Workshops
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Mosaic Numbers and Letters (1/16; IWD: 3/20) —FULL
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Alcohol Ink Flowers & Open Studio (2/6; IWD: 2/13) —FULL
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Big, Bold, Beautiful Embroidered Knits (2/7; IWD: 2/21)*
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Cold Wax for Beginners: Leveraging Color (2/27 & 2/28)
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Watercolor Basics (3/4, 3/11, 3/18 & 4/1) —NEW!
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Mosaic Vintage Glass Window (3/7) —FULL
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Mosaic Pendant and Earrings (3/13) —NEW!
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Mini Art Journal (3/14) —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.
Mosaic Numbers and Letters (FULL)
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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.
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Note: This workshop is full. Please contact us to be added to waitlist.
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 (FULL)
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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
Note: This workshop is full. Please contact us to be added to waitlist.
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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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Watercolor Basics
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Date: Wednesdays, 3/4, 3/11, 3/18 & 4/1*
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM
Workshop Fee: $180 (Members); $200 (Non-Members)
Supply Fee: $40 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Susie Wallace
Skill Level: Beginner
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Watercolor paint, a palette, watercolor paper, support board, water cups, 3 rounds and 1 flat watercolor brush, drawings to paint, smooth Viva paper towels, masking tape, a spray bottle, a pencil, a gray kneaded eraser (The paint, palette, support board, and brushes are yours to keep!)
Supplies Students Should Bring: An apron or clothes that can be stained.
*Class will NOT meet on 3/25.
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Do you love the look of transparent watercolor paintings and often wish you could create your own? Well, you CAN—with the help of local artist Susie Wallace! Susie has been painting with watercolors for over 35 years and has taught beginning watercolor to all kinds of students, from art guild members to assisted living residents. If they can be successful, so can YOU!
In this introductory, 4-week course, you’ll learn the basics of watercolor materials, brushwork, color mixing, value, and composition, as well as how to paint from a photo.
No previous drawing or painting skills needed; just a fun spirit!
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Mosaic Vintage Glass Window (FULL)​
Date: Saturday, 3/7
Time: 1:30-4:30 PM
Workshop Fee: $54 (Members), $60 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $60 (To be collected day of workshop; Venmo, cash, or check only)
Instructor: Michelle Bettencourt
Skill Level: All
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Vintage glass window (approximately 28” x 19”), a variety of vintage glass items (e.g., crystalware, ashtrays), glass beads and other mosaic materials, adhesive, chains, and hooks
Supplies Students Should Bring: All materials will be provided; however, students are encouraged to bring additional small vintage glass items (e.g., crystalware, ashtrays), glass beads, and other mosaic materials that they’d like to incorporate into their window, if they have them. Students should also bring an apron or wear clothes that can be stained.
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Note: This workshop is full. Please contact us to be added to waitlist.
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Add a touch of vintage charm to your outdoor space with this mosaic glass window! In just a few hours, mosaic artist Michelle Bettencourt will show you how to create a one-of-a-kind artwork using a vintage, wooden-framed glass window.
After explaining how to source and prep vintage materials, Michelle will offer tips for designing a mosaic and attaching items to a glass window. Then, you’ll spend the rest of the afternoon creating your piece. You’ll have access to an array of vintage glassware, from grandma’s crystalware to 1970s ashtrays, as well as mixed glass beads, scrabble letters, and other interesting trinkets.
You’ll leave the workshop with an incredible, ready-to-hang (chains and hooks included), 28” x 19” (approximately) glass window that’s sure to enhance the beauty of your home.
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Mosaic Pendant and Earrings
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Date: Friday, 3/13
Time: 1:00–5:00 PM
Workshop Fee: $72 (Members); $80 (Non-Members)
Supply Fee: $20 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Linda Girardi
Skill Level: All
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Pendant and earring blanks, necklace chain, earring hooks, beads, charms, stained glass tiles, and other mosaic materials
Supplies Students Should Bring: An apron or clothes that can be stained
Learn how to apply the ancient art of mosaics to a piece of wearable art! In this fun and easy workshop, mosaic artist Linda Girardi will show how to create a beautiful, one-of-a-kind pendant and set of earrings using a variety of beads, charms, stained glass tiles, and more!
Linda will demonstrate the process first, and then you’ll practice:
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Designing a mini mosaic pendant and/or a set of earrings
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Choosing appropriate materials for your jewelry
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Transferring materials and adhering them to a substrate
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Cleaning up and finishing your jewelry
You’ll also learn tips and tricks for working with different types of mosaic materials.
You’ll walk away with a beautiful pendant and a set of earrings (or two pendants or two sets of earrings if you prefer) that you can keep for yourself or give to a special friend or family member.
No prior glass experience needed!
Note: Moderate hand dexterity and good eyesight required.
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Mini Art Journal
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Date: Saturday, 3/14
Time: 12:00 PM-5:00 PM
Workshop Fee: $90 (Members), $100 (Non-Members)
Supplies Fee: $20 (To be collected day of workshop; cash or check only)
Instructor: Kim Smith
Skill Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Paper, fabric, paint, pictures, sheet music, messages, book pages, adhesive, 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 a favorite magazine(s) and/or small images they enjoy.
Are you looking for a new way to capture your collage ideas and use some of the supplies stockpiled in your craft cabinet? If so, here’s your chance to create a unique little art journal with items you likely already have.
In this playful, half-day class, mixed media artist Kim Smith will start by teaching you some creative collage techniques to get your inspiration flowing. Then, you’ll learn the basics of selecting, layering, and properly adhering multiple mediums (fabric, paint, pictures, sheet music, messages, book pages, and more) to create a cohesive, colorful, layered little folding book. Kim will also teach you how to apply basic principles of design and color selection to finish and enhance your work. Finally, you’ll learn tips for incorporating mixed-media into your daily life and how to use mini journals to celebrate opportunities and work through challenges.
This workshop is great for people who have never created a mixed media piece, but it also gives more experienced artists an opportunity to explore 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!
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