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Arts & Crafts

Ornament Palooza

$35

with Catherine Scanlon

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 18, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Join us for a delightful workshop where you'll craft 2 to 3 unique ornaments (time dependent) using provided materials—just bring scissors, hot glue gun, and wire nippers if you have them. The $25 kit fee includes all other supplies. Add your personal flair to holiday decor and explore the joy of crafting and upcycling with us!

Repurposed Mosaic Collage or Landscape

$65

with Herenya Wilkey

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 18, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 3 weeks
1 additional session on Jan 6, 2026

Using broken pottery, recycled glass and other found object materials we will make truly one of a kind mosaic creations. Bring a nature photo for inspiration or take the abstract path. The first two classes will be for breaking plates, designing and gluing mosaics. The third class will be for grouting and finishing. Tools provided for in class use. A material fee of $20 must be paid to the instructor on the first night of class. Material fee includes substrate, glue and grout. Please bring in any chipped or thrifted plates, pots, shells, rocks etc to use in your mosaic. If it’s waterproof it can be used in a mosaic!

Paint Night: The Barn Quilt

$55

with Shirley Anderson

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 19, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 1 week

Come join us and unleash your creativity with these beautiful Barn Quilts. Pick out a design and colors and you’re ready to create your masterpiece. No prior experience necessary, just be ready to paint a visually stunning piece of art that's rich in history and cultural significance. This class will have a fee for supplies of $15, payable to the instructor. Canvas and paints are supplied.

Window Stars

$25

with Asia Roberge

Calendar Next available session starts Nov 22, 2025 at 4 pm, runs for 1 week
1 additional session on Dec 6, 2025

Welcome in the holiday season with colorful window stars. Made from folded kite paper, these magical decorations are the perfect thing to illuminate your home or give away as gifts. Students will learn basic paper-folding techniques to make window stars ranging from beginner to advanced. Join us for this simple yet stunning craft! All materials included. Sign-up early as registration will close 2 weeks prior to each session date.

Drawing Bootcamp: Drawing From Life

$95

with Deena Ball

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

Learn to draw what you see. If you can write you can draw! It is more a matter of learning to see and recognize shapes and proportions. We will spend three weeks rapidly improving our drawing and observation skills through a series of exercises and projects. In order to get the greatest benefit from the class, it is advised that you complete the short daily drawing challenge. Materials list will be provided by the instructor.

Hand Stamped Christmas Explosion Box

$20

with Dawn Stevens

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 1 week

In this class, we will follow step by step instructions to create a unique explosion box! When the top is removed, the inside pops open and reveals pockets to tuck in a note or gift card, and colorful decorations. We will also make a mini gable box perfect for that small gift. Precut kits and envelopes are provided. Participants need a pair of scissors and colored pencils or markers.

Introductory Sashiko Stitching

$75

with Cathi Belcher

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 2, 2025 at 5 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This is an introductory hands-on class designed to learn the “ins and outs” of the Japanese running stitch technique called Sashiko. We’ll discuss the history of this beautiful and utilitarian stitching; types of fabrics, threads & needles; learn basic traditional patterns and how to transfer them, and use some of the tools that help make this a mindful and enjoyable pastime. We’ll create a small sampler of stitches and patterns, which can then be made into a potholder, a small quilt. Fabric, thread and tools are supplied, along with many handouts that will help you continue your journey long after class is over. *A materials fee of $25 is due to the instrcutor on the first night of class.

Beginner Book Binding

$75

with Joelle Webber

Calendar Next available session starts Dec 2, 2025 at 5:30 pm, runs for 3 weeks

This class introduces the vocabulary of the book, the tools and materials needed for making beginner books. On the first evening we will hand decorate our papers, using different mark-making tools in calligraphic ways. The second night we will stitch two pamphlet books, binding them with soft and hard covers. Finally we will create pocket accordion books and begin to consider how to fill them. A materials fee of $20 payable to the instructor is due on the first night. Tools will also be provided.





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