Kids' Summer Art Classes
10-11am Wednesdays & Fridays All Summer!
JULY 16 (Fri)
Hand-building with Pottery Clay
JULY 21 (Wed)
Acrylic Painting on Panel
JULY 23 (Fri)
Wool Wet Felting
Make Play Balls and Pot Holders of Wool!
JULY 28 (Wed)
Art Kites
Make a Butterfly, Beetle, or Bird Kite
JULY 30 (Fri)
Paper Making
Make art paper by recycling paper pulp
AUGUST 4 (Wed)
Leather Working
Take home a wallet or coin purse
AUGUST 6 (Fri)
Cork Boats
Make tiny boats and ships with sails.
AUGUST 11 (Wed)
Watercolor Painting
Wall art of your summer adventures
AUGUST 13 (Fri)
Decoupage
Decorate your new folders for school!
Upcoming Art Classes
July 30, Friday, 2:00-10pm
GNOME-MANIA!
Everyone needs their own custom painted Gnome! Join us for our drop-in Gnome-Mania
ceramic painting event complete with goodies and good times! Tickets include one blank garden gnome, and all firing/glaze.
$15 tickets, $20 at the door. (Gnomes regularly $24 outside this event. Please allow 1 week for firing times, before pick up.)
July 31, 2-6pm
Learn to Spin Workshop
Learn how to spin wool into yarn at the spinning wheel with Keren Brown. If you don’t have a wheel yet, call the shop and we’ll reserve you one w/ your registration fee. $45 covers all materials and use of a wheel if needed.
July 31, 10-12 noon, lunch break, 1-4pm
Shoemaking
Make your own leather, closed toe, "Forest Walker" shoe with leather artist, Matt Hayes. This is an intermediate level shoe with a closed toe and back, simple lace, and street-worthy sole. Students need to have worked with leather before, or have taken Matt's beginning shoe-making class. $55 covers all of your class fees, materials, and you leave with a new pair of custom shoes that are made to fit YOU! Class space is very limited, call in advance and pre-pay and reserve your space. 407-3359
August 14, Sat. 2-6pm
BookBinding
Make a Handmade Blank Book for use as a Journal, Album, or anything your imagination can come up with! Bret Fowler will teach basic hand-bookbinding and unique stitching patterns. Bring your Handmade paper if you were able to take his papermaking class in July! $40 covers all your materials and class fee. 407-3359
August 21, 2-6pm
Shoemaking
Making leather Baby Shoes with Matt Hayes. This baby shoe is beautiful little pattern with a closed toe, a simple lace, and street-worthy sole material. $40 covers all your class fees, supplies, and you leave with baby shoes and a pattern to make more! Class space very limited, call to pay in advance and reserve your space. 407-3359
August 28, Sat., 9-12 noon
Metal Arts for Beginners
Make a Patch Knife from recycled low carbon steel with professional metal artist, Andy Franco. Space is VERY limited, call and prepay to reserve your place. 407-3359. $45 covers all materials!
