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Mixed Media Collage: Magical Forest (1/3; IWD: 1/10) —FULL
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Handmade Journal (1/9; IWD: 3/6) —FULL
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Mosaic Numbers and Letters (1/16; IWD: 3/20)
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Alcohol Ink Flowers & Open Studio (2/6; IWD: 2/13)
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Big, Bold, Beautiful Embroidered Knits (2/7; IWD: 2/21) —NEW!*
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Cold Wax for Beginners: Leveraging Color (2/27 & 2/28) —NEW!
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*Replaced Introduction to Wet Felting: Flowers workshop
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All workshops held during January and early February have an inclement weather date (IWD) scheduled. Please make sure that you can attend class on this date, too, in the rare event that we decide to reschedule due to snow or ice. Our cancellation policy will apply to the inclement weather date as well.
Mixed Media Collage: Magical Forest (FULL)
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Date: Saturday, 1/3 (Inclement Weather Date: Saturday, 1/10)
Time: 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Workshop Fee: $72 (Members), $80 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $15 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Kim Smith
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Paper, adhesive, 8”x10” canvas, images (birds, nests, foliage, bears, fairies, and other forest dwellers), mark-making tools
Supplies Students Should Bring: Small, sharp scissors and an apron or clothes that can be stained. All other supplies provided, though students are encouraged to bring their own pictures of birds, nests, foliage, bears, fairies, or anything else they’d like to have live in their forest.
Note: This workshop is full. Please contact us to be added to waitlist.
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Many plants and animals are asleep this time of year…but not in this fun-filled workshop! Veteran artist and instructor Kim Smith will teach you how to create a magical mixed media forest where flowers bloom, birds sing, and fairies frolic even in the dead of winter!
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Specifically, you’ll learn how to use:
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Various collage and mixed media techniques to create a magical forest
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Composition basics to create a pleasing design
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Layering to add details and depth to your art
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Painting techniques to enhance your work
You’ll walk away with a completed, detailed mixed media painting which is sure to impress. Your friends will marvel at the complexity of your work, and only you will know how easy it was to make using Kim’s simplified collaging process.
This workshop will introduce beginners to basic mixed media collaging concepts and provide intermediate creators some new techniques and best practices. Students of all levels have found success working with Kim—and they’ve had a ton of fun doing it!
No previous drawing, painting, or collaging experience necessary!
Note: Fine motor skills required for “fussy cutting.”
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Handmade Journal (FULL)
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Date: Friday, 1/9 (Inclement Weather Date: Friday, 3/6)
Time: 10:00 AM-4:00 PM (includes an hour break for lunch)
Workshop Fee: $90 (Members), $100 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $25 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Kristen Grady
Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Cereal boxes, standard paper, collaging materials (gelli prints and other decorative papers, washi tape, ribbon, stamps, ephemera, stickers, etc.), bookbinding tape, book thread, glue, glue sticks, paintbrushes
Supplies Students Should Bring: Small, sharp scissors and an apron or clothes that can be stained. All other supplies provided, but students are encouraged to bring additional collaging materials (gelli prints and other decorative papers, washi tape, ribbon, stamps, ephemera, stickers, etc.) if they have them.
Note: This workshop is full. Please contact us to be added to waitlist.
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No matter what you call it—a “junk journal,” “personal journal,” “DIY journal”—or what you use it for—to collect and store daily memories, mementos, photos, collages, inspiring quotes, or anything you want to remember—January is the perfect month to create and start keeping a handmade journal. In this highly imaginative workshop, paper artist Kristen Grady will show you how to make a handmade journal to fit your needs.
You’ll start by cutting and sizing an empty cereal box to create the cover for your journal. After strengthening and decorating your cover, you’ll learn how to turn your precious papers and actual “junk” mail into various types of pages (decorative, envelope, writing, etc.) until you fill your book. Next, Kristen will show you how to stitch your pages into the cover and then go over ways to fill in your journal as you go. You’ll be surprised at how full your book can become in just an afternoon! Finally, you’ll add decor, embellishments, and ephemera to finish your project.
You’ll leave the workshop with a personalized keepsake that will help you start your year off right!
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Mosaic Numbers and Letters
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Date: Friday, 1/16 (Inclement Weather Date: Friday, 3/20)
Time: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM (includes an hour break for lunch)
Workshop Fee: $90 (Members), $100 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $45 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Linda Pannullo
Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Provided by Instructor: (2) 8" painted wooden numbers or letters, mosaicking materials (millefiori, stained glass tiles, etc.), weather-resistant adhesive, paper (for creating templates), design ideas
Supplies Students Should Bring: An apron or clothes that can be stained and closed-toed shoes. All other supplies provided, though students are encouraged to bring any additional mosaicking materials they’d like to embellish their pieces.
Add a personal touch to your home by creating beautiful, one-of-a-kind, mosaic numbers or letters suitable for hanging on an inside or outside wall. In this fun and engrossing workshop, you’ll learn mosaicking fundamentals as you use millefiori, stained glass tiles, and other mosaicking materials to create your unique pieces. Mosaic artist Linda Pannullo will teach you how to:
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Design mosaic numbers or letters
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Choose appropriate materials for your pieces
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Transfer materials and adhere them to a wooden substrate
You’ll walk away with two beautiful mosaic numbers or letters that you can keep for yourself or give to a special friend or family member. (Students who don’t complete both of their pieces will be welcome to take home whatever materials are needed to finish.)
