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WORKSHOPS FOR ADULTS - SUMMER 2025

Click here to view Fall 2025 Classes

Under the class description, in the box next to “Member” or “Non-member”, select the number of attendees you are registering for the class.
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F472W25 Drawn to Color: Drawing with Colored Pencils, Mon & Fri, July 23 & 27, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Instructor: Bonnie Lauber-Westover
Skill level: ALL

Take your drawings to a new level with color! Learn the colored pencil techniques that create deep, luminous color. First, we'll learn to achieve brilliant effects with colored pencils. Then you'll use these skills to create a still life with bold hues and an evocative sense of atmosphere. Along the way, we'll discuss composition, color selection, and layering techniques to bring out the full potential of this versatile and accessible medium. See materials list on the website.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up
Irregular classes scheduled starting 6/23/2025 and ending 6/27/2025 at 9:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 138.00 ea.

F451W25 Painting Workshop: Loose But Real, Mondays, June 23 - July 7, 1 - 4 p.m.
instructor: Jim Geisinger
Skill level: AB, I, AD

Ready to move beyond a strict rendition of your subject? Ready to push your paint handling to more expressive, painterly levels? We'll work on cultivating a looser approach to paint handling while still capturing the subject, with an emphasis on the expressive qualities a freer paint application brings to a painting. Demos and painting exercises will explore possibilities for developing your confidence and cultivating a more painterly style in your work. Bring your oil or acrylic painting supplies, or see the website for suggestions.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up
Classes scheduled every week on Monday starting 6/23/2025 and ending 7/7/2025 at 1:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 207.00 ea.

F392W25 Creating with Intent: Story Telling with Your Work, Wednesday, June 25, 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Instructor: Richard Merchán

"Create to create!" Feeling the urge to create is a gift, and if you are so inspired, don't stop. But how important is it for you to know where you are heading with your work? Art collectors and galleries love a good story - it helps them understand what your work is about, and it can help you understand where you want to go with your work, too! You'll identify your intentions - your art's "story" - through documentation (words and thumbnail sketches) and some research. You'll need to write (on your laptop, tablet or paper) and present to your fellow students during class. By the end of this course you'll have learned to create art as content. Bring a lunch for the half-hour break.

Enrollment limited to 15
Ages 16 and up
Single class scheduled on 6/25/2025 at 9:30AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 138.00 ea.

F488W25 Painting Skies, Thursday, June 26, 6 - 9 p.m.
Instructor: Kevin Kluever
Skill level: AB, I, AD

Whether you're painting landscapes or need a background for a portrait, you can improve your work by learning to paint better skies! Working from a variety of examples, we'll study different approaches to rendering what's above and learn how to capture them in our own work. Bring your arcylic painting materials and enough painting surfaces to try some different techniques and styles.

Enrollment limited to 15
Ages 16 and up
Single class scheduled on 6/26/2025 at 6:00PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 69.00 ea.

F319W25 The Beauty of Summer: Flower Arranging, Thursday, July 10, 6:30 - 8 p.m. (Sold Out)
Instructor:
Skill level: ALL

Celebrate summer’s beauty and create a fresh floral design to share or keep. Lynne will share her award-winning floral design skills with you in this relaxing evening workshop. You'll leave with 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 7/10/2025 at 6:30PM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 80.00 ea.

G718W25 Inkle Loom Weaving, Mondays, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (Sold Out)
Instructor: Traudi Bestler
Skill level: ALL

Learn to weave narrow fabrics that can be used as belts, hatbands, guitar straps, bookmarks and trim for bags and clothing. Each week you'll learn a new technique and create your own colorful designs. Open to people with no prior weaving experience as well as weavers who want to further their knowledge of inkle weaving. Students may borrow the Art Center inkle looms in between the first and third sessions with a security deposit, or bring their own loom in good working condition. Price includes $10 materials fee. No class August 4.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up
Irregular classes scheduled starting 7/21/2025 and ending 8/11/2025 at 9:30AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 217.00 ea.

G644W25 Gel Plate Printmaking, Friday, July 25, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Instructor: Lynn Foskett-Pierson
Skill level: ALL

Create colorful prints without using a press or irritating solvents! Gel printing, using a silicon plate, offers an accessible printmaking method and cleans up easily, allowing you to create images more quickly and experimentally than other printmaking techniques. You can layer images, and incorporate stamps and stencils to expand your options. We'll work on a smaller scale that allows you to complete three or four images. Price includes $35 materials fee.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 16 and up
Single class scheduled on 7/25/2025 at 9:30AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 104.00 ea.

G727W25 Saori Weaving Workshop - Multi-Generational, Friday, August 8, 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 9 and up may register with or without an accompanying adult.

Enrollment limited to 12
Ages 9 and up
Single class scheduled on 8/8/2025 at 10:00AM
 
Attendees: 1 $ 89.00 ea.

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HOW TO REGISTER

 
  • Enter the number of attendees for each class in a session then select "Add [SESSION] classes" (at the bottom of that session's section).

  • Complete the information requested and continue.

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  • You can repeat this process for other sessions, classes, etc. before you checkout.

  • If you are not already a member, you may purchase a membership and begin taking advantage of your 10% member discount today!

  • Contact a Registrar with any questions at 952-473-7361 ext. 160 or registration@minnetonkaARTS.org. Please note that the New Student Discount can only be processed by registering in-person or by phone. This discount cannot be applied retroactively and it does not apply to birthday parties, subsidized classes, or Summer Arts Camp (SAC). See SAC policies for other details specific to camp. 
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2240 North Shore Drive
Wayzata, MN 55391

 

952-473-7361 x. 160

Hours
Monday          9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Tuesday         9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Wednesday    9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Thursday        9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
Friday             9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Saturday         9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(mid-June through August, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.)
Sunday            closed

The building is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve through New Year's Day*, Memorial Day and the last week in August through Labor Day.* There is no open studio when the building is closed. 

 

* Phone lines will be open Monday-Friday, excluding holidays, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. to take class registrations.  

  

This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
   
The Minnetonka Center for the Arts is accessible to students with disabilities. If you require special assistance, please notify the Art  Center Registrar at 952.473.7361, ext. 160, and/or the Minnesota  Relay Service (for the hearing impaired) at 800.627.3529 at least two weeks in advance. We will be happy to accommodate your needs.


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