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Upcycle Scraps to Sew a New Shirt, Dress or Pants (Limited Offering) – New!

July 06, 2025

Are you looking for a way to use your fabric scraps from past projects? Let's transform those little pieces into something amazing! Join our hands-on class where we’ll transform your leftover fabric into a unique new garment. You’ll learn tips and tricks for picking and piecing fabrics together as we kick things off with a […]

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Painting for the Absolute Beginner

July 06, 2025

Would you like to begin to paint? In this class we start at the beginning and go from there, Painting can be a wonderful way to decompress and transition to a different headspace. Learn the fundamentals in class, while also learning more about ourselves and the imagery we like.

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Introduction to Loom Weaving

July 06, 2025

Learn to weave on a floor loom. You’ll enjoy warping demonstrations and plenty of practice time, along with tips for achieving smooth selvages and an even beat. Plan to design and complete at least one plain weave project—a rag rug, a scarf or a table runner. Returning students will take on more complex projects.

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Introduction to Metal Jewelry (A)

July 06, 2025

Learn how to transform metals into beautiful works of wearable art. We’ll cover techniques such as sawing, drilling, texturing, working with wire, filing, sanding and polishing. We’ll also cover riveting, soldering with a torch. You’ll use these skills to make one finished piece of jewelry.

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Intermediate Metal Jewelry

July 06, 2025

Take your metal jewelry making to the next level. We’ll focus on design execution, stone setting as well as fabricating and soldering with sterling silver. You’ll also advance your polishing skills for finishing pieces.

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Drawing Comics in Procreate

July 06, 2025

Unleash your inner comic book artist in our "Drawing Comics in Procreate" class. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned artist, learn character design, storytelling, inking, coloring, and more on your iPad with Procreate. Embark on an exciting journey into the world of comic creation.

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What’s Love Got to Do With It? (Limited Offering) – New!

July 06, 2025

This six-week personal essay class will walk you through the process of writing, revising, and submitting an essay to the New York Times' Modern Love essay column. Discussions of published essays from the column and writing advice from the editor Daniel Jones will create a foundation for writing your own Modern Love style essays. Prompts […]

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Collage, Draw + Screenprint

July 06, 2025

Explore the screen-printing process combined with collage and drawing in this unique multimedia class. In this weekend workshop, we will begin by cutting and pasting magazine images into a collage. We will then hand trace the collage onto a transparent paper with an opaque paint pen. This transparent drawing will be used to expose the […]

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Watercolor Primer

July 06, 2025

Jump start your watercolor painting with this inspirational class! Students will be led through a series of watercolor painting techniques including dry wash, wet wash, wet-on-wet washes, gradients, color blending, and brushwork. Demonstrations will include glazing and layering techniques. Students will use special materials and tools for creating texture in paintings. Color theory and mixing […]

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Painting Plants + Animals With Gouache

July 06, 2025

Gouache (pronounced “guh-wash”) is paint that can be transparent like watercolor or opaque like acrylics. It’s blendable and can be layered, too. This class will cover the basics of using this awesome medium from start to finish, painting subjects from nature—specifically plants and animals. Additional topics include: color theory, composition, color mixing, paint laying, underpaintings, […]

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The Noir Portrait: Drawing With Charcoal

July 06, 2025

Learn how to make realistic portraits using the beautiful, painterly medium of charcoal on toned paper. This class teaches traditional academic concepts, but in an encouraging open environment conducive to learning. We will examine how to successfully represent form and capture a likeness from life. This class teaches Realist techniques that were taught in the […]

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ONLINE: Journaling for Artists, Writers + Photographers

July 06, 2025

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.

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3D Printing + Design for Ceramics – New!

July 06, 2025

Learn to design and print your own custom clay tools with a 3D printer! You can explore creating a custom rib to shape your pottery on the wheel, a signature stamp for your pieces, trimming chucks, or other tools specific to your needs. We will use two programs: Tinkercad to design these tools and Cura […]

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Introduction to Screenprinting (B)

July 06, 2025

Explore screenprinting, a process that allows artists to create hand-printed multiples of the same image. Translate your graphic design, photography, or drawings into vibrant, layered compositions. Learn a variety of ways to create screens that can be used to print onto fabric, paper or wood.

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Drawing Fundamentals (C)

July 06, 2025

Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.

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Hand-Sewn Leatherworking: Make Your Own Handbag – New!

July 06, 2025

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to design, sketch, and create a functional, small-sized leather bag from start to finish. You’ll gain essential leatherworking skills including drafting a custom sewing pattern, selecting the right type of leather, using leather tools with confidence, hand-braiding leather pieces together, and assembling the bag with an adjustable […]

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Wool Spinning as Ritual

July 06, 2025

Fiber passes through the hands as a tether into deep ritual, relationship, and memory of shared labor. In Wool Spinning as Ritual, we will situate wool into our ecologic, historic, and social contexts, and trust the material as teacher. We will learn to spin wool in its most elemental form, becoming familiar with simple but […]

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Fall Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner

July 06, 2025

Learn the basics of watercolor painting while we make fall themed paintings, featuring pumpkins, apples, florals and leaves. Topics covered include brush stroke techniques, painting wet on wet and wet on dry, glazing, ink with watercolors, and flooding and blending. We will touch on adding calligraphy to your small paintings, which will be perfect for […]

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Make a Custom Clay Stamp + Pottery Rib – New!

July 06, 2025

Over the course of one day, you’ll create a custom rib to shape your pottery on the wheel and a signature stamp for your pieces. We will use two programs: Tinkercad to design these tools and Cura to slice your design files for printing.

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Glass Fusing: Exploring Drop-Out Molds – New!

July 06, 2025

Ready to push your glass fusing skills further? In this exciting intermediate class, you'll learn how to use drop-out molds to create dynamic hollow forms: cups, vases, and bowls. Harnessing the power of heat and gravity, we’ll explore how glass stretches and flows through ring molds elevated on kiln furniture, resulting in elegant and unexpected […]

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Introduction to Letterpress: Stationery Workshop

July 06, 2025

Plan and print your own stationery project! Through invitations, business cards, greeting cards, and letterheads, students will explore the medium of letterpress and its historical and contemporary uses, through the lens of stationery and graphic design. We will cover the basics of safe typesetting, composing a piece, proofing, letterpress printing, using the flat-bed and proofing […]

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Introduction to Woodburning

July 06, 2025

Have you ever wanted to learn the art of woodburning? In this class, we will teach you the basics of pyrography – from understanding the different techniques and skills involved to creating your own unique designs. At the end of this course, you'll go home with a wood-burned project of your own design, and a […]

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Introduction to Black + White Darkroom Photography (C)

July 06, 2025

Learn to take black and white photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom. Enjoy lots of technical guidance and aesthetic feedback, whether you’re just getting started or expanding your portfolio and skill set.

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