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C439W25 Color Workshop for Painters, Friday - Saturday, January 10-11, 9 a.m. - Noon

Instructor: Jon Neuse
Skill level: ALL

Painters of all levels and mediums: make your acrylic, watercolor, or oil paintings more powerful and effective by gaining a better understanding of color in this six hour workshop. Explore the dynamics and use of color in two-dimensional art in this collaborative, hands-on workshop! Study color theory, using a color wheel, emotional and manipulative powers of color, how to mix paints, color recipes, how to make a color chart, and more. Class handout includes information on color theory, palette arrangement, color formulas and recipes. Materials list on website.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Irregular classes scheduled starting 1/10/2025 and ending 1/11/2025 at 9:00AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 138.00 ea.

C481W25 Painters' Choice: Two-Day Workshop, Wednesday - Thursday, January 15-16, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Michele Combs
Skill level: AB, I, AD

Treat yourself to two days of painting! Choose a subject you'd love to work on with some expert guidance, and bring plenty of photos for composition options. Michele will address the importance of choosing an image, thumbnail sketches, simplifying composition, underpainting, paint application, focal point, and color. Individualized instruction to strengthen your artistry. Work on one painting in the morning and another in the afternoon to maintain a fresh eye! See materials list on the website. Bring a lunch each day for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Irregular classes scheduled starting 1/15/2025 and ending 1/16/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 253.00 ea.

C521W25 Enhancing Your Art With Metal Leaf, Thursday, February 20, 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Instructor: Joe Balabuszko
Skill level: ALL

From religious icons to Klimt paintings to contemporary abstractions, artists have used precious metal leaf to impart special qualities to their art. The sheen of metal leaf, and the way it changes color with different lights and viewing angles, creates an interactive richness that would be impossible to achieve in any other way. Learn how to use metal leaf to enrich your paintings, collages, or drawings. You'll practice leafing on watercolor paper, then use your new skill to add metal leaf to a piece of your own work, or a small (less than 3") item. Bring a painting, collage, drawing or other work in progress - you can work back into the piece after the leafing process, so it doesn't have to be a finished work, but it should be dry.
Class price includes two 5.5 x 5.5 sheets of imitation gold, aluminum. Or variegated metal leaf and gold size (adhesive medium) as needed. Additional supplies will be available for purchase if desired.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/20/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 225.00 ea.

C437W25 Creating Collages with an Artistic Voce, Friday - Saturday, January 24 - 25, 9 a.m. - Noon

Instructor: Jon Neuse
Skill level: ALL

This workshop is an opportunity to explore and learn the dynamic of designing and making collages. The workshop is constructed so you can learn from your instructor and the other participants. In the first half the instructor will walk you through the steps of putting a collage together, discussing both the practical and esthetic considerations. The second half is set up for you to focus on making your own collage(s). A materials list is available on the website.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Irregular classes scheduled starting 1/24/2025 and ending 1/25/2025 at 9:00AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 138.00 ea.

C727W25 Saori Weaving Workshop, Saturday, January 25, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Instructor: Chiaki O'Brien
Skill level: ALL

Founded in Japan in 1968, Saori weaving is contemporary, free-style weaving without restrictions about what or how to weave. It emphasizes exploration, group learning, and self-expression, recognizing the difference between machines and people. In the process of creating, the maker identifies their true self. You will be guided in the basic steps to get you started, but the final form of your project will be a collaboration between you and your weaving. Your Saori loom will be prepared for you in advance, so you can begin weaving right away. All materials are provided, but if you have materials you'd like to incorporate into your project (yarn, strips of fabric, etc.) feel free to bring them. Price includes $20 materials fee. Students ages 8 and up may register with a registered adult.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 14 and up

Single class scheduled on 1/25/2025 at 10:00AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 89.00 ea.

C860W25 Torch-Fired Silver Clay Jewelry, Tuesdays, January 28 - February 4, 6 -9 p.m.

Instructor: Chiaki O'Brien
Skill level: ALL

Learn how to make silver jewelry without saws or power tools by using precious metal clay. This flexible medium can be rolled, stamped, cut, and manipulated like traditional clay. Finished pieces are kiln or torch-fired to become 99.9% pure silver. Each week, students will learn and apply new techniques for working with metal clay and create a variety of unique jewelry designs. All tools provided. Price includes $50 materials fee, which includes silver clay for the first class. Additional clay may be purchased during class for the subsequent weeks.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Classes scheduled every week on Tuesday starting 1/28/2025 and ending 2/4/2025 at 6:00PM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 188.00 ea.

C969W25 Glass Mosaics, Saturdays, February 1 - 8, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Instructor: Julie Vogl
Skill level: ALL

Discover the art of making mosaics. Bring your creativity and learn to clip and cut glass and apply grout to your own original design. We will be working with stained glass as the primary material to create two mosaic works of art. Feel free to bring any small treasures (buttons, beads, single earrings, keys, coins) you may want to incorporate into your art (optional). Price includes $20 materials fee.

Enrollment limited to 8
Ages 16 and up

Classes scheduled every week on Saturday starting 2/1/2025 and ending 2/8/2025 at 9:00AM

Non-Member

Attendees: 1

$ 181.00 ea.

