Week of Events
Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture
The roar of the stadium. The green of the field. A held breath erupting into victory—or defeat. Is it any wonder that sports inspire artists? With our latest exhibition, Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, experience how today’s artists and designers respond to the drive, passion, culture, and systems surrounding...
Watercolor Basics II: 3-Class Mini Series
In this 3-part series, you’ll build on essential watercolor techniques with step-by-step instruction. You don’t need to have taken Watercolor Basics I to join—if you’re familiar with preparing paint mixtures, loading your brush, and cleaning your brush (whether through your own practice or another teacher), you're ready to participate. Throughout...
Watercolor After The Masters
Using principles learned from the Fundamentals, Figure/Head, and Painting classes, we’ll apply our knowledge and skills to Great Master artworks. We’ll learn watercolor basics (wet on wet,wet on dry, color mixing). Each week we’ll look at various artists such as Rubens, Rembrandt, Winslow Homer and more. From each, we’ll cover...
Introduction to English Paper Piecing-Quilting Technique
In this 3 hour workshop, you will create a handmade pincushion using English paper piecing. We will learn the basic skills and techniques needed for creating beautiful, intricate English paper pieced quilts, including: selecting fabrics, cutting pieces using acrylic shapes, “fussy-cutting” motifs, glue-basting, and relevant hand-sewing techniques. No prior sewing...
The Prison Concerts: Folsom And San Quentin (Jim Marshall’s Photographs Of Johnny Cash)
Widely known as the godfather of music photography, the late Jim Marshall maintained a 50-year career that resulted in more than 500 album covers, an abundance of magazine covers, and some of the most celebrated images in blues, jazz, country, and rock and roll, including those from Johnny Cash’s notable...
The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press
The Machine Behind the Art: Inside JR’s Printing Press is one of JR’s most extensive immersive and experiential works to date. After taking portraits in one of three individual photo booths, visitors enter the interior of an oversized, whirring printing press – turning their image into a tangible work of art...
Glass Fusing Suncatcher Date Night
Spark creativity together during this fun and colorful date-night experience! In this hands-on workshop, you and your partner will design and fuse your own vibrant glass suncatchers. Learn basic glass-cutting and decorative techniques, explore color and pattern, and create a one-of-a-kind piece that shines in the light. No experience necessary—just...
Quick Gestural Sketch with Live Model
In this workshop we'll lean on setting a foundation to drawing: Gesture. Essentially the soul of drawing, we will spend class sketching from the live model in various timed poses. Rhythm, movement, and flow are all concepts to be covered. Posses will rangefrom 2 minutes, 5's 10's. Focus will be...
