Take your work to the next level under the mentoring guidance of artist/critic Kassem Amoudi.  Kassem will work with students individually in this focused open studio environment to help each to find his/her own voice and for those who have already found it, to sing louder. Kassem believes each student is unique, with a lot of hidden potential waiting to be discovered. He will share with them his knowledge of painting techniques from co...

Students will find the advantages acrylic paint has to offer while exploring composition, tonality, underpainting, glazing, and scumbling. Each session, students will use manufacture supplied samples to explore cutting edge material development, finding the mediums and techniques that fit their natural way of painting. Student will work from still life, personal photos, or abstract ideas.

Core Takeaways: 

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This class is geared towards people who already have some experience making etegami or who have at least already taken Intro to Etegami. Students will be encouraged to share their favorite etegami techniques and to bring favorite etegami they may have received or created. We will discuss various styles of etegami and try out collag...

This course is designed for those who are interested in Asian Art. Students will experience how the brush, watercolor, and ink dance on Xu'an paper. Poetic impulse blends with aesthetic approach, marrying Eastern and Western art forms with new mediums, techniques, and ideas. Reach a new level of creative expression.

Students will begin with an introduction to the jeweler's saw and safely learn new skills each week as they progress on their individual journeys. Students are encouraged to repeat this class experience until they feel they have comfortably conquered each of the new skills. Final goal of the class is for students to have each completed their own unique design(s) that incorporate the setting of a cabochon stone in a fine silver bezel. Base me...

This is an approach to batik technique that resembles watercolor painting using a resist.  My particular method takes traditional batik and transforms it.  I use brushes, but have traditional tools for students to try on stretched silk, using molten wax and fabric dyes.  This is a fine art approach to a traditional m...

Make and design your own glassware! In this class, students will learn the basics of fusing and slumping glass.

Core Takeaways: 

1. How to cut and grind glass
2. Glass compatibility
3. Fusing and slumping temperatures
4. How to create images/designs with glass pieces 
5. Functional glass from coasters to pendants

Student Supply List:
Safety glasses, sketch b...

Take your work to the next level by using unique surface techniques and introducing found objects into your pieces. For inspiration, we will look to artists who weren't afraid to break the rules. Non-traditional sculpture surfaces will be explored as well as wire and fabric dipping in slip. Using the extruder and hand building techniques, you will bring your ideas to life. Come play with us!

Core Takeaways: 

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3 hours per week: $34.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

9 hours per week: $77.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

22 hours per week: $168.00

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

3 hours per week: $34.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

9 hours per week: $77.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

 

3 hours per week: $34.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

9 hours per week: $77.00 (must be enrolled in a Classic or Special Topic class);

22 hours per week: $168.00

Learn the basics of classic portraiture using oils. Implementing color charts, students will learn how to expertly mix colors for different skin tones effected by light and shadow, and how to draw a face in proportion, with a heavy emphasis on rendering both a person's likeness but also conveying emotional expression. Classes...

Explore the possibilities of color relationships with this focused class about how artists use colors. When and how they use thin and thick applications, warm and cool, dark and light. It will also emphasize some techniques artists use in starting a painting, followed by the steps they take to create a colorful painting. If you want to become a colorist this class is for you. Students are encouraged to experiment with color saturation and ch...

In this course, students will explore fashion, figure, and portraiture in photography. Students will develop a portfolio of imagery. Throughout the term, students will participate in discussions, critiques, and work individually with the instructor to refine technical shooting skills, ideas, and images for final presentation.

Core Takeaways: 

•  Develop effective photographic production skills in ...

Working from simple still life set-ups we will experiment with various limited palettes. Students will be encouraged to find their own expressive voice while working from life. The goal will be to complete one painting per session although a couple of two-session paintings may be included. This is a great introductory class for those who have never painted with oils as well as being a great class for painters with some experience.

