Everyone using the studio must follow guidelines and rules outlined in the agreements and terms signed upon registration for classes or membership. Supplemental and updated information will be supplied as necessary. All visitors regardless of signed documentation must adhere to the guidelines set forth by AA Clay Studio.

Pottery Wheels And Table Space are available on a first-come-first serve basis.
If the studio is crowded please limit your time to around 1-hour and limit the amount of space you occupy.

Studio Use Agreement

Cancellation Policy

Payments Accepted
• We accept Cash, Check, PayPal, Apple Pay, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and American Express.

Recurring Member Discount
To qualify for discount you must provide a credit card on-file that will be charged membership fee the first day of each month.
• New members must commit to a minimum of 3-months membership to qualify for discount.
• Cancel anytime after 3-months by contacting the studio via phone, email, or in-person. Monthly Membership fees can not be pro-rated or transferred.
• If a member commits to the 3-month discount and terminates membership before the 3-month probation period ends they will be subject to retroactive full payment.

Snow/Inclement Weather Cancellation
Class, Lesson, or Workshop
• If a class or workshop is canceled due to inclement weather you will receive an email communication to the email provided at registration with further instructions. In most cases the class or workshop will be rescheduled. If rescheduling is not possible customer will receive a refund to be determined by AA Clay Studio.

6-Week Course
• In the event of heavy snow or other weather incident class will be canceled. Class will be rescheduled for the following week unless announced by the instructor. If scheduling conflicts occur the class will be rescheduled for a day and time most students can attend. If you are unable to attend rescheduled session you will have the opportunity to make-up during Open Studio. Watch the local news: in most cases class will be canceled if JCPS (Jefferson County Public Schools) are CLOSED. If a class is postponed: students will receive a communication to the email provided at checkout/registration.

Kiln Firing
• Due to the nature of clay, items may crack and/or explode in the kiln. Instructors will inform you if your individual work is at an elevated risk of being damaged or destroyed in the kiln firing.
• When paying to have your work kiln-fired, and items included in class tuition; you accept all risks. Kiln payments and tuition fees are non-refundable.
• Items must be picked-up 4 weeks after the date of your last class, lesson, or event. As a courtesy, we notify some students when pottery is ready for pickup. If you have not received an email notification four weeks after the end of class, please come and pick up your work. If artworks are not picked-up within a 3 month time frame, all items will be discarded and no refunds are provided.
• Six-week course students are encouraged to glaze-fire all items (up t0 4 items per course - size limitations apply, about 1 pound of clay each item). If student does not reach this goal or if any items are left uncompleted at the end of a class or 6-week course they will be forfeited by the student and discarded. All items must be ready for glaze firing at the last day of the course. In certain circumstances to be determined by AA Clay Studio a grace period will be given to finish glazing; beyond that time, students are subject to Open Studio costs including kiln-firing payments.

Parking
Four (4) parking spots are available. Please park at the rear of the building and enter at the side door. If all the parking spaces are taken, park your car along Iowa Avenue. Parking is allowed on Fourth Street during weekends only.

Riding TARC?
From Downtown: Take bus 4 southbound.
From Highlands: Take bus 29 west to Winkler and 4th walk south to the studio or transfer to bus 4 south.
From Dixie Highway: Take bus 18 to Eastern Pkwy. and Preston transfer to bus 29 west to Winkler and 4th.

A minimum of six (8) participants are required for the group rate to be honored.
Includes: One and half hour studio time. Instruction and clay and tool use included. Kiln firing costs are additional.
• The group rate is provided for groups of eight people or more, if your group becomes less than 8 people by the day of your scheduled event, you will still be asked to pay the minimum group fee minus your reservation deposit. We can accommodate a maximum of 20 people.
• A non-refundable deposit (that will become a credit towards the fee for one person in your group) is required.
• We cannot provide any reservation unless a down-payment is received 7-days or more before planned event date.

A minimum of four (8) students is required for a class or camp to begin as scheduled. If the minimum is not met one week ahead of posted start date classes will be postponed, rescheduled, or a refund will be issued.

