Our 1- and 2-day workshops offer a taste of something new and a little digging deep, while teaching artists from around the country provide in-depth exploration for the benefit of our instructors, advanced students, and curious learners during Visiting Artist Workshops.
FALL
ADULT & CHILD HOLIDAY ORNAMENTS
Linda Kekic / Studio 6
Sun 11/13
1 – 4pm / One Day
$75 per pair / Members: $55 per pair
Parents, grandparents, and kids can enjoy a Sunday afternoon working together to make kiln-fused glass ornaments. Work with beautiful transparent and opaque glass, frit, confetti, stringer, paints, and enamels to create a variety of holiday themed glass ornaments. All materials provided. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
EVERGREEN WREATH
Sherri Synder / Auditorium
Tue 11/15
6 – 8pm / One Day
$65 / Members: $45
The smells of fresh evergreens are the perfect mood-setter for the season ahead. Create a lush evergreen wreath using a variety of evergreens adorned with a bow of your choice. Pruners are recommended as well as gloves to protect bare skin from the sap.
BOXWOOD WREATH
Sherri Synder / Auditorium
Tue 11/29
6 – 8pm / One Day
$65 / Members: $45
Create an inviting and lush green Williamsburg style wreath made out of boxwood. Boxwood does not have any sap, so it’s perfect to hang on a wall where it will dry in place. Gloves are recommended for comfort but are not required. Only a willing attitude is necessary for this fun and easy class.
OUTDOOR CONTAINER
Sherri Synder / Auditorium
Tue 12/6
6 – 8pm / One Day
$65 / Members: $45
Have you ever thought about a winter-themed porch pot? In this easy, hands-on class, students will create a porch pot insert to slide into existing pots. This arrangement will last all winter long. Students may wish to bring gardening gloves and pruners. No previous experience needed.
Winter
BOWL AND SUNCATCHER
Linda Kekic / Studio 6
Sun 3/12
1 – 4pm / One day
$60 / Members: $40
Take an afternoon to explore kiln fused glass while making beautiful, functional art. In this one-day workshop, you will work with transparent and opaque glass, frit, confetti and stringer to create a slumped bowl and a hanging suncatcher. Learn to design, cut, grind and saw glass and no previous experience is needed. Most materials are included. Finished projects are ready for pickup at a later date.
HANDMADE PHOTO BOOK
Mary Whalen and Rachel Stickney / Computer lab and Print Studio
Sat. 1/21 & 1/28
12 – 4 pm / Two days
Prerequisite: Basic knowledge of Photoshop or Lightroom is helpful.
$110 / Members: $90
Select, edit, print, and bind photos into a unique handmade book. Artist-made books will serve as inspiration! The first session will be devoted to editing and sequencing images. The selected images will be printed on archival inkjet paper. The following Saturday will be committed to folding, stitching, and binding into a hardcover book. All materials included. Instructions will be emailed about image quantity and file size to be used.
VISITING ARTIST WORKSHOP: SETH GREEN THROWN AND COMBINED VESSEL FORMS
Seth Green / Studios 5&7
Fri & Sat 1/27-28/2023
9am-5pm / 2 - day
$195 / Members: $175
Learn to increase the size and complexity of your wheel thrown vessels through combining and stacking elements during this hands-on workshop. Seth Green is a nationally recognized ceramic artist and professor known for his sophisticated and finely crafted vessels. He will demonstrate his techniques, share tips and tricks, and provide individual instruction as participants of any level experiment with their own work. The two-day workshop will include a Thursday evening lecture covering Seth’s influences and journey as a maker. A limited number of finished pieces will be bisque fired for participants. Lunch on Friday and Saturday is potluck.
STITCHING A STORY: A CREATIVE PROCESS WITH THREAD AND FABRIC
Rita Petteys / Studio 2
Sat & Sun 2/18-19
12-4pm / 2 Day
$75 / Members: $55
Express your creativity through needle and thread translating your experiences onto fabric. Basic stitching techniques like running stitch, back stitch will be combined with fabric and backing (like quilt batting or other stabilizers) to illustrate a personal theme or story through a piece of fiber art. Using simple stitches, interesting fabric, colorful
threads, and more, students will create a unique work of art that tells a personal story.
CABOCHONS & WIRE WRAPPED PENDANT
Dawn Coeur / Jewelry Studio
Sat & Sun. 2/25-2/26
12 - 4pm / Two Days
$100 / Members: $80
Complete a hand crafted cabochon (flat backed, domed stone) and wire wrapped pendant in a weekend! Dawn will lead students in cutting and shaping a cabochon to showcase in a wire wrapped pendant design. A great workshop for students to be introduced to lapidary (stone work) and jewelry making in our well equipped studio.
