Workshops

Join us for a relaxed, social Halloween collage workshop where you'll enjoy refreshments, music, and all materials needed to create a unique, frame-ready artwork to take home, display, or gift.

Join us for a high-energy holiday art workshop where you'll collaborate on a large abstract acrylic mosaic using professional painting techniques and specialty mediums while enjoying refreshments.

Explore drawing and painting through playful mark-making inspired by printed references and Golden Gate Park, using non-erasable media to build creativity and confidence by embracing experimentation and layering.

Discover how different fountain pen inks respond to water through hands-on testing and applied studies, learning to choose materials intentionally based on their behavior, permanence, and expressive potential.

Expand your world-building through intuitive drawing, writing, and mixed-media experimentation inspired by surrealist artists, culminating in a large-scale imaginative artwork.

Explore the history and practice of Graphic Medicine through lectures and hands-on comics-making, learning to use visual storytelling to share personal experiences, foster empathy, and explore healing.

Learn to draw flowers in style! We will sip tea as we cover the basic elements of floral sketching and basic shading, linework, and composition.

Create personal SoulCollage® cards through guided collage, reflection, and sharing to explore your inner strengths, wisdom, and intuition in a supportive, creative environment.

Learn the basics of Gelli plate monotype printing with water-soluble block inks while experimenting with layering, textures, stencils, and hand-pulled prints in a fun, press-free process.

Learn the art of wire wrapping to create one or more decorative bonsai tree sculptures using a variety of wires and leaf-making techniques, finishing your piece on a base you provide.

Learn the fundamentals of jewelry fabrication and metalsmithing while creating a sterling silver stacker ring with a cabochon stone using techniques including sawing, soldering, bezel setting, and polishing.

Discover how to shape and transform wire into unique jewelry designs by learning basic forming techniques and adding beads and embellishments.

Translate your love of typeface, linework, and drawing into wearable art by learning metalworking techniques such as sawing, soldering, drilling, shaping, and polishing brass and copper.

Learn the ancient art of chainmail jewelry by creating a stainless steel medieval-inspired bracelet using traditional techniques.

Learn copper foil stained glass techniques while creating an air plant holder, exploring soldering, patina, and wire work.

Learn stained glass fundamentals through glass cutting, copper foil (Tiffany method), soldering, and decorative techniques while creating custom earrings and pendants to take home.

Learn sweat soldering techniques to create layered, dimensional metal charms while mastering surface preparation, heat control, and finishing methods.

Create sparkling, one-of-a-kind chandelier earrings using wire, beads, and findings while learning simple jewelry techniques to design colorful pieces perfect for gifting or keeping—great for friends to enjoy together,

Explore porcelain clay by creating unique holiday ornaments with smooth surfaces, textures, and decorative underglaze decals in this two-day workshop.

Create heartfelt handmade holiday greeting cards through a fast-paced gel plate printmaking workshop, exploring personalized designs and creative techniques.

Design and create personalized holiday wrapping paper by making custom printing stamps and experimenting with colors and textures.