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Interior design projects may involve totally new construction or the renovation, modernization, or refurbishment of an existing facility, space, or room. This course is intended for people who are considering a career in interior design. It provides a broad introduction to the profession and an overview of the education and requisite skills. The...

Discover the art of hand-dipped and hand-poured candles using eco-friendly, non-toxic ingredients, essential oils, and herbs. You'll learn the history of this ancient craft, and how to make synergistic scents that add a vibrance to the darker days of winter. Participants will make two different candles during class for at-home use. All materials provided....

Come in and learn the traditional art of shibori with indigo dye in this beginner class.  We start, learning how to begin your own indigo vat, using pre reduced indigo, and the history of indigo. 3-5 folding, tieing and binding resist techniques will be shown. Select the few you're drawn to and dye some of the plain items you have lying around...

Create images rather than capture them. The cyanotype photographic process has many expressive possibilities for the adventurous image-maker. Dating from 1842, this historic Prussian blue process offers a compelling alternative to modern digital prints. Topics will include: The history of photography Photograms Creating negatives Paper Substrate...

This class is for people of all levels, from rank beginner’s to advanced intermediate art students. You come and work from images that you have picked right from your phone. You can work from your imagination, from a still-demonstrates life, abstractly, figuratively. You can copy a part of a master work that you love, either drawing...

Join us for this unique and fascinating class as you learn to cut, bend, and tack your own oval Shaker boxes and peg and glue in the bottom and top. Each student will make four different sized boxes to take home, each box will be built from a different species of wood. A brief history of the shaker box will be discussed on the first day and the boxes...

This class will introduce students to the history of wood carving and its use in contemporary sculpture. The techniques used to shape the wood will be examined, the practical aspects of using and sharpening the tools, selecting the size, volume and type of wood to carve, as well as finishing of the surface of the artwork. Students will have a completed...

Join us for this unique and fascinating class as you learn to cut, bend, and tack your own Shaker oval carriers and glue and peg in the bottom and handles. Each student will make three different sized carriers to take home.  A brief history of the Shaker box will be discussed on the first day and the carriers will be started. The carriers will...

Interested in learning the ancient art of glassblowing? Look no further than this weekend workshop. This beginner-friendly class will cover the fundamentals of working with furnace glass: Gathering Shaping Blowing Collaborating in teams, students will learn to use tools to manipulate and control the molten glass and explore basic color application...

In any urban environment, street photography remains a compelling photographic practice. Many photographers throughout history and into the present have turned to candid scenes of street life, as well as posed portraits, to capture the exciting spirit of city life. In our virtual street photography class, students will immerse themselves in the various...

In this course, we will explore many complex relationships and how they were interpreted by jewelry designers. Every decade has a unique spirit: political crisis, nature, ideology, instinct, cinema. There is a common thread among these…each is an impetus in design. Each has inspired art, artists…and jewelry. To be a great designer requires a...

Learn about the cyanotype process in this hands-on workshop! The cyanotype, invented in 1842 by English scientist and astronomer Sir John Herschel, and used by the photographic pioneer Anna Atkins, produces distinctive Prussian blue images. During this two-day workshop, participants will learn how to mix and apply chemistry to paper and other materials...

Make a custom leather tote bag from scratch! Leather goods have been used by humans as far back as 5,000 BCE when Egyptians crafted sandals, clothes, gloves, buckets, bottles, and burial shrouds. In this dynamic workshop, you’ll use a variety of tools and materials and join the long history of leather craftspeople by creating your very own leather...

Join Janice Meltzer in a basic 7-step class in caning seats: using a stool kit, we will learn about soaking cane and weaving it in a traditional pattern.  This process can be applied to canoe seats as well as chairs! Students will have the option of bringing in their own chair or canoe seat to recane. If students are bringing their own piece of...

This class, students will learn how to create a completed landscape or cityscape painting from start to finish. Students will learn how to select a subject and refine their ideas using sketches and drawings. Vadnais will explain and demonstrate how to create a useful under painting as a foundation for subsequent layering of color. Finally, Vadnais...