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Art Camp Session 1A (ages 4-5): A Week of Art Discovery
Let’s get our hands dirty! Create projects that expand the imagination and develop fine motor skills. Basic art techniques are combined with cultural exploration and investigation of our natural world to nurture self expression through art making.
Art Camp Session 1B (ages 4-5): A Week of Art Discovery
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday for half days.*
Art Camp Session 2 (ages 5-8): Magic Materials Lab
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday for half days.*
Experiment, explore, and discover creative “magic.” Playful messes, curious thinking, and fun experiments turn into imaginative works of art.
Art Immersion-Wheel Throwing (ages 12-16) 6/1
**This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.**
Create pottery on the wheel! Learn to center, stretch, and manipulate clay until a form emerges. Alter and embellish forms to create functional and decorative art. Experiment with sgrafitto, resists and glaze to complete your pots.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Sculpture (ages 12-16) 6/1
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.* Bring your imagination to life during a week-long exploration of the sculpting process. Students will use a variety of materials and construction techniques to create decorative wall masks, figurines and life-size heads.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Painting/Drawing (ages 12-16) 6/1
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.*
Immerse yourself in acrylics and watercolor as you learn paint handling, color mixing, as well as traditional and experimental approaches to painting.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week. The program is based on the nationally-recognized Advanced Placement Studio Art Program.
Art Immersion-Film Photography (ages 12-16) 6/1
**This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.**
Learn how to use Pentax K1000 35mm, Holga and pinhole cameras. Explore subject matter, composition and light, using analog processes. Develop film, enlarge negatives, and get creative printing photographs with student-friendly chemicals in the darkroom.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Digital Photography & Photoshop (ages 12-16) 6/1
**This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.**
Learn the basics of digital photography to make photographs using our DSLR (digital single lens reflex) cameras to explore composition, light, and balance. Get creative with basic Photoshop editing techniques in our state-of-the-art digital classroom.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Ceramics (ages 12-16) 6/1
**This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.**
Join the makers movement! Combine hand building methods to manipulate clay into three dimensions for sculptural or functional art. Is it a tiger or a teapot? Or a tiger teapot? Experiment with underglaze, sgrafitto, slips and glazes for compelling surface decoration.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Mixed Media & Painting (ages 12-16) 6/1
**This one-week camp meets Monday through Friday.**
Expand your creative palette with various mixed media and painting & drawing adventures as you experiment with different artistic perspectives. Explore a variety of styles and techniques using traditional & non-traditional materials while you play with innovative paint application, glazing, and more.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Camp Session 3 (ages 8-13): One Week of Multimedia! 6/8
*This one week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in six different media.
Foundations of Press Mold Making
Art Camp Session 4 (ages 5-8): Creature Creators 6/15
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday for half days.*
Art Camp Session 5 (ages 9-14)
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in four different media.
Art Camp Session 6 (ages 5-8): Level Up! 6/22
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday for half days.*
Art Camp Session 7 (ages 9-14): One week of Multimedia! 6/22
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in four different media.
Experience the joy of washing and serving summer berries from your handmade ceramic berry bowl. On the first day, use hand building techniques to create a simple pinch pot, then add handles, feet, and drainage holes for rinsing fresh fruit. On the second day, finish your pot with a beautiful glaze to complete this fun and functional dish. Beginner friendly but open to all levels.
Family Camp Tuesday (ages 6-13)
**This one-day camp meets Tuesday 6/30/25.**
Family Camp-Wednesday (ages 6-13)
**This one-day camp meets Wednesday 7/1/26.**
For one day, 1 adult & 1 child experiment in 3 different media with Crealdé’s professional artist faculty, share a picnic lunch lakeside and leave with a portfolio of artistic creations.
Art Camp Session 8 (ages 8-13): One Week of Multimedia! 7/6
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in 6 different media.
Art Camp Session 9 (ages 9-14): One Week of Multimedia!
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in four different media.
Art Immersion-Digital Photography with Photoshop (ages 12-16) 7/13
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Learn the basics of digital photography using our DSLR cameras to make photographs then dive into Adobe Photoshop and explore the possibilities – photo editing, image manipulation, and digital painting.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week.
Art Immersion-Painting/Drawing (ages 12-16) 7/13
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Immerse yourself in acrylics and watercolor as you learn paint handling, color mixing, as well as traditional and experimental approaches to painting.
Crealdé’s Young Adult Immersion program gives students the opportunity to concentrate on one medium exclusively for one week. The program is based on the nationally-recognized Advanced Placement Studio Art Program.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 7/18
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Art Camp Session 10 (ages 5-8): Texture, Squish, and Splash 7/20
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday for half days.*
Art Camp Session 11 (ages 9-14): One Week of Multimedia 7/20
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in four different media.
***Campers bring bag lunch . Supervision is provided until 5:30 pm***
Art Camp Session 12 (ages 8-13): One Week of Multimedia 7/27
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in 6 different media.
Campers bring bag lunches for daily picnics. Supervision is provided until 5:30 pm.
Throw and Go Wheel Workshop Aug 1
Introduction to Sumi-e: The Ancient Art Of Asian Brush Painting
Create in the 3,000 year old Asian art style of Sumi-e painting using ink, special brushes, and rice paper. Experience painting in the traditions of ancient masters of an art form that developed alongside the invention of the basic strokes of character writing. Philosophy, traditions, techniques and set-up will be covered. Themes include bamboo, blossoms, plants, insects, animals and other elements of nature. This workshop is ideally suited for beginners, artists and non-artists and teachers who wish to add Sumi-e to their multicultural classroom experience. Materials provided, including quality brushes that participants keep. Students will receive a Sumi-e kit and supplies.
Sculpting Bigfoot or Alien 8/1
***This is a 2-day workshop held on Sat & Sun, Aug 1-2***
Use your imagination and creativity sculpting fantastical beings that exist in your mind’s eye, such as Bigfoot, Alien, or other creatures. Learn the basics of sculpture in a relaxed and fun environment.
