Every Wednesday, join us in the historic Carnegie Library for At the Hearth, a drop-in program held from 5:00-6:00 p.m. during the museum’s Pay What You Wish hour. Hosted by Cooper Hewitt curators, educators, conservators, and librarians, come sit by the fireplace for intimate conversations and fresh perspectives from makers, designers, thinkers, and writers deeply engaged in design.
During this At the Hearth, make a pinch pot, a simple hand-built clay vessel, with Greenwich House Pottery while discussing how the hands-on encompasses everything from artists-in-residences to the call for universal daycare. Greenwich House Pottery is New York City’s home for ceramics education and artistic exploration. For over a century, they’ve welcomed beginners, hobbyists, and professional artists to discover the joy of clay in their vibrant New York City-based studios founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country.