Drawing is a skill that can be learned and mastered simply by understanding a few key techniques that instill knowledge and confidence. Over the course of four weeks, each student will learn all about line, value, composition, and proportion. Using classic drawing exercises, detailed demonstrations and tutorials, as well as one-on-one attention during still-life drawing, students will leave this course with the tools they need to continue a ...

Drawing is fundamental.  Drawing is the foundation of visual art and drawing from observation is the basis of drawing.  This class provides the basic tools and concepts necessary for students to translate their perceptions into a coherent image on the page.  Try it, you might just be amazed!

Student Supply List:
A supply fee of $20 covers the cost of all materials.

 

Discovery

Drawing is a skill that can be learned and mastered simply by understanding a few key techniques that instill knowledge and confidence. Over the course of four weeks, each student will learn all about line, value, composition, and proportion. Using classic drawing exercises, detailed demonstrations and tutorials, as well as one-on-one attention during still-life drawing, students will leave this course with the tools they need to continue a ...

Drawing is fundamental.  Observational drawing is the basis for all representational image making.  Have you ever wanted to learn to draw, and don't know where to begin?  Maybe you've dabbled and become frustrated, maybe you just want to brush up on some skills?  In this class, we present the basics of hand-eye coordination in a step-by-step manner that allows beginners to build confidence as they go.  Tr...

This class is a beginner-friendly introduction to the materials, tools, and processes used in jewelry fabrication.  Focusing on the platform of the ring, you'll learn to texture and shape metal with hammers, files, and jeweler's saws, then size, form, and fabricate a ring using high-temperature silver solder.  Finally, you will learn the various methods of finishing and polishing used to create beautiful and functional pieces of we...

Discover metalworking in a low-pressure atmosphere and create a four-part sampler: sawing, riveting, stamping, and soldering.

Student Supply List:
A supply fee of $20 covers the cost of all materials. Please wear closed toe shoes, apron, thin black Sharpie marker, and hair in ponytail.

 

Discovery

No experience? No problem! Designed for the true beginner, these affordable 4-week cla...

As simple as putting glue on the back of a small piece of tile then paste the tile onto a board? Anyone can make mosaics! Come learn more. You will use the wheeled nipper, a basic cutting tool, to cut both stained glass and tile (including broken dishes). Play with glass gems, seashells, pebbles, and other small bits. Take in information about adhesives, substrates (what to make the mosaic on), and grout. Tools and materials will be provided...

Painting is one of the most popular artistic mediums because of its flexibility, durability, and richness. Working in oils, students will be provided with a full understanding of basic painting, using a step by step process. Gaining an understanding of the materials and techniques, students will move toward a new passion that nourishes their creativity and highlights their individuality.

Student Supply List:
A supply fee of ...

Begin learning how to make beautiful pottery on the wheel. Each class will begin with a demo and continue making you a more confident thrower. You will learn to wedge, center, throw, and trim each piece. Tools will be provided, but students must purchase clay from the Art Center.

Student Supply List:
Hand Towel

Discovery
No experience? No problem! Designed for the true beginner, these affordable 4-...

Begin learning how to make beautiful pottery on the wheel. Each class will begin with a demo and continue making you a more confident thrower. You will learn to wedge, center, throw, and trim each piece. Tools will be provided, but students must purchase clay from the Art Center.

Student Supply List:
Hand Towel

Discovery
No experience? No problem! Designed for the true beginner, these affordable 4-...

Learn the fundamentals of ink, paper, and press, in a supportive and creative atmosphere. Roll water wash-up inks onto a non-porous surface, remove some of the ink, stamp and paint your own imagery, then delight in the visual surprise when rolling your inked art through our etching press as it transfers onto paper.

Core Takeaways: 

Teaching Artist Christine Stoughton is a professionally trained printmakers ...

This is a class suited for those who have little to no experience with watercolors. In this class, you will learn all of the basic washes and techniques of the medium along with basic color theory involved in the color mixing process. You will leave this class with a foundation that you can use to build onto a promising watercolor skill-set.