C853W25 Spinner Ring Workshop, Saturday, February 1, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Molly Sandweiss
Skill level: B, AB

Spinner rings are a perfect beginning jewelry project, even if you have no experience in silversmithing - and the results are fun to wear! See what the possibilities are, learn the techniques, and then craft your own custom spinner ring from silver and other metals. You’ll learn to measure and solder rings, stamp and texture metal, apply patinas, sand, and polish. Price includes $45 materials fee. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 8
Ages 16 and up

Classes scheduled every week on Saturday starting 2/1/2025 and ending 2/1/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 172.00 ea.

C451W25 Fundamentals of Drawing, Thursday, February 6, 9:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Instructor: Suzann Beck
Skill level: ALL

Ideal for artists who are beginning to draw or intermediate artists, to establish and reinforce a strong foundation for your drawing skills. Learn how to render a drawing from start to finish, working from still life set-ups designed to fit each individual's skill level. Learn and practice the fundamentals of drawing, including line and tone, light and shadow values, techniques for comparative measuring, and developing effective compositions. Drawing experience is suggested but not required. See materials list on the website. Bring a lunch for the hour-long break.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/6/2025 at 9:00AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 206.00 ea.

C866W25 Making Rings with Metal Clay, Thursdays, Feb 6 - 20, 6 - 9 p.m.

Instructor: Sarah Bober
Skill level: ALL

Design and create your own unique rings with precious metal clay! Learn techniques for making band, coil, and textured ring styles - construction techniques, proper sizing, and setting gemstones, if desired. Price includes materials fee of $50 which includes 20g of precious metal clay (for first class) as well as gemstones and syringe clay for all class sessions. Students purchase additional metal clay for subsequent weeks.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Classes scheduled every week on Thursday starting 2/6/2025 and ending 2/20/2025 at 6:00PM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 257.00 ea.

C411W25 Awakening Creativity, Saturday, February 8, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Instructor: Julie Humiston
Skill level: ALL

Are you so caught up in trying to make something that you've forgotten to nurture the sense of creativity that makes art-making possible? Enjoy what you're doing, but curious about how to expand your practice? Or has it been a while since your last creative endeavor, and you need to warm up before jumping back in? We'll do a number of creative exercises designed to enhance artistic thinking and esthetic problem-solving, using a journal that you can keep for inspiration and reference. Although these exercises will be a useful reference and may inspire future works, the emphasis will be on the creative experience rather than on creating finished pieces. See suggested materials list on the website.

Enrollment limited to 15
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/8/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 69.00 ea.

C430W25 Freeing Abstraction! Wednesday, February 12, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Instructor: Genie Castro
Skill level: ALL

Are you drawn to abstract art, but unsure of how to begin developing an image or deploying color? Need some new ideas, or just a good push into the middle of your next canvas? Ready to try working flat instead of using an easel? Develop more confidence in creating non-objective compositions during this workshop with Genie Castro, whose work is known for its bold sense of color and form. She'll offer tips to get you started and individual attention as your painting takes shape. Bring your own painting materials; additional materials provided. Price includes $12 materials fee. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 15
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/12/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 150.00 ea.

C494W25 Winter Light: The Landscape in Winter, Thursday, February 13, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Michele Combs
Skill level: AB, I, AD

The northern winter landscape offers a chance to look at landscape differently as the ground turns white, shadows reflect a full rainbow of colors and tree forms are thrown into high contrast. We'll go through the process of planning and composing a winter landscape image, with the instructor demonstrating it for you before you embark on creating your own. Bring images you'd like to work from - from full landscapes to details of blue shadows on snowbanks and snowy boughs. (If you'd really rather paint a warmer subject, you could do that too... ) Bring your painting materials, or see the suggested materials list on the website. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/13/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 127.00 ea.

C438W25 Encaustic Painting: Working with Wax, Friday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Jodi Reeb
Skill level: ALL

Explore creating the translucent, layered paintings only achieved with molten beeswax on Ampersand Encausticbord. A brief history and description of encaustic painting will be discussed as well as basic supplies and tools, safety, preparation of supports including application of grounds and fusing. A variety of techniques will be demonstrated such as image transfers, mixing your own paint, creating texture and working with masks and stencils. You'll have plenty of studio time and one-on-one instruction as you create paintings that develop your aesthetic and artistic voice with this medium. All levels welcome. Price includes $50 materials fee. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 10
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/14/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 177.00 ea.

C319W25 The Beauty of Winter: Flower Arranging, Thursday, February 20, 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Instructor: Shelli Erck
Skill level: ALL

Celebrate winter’s beauty and create a fresh floral design to share or keep. (instructor?) will share her award-winning floral design skills with you in this relaxing evening workshop. You'll leave with ideas about using some new tips for making arrangements, and your creativity will be stirred to do more. Bring one or two vases, one shorter (about 6") and one medium height (about 9"), and garden shears or hand pruner. Price includes $25 materials fee.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/20/2025 at 6:30PM

Non-member

Attendees: 1

$ 80.00 ea.

C735W25 Cozy Hooked Mug Mat, Saturday, February 22, 9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Instructor: Laurie Lausen
Skill level: ALL

Flowers, foliage, birds... In this workshop, you'll choose a favorite image and learn the basic techniques of rug hooking while creating a small mug mat. You'll enjoy this early method of making rugs by pulling loops of wool fabric through a linen backing, and the result will be your very own design! All materials included. Bring simple design ideas or choose a template. Price includes $25 materials fee. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up

Single class scheduled on 2/22/2025 at 9:30AM

Non-Member

Attendees: 1

$ 152.00 ea.

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