Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]
read moreLearn new techniques to improve your functional and non–functional ceramic forms. Try raku, cone 10 reduction glazes and soda firing. Learn new surface design processes using slips, underglazes, terra sigillata and the spray booth application of both underglazes and overglazes.
read moreLearn new techniques to improve your functional and non-functional ceramic forms. Try raku, cone 10 reduction glazes and soda firing. Learn new surface design processes using slips, underglazes, terra sigillata and the spray booth application of both underglazes and overglazes.
read moreLearn new techniques to improve your functional and non–functional ceramic forms. Try raku, cone 10 reduction glazes and soda firing. Learn new surface design processes using slips, underglazes, terra sigillata and the spray booth application of both underglazes and overglazes.
read moreContinue your rigorous study and critique of poetry alongside other experienced writers. If you’ve read poems in solitude, this is a great opportunity to join a critiquing community. You’ll learn how to both graciously give and receive critiques.
read morePhotoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign are the three most popular programs within the Adobe Creative Suite. When used together, they allow you to create and manage visual content with amazing results. Create a booklet or brochure using all three programs. You’ll edit your photographs in Photoshop, design graphic elements in Illustrator, then lay out the final […]
read moreFurther your metal jewelry practice with advanced techniques like casting as well as stone setting and finishing. You’ll see weekly demonstrations and get the chance to work on self-directed projects with plenty of one-on-one guidance from the instructor.
read moreLearn advanced, kiln–working techniques to create functional or sculptural projects of your choosing. We’ll cover advanced fusing techniques, making pattern bars and pot melts, and various ways to shape glass through slumping, mold making and cold working.
read moreExplore Adobe After Effects, one of the most powerful and intricate programs for motion graphics, animation and visual effects. After Effects is an industry-standard application used in major Hollywood movies, on network television and all over the internet. Each week, we’ll explore an aspect of this program, explain how it’s used and provide a short […]
read moreLearn advanced, kiln-working techniques to create functional or sculptural projects of your choosing. We’ll cover advanced fusing techniques, making pattern bars and pot melts, and various ways to shape glass through slumping, mold making and cold working.
read moreLearn how to create animations in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll create several GIFs (short repeating animations) to share with friends and family using a drawing tablet.
read moreLearn how to create animations in Adobe Photoshop. We’ll create several GIFs (short repeating animations) to share with friends and family using a drawing tablet.
read moreExplore the medium of artist’s books, works of art that utilize the form of the book. We’ll focus on a structure known as the flag book, which is a dynamic, sculptural form that lends itself to combining fragments of image and text. Our books will be constructed entirely out of found/repurposed fragments and materials. A […]
read moreLearn to quilt or change your approach to quilting. We’ll cover contemporary quilt design and technique. Students will explore new ways of piecing, applique and machine quilting, leaving class inspired and ready to apply a more artistic approach to their quilting practice.
read moreLearn the basic steps of making different shapes and sizes of baskets. You’ll finish at least two projects such as a bowl, a pencil holder, a small round basket with a lid and a small egg basket with a handle.
read moreWork with borosilicate glass on an oxygen propane torch to create resilient, wearable pieces. This workshop will start with the absolute basics of flameworking then expand to color, patterning and other techniques for creating wearable pieces.
read moreCreate books with folds, cuts, glue and your imagination! Bring clippings, wrappers, cards, boxes, magazines and books that you’re willing to cut and glue, or use what we have on hand. This is a great workshop for collage makers, collectors, photographers and anyone who loves paper.
read moreCreate your own set of handmade books. We’ll familiarize ourselves with bookmaking tools and techniques and learn multiple bookbinding techniques. You’ll also learn how to customize your books to be journals or sketchbooks. Plan to leave the class with a saddle stitched book, a stab bound book and a multi-signature casebound hardcover book.
read moreExplore bobbin lace, a form of small-scale intricate weaving that dates back to the 15th Century. Working with small wooden bobbins wrapped with thread, you’ll learn basic lace-making techniques and how to read a pattern to create several samplers. Keep your new bobbins to continue making lace on your own!
read moreWe’ll take a look at the rules in art through critical discussion and experiments, identifying the guidelines of other artists as well as our own. As working artists, we’ll evaluate these rules as restrictions and guideposts for our own work. Our primary focus will be 2-D work and experiments will focus on drawing and painting, […]
read moreStart from scratch to write poems, read poems, learn about forms of poetry and discuss your work. We’ll use packets of poems, exercises, and essays supplied by the instructor. We’ll also use the 2019 Dodge Poetry Packet and another textbook to explore poetry.
read moreCreate a pair of ceramic lamps using ceramic columns, wood bases and high-quality brass parts. We’ll explore form, surface and glazing to create ceramic columns that suit your personal style. You’ll even learn some wiring basics to make your lamps functional.
read moreExplore the realm of flowing water to build small-scale, functional fountains and water gardens. We’ll use both throwing and hand-building techniques to create our ceramic fountains and water gardens.
read moreLearn how to build a small end table that will accommodate a mosaic, tile, glass or found object top. We’ll take you from start to finish; you’ll mill your wood from rough cut lumber, cut mortise and tenon joinery, glue up a small shelf, assemble the table and prepare a substrate for the tile or […]
read moreExplore the realm of flowing water to build small–scale, functional fountains and water gardens. We’ll use both throwing and hand-building techniques to create our ceramic fountains and water gardens.
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