Core Takeaways: 

- Color mixing 

- Washes 

Begin learning how to make beautiful pottery on the wheel. Each class will begin with a demo and continue making you a more confident thrower. You will learn to wedge, center, throw, and trim each piece. Tools will be provided, but students must purchase clay from the Center.

 

Discovery

No experience? No problem! Designed for the true beginner, these affordable 4-week classes will introduce you to ...

There are many styles in which an artist may choose to work: from photorealism all the way to abstract expressionism. How we choose to work defines us as artists. My chosen form of art making is the multi-faceted world of Magical Realism. This style uses the beauty of realism in combination with elements of fantasy, whimsy, and mag...

Attention to mark-making (drawing) with a tool of choice - pencil, crayon, ink pen or finger - makes one a skilled artist.  Drawing is the backbone of art making.  There are dozens of ways to draw.  This class will examine different drawing tools and explore ways to make a drawing.  We will move through classic drawing exercises, croquis', to longer studies, from line to shading techniques.  We will look at the...

Everyone can draw. We are all born with genius and it is life that strips away our knowledge of our capacities. In this course, you will learn to eliminate the blocks that prevent your creativity, while learning the traditions of good drawing and how to implement them. Class demonstrations and critiques will be part of each session.

Core Takeaways: 

• An understanding of the traditions of good drawing<...

Everyone can draw. We are all born with genius but life that strips away the knowledge of our capacities. In this course, you will learn to eliminate the blocks that prevent your creativity, while learning the traditions of good drawing and how to implement them. Class demonstrations and critiques will be part of each session and we will have a live model every session.  Minimum enrollment needed to run each program, so please register ...

This fee covers the additional costs of providing you with a model for every session of this course to ensure the best possible experience in this transformative course.

This course will combine both the techniques of  bookbinding and painting with beeswax. Learn how paper and wax work together to make even sculptural creations. Explore size and signatures to put a unique kind of book together that may contain important stories, drawings, and wax paintings. Learn about staining paper, making encaustics, and noticing the organic nature of fine papers and organic beeswax. Make 3-D books as well as flat bo...

Master tool, pigment, and surface, traveling within the space in which images exist by encountering your creative process as an investigation of possibilities. Explore new methods of approaching core drawing concepts such as negative space and outline, by breathing into the rectangle, using your whole body, drawing on vertical or h...

This workshop will focus on the plate, and its relationship with the cuisine which rides it to our dinner tables on a nightly basis.  We will investigate these deceptively simple forms and try new techniques to treat their surfaces.   We will discuss how local culture informs the respective shapes, colors, textures and patterns inherent to the plates of different regions.  Last but not least, the class will discuss the cu...

Drawing is Fundamental.  In this class we continue to practice the basics of eye-hand coordination and observation, while introducing the concept of lights and darks to create a cohesive drawing. Students will proceed step by step using pencils and soft charcoal, gaining confidence with these media, with the objective of creating a solid, complete drawing by the end of the class, one you may frame and treasure forever.

Studen...

We put the fun in functional in this hand building class. We will explore the various ways to build functional pieces you can put on your dinner table. From serving trays to mugs, we will also look at various surface techniques to decorate your work. Prior Discovery class suggested, if no clay experience.

Student Supply List:
Students can purchase a basic tool kit ($10.00) from the Center or bring their own tools. Clay fees ...

Learn the basics of metal forming and joining to transform your ideas into wearable art. The craft of metalworking will be explored through the use of torches for soldering, as well as saws, drills, disc cutters, stamps, and hammers. Practice the techniques of design layout, piercing, forming, filing, soldering, patination, and finishing. More advanced techniques will include bezel setting and tube riveting for cold connections. Then combine...

Have you ever wanted to try painting and don't know where to begin?  Perhaps you've dabbled a bit or drawn before, and you're ready to jump on in.  Now's the time! In this class, we offer demos designed to acquaint students with the first steps in oil painting, so they can build upon a foundation of confidence.  We start with one color, allowing students to draw the lights and darks with their paintbrus...

