintable colored glazes. Explore techniques like brushwork, layering, line work, and pattern to bring your surfaces to life.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Discover the art of nerikomi, a Japanese ceramic technique that layers and slices colored clay to create intricate patterns. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to design, shape, and assemble their own unique clay ornaments using vibrant, patterned slabs. Perfect for beginners and experienced makers alike, this class combines creativity and craftsmanship, resulting in one-of-a-kind decorative pieces to take home.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Learn the fundamentals or level up your wheel throwing skills in this supportive, hands-on class. Beginners will focus on centering, pulling walls, and creating basic forms. Intermediate students can refine techniques, explore new forms, and build consistency.
Children ages 8-12 will have the opportunity to explore how to shape clay as a creative medium.
In this 6-week class, you’ll learn to create functional ceramic pieces by hand—no wheel required—while diving into the expressive world of modern majolica-style decoration. We’ll focus on building forms like mugs, plates, platters, and tiles using slab and coil techniques. After bisque firing, you’ll decorate your pieces using a white glaze base and layer on color with underglazes and other paintable colored glazes. Explore techniques like brushwork, layering, line work, and pattern to bring your surfaces to life.
Sharpen your observational skills and deepen your understanding of the human form in this dynamic figure drawing class.
In this six week class students ages 13-17 will begin by learning the basics, focusing on 3 essential steps of the throwing process: centering, opening, and pulling. Students will be led in working with ceramics, hand-building and wheel throwing, learning slab construction, pinch pots, surface texture, clay impression and more.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
With a main focus on functional pottery, beginner students will learn how to use the equipment in the studio and how to use the wheel while more advanced students will further use the wheel as a tool to create work made partially or entirely from thrown forms.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Spend your next friend get-together or date night in our ceramics lab in Encinitas! Learn to use the wheel, how to throw, center clay, alter shapes, learn to trim and use glazes.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us at ICA / North in Encinitas as ceramic artist Giselle Hicks hosts a two-day, hands-on workshop exploring pinching and coiling techniques for building vessels.
Join ceramic artist Giselle Hicks at ICA San Diego / North in Encinitas for an engaging evening demonstration exploring her signature pinching and coiling techniques. In this live, observational session, Giselle will walk attendees through her handbuilding process, sharing how she creates both sculptural and functional ceramic forms with seamless transitions, dynamic curves, and architectural edges.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Experience the joy of painting outdoors in this plein air class that brings the studio into nature at the ICA’s picturesque garden. Learn to capture light, atmosphere, and landscape in real time while developing techniques in composition, color, and brushwork.
Join us in Encinitas for even more ways to interact with contemporary art! Weekly Wellness Saturdays at ICA North expands on our 2025-2026 exhibition season theme, On Healing. The exhibitions are part of a year-long exploration of the ways artists address the various socio-cultural wounds revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Similarly, the associated programs and events seek to explore how art can serve as a vital tool for mental, physical, emotional, and community wellbeing.
Learn the fundamentals or level up your wheel throwing skills in this supportive, hands-on class. Beginners will focus on centering, pulling walls, and creating basic forms. Intermediate students can refine techniques, explore new forms, and build consistency.
Children ages 8-12 will have the opportunity to explore how to shape clay as a creative medium.
In this six week class students ages 13-17 will begin by learning the basics, focusing on 3 essential steps of the throwing process: centering, opening, and pulling. Students will be led in working with ceramics, hand-building and wheel throwing, learning slab construction, pinch pots, surface texture, clay impression and more.
