Spoon Saturday! (Limited Offering) – New!
Create your own custom teaspoons or cocktail spoons! We will explore a variety of techniques such as forging, sawing, stamping, and texturing to make at least one spoon or as many as time allows.
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Watercolor Pencil Tarot Workshop – New!
Learn simple yet beautiful watercolor pencil techniques while diving into tarot, learning about card meanings and symbols! Experiment with designing your own set of element symbols using pen and watercolor pencils.
read moreLearn Color Theory With Watercolors (B)
Get an introduction to the color wheel using watercolors. Learn color theory basics including warm and cool colors, primary colors, color triads, and complimentary colors. Students will use a limited number of paints to mix a broad spectrum of hues. After working through color mixing basics and a few demos on watercolor techniques, we will […]
read moreRaku Firing Workshop (E)
Head over to VisArts' courtyard and 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 beer or snack across the street at Goatocado, then return to enjoy the campfire-like atmosphere with friends on our back patio.
read moreDigital Photography: Composition + Lighting (Limited Offering) – New!
Dive deeper into lighting and composition, and how to make better pictures with newfound technical understanding. On Saturday, we'll look at examples of bodies of work, by both students and professionals, and go our for a walk around VisArts looking for pictures. On Sunday, we'll have a mini-critique of the work made on Saturday and […]
read moreFlameworking: Making Glass Marbles (A)
Learn the basics of marble making using a propane torch and glass rods. Enjoy generous demonstrations, discussions and time to practice as you explore various marble styles.
read moreSashiko: Japanese Decorative Stitching – New!
Part of the slow stitching movement, Sashiko is an ancient Japanese style of decorative stitching that draws inspiration from nature. Using grids and careful stitching this meditative technique creates designs that are visually striking. In this class, you'll learn about Sashiko’s history, materials, and patterns. Expect to create several samples during class. All materials included, […]
read moreStructuring Memoirs + Novels (Limited Offering)
You’re likely working on a book-sized project when your ideas feel too big to fit into your head. In this one-off class, we’ll discuss strategies for organizing and structuring large narrative projects like memoirs and novels. For creative thinkers, too much planning can feel constraining—but it doesn't have to be! In this class, we’ll practice […]
read moreHaunted Poems (Limited Offering)
Dickinson once wrote that "Nature is a haunted house–but Art–is a house that tries to be haunted." Come explore some poems that make space for ghosts, monsters, and other such spooky creatures, and write some haunted poems of your own.
read moreBuild Confidence in Knitting (Limited Offering) – New!
Are you a beginner knitter encountering problems or mistakes in your work that you're not sure how to fix? If so, this class is for you! We will explore the most common knitting problems beginners make, how to read your knitting to identify the problem, how to fix those problems, and techniques that can help […]
read moreEncaustic Painting (A)
Explore encaustic painting for the first time or return to expand your skills. You will work with opaque and transparent colors, layering, using stencils and creating patterns using hot wax.
read moreHand Building: Make a Clay Curio Cabinet
Learn how to build a hanging altar or curio cabinet. In this class, you'll roll slabs and create a structure uniquely designed to hold your small and precious keepsakes.
read moreFlameworking: Making Glass Marbles (B)
Learn the basics of marble making using a propane torch and glass rods. Enjoy generous demonstrations, discussions and time to practice as you explore various marble styles.
read morePhotographing Your Artwork (Limited Offering)
This class is perfect for artists looking to document their artwork. You'll learn how to make better photographs of your artwork for prints, web, social media, or anywhere else you want to share them. We will discuss lighting, composition, common mistakes in photographing artworks, and best practices for documentation.
read moreRaku Firing Workshop (C)
Head over to VisArts' courtyard and 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 beer or snack across the street at Goatocado, then return to enjoy the campfire-like atmosphere with friends on our back patio.
read moreMake a Sewing Pattern from Your Favorite Clothing
Learn how to turn your favorite clothing into sewing patterns without taking it apart. This workshop will cover how to copy most garments, and students will leave with a finished pattern matching their favorite garment.
read moreLearn Color Theory With Watercolors (A)
Get an introduction to the color wheel using watercolors. Learn color theory basics including warm and cool colors, primary colors, color triads, and complimentary colors. Students will use a limited number of paints to mix a broad spectrum of hues. After working through color mixing basics and a few demos on watercolor techniques, we will […]
read moreWheel Throwing for Everyone (B)
Have 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 moreTintype Photography
Use one of the earliest forms of photography to create tintypes, which are direct positives printed on an aluminum sheet using large format cameras. Learn the basics of this 19th century process, including how to pour and sensitize collodion, properly expose and develop plates, and apply a protective varnish. Plan to walk away with two […]
read moreWearable Metal Jewelry for Beginners
This course is for beginners who are eager and interested to explore the basics of jewelry-making. You'll learn sawing, drilling, soldering, sanding, polishing, texture making, and surface treatment. This course lays the foundation for the use of metals such as copper, brass, and silver. You'll even create one finished small piece of jewelry to take […]
read moreONLINE: Introduction to Journaling for Artists, Writers + Photographers (Limited Offering)
This course is designed for anyone interested in the techniques and development of visual journaling. We'll review the contributions of visual diarists such as Dan Eldon and Frida Kahlo. Each session will begin with a short presentation on a visual diarist, technique or significant artist with follow up time for guidance, feedback and group discussion.
read moreBlacksmithing: Bottle Openers
Explore basic blacksmithing techniques to create useful tools to keep cool in the late summer heat. You'll not only make a bottle opener, but the tools you'll need to make it.
read moreIntroduction to Woodblock Printing
Explore woodblock printing, humanity’s oldest printmaking process. You’ll learn to design and transfer an image onto the block and cut the block to produce a relief image. Then, we’ll cover how to transfer the image to paper, both printing it by hand and by press.
read moreWoven Glass – New!
Uncover the techniques behind woven glass in this hands-on weekend intensive. Perfect for intermediate glass artists, this class will guide you through the exciting process of shaping and weaving sheet glass into intricate, dynamic forms. Explore the interplay of heat and color to bring your creations to life and discover new possibilities in glass art. […]
read moreThe Art of Lighting for Photography Workshop
Explore a variety of lighting set-ups and techniques, from studio configurations to working with natural light. Through hands-on demonstrations and interactive exercises, you'll learn to sculpt light to accentuate the unique features of your subject matter, transforming ordinary images into extraordinary works of art. Discover the power of light modifiers, such as reflectors and umbrellas, […]
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