INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED POTTERY with Alan Jones

Mondays | 1pm-4pm | January 6 – February 17, 2025 | 7 sessions  | $266, plus Materials fee: $15 studio fee (required) and $20 clay (optional)

POTTERY OPEN STUDIO with Dani Sirrine

In this class students will have the opportunity to work in ceramics in an open studio environment where they can focus on their own chosen body of work through handbuilding and wheel throwing.  Ceramic techniques and instructor consultation will be available in the studio as needed.  It is a great space to build a body of work surrounded by other ceramicists in a supportive artistic community.

* Ceramic Experience Encouraged

Mondays | 6:00-9:00 pm | January 6 – February 17, 2025 | 7 sessions  | $266, plus $15 studio fee (required) and $20 for clay (optional)

PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students will learn the loose processes and unique effects achieved by using palette knives instead of brushes. Participants will be amazed by the incredible abstract or representational work they are able to create using these unexpected tools.

In this class students will be using flat palette knives, joint knives and other tools.Paintings can be all acrylic or acrylic underpainting and finished with oil paints.

The instructor, Sue Hunter, will demonstrate how to prepare a wood cradle board using gesso and muslin and demonstrate how to select subject and apply paint with knives. Join us to learn how these unique tools can be used to create new exciting works of art.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Tuesdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | January 7 – February 18, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

ADVANCED COLORED PENCIL TECHNIQUES with Elliott Everson

Join us to further your learning about the variety of uses and techniques of colored pencil drawing including different pencil strokes, blending, layering colors, burnishing, as well as other tools and materials.

Use colored pencils to achieve realistic colors and textures to create drawings of man made or natural subjects, animals, plants, landscapes, shiny or rusty cars, or a glass vase of flowers. Returning students will continue learning and refining techniques, try new subjects and textures or surfaces. Come to work on a current project or start a new idea. Have fun!

Basic experience required. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Wednesdays  |  9:30am – 12:30 pm  | January 8 – February 12, 2025   |  6 sessions | $228

PASTEL AND COLORED PENCIL FUNDAMENTALS with Ludmila Demich

The course will be taught for dry pastel materials; no oil pastels please.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Wednesdays,  January 8 – February 19, 2025 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

COLORED PENCIL TECHNIQUES  with Elliott Everson

In this class students will learn the basic techniques of colored pencil drawing.

Instruction will include different pencil strokes, blending, layering colors, and burnishing, as well as the use of other tools and materials.

Use colored pencils to achieve realistic color and texture in your drawing of your subject be it animal, plant, landscape, shiny or rusty cars, or a glass vase of flowers!  Returning students will continue learning and refining techniques, try new subjects and textures or surfaces.

Come to work on a current project or start a new idea. Have fun!

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Wednesdays  |  1:00 – 4:00 pm  | January 8 – February 12, 2025   |  6 sessions | $228

PRINTMAKING with Larry Nisula

In this class, students will learn the basics of silkscreen printing. The methods of using photo emulsion and cut stencils to create unique and exciting prints will be explored. Students will move on to discover how to work with brushed on color, as well as the process behind color registration.

Larry will demonstrate techniques as the class progresses, and students will have the opportunity to learn the process of creating intaglio prints, woodcut prints, and linoleum prints. Common techniques include using both drypoint and the etching of copper plates. When printing their plates, students will use etching presses. Note: These printmaking processes involve chemicals and harsh solvents. The instructor will take time to explain proper safety measures. Etching of plates will be done off campus.

Skill Level: Beginner and Intermediate

Wednesdays,  January 8 – February 19, 2025  | 1:00 – 4:00 pm | 7 sessions  |  $266, plus $35 materials fee

DRAWING REALISTIC PORTRAITS with Ludmila Demich

Wednesdays, January 8 – February 19, 2025 | 1 – 4 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

JEWELRY MAKING: Silver Casting, Fabrication, and Enameling with Larry Nisula

Jewelry Making for Teens & Adults, perfect for parents who want to take a class with their children!  This class is all about introducing students to basic and fundamental techniques and tools used to create unique jewelry and metal-smithed objects. Topics covered include fabrication and casting in silver, silver soldering a banded ring, and working in the lost wax method.  Advanced techniques include sand and cuttlebone casting, as well as enameling. Students will have the opportunity to create several jewelry pieces including, rings, pendants and earrings.

