Spend the week learning how glass colors react with each other and with metals. Using reactive sheet glass, stringers and frits, along with silver, brass, copper and other materials compatible with glass, we’ll explore how these elements can be combined to produce new effects. The objective will be to produce layered projects with depth, imagery […]
read moreThis year has been impossible! Let’s try to look ahead by generating new work for 2021. Through intensive freewriting and class discussion, we will delve deeper and complicate our initial ideas. Open to all genres and levels. This class is for first-time writers, writers in the muddled middle of a longer project, and writers feeling […]
read moreLearn to carve rubber stamps and use them to make decorative papers and greeting cards. The workshop will cover carving, image transfer, and repeat pattern techniques. The workshop will also introduce fundamentals of 2-D repeat pattern design. Students will produce repeating patterns with their own rubber stamps to create decorative papers and cards.
read moreExplore the possibilities of making art with paper by learning quilling techniques. Transform paper strips by rolling, shaping and gluing them together to create a unique and 3-D, radial design project.
read moreMake your message move! Learn basic paper engineering techniques for cards that pop. You’ll make amazing cards to give, send or keep.
read moreLearn the basics of Adobe InDesign to create, revise and update documents. Using your own Mac or PC computers and software, share files from the instructor, and work with your classmaters on several projects. We’ll go over the basics of using tools, and create a simple document “from the ground up.”
read moreGet in touch with your intuition! Students will learn about SoulCollage, a process in which you make a deck of cards for personal readings one at a time. They are easy, fun and satisfying to make and use. SoulCollage cards can help us to answer life’s questions. Personal readings from our own cards aid with […]
read moreSpend the week learning how glass colors react with each other and with metals. Using reactive sheet glass, stringers and frits, along with silver, brass, copper and other materials compatible with glass, we’ll explore how these elements can be combined to produce new effects. The objective will be to produce layered projects with depth, imagery […]
read moreKurinuki is the Japanese technique of starting with a block of clay, developing the exterior, then hollowing it out.We’ll create a series of tea cups or candle holders. We’ll also explore images of Kurnuki work and talk about bottles, incense burners, pouring vessels and larger bowls.
read moreHave you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
read moreHead over to VisArts’ courtyard for Raku Fridays in August! Need a safe, socially distanced night out of the house, a date night or a fun night with friends? Join us for some raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a […]
read moreHave you always wanted to try wheel throwing? Come throw a pot using white stoneware, then fire and finish your pieces using food-safe glazes.
read moreThis block of outdoor studio time is not instructed, but we will have a VisArts Clay teacher actively creating their own body of work, answering questions, or offering suggestions. We’ll stay safe and socially distanced outdoors, socializing and creating art together. Note: You get four hours of time (instead of the two you get inside).
read moreThis block of outdoor studio time is not instructed, but we will have a VisArts Clay teacher actively creating their own body of work, answering questions, or offering suggestions. We’ll stay safe and socially distanced outdoors, socializing and creating art together. Note: You get four hours of time (instead of the two you get inside).
read moreHead over to VisArts’ courtyard for Raku Fridays in August! Need a safe, socially distanced night out of the house, a date night or a fun night with friends? Join us for some raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a […]
read moreHead over to VisArts’ courtyard for Raku Fridays in August! Need a safe, socially distanced night out of the house, a date night or a fun night with friends? Join us for some raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Participants will glaze their pieces, help load them into the kiln, grab a […]
read moreDo you sometimes wonder why your photos don’t look as snappy and vibrant as the original scene? Good news: It is all fixable with some easy steps. In this three-hour workshop, students learn effective and time-saving methods in the develop module of Adobe Lightroom. Crop and straighten crooked horizons, fix exposure and contrast, get rid […]
read moreThis class is for students who have previously taken a stained glass class at VisArts. Use this class to finish working on projects already started or begin a new project. This is a great opportunity to reinvigorate your creative practice with glass!
read moreFormer glass fusing and slumping students can pick up where they left off by working with sheet glass, powders, frit, and slumping into various mold types. Instruction will be geared toward what students want to focus on most during the five days.
read moreDo you sometimes wonder why your photos don’t look as snappy and vibrant as the original scene? Good news: It is all fixable with some easy steps. In this three-hour workshop, students learn effective and time-saving methods in the develop module of Adobe Lightroom. Crop and straighten crooked horizons, fix exposure and contrast, get rid […]
read moreCreate paintings using collage techniques. We’ll begin by creating a series of small media experiments with acrylic paint. Then we’ll incorporate those experiments into a larger collage on panel.
read moreThis class is for students who have previously taken a stained glass class at VisArts. Use this class to finish working on projects already started or begin a new project. This is a great opportunity to reinvigorate your creative practice with glass!
read moreThis class is for students who have previously taken a stained glass class at VisArts. Use this class to finish working on projects already started or begin a new project. This is a great opportunity to reinvigorate your creative practice with glass!
read moreIn this class, students will learn how to create beautiful monotypes without a press. Students will practice developing images with stencils, stamps, and drawing utilizing bands of color and texture. Students will use pre-made stencils and will also create some of their own. We will focus on personal symbols and incorporate them into their prints. […]
read moreIn this class, you’ll learn how to apply 2-D needle felting techniques to make your favorite landscape, but with wool! Set-up your workspace at your nearby park, lakeside, or backyard as we’ll go through capturing the over landscape, zooming in on details, building texture and layering. Your finished painting will be stretched and ready to […]
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