ANIMAL SCULPTURE
DARLA JACKSON, VISITING ARTIST / Studio 1
Thu & Fri 3/2-3/3
11am - 5pm / Two Days
$160 / Members: $140
Investigate animal forms in clay and
understand how these forms can be used
to create narrative works. Learn techniques
specific to animal sculpture (comparative
anatomy, the importance of texture, and
body language and armature construction).
Explore animal sculptures throughout history
from a wide range of cultures. Also explore
contemporary sculpture while learning how
animal forms can be used to express a wide
range of ideas.
FINISHES FOR SCULPTURE
DARLA JACKSON & PAUL ROMANO, VISITING ARTISTS / Studio 1
Sat. 3/4
9am-12pm / One Day
$85 / Members: $65
This course, co-taught by painter Paul Romano
and sculptor Darla Jackson, will cover using
cold patina techniques to finish sculpture in
unconventional ways. Learn the importance
of building up layers when finishing work
and how to emphasize textures using color.
The class will also focus on using finishes to
enhance the concept behind the work and the
role that color plays in sculpture.
STAMP CARVING
Trevor Grabill / Printmaking Studio
Sun 2/26
1-4 pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Start a collection of hand carved stamps at this workshop. Students will learn about designing relief images and learn to carve them using soft Speedy Carve rubber. They will also learn ideas to use your stamps to create fine art and embellish notecards, bookmarks, and other projects.
DRAWING PORTRAITS FROM LIFE
Sue Snyder / Studio 4
(A) For teenagers: Sat 3/11
12-4pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Adventure into the art of drawing portraits from life with chiaroscuro (Italian for light-dark), using Conte crayon on toned paper, creating the illusion of modeling, volume, and the drama of light. Students will learn how life studies impact studio work, and the potential of finding beauty in a simple medium.
DRAWING PORTRAITS FROM LIFE
Sue Snyder / Studio 4
(B) For adults: Sat 3/25 12-4pm
12-4pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Adventure into the art of drawing portraits from life with chiaroscuro (Italian for light-dark), using Conte crayon on toned paper, creating the illusion of modeling, volume, and the drama of light. Students will learn how life studies impact studio work, and the potential of finding beauty in a simple medium.
POETRY AND FLASH FICTION
Laura Citino / Online with Zoom
Sat 2/25
11am-3pm / One Day
$60 / Members: $40
Go beyond the ode, the sestina, the typical story shape of exposition, rising action, and climax! Explore the use of found forms in both poetry and short prose to create tension, build atmosphere, and reveal surprising characters. Whether it's a poem in the form of a dictionary definition, a short story told through fake tweets, or a set of odd wanted ads, we'll both utilize and break these forms to craft weird, playful, and evocative writings.
HANDBUILT HAND TOOLS
Rachel Stickney / Jewelry Studio
Sat & Sun 1/21-1/22
9am-3pm Lunch at noon / Two Days
$120 / Members: $100
Shape, scrape, file, and carve your way to making your own set of handcrafted tools made from animal bone! This class will focus on crafting your own bone folder and burnishing tools using traditional materials with modern methods. Files, carvers, axes, and saws will be used in this class. Come with a notebook or sketchbook and leave with a small collection of tools ready for use for your next art project.
NAALBINDING MITTENS
Heidi Bukoski / Weaving Studio
Sat 3/18
10 am - 4 pm / One Day
$80 / Members: $60
Learn the ancient art of Naalbinding, the oldest form of looped garment construction. Using a large specialty needle, students will learn one of the many stitches in Naalbinding to begin a pair of mittens from 100% wool yarn. Students will leave with all the skill and material to complete their mitten project.
GRANNY SQUARE KERCHIEF OR SHAWL
Emily Wohlscheid / Weaving Studio
Sat 2/11
11am-3pm / One Day
$60 / Members: $40
Crochet a simple kerchief in a vintage classic style! Focusing on the basics, students will be led through essential crochet stitches including chains, single crochet, double crochet, increasing, decreasing, and finishing to create a stylish nod to the granny square afghan.
STENCIL AND STITCH A STORY!
Rita Petteys / Studio 4
Sat & Sun 3/18-19
Sat 1-5pm, Sun 12-4pm / Two Days
$75 / Members: $55
Stencil and stitch your way through visual storytelling! Students will be led through techniques in fabric painting, creating stencils, and basic embroidery stitches. Students will leave with a 5x7 stenciled piece of fabric of their original design and will have begun stitching details and enhancements.
NEEDLE FELTING OR DRY FELTING
Sarah Nott / Multi-Purpose Classroom
Sat & Sun 3/18-3/19
12-3pm / Two Days
$70 / Members: $50
Come make soft wool into three dimensional objects and bas-relief images! Students will learn the terminology, techniques, and materials necessary to create works of needle felting out of wool.