Age: 13+

Skill Level: Beginner and Intermediate

Wednesdays, January 8 – February 19, 2025  | 4:30 – 6:30 pm | 7 sessions | $180, plus $35 materials fee

STUDIO PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students are able to work in pastel, watercolor, oil or acrylic paint. Throughout this studio class they will learn to develop and clarify their painting style while expanding their technical skills.

Sue will tailor discussions and demonstrations to the developing needs of each student artist. As the class progresses, students will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to their paintings if desired.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. All media welcome. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | January 9 – February 20, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

BEYOND MIXED MEDIA with Ludmila Demich

Collage experience encouraged. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 – 12:30 pm  | January 9 – February 20, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

Paper Collage with Ludmila Demich

Thursdays  |  1 – 4 pm  | January 9 – February 20, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

ABSTRACT PAINTING with Bela Fidel

In this four-week class students will learn the most important principles of painting: Design, Value, Color, Line and ancillary elements that give life to an abstract painting.

Painting in the abstract style requires a reliance on innermost vision, authenticity and feeling.Yes, this also applies to Representational painting but the latter offers an exterior image on which to base a vision. Painting Abstract makes artists delve into the recesses of their souls for a truthful and authentic depiction in shapes, values, color, mark-making, etc.

This class will address the technical aspects as well as the personal/feeling resources students go to when creating from the inside out. Join this rewarding adventure and acquire solid and important technical information as well as discover how to play and transform it into a personal, authentic voice.  During this class students will also learn how to create a concertina sketchbook and learn about the role of a sketchbook in the development of art. In addition, students will learn how to make their own mark-making brushes and how to incorporate mark-making into abstract paintings. This course is comprehensive and will guide students’ artistic and technical development in a friendly and creative atmosphere.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Fridays | 1 pm – 4 pm  | January 10 – February 21, 2025 | 7 Sessions | $266 + $20 materials fee

Sculpting Faces and Making Press Molds with Jane Kelsey-Mapel

In this class, students will first learn how to sculpt human and animal faces to be used for making press molds. Instruction will be given on facial proportion, structure and modeling the features. The next step in the process will be making one piece plaster molds from the faces. The finished molds can then be used in fun and inventive ways. The molded faces can be incorporated into sculpture and pottery forms, used to create multiples or manipulated into unique characters.

Prerequisite:  Beginning level class in handbuilding

Thursdays, January 16 – March 6, 2025 | No class February 13 |1:00 – 4:00 pm | 7 sessions  |  $266, plus $15 studio fee (required), $20+ for clay (if purchased through Shemer)

Nerikome with Dani Sirrine

Unleash your adventurous side in this rarely offered and exciting method of hand-built vessels using colored clay! Join us for a seven week intensive class in the technique commonly called ‘Nerikome’ – A Japanese method of construction using laminated layers of tinted porcelain. Students will learn how to create this type of attractively layered and complex works starting from making their own colored clay, to finished works of functional and decorative art. Students will be provided with all materials and tools needed for the class as part of the registration fee, making this introduction to a extremely challenging ceramic art approachable and fun.

Intermediate to advanced level of skill strongly encouraged for best chance of success!

Fridays, January 24 – March 7, 2025 | 1 – 4  pm | $386 (including all materials)

REALISM IN OILS with Patrice Al-Shatti

In this class students will learn an easy step by step method to achieve luminous realism in oils using a modern variation of the underpainting and glazing techniques used by historic masters. Students will hone their skills at preparing a painting surface, explore several ways to get their image on a panel or canvas, learn about underpaintings and how they make the painting process accessible for anyone, and experience the joy of glazing for depth and vibrancy of color. Glazing in oils is a magical process that brings extraordinary richness to contemporary realistic artwork and students will be amazed by their results. The class is divided into four sequential units where students will build an oil painting from hardboard panel up to a finished masterpiece. Beginning and more advanced oil painters are welcome.

Advanced Track: Students who have learned the basics of underpainting and glazing will explore the impact of burnt umber and pastel under paintings and work on imagery of their own choice. Students will work one on one with the instructor to improve their painting technique, hone their artistic voice, and generate amazing reference photos. Please come to the first session with several images you’d like to work with.

Saturdays | February 1, 2024 | 10 am 2 pm | February 8 & 15, 2024 | 10 am-3 pm | March 1, 2024 | 10 am- 1 pm | 4 sessions | $216

Design a composition with “white”, using a snow scene as the vehicle. Learn to use color and watercolor techniques that can be applied to other subject-matter, whether snow or a white rose.

