CELEBRATING CREATIVE MINDS...
& HANDS TOO!

Private Classes

Sonja is offering both Wheel Throwing and Hand Building sessions. Both private and small groups (up to four), are offered. Classes are $60 per 90-minute private session. $25 for each additional student.

So, bring your partner, spouse, friends and family!

Packages are also available in 3, 4, 5 and 6 lessons. The bigger the package the bigger the savings. Whether you want to explore pottery for the first time, or rekindle and old passion, this is a great opportunity to get your hands muddy and tune into your creative force.

For more information and to schedule an appointment please contact Sonja:

(415) 230-9367

PRIVATE CLASS AND MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION

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Sonja is offering both wheel throwing and hand building sessions. Both private and small groups (up to four), are offered. Classes are $60 per 90-minute private session. $25 for each additional student.

So, bring your partner, spouse, friends and family!

Packages are also available in 3, 4, 5 and 6 lessons. The bigger the package the bigger the savings. Whether you want to explore pottery for the first time, or rekindle and old passion, this is a great opportunity to get your hands muddy and tune into your creative force.

For more information, and to schedule an class,

please contact Sonja:

(415) 230-9367

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moonsparks memberships

$195 a month

the first 30 memberships sold will get $20 off

membership for the first month!

moonsparks LLC is excited to open a community

CERAMICS STUDIO for anyone who has prior clay

experience, or has taken a minimum of 2 classes in

hand-building or wheel throwing.

Memberships are offered on a monthly and quarterly basis.

Membership includes:

Studio access 7 days a week, 6am-9pm

Dedicated shelf space

Use of studio tools and equipment (wheels, slab roller,

hand-building table, glaze room and more)

25 lbs of clay per month (glazing and firing fees included)

Additional clay for purchase (includes glazing and firing)

Opportunity to display and sell personal work

Veterans receive a 10% discount

Please contact Lisa for more information and to join.

There is a limit of 30 members - so don't delay.

Join today!

OUR MISSION

moonsparks is excited to bring to Taos a new space for ceramicists

that have completed a minimum of two pottery classes.

Here, creativity thrives & community feels like family.

Through clay we shape more than pottery!

We shape connection, expression & a sense of belonging!

Team moonsparks

Lisa Sparks

Owner/CEO

Lisa is an army veteran who discovered ceramics to help cope with PTSD.

She spent the majority of her career as a software engineer and, since retiring, has been volunteering for art galleries and museums.

One of Lisa's most meaningful accomplishments is volunteering at Gateway Museum in Eagle Nest, a 501(C)3. She held every position, from volunteer to President during her tenure...except Secretary.

Lisa has supported artists, in one way or another, most of her life, and is now able to provide a community studio venue to Taos ceramicists.

Sonja Hinrichsen

Ceramicist

Sonja studied Art Education in Stuttgart, Germany. She has an MFA in

New Genres Art from the San Francisco Art Institute and has participated in group/solo exhibitions and artists residencies worldwide. Sonja creates immersive installations and conducts participatory art events with communities all over the US and Europe. In her large-scale project "Snow Drawings" she merges collaborative art making with sublime nature experience. A core interest are environmental concerns and human relationships with nature. A project about wild growing plants as a food source led to the need for custom ceramic ware. Sonja began taking ceramics classes at Oakland Community College in 2014. She has since taken many classes and workshops to hone her skills in throwing, hand building. glazing and various firing techniques. She spent the fall of 2024 semester at the University of Nebraska to study

with acclaimed ceramicists Pete Pinnell and Margaret Bohls. Sonja has been teaching for several years. In 2021/22 she ran the Ceramics Program at the Randall Museum in San Francisco. She has also taught ceramics at community studios in Oakland and for the City of Oakland at Studio One Art Center.

Shad Boswell

Ceramic Studio Apprentice

Shad stopped by moonsparks one day after seeing the ceramics sign off of Gusdorf. Shad is a carpenter by trade and is knowledgable in ceramics. He loves pottery and asked if he could help out with

the completion of the ceramics studio buildout. He has been indispensable and is a much appreciated asset to moonsparks LLC.