Metal Folding Techniques for Jewelry
Art Camp Session 13 (ages 5-8): Make Believe Worlds 8/3
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday for half days.*
Art Camp Session 14 (ages 9-14): One Week of Multimedia 8/3
*This one-week camp meets Monday through Thursday.*
Full days of art experiences in four different media.
***Campers bring bag lunch . Supervision is provided until 5:30 pm***
Watercolor and Mixed Media Workshop
Looking for transformative ways to enhance your mixed media watercolor projects? Experiment with watercolor and mixed media using soft pastels, inks, colored pencils, and gesso. Bring other media you would like to add including stencils or collage to create an expressive and vibrant artwork. Focus is on color, textures, and new and exciting techniques.
Vibrant Oil Painting & Palette Knife Workshop
**Workshop takes place Saturday & Sunday, Aug. 15 and 16, 10am – 4pm**
Learn the intricacies of palette knife painting using oil paints. Discover the hidden brilliance and clarity of the colors and their on impact on each other on the canvas. Your instructor will introduce you to and guide you through the process of oil painting techniques, color mixing, composition and application with a palette knife. Bring your own images or use references provided by the instructor. Experience the joy of painting, creating, and learning to be in the moment. Not suitable for beginners.
Color Theory for the Soul – the Healing Power of Color in Art
Black and White Film I: Introduction to the Darkroom (Mon)
Explore the timeless beauty of traditional, film-based black-and-white photography, including image selection, exposure and processing your own film and prints in Crealdé’s wet darkroom. This introductory course will cover basic camera controls and formats, film types, hands-on field trips, weekly assignments, print reviews and lots of fun time in the darkroom. Designed for students new to film photography and photographers who want to reconnect with this creative art form. Tuition includes lab fee, chemistry and a limited number of free loaner cameras. Basic understanding of 35mm camera controls and functions preferred.
Portraiture, Architecture and Studio Practice
A structured exploration of three major photographic disciplines — advanced portraiture, contemporary architecture, and controlled studio photography — organized into focused two-week modules. The program is bookended by an introductory session establishing shared technical foundations and a final session dedicated to critique and post-production techniques. Students will develop a cohesive body of work while gaining repeatable methods for lighting, composition, and image finishing across varied subject matter.
Prerequisite: Digital Photo I or similar experience
Learn the principles of the ancient art of mosaic. Explore materials, tools, adhesives, etc. Choose from a variety of compositions to create an indoor mosaic. Experiment with color, texture, shape, and composition. All supplies provided.
Creative Watercolor for Teens (ages 13-17 yrs)
Discover the magic of watercolor in this fun class designed for teens. Learn foundational skills and techniques while experimenting with creative themes to bring your ideas to life with fluid, translucent beauty.
Storytelling With Picture Books (Ages 5-8)
Explore literacy and storytelling through children’s picture books while creating unique, one-of-a-kind multi-media art in the style of some of the greatest and most popular children’s picture book authors and illustrators.
The Art of the Seasons: Autumn (Ages 8-12)
Explore the colors, sights, sounds, and smells of Autumn with this sensory experience, using two-dimensional multimedia projects to bring a little fall to your home.
Observing Shapes and Movement in Landscapes
***This class is not suitable for beginners***
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Monday)
Explore the foundations of drawing and painting basics. In each two-weeks segment, learn and sample various artistic techniques under the guidance of a different instructor. Each instructor brings their experiences in diverse mediums, including pencil, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, oils, and pastels. Supplies provided.
Study proportions, measurement and anatomy, then create tonal studies with rub-out and cross-hatch techniques. Work first from instructor-provided photos, and choose your own photos as the class progresses.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing Mon 6:30
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Hand Building Across Cultures Mon
Explore and celebrate unique clay techniques from cultures around the world. Emphasis will be on the building processes, form structure and decoration techniques that make the culture we are focusing on unique.
Find your own voice in clay. We will design our own treasures and acquire handbuilding and finishing skills to make them. Explore pinch, coil, slab construction and add finishing and decorative elements to create your own unique pieces!
Prereq: Hand Building Across Cultures; Hand Building Basics; or similar experience. Not suitable for beginners.
Decorative Clay for the Home – Kitchen Edition
Create functional hand built items for your kitchen. Explore your own style including the design and decoration of each piece while learning the fundamentals of ceramic hand building. Possible projects may include oil cruets, butter dishes, drinkware, and storage jars.
Decorative Clay for the Home – Plant and Garden Edition
Create functional hand built items for your garden. Explore your style including the design and decoration of each piece while learning the fundamentals of ceramic hand building. Possible projects may include planters, watering cans, plant stakes, and bird feeders.
Elevate your skills as a jeweler by learning exclusively the varieties of prong stone-setting by making baskets and collets for different shapes of stones: round, square ovals, marquise, pear and emeralds. Focus on prong-claw setting, and collets styles for greater design scope. Prereq: JG103, JG107, or similar experience successfully creating your own rings and pendants.
Hollow Construction Jewelry Making
Digital Photography I (Tuesday)
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field, and basic composition. Demonstrations and assignments with image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended.
Architectural Photograph in Black and White
Photographing the Natural Landscape
Learn new skills needed to photograph landscapes. Topics will include how to look at a landscape, when and how to capture the best light, what to include and what to leave out. Also covered are how to see forms of composition as a concept of two-dimensional design, and how to control them in the frame. Students will practice their newly learned skills on four field trips.
Prerequisite: Digital Photo I or similar experience
Creating with Clay Winter Garden (Ages 8-13)
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Use hand building techniques to craft imaginative pieces, from nature-inspired sculptures to whimsical keepsakes. Finish with colorful glaze before firing to transform your creations into lasting treasures. Wheel throwing is not included.
Clay Foundations and Exploration 12:30 PM WG
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Discover the fundamentals and hone your skills through wheel throwing, hand building, and surface design in a supportive studio setting. Each session offers guided practice with room to experiment, whether it’s your first time touching clay or you’re refining long-practiced techniques. Create functional pottery that reflects your unique style, from everyday vessels to expressive, decorative forms.
