Coffee Tasting & Wheel Throwing Demo

Sunday, March 15

10:00–11:00 AM | Free Coffee Tasting

11:00 AM–2:00 PM | Wheel Throwing Demonstration | $20 suggested donation

Join us for a relaxed morning of coffee and craft! Start with a free, curated tasting from Gold Dot Roasting, featuring a range of small-batch coffees from bright single-origin roasts to deeper, richer profiles. Then stay for a live wheel-throwing demonstration with ceramic artist Rocky Lewycky, who will share practical techniques for centering, forming bowls and cylinders, and building confidence at the wheel. Open to all experience levels, with hands-on tool tips and time for questions.

Meet the Artist

Rocky Lewycky is a contemporary ceramic artist and educator based in Santa Cruz, California. He has been working in clay for over 30 years and currently serves as head of ceramics at De Anza College. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums nationwide and recognized by organizations including the Santa Cruz Rydel Visual Arts Fund. In 2019, he founded Rockford Gallery Contemporary Ceramics in Boulder Creek. His practice emphasizesprocess, transformation, and the expressive potential of form. In addition to his studio and teaching practice, Rocky Lewycky worked as a production potter for ABC Ceramics in Santa Fe, New Mexico, contributing to high-volume functional work while refining efficiency, consistency, and form at the wheel.