A photo will be provided for your use, but students are always welcome and encouraged to paint from their own reference material whenever they wish.

There will be demos, instruction, and individual critique throughout the Zoom class. Class time will be structured, yet open enough to accommodate the artistic spirit within us all. All levels are welcome and encouraged to attend. The only prerequisite is an attitude of joy in the act of painting!

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Tuesdays 1:00 – 4:00 pm | February 11 – March 4, 2025 | 4 sessions |  $152

BEYOND MIXED MEDIA with Ludmila Demich

Collage experience encouraged. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 – 12:30 pm  | February 27 – April 10, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE POTTERY with Alan Jones

If you have ever wanted to learn how to work with clay, this is the class for you.

Open to all levels

Mondays | 9:30am- 12:30pm | February 24 – April 7, 2025 | 7 sessions | $266, plus $15 studio fee (required), $20+ for clay (if purchased through Shemer)

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED POTTERY with Alan Jones

Mondays | 1 – 4 pm | February 24 – April 7, 2025 | 7 sessions | $266, plus Materials fee: $15 studio fee (required) and $20 clay (optional)

DRAWING BASICS with Elliott Everson

Everyone can learn to draw and this class will get you started.

Drawing requires learning how to observe correctly and record what you see.

Students will learn the essentials of proportion, line, shading, perspective and composition, and use basic drawing techniques to create realistic pencil drawings of still life, landscapes and more, with natural and man made textures and subjects.

Learning to draw accurately will provide you with an excellent foundation for additional drawing, colored pencil, painting and other art classes. Returning students will continue learning and refining techniques, try new subjects and textures or surfaces. Come to work on a current project or start a new idea. Have fun!

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Tuesdays  |  9:30am – 12:30 pm  | February 25 – April 1, 2025   |  6 sessions | $228

PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students will learn the loose processes and unique effects achieved by using palette knives instead of brushes. Participants will be amazed by the incredible abstract or representational work they are able to create using these unexpected tools.

In this class students will be using flat palette knives, joint knives and other tools.Paintings can be all acrylic or acrylic underpainting and finished with oil paints.

The instructor, Sue Hunter, will demonstrate how to prepare a wood cradle board using gesso and muslin and demonstrate how to select subject and apply paint with knives. Join us to learn how these unique tools can be used to create new exciting works of art.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Tuesdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | February 25 – April 8, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

ADVANCED COLORED PENCIL TECHNIQUES with Elliott Everson

Join us to further your learning about the variety of uses and techniques of colored pencil drawing including different pencil strokes, blending, layering colors, burnishing, as well as other tools and materials.

Use colored pencils to achieve realistic colors and textures to create drawings of man made or natural subjects, animals, plants, landscapes, shiny or rusty cars, or a glass vase of flowers. Returning students will continue learning and refining techniques, try new subjects and textures or surfaces. Come to work on a current project or start a new idea. Have fun!

Basic experience required. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Wednesdays  |  9:30am – 12:30 pm  | February 26 – April 1, 2025   |  6 sessions | $228

PASTEL AND COLORED PENCIL FUNDAMENTALS with Ludmila Demich

The course will be taught for dry pastel materials; no oil pastels please.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Wednesdays,  February 26 – April 9, 2025 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

Studio Painting with Sue Hunter

Learn to develop and clarify your painting style while expanding your technical skills in this studio class.
Sue will tailor discussions and demonstrations to the developing needs of each student-artist. As the class progresses, students will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to their paintings.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. All media welcome. 

Wednesdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | February 26 – April 9, 2025 | 7 Sessions  |  $266

COLORED PENCIL TECHNIQUES  with Elliott Everson

In this class students will learn the basic techniques of colored pencil drawing.

Instruction will include different pencil strokes, blending, layering colors, and burnishing, as well as the use of other tools and materials.

Use colored pencils to achieve realistic color and texture in your drawing of your subject be it animal, plant, landscape, shiny or rusty cars, or a glass vase of flowers!  Returning students will continue learning and refining techniques, try new subjects and textures or surfaces.

Come to work on a current project or start a new idea. Have fun!