Clay Foundations and Exploration 6 PM Winter Garden
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Discover the fundamentals and hone your skills through wheel throwing, hand building, and surface design in a supportive studio setting. Each session offers guided practice with room to experiment, whether it’s your first time touching clay or you’re refining long-practiced techniques. Create functional pottery that reflects your unique style, from everyday vessels to expressive, decorative forms.
Sculpt your own masks and figurines in clay. Learn to enhance the aesthetic and structural qualities. Students will be given the option of using stains and glazes.
Totems – Exploration of Idea and Process
Design and build clay totems two to five feet tall. The totems will combine symbols, animals, and personal imagery to tell a story. Use of clay armatures, slab construction, and mold making techniques will be explored. Introduction to presentation and installation.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Exploring Abstract Painting Tuesday 10 AM
Explore the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture and color. Develop artistic vision, while referencing the work of contemporary painters. Be ready to paint outside the lines!
Exploring Abstract Painting Tuesday 1PM
Explore the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture and color. Develop artistic vision, while referencing the work of contemporary painters. Be ready to paint outside the lines!
Bring your still life paintings to life by mastering the interplay between underpainting and color harmony. Explore acrylic painting techniques, and foundational color theory concepts which are applied beneath your final layers to create vibrant works with a bold pop of color.
Explore figurative drawing with quick gesture studies and longer sustained poses. Draw from the live figure, with an emphasis on anatomy and proportion and the expressive use of materials.
Prereq: Drawing I or similar experience
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Tues 10AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 4pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 7pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Explore the potter’s wheel and create animated pots by altering thrown forms beyond round. Dart, pleat, fold and facet! Just because it’s made on a wheel doesn’t mean it has to be round.
Prerequisite Beginning Wheel Throwing or similar experience Course is not suitable for beginners.
Introduction to Jewelry Design & Fabrication
Intro to Silversmithing Jewelry
Intro to Silversmithing Jewelry
In this 4-week course, learn to use the iPhone camera to achieve amazing results. Explore various iPhone camera photography modes and useful camera and image processing apps. There will be interactive demonstrations and image reviews.
Black and White Film I: Introduction to the Darkroom (Mon)
Explore the timeless beauty of traditional, film-based black-and-white photography, including image selection, exposure and processing your own film and prints in Crealdé’s wet darkroom. This introductory course will cover basic camera controls and formats, film types, hands-on field trips, weekly assignments, print reviews and lots of fun time in the darkroom. Designed for students new to film photography and photographers who want to reconnect with this creative art form. Tuition includes lab fee, chemistry and a limited number of free loaner cameras. Basic understanding of 35mm camera controls and functions preferred.
Have you ever said, “Someday I’ll write a story or a book?” Someday is today! Award-winning instructor Elaine Person will guide you toward achieving your writing goals. Open to writers of all experience levels, as every writer’s voice is unique. levels as your writing is unique to you. Students will write together and share their work through supportive group readings and discussion designed to strengthen their writing. Listening to others’ work also helps strengthen your own writing. With the use of prompts such as paintings, photographs, quotations, items, and more, you will tap into your own creativity. Each week includes writing exercises and constructive, positive critique. See your stories unfold. We will discuss a variety of literary techniques used to strengthen our stories. This class is for you, whether you write prose, poetry, lyrics, scripts, or other genres.
Intro to Oil Painting (Winter Garden)
Continuing Sculpture Studies Wednesday 7pm
Beyond Clay: Mixed Media Sculpture
Explore sculpture using wood, metal, plastic, toys, cloth, tools, and other objects. Transform everyday objects into expressive forms through cutting, joining, and mold making. Students must bring their own materials from home to create the sculpture with assistance in assemblage and composition.
Painting & Drawing (Wed, 8-12yrs)
Explore a variety of mediums and subjects while learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. Emphasis is placed on observational skills, helping students draw what they see with attention to detail. The class balances technical skill-building with creative expression, encouraging each student to develop their own artistic voice.
Sculpting for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Make a clay mask and a figurine. Learn the techniques of sculpting in clay and using sculpting tools. All sculptures will be 3-dimensional, demonstrating animation, texture and movement. Painting sculptures will be demonstrated.
Mesmerized by pottery posts on TikTok? Come get your hands dirty and experience the magic. Create pots on the wheel, then decorate and glaze them for gifts and goodies. Beginning and experienced teens welcome.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Magical Layers in Acrylic Landscapes
Transform your landscapes into a rich tapestry of colors and textures by learning how to use layers of paint in your work. A variety of techniques will be introduced to create depth and dimension so you can take your art to the next level.
From playful to precise, this class will explore botanical subjects and compositions. Inspired by nature, identify shape structure value and color to paint details like dewdrops on a rose petal or a peony’s delicate layers. Learn techniques particular to painting glorious watercolor florals through demonstrations and practice.
Prerequisite: Beginning watercolor or similar experience
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Wednesday)
Explore the foundations of drawing and painting basics. In each two-weeks segment, learn and sample various artistic techniques under the guidance of a different instructor. Each instructor brings their experiences in diverse mediums, including pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, oil, and pastel. Supplies provided.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Wed 10 AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing – Wednesday 1PM
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Hand Building Independent Intensive
Advance Darkroom: The Fine Print
This advanced course is for students ready to pursue exhibition-quality silver gelatin printing on fiber-based paper. The course emphasizes the craft of fine printing — tailoring negative development to the final print, advanced contrast control, archival processing, and the expressive use of toning. Not suitable for beginners.
Prerequisite: Black and White Film I and II or similar experience.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Winter Garden)
Work in clay to create face masks, heads, and figures to be fired in the kiln. Mold-making and casting will be demonstrated as part of the session.
Wheel Throwing and More! (ages 10-14)
Create functional vessels on the potter’s wheel. Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, then explore surface design through carving, attachments, and glazing. Watch as a simple ball of clay transforms into a finished work of art.
Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you started on your watercolor journey.
