Beginning/Intermediate Flameworking - Beadmaking (6 weeks)

Saturdays -- March 14th to April 18th -- 9:00-12:00

Dive into the world of molten glass and discover the art of beadmaking! In this beginner-friendly class, you’ll learn how to build beads on the mandrel, shape them with confidence, and add simple, colorful designs.

In a welcoming and safe studio environment, you’ll get comfortable working with the flame while exploring your creativity. The perfect place to begin your flameworking journey!

This class is for both beginners and intermediate level. Ages 16+

Flameworking Sampler Workshop

Sat Mar 14 • 12–3 PM

Description:

Curious about flameworking? This fun, hands-on workshop lets you sample beadmaking, marble shaping, and simple borosilicate sculpting. Students will also create a bead stand and marble stand to take home. Great for beginners who want to try it all!

Blow a special shaped vessel.

Saturday, March 14th, 1 pm to 4 pm

This class is for ages 18+. 

Please wear closed toe shoes, long pants and sleeves and have long hair pulled back. 

Beaded Wishes

March 15 

2-4 pm

Julia Tomaro, instructor

Thinking about the Holocaust elicits many different feelings. With this art experience people will be encouraged to capture their feelings about this subject and its effect on us today, using threads of cloth to link past to future, creating a small piece of jewelry. Beads with their hollow circular opening are thought of as story tellers in many cultures.  Along with the woven fibers they can relate what we feel about the past to bring this piece to fruition.  Inside will be tucked a secret wish to share the artist’s hopes, fears, dreams or heartfelt sincerity. Participants may bring a scrap of cloth that might have meaning to them or perhaps some beads that are favored, although these supplies will be available during the class. Embroidery stitches can also embellish this piece, as well as ribbons and yarns.

Take Flight

Learn subtractive sculptural technique where you take material away to release the form, think Michaelangelo, while rendering bird forms in clay, wood, stone, found and mixed media. You will work with wire loop tools in clay, chisels and rifflers in stone, the bandsaw with wood and mixed media learning the cabriole technique to create your unique designed by you bird forms.

Five birds, each unique in six weeks!

Mon March 16-April 20-April 13, 6 weeks, 6-8pm

Materials: $22 included in class fees

Sometimes painting seems so fun, but you have no idea how to start. What colors do you use? How do you fill the canvas in an interesting way? What do you do with the background? During this class we will experiment with different color palettes and learn how to develop interesting colors. The focus will also be on developing interesting compositions that draw the eye through the canvas, have backgrounds that compliment the subject and feel well thought out. Throughout the class we will work with acrylic paint. Paint, brushes and  canvas panels will be available or you can bring your own. In the first class we will discuss materials and options. 

$10 material fee included 

* Please note the youth studio is in a historical building with stairs. 

 March 16- April 13

6:30 pm to 9 pm

Introduction to Portraits

Creating portraits looks fun but can be intimidating. Working from photographs you will learn about proportions and how to draw facial features accurately. Using charcoal you will then learn how use light and shadow to create the form of a face and render eyes, nose, lips, chin, forehead proportionally.

Wednesdays, 6-8pm March 18-April 15 Poore

Materials: $10 each (included)

Worry Stones Workshop

Sat Mar 21 • 12–3 PM

Description:

Perfect for beginners! Learn to shape molten, colorful glass into smooth worry stones—or “touch stones”—using simple, soothing flameworking techniques. This is one of the easiest and most rewarding introductory projects, and you’ll leave with beautiful stones to carry or share.