This is a great workshop for beginners, as there’s no glass cutting or grouting required!
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Alcohol Ink Flowers & Open Studio
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Date: Friday, 2/6 (Inclement Weather Date: Friday, 2/13)
Time: 1:30-4:30 PM
Workshop Fee: $54 (Members), $60 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $20 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Angie Bryant
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Ceramic tiles, alcohol inks, isopropyl alcohol, canned air, UV archival spray varnish, paper towels
Supplies Students Should Bring: Apron or clothes that can be stained
Chase away the winter blues by making beautiful alcohol ink flowers! Whether you’re brand new to alcohol inks or have been playing with them for years, you’re sure to learn some new techniques in this exciting and challenging hands-on workshop.
Join veteran artist and teacher Angie Bryant as she shows you how to create a bouquet of gorgeous flower tiles. Angie will provide a brief lesson on the basics of alcohol inks, but the class will primarily focus on using an air source to create floral designs.
By the end of the workshop, you’ll have two tiles ready to be displayed and the knowledge needed to seal your tiles to use as a coaster or trivet.
Already taken Angie’s Alcohol Ink Flowers workshop? Instead of listening to the opening presentation, you can jump right in, practicing what you’ve learned and increasing your skills in a mentored environment. We’re limiting the class size to 10 this time so that Angie can provide more individual instruction for both beginning and returning students.
No drawing or painting experience necessary.
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Big, Bold, Beautiful Embroidered Knits
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Date: Saturday, 2/7 (Inclement Weather Date: Saturday, 2/21)
Time: 10:00 AM-5:00 PM (includes an hour break for lunch)
Workshop Fee: $108 (Members); $120 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $15 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Jeannie Thomma
Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Embroidery hoop, yarn, knit fabric, embroidery needles, stencils, transfer paper, marking pens and pencils
Supplies Students Should Bring: Embroidery scissors and a thimble if you’d like to use one. If you want to embroider a knit sweater or accessory (e.g., scarf, mittens, hat, bag), you’ll also need to bring the item to the workshop. Wool or acrylic knits work best, but cotton or linen knits will also work as long as they’re not lacy or very loosely knit. If you have a favorite yarn that you’d like to use to embroider with, you may bring that as well.
Embroidery is all the rage these days, and, after taking this fun, fiber-focused workshop, you’ll understand why. Not only is it an enjoyable hobby, it’s a great, economical way to zhuzh up ordinary or worn-out clothes and accessories—or decorate your home!
Embroidering knits isn’t difficult, but it requires a slightly different approach than embroidering woven fabric. In this highly-meditative class, fiber artist Jeannie Thomma will introduce you to special tools and techniques that make this type of embroidering easy!
In just a few hours, Jeannie will teach you some basic embroidery stitches that you can use to embellish a favorite knit sweater or accessory, or create a "patch" or "pocket" that you can stitch to your choice of garments or frame as a keepsake.
You’ll start by sketching your own design or choosing from a collection of pre-made templates. Then, using a palette of yarn that sings to you and some beautiful embellishing stitches, you’ll settle in, enjoying the centering craft of embroidery. Before you know it, the hours will melt away, and you’ll have added some playful pop to your wardrobe or wall.
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Cold Wax for Beginners: Leveraging Color
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Date: Friday, 2/27 & Saturday, 2/28
Time: 1:00-5:00 PM both days
Workshop Fee: $144 (Members), $160 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $40 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Denby Dale
Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Art papers, 8”x10” cradled panel, cold wax medium, oil paints, various-width masking tapes, mark-making tools, stencils, applicators
Supplies Students Should Bring: An apron or clothes that can be stained. All other supplies will be provided; however, students are encouraged to bring rigid “tools,” such as old credit cards, favorite plastic stencils, etc., if they have them.
Do you love the depth and luminosity of encaustic painting but don’t want to deal with the setup hot wax requires? If so, cold wax—which is related to, but also very different from, encaustic—may be your answer! In this exploratory, two-day workshop, mixed media artist Denby Dale will teach you how to build a layered, color-driven cold wax composition that emphasizes the opacity and transparency of this versatile medium, as well as how purposeful layering of colors affects and influences your work.
Day One will be all about hands-on learning! First, Denby will show you how to make colored wax by adding small amounts of oil paint to clear cold wax medium. Then, you’ll play with creating levels of opacity and transparency by applying clear and colored wax to different surfaces. Finally, you’ll experiment with using additive and subtractive techniques to add line, pattern, and mark making to your pieces.
On Day Two, after your initial wax layers have had time to dry, you’ll leverage your learnings from Day One and continue to build and refine your compositions. You’ll create your own piece using special masking tapes, stencils, and other tools to add hard lines and color shifts to your work, creating several dynamic abstract pieces.
You’ll leave the class with an assortment of small cold wax painting studies on various art papers and a finished 8”x10” cold wax painting on a 3/4" cradled panel.
If you've never worked with cold wax, this class will introduce you to one of the many ways the medium can be used. If you’ve had some experience with cold wax, this workshop is a great way to add to your knowledge base and explore new techniques.
No drawing or painting experience necessary!
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