Have you ever wanted to try painting and don't know where to begin?  Perhaps you've dabbled a bit or drawn before, and you're ready to jump on in.  Now's the time! In this class, we offer demos designed to acquaint students with the first steps in oil painting, so they can build upon a foundation of confidence.  We start with one color, allowing students to draw the lights and darks with their paintbrus...

This class is tailored for those students with some wheel experience and those who've completed a Discovery: Wheel Throwing class who want to review the basics and continue their skill building. Through lots of personal attention and weekly demonstrations, students will continue to explore the magic of wheel throwing and build their confidence along the way. Come refine your core skills and more, in a fun and relaxed environment.

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This class is tailored for those students with some wheel experience and those who've completed a Discovery: Wheel Throwing class who want to review the basics and continue their skill building. Through lots of personal attention and weekly demonstrations, students will continue to explore the magic of wheel throwing and build their confidence along the way. Come refine your core skills and more, in a fun and relaxed environment.

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Work on your handbuilding skills with guidance from teaching artist Karen Sacks. Designed for experienced students who want quality time and individualized instruction to work on their self-directed projects. All handbuilding methods and experimentation are encouraged. This 4 hour class builds artistic confidence, encourages connections with supportive peers, and boosts the enthusiasm of our creative community.

Core Takeawa...

During this class you will fill your toolbox with the techniques you need to create jewelry and metal pieces of your own design. Hone your skills in metal fabrication, soldering, sawing, cold connections, forging, and finishing techniques. You'll have guidance through the process of designing and building in metal. Then, you'll have durable finished work that you can treasure forever!  All you need is your imagination for this co...

During this class you will fill your toolbox with the techniques you need to create jewelry and metal pieces of your own design. Hone your skills in metal fabrication, soldering, sawing, cold connections, forging, and finishing techniques. You'll have guidance through the process of designing and building in metal. Then, you'll have durable finished work that you can treasure forever!  All you need is your imagination for this course; a...

In this class we will be concentrating on honing advanced wheel-throwing techniques. Learn how to make well-fitting lids in multiple styles, throw in sections to make larger pots, make well pouring teapots and pitchers, throw plates that won't crack or warp, and much more. There will be demonstrations of a variety of surface techniques using slips, underglazes, and glazes. We will discuss historical wheel thrown forms, and use them to ...

Are you submitting work to galleries and art exhibits, getting ready for the craft fair season, or revamping your online portfolio?  Then this workshop is for you.  Stop paying other people for something that you can do yourself and take better photographs of your work than ever before.  The workshop is divided into ...

Transfer your favorite photos, drawing, and letters onto paper, canvas and wood with acrylics, tapes, caulks, and other mediums. Learn to combine your transfers with paints and papers to mystify and delight your friends and colleagues. These techniques can be incorporated into other art mediums including painting and book arts. Students must attend first class session.

Core Takeaways: 
• Discover multipl...

In this class we will take your glass fusing to the next level through the use of imagery. By utilizing techniques such as image transfers, decals, enamels, collage, and more, we will explore the myriad of ways we can put on image onto glass. Minimum enrollment needed to run each program, so please register early!

Learn to use this versatile and forgiving medium. Mistakes do not exist: even if you try! You can create a range of colors from soft and subtle to bold and brilliant. By working mostly from still life, you will learn how to mix the colors you want. Through demonstrations and exercises, learn how to apply different techniques, creating luminous colors and a variety of textures and blended finishes. There will be also emphasis on how to make g...

Open to beginners, near beginners, and those who may lack confidence at the torch, this class offers directed, project oriented instruction. We will cover layout of metal, use of the saw, hand tools, surface embellishment, simple forming, the ABC's of soldering, and simple stone setting, as well as individual instruction for those with some experience. All materials, except for silver, included.

Core Takeaways: 

No matter how creative artists and crafts people are, most agree that it is a frustrating challenge to write about themselves. Most artists draw a complete blank. However, Louise Polis of Career Pro Resume Center can teach you to craft a bio that uniquely describes your art and motivation. Working from the premise --Tell your audience what they want to hear, not what you want to tell them--you will create a personal advertisement, without so...

