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W-FA501 Italian Summer with Chef Craig Tinling

All levels welcome! Whipped ricotta roasted tomato bruschettaRadicchio arugula apple walnut salad with balsamic vinaigretteBolognese filled ravioli with cherry tomato basil sauceTiramisu gelato cookie sandwich Adult students (21 and over) […]

W-PT803 Colorful Pet Portraits with Shawn Dell Joyce

All levels welcome! Learn an interesting approach to making a colorful and realistic pet portrait! Your canvas will be pre-sketched (email a photo a week in advance to shawndelljoyce@gmail.com) then follow along, step-by-step with instructor on how to use a “paint by numbers” approach, and mix colors based on primaries. Perfect beginners class, or a […]

W-PT578 Wet Watercolor with Kerry Stratton Waltz

All levels welcome! This one-day workshop will explore all the wonderful creative techniques that watercolor offers. Demonstrations, individual attention, and classroom discussions that will help you create loose, impressionistic and expressive watercolors. We will learn how to plan for success by using the elements of design, color theory, and making painting plans. Enjoy the liquidity […]

CL639 (4 WEEK) Surface Decoration Techniques For Pottery With Maryann Charmoz

Mondays, 4 Week ClassAll levels welcome! This course will cover several techniques for decorating pottery. We will cover modern day Majolica, stenciling, painting with underglazes, wax resist, bubble painting, masking, slip trailing, sgraffito, flicking, sponging, using oxides for antiquing, and others. Students will make slab tiles and bowls out of slump molds to practice the […]

FB904 Mayan Back-Strap Weaving With Concepcion Poou Coy Tharin

Mondays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! Learn the ancient Mayan art of back-strap weaving. Back-strap weaving is at once a delicate and beautiful art form, highly portable (you can tie it to any post, tree, or even a nail in the wall), and wonderfully diverse. With this form of weaving you can make original table […]

AW101 Art in Wellness With Anna Sandoval MAAT ATR

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassAll levels welcome! This class will provide students with the creative tools to improve overall functioning and will aim to introduce relaxation techniques that focus on positive thinking, mindfulness, self-awareness, and growth. Using therapeutic approach focused on natural expression and mindful intention, participants will learn to utilize important and beneficial coping skills […]

CL126 Beginning Clay Handbuilding With Diane Abernathy

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassBeginner In this introductory class we will be exploring all the possibilities for clay handbuilding. Each week will be a new technique, including slab, coil, and extruder. With these techniques we can explore tile making, containers, dinnerware and non-functional decorative pieces. Lastly you will be learning how to decorate you pieces with […]

PT582 Intermediate Watercolor With Kerry Stratton Waltz

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate, Advanced Enjoy all the wonderful creative techniques that are unique to watercolor: how to control wet-into wet washes and use those creative techniques to express your subject. We will learn how to plan for success by using the elements of design, color theory and  painting plans. Emphasis will be on how […]

PR104 Intermediate Linocut Printmaking with Holly Bird

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate, Advanced, Professional Introduction and continuing practice in reduction linocut printmaking. Reduction allows for wonderful carved textures, painterly effects and experimentation in relief printmaking. This is not a beginner's class: students must have some previous basic printmaking experience and drawing ability.    Using a single block of unmounted linoleum and working with […]

DR404 Colored Pencil for Everyone With Melissa Miller Nece

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate, Advanced Neat, portable and inexpensive, colored pencils can be used for any style work, from rough sketches to finely detailed realism. Students experiment with color and techniques for a full range of special effects. Emphasis on developing an individual style through personal guidance from instructor and class discussion. Some background in […]

PT435 Spinning: The Art of Creating from Subconscious With Robert Sutherland

Tuesdays, 6 Week ClassIntermediate "Spinning" will release Art from your subconscious, create discipline in pallet, and challenge your skills of imagination. A very relaxed class, you may even use this class as a open studio for your own work. Ages 17 and up. Details Date & Time: Instructor