While this program is designed as a welcome for all to participate, we aim to encourage grandparents and grandchildren to explore the arts together!

This play group builds relationships between our older and younger generations - through activities that foster learning, kindness, and joy for all. 

Families get the opportunity to get a little messy in the art making process!

All materials provided. 

Description coming soon!

Materials not provided. Please bring the following supplies:

- #1 darning needle or needle with large eye and dull point (required)

- 1 curved needle can be very helpful

-1 cutting mat or other cutting surface, minimum 8.5x12 inches (required)

-1 bookbinding awl or other sharp tool to push through paper and board (required)

-1 bonefolder (required)

-1 craft knife (required)

-1 ruler: 12, 18, or 24 inches, cork preferred (required)

-1 flat paint brush, foam brush, or glue brush for glue, 1.5 to 2 inches wide (required)

-scissors 

-pencil or pen

-binder clips

Explore the world of your local birds through drawing! We will take a step-by-step approach to drawing our feathered friends through photos and video.We will explore their favorite backyard birds through the fundamentals of drawing. We will apply these drawing skills to accurately capture our bird’s form and behavior. Students will also connect their birding knowledge to their drawings to inform anatomy, feather tracts, and other important identification landmarks. We will be rendering birds with graphite and colored pencils.The drawing skills that we are practicing in class will help you observe your feathered subjects carefully and capture the details for later reference. 

Materials not provided. Please bring the following:

- Drawing Pencils (2B, 6B, Ebony Pencil)

- Pencil Sharpener

- White Click Eraser

- Bristol Paper, Vellum

- Colored Pencil set

Optional:

- Binoculars

- Bird Field Guide

Rediscover the Crayon — not as a childhood relic, but as a serious artistic medium. Crayons Reimagined is a contemporary art course built around original, instructor-developed techniques that reveal the crayon as a dynamic, expressive medium for adult artists. Perfect for makers who love color and aren't afraid to try something unexpected.

Materials not provided. Please bring the following:

-crayons of your choice

-construction paper (a variety of colors is welcomed)

Open Print Lab is designed to be a creative exploration space! Open Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

In this 4-session class, you will learn various methods and techniques in working with the unique medium of charcoal. We will cover line and mark making, value (shading), blending with “stumps” and other materials, creating texture, and using erasers for special effects, as well as working loose and expressive. Each week, you will create a drawing using different techniques. Get ready to explore, experiment, and have creative fun!

Materials not included. Please bring the following supplies:

Required: Charcoal paper pad – 12x18 white, Vine charcoal (asst soft/hard in varying diameters), 1-2 sticks compressed charcoal, kneaded eraser, pen style eraser (fractis)

Optional: chamois cloth, sandpaper block, charcoal pencil, sharpener

Note: There are convenient charcoal supply kits available which include some of the needed supplies.

Friday Print Lab is where our intergenerational printmakers, with an established practice, meet with others, share work, tips, and life's journeys! Enjoy access to 3 manual roll-top etching/relief presses for your self-directed projects! This studio session is not a regular instructional class, so we recommend beginners start with one of our various printmaking classes.

Membership with The Drawing Studio is required for Print Lab participation. Membership dues allow us to keep cost low. 

Folks are welcome to bring in anything that they wish, just so long as it goes back home with you! A Studio Monitor is available to answer questions and orient you on materials. Some materials are available at cost, so bring cash for additional supplies.

Welcome to “Beyond 27 Seconds, the How, What, and Why of Looking at Art”.  our NEW and FREE monthly Community Forum where we look at, talk about, and create art!  Do you know that the average time a person views an art piece is a mere 27 seconds?  In that time one may decide “I like it” ,“I don’t get it” “It’s good.” or maybe “My 6-year-old could do that.” But what does one really comprehend in such a short amount of time? In this fun and lively forum, we will learn how to better engage with, enjoy more deeply, and truly appreciate art – and the artist!  Each session, we will focus on such topics as: process, genre, medium, or group of artists, movement, or time period, with the goal of understanding how and why artists create and how we can view art in new ways to better interpret, connect with, and appreciate what we see! Each month one of our teaching artists will share curated works of art to lead the forum, with the first hour exploring concepts like   “What makes a piece of art effective?”  “Do I need to know “what” I am looking at to appreciate it?” “How did they do that?”  Once inspired, we will create a simple, yet exciting art piece relating to the topic of the month.  Join us each month, August through November at The Drawing Studio.  In December, we will have a field trip to a local museum to view real art “in the wild” and practice our new skills of seeing and engaging!