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Build a Berry Bowl

$75

with Turning Arts Studio

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 13, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jun 13, 2026

Create a beautifully functional berry bowl just in time for strawberry season. We’ll explore hand-building techniques using slabs and coils, then shape and perforate the form so your freshly picked berries can rinse and drain right in the bowl. Add surface design with texture and underglaze to make it unmistakably yours. Glazing will be done later by Janna, and will be ready to pick up two weeks later. All materials included; $20 materials fee payable to the instructor. No experience necessary.

Oyster Farm & Complimentary Tasting Sea Kayak Tour

$95

with Alice Bean Andrenyak

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 15, 2026 at 8:15 am, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Jul 10, 2026

Paddle during our 3 hour sea kayak tour and learn about Maine's Aquaculture industry. We will learn about lobstering, clamming, fishing and we'll stop at Mere Point Oyster Company's strings to learn about oyster farming. We will head to an island to land for a break for snacks that you brought and to learn to shuck oysters before the complimentary tasting. Oyster sauces include lemon juice, chipotle Tabasco sauce and Alice's Famous Maine Blueberry Mignonette sauce.

Beaded Crystal Suncatchers

$42

with Herenya Wilkey

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 16, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Attention rainbow lovers! Design and string your own crystal suncatchers using glass beads, metal charms and faceted glass. All materials provided. Materials included are: 3 faceted crystals, and enough beads, wire, charms and hooks to create three, foot long suncatchers.

Pocket Accordion Book (FF)
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Pocket Accordion Book (FF)

$45

with Joelle Webber

Calendar Next session starts Jun 18, 2026 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 6 - 17

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

Create a book that can be filled with your favorite recipes, postcards, tea bags, poems or other journaling and gift ideas. Learn to use basic book binding tools and techniques, including some collage fun. Tools and materials provided. A materials fee of $10 payable to the instructor is due on the first night (fee is per registrant).

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!

Painting In The Wild

$170

with Ed Higgins

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 22, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 10 weeks

This year, Ed Higgins’ plein air painting class is not media dependent. You may choose to work in oil, acrylics, watercolor, or pastel. Getting outside and painting from nature is our mission, choice of media is up to you and what you feel like working with on a particular day. We will meet at various scenic locations in and around the midcoast. The instructor will send the group an email with the meet up location prior to each class. In case of bad weather, we will meet at an indoor location. There is no set materials list. If you have any questions, contact the instructor directly at ed_higgins@icloud.com.

Tumbled Seaglass & Broken Pottery (FF)
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Tumbled Seaglass & Broken Pottery (FF)

$55

with Shirley Anderson

Calendar Next session starts Jun 23, 2026 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Ages: 8 - 17

*This is a Family-Friendly program, which means this workshop is open only to adults with minors. To participate in this program, adults need to register themselves and at least one child. An adult can register multiple children (up to 3).

Get creative in this whimsical class, blending tumbled glass and pottery. We have lots of glass and pottery to choose from, come join us for a fun night out and create a keepsake and simply indulge in this therapeutic artistic process. All materials provided.

CALL US AT 729-7323 TO REGISTER!

Abstract Studio: Collage & Frottage

$150

with Ed Higgins

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 24, 2026 at 9 am, runs for 9 weeks

In the summer of 2026, the abstract atelier will be exploring collage and frottage. Collage is a process of applying cut or torn paper, text, or imagery to a surface; and frottage is a technique of rubbing media on top of paper which has been placed over an uneven surface. There is no set materials list. If you have any questions, contact the instructor directly at ed_higgins@icloud.com. *No Class: 7/31.

Sketching in the Wild

$170

with Ed Higgins

Calendar Next available session starts Jun 24, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 10 weeks

The plein air sketching class this summer is not media dependent. Working in your field journal or sketchbook, you may use pencil, ink, watercolor, colored pencils, watercolor pencils, or all of the above. We will meet at various scenic locations and parks in and around the Midcoast. The instructor will send the group an email with the meet up location prior to each class. In case of bad weather, we will meet at an indoor location. There is no set materials list. If you have any questions, contact the instructor directly at ed_higgins@icloud.com.





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