CURVACEOUS CUFFS
Amelia Falk / Jewelry Studio
Sat 1/28
12 - 4 pm / One Day
$60 / Members: $40
Customize your own metal cuff bracelets with pattern and style! The rolling mill will be utilized to imprint a unique design on metal before shaping it on the hydraulic press and polishing it to perfection. Students will leave with two completed bracelets in copper, brass, or bronze.
ALTERNATIVE CASTING
Linda Kekic / Jewelry Studio
Sat 2/4
12-4pm / One Day
$60 / Members: $40
Experience alternative ways to cast metal using bronze and silver*! Using a torch, students will learn to safely melt and pour metal into broom straw, water, salt and other media to cast organic shapes. Students will make several pieces that may be used as inspiration for future designs. *Silver is an additional charge, bronze is provided. Students may bring their own silver if they wish.
BULLET & TONGUE STONE SETTINGS
Danielle Vincent / Jewelry Studio
Sat 2/18
12 -4pm / One Day
$60 / Members: $40
Challenge your stone setting might with bullet and tongue shaped stones! Named for their shape characteristics, these stones are similar to a cabochon but their unusual shapes require a different approach. Students will learn to create stable settings for these elongated shapes to add to their jewelry designs with confidence.
SILVER STACKED RINGS
Emily Wohlscheid / Jewelry Studio
Sat 3/11
11am - 3:30pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Experience jewelry making in this all levels workshop to create a stack of simple rings from sterling silver. The basics of soldering, finishing, texturing, basic stone setting, and polishing will be covered as students fabricate a stack of rings in copper or bronze before moving on to silver. Students will leave with several completed rings.
BRONZE PMC
Linda Kekic / Jewelry Studio
Sat 3/25
1 – 4pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Enjoy a Saturday afternoon exploring the versatility of Bronze Precious Metal Clay. Recommendations for tools and techniques needed to work with Bronze PMC will be covered including forming, texture, mold making for multiples, embedding a Cubic Zirconia stone accent, and more. Students will create several finished pieces from design to completion in the form of earrings, pendants, charms, tube beads, and organic shapes to incorporate in their jewelry designs.
MOLD MAKING INTRODUCTION
DARLA JACKSON / VISITING ARTIST / Studio 1
Sun 3/5
12 - 3pm / One Day
$85 / Members: $65
Explore various forms of silicone rubber molds and their uses in various sculpture processes. See examples of block molds, blanket molds and brush on molds and will learn which method is best for different needs. Students will learn about techniques specific to rubber mold making, mold making in a range of sizes, the impact of the multiple, and how using different molds can be used to express their ideas. This class will be in a lecture format with various demos. Students will not be making molds during the class but will leave with specific instructions on how to do so on their own and a list of resources.
SAMPLING METAL GARDEN ART
Paul Nimz / Studio 1
Sat 3/25
10am-12:30pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Learn basic MIG welding techniques, plasma cutting and metal fabrication in a safe, encouraging environment. This workshop is for newcomers interested in making their own unique steel garden sculptures.
SUMINAGASHI: JAPANESE FLOATING INK MONOPRINTING
Sarah Nott / Printmaking Studio
Sat 1/14
1 - 3 pm / One Day
$50 / Members: $30
Join us to learn a hypnotic, endlessly entertaining printmaking method! Learn the ancient Japanese monoprinting technique known as suminagashi, or 'floating ink' printmaking. Setup, materials and process for this technique will be covered, and students will be able to walk away with numerous abstract monoprints.
BLIZZARDS!
Deborah Mattson / Printmaking Studio
Sat 1/21
1 – 5 pm / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Escape the winter blues by learning to make your own blizzards— blizzard books, that is. Students will make several styles of blizzard books including simple blizzard books with pockets, blizzard folders and boxes, and crown books and stars. All paper will be supplied, but you are encouraged to bring any specialty papers you might have.
JOURNAL MAKING
Rachel Stickney / Printmaking Studio
Sat 2/18
9am-4pm; bring snacks and a lunch / One Day
$70 / Members: $50
Notes, poems, sketches, doodles! Students will learn how to make a hardbound journal! Learn the anatomy of the book form and create a own journal from start to finish using a variety of papers. Bring inspirational papers to decorate the inside of your journal or use some of ours. No experience necessary. Your finished journal can leave with you at the end of the day and will be roughly 6x9 inches.
SILK SCREEN WORKSHOP: PRINTING T-SHIRTS
Patrick Kinne / Printmaking Studio
Sat & Sun. 3/4 & 3/5
1 – 4pm / Two Days
$110 / Members: $90
Personalize and enhance T-shirts and other attire using screen printing! Students will learn some screen printing basics and then apply their own designs to the fabric items of their choice. Practice fabric will be provided; bring your own t-shirts or other blank apparel.