In the 1800s, many homes were decorated with “Penny Carpets”, made from miss-matched fabric cut into circles. Patches were then layered and stitched together to make a large piece. Students create a Penny Carpet with fabric scraps. Each section is sewed to felt swatches, then joined to make a larger piece of art.

Want to experiment with clay? Join us for an introduction, discovery, and exploration to wheel and hand-building techniques. No take-home projects in this class. As it is purely an exploration workshop.

Design and construct a 3-dimensional letter using one of your initials. The surface can be decorated with descriptive words and images that are personally meaningful and unique.

In this particular lesson plan, students will mimic the work of Louise Nevelson, known for her abstract sculptures made from cast-off pieces of wood — actual street “throwaways” — uniformly coated with black or white spray paint. Students will create their own assemblages from wood pieces and other cast-off objects on a panel.

Use recycled bottles and cover them with colorful designs using beads. Great for vases, pencil holders, or simply decoration.

Take a leap into the third dimension as we paint tree landscapes from a neighboring park on 3 layers of clear glass. In this one session workshop we will delve into the permanence of oil paints on glass, how to apply and manipulate the paints to capture your unique painting style, and finally how to …

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Most fine art students learn through copying the masters. Join this club on Friday nights where we focus on one image by a famous artist and use tricks and techniques to create your very own version.

The circle has played a role in the art of every culture, often symbolizing unity and completeness. This simple reed-and-paper design demonstrates how balance, emphasis, patterns, rhythm, movement, and unity produce integrality in a piece of visual art.

Whether you're a bona fide poet or you didn't even know it, come use word stickets, fill-in-the-blank templates, and pages from ruined books and magazines to create your own mixed media poetry masterpiece.

Mehndi is the artistic application of henna to the hands and feet. Intricate designs are applied in repeating patterns, paisley, sun shapes, animals and plants but Mehndi artists enjoy using their personal creativity and vision as well. We will use permanent marker and create radial designs while a glove is being worn. The sense of …

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Welcome to Mid-Eastern art and design. The emphasis is on geometric patterns which occur in rich profusion throughout Islamic cultures. Some of these patterns represent objects found in nature and others demonstrate the beauty of order and symmetry. More than just ornamentation, these patterns were created to transform the object they adorn into something uncommon, …

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