Monthly November 2026 – April 2027
Stangl Pottery Community / Public Art Workshops is a hands-on workshop held at Flemington DIY run by Aidan Mirowsky of Little Fire Studios. You will learn a bit about the history of Stangl Pottery as you slip-cast and paint pottery for a community-made Stangl-inspired public art sculpture.
The workshop will focus on the Stangl Birds of America, a particularly the popular type of Stangl Pottery that was hand painted in Flemington. Staying in the Stangl Arts and Culture District, the pieces will remain on campus and be fired at Flemington Pottery.
WHO can PARTICIPATE?
Workshops are open to anyone but are best for ages 9 to 99+.
Max 10 participants per workshop, Approximately 100 people will have direct hands-on interaction with this project.
If you require reasonable accommodations to access this event, please complete our Accommodations Request Form. This workshop is run in English, please let us know if you will need translation.
WHAT will participants DO?
The pottery made in the workshop will be inspired by the Stangl Birds of America, a particularly popular series that was hand painted here in Flemington.
Participants will slip cast and paint a bird for a community made public art sculpture while they learn brief history of Stangl, a bit about production pottery, and native birds. All participants will be receive credit for the public art peice.
*Wear clothing that you are comfortable lifting, moving and painting in.
WHERE will it HAPPEN?
Flemington, NJ – Hunterdon County
Stangl Arts and Culture District
Flemington DIY, a 100% volunteer-run community arts collective
26 Stangl Road Flemington, NJ 08822
Keeping within the Stangl Arts and Culture District, all pieces will stay on campus and will be fired at Flemington Pottery.
WHEN is the WORKSHOP?
The monthly workshops will be held the second Saturday between November 2026 – April 2027 from 2-4pm EST. An invite only trial workshop will be held October 2026.
In May 2027, the project will culminate with the installation of pottery totem pole(s) featuring the Stangl inspired pottery birds created by the community throughout the workshops.
WHY the STANGL WORKSHOP:
Those who went to High School in Flemington before 1978 would go on field trips to Stangl to learn about Stangl Pottery but Stangl’s history is no longer common local knowledge.
Flemington DIY is housed in the Stangl Arts and Culture District. With the new Stangl Arts and Culture District signage installed it leaves some visitors wondering “What’s Stangl?”; meanwhile, older generations and collectors walk into Flemington Pottery looking for Stangl Pottery not understanding that space now hosts the artisan potters of today. This workshop is a way to pay homage to those artisans before us. With this public art sculpture we will build up our current creatives while educating people in a way that honors those that worked at this creative campus in the past.
Made possible with funds from Hunterdon County and the Hunterdon County Cultural & Heritage Commission, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.