Bring your sewing machine or use a sewing machine at the museum school and make a custom cover for your personal machine. In this 4 hour workshop, under the guidance of the instructor, students will have the opportunity of creating a fun, colorful and functional custom sewing machine cover. 

Note: The Museum School will have a limited number of Singer Brilliant 6180 sewing machines for students to use but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer. 

Sunday May 29
10 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Bree Kasper
Ages: (15+) | Intermediate and Advanced

Supply List:

• Student’s sewing machine (Optional)
• 2 yards of 44″+ wide quilting weight cotton in a solid color for the main front panel, the lining, and the binding
• ¾ yard of 44″+ wide quilting weight cotton in one coordinating print for the front accent panel, one side panel exterior, and two pocket exteriors
• ½ yard of 44″+ wide quilting weight cotton in a second coordinating print for one side panel exterior and one pocket exterior
• 1½ yards of 20″+ wide flexible foam interfacing; like the Pellon Flex Foam – the non-fusible option, although the one-sided fusible Flex Foam would also work
• ½ yard of 45″ wide medium-weight fusible interfacing; like this Pellon Décor Bond
• 3 yards (two packages) of ½” piping in a contrasting color; here is one Wrights Maxi Piping
• ¾ yard of 1″ wide webbing/belting in a coordinating color; recommend Dritz 1″ Belting

*Optional: Tear-away stabilizer & buttons

Learn to shoot professional quality photos using your iPhone! With the fast-growing quality of cell phone cameras, photography has become a much more accessible form of art. This class will go over the fundamentals of composition, lighting, and an editing workflow specific to the iPhone software, as well as printing 1 – 2 4×6 images directly from your phone. Although this class is based around the iPhone software, other smartphones are welcomed as the fundamentals of photography will still apply.

Saturday, July 18
10 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Julie Tracy
Ages: Adult (15+) | All Levels

Supply List: 

• iPhone with updated software
• Charging cord
• Photos on your phone for editing/printing or use images you take in class

Kids ages 9-15 will learn about the fun and incredible techniques of marbling. Under the guidance of the instructor, students will begin by working and learning the basics of marbling by printing a marbled greeting card. As students become more confident with the medium, they will then marble paper, fabric for a journal cover, make a small journal and finally finish with marbling a baseball hat or two.  All materials are provided along with a mid-camp snack.

Monday – Friday, June 27 – July 1 
9 am – noon

Instructor: Pietro Accardi
Ages: 9-15 / All Levels:

This popular marbling workshop will introduce students marbling techniques on fabric that can be used for covering books and boxes. Students will begin the day by working on basic marbling skills. With the instructor’s guidance, they will work on new patterns with an eye for nuance. The main focus will be on marbling fabric to create book cloth, and techniques for other textile uses will also be discussed. At the end of the day, the instructor will demonstrate how to prepare pieces of marbled cloth for use in bookbinding. Students will leave with their own stack of 15 marbled fabric pieces. All materials provided with registration.

Wednesday, June 8
10 am – 5 pm

Instructor: Pietro Accardi
Adult: (15+) | All levels

Witness your child’s first painting with no mess at home. Your little one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Not only is finger painting tons of fun, it is also an excellent feeling (kinesthetic) experience and is fantastic for the development of all the big and small muscles in your growing child’s fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Finger painting is wonderful for the development of color recognition, experimentation and color mixing and is terrific for developing creativity.

Dress for a mess! Messy play for babies and toddlers is crucial to healthy sensory development. Messy activities provide important foundational building blocks, sensory experiences and muscle and brain growth, all of which prepare children for later success and learning. 

Sunday, May 29
11 am – noon

Instructor: Makayla Butler
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Witness your child’s first painting with no mess at home. Your little one will make a creative keepsake for the family to cherish. Not only is finger painting tons of fun, it is also an excellent feeling (kinesthetic) experience and is fantastic for the development of all the big and small muscles in your growing child’s fingers, arms, shoulders, neck and back. Finger painting is wonderful for the development of color recognition, experimentation and color mixing and is terrific for developing creativity.

Dress for a mess! Messy play for babies and toddlers is crucial to healthy sensory development. Messy activities provide important foundational building blocks, sensory experiences and muscle and brain growth, all of which prepare children for later success and learning. 

Sunday, May 29
9:30 – 10:30 am

Instructor: Makayla Butler
Ages: 6 months – 3 years

Supply List: Change of clothes/diaper and a towel

Learn about the basics of working with clay for producing decorative and functional pottery. Students will learn the process and various techniques for going from an idea to a 3 dimensional completed glazed piece. The class will cover slab and coil construction as well as an introduction to throwing pieces on the wheel. An overview of decorating and glazing techniques for completing the piece will be presented.  All firings will be done by the museum in an electric kiln and all materials will be provided.

Wednesdays, June 8 – July 13
5:30 – 8:30 pm

Instructor: Jeff Hardcastle
Ages: 15+ | Beginners 

Learn the versatility of this multi faceted medium! Using color theory and form, this camp will focus on  different styles and techniques of painting each day. Color mixing will be an important aspect during camp as well as awareness of composition. Students will create a different piece of art each day and will come away from camp with an understanding of how to construct a painting. All supplies and a mid-camp snack will be provided. 

Monday – Friday, August 1 – 5
1 – 4 pm

Instructor: Meredith Durand
Ages: 7 – 12 | All Levels

Watercolors are admired for their unique quality – translucence. Learn more about the pigments on your palette and experiment with mixing your own colors to keep the beautiful luminosity of the medium. This class explores color mixing, tonal values, color theory, painting with triads and learning how to avoid muddy mixes. Students will also learn about color properties such as temperature, intensity, lightfastness and more. The origins of pigments, different pigment properties and differences amongst manufacturers will also be discussed. An excellent class for both the beginner and advanced student

Tuesday, June 28 and July 5
5 – 9 pm

Instructor: Iva Neveux
Ages: (15+) | All Levels

Supply List:

• Your personal watercolor pallet (all pigments)
• Paper: 2 sheets 11 x 15 inches, 140 lb cold pressed watercolor paper (paper can be purchased from the instructor during class for $2 a sheet; we will use 2 or 3 sheets)
• Brushes: ½ or ¾ inch flat brush
• Roll of paper towels
• Drawing pencil
• Eraser (a soft eraser such as kneaded or General’s)
• 2 Plastic water containers  

Intermediate and advanced level students will enjoy developing their hand building and/or wheel throwing techniques in this open studio ceramics class. Instructor will introduce students to new techniques, will encourage experimentation and will assist students as needed. 

Sundays, May 22 – June 26
10 am – 1 pm

Instructor: Jeff Hardcastle
Ages: Adult (15+) | Intermediate levels – Some experience and familiarity with hand building and wheel throwing techniques.