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Wednesdays  |  1:00 – 4:00 pm  | February 26 – April 1, 2025   |  6 sessions | $228

DRAWING REALISTIC PORTRAITS with Ludmila Demich

Wednesdays, February 26 – April 9, 2025 | 1 – 4 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

THE ART OF STILL LIFE with Patrice Al-Shatti

Still-life paintings can showcase anything from a vase of flowers to your favorite sneakers. Whether you work realistically or loosely, you will learn all the tricks for making original still-life paintings in oil, acrylic, or watercolor. This class will explore the work of influential artists to spark imagination. Students will learn about lighting and composition, perfect challenging textures, hone photography skills, and stretch themselves with unconventional subject matter in order to create utterly unique works of art that will further develop personal style.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class.

Thursday | February 27 – April 3 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm | 6 sessions | $228

STUDIO PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students are able to work in pastel, watercolor, oil or acrylic paint. Throughout this studio class they will learn to develop and clarify their painting style while expanding their technical skills.

Sue will tailor discussions and demonstrations to the developing needs of each student artist. As the class progresses, students will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to their paintings if desired.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. All media welcome. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | February 27 – April 10, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

Paper Collage with Ludmila Demich

Thursdays  |  1 – 4 pm  | February 27 – April 10, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

HANDBUILDING TECHNIQUES with Elizabeth Behnke

In this class students will explore and build on creating works in clay using handbuilding techniques and methods. From pinch pots to slab sculpture, and functional to wildly decorative, the class will focus on design and technique to achieve balanced, well constructed, and beautiful works in clay.  Students will choose their own projects and then develop them to completion with the instructor providing guidance.  Overall, this class is intended to be a fun and creative start to your weekend!

Fridays | 9:30 am-12:30 am  | February 28 – April 11, 2025 | 7 Sessions  |  $266, plus $15 studio fee (required), $20+ for clay (if purchased through Shemer)

BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE POTTERY with Alan Jones

If you have ever wanted to learn how to work with clay, this is the class for you.

Open to all levels

Mondays | 9:30am- 12:30pm | April 14 – May 26, 2025 | 7 sessions | $266, plus $15 studio fee (required), $20+ for clay (if purchased through Shemer)

INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED POTTERY with Alan Jones

Mondays | 1 – 4 pm | April 14 – May 26, 2025 | 7 sessions | $266, plus Materials fee: $15 studio fee (required) and $20 clay (optional)

PALETTE KNIFE PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students will learn the loose processes and unique effects achieved by using palette knives instead of brushes. Participants will be amazed by the incredible abstract or representational work they are able to create using these unexpected tools.

In this class students will be using flat palette knives, joint knives and other tools.Paintings can be all acrylic or acrylic underpainting and finished with oil paints.

The instructor, Sue Hunter, will demonstrate how to prepare a wood cradle board using gesso and muslin and demonstrate how to select subject and apply paint with knives. Join us to learn how these unique tools can be used to create new exciting works of art.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see the supply list for this class.

Tuesdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | April 15 – May 27, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

PASTEL AND COLORED PENCIL FUNDAMENTALS with Ludmila Demich

The course will be taught for dry pastel materials; no oil pastels please.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Wednesdays,  April 16 – May 28, 2025 | 9:30 am – 12:30 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

Studio Painting with Sue Hunter

Learn to develop and clarify your painting style while expanding your technical skills in this studio class.
Sue will tailor discussions and demonstrations to the developing needs of each student-artist. As the class progresses, students will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to their paintings.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. All media welcome. 

Wednesdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | April 16 – May 28, 2025 | 7 Sessions  |  $266

DRAWING REALISTIC PORTRAITS with Ludmila Demich

Wednesdays,  April 16 – May 28, 2025 | 1 – 4 pm  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

BEYOND MIXED MEDIA with Ludmila Demich

Collage experience encouraged. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 – 12:30 pm  | April 17 – May 29, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

STUDIO PAINTING with Sue Hunter

In this class students are able to work in pastel, watercolor, oil or acrylic paint. Throughout this studio class they will learn to develop and clarify their painting style while expanding their technical skills.

Sue will tailor discussions and demonstrations to the developing needs of each student artist. As the class progresses, students will have the opportunity to learn ways of adding other media to their paintings if desired.

All levels welcome. Click HERE to see a suggested supply list for this class. All media welcome. 

Thursdays  |  9:30 am-12:30 pm  | April 17 – May 29, 2025  | 7 Sessions  |  $266

Paper Collage with Ludmila Demich

Thursdays  |  1 – 4 pm  | April 17 – May 29, 2025 |  7 Sessions  |  $266

Color & Composition with Patrice Al-Shatti

Fridays | April 25 – May 30, 2024 | 1 – 4 pm | 6 sessions | $228