- Practice Makes Perfect! 10 weeks of studio time with a live model - details below.The classroom monitor will manage model poses and break sessions. Poses lengths will vary. Typically, the evening will begin with shorter poses and pose length will increase throughout the session.
Process & Print: Darkroom Open Studio
Monitor: Dustin Newman-Bell430.1 | Sat, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Room D Begins July 11 | $185| 8 Weeks | $30 walk-in/per sessionIdeal for photographers who want to work with film. Process: your film in preparation to Print: your negatives in the darkroom.A variety of sizes of negative carriers and lenses are available. This open studio can accommodate the students' darkroom needs; The monitor will help you meet your goals throughout this darkroom experience. Students must have their own film camera, or film negatives that they want to process.Meets weekly for 8 consecutive weeks. A $20 registration fee is added to the total.Ceramic: Open Studio Monitor: Lex Wittlin
482.6 | Sat 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM | Room E Begins: July 11th | $210 for semester OR $30 walk-in per week | 8 weeks Students must have prior Art Lab ceramic experience.Register for the full semester to only pay for the first 9 weeks and get the last week free.Students will need their own clay, which can be purchased from the Art Lab office for $26.54, tax included. All other materials are included with the fee for Open Studio.Contact Art Lab for details.There is no registration fee.Walk in per week is $20 for current ceramic students.- Alternative Darkroom Processes Kevyn Fairchild413.9 | Sun, 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM | Room D Begins July 12 | $208 | 3 Weeks This class is for artists and photographers who are interested in learning new ways to create prints. This alternative photographic process creates a “photograph” without the use of a camera or a lens by placing objects directly onto photographic paper. Students are encouraged to think out of the box and experiment with different techniques to create these unique works of art.Unlike some of the other alternative processes, this process produces a true black and white image and can only be done in a traditional darkroom. This is a great workshop for non-photographers who may be interested in learning a new way to create art without having to navigate the technical aspects of cameras. Meeting dates: 7/12, 7/19, 7/26.A $10 registration fee will be applied to your total.This class meets for 3 weeks.
Creative Card Making Workshop *NEW* Mary Lou Rosado
101.1 | Sat 1:00 - 4:00 PM | Room A Begins July 18 | $208 | 3 Weeks
During this hands-on workshop, we will go through the basics of card making, along with helpful techniques to make your cards truly special. You will be familiarized with card making tools, materials and techniques. You will create cards, exploring exciting styles including interactive and dimensional cards that will impress your friends and family. We meet for 3 consecutive weeks, July 18, August 1, and August 8.Great for beginners and the more experienced card maker. All are welcome.A $10 Registration Fee will be added to your total at checkout.Mosaic Workshop *NEW*
Ryan McGivern445.4 | 1:00- 4:00 PM| Room E Begins: Friday July 17th | $218 | 3 classesJuly 17, July 18, and July 20 onlyIn this 3 class workshop, you will create a beautiful, unique items, by arranging an array of colored glass, creating your own inspired design. This class meets in Room E on Friday July 17, July 18, and Monday July 20. Please note on the last day you will start at 1:30 P M and end at 4:30.A $10 Registration fee will be added to your total cost.- Still-Life Drawing, Portrait, & Landscape Griselda Healy112.1 | Mon 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Room B Begins: July 6th | $213 | 4 weeksThe class will concentrate on still life, observing and drawing different objects, creating the illusion of three-dimensional forms using paper and pencil. Value relationships, shape relationships, line quality and perspective will be demonstrated and discussed. These fundamental tools of design will strengthen your skills towards creating expansive space demonstrating strong three-dimensional forms in your compositions. Portrait drawing and landscape drawing are also subject options. For those students who are painters, this workshop will inform and strengthen your work. This is also an excellent class for young students working towards completing their portfolios.Beginners are welcome.This class meets once a week for 10 weeks.A $20 Registration fee will be applied to your total.See below for supply list.
