Wednesdays, March 2 – 16 / 6 – 9 pm

This class is designed for photographers working with a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera. Course participants will explore the specific features of DSLR cameras, as well as general photographic skills and techniques to improve their photography skills.  DSLR Camera Basics is a recommended -pre-requisite for this class, though photographers with some camera experience are welcome to register.

Instructor: MD Welch 
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List: Students are required to bring have a DSLR camera, as well as their camera’s manual. A fully charged battery and memory card are also necessary for class. Any lenses that they own should also be brought to class.

Thursdays, April 14 – May 19 / 6 – 9 pm

Students will be introduced to a variety of techniques to help improve their portrait drawing skills. Topics covered will include the divisions of the head, two-value block-in, rhythm lines, lost edges and much more. The first two classes will be based in instruction while the remaining four classes will be dedicated to drawing from a live model.    

Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / all levels

Supply List: 

• Charcoal pencils (recommendations: General’s Charcoal, Ritmo, Conte)
• Soft compressed charcoal sticks
• White charcoal stick (optional)
• Blending stump
• Kneaded eraser
• Newsprint drawing pad 14”x17” or 18“x24” (smooth or rough depending on your preference)
• Box of Kleenex for smudging

Sunday, April 10 / 10:30 – 11:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Sunday, April 10 / 9:30 – 10:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Sunday, February 28 / 10:30 – 11:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Sunday, February 28 / 9:30 – 10:15 am

Bring your baby or toddler and go beyond finger-painting by blobbing, smushing, and smearing colors with hands and feet! Witness baby’s first painting with no mess at home. Your wee one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Dress for a mess!

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Instructor: Lisa Kornze
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Sunday, April 10 / 10 am – 2 pm

Create a miniature pine needle basket using natural materials. Learn from the basket making tradition of Audrey Frank’s native Nevadan Washoe/Paiute culture. Explore weaving methods by combining pine needles, Sinew and raffia in this one-day workshop. *Supply list.

Instructor: Audrey Frank
Ages: 15 and Up / All Levels

Monday – Friday, March 28 – April 1 / 1 – 4 pm

Teens ages 13 – 18 will have fun exploring the tactile nature of clay.  Instruction will encompass basic hand building, throwing on the wheel, and sculpture.  In this 5 day intensive for teens, students will learn about the basics of pottery, glazing and the transformation of their pieces from the heat of kiln. This will be a fun and educational class.  All works will be fired in the Museums’ kiln. All materials are included.

Instructor: Karen Vetter
Ages: 13 – 18 / All levels

Sunday, April 10 / 10 am – 4 pm

This workshop will explore different collage and mixed media transfer approaches for use in journal books and small art works. Techniques you will learn include gelli-plate prints, gel skin transfers, building backgrounds with ephemera and acrylic paint; and using Xerox transfers as a source material to draw and paint with. 

Supply List: 

• Your Journal Book – good to have one with thick paper and/or loose sheets of thick paper
• Matte or Gloss Heavy Acrylic medium
• Inexpensive crafting brushes in various sizes 
• Gelli Arts Printing Plate (6”x6” or 8”x10”) 
• X-acto knife 
• China Marker 
• Uni-Ball white pen 
• Fine-point pigment pens or markers for detail work and writing 
• Craft Matte acrylic paints – the inexpensive ones in the bottles (at Wallmart they are around $1.50) in white, cream, and your favorite colors 
• Images in color and black and white that are printed out on a laser printer or color-copied
• Ephemera items: magazine images, decorative papers, copies of old letters, newspaper articles, tickets, receipts, junk mail, fabric pieces, different tapes like the decorative ones found in the scrapbooking section of stores. 
• A old credit card or gift card

Instructor: Candace Nicol 
Ages: 15 and Up / All Levels

Monday – Friday, July 25 – 29 / 1 – 4 pm

Students will enjoy this introductory level course designed to teach basic acrylic painting techniques including blending, impasto, and dry brush. Students will paint from still life installations, paint portraits, and create abstract compositions combining various techniques. Each class will approach acrylic paint differently to provide an introduction as to how the medium can be utilized for different styles and subject matter. 

Instructor: Ashley Follmer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels 

Required Supplies:

• Artist Grade Acrylic Paint (Golden, Liquitex, or Grumbacher) *Not Liquitex Basics: Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow Light, Phthalo Blue, Raw Umber, Alizerin Crimson, Titanium White, Mars Black in  2, 3, or 5 oz tubes
• Jar for Water
• Palette Sheets
• Synthetic Brushes: Flat or Bright 0, 2, 4, 8, 10 (five brushes total)
• Palette Knives (Variety of Sizes)
• The Masters Brush Cleaner and Preserver 2.5 oz
• (5) 8 x 10” or 9 x 12” Canvases
• (2) 8 x 10” Canvas Boards