Create your own design, stamp it onto metal and make your own key tag or talisman. This hands-on experience will introduce you to texture stamping techniques and traditional metalworking tools all within the VisArts metals studio.
read moreUsing premade screens of native Virginia flowers, artist Sam Page will help students explore the screen printing process by making a bouquet of printed flowers. We'll learn to screenprint on paper and create unique bouquets.
read moreCreate one-of-a-kind cards using a simple yet exciting photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun way to create designs on light-sensitive paper in the darkroom. They make beautiful cards for friends or family!
read moreUsing premade screens of native Virginia flowers, artist Sam Page will help students explore the screen printing process by making a bouquet of printed flowers. We'll learn to screenprint on paper and create unique bouquets.
read moreCreate beautiful bowls out of clay! This class will go over the basic techniques of slab-building with clay to create a functional bowl. Adults and youth can work together to design objects of varying complexity. Each student will end up with one object, fired and glazed. There will be a limited assortment of glazes to […]
read moreJoin us in VisArts' Cabell courtyard for Raku! Try your hand at raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Bring your date, family, or friends for a fun time! Participants will glaze their pieces and help load them into the kiln. Grab a beer or snack from Goatocado across the street and return […]
read moreCreate beautiful bowls out of clay! This class will go over the basic techniques of slab-building with clay to create a functional bowl. Adults and youth can work together to design objects of varying complexity. Each student will end up with one object, fired and glazed. There will be a limited assortment of glazes to […]
read moreCreate one-of-a-kind cards using a simple yet exciting photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun way to create designs on light-sensitive paper in the darkroom. They make beautiful cards for friends or family!
read moreCreate your own design, stamp it onto metal and make your own key tag or talisman. This hands-on experience will introduce you to texture stamping techniques and traditional metalworking tools all within the VisArts metals studio.
read moreLet's make letterpress cards! We'll walk through the design and typesetting processes of letterpress printing. A selection of designs will be typeset and ready to print on the Challenge Proof Press and mini Kelsey Platen Press. Letterpress is a historic way of printing that involves setting individual letters and images into one of our century-old […]
read moreExplore this fun printing process by making multiple print designs out of a single hand-carved stamp. Using special carving tools, we will carve soft-rubber stamps and use our custom stamp to print a repeat pattern on a tote bag.
read moreJoin us in VisArts' Cabell courtyard for Raku! Try your hand at raku pottery firing—an exciting approach to pottery surface design! Bring your date, family, or friends for a fun time! Participants will glaze their pieces and help load them into the kiln. Grab a beer or snack from Goatocado across the street and return […]
read moreLearn to make a sterling silver stacking ring in the metals studio! We will take wire, form it into a ring that fits your finger, and solder it together with a torch. Keep it for yourself or give it as a gift!
read moreCreate one of a kind cards using a simple photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun + beautiful way to create designs within the darkroom on light sensitive paper, then send the cards to friends or family!
read moreCreate one of a kind cards using a simple photographic process called photograms. Learn this fun + beautiful way to create designs within the darkroom on light sensitive paper, then send the cards to friends or family!
read moreLet's make letterpress cards! We'll walk through the design and typesetting processes of letterpress printing. A selection of designs will be typeset and ready to print on the Challenge Proof Press and mini Kelsey Platen Press. Letterpress is a historic way of printing that involves setting individual letters and images into one of our century-old […]
read moreLearn to make a sterling silver stacking ring in the metals studio! We will take wire, form it into a ring that fits your finger, and solder it together with a torch. Keep it for yourself or give it as a gift!
read moreExplore this fun printing process by making multiple print designs out of a single hand-carved stamp. Using special carving tools, we will carve soft-rubber stamps and use our custom stamp to print a repeat pattern on a tote bag.
read moreExplore this fun printing process by making multiple designs out of a carved stamp. Using special carving tools we will carve soft-rubber stamps and then use our custom stamp to make cards or an original art piece to keep or gift to friends and family.
read moreGet both hands on the wheel! Receive 75 minutes of hands-on training on the potter's wheel from one of VisArts' talented clay instructors. Choose one of your clay creations to fire, then return to VisArts the next Second Friday session to retrieve your completed work of art.
read moreExplore this fun printing process by making multiple designs out of a carved stamp. Using special carving tools we will carve soft-rubber stamps and then use our custom stamp to make cards or an original art piece to keep or gift to friends and family.
read moreGet both hands on the wheel! Receive 75 minutes of hands-on training on the potter's wheel from one of VisArts' talented clay instructors. Choose one of your clay creations to fire, then return to VisArts the next Second Friday session to retrieve your completed work of art.
read moreLet's make letterpress cards! We'll walk through the design and typesetting processes of letterpress printing. A selection of designs will be typeset and ready to print on the Challenge Proof Press and mini Kelsey Platen Press. Letterpress is a historic way of printing that involves setting individual letters and images into one of our century […]
read moreExplore enameling on metals and create a giftable pin. Learn how powdered enamels work, then create a personal design on a simple precut metal shape. Cure your design in our jewelry kiln then attach a pinback to complete your pin.
read moreGet both hands on the wheel! Receive 75 minutes of hands-on training on the potter's wheel from one of VisArts' talented clay instructors. Choose one of your clay creations to fire, then return to VisArts the next Second Friday session to retrieve your completed work of art.
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