Large Format Landscape Painting in Oil
Create large studio landscape paintings (at least 16×20”) from reference photos. Spend first three weeks working on one painting, then moving to a second piece for the final three weeks. Drawings will be transferred using the grid method before starting an underpainting to establish values, design, and composition. Not suitable for beginners.
Prereq: Oil I or similar experience
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Thursday 7PM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Thursday 1PM
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Thursday 10 AM
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Surface Decoration for Pottery
Experiment with colored slips and clay, transfers, and more to enhance the clay surface. Learn to layer techniques to create unique, narrative pottery.
Hand Building With Found Objects
Experiment with paper, plants, fabric, and more as you create hand-built pottery with unique texture and pattern. Make you own stamps and spring molds to personalize your work as we create nature-inspired pottery.
Hand Building Basics – Thursday
Curious about clay? Come get your hands dirty and get some answers as you experiment with basic forming methods, connections and attachments to create decorative and/or functional pottery by hand. Embellish with glaze for lasting treasures.
Develop your unique style of hand building and glaze techniques. Explore individual style with a preconceived idea or based on a class demonstration. Students will be encouraged to push the boundaries of design and function of utilitarian pottery. Learn to experiment with glazes and glaze techniques.
Prereq: Beginning Handbuilding or similar experience. Class is not suitable for beginners.
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field, and basic composition. Demonstrations and assignments with image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended.
Lomography is known as an artistic, somewhat experimental approach to analog photography that began with vintage medium format (6×6) Russian cameras. This introductory and continuing study class celebrates medium format plastic and “toy” cameras that produce images often celebrated for their imperfections, but we will love them for that reason and more. It’s photography with thought, intent, and spontaneity. Load, capture, develop, and print your own artful masterpieces in our darkroom, honing age-old skills to a desired end. A Holga or Holga-type camera will be provided.
Prerequisite: Black and White Film Photo I or similar experience.
Continuing Sculpture Studies Friday 10 am
Prereq: Sculpture I or similar exp.
Continuing Sculpture Studies Friday 1 pm
Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you started on your watercolor journey.
Fundamentals of Color, Design & Composition
Learn to mix paint pigments to achieve any hue according to its value and intensity. With a split primary palette oil paint arrangement, exercises show that mixing complementary color relationships is crucial. Topics include various color models and suggestions for color harmony and basic design and compositional elements.
Prereq: Beginning Acrylics, Oil Painting I, or similar experience.
Explore drawing in a realistic style, enhance accuracy, and refine your observational skills. Learn new techniques to capture light and shadow, and illustrate form, perspective and composition. Through practice, sharpen your skills and enjoy drawing as you continue to achieve the higher level of proficiency.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Fri 7pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Pint Size Picassos (Winter Garden) (ages 4-8)
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Explore the many ways to make art using pastel, acrylic, watercolor and other materials. A fun introductory experience for emerging artists.
Painting and Drawing I Winter Garden (Ages 8-12)
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Learn the fundamentals of art-making and discover how to see as an artist. Create with a variety of painting and drawing media and explore new techniques to enhance your artistic skills.
Foundations of Press Mold Making 8/22-8/23
Explore exciting techniques using drawing, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and collage. Develop unique creative skills, and discover new ways to express yourself in a supportive environment.
Pick up the Palette! (Ages 5-9)
Draw and paint your favorite animals and explore the fundamentals of art. Projects introduce a variety of materials, including watercolor and tempera, soft and oil pastel, and acrylic markers. Art concepts are introduced while encouraging self-expression.
Leaves and Texture Lab (Ages 5-8)
Explore pressing real leaves and found textures into clay. Using basic hand-building techniques, create tiles, bowls, or wall hangings that celebrate fall patterns.
Cartooning and Toy Design (ages 8-12)
Painting & Drawing (Sat, 8-12yrs)
Explore a variety of mediums and subjects while learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. Emphasis is placed on observational skills, helping students draw what they see with attention to detail. The class balances technical skill-building with creative expression, encouraging each student to develop their own artistic voice.
Harvest Time Treats (Ages 8-12)
Get your hands messy and your creativity flowing! Practice clay sculpting techniques and make fall foods like apples, pies, corn, and donuts.
Intermediate Painting and Drawing (Ages 10-14)
Explore a variety of materials – watercolor, acrylic paint, markers, colored pencils, and more. Projects like collage, printmaking, and designing and painting compositions encourage creativity and self-expression. Embark on a colorful adventure where your imagination knows no bounds.
Intro to Acrylic Painting for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Learn essential techniques, color mixing, and creative expression using fast-drying acrylic paints. From traditional to contemporary, explore texture, layering, and composition while developing your unique artistic style.
Figure Drawing for Teens (ages 13-17)
Learn figure drawing techniques using charcoal and soft pastel. Study and practice anatomy, gesture, line, proportion, composition, and tone, working with a model. Repeated sessions are encouraged to expand skills and build a portfolio.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sat 4pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Curious about clay? Come get your hands dirty and get some answers as you experiment with basic forming methods, connections and attachments to create decorative and/or functional pottery by hand. Embellish with glaze for lasting treasures.
Meditation & Mud: Handbuilt Vessels & Sculptures
How do meditation and mud relate to one another? Decompress and feel refreshed for the week ahead. Class will start with a short 5-minute guided meditation with clay. Learn handbuilding, stamp-making and underglaze layering techniques to create a series of vessels. You will leave feeling centered and inspired; ready to greet a new week.
Students will learn basic techniques of the alla prima (direct) method of applying oil paint. In addition to paint application and brushwork, students will learn to mix color using a split-primary palette. Working from still life setups, students will complete one weekly study to explore techniques for rendering glass, ceramic, metal, and organic objects. They will learn to see and copy the color value and intensity changes in color. There will be demonstrations of techniques and discussions about methods, materials, and supplies used in oil painting.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 4)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 7)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Sunday 10:30
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 4)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 7)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 8/29
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Sculpting Bigfoot or Alien 9/12
***This is a 2-day workshop held on Sat & Sun, Sept. 12-13***
Use your imagination and creativity sculpting fantastical beings that exist in your mind’s eye, such as Bigfoot, Alien, or other creatures. Learn the basics of sculpture in a relaxed and fun environment.
