ONSITE: Needle Felt Your Pet
Learn how to make a mini, needle felted sculpture of your furry friend. We’ll start with a basic shape, build on details, then incorporate wire and other details needed to bring your pet to life.
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ONLINE: Submitting Writing to Literary Journals
Sending writing to literary journals can be an intimidating process. In this two-hour class, we'll take a step-by-step tour through the world of journal submissions. Learn directly from Samantha Steiner, MFA, who has served as an editor for Lumina Journal and Breadcrumbs Magazine and has had over 40 works of writing published including fiction, nonfiction, […]
read moreONLINE: Introduction to Journaling for Artists, Writers + Photographers
This workshop is designed for anyone interested in the history and practice of visual journaling. Participants will be introduced to exercises which explore sequential text, automatic drawing and collage as aspects of the journaling process. We will begin the session with a short presentation on visual diarists, their techniques or significance.
read moreONSITE: Create a Wooden Cheese Board (A)
Explore woodworking by making a chees board! Students will learn how to make wooden charcuterie boards. This class will introduce you to safe and appropriate use of the jointer, planer, bandsaw, miter saw, table saw and hand tools used in the woodshop.
read moreONSITE: Create a Wooden Cheese Board (B)
Explore woodworking by making a chees board! Students will learn how to make wooden charcuterie boards. This class will introduce you to safe and appropriate use of the jointer, planer, bandsaw, miter saw, table saw and hand tools used in the woodshop.
read moreONSITE: WTF (Woman, Trans, Femme) Woodworking: Make a Cutting Board
This class is a safe space for women, trans, and femme folks to learn introductory woodworking techniques. You'll learn to make a customizable cutting board using glue ups. Gain experience using the table saw, mitre saw, band saw, jointer and planer. We will respect marginalized identities, be patient with one another, use accessible language and […]
read moreONSITE: The Art of Paper: Sunflower Bouquet
Learn techniques to turn paper into three-dimensional art, like plants and florals. We'll begin with the correct use of materials, including X-acto blades, scissors, and bone folders for shaping and scoring our medium. We will also learn the various types of paper textures and weights that can be used for creating paper botanicals. We'll explore […]
read moreONSITE: My Book, It Has Three Corners: Triangle Books
Make three sided books in three hours. This workshop will cover a variety of techniques and covers for constructing triangle books, focusing on accordion book structures.
read moreONSITE: Handmade Sketchbook or Journal
Create your own blank hardcover sketchbook or journal in this two-day workshop. A traditional kettle stitch will be used to sew together the pages of our case-bound books.
read moreONSITE: Zinemaking with Paper Paraphernalia
Do you have a story to tell? A creative idea that needs to get out? Zine making is an accessible way to self-publish. In this course, we’ll be using paper collaging and hand drawn design to create unique printable zines. You’ll leave with the skills to design and print your own zines from home… all […]
read moreONSITE: Tiny Books, Big Charm
Small is beautiful! We’ll make handfuls of tiny books in three styles (accordion, dragon, and wrap-around cover), each under three inches square. Not only are tiny books adorable, working at this reduced scale allows us to work easily and quickly, and to think about how scale changes our experience. No prior bookbinding experience is required. […]
read moreONSITE: Paste Papers (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to make beautiful decorated papers using pigmented wheat paste! A relative of marbled paper, paste paper is used for bookmaking and other paper arts. Various patterns will be introduced with room for play!
read moreONSITE: Paper Marbling (only offered a few times a year)
Learn to create beautiful decorative papers in this one-day workshop! A variety of traditional marbling patterns will be covered with room for experimentation.
read moreONSITE: Color Film Processing
Tired of sending your film to be processed? This course teaches you to chemically develop your color film negatives specifically for analog color film photography. Students will learn how to safely use chemicals, develop their rolls of color film, and digitize negatives.
read moreONSITE: Photo Editing: Quick + Easy Introduction to Adobe Lightroom Classic
Adobe Lightroom is a powerful program that allows you to catalog and enhance your digital photographs. We will cover its most useful features like importing, making collections, fix exposure and color, applying local adjustments, using graduated filters, creating fun presets and converting images to black and white.
read moreONSITE: Darkroom Photography Crash Course
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom, all within one weekend.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Digital Photography (A)
Learn what all the buttons on your digital camera actually do. You’ll learn about things like white balance, resolution and megapixels. We’ll discuss how to capture an image, ensure proper exposure and create an effective composition. Weekly assignments coupled with in-class discussions will help you troubleshoot problems and develop a creative eye.
read moreONSITE: Rustic Casting
Experiment with alternative casting techniques that can be used in almost any environment. We’ll explore ways to cast silver objects using water, coffee beans, frozen vegetables and spaghetti. We’ll also explore charcoal casting techniques. You’ll work toward creating components that you can use to create future jewelry pieces such as charms and pendants.
read moreONSITE: Metal Clay Medallions
Learn to combine metal clay and a molded element with a custom-made, framed back plate to create a vintage-looking medallion. You’ll learn to use a two-part compound to replicate any flat backed item of your choice and emboss a frame design into an easy-to-use texture sheet. Later, you’ll join these two elements to form a […]
read moreONSITE: Hollow Forms in Metal Clay: Pillow Bead Pendant
We'll be making a unique hollow-form bead in order to understand and learn how to create dimension in our designs. Students will assemble a number of pieces together to make a bed-pillow-shaped bead then finish off designs with texture.
read moreONSITE: Metalworking: Create a Cuff Bracelet
Make a cuff bracelet. Explore shaping and texturing using various hammer techniques to create your unique cuff design.
read moreONSITE: Learn to Make Wire Earrings
Wire earrings! Learn to manipulate wire using pliers, mandrels and hammers to create unique styles. We will experiment with flat and dimensional ideas. You will work in copper and make final earrings in Sterling silver.
read moreONSITE: Working with Unconventional Materials: How to Make a Metal Sleeve Ring
Sleeve Rings are a great way for beginners and advanced students alike to integrate alternative materials and nonferrous metals such as copper and brass into ring form with a silver sleeve that will elevate the wearability of these materials.
read moreONSITE: Stackable Bands (Only offered a few times a year!)
Create a sweet stack of rings from 14-karat yellow gold-filled wire and silver. You’ll learn to solder bands and become proficient at single seams. We’ll also cover fabricating, embellishing and forging simple bands in different gauges and types of metal.
read moreONSITE: Textured Stacking Rings (ony offered a few times a year)
Working with variety of tools in the studio we will make (3) stacking sterling-silver rings with different surfaces. You will form & solder each ring using either wire or sheet. Demos will include using a roll mill, flex shaft (burs, cutting discs, silicone wheels), hammers and hand files to help you create a variety of […]
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