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Covid-19 Protocol

Gallery Visitors and Students

  • Anyone with a cold or symptoms of Covid-19 may not enter the studio/gallery.
  • Gallery visitors are asked to contact us in advance of coming by.
  • A mask covering your nose and mouth is mandatory in all locations: studio, gallery, glace room and outside.
  • Social distancing must be adhered to staying 2 meters apart.
  • Hand sanitizer must be used before entering and again when leaving the building.
  • Our hand sanitizer is 99% Isopropyl alcohol mixed with 30% water, this is also used to sterilize pottery in the gallery.

Studio

  • Students arrive to a clean sterilized studio. Workbenches, wheels, washroom, door handles and light switches have been sterilized with Oxivir accelerated Hydrogen Peroxide disinfectant & cleaner.  I also use Lysol wipes and Isopropyl alcohol.
  • Work benches are divide into workstations with partitions.
  • There are 5 pottery wheels. Each student has their own wheel, work station, set of tools, a water bucket and sponges. Social distancing of 2 meters between people is required. Any shared tools need to be sanitized at the end of each class.
  • Gloves are to be worn in the glaze room.  
  • Sanding and waxing are done outside and social distancing is to be paid attention to.

Occupancy Limits

  • 6 people in the working studio
  • 2 people in the glaze room (this is part of the 6 in the  working studio).
  • 2 people in the gallery.
  • The maximum number of people using the studio is 24 people in a one week period.