Hand-Coloring Black and White Film Prints
Paint or tint the photo(s) you bring! Learn unique ways to add color, whether it is tinting with oils or opaque acrylics.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 9/13
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Haunted House of Clay (ages 6 & up) (Adult & Child Workshop)
Construct your own spooky residence from clay. Complete the look with your own creepy animals, spirits, pumpkins and tombs. Place a candle inside and give it a ghostly glow.
***This is a 3-day workshop: Thursday 9/17, Friday 9/18, Saturday 9/19***
In this 3-day workshop, create a handmade artist book. Begin with a ceramic hand built front and back covers and cold-finish them after firing. Use the Greek Coptic and French book binding stitching to finish the book. All supplies provided.
Throw and Go Wheel Workshop Sept 26
History of Photography in the 20th Century
Learn the history of photography, influential 20th century photographers that shaped the art, ending with a live demonstration of how a print is made in our spacious darkroom.
NASA-credentialed rocket launch photographer, Steven Madow, shares techniques of capturing rocket launches from around Orlando and close to the launchpad. Explore nighttime streak captures as well as telephoto shots of rockets in flight. Learn about necessary gear, planning, shooting, and post-processing.
Gypsy-Flush Style Stone Setting
Watercolor Elegance (Winter Garden)
Silver Metal Clay Jewelry Design
Unlock the magic of fine silver metal clay and transform a seemingly simple piece of clay into pure fine silver jewelry! Guided step-by-step, roll, imprint, and shape the fine silver clay into a unique pendant or earrings. Witness the magic as your creation is fired and transformed into a wearable work of art. All supplies provided.
Expressive Still Life with Emphasis on Flowers 10/17 and 10/18
Black and White Film I: Introduction to the Darkroom (Mon)
Explore the timeless beauty of traditional, film-based black-and-white photography, including image selection, exposure and processing your own film and prints in Crealdé’s wet darkroom. This introductory course will cover basic camera controls and formats, film types, hands-on field trips, weekly assignments, print reviews and lots of fun time in the darkroom. Designed for students new to film photography and photographers who want to reconnect with this creative art form. Tuition includes lab fee, chemistry and a limited number of free loaner cameras. Basic understanding of 35mm camera controls and functions preferred.
**This class will be presented as a hybrid learning opportunity, with classroom instruction via Zoom and on-location field trips**
Learn new skills needed to capture the fascinating world of small nature subjects close up, using tools such as macro lenses, bellows attachments, telephoto lenses with extension tubes, and flash. You need not own this equipment at the start. Explore techniques needed to photograph small subjects from wildflowers to flying insects, and practice these newly learned skills on field trips (included).
Prerequisite: Digital Photo I or similar experience
Realistic Drawing with Colored Pencils WG
An exciting new twist to a classical drawing technique is colored pencil. Adding thin glaze-like layers of colored pencil to a carefully constructed drawing can produce surprising results. A step-by-step breakdown of the process will gain understanding of color, value structure, and traditional drawing methods.
Learn the principles of the ancient art of mosaic. Explore materials, tools, adhesives, etc. Choose from a variety of compositions to create an indoor mosaic. Experiment with color, texture, shape, and composition. All supplies provided.
Ready to level up your creativity? This class will provide you with the tools, tips, and guided steps to expand your watercolor knowledge in a fun, approachable way. Work on a group project or independently.
Prereq: Beginning Watercolor or similar experience.
Intro to Pastel for Teens (ages 13-17 yrs)
Explore the rich, vibrant world of pastel in this beginner-friendly class. Teens will learn how to use soft and oil pastel to create expressive artwork, mastering blending, layering, and texture. This hands-on course encourages experimentation and personal creativity with this colorful, practical medium.
Storytelling With Picture Books (Ages 5-8)
Explore literacy and storytelling through children’s picture books while creating unique, one-of-a-kind multi-media art in the style of some of the greatest and most popular children’s picture book authors and illustrators.
The Art of the Seasons: Autumn (Ages 8-12)
Explore the colors, sights, sounds, and smells of Autumn with this sensory experience, using two-dimensional multimedia projects to bring a little fall to your home.
Exploring Abstract Painting Monday 7 pm
Explore the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture and color. Develop artistic vision, while referencing the work of contemporary painters. Be ready to paint outside the lines!
Enhance the beauty of your watercolor paintings by adding texture, contrast, and fine details using colored pencils and pens. Use these tools to highlight focal points, shade, add patterns, and bring a new take to your watercolors.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Monday)
Explore the foundations of drawing and painting basics. In each two-weeks segment, learn and sample various artistic techniques under the guidance of a different instructor. Each instructor brings their experiences in diverse mediums, including pencil, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, oils, and pastels. Supplies provided.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Monday)
Explore the foundations of drawing and painting basics. In each two-weeks segment, learn and sample various artistic techniques under the guidance of a different instructor. Each instructor brings their experiences in diverse mediums, including pencil, charcoal, watercolors, acrylics, oils, and pastels. Supplies provided.
Study proportions, measurement and anatomy, then create tonal studies with rub-out and cross-hatch techniques. Work first from instructor-provided photos, and choose your own photos as the class progresses.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing Mon 6:30
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Use hand building and wheel methods to create an animal from a photo or a drawing using simple geometric forms. Start with simple forms on the potter’s wheel and finish your creation using hand building techniques.
Prereq: Hand Building Basics, Beginning Wheel Throwing, or similar experience. Class not suitable for beginners.
Hand Building Across Cultures Mon
Explore and celebrate unique clay techniques from cultures around the world. Emphasis will be on the building processes, form structure and decoration techniques that make the culture we are focusing on unique.
Find your own voice in clay. We will design our own treasures and acquire handbuilding and finishing skills to make them. Explore pinch, coil, slab construction and add finishing and decorative elements to create your own unique pieces!
