Explore line and color while stitching at a contemplative pace. Slow down your felting, your stitching, your practice, your breath so you can absorb new and inspiring ideas.
Learn the history and uses of spot samplers, then make your own as you practice basic stitches including seed, running, back, stem, split, chain, lazy daisy, cross, satin and French knots.
Learn basic embroidery stitches to design and stitch your own patch. Finish it off with an adhesive back to adhere to your favorite jean jacket or tote bag.
Learn fundamentals as you work a given plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery.
Hone your drawing skills and advance your personal style. With tools and tricks used by cartoonists and illustrators, create memorable characters: humorous, heroic and anything in between.
Make your own comics. Looking at anime and manga, learn how to tell stories in visual form. Create dynamic characters, stories, and visuals with a collaborative artist-writer teaching team.
Learn about the physical process of laser cutting, safe operating procedures, software control, basic design tools and how to produce high-quality laser projects.
Stretch yourself as you experience the pleasure of drawing. Expand from charcoal into additional media and color, and merge observation with expression. Includes three sessions with a live model. For both beginning and intermediate-level artists.
There’s a special pleasure in using tools you have made yourself. Make your own functional mallet, a useful tool for your woodworking projects, starting with a solid or glued-up blank.
For students who have taken Teen Woodworking I for several semesters and are ready for the next level. Increase your skills and your comfort with tools and processes. Begin to design your own projects.
Learn about woodworking using a combination of machines and hand tools in a guided project. Previous projects have included boxes, picture frames, stools, small drawers, and more.
Develop problem-solving skills, curiosity creativity and agency through making. Think like an inventor: create rules, then adjust them as results change. Use exploration. mistakes and surprises to provoke invention.
Let your child get started with simple sewing by hand and machine. Pillows and stuffed toys lead to more complex projects. The small class allows for individual attention, and we encourage kids to share their skills.
Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Concentrating on specific skills in drawing, painting and other media, improve your use of line, value, tone, color, proportion, depth, composition and more.
This open-format class is a place to work on your own projects with the teacher’s help and student camaraderie. All types of work are welcome: hand sewing, machine sewing, zippers and fine sewing techniques.
Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Learn basics of hand and machine sewing, starting with simple projects and progressing to more complicated ones. The small class allows for individual attention, and we encourage students to share their skills.
Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Learn fundamentals of garment construction. Sewing a garment of your choice, measure, cut fabric, use interfacing and stabilizers, choose seam finishes and employ other essential sewing skills.
Learn fundamentals of garment construction. Sewing a garment of your choice, measure, cut fabric, use interfacing and stabilizers, choose seam finishes and employ other essential sewing skills.
Learn fundamentals as you work a given plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery.
Parallel play: Children and their adult companions work at separate tables on their own versions of the same projects. Based on a wonderful class developed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Limit 5 adult/child pairs
Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Let your child get started with simple sewing by hand and machine. Pillows and stuffed toys lead to more complex projects. The small class allows for individual attention, and we encourage kids to share their skills.
Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
For kids who love art and want to have fun exploring a variety of approaches, mediums and techniques. You may have just started drawing, or already draw well and want to improve your skills.
Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Children assemble projects in wood, learning how to use simple tools just right for small hands. We’ll emphasize safety and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Children assemble projects in wood, using simple tools and techniques. We’ll emphasize safety in our explorations, and the pleasure of making things and completing them to take home. New projects each section.
Children learn basic woodworking skills starting with simple projects, using hand tools. Continuing students undertake larger and more complex projects, gaining appreciation for wood as a creative medium. New projects each section.
Choose your time of the week and join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Design and construct projects of your choice. Projects must be a manageable size due to limited storage; check first with instructors.
Choose your time of the week and join a shop away from home, with tools, mentorship and community. Design and construct projects of your choice. Projects must be a manageable size due to limited storage; check first with instructors.
Blend Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math (STEAM) skills into challenging hands-on projects. Build a mix of creative art pieces, motorized robots, skyscrapers and race cars.
For comic book artists ready to go to the next level. Advance your skills in storytelling, drawing, lettering and inking. Learn to master professional tools and techniques.
Children learn basic woodworking skills starting with simple projects, using hand tools. Continuing students undertake larger and more complex projects, gaining appreciation for wood as a creative medium. New projects each section.
Make your own comics. Looking at anime and manga, learn how to tell stories in visual form. Create dynamic characters, stories, and visuals with a collaborative artist-writer teaching team.
Learn how to use the sewing machine, cut patterns and sew. Develop your own personal sewing kit. Bags, pillows and simple clothing lead to more complex projects as you gain more experience. Sewing is practical and fun.
For kids who love art and want to have fun exploring a variety of approaches, mediums and techniques. You may have just started drawing, or already draw well and want to improve your skills.
For comic book artists ready to go to the next level. Advance your skills in storytelling, drawing, lettering and inking. Learn to master professional tools and techniques.
Learn fundamentals as you work a given plan through to completion. With a focus on six essential power tools, learn properties of wood and shop etiquette, interpret a plan, cut and mill stock and use basic machine joinery.
Take an existing pattern or piece of clothing and revise it to express your personal style. Expect to complete a new pattern and a piece of clothing. Two classes each term will introduce basic fashion portfolio skills.
Learn how to operate a sewing machine, read and understand patterns. Learn basic sewing terms, sewing methods and tools of the trade. Then apply your newly found skills by sewing a pillow, apron or simple drawstring pants.
Push your traditional notions of drawing and increase your observational and technical skills. Students will learn and practice how to draw by looking in new ways, understanding perspective and making their own individual marks.
