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Watercolor for Beginners: Festive Doors – New! Adults (18+)

October 17, 2025

During this 3-hour workshop, you’ll select a front door style to use as your inspiration to draw from. We’ll use light boxes to assist in our drawings, so that our time can be focused on watercoloring and adding all of the festive holiday decor you desire to your door! These watercolors make great cards or […]

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Make Your Own Terracotta Aromatherapy Ornaments – New! (Adults and Youth 9+ with a Registered Adult)

October 17, 2025

   Learn how to create terracotta aromatherapy ornaments using clay, stamps, and texture tools! These unglazed disks naturally hold and release essential oils—no plug-in, flame, or water required. Perfect as holiday decorations or for adding scent to cars, bathrooms, and small spaces. Each student will make a small set of personalized disks to be bisque-fired, […]

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Digital Animated Gifts – New! (Adults and Youth 9+ with a Registered Adult)

October 17, 2025

Surprise your friends and family with beautiful animated gifts! In this course, you will learn the basic technical skills necessary to create 5-30 second digital animations on iPads. At the end of the course, students will have a personalized animation that can be sent to loved ones (especially long distance loved ones) as a gift!

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Ornaments in Glass (B) – New! Adults (18+)

October 17, 2025

Explore making simple small ornaments with flameworked glass. The focus will be on cute simple designs perfect for a variety of skill levels, but this class will be best for those with some lampworking skills already.

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Leatherworking: Make a Card Holder Necklace – New! (Adults and Youth 12+ with a Registered Adult)

October 17, 2025

Learn the basics of leatherworking to create a fully handmade, one-of-a-kind leather necklace with dyed decorative shells or gems. You will learn how to use a custom leather card holder necklace pattern, how to select appropriate types of leather for small goods, safe and confident handling of essential leatherworking tools and techniques, and finishing techniques […]

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Community Casting (D) – New! Adult (18+)

October 17, 2025

For metalworkers with previous casting experience, Community Casting is an opportunity to prepare molds independently and cast your work in VisArts metals studio on designated casting days. Monthly casting days are facilitated by a VisArts instructor.

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Ornaments in Glass (A) – New! Adults (18+)

October 17, 2025

Explore making simple small ornaments with flameworked glass. The focus will be on cute simple designs perfect for a variety of skill levels, but this class will be best for those with some lampworking skills already.

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