For the creative and curious, learning never stops. Proving as much, pedestals topped with kiln-fired creations filled the main gallery at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies on Friday, May 8 for the one-day exhibition and reception for a class of 16 first-time students of clay.

The artists, all age 55 or older, had just completed an eight-week workshop funded by a Creative Aging Initiative grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.