Learn how to make an improvisational quilt from scratch. This three-part workshop will explore intuitive piecing and improvisational ways of creating patterns, as well as techniques to hand sew a quilt. In this class we will reflect on what it's like to create a quilt 'as you go', and explore how to hand stitch and bind a quilt together in response to your piecing.

Learn how to make an improvisational quilt from scratch. This three-part workshop will explore intuitive piecing and improvisational ways of creating patterns, as well as techniques to hand sew a quilt. In this class we will reflect on what it's like to create a quilt 'as you go', and explore how to hand stitch and bind a quilt together in response to your piecing.

Join the Sewing Support Group for one or two hour increments to receive guidance on tricky spots or new skills that have you stuck in your sewing endeavors. We will provide experienced guidance, know-how, and reference materials for most scenarios you may encounter. With no more than 6 participants, there will be space for you to work while help is provided on an as-needed basis. In our experience, many problems have overlapping solutions. One participant’s problem may inform your solution…

For children ages 5 and up and their adult. Come with your child and paint a portrait of your pet together! In this class, we will explore the fun of doing both painting and printmaking through the technique of monoprints. We will print the monoprints both by hand as well as have a chance to use the studio’s new etching press! Participants can paint from memory or bring a printed photograph. Whatever method you choose, you will walk away with…

What do you dream of? Embrace the soft textures that can be achieved through drypoint to replicate the contents of your dreams. This class will use drypoint, an introductory Intaglio printmaking technique that uses an etching needle to draw on plastic to create an image that can be coated in ink and reproduced multiple times on paper using an etching press.

Let’s use watercolor as a tool to capture the season. As we transition into days outside, let’s embrace this lightweight and compact medium that’s easy for travel and capturing the world around you. This class will: -Explore methods and varieties of paint. -Talk about paper -Help you gain confidence with the medium. -Ideate on a summer sketchbook to build up techniques.

Different art mediums have different personalities. Why does careful drawing with a colored pencil feel different than free fingerpainting? What makes scribbling with a Sharpie satisfying sometimes, or ripping and cutting and gluing a collage feel right at other times? This class is inspired by the expressive therapies continuum, which helps us consider what art tools light up what parts of our brain. Let’s explore how the art tool we choose can help us connect to our logical minds, our…

For the month of pride, we invite participants to remember our Queer and Trans-cestors through relief printing. In this class, learn how to carve and print multiple impressions of a relief block by hand. Draw inspiration from those who came before us to create hand-printed relief prints that honor their histories and celebrate our present existence. Lean into the somatic practice of hand sculpting a matrix to create a 2-dimensional image. For the month of pride, we are centering this…

Ages 14+ In this workshop, you will be introduced to a few different methods of creating zines: small DIY booklets. Approaches will range from simple, one-page folding methods to a basic introduction to paper stitching. We will cover a brief history of zines as autonomous publications and their use in disseminating ideas and information. Zines can be a great vessel for capturing and sharing stories, art, or virtually anything!

Ages 14+ In this workshop, you will be introduced to a few different methods of creating zines: small DIY booklets. Approaches will range from simple, one-page folding methods to a basic introduction to paper stitching. We will cover a brief history of zines as autonomous publications and their use in disseminating ideas and information. Zines can be a great vessel for capturing and sharing stories, art, or virtually anything!