Open Studios are a wonderful opportunity for artists to work independently to maintain or improve their skills. Early sessions will involve four five-minute poses, two ten-minute poses, and in some cases, a single pose for the balance of the evening. The last 3 sessions will involve one model and one pose to accommodate all who wish to paint. Participants must bring their own materials. Registration is available by the week. However, advance...

Open Studios are a wonderful opportunity for artists to work independently to maintain or improve their skills. Early sessions will involve four five-minute poses, two ten-minute poses, and in some cases, a single pose for the balance of the evening. The last 3 sessions will involve one model and one pose to accommodate all ...

Explore drawing and incorporate gouache, the "teacher of color," or watercolor on paper.  Learn how to compose a still life, figure, and an interior with line and color. A variety of drawing and painting materials will be introduced and technical aspects for both drawing and painting will be addressed in detail. Color will be incorporated gradually moving from a limited to a full-spectrum palette.  This class will also focus on inc...

Explore drawing and incorporate gouache, the "teacher of color," or watercolor on paper.  Learn how to compose a still life, figure, and an interior with line and color. A variety of drawing and painting materials will be introduced and technical aspects for both drawing and painting will be addressed in detail. Color will be incorporated gradually moving from a limited to a full-spectrum palette.  This class will also focus on inc...

In a collegial and supportive atmosphere, students learn how to paint, compose the page, balance values, and drive toward finished watercolor paintings. Demos and class crits help get us there.

Core Takeaways: 

1. Wet/moist/dry interactions of paper/paint/time 
2. Value compositions 
3. Working dark to light for greatest luminosity  
4. Decide, make the mark, don't rest...

Love photography and want to make better images? This course is about making, as opposed to taking, photographs. You will learn the technical and visual skills needed to create successful and compelling images. The class first looks at the difference between the way our eyes see and how the camera sees, and how to take advantage of these differences. Then, through assignments and discussions, we move on to cover depth-of-filed, composition, ...

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS.

 

Hours:

Tuesdays 2:00-5:00 pm, Fridays 1:00-4:00 pm

Open Studio time is available to current students and members with experience. These periods are uninstructed but monitored and offer an opportunity to work in a fully equipped, creative environment. Participants are expected to be able to function independently with regard to thei...

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS.

 

Hours:

Tuesdays 2:00-5:00 pm, Fridays 1:00-4:00 pm

Open Studio time is available to current students and members with experience. These periods are uninstructed but monitored and offer an opportunity to work in a fully equipped, creative environment. Participants are expected to be able to function independently with regard to thei...

Working from photos, we will learn to eliminate and simplify overwhelming, extraneous details from a landscape/seascape. We will use versatile wax-based colored pencils to initially build up layers of colors, then blend the layers to create a vibrant and charming miniature painting. The step-by-step process includes instructor demos and individualized instruction, making this a welcoming class for beginners.  Minimum enrollment needed t...

Paint images, create textures on a smooth surface, and then transfer these onto paper by rolling it through the Main Line Art Center's printing press. Delight in the unexpected results that occur when adding assorted Asian papers and other 2D materials with this printmaking technique. Students must attend first class session. $35 supply fee payable to instructor.

Core Takeaways:
• Learn how to transfer ...

Explore traditional and modern techniques as well as a wide variety of materials in this popular class. We will cover design, fabrication, installation, and some art history in our study of this amazing art form. Decorative, architectural, and fine art pieces can all be achieved. Beginners with self-driven projects are welcome.

Core Takeaways: 

• Students will learn how to select the proper materials f...

Do you like to break things? Do you like to play with colors, shapes, and textures? Does it sound like fun to put pieces (glass, ceramic, and other mosaic materials) together to make a picture or design? Whether beginner or more experienced, you will create finished pieces using a variety of materials and the specialized too...

Explore traditional and modern techniques as well as a wide variety of materials in this popular class. We will cover design, fabrication, installation, and some art history in our study of this amazing art form. Decorative, architectural, and fine art pieces can all be achieved. Beginners with self-driven projects are welcome.

