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Porch Sign Painting
with Gabrielle Lovi
You have seen these tall wood signs propped up on people’s front entrances. Now you can make them yourself. These signs are 48” tall and 9.5” wide. You get to choose ahead of time your stencil design with many seasonal and holiday designs to choose from and your projects background paint/stain color. When you arrive to class you get to do all the fun stuff. There will be a lot of paint colors to choose from to make your project your own. The class is instructor-led, so you will have the experience of Gabrielle to guide you along the way. Learn how to avoid those nasty bleeds on your project and stencil with confidence. When you leave, you take home that evening a beautiful project. Materials fee of $20 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.
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Holiday Mono Print Card Making
with Patrick Corey
Show your holiday spirit this season with homemade cards. In this one night, three-hour workshop, you will create a dozen holiday themed, mono print cards using masks and stencils. Learn about various gel printing techniques and produce true pieces of fine art for your friends and family. All supplies included (i.e., cards, envelopes, and ink).
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Holiday Sled
with Gabrielle Lovi
Embellish this beautiful handmade wooden sled for your seasonal decorating. Sled runners are stained Early American and are sealed. Wooden sled top is painted (white or burgundy) or stained (Early American or classic gray) and is ready for you to stencil your design (many holiday-themed designs from which to choose). Rely on Gabrielle's experience to guide you along the way and take home a beautiful piece for your home! Materials fee of $20 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.
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Wood Ornaments
with Gabrielle Lovi
Craft three beautiful ornament for tree decorating or gift embellishing! Tons of seasonal and holiday designs from which to choose. Materials fee of $15 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.
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Dough Bowl Candle & Mason Jar Lantern Workshop
with Jenn Paulin
Join Jenn from Candlewood for a fun and creative evening making two crafts! We will combine dried leaves and winter balsam to craft stunning, decorative pieces that add a touch of nature to your home and make the perfect gift. Your choice of seasonal fragrances to create heavenly scents. You will also learn the art of decoupage, transforming a simple glass jar into a stunningly adorned lantern. Students will take home beautiful and functional pieces. All supplies included.
Winter Felt Flower Wall Art
with Gabrielle Lovi
Learn how to create holiday season felt flowers. Make several flowers and finish them on a farmhouse-style wood board. Add a personal message and you've got a unique, made-by-you decoration to display for the season! Materials fee of $20 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.
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Fresh Flower Workshops
with Courtney King
We love to receive a delivery of those artfully crafted bouquets, don’t we? Inspired by their beauty, we think “I could do that... I could make a beautiful arrangement like that...” And then, the reality... an awkward cluster of drooping blooms that just doesn’t quite “get there.” If that sounds familiar, put this night on your calendar and register early to get your spot! Using fresh flowers, Courtney will wow us with basic floral arranging techniques as well as some interesting points about the flowers we’re using. The end result will be a beautiful bouquet to take home! Materials fee of $20 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.
Trusting the Creative Process
with Chris Newcomb
Creativity enhances every aspect of our lives. If we wish to grow as an artist, or as a human being, we need to break free from the routine and ruts we’ve fallen into. The creative process requires us to challenge assumptions, to take risks, to step into the unknown. And though that can be frightening, if we trust the process, we’ll discover we are not the sole creators of our art or our lives. We are co-creators. From that vantage point we’ll experience the real joy of being an artist. We’ll explore this process using watercolor monoprints, a technique as old as cave paintings. From there anything goes. Whether you consider yourself to be an experienced or a beginning artist this class offers something for you. Please come join the fun! Fun fact: When we trust the process, we don’t need to trust ourselves, or some other person, or some idea, or deity. We just trust the process and it yields the results. Take a look at the instructor’s website to see examples of his work: www.chrisnewcombart.com
Materials costs:
a) Printing blocks $25 payable to instructor at first class (cash please, all students)
b) Paints, brushes and paper $20 (or students may bring their own)