Make Your Own Pocket Notebook (Adults and Youth 12+ with a Registered Adult)
Learn to make your own pocket-sized blank notebook. Perfect for on-the-go notes, gifts, or to keep on your nightstand!
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Zines: Artist + Activist Mini Books (Ages 12-14)
Learn the art of making mini-zines. Zines are small books made by artists, activists, and musicians, among others. We'll discuss the history of zines and then make our own.
read moreMaking Pop-Up Books (Ages 6-8)
Want to make lions ROAR, frogs LEAP, and dogs BARK? Together we'll plan your own story, write it out in a book, and construct the pop-up elements!
read moreONSITE: Design Repeat Patterns with Scissors + Paper (This class is only offered once a year!)
Develop your own repeat patterns utilizing simple shapes, cutting paper and iterative experimentation. In this fun workshop, students will explore visual language potential in fundamental shapes to create a suite of repeat patterns. They'll learn about types of repeats and we'll touch on how to move from cut paper to applications. This workshop is great […]
read moreONSITE: My Book, It Has Three Corners: Triangle Books (This class is only offered twice a year!)
Make three sided books in three hours. This workshop will cover a variety of techniques and covers for constructing triangle books, focusing on accordion book structures.
read moreONSITE: Sketchbook: Exploration + Daily Practice
Make a simple sketchbook or bring your own. Learn how to fuel creativity & form a habit of sketch booking. We'll do collaborative sketchbook activities, take walking field trips to go sketching outside and learn new techniques we've never thought of before!
read moreONSITE: Paper Quilling a Holiday Card
Design and create one holiday card while learning about the history of 18th century paper quilling (quilling filigree) and how the art form has evolved. Students will use strips of paper that are rolled into coils, shaped, and glued together to create decorative designs. We'll also learn to use quilling tools and techniques to manipulate paper into various shapes.
read moreONSITE: Paper Marbling (B)
With the magic of pigment and water, learn to create exciting marble patterns for paper. Participants can marble glass ornaments, paper to frame as art, or marble blank holiday stationary and paper gifts. Students may also bring flat items made of a natural material (silk, cotton, paper, leather) from home to marble.
read moreONSITE: Pocket Notebooks
Learn to make your own pocket-sized blank notebook. Perfect for on-the-go notes, gifts, or to keep on your nightstand!
read moreONSITE: Accordion Sketchbook Gifts
Want to make a thoughtful, original gift to give this holiday season? We're making mini sketchbooks for someone we love. You will be given prompts each class to fill out a very small sketchbook, using a variety of materials and techniques. And don't worry, we'll be making one for you as well.
read moreONSITE: Alcohol Ink Portraits of a Special Person or Pet
Create a one-of-a-kind gift for a loved one using just a frame, alcohol ink, and a pen! Using student-provided imagery (from photos or online), we will recreate a treasured image of a person, pet, house, or anything at all onto a pre-purchased standard glass frame. The result is a beautiful, colorful and homemade picture that […]
read moreONSITE: Holiday Wreath Making
Create a one-of-a-kind handmade wreath to display for the holidays. Using a dried vine base, fabric, paper and plant material, students can experiment with design and composition to make a unique wreath arrangement to take home. Students are also encouraged to bring in small found objects from home to include in their wreath design.
read moreONSITE: Holiday Hanging Stars + Mobiles
In our time together, we will practice the art of folding paper into two- and three-dimensional stars. We will learn, practice, and perfect 3-4 different folding techniques. We will also be painting clay stars—air dry clay, pre-rolled, cut, and dried—to compliment our finished wall art/mobiles.
read moreONSITE: Holiday Paper and Ornament Marbling
With the magic of pigment and water, learn to create exciting marble patterns for paper. Participants can marble glass ornaments, paper to frame as art, or marble blank holiday stationary and paper gifts. Students may also bring flat items made of a natural material (silk, cotton, paper, leather) from home to marble.
read moreONSITE: Paper Marbling (A)
With the magic of pigment and water, learn to create exciting marble patterns for paper. Participants can marble glass ornaments, paper to frame as art, or marble blank holiday stationary and paper gifts. Students may also bring flat items made of a natural material (silk, cotton, paper, leather) from home to marble.
read moreONSITE: Zines: Artist + Activist Mini Books (Ages 12-14)
Learn the art of making mini-zines. Zines are small books made by artists, activists, and musicians, among others. We'll discuss the history of zines and then make our own.
read moreONSITE: Sketchbook: Exploration + Daily Practice
Make a simple sketchbook or bring your own. Learn how to fuel creativity & form a habit of sketch booking. We'll do collaborative sketchbook activities, take walking field trips to go sketching outside and learn new techniques we've never thought of before!
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Journaling for Artists, Writers + Photographers
This workshop is designed for anyone interested in the history and practice of visual journaling. Participants will be introduced to exercises that explore sequential text, automatic drawing and collage as aspects of the journaling process. We will begin the session with a short presentation on visual diarists, their techniques, and their significance.
read moreONSITE: The Art of Paper: Sillouettes
In this class, we will be making beautiful silhouettes from a photograph, of your choice, of your family, friend, or pet. Your silhouette will be layered against various plants and florals all of which we will create using various stencils and paper cutting techniques.
read moreONSITE: Paper Quilling: 3D Flowers
Learn about the history of paper quilling, or quilling filigree, from the 18th century and how the art form has evolved. In this class, students will use quilling tools and techniques to manipulate paper into various designs. Students will use these skills to design and create colorful, quilled, three-dimensional floral forms.
read moreONSITE: Zinemaking with Paper Paraphernalia
Do you have a story to tell? A creative idea that needs to get out? Zine making is an accessible way to self-publish. In this course, we’ll be using paper collaging and hand drawn design to create unique printable zines. You’ll leave with the skills to design and print your own zines from home… all […]
read moreONSITE: Paper Sculpture: Fold + Form
Learn folding, cutting, and forming techniques to create three-dimensional paper sculptures. Get playful, get colorful, get creative!
read moreONSITE: The Art of Paper: Sunflower Bouquet
Learn techniques to turn paper into three-dimensional art, like plants and florals. We'll begin with the correct use of materials, including X-acto blades, scissors, and bone folders for shaping and scoring our medium. We will also learn the various types of paper textures and weights that can be used for creating paper botanicals. We'll explore […]
read moreONSITE: My Book, It Has Three Corners: Triangle Books
Make three sided books in three hours. This workshop will cover a variety of techniques and covers for constructing triangle books, focusing on accordion book structures.
read moreONSITE: Handmade Sketchbook or Journal
Create your own blank hardcover sketchbook or journal in this two-day workshop. A traditional kettle stitch will be used to sew together the pages of our case-bound books.
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