- Summer Painting Griselda Healy 126.9 | Monday, 12:30 PM - 3:30pm | Room F Begins July 6 | $230 | 4 weeksThis is an open studio program. Come with your ideas, be it still-life, landscape, abstraction, or figure. Bring reference images if you wish to paint from photographs. You may bring objects for still-life if you wish to study form and work from life. This is an excellent opportunity for young students to continue working on their portfolio projects. If you are a beginner, bring your materials of choice and I will help you begin.Please see below for supply list!This is a 4 week class.*There is a 20 registration fee added to your total.
Art Heals Grief Adrienne Mikulka
198.1|Saturday, 10:00 A M-2:00 P M| Room G Begins July 25 | $230 | 3 Weeks/ClassesGrieve Well; Mourn on Purpose: A Three-Saturday Art Expressive Healing Workshop For Women.
Grief is love that has nowhere to go; art is our access… bringing light to dark places.
Join artist, grief doula, and educator Adrienne Mikulka of Art.Heals.Grief.com for a gentle three-Saturday gathering exploring grief through artmaking, reflection, and community witness. Rooted in the companioning philosophy of Alan Wolfelt, this workshop invites participants to honor loss rather than avoid it, and to discover meaningful ways to mourn on purpose and restore our capacity to love. Through guided art experiences, reflective writing, conversation, and ritual, women will create meaningful works that help give shape and movement to grief. Together we will explore:
- the difference between grief and mourning
- memory and continuing bonds
- grief bursts and linking objects
- creative expression as a language for sorrow and love
- community witness and compassionate listening
- personal mourning practices for life beyond the workshop
Collage: Process & Possibility Vince Serecin
114.2 | Tue, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Room A Begins July 7 | $236 | 6 weeksLet’s explore the art of collage together in a welcoming and supportive studio environment. This hands-on class is designed for beginners, returning creatives, and experienced artists alike — no prior art experience needed.Using vintage papers, photographs, books, found materials, and everyday objects, students will create flat collages, altered books, accordion books, and small sculptural or boxed works while exploring techniques in layering, composition, texture, and storytelling. Alongside collage, the class may include playful additions such as simple printmaking, handmade marks, transfers, and drawing with bamboo pens.Blending contemporary collage practices with historical inspiration, this course encourages experimentation, curiosity, and personal expression. Whether you are looking to begin a creative practice, reconnect with art-making, or expand an existing body of work, this class offers an open and encouraging place to explore.This class meets once a week for 6 weeks.A $20 Registration fee will be added on to your total.- "All'aperto" Painting Outdoors *NEW* Annamarie Trombetta123.9 | Tuesday, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | Room F & Outdoors Begins: July 21st | $237 | 6 weeksThis course will cover the basics principles for painting outdoors also known as "all'aperto" in Italian or "en plein air" in French. The first session will introduce the materials needed and basic set up to paint outdoors. The instructor will review how to compose a painting using a viewfinder to assist in designing and scaling the subject matter. Basic drawing skills are a prerequisite so one can focus on learning color mixing on site to capture natural light and shadows. Students will have the experience of working outdoors with the instructor, asking questions and developing a painting created on location. Class will be postponed if it's raining when class is scheduled, classes will be tacked onto the end of the semester.See below for supplies list.Open to all intermediate and experienced painters.Experience in painting with oils be it still life or from the model, is a prerequisite.This class meets once a week for 6 weeks.A $20 registration fee will be applied to your total.
Learning Color Theory Painting Simple Still Lifes *NEW* Annamarie Trombetta
122.2 | Tue 2:00 - 5:00 PM | Room F Begins: July 21 | $237 | 6 weeksThis course is designed for all levels, painters and students, who want to learn more about Color Theory through the practice of still life painting. Each major and minor color in the color wheel will be scientifically explained and discussed. The practice of color theory will be implemented by painting a simple still life painting. For example, students will begin with the color yellow by painting a lemon , concentrating and learning the properties of the colors in the yellow family, noting if it is transparent--semi transparent or opaque, if it has a high or low tinting strength, etc. Direct perception and painting while integrating the science of color will enhance the technique of painting realistically.See below for supplies list.This class meets once a week for 6 weeks.A $20 registration fee will be applied to your total.