Core Takeaways: 

• Students will learn how to select the proper materials f...

Do you like to break things? Do you like to play with colors, shapes, and textures? Does it sound like fun to put pieces (glass, ceramic, and other mosaic materials) together to make a picture or design? Whether beginner or more experienced, you will create finished pieces using a variety of materials and the specialized too...

Explore traditional and modern techniques as well as a wide variety of materials in this popular class. We will cover design, fabrication, installation, and some art history in our study of this amazing art form. Decorative, architectural, and fine art pieces can all be achieved. Beginners with self-driven projects are welcome.

Core Takeaways: 

• Students will learn how to select the proper materials f...

Advance beyond confined lines and hard edges to a more liberated way of painting. Paint from observation and imagination to find your own visual language. Work more intuitively and take advantage of unforeseen occurrences as opportunities to discover new possibilities. Explore new processes in brushwork and color layering, as well as Post-Impressionist, Abstract, and Abstract Expressionist styles. Examples from contemporary and modern art wi...

Advance beyond confined lines and hard edges to a more liberated way of painting. Paint from observation and imagination to find your own visual language. Work more intuitively and take advantage of unforeseen occurrences as opportunities to discover new possibilities. Explore new processes in brushwork and color layering, as well as Post-Impressionist, Abstract, and Abstract Expressionist styles. Examples from contemporary and modern art wi...

This class will encourage the development of a diverse collection of images and varied subjects. Whether your work is traditional or contemporary, you will become aware of your personal style. Art history discussions and personal and group critiques will encourage a dialogue that connects the process of making work to exhibit. Mixed mediums encouraged. Some previous experience recommended.

Core Takeaways: 
•&n...

There are many styles in which an artist may choose to work: from photorealism all the way to abstract expressionism. How we choose to work defines us as artists. My chosen form of art making is the multi-faceted world of Magical Realism. This style uses the beauty of realism in combination with elements of fantasy, whimsy, and mag...

Simple glass casting traces its roots to antiquity, but its most refined version "pate de verre" was developed in the late 19th century. As an extension of the winter session's "Particle by Particle" workshop for which students created relief castings, or as a first foray into the technique, this four-day intensive will focus on casting a three-dimensional hollow form using this traditional French casting process. Participants will ca...

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

 

Explore your skills and hone your craft in our fully equipped, six-station wet darkroom. Price includes equipment for printing and processing film. Students must bring their own cameras, film, paper and developer chemicals. Call to register. Registrations accepted until 1 week before date and a minimum number of participants is required. If you are interested in...

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

 

Explore your skills and hone your craft in our fully equipped, six-station wet darkroom. Price includes equipment for printing and processing film. Students must bring their own cameras, film, paper and developer chemicals. Call to register. Registrations accepted until 1 week before date and a minimum number of participants is required. If you are interested in...

Put your photos away, as this is an opportunity to draw or paint a portrait with a live model. Same model, same pose for 5 days. With a step-by-step process that includes instructor discussion and demonstrations, you will learn a structural approach to the human head and its features. Initially drawing with a 6B woodless graphite pencil, you will learn to see and render three distinct values to create life-like dimensionality. From there, st...

This class focuses on the essentials of constructing a portrait directly from a live model in order to study anatomy, structure, proportion, skull and facial features, as well as careful observation of different expressions and possible interpretations.

Core Takeaways: 

• Fundamentals basics of head construction  
•  Proper use and application of tools in clay building  <...

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

 

Dates:

YOU MUST BE A MEMBER TO REGISTER FOR OPEN STUDIOS

 

Dates:

Experience the magic of the fire. Create, glaze, and fire. Demos and instruction to bring your ideas to life.

Core Takeaways: 

* Enhance your building skills 
* Learn glazing techniques 
* Learn to pull your pieces 
* Learn other alternative firings 
* Find consistency in your work

Student Supply List:
Basic clay tools

 

Experience the magic of the fire. Come learn to create, glaze, and fire pieces in a colorful way. Weekly demos will help bring your ideas to life.