Refunds:
• Camp sessions are not refundable. Advance payment is required for all camps.
• Classes missed are not transferable to another date and no partial refund is given for absence.
• There will be no refunds or pro-rating options for missed classes. Enrollment fees cannot be carried into subsequent terms. A full refund including deposit will be given if the course is cancelled by AA Clay Studio.
• We are committed to providing a safe and supervised environment for all campers. We keep parents informed of all situations and do our best to work out difficulties if they arise. If a camper continues to have difficulty adapting to the camp program, we reserve the right to cancel that individual’s camp session without a refund.

Artwork:
Clay Camp provides your child with the experience of working with clay. Campers will have the opportunity to create several works of art. We strongly urge all students to follow our recommendations for forming, joining and glazing their work to obtain good results. If proper techniques are not followed clay can crack, break, slump, and irregular glaze covering can result.
• We do not provide refunds for artworks that are destroyed in the dry, kiln, or glazing process.
• All items must be picked up about 4-weeks after campers last day. As a courtesy, we notify parents when campers’ work is ready for pickup. If you have not received an email notification three weeks after the end of camp, please come and pick up their work.

Medical Information:
All parents/guardians must complete the Camp Registration Form. This information is meant to help each camper have the best possible experience. On this form there is a section for parents/guardians to write down any health, learning, or behavioral conditions in which AA Clay Studio should be made aware.
• If your child requires an Epi-pen or inhaler we will ask you to provide a labeled Epi-pen or inhaler for the week. You will also be asked to fill out our Emergency Action form at registration. Please note that we do not administer any other medication. In event of an emergency, we will contact 911 and then the guardians listed on the Health and Permission form.

Accessibility:
AA Clay Studio is committed to providing a safe and educational experience for all campers. If you are interested in enrolling or have enrolled a camper with special needs, please contact us at contact@aaclay.com or (502) 287-9666 to discuss the specific needs of your child and strategies that would ensure that your child has the most engaging experience possible.

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This privacy notice applies solely to information collected by this website. It will notify you of the following:

What personally identifiable information is collected from you through the website, how it is used and with whom it may be shared.
What choices are available to you regarding the use of your data.
The security procedures in place to protect the misuse of your information.
How you can correct any inaccuracies in the information.

Information Collection, Use, and Sharing
We are the sole owners of the information collected on this site.
• We only have access to/collect information that you voluntarily give us via email or other direct contact from you.
• We will not sell or rent this information to anyone.
• We will use your information to respond to you, regarding the reason you contacted us.
• We will not share your information with any third party outside of our organization, other than as necessary to fulfill your request, e.g. to ship an order.
• Unless you ask us not to, we may contact you via email in the future to tell you about specials, new products or services, or changes to this privacy policy.

Your Access to and Control Over Information
You may opt out of any future contacts from us at any time. You can do the following at any time by contacting us via the email address or phone number given on our website:

See what data we have about you, if any.
Change/correct any data we have about you.
Have us delete any data we have about you.
Express any concern you have about our use of your data.

Security
We take precautions to protect your information.
• When you submit sensitive information via the website, your information is protected both online and offline.
• Wherever we collect sensitive information (such as credit card data), that information is encrypted and transmitted to us in a secure way. You can verify this by looking for a lock icon in the address bar and looking for "https" at the beginning of the address of the Web page.
• While we use encryption to protect sensitive information transmitted online, we also protect your information offline. Only employees who need the information to perform a specific job (for example, billing or customer service) are granted access to personally identifiable information. The computers/servers in which we store personally identifiable information are kept in a secure environment.
• If you feel that we are not abiding by this privacy policy, you should contact us immediately via telephone at (502) 287-9666 or via contact@aaclay.com

Registration
In order to sign up for a class or workshop, a user must first complete the registration form. During registration a user is required to give certain information (such as name and email address). This information is used to contact you about the products/services on our site in which you have expressed interest. At your option, you may also provide demographic information (such as gender or age) about yourself, but it is not required.

Online Shopping
We request information from you on our order form. To buy from us, you must provide contact information (like name and shipping address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used for billing purposes and to fill your orders. If we have trouble processing an order, we'll use this information to contact you.

Links
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Surveys and Contests
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