Courses

Learn how to carve in wood or stone using both traditional and contemporary tools. Projects are self directed with the help from the instructor. Students provide their own materials.


July 20, 2024 to September 28, 2024, B*102
In this short sewing class you will learn how to use your sewing machine, understand the pattern and terms, and create a simple item. An apron or small zipper pouch/ tote bag, or p.j bottoms, in this beginners course.


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Learn the magic of shaping hot glass. Open to both beginning and advanced students, this course teaches the glassblowing techniques required to create vessels and sculptural forms.


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Both beginning and more experienced students explore the basic metal shop techniques of welding, brazing, cutting and forming, and use them to build metal sculptures.


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Create a garment, blanket or other fiber art while learning the workings of a loom. You will learn how to set up and weave on a floor loom, and how to weave basic patterns. Advanced students can improve their techniques.


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Both beginning and experienced students will benefit from focusing on the traditional principles of figurative drawing. Form, gesture, proportion, modeling and perspective will be explored.


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Unleash the beauty of the natural world onto canvas with this introductory botanical painting workshop, designed for artists of all experience levels. This course will guide you through the fundamentals of capturing the vibrant details and delicate forms of flowers, leaves, and botanical elements.


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Learn the materials, processes and techniques used to safely produce finished cast-metal sculpture. Students create waxes through plaster mold-making and direct wax fabrication.


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Explore texture, pattern and sculptural form while creating handmade baskets using natural materials. Students will learn the essentials of twined basket weaving, while making their own one-of-a-kind harvest basket.


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Learn block printing techniques while creating your own custom holiday cards and gift wrap.


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Learn to tailor a bespoke, handmade blazer or jacket. Students will work from a pattern and learn how to customize jackets with linings, notched collar and tailoring techniques, for the perfect fit. Students taking this advanced class should have already taken Sewing 1 or have some sewing experience.


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Explore a range of acrylic painting techniques while directing the development of particular ideas, themes, or subjects. The technical goals in this course include understanding the use of color properties to depict illusionary space and form while examining the relationships between material and metaphor, surface and structure, image and meaning.


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Practice the art of screenprinting through the exploration of basic techniques. Students will create a series of single and multi-colored edition prints while investigating their own interests, ideas and images through the printing process.


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Learn the basics of screen printing and create a set of 3 tea towels that are elegant or whimsical as you like!


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Learn the ancient Japanese technique of Shibori dyeing to create beautiful textiles using all natural indigo dyes.


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Explore the ancient craft of blacksmithing with a focus on its historical and contemporary relevance. Students will learn how to forge ferrous metals and create a small object (such as a trivet) utilizing demonstrated techniques.


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Create your own cartoon character and the world they live in. Learn to draw your characters with a variety of moods, facial expressions, and dynamic gestures.


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Buckles, brooches, and bracelets; this studio in metal work and jewelry design is aninvestigation of the expressive potential of jewelry through form, function, and exuberant surface and bi-metal patterning. Topics explore making strategies including tools, techniques, soldering, etching, electro deposited metal, and patination. Metalwork in combination with stone, resin, and alternative materials create a rich pallet through which students communicate ideas, emotions, and aesthetic goals.


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Learn the basics of screen printing while creating a hand-illustrated portrait of your favorite furry friend.


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