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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Art and Nature with Mixed Mediums
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore drawing and painting nature using mediums including pastel, paint, charcoal and more
Period 3
Class Spans
3 Periods
Carve a Pair of Courting Rails with Rich Smoker
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn to carve a pair of stylized birds with renowned master carver Rich Smoker.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Cherokee Pottery with Lillie Vann
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a small turtle using Cherokee symbols and techniques.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Cherokee Shields and Rabbit Rattles
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create clay shields and forms using Cherokee methods and designs.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Colored Pencil Illustration with Kelsey Wailes
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the techniques to create a wide variety of illustration types, from cartoonish to realistic.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Contemporary Indigenous Life in the Mid-Atlantic with Jess McPherson
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Making the Visible the Invisible. A week-long introduction to the region’s Native communities, including history, culture, and arts.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Create a Neck Torque with Set Stones w Gina Copanzzi
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Design and create your own beautiful neck torque!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Creating a Nordic Rya Rug w Melinda Byrd
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Design and make your own knotted shag rug, a Nordic tradition!
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Cubist-Inspired Portraits w Randall Gornowich
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create at WHOLLY unique Multi-Faceted Cubist Inspired Personal Portrait.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Earth Colors: Making Pigments from Plants and Minerals w P Brodowski & K Koons
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Discover how to transform pigments extracted from plants and minerals into a variety of artist paints and inks.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Fun with Rib Baskets w Sharon Schaeffer
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to weave a modified potato rib basket with a found twisted vine or stick handle using colors and reeds of your choice.
Evening Events
Class Spans
Gallery Talks
Available:
- Week 1
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Gallery Talks: Monday through Friday at 6:30 PM ET ~ Artist talks on various art forms. FREE
Week 1: Streaming on the Common Ground on the Hill YouTube Channel
Week 2: In Person AND Virtual! Gallery Talks at Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Hand Spinning Wool Yarn w Susan Withnell
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Learn how to spin wool into yarn that is suitable for knitting, crocheting or weaving.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
I Didn't Know My iPhone Could Do That! with Cary Wolfson
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Take your cell phone images beyond good photography and into the realm of fine art.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
IPhone Macro Photography: Up Close in the Garden
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Get into your garden like never before with iPhone Macro Photography!
Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Introduction to Dine-Style Tapestry Weaving with Tyrrell Tapaha
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the skills to prepare and weave in the Diné (Navajo) style!
Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Introduction to Knitting with Tyrrell Tapaha
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Learn the basic mechanics behind knitting and its different cultural applications throughout the world.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Knitting Beyond the Basics w Kira Dulaney
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Intermediate
Expand your skills and explore what else knitting has to offer
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Make A Hat a Day with Katherine La Pietra
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Make a hat a day, from caps to tams.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Needle Felting a Trio of Songbirds w Gayle Mathues
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Intermediate
Make a cheerful little wool felted songbird! For those with some experience needle felting.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Open Road Smartphone Photography with Phil Grout
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to use your smartphone for photography in outdoor locations.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Penny Rugs: Tradition Meets Modernity w Loring Boglioli
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Revive this 19th century ornament-making art form with contemporary methods!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Photoshop 101 and Beyond with Don Elmes
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Learn to use the many features of Photoshop, including layers, layer masks, selection tools and more.
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Plants Speak in Life and Art with Robert Pullen
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Robert Pullen (Mskoke) and presenters from different cultures will guide students through interactions to find inspirations from plants.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Plein Air Painting with Pat Brodowski
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to paint in the great outdoors!
Something For Everyone
Schedule a week or two, or three! Or, just sprinkle some classes in between other commitments.
