ONSITE: Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Modern Stool (A)
Transform rough-cut lumber into a modern stool. You’ll learn to use a table saw, planer, router and a variety of hand tools.
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ONSITE: Introduction to Hand Building
Create functional ceramic pieces using slab, coil, pinch and slump techniques. Learn how to use tools, create a variety of forms and apply slips. By the end of the class you’ll have a good understanding of basic hand building methods and clay studio practices.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (C)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Darkroom Photography (B)
Learn to take photographs using 35mm film, process the film, and print photographs in a darkroom. Enjoy lots of technical guidance and aesthetic feedback, whether you’re just getting started or expanding your portfolio and skill set.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Woodworking: Make a Modern Stool (B)
Transform rough-cut lumber into a modern stool. You’ll learn to use a table saw, planer, router and a variety of hand tools.
read moreONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (B)
Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Darkroom Photography (this class is only offered a few times a year)
For students with previous experience in the darkroom, this is an opportunity to explore more in-depth darkroom printing processes and gain new tools for experimentations and creativity. Students will cover a variety of skills, from how to fine-tune contrast in printing, mastering multiple exposure techniques, solarization, and more. Option to learn print toning, spotting, and […]
read moreONSITE: Erasures: Poems and Prose
Poems and Prose: Let’s make erasures together. This workshop will explore the form and practice of erasure (also called blackout or whiteout) as a multi-textual, creative process in and of itself. We’ll create erasures and read erasures, discuss erasures and the multimodal manipulation of text to create new poems, prose pieces that double as visual […]
read moreONSITE: Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Join us for a creative nonfiction workshop! What is creative nonfiction? Think about a memoir or creative essay or short story– those can be creative nonfiction! Whether you have a story you need to tell or want to explore important themes in your life, this class is perfect for you!
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Interior Design (A)
Explore key concepts of interior design: continuity, scale, proportion, balance, color and light. We’ll use slide presentations and class discussions to prepare you to investigate and analyze the interiors of your choice.
read moreONSITE: Encaustic Painting (B)
Explore encaustic painting for the first time or return to expand your skills. You will work with opaque and transparent colors, layering, using stencils and creating patterns using hot wax.
read moreONSITE: Watercolor Your Home
In this beginner class, you will learn basic drawing techniques that will enable you to draw your home or another building. We'll dive into our watercolor paints and bring your drawing to life. Learn multiple watercolor techniques as we paint together each week!
read moreONSITE: Drawing with iPads using Procreate
There are a million ways to get your ideas from your brain and onto paper but how about from brain to screen? Procreate is an easy-to-use digital illustration program that gives you the freedom to dream up and create exactly what you want with no bounds! We’ll learn the different aspects of sketching and rendering […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Sculpture in Clay
Explore creating sculptural ceramic art pieces. We'll cover basic hand building techniques like coil building and slab building to guide your process as you create sculptures that can be both representational or more abstract. We'll also learn a variety of finishing techniques like surface design-sgraffito, mishima, oxides as well as traditional glazing methods.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Sculpture in Clay
Experiment with sculptural hand building techniques while exploring ancient archetypes from the tarot. Utilize coil building, slab building, and surface decoration to create your own symbols of transformation. Using ancient archetypes from the tarot deck as our guide, students will create imaginative handbuilt sculptures as tools for self-reflection. This class will ultimately develop your understanding of […]
read moreONSITE: Guided Studio: Intermediate + Advanced Ceramics
Join this class to continue wheel and hand building with plenty of feedback and guidance from the instructor as you explore independent projects. This class is best for intermediate and advanced students who are interested in furthering their ideas and have a solid foundation of the basics of ceramics .
read moreONSITE: Drawing Horror
Unleash your inner horror artist and learn to create spine-tingling drawings in this night class. You'll explore techniques to bring your wildest nightmares to life through the use of dark shadows, eerie textures, and otherworldly characters. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, this class offers a unique opportunity to tap into your creativity […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (F)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Drawing Outside in Richmond (this class is only offered a few times a year)
Bring along your oil pastels or oil paint sticks for this plein air class that meets in different locations around our fabulous River City. We’ll visit some of Richmond’s favorite sites – such as Pony Pasture and Maymont – and discover some new ones too! This course will meet off-site and instruction will happen in […]
read moreONLINE: Journaling for Artists, Writers + Photographers
This course is designed for anyone interested in the techniques and development of visual journaling. We'll review the contributions of visual diarists such as Dan Eldon and Frida Kahlo. Each session will begin with a short presentation on a visual diarist, technique or significant artist with follow up time for guidance, feedback and group discussion.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to the Wheel (E)
Learn to throw clay on a potter’s wheel. We’ll cover the foundations of wheel work, including wedging and centering clay and forming cylinders, cups and bowls. Basic glazing information will help you finish your final forms.
read moreONSITE: Writing Poetry
Explore the fundamental elements of poetry, through the reading and writing of poems. We'll read and discuss poems written by other people, then write poems of our own, with special attention to elements of line, image, and syntax. Students will learn how close readings of other poems may inspire their own work, and how they […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Silversmithing
Jump right into working with sterling silver for jewelry. Basic jewelry fabrication techniques will be demonstrated or reviewed including sawing, drilling, sanding, polishing, and soldering. You can expect to leave class with one finished piece of jewelry. This class is accessible to the beginner but is also ideal for someone looking to polish their beginner […]
read moreONSITE: Color Clay
This course will explore the basics of coloring clay. We will begin by learning about ceramic stains and oxides, which to use and how to use them. A variety of colored clay techniques starting with Nerikomi (hand building) and Neriagi (hand building and throwing) will be demonstrated. We will also cover a thorough variety of […]
read moreONSITE: Slab-Building from Templates (this class is only offered two times a year)
Learn to slab build from templates. We will learn how to draft and draw templates for slab-built tumblers, cups, butter dishes and other functional items. We will start with small clay models and then break it down it to its component pieces.
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