Two teachers take different approaches to watercolor. Both teach color theory and mixing, brushwork techniques, how to control paint and water and choose paper and brushes, achieving a feel for the medium to achieve a range of effects.
Learn how to operate a sewing machine, read and understand patterns. Learn basic sewing terms, sewing methods and tools of the trade. Then apply your newly found skills by sewing a pillow, apron or simple drawstring pants.
Learn to photograph the rhythm and energy of the streets through candid shooting, street portraiture and urban landscapes. Capture “the decisive moment” and develop a heightened sensitivity to lighting and composition.
Learn how to operate a sewing machine, read and understand patterns. Learn basic sewing terms, sewing methods and tools of the trade. Then apply your newly found skills by sewing a pillow, apron or simple drawstring pants.
Explore the richness and vibrancy of this often over looked medium. Gain fluidity and ease as you learn about linear strokes, layering, color mixing, value relationships and more. Basic drawing skills are recommended, but not required.
Nuno felting combines wool fibers with a silk backing to elegant effect. Use this technique to create a single cloth, scarf or wall hanging. This fun, labor-intensive process yields a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind piece of art to show or to wear.
Create unique prints that combine techniques of painting, drawing and collage, incorporating organic materials and found objects, including fabric, egg shells, bubble wraps, feathers and anything your imagination desires.
Watercolor can seem daunting for beginners. Loosen up your approach and find out how rewarding it can be. Learn how to work with water and mix colors, understand paper and use the strengths (and weaknesses) of the medium to your advantage.
Learn about the wide range of GOLDEN acrylic paints and mediums and QoR watercolors. Learn how to choose grounds and colors for your best intended application and for archival quality.
Learn the basics of photography and camera controls while exploring a wide range of subjects. Start with basic photographic principles and expand to composition, color theory and issues of visual perception.
Create an 8" x 8" mosaic using smalti glass tiles. Reflect on the work of contemporary mosaic artists and discuss design concepts to create beautiful compositions.
Wicker, or pliable willow twigs, lends itself to weaving and is a traditional material for utilitarian and decorative baskets. Explore basic basket structures, various weaving materials and commonly used tools.
Silkscreening seems daunting, but you can do it just using your kitchen sink and a closet. That gives you the power to print colorful multiples on paper or fabric.
Turn a beautiful bud vase from a single piece of wood; it will include a glass tube for holding flowers in water. This project uses basic spindle-turning techniques, including boring a hole to fit the glass tube.
New to painting? No problem. Zahirah Nur Truth of ZNT Arts will guide you and provide instructions on painting to create your own vibrant masterpiece. Looking for something fun and creative to do on a Saturday night? Add this to your list.
Create beautiful swirls and mottling colors with several forms of marbling. Learn Turkish-style marbling on water thickened with carrageenan (Irish moss). Experiment with a range of materials, colors and papers to create lovely, unique designs.
Explore creative re-use and the art of upcycling within your own wardrobe. Learn multiple ways to hack existing garments. Alter a garment for a perfect fit.
Combine basic embroidery with traditional drawing techniques like contour, gesture and hatching to create portrait drawings with thread. Transfer an image to fabric and select the right materials for your project.
Wicker, or pliable willow twigs, lends itself to weaving and is a traditional material for utilitarian and decorative baskets. Explore basic basket structures, various weaving materials and commonly used tools.
Explore digital photography, alternative printing techniques and a wide range of processes. Go beyond traditional photography and explore the magic of light.
Felting is perfect for creating large or small 3-dimensional objects that are lightweight, soft, textured and structural. Create hollow, organic forms starting with fluffy white and colored wool, using water, soap, resists and arm strength.
Use inspiration to design a functional piece of furniture or work of art from start to completion. Develop a drawing, build a prototype and select materials for a one-of-a-kind, outside-the-box piece.
Make an American version of a traditional English long bow from a laminated blank of flat and quarter-sawn ash. Start with a review of shop safety and operation of basic power tools, wood selection and project layout.
Make your own glycerin soap using the melt and pour technique. Four batches of soap will be made using different fragrances, colors, pearlescent powders, and embedded items. Soap will be ready to use and take home by the end of class.
Make one-of-a-kind screen-printed cards for the winter holidays or Valentine’s Day using pre-made screens, and gain successful screen-printing skills in the process. Go home with 10 greeting cards.
For students with no felting experience: Make a piece of felt from merino wool and then embellish it by stitching on small pieces of fabric. In the process, learn to distress fabrics to make them look older and more vintage.
For people who haven’t drawn in a while or want to get started. Learn fundamentals and gain confidence as you draw with a variety of media and approaches. Limit 10 students
Two teachers take different approaches to watercolor. Both teach color theory and mixing, brushwork techniques, how to control paint and water and choose paper and brushes, achieving a feel for the medium to achieve a range of effects.
Wicker, or pliable willow twigs, lends itself to weaving and is a traditional material for utilitarian and decorative baskets. Explore basic basket structures, various weaving materials and commonly used tools.
Paste paper is one of the earliest forms of surface decoration. Traditionally, it was used for endpapers and book covers. In the contemporary context, mixed-media artists are finding other new potentials.
Learn the history and uses of spot samplers, then make your own as you practice basic stitches including seed, running, back, stem, split, chain, lazy daisy, cross, satin and French knots.
Make multiple miniature assemblages the size of a matchbox, in which symbols, memories and dreams occur on a tiny scale. Learn about the history of matchbox art and peek into the world of contemporary matchbox artists.
