This workshop series invites participants to engage with a variety of materials through guided, hands-on exercises. Each session is designed to encourage intuitive making, helping participants relax into the creative process without pressure or expectation. Through mindful exploration of texture, form, and composition, participants develop a deeper connection to their artistic voice. The focus is on process over outcome, creating a supportive space for experimentation, presence, and personal expression.

Have you ever wondered how and why the impressionist painted the way they did? 

Would you like to learn to paint like an impressionist yourself?

This class, meant for students at all skill levels, will start from the ground up teaching students how to mix colors like the impressionists and introduce students to various techniques that evolved in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be you can build the highest possible quality frame for approximately $80.

Explore Japanese Stab Book Techniques

This engaging, hands-on workshop invites participants to explore the creative possibilities of collage and assemblage. Through an intuitive and experimental approach, participants will then transition into three-dimensional assemblage, working with lines, planes, texture, and found objects to create dynamic spatial compositions.

Create beautiful, one-of-a-kind prints using leaves and grasses straight from the garden! In this beginner-friendly workshop, you'll learn how to use a gelatin plate and acrylic paints to make layered botanical prints that are stunning enough to frame or give as gifts.

This open studio event is for creative people to meet and create a book. All book-making materials will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring papers or materials they would like to incorporate into their Artist Book. This event is for those with book-making experience. Adele will provide technical instruction for individuals interested in bringing their creativity to bookmaking.

Enjoy painting with a variety of tools and explore techniques with freedom and ease while focusing on the joy of the creative process. 

Using acrylic paint on glass plates, participants will create expressive prints in both black & white and color. Drawing inspiration from abstract expressionist artists, the process encourages accessing the subconscious and embracing spontaneity.

Give your mother an origami flower bouquet filled with love and personal touch this Mother’s Day💐 Naoko Kamioka, Origami Instructor, will teach how to fold origami flowers

In this one-session workshop, we’ll explore the delight of building gel plate monotypes with transparent color. Using printmaking paper and Golden Open Acrylics, you’ll learn how to create rich, layered images through both additive marks (painting and drawing directly on the plate) and reductive techniques (wiping, lifting, and masking from an inked plate). We’ll also cover basic registration for printing multiple layers in alignment.

Shaped books are a creative approach to presenting art or poetry. They are typically small and have maze-folded signatures.

In this workshop, participants will design a circle book and a triangle book using folding techniques for signature pages.

Celebrate spring by learning how to paint a floral still life with watercolors!

Celebrate spring by learning how to paint a floral still life with watercolors! Students will learn how to mix colors, use different brush strokes and become acquainted with wet versus dry methods. Composition and the concept of values are part of the instruction.

Discover the satisfying, addictive world of screenprinting in this hands-on workshop! You'll learn how to cut your own stencil design in stencil film, adhere it to a screen, and pull your first prints using water-based inks on paper.

An artistic journey rooted in freedom and experimentation through quick sketching, abstract painting, collage, and mixed media. Participants are encouraged to respond intuitively, embracing process, imperfection, and discovery.

In this hands-on course, you’ll dive into the colorful and creative world of gel plate printing.

Using charcoal, acrylic paints, stencils, and special layering techniques, you’ll learn to create beautiful one of a kind monoprints. The class emphasizes experimentation, creative play,and learning to trust your artistic instincts.

This open studio event is for creative people to meet and create a book. All book-making materials will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring papers or materials they would like to incorporate into their Artist Book. This event is for those with book-making experience. Adele will provide technical instruction for individuals interested in bringing their creativity to bookmaking.

Budget frames cost $200-$300 and high-quality frames cost $400-$800. For any artist, framing is always a pervasive problem and sometimes a crippling cost. Fortunately, with a little bit of knowledge and the right tools and materials, it doesn’t have to be you can build the highest possible quality frame for approximately $80.

Whimsy! Explore monotype printing to create your whimsical artwork. We will print freeform monotypes and combine materials to create chine collé, collage, hand-painted prints and/or notecards. Tme to be free and whimsical.

As the energy of spring invites renewal, this class is designed for you to gently nourish your nervous system. We’ll move through one hour of soothing, breath-led yoga to unwind the body and calm the mind, followed by a 30-minute guided meditation for deep rest, allowing the nervous system to integrate, reset, and settle into a state of ease—supporting clarity, resilience, and a sense of grounded presence for the spring season.

As the energy of spring invites renewal, this class is designed for you to gently nourish your nervous system. We’ll move through one hour of soothing, breath-led yoga to unwind the body and calm the mind, followed by a 30-minute guided meditation for deep rest, allowing the nervous system to integrate, reset, and settle into a state of ease—supporting clarity, resilience, and a sense of grounded presence for the spring season.

This lecture will explore the extraordinary life of Lee Miller (1907–1977), a pioneering photographer who moved from the world of fashion to the frontlines of World War II. As a war correspondent for Vogue, Miller documented the human cost of conflict with unflinching honesty and deep empathy. From the London Blitz to the liberation of Paris, and from the battlefronts to the harrowing scenes at Dachau, her lens captured both the courage and the suffering of soldiers and civilians alike.

Spring is just around the corner! 🌸 Come celebrate the season by learning how to create cherry blossoms folding and cutouts plus the butterflies, immersing yourself in the beauty of cherry blossom season.

The Secret Belgian Binding is a technique known for it visible thread pattern on the cover and spine. The "secret" aspect refers to the way the sewing thread is hidden on the inside of the spine. This binding technique lies flat when open and works well as a sketch book for artists.

Beginning with traditional forms of drawing, this 8-week class will start by teaching comparative measurement, and the basic techniques artists have used to draw for hundreds of years. Next this class will transition to working from direct observation and

teach students how to find inspiration from the world around them. Finally, students will apply what they learned and challenge their abilities by drawing landscapes and the human form.

In this one-session workshop, we’ll explore the delight of building gel plate monotypes with

transparent color. Using printmaking paper and Golden Open Acrylics, you’ll learn how to create rich, layered images through both additive marks (painting and drawing directly on the plate) and reductive techniques (wiping, lifting, and masking from an inked plate). We’ll also cover basic registration for printing multiple layers in alignment.

An art maze fold book is created by folding and cutting a single sheet of paper to form a maze structure that unfolds like a book. The maze-like structure can be used to present artwork. While the folding and unfolding create a unique viewing experience.

Join a heart-filled and joyful origami workshop where art & craft meet connection with others.

Sip drink while learning how to fold origami hearts — a simple heart plus a few fun variations.

This year, make Valentine’s extra special by giving a handmade heart to someone you care about (or keep one for yourself!).

Valentine’s Day is a time to celebrate love in all its forms—romantic love, love for family and friends, and the spirit of love and peace in our communities and the world. In this workshop, we’ll create a beautiful origami Valentine wreath adorned with paper hearts. You’ll learn how to assemble the basic origami heart wreath. If you would like, you can learn how to make heart variations to attach to the wreath or keep them as is. The wreath is perfect for decorating your home or sharing with someone special. Come enjoy a fun and heartwarming time filled with creativity, color, and love!

Take abstraction into three dimensions by bringing together found objects, materials, and personal artifacts to form sculptural compositions that tell a story or evoke emotion. The process invites play and discovery, often leading to surprising, unexpected results. As you create, you train both your eyes and your mind to perceive, connect, and act in fresh new ways.