Prereq: Hand Building Across Cultures; Hand Building Basics; or similar experience. Not suitable for beginners.
Decorative Clay for the Home – Kitchen Edition
Create functional hand built items for your kitchen. Explore your own style including the design and decoration of each piece while learning the fundamentals of ceramic hand building. Possible projects may include oil cruets, butter dishes, drinkware, and storage jars.
Decorative Clay for the Home – Holiday Gifts Edition
Create functional hand built items for your kitchen. Explore your own style including the design and decoration of each piece while learning the fundamentals of ceramic hand building. Possible projects may include oil cruets, butter dishes, drinkware, and storage jars.
Introduction to Jewelry Design & Fabrication
Metal sculpture is known as Repousse, which is working the metal directly to create relief sculptures without molds. Learn the techniques in small scale to learn the fundamental steps and tools for metal embossing. Repousse is embossing relief sculptures and have endless design possibilities for sculptural jewelry and metalsmithing, relief murals, doors, mirrors, etc. Emphasis on using your personal drawings and ideas, working with handmade punches to move the metal, for creating relief dimension.
Digital Photography I (Tuesday)
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field, and basic composition. Demonstrations and assignments with image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended.
Learning from the Masters of Photography
Creating with Clay Winter Garden (Ages 8-13)
**Class meets at Jesse Brock Community Center**
Use hand building techniques to craft imaginative pieces, from nature-inspired sculptures to whimsical keepsakes. Finish with colorful glaze before firing to transform your creations into lasting treasures. Wheel throwing is not included.
Clay Foundations and Exploration 12:30 PM WG
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Discover the fundamentals and hone your skills through wheel throwing, hand building, and surface design in a supportive studio setting. Each session offers guided practice with room to experiment, whether it’s your first time touching clay or you’re refining long-practiced techniques. Create functional pottery that reflects your unique style, from everyday vessels to expressive, decorative forms.
Clay Foundations and Exploration 6 PM Winter Garden
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Discover the fundamentals and hone your skills through wheel throwing, hand building, and surface design in a supportive studio setting. Each session offers guided practice with room to experiment, whether it’s your first time touching clay or you’re refining long-practiced techniques. Create functional pottery that reflects your unique style, from everyday vessels to expressive, decorative forms.
Sculpt your own masks and figurines in clay. Learn to enhance the aesthetic and structural qualities. Students will be given the option of using stains and glazes.
Totems – Exploration of Idea and Process
Design and build clay totems two to five feet tall. The totems will combine symbols, animals, and personal imagery to tell a story. Use of clay armatures, slab construction, and mold making techniques will be explored. Introduction to presentation and installation.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Exploring Abstract Painting Tuesday 10 AM
Explore the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture and color. Develop artistic vision, while referencing the work of contemporary painters. Be ready to paint outside the lines!
Exploring Abstract Painting Tuesday 1PM
Explore the beauty of abstract painting. Instruction concentrates on composition, techniques, form, texture and color. Develop artistic vision, while referencing the work of contemporary painters. Be ready to paint outside the lines!
Working with models over the course of 6 weeks, we will explore painting the figure in oil paint. Grisaille is a French term meaning ‘greyed’ and with using only a few pigments, our goal will be to create a voluminous representation of the figure. By simplifying our palette, it gives us the opportunity to focus primarily on value and paint handling while also examining the structure and anatomy of the model. There will be discussions on drawing, palette organization and paint application through demonstration and practice.
Prereq: Life Drawing, Oil Painting I, or similar exp. Not suitable for beginners.
Oil pastel allows you to blend colors and work with effects similar to paintings, but with the practical approach of a crayon. Working from photos, learn how to prepare surfaces, design compositions, and use various oil pastel techniques to blend, layer, scrape, and soften this material into amazing works of art.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Tues 10AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 4pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Intermediate Wheel Throwing (Tue 7pm)
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Explore the potter’s wheel and create animated pots by altering thrown forms beyond round. Dart, pleat, fold and facet! Just because it’s made on a wheel doesn’t mean it has to be round.
Prerequisite Beginning Wheel Throwing or similar experience Course is not suitable for beginners.
Intro to Silversmithing Jewelry
Intro to Silversmithing Jewelry
***Hybrid class, Studio 3 and Zoom***
Have you ever said, “Someday I’ll write a story or a book?” Someday is today! Award-winning instructor Elaine Person will guide you toward achieving your writing goals. Open to writers of all experience levels, as every writer’s voice is unique. levels as your writing is unique to you. Students will write together and share their work through supportive group readings and discussion designed to strengthen their writing. Listening to others’ work also helps strengthen your own writing. With the use of prompts such as paintings, photographs, quotations, items, and more, you will tap into your own creativity. Each week includes writing exercises and constructive, positive critique. See your stories unfold. We will discuss a variety of literary techniques used to strengthen our stories. This class is for you, whether you write prose, poetry, lyrics, scripts, or other genres.
Intro to Oil Painting (Winter Garden)
Continuing Sculpture Studies Wednesday 7pm
Beyond Clay: Mixed Media Sculpture
Explore sculpture using wood, metal, plastic, toys, cloth, tools, and other objects. Transform everyday objects into expressive forms through cutting, joining, and mold making. Students must bring their own materials from home to create the sculpture with assistance in assemblage and composition.
Painting & Drawing (Wed, 8-12yrs)
Explore a variety of mediums and subjects while learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. Emphasis is placed on observational skills, helping students draw what they see with attention to detail. The class balances technical skill-building with creative expression, encouraging each student to develop their own artistic voice.
Mixed Media & Experimental Art (Ages 13-17)
Go beyond the basics and discover the expressive potential of acrylic, pastel, and other mediums. Through layering, blending, and unconventional approaches, you’ll create one-of-a-kind masterpieces that showcase your unique artistic voice.
Mesmerized by pottery posts on TikTok? Come get your hands dirty and experience the magic. Create pots on the wheel, then decorate and glaze them for gifts and goodies. Beginning and experienced teens welcome.
