In this weekend hot glass intensive students will learn the fundamentals of sculpting hot glass gathered out of the furnace. This workshop will offer a step-by-step approach to creating complex forms out of solid glass. Students will learn to apply color and shape the material with specialized hand tools while developing unique designs based on […]

Sandra brings a hands-on approach to teaching in this introductory-level workshop. This workshop covers a brief history of encaustic, equipment needed, setting up your workspace, mixing colors, adding media, and of course safety. Additional techniques will include collage, image transfer, and combining oil with wax. Everything you need to start creating with encaustic is included. […]

We all have to start somewhere! This course will introduce students to beginning glass blowing techniques and proper studio safety practices. Students will learn to gather glass, learn about the proper usage of glassblowing tools, how to create basic shapes and glass-blown forms, and how to work in a team setting. Class time will be […]

Create handmade habitats and/or feeders for native birds! In this class you will use the technique of handbuilding to alter a pre-thrown clay bottle form. You will be guided through the various additive and subtractive techniques in order to turn the form into a birdhouse or feeder depending on which one you prefer.  Friday Instruction: […]

What does it look like? What does it do? In this class, students will focus on refining forms like the drinking glass, pitcher, bowl, and plate, emphasizing their function and design. The Museum’s collection will be a departure point in discussing different functional designs, how they have evolved, and for specific applications. Students will improve […]

To achieve or maintain a sustainable, thriving creative practice, you may need to mend the “Broken Artist” that dwells inside you. Many of us have suffered so many disappointments and difficulties —both small and large— that we are left with what we call a “damaged heart” or “inner child” that needs repair. We may have […]

To achieve or maintain a sustainable, thriving creative practice, you may need to mend the “Broken Artist” that dwells inside you. Many of us have suffered so many disappointments and difficulties —both small and large— that we are left with what we call a “damaged heart” or “inner child” that needs repair. We may have […]

We all have to start somewhere! This course will introduce students to beginning glass blowing techniques and proper studio safety practices. Students will learn to gather glass, learn about the proper usage of glassblowing tools, how to create basic shapes and glass-blown forms, and how to work in a team setting. Class time will be […]

Learn to use handbuilding techniques to create a face jug using high-fire clay! You will have the opportunity to use traditional or modern stories as inspiration to create and attach faces using handbuilding methods on pre-formed clay jugs, which will be fired by our potters. Teaching artist, Phyllis Seidner-Vesely will show you how to turn […]

In this introductory course, learn the fundamentals of creating kiln-formed fused glass! The class will cover the techniques required to make fused glass panels/plates. Learn hands-on as you are guided through each step of fusing glass: designing a panel/plate, choosing glass, cutting glass shapes, and adding accessory glass. Saturday Instruction: June 3 & 10 Class […]

Painting is a beautiful way to express our perception of the world around us. This class will focus on learning the techniques of capturing the representational world in order to morph them and have others see their vision by working with the familiar to the unfamiliar, then combining the two. There will be two projects […]