{"url":"/fair-oaks/acai-studios-and-gallery","provider":{"id":"acai-studios-and-gallery","name":"ACAI Studios & Gallery","kind":"organization","about":"ACAI Studios & Gallery is a community nonprofit ceramics studio in Fair Oaks, operated by Allied Ceramics Art Institute. It offers clay classes for children, teens and adults, studio memberships, and an art gallery showing local artists. Teachers are working ceramic artists, and it serves the greater Sacramento area, including Folsom, Citrus Heights, Orangevale, Gold River, Rancho Cordova and Carmichael.","website":"https://acaistudios.com/","phone":"(916) 966-2453","email":"information@acaistudios.com","instagram":null,"founded":null,"credentials":[],"languages":[],"image":null},"location":{"id":"main","name":null,"street":"7425 Winding Way","unit":null,"city":"fair-oaks","zip":"95628","neighborhood":null,"coords":[-121.29091,38.64465],"precision":"exact"},"serviceArea":[],"programs":[{"id":"after-school-pottery","type":"afterschool","name":"After School Pottery","summary":"A Thursday afternoon hand-building pottery class for ages 8 to 18 at the Fair Oaks studio.","description":"This studio class covers the fundamentals of hand-building ceramics, including decorating, glazing and firing, for both functional pieces like plates, cups and bowls and sculptural work. Activities are tailored to each student's interests and needs. It meets Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 pm for four 2-hour sessions, starting October 15, 2026, with six openings listed. The $135 fee includes materials and firing. Registration and payment are completed through PayPal. The studio also runs a parent and child pottery class for ages 5 and up on Monday evenings.","categories":["art"],"ages":{"min":8,"max":18},"price":{"amount":135,"unit":"term","note":"4 two-hour sessions, including materials and firing"},"afterschool":{"care":false,"term":{"start":"2026-10-15","end":"2026-11-05"},"meetings":[{"location":"main","days":["thu"],"start":"15:30","end":"17:30"}]},"traits":{"commitment":"short","setting":"indoor","staff":["professionals"],"skillLevels":["beginner","intermediate","advanced"],"parents":"drop-off","feel":"A studio class where students build with clay and glaze their own work, with projects shaped to individual interests."}},{"id":"birthday-parties","type":"party","name":"Clay Birthday Parties","summary":"Kids make and glaze their own ceramic pieces at a party in the Fair Oaks studio, for groups of 6 to 10 children ages 5 and up.","description":"Birthday parties at the studio centre on wet clay. In the first hour each child makes a project, such as a mask, treasure box, ceramic animal, wall hanging, bowl or name placard. After a refreshment break, held in the outdoor sculpture garden in good weather, the children glaze their pieces. The studio fires the work and it is usually ready for pickup within a week. Parties are for groups of 6 to 10 children ages 5 and up and cost $35 per child. Sundays are set aside for parties, and other times can be arranged around the class schedule. The studio has a refrigerator for refreshments, and families can call to talk through their own ideas.","categories":["party-venue","art"],"ages":{"min":5,"max":17},"price":{"amount":35,"unit":"party","note":"$35 per child, for groups of 6 to 10"},"party":{"packages":["Clay party: groups of 6-10 children, ages 5 and up, $35 per child, each child makes and glazes a ceramic piece"]},"traits":{"guests":10,"setting":"both","includes":["equipment"],"outsideFood":true,"feel":"A hands-on art party where each child makes a piece to take home, with refreshments in a sculpture garden."}}],"source":{"url":"https://acaistudios.com/birthday-parties/","fetched":"2026-10-13"},"updated":"2026-10-13","checked":"2026-10-13","closed":null,"sample":false}