Shaping The Shoreline

Femme Sole is excited to announce the 3rd Shaping the Shoreline event — a FREE, accessible community clay workshop rooted in land, story, and connection.

Led by ceramic artist Jessamyn Go, this special edition of the workshop will be held at Teatro Yerbabruja, a BIPOC Art Center located in the Bay Shore Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery. Site host Margarita Espada, founder and executive-artistic director of Teatro Yerbabruja, and Anu Annam, founder of SEA of Visibility and an award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist, will join us for an evening of creation. Teatro Yerbabruja and Sea of Visiblity are both art organizations that uses the arts for social change and uplifts the voices of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ artists!

This FREE hands-on, 2-hour workshop invites the BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ community and allies who are curious about ceramics to explore the medium of clay and to hand-build sculptural masks centered on personal identity.

Jessamyn will guide participants through beginner-friendly hand-building techniques she uses in her own ceramic wall-hanging masks.

Registration is required and space is limited. This workshop is open to teens and adults ages 13 and up. Due to the popularity of these free workshops, registration is limited to first-time attendees. We thank you for your continued support in helping our creative community grow.

Please complete this form to register yourself or a teen who will be attending. Please note a form will need to be submitted for each participant. 

Shaping the Shoreline is a community project made possible by the L.O.C.A.L. Small Business Grant from the LIA Foundation and funded by Optimum Business.

Location:
Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery
17 2nd Avenue
Bay Shore, NY 11706
631.626.3603

Date:
Monday, September 15, 2025
6:30 – 8:30 PM

 

FEMME SOLE LLC

WAIVER AND RELEASE OF LIABILITY FORM

By registering as a student, attendee, or guardian of a minor, you are agreeing to the terms of this Waiver and Release of Liability, whereby you release Femme Sole LLC, its Directors, employees, owners, landlord, members, assistants and other students (the “Femme Sole Workshops”) from any liability loss that you may experience arising from any acts or events occurring within the studio or on the premises of Femme Sole Studio at 22 Elm Road East Mastic Beach NY 11951 as well as off premises

Neither Femme Sole LLC or Jessamyn Go shall be held liable for any personal injury or damage occurring in connection with your attendance at the studio and your participation in any classes or workshops on and off premises.

In addition, you agree that none of the Femme Sole Workshops will be held responsible for loss or damage of your personal property brought into the Femme Sole studio or made by you within the studio.

We will attempt to handle your work made and fired at Femme Sole LLC with the utmost care, but accidents and damages to works in clay are sometimes unavoidable.  By signing this, you understand that no one at Femme Sole  LLC will be held accountable for these damages, and in the event that artwork is damaged due to mishandling by any Femme Sole Party, you will be permitted the opportunity to use the facilities to prepare a comparable substitute piece of artwork or the studio can provide a similar piece as a replacement. 

 

Be aware that there are some possible dangers in any art class/studio situation, and participation in such classes or workshops in this environment carry inherent risks that cannot be eliminated regardless of the level of care given. Sharp tools, uneven flooring, heating and mechanical equipment, etc. are part of this studio. By agreeing to participate in membership, a class, or a workshop, you hereby acknowledge your awareness and voluntary participation in this level of dangerous endeavor, and you voluntarily and freely assume all risk of accident, injury, illness, or damage to or loss of property.  You further agree to hold harmless and indemnify the Femme Sole Studio  from any and all liability for damages to any third party resulting from your attendance at the studio, and your participation in any class or workshop off premises. The undersigned represents that they are in good health, has not been advised by a medical professional not to engage in such work, activity or event, and no other reason to believe that engaging in such work, activity or event will be dangerous to their health, as minute airborne particles are present as a result of the artwork performed in the studio. 

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