A Gift for Mom
Make mom smile with your own handmade art frame made from flowers and mixed media materials. We will take a polaroid picture of you to put in your frame for Mom. You can even make your own special wrapping paper and gift tag!
Glass Mosaic Mandala Workshop
Choose from the instructor's collection of glass pieces, ephemera, and beads to create a square mosaic window. Wood frames are 5” x 5”. All materials are provided and you are invited to bring additional beads or jewelry to personalize your piece. Ephemera is permanently adhered to glass to create your window.
Botanical Designs on Glass Forms
Celebrate spring with the beauty of flowers! Using dried flowers, leaves, mulberry paper, watercolor pencils, and archival glue, students will design colorful candleholders, votives, vases, and jars. Recycled glass containers like yogurt cups, mason jars, or old vases can also be transformed into vibrant art pieces. Older children comfortable working with glass are welcome.
Living Journal Nature Series
Develop a practice of nature observation and collection as your source for printmaking. Explore and layer patterns and detailed textures created from direct print techniques using ink and paint and your own stamp designs. Construct a living journal to hold your prints and observations. Activities are designed to be accessible and invite your ideas to flourish as you build a mindful practice of nature observation and creative expression to nourish yourself. Use your prints for collage, cards or framed art.
Please bring a snack.
Spring Vacation – Harry Potter in the Art Room: Session B
Spend one or more vacation days in the children’s art studio exploring the enchanted world of Hogwarts. Inspired by the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, students will create magical creatures, characters, and objects such as fantastical animals, potions, spellbooks, and wands using a variety of art materials.
Students will also enjoy a short outdoor break. Please bring a water bottle and a small snack.
Spring Vacation – Harry Potter in the Art Room: Session A
Spend one or more vacation days in the children’s art studio exploring the enchanted world of Hogwarts. Inspired by the adventures of Harry, Ron, and Hermione, students will create magical creatures, characters, and objects such as fantastical animals, potions, spellbooks, and wands using a variety of art materials.
Students will also enjoy a short outdoor break. Please bring a water bottle and a small snack.
Upcycled Dioramas and Sculpture
Using recycled and found materials, students will transform everyday objects into imaginative dioramas and sculptures. Projects may include tiny houses, castles, creatures, story scenes, and functional creations, incorporating natural materials and mixed media such as paint and clay. This class encourages creativity, storytelling, and hands-on exploration of form, texture, and three-dimensional design.
Spring Celebration of Crafts Around the World
This new class explores crafts from different corners of the world while celebrating the spirit of spring and themes of new growth and new beginnings. Students will create art inspired by global traditions, such as a New Zealand koru spiral necklace based on the unfurling fern frond. Projects may include a selection of international crafts like lantern making, printmaking, weaving, painting, clay work, and wax resist techniques, offering a hands-on introduction to art from a variety of cultures.
Art & Literature Series: Art of Classic Fairytales
Explore the world of fairyland through art projects inspired by beloved magical stories such as Thumbelina, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and The Frog Prince. Children will also have the opportunity to create their own fairy tales.
Create talking animals, magical towers and castles, mysterious witches, helpful fairy godmothers, fairy princesses and princes, wands, and tiny fairy houses. We will incorporate natural objects and work with clay, paint, and many other mixed-media materials in our projects.
“Fairytales can come true, it can happen to you if you believe.”
Flower Pots and Macramé Knots Workshop
Welcome in the spring by painting and personalizing your own flower pot, then learn basic macramé knotting techniques to make a hanging planter that’s perfect for your new creation.