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Period 1
9 - 10:15 am
Period 2
10:30 - 11:45 am
Period 3
1 - 2:15 pm
Period 4
2:30 - 3:45 pm
Period 5
4 - 5:30 pm
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Introduction to Leathercraft with Ty Pittman
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of hand crafting leather projects.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Introduction to Silk Scarf Hand Painting with Yuh Okano
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the Japanese art of hand painting on silk.
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Introduction to Synclastic Forging with Barbara Bayne and Wayne Wermer
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Make cuffs, earrings and more!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Knots and Spirals: Creating an Artist Book with Celtic Flair with Shawn Lockhart
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Carve Celtic knotwork and spirals into a linoleum block to print for your own artist book.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Making and Using a Tandoor Oven with Thomas Sterner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn how to make and use a tandoor oven.
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Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Matting and Framing Matters with Don Elmes
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn how to protect and frame your artwork.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Mood Rings: Bezel and Tab-Setting Stones with April Wood
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Create a ring with a bezel set stone.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Ceramics and Dreamcatchers with Jeremy Wright
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Flute Making with Jeremy Wright
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Make your own Native American woodland flute, whose haunting sound will give you hours of enjoyment.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Necklace of Beaded Beads with Joanne Bast
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a necklace of beaded beads using three different beading techniques.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Opening Doors: Shrine Carving and Painting with Thomas Sterner
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Use hand and power tools to carve a personal shrine with doors.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Painted Screens: The Iconic Baltimore Folk Art with Michael Seipp
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn about the iconic Baltimore art of screen painting and create a screen to adorn your home.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Painting Plants and Their Pollinators with Barbara Steele
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Paint close up and realistic images of flowers and the insects that pollinate them.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Pastels: A Sense of Color and Theory with Susan Maseth
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore a variety of techniques using soft pastels.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Photography - Capturing the Beauty Around You with Stuart Dahne
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to capture the beauty around you through photography.
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Plants Speak with Pat Brodowski and Barbara Steele
Available:
Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore art, ceremony, history, and botany using ancient traditional approaches to plants.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Plein Air Photography with Sasha Lane
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create captivating photographs outdoors.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Pull Up a Chair with Seat Weaving w Keith Taylor
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of seat weaving using shaker tape.
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Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Puppets - They're Back! with Katherine La Pietra
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Puppets - they're just fun! Learn to design and create your own puppet. No previous sewing skill necessary!
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Relief Sculptures Using Traditional Motifs with Nicole Diem
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a relief sculpture.
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Rya Rugs - Color Blending Magic with Melinda Byrd
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Color-Blending Magic
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Sand Casting Jewelry with Gina Copanzzi
Available:
Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Create sterling silver rings cast in sand.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Silkscreen Printing Influenced by Chinese Papercut Patterns with Irene Chan
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Silkscreen printing with paper stencils inspired by Chinese papercuts
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Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Southwest and Mexican Influenced Mosaics w Lalo Carrera
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn mosaic techniques while creating a piece inspired by designs of the Sonoran Desert.
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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Stained Glass Camp with Ragtime
Available:
Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a stained glass work of art!
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