This workshop will cover many different aspects of color theory, starting with how colors correspond with one another on a color wheel and continuing on to exploring the way colors relate to interior and exterior spaces as well as various subjects. We will work with color to create mood and atmosphere in a painting, and focus on creating specific tones and feelings in a painting using color to achieve these effects.

Are you a kid at heart? We will talk about pioneers of the comic strip such as Winsor McCay and more contemporary masters like Chris Ware, Gabrielle Bell, Lynda Barry, and any artists you'd like to share with the group. We will cover character development, sequencing, movement, panel structure, narrative voice, backgrounds, and inking. The instructor is trained by famed Disney animator Al Baruch! You will leave with the start of your own comic book or graphic novel. Beginners are welcome. A materials list will be provided. Bring a lunch!

Bird lovers will enjoy this 2-day workshop! Students will learn the fundamental pencil, ink and watercolor techniques needed to depict our feathered friends in works on paper. The principal source material will be photographs of birds selected by students. The instructor will facilitate the development of student confidence and technical fluency with these versatile and fun media. The class is open to all experience levels. A materials list will be provided.

This 2-day workshop will introduce you to the exciting world of relief printing. What is a relief print, you say? Do you remember when you carved an image into a potato and used it as a stamp when you were young? That is a relief print! Instead of using a potato, you will learn how to carve and print a linoleum block. The theme of the workshop is "Memory." Bring imagery that reflects this theme.

The first class you will receive materials and begin making a drawing/collage. We will go over all the tools needed to create your linoleum block and how to use them. Then we will transfer the drawn image on the linoleum surface, and if time is left over we will begin carving our blocks. You will be able to take home your blocks to carve at home for those of you who have detailed drawings. The second class we finish all the carving and then start printing!

In this workshop you will make gorgeous, one-of-a-kind Easter eggs with several layers of dribbled wax and multiple dips in dye. The edible results will look more like Jackson Pollock's work than Peter Cottontail's. Accompanied children 10 and up are welcome (one-to-one with adults). Bring your own dozen hard cooked eggs to dye! Parents are encouraged to take this workshop with their children!

Blend colorful, wispy bits of wool fleece together to assemble a felted picture. Works by your favorite Impressionist—Monet, Van Gogh, Matisse, Cezanne, Gauguin—or even your own impressionistic art will be used as inspiration for your felt piece. Plenty of images of Impressionists works will be on hand to use during the workshop. Learn to felt your art into a solid piece of fabric that will be suitable for hanging on a wall. Both wet felting and needle felting will be taught.

Love metal? Want to try a new medium? This class will cover all the basics in PMC (Precious Metal Clay). PMC is a medium that can be molded and manipulated like traditional clay, but when fired becomes a lovely piece of fine silver jewelry. You will learn various techniques such as creating flat forms to setting a gemstone to finishing your piece. All students will go home with a wonderful piece of one-of-a-kind jewelry by the end of the workshop. No previous instruction is needed. This class is great for beginners as well as advanced students.