Tuesdays
Open Jewelry Studio is an uninstructed session in which the studio and tools are made available for independent work. A monitor is present to oversee the space and assist with general workflow or equipment use as needed. These sessions support participants who want to develop core jewelry-making skills, including design,…
Working with live models and paper handouts students will develop and enhance classical drawing techniques focusing on gesture, form, value and composition-essential skills for all media from painting to sculpture.
Weave your way into a beautiful look in Fused Glass! This 3 week session we will work on an exciting technique in the glass fusion world by creating woven effects in glass using a wide variety of glass materials and colors. You will learn strip glass cutting skills and how…
Create your favorite tropical fish! During this 3 week class, students will learn how to layout your design, cut their fish shape with a 3 ring saw and how to layer beautiful colors of translucent and opaque glass. Everyone will come out of this class with their own interpretation of…
Learn how to mix transparent colored glass with clear and other colors to allow light to pass through and create new colors and brighten the overall appearance of your glass art. Students will experiment with creating stacks of various colors of glass to transform manufactured glass into a challenging amazing…
Create a beautiful glass bowl with stacked circles. Students will learn how surface tension and heat can produce perfect circles of glass without cutting a single curve. Learn how to cut and mix a variety of transparent colored glass with clear for a diluted look that will allow light to…
This course serves as a guided studio to further develop an individual body of work. Students will explore acrylic painting skills while focusing on individual goals and subject matter. Skills focus on creating a successful composition, mixing observed values and colors based on selected reference photos, application of paint to…
This beginning course for little learners is an introduction to drawing and painting materials. Through guided drawing lessons, students will create in their own style and at their own developmental level. Mediums used are pencils, crayons, colored pencil, markers, watercolor paints, and tempera paints. Subjects include portraits, animals in landscapes, and fun abstracts. Instilling good habits in young artists, students will…
This class will delve into the realm of handbuilt vessels, with an emphasis on coil, slab, and surface decoration. We will build conventional forms (amphoras, moon jars, bottles) on a large scale. Decorative planters, mugs, and platters will also be covered. Students will build a personal visual vocabulary to develop…
This class continues the journey into wheel-formed pottery. This hands-on class includes wheel and glaze demonstrations, critiques, kiln-loading. Types of vessel construction covered in this class include lidded forms, pouring vessels, handles, and large forms. As well as glaze application and firing techniques.
