*NOTICE OF DATE CHANGE: Session 1 will now start on Thursday 3/20, not 3/13.

Join a fun and flexible open studio session and enjoy a supportive environment to bring your art projects to life! Each week, you'll have the opportunity to work on your own art pieces, and take a little bit of time to explore fun and easy art techniques that are designed to help you break free from creative ruts and try something new. It’s the perfect space to collaborate, experiment, and unleash your artistic potential! *There is a $30 materials fee due to the instructor at the start of class.

Come join me as I introduce you to the basics of using rubber stamps. We will review several common tools used in stamping and then use them to create three greeting cards by the end of the class. Precut kits and envelopes are provided. Participants need a pair of scissors and colored pencils or markers. This is a beginner’s level workshop.

Let’s have fun making three rubber stamped projects together: Project 1: use vellum, distress oxide ink and bold stamps to make a card. Project 2: interactive shaker card. Project 3: post-it notebook. Precut kits and envelopes are provided. Participants need a pair of scissors and colored pencils or markers. This is an intermediate level workshop.

Go boldly with pen and ink, (or brush and ink) where no one has gone before in this follow up to Ed Higgins’ Illustration Workshop for Astronauts class. Now that we’ve examined and subverted some of the production world’s process, it’s our task to find our own individual processes; testing new ways to use this beautiful medium. Maybe that means going abstract, or using colored inks. We can try making our own inks, pens, or markers. Nothing is off limits, but please, if you decide to load a squirt gun with ink, don’t point it at anything but your intended artwork! Minimum materials list for this class is a sketchbook, pens, inks, and pads of Bristol or Bristol boards. *No Class: 4/25. **Special note about art materials: Please do not call our office about materials. Come to the first class with your favorite sketchbook and drawing pencils & pens. Suggested materials will be discussed by the instructor on the first day of classes. Thank you.

Can’t decide on a medium to work in? No problem, try them all! But start by mixing at least two. Like ink and watercolor, or colored pencil and watercolor pencil. Acrylics and pastels, oil sticks and oil paint. Pencil and Inktense or water soluble graphite. Charcoal and white chalk. Minimum material requirements for the class are a mixed media journal, pencils, erasers, and art supplies you already have. You will work in a convivial, supportive, creative environment alongside other artists, with one on one advice, encouragement, and feedback from the instructor. The aim is to get your work moving forward, developing your own style and process. New students welcome! *No Class: 4/25. **Special note about art materials: Please do not call our office about materials. Come to the first class with your favorite sketchbook and drawing pencils & pens. Suggested materials will be discussed by the instructor on the first day of classes. Thank you.

Use lovely bits of glass to create a work of art in either the translucent glass on glass method or a more traditional solid surface mosaic. Bringing nature photos for inspiration is highly recommended! All tools and supplies are included. Material fee of $35 to be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

In this class, we will incorporate some basic macrame with elements of basic weaving. Accessible to all, we will explore knots and wool roving to see what we can create! All materials provided, but students are encouraged to bring dried flowers, pieces of bark, seashells/rocks or any pieces of nature they would like to incorporate into their hanging. Options to create a standard macraweave wall hanging, or for the more experienced/adventurous knotter, try your hand at a macraweave moon! A materials fee of $20 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class.

Whether you are a complete beginner or looking to brush up on previous skills, this is the drawing class for you. Working in a variety of media, we will cover all of the basics: line, shape, value, proportion, composition, perspective and markmaking. Particular focus is placed on observational skills, learning how to translate the 3-dimensional world onto a 2-dimensional surface. A materials list will be provided after registration.