Explore the methods, materials, and tools involved with acrylic painting. Learn techniques used to produce a finished acrylic painting, from rough sketch to final finishing touches, including the use of various brushes, palette knives, canvases, clay boards and final coating to protect the finished image.
Magical Layers in Acrylic Landscapes
Transform your landscapes into a rich tapestry of colors and textures by learning how to use layers of paint in your work. A variety of techniques will be introduced to create depth and dimension so you can take your art to the next level.
Watercolor Wet On Wet Bootcamp
This class stresses the importance of control of your wet vs dry layers to achieve amazing colors in your paintings. The focus will be on practice, practice, practice – not the finished piece. Each week a new color, compositional, or technical strategy will be introduced. This approach will ensure confidence needed to paint for the rest of your life!
Art Journaling is a visual diary where memories and emotions come alive onto the pages. Through the expressive use of various paint mediums, collage, and imagery, students will create a personal art journal that will uncover their heart's story.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Wednesday)
Explore the foundations of drawing and painting basics. In each two-weeks segment, learn and sample various artistic techniques under the guidance of a different instructor. Each instructor brings their experiences in diverse mediums, including pencil, charcoal, watercolor, acrylic, oil, and pastel. Supplies provided.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Wed 10 AM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Intermediate Wheel Throwing – Wednesday 1PM
Now that you’re comfortable with centering and pulling short walls, let’s make more dynamic forms and work on achieving some height through bowls, cups, vases, pitchers, and anything else you can imagine. This class is ideal for anyone comfortable with centering up to an advanced level student.
Prereq: Beginning Wheel Throwing
Hand Building Independent Intensive
Hand Building Basics – Thursday
Curious about clay? Come get your hands dirty and get some answers as you experiment with basic forming methods, connections and attachments to create decorative and/or functional pottery by hand. Embellish with glaze for lasting treasures.
Through in-depth assignments and image reviews, students more deeply explore composition, lighting, lenses and flash photography. A field trip on the 5th Saturday of the session will further develop skills for real time applications. Demonstrations on basic image processing and printing techniques along with preparing photographs for on-line presentation will be included. Prereq: PH147 or similar exp.
Black and White Film II: Fine-tuning Your Film and Printing Skills
Learn the fundamentals of visual storytelling using your smartphone or iPhone’s video camera: dynamic shots and angles, creating excitement through movement and the magic of editing.
Intro to Drawing and Painting (Winter Garden)
Work in clay to create face masks, heads, and figures to be fired in the kiln. Mold-making and casting will be demonstrated as part of the session.
Wheel Throwing and More! (ages 10-14)
Create functional vessels on the potter’s wheel. Learn the fundamentals of wheel throwing, then explore surface design through carving, attachments, and glazing. Watch as a simple ball of clay transforms into a finished work of art.
Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you started on your watercolor journey.
Paint the landscape in oil emphasizing capturing the light, atmosphere and color. Work from your own or instructor photographs. There may be a chance to incorporate an outdoor session or two, depending on weather and student interest. We will explore both painting directly and working in several layers of opaque and transparent paint consistencies.
Prereq: Oil Painting I or similar experience
Create vibrant, drawings with full value range using charcoal/graphite. Starting with a block-in sketch then learn the principles of form modeling to create a look of realism and dimensionality. Work from still life set-ups or choose to draw your own subjects.
Learn the fundamentals of visual storytelling using your smartphone or iPhone’s video camera: dynamic shots and angles, creating excitement through movement and the magic of editing.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Thursday 7PM)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Thursday 1PM
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Thursday 10 AM
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Surface Decoration for Pottery
Experiment with colored slips and clay, transfers, and more to enhance the clay surface. Learn to layer techniques to create unique, narrative pottery.
Hand Building With Found Objects
Experiment with paper, plants, fabric, and more as you create hand-built pottery with unique texture and pattern. Make you own stamps and spring molds to personalize your work as we create nature-inspired pottery.
Develop your unique style of hand building and glaze techniques. Explore individual style with a preconceived idea or based on a class demonstration. Students will be encouraged to push the boundaries of design and function of utilitarian pottery. Learn to experiment with glazes and glaze techniques.
Prereq: Beginning Handbuilding or similar experience. Class is not suitable for beginners.
Build a strong foundation for your photography and make better images by understanding exposure, metering, focus, file formats, depth of field, and basic composition. Demonstrations and assignments with image reviews reinforce camera systems such as shutter speed, aperture, ISO, and their impact on the final photograph. Single lens reflex or mirrorless cameras are recommended.
Continuing Sculpture Studies Friday 10 am
Prereq: Sculpture I or similar exp.
Continuing Sculpture Studies Friday 1 pm
Watercolor is a wonderfully mysterious medium. Explore watercolor techniques, color mixing, and learn the value of using a limited palette to gain skills and confidence needed to get you started on your watercolor journey.
Prereq: Beginning Acrylics, Oil Painting I, or similar experience.
Explore drawing in a realistic style, enhance accuracy, and refine your observational skills. Learn new techniques to capture light and shadow, and illustrate form, perspective and composition. Through practice, sharpen your skills and enjoy drawing as you continue to achieve the higher level of proficiency.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Fri 7pm)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Pint Size Picassos (Winter Garden) (ages 4-8)
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Explore the many ways to make art using pastel, acrylic, watercolor and other materials. A fun introductory experience for emerging artists.
Painting and Drawing I Winter Garden (Ages 8-12)
**Class meets at Jessie Brock Community Center**
Learn the fundamentals of art-making and discover how to see as an artist. Create with a variety of painting and drawing media and explore new techniques to enhance your artistic skills.
Explore exciting techniques using drawing, pastel, acrylic, watercolor, and collage. Develop unique creative skills, and discover new ways to express yourself in a supportive environment.
Pick up the Palette! (Ages 5-9)
Draw and paint your favorite animals and explore the fundamentals of art. Projects introduce a variety of materials, including watercolor and tempera, soft and oil pastel, and acrylic markers. Art concepts are introduced while encouraging self-expression.