Core Takeaways: 

* Weekly demos to strengthen your skills 
* Glazing techniques to enhance your pieces 
* Confidence in pulling pieces from the fire 
* Learn new techniques, other alternative firings  
* Learn to h...

Die-forming is an ancient process and has been used throughout history by many diverse cultures! The Etruscans and Greeks used this technique for earrings and necklaces. It is a simple but effective way to create multiples of an object with one very HANDY MACHINE!  In this special topics class, students will learn the fundamentals of die-forming while utilizing the hydraulic press to create varied sizes of sculpture or jewelry fr...

Do you experience common throwing problems such as heavy bottoms, uneven walls, and those annoying wobbly rims? Then this class is designed for you! You'll hone your throwing and trimming skills, improve your lid, spout, and handle making, and also explore new decorative techniques that will set your work apart. There'll be demos and lots of individual attention. Get ready to become a passionate potter as you advance to the next level in the...

Do you experience common throwing problems such as heavy bottoms, uneven walls, and those annoying wobbly rims? Then this class is designed for you! You'll hone your throwing and trimming skills, improve your lid, spout, and handle making, and also explore new decorative techniques that will set your work apart. There'll be demos and lots of individual attention. Get ready to become a passionate potter as you advance to the next level in the...

Do you experience common throwing problems such as heavy bottoms, uneven walls, and those annoying wobbly rims? Then this class is designed for you! You'll hone your throwing and trimming skills, improve your lid, spout, and handle making, and also explore new decorative techniques that will set your work apart. There'll be demos and lots of individual attention. Get ready to become a passionate potter as you advance to the next level in the...

This class is focused on creating a loose, more poetic approach to painting. Students may work in pastel, oil, or any media. There will be a still life set-up but students may work from photos or landscape as well. Class will begin with a demo or a short talk. Focus will be on accurate information and basic principles of good drawing, values, edges, and color to capture still life- or student's choice of source material. Attention and suppor...

Tape-bound, or supported bindings, feature stitches that span pieces of flat vellum or fabric to support the spine. French-stitch bindings are decorative unsupported bindings (no tapes) that are interspersed with chain stitches for stability. Both of these bindings are beautiful and flexible; great to use for writing or drawing. In this class we'll make 2 of each style using a variety of materials that will give each volume character.

Experience mindful meditation in our beautiful galleries and studios. Gentle yoga is a great way to unwind and to create space in your body without too much demand on your joints. These classes move at a slow steady pace to allow time for you body to find proper alignment. A majority of the class is on the mat, with limited standing postures.

Student Supply List:
Please bring your yoga mat, a water bottle, and wear co...

We will focus on developing the skills necessary to make portraits inspired by important people in our lives. By concentrating on composing the page, seeing shapes well, and using color effectively, gain confidence in your painting ability in an atmosphere of support and encouragement.

Core Takeaways: 

• How to make portraits of important people in your life in the medium of your choice  &nbs...

The black and white print has many merits from capturing the beauty of tonal values to evoking nostalgia.  By eliminating color, we can approach the heart of the subject in its purest form. We will use Photoshop to explore the range of tonal values that make digital photography so creative.  Photoshop allows us to experiment in real time to control contrast, exposure, and artistic intent. We will cover everything from a simple gray...

"All jokes are based on grievances"  - Marshall McLuhan

In this lecture, Drumgoole will discuss how she uses comedy, satire and spectacle as a means of social and institutional critique in her video and performance works.  Her works, which are both funny and unsettling, are meant to serve as a funhouse mirror reflection of contemporary issues in American society. She will screen excerpts of her works, including "W...

In this workshop we will focus on creating well-balanced teapots. Demonstrations will include making well fitting lids, spouts that don't drip or dribble and comfortable pulled handles. Tips for glazing the inside and outside of the pot will also be covered. Students should have basic wheel throwing skills.  Minimum enrollment needed to run each program, so please register early!