Texture and Pattern Tiles (Ages 5-8)
Get ready for decorating with clay! Practice slab work, carving techniques, and pressing leaves into clay. Create bowls, tiles, and other treasures to bring home.
Cartooning and Toy Design (ages 8-12)
Before digital photography, there was film. Take pictures using 35mm cameras and black-and-white film, and print photos in the darkroom. A little science, a touch of chemistry, and your photo is art! Film cameras are provided.
Painting & Drawing (Sat, 8-12yrs)
Explore a variety of mediums and subjects while learning the fundamentals of drawing and painting. Emphasis is placed on observational skills, helping students draw what they see with attention to detail. The class balances technical skill-building with creative expression, encouraging each student to develop their own artistic voice.
Still Life in Clay (Ages 8-12)
Sculpt and glaze realistic or stylized fall objects like your favorite foods and fruit. Practice observation skills, proportion, and form. Create clay treasures to enjoy all year.
Intermediate Painting and Drawing (Ages 10-14)
Explore a variety of materials – watercolor, acrylic paint, markers, colored pencils, and more. Projects like collage, printmaking, and designing and painting compositions encourage creativity and self-expression. Embark on a colorful adventure where your imagination knows no bounds.
Film Photo Magic for Teens (Ages 13 – 17)
Intro to Acrylic Painting for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Learn essential techniques, color mixing, and creative expression using fast-drying acrylic paints. From traditional to contemporary, explore texture, layering, and composition while developing your unique artistic style.
Drawing Intensive for Teens (Ages 13-17)
Explore a variety of drawing techniques using charcoal and soft pastel. Emphasis will be placed on improving technique, speed, composition, and understanding of anatomy. Each class will present a fresh, challenging still life that may include a model. Repeated sessions are encouraged to expand skills and build a portfolio.
Throw and Go Wheel Workshop Oct 24
Curious about clay? Come get your hands dirty and get some answers as you experiment with basic forming methods, connections and attachments to create decorative and/or functional pottery by hand. Embellish with glaze for lasting treasures.
Tile Making for Home and Garden
Learn basic tile-making skills such as relief, mosaics, and painted wall tiles, along with the techniques to keep your tiles flat and how to adhere and grout your work. Learn to plan and implement projects for homes and gardens, i.e. backsplashes, indoor/outdoor murals, framed mirrors, wall hangings and garden stepping stones.
Students will learn basic techniques of the alla prima (direct) method of applying oil paint. In addition to paint application and brushwork, students will learn to mix color using a split-primary palette. Working from still life setups, students will complete one weekly study to explore techniques for rendering glass, ceramic, metal, and organic objects. They will learn to see and copy the color value and intensity changes in color. There will be demonstrations of techniques and discussions about methods, materials, and supplies used in oil painting.
Beginning Wheel Throwing Sunday 10:30
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 4)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Beginning Wheel Throwing (Sun 7)
Always wanted to experience the magic of forming clay vessels on the potter’s wheel? Learn to center, open and pull up clay walls. This class may be repeated until confidence is gained.
Gingerbread House of Clay: Child and Adult workshop (ages 6 & up)
***2-day workshop, meets Sundays, Nov. 1 and Nov. 8, from 10 am – 1 pm***
Create a clay chalet and adorn it with faux candy pieces and cookie shapes. Complete the look with colorful glazes and dripping snow. Place a votive inside this everlasting gingerbread house to bring the warmth of the holidays to light! This is an adult and child workshop.
Single adults welcome.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 11/7
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Sculptures From Foam to Stone 11/7-11/8
***This is a 2-day workshop Saturday Nov. 7 and Sunday Nov.8***
Create large sculptures for your house and garden with affordable materials such as styrofoam, wood, or found objects. Build stunning, stone-like objects without the weight and cost of real stone. Carve lightweight styrofoam into custom abstract, architectural, or organic forms. Coat them with a durable concrete finish that mimics the look and feel of stone.
Foundations of Press Mold Making 11/14-11/15/26
Forging Small Twisted Pendants 11/14/26
Learn how to forge twisted pendants using foundational blacksmithing techniques. This workshop is ideal for beginners seeking an introduction to blacksmithing, as well as those looking to refresh their skills. All supplies provided.
Chain making is a series of studies from basic loop-in-loop process to more complicated versions and styles for silver chain. Focus on making a Foxtail chain bracelet using 24-gauge fine silver wire. Learn soldering rings with the flame torch, integrate the rings, install clasps, and finish polishing the chain. All supplies provided.
Learn to cut your own mats. Bring your 2D art and a frame and you’ll cut windows and assemble your piece to hang in your home, or submit to exhibits.
Throw and Go Wheel Workshop Nov 21
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 12/5
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Sculptures From Foam to Stone 12/5-12/6
***This is a 2-day workshop Saturday Dec. 5 and Sunday Dec.6***
Create large sculptures for your house and garden with affordable materials such as styrofoam, wood, or found objects. Build stunning, stone-like objects without the weight and cost of real stone. Carve lightweight styrofoam into custom abstract, architectural, or organic forms. Coat them with a durable concrete finish that mimics the look and feel of stone.
After you’ve figured out the controls of your camera, learn how to make your photography better. Explore the principles of composition, and see examples of what makes a captivating image. Bring your camera (either film or digital) and practice on campus with the instructor guiding you all the way.
Sculpting Bigfoot or Alien 12/12-12/13/26
***This is a 2-day workshop held on Sat & Sun, Sept. 12-13***
Use your imagination and creativity sculpting fantastical beings that exist in your mind’s eye, such as Bigfoot, Alien, or other creatures. Learn the basics of sculpture in a relaxed and fun environment.
Learn to paint florals in still life with soft pastels. The workshop will focus on the structure of flowers in three dimensions and pastel painting techniques. The morning demonstration will cover the pastel painting process followed by independent painting. The afternoon will include continued painting practice with suggestions and feedback.