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Make It Yourself
Our popular weekly, FREE multigenerational Community Art Classes are back! Saturdays, 11am-1pm (**New time!**) June 1st through August 24th 2024 New multi-media activities are offered each week and taught by professional artists and educators from our Artist in Residence program. This is a drop-in class...just show up. All ages and all abilities are welcome. Classes are held outside in our beautiful Garden. Bring the family and a picnic! See below for the lineup of artists leading each week's activities! |
June 1, 2024
Piñata Dream House with Lerida Vega Join us in the garden to create your very own piñata Dream House. While there will be recycled boxes available, we encourage you bring a small box from home that inspires you! |
June 8, 2024
Watercolor Resist with Melanie Taylor Create colorful artworks with oil pastel drawing and transparent watercolor paint using resist techniques. All materials provided for all ages! |
June 15, 2024
Foil Mono Print with Meera Ramanathan Use aluminum foil, ink and brayer to create your own special mono print with textures and patterns! |
June 22, 2024
Stargazer Watercolor with Melanie Taylor Discover innovative watercolor painting techniques to create stunning starry skies using dye based watercolors. All materials provided for all ages! |
June 29, 2024
Cardboard Loom Weaving with Meera Ramanathan Create your own colorful woven piece with yarn and a cardboard loom. Use a needle to add a motif with a contrasting color yarn. |
July 6, 2024
Clay Windchimes with Terri Hughes-Oelrich Join us in the garden to make your very own clay wind chime! Your clay will be taken to be fired and can be picked up the following week. |
July 13, 2024
Dirt Painting with Helena Westra Come play with dirt in the garden! Make your own dirt paintings on paper using paintbrushes, glue, and locally harvested dirt. All ages are welcome, and all materials are provided, though you are free to bring your own dirt or sand if you'd like to. Come by, pop in, drop in, and stay as long or as little as you please. Get dirty! |
July 20, 2024
Hand Made Stamps with Brian Black & Ryan Bulis Join Brian & Ryan at the Make It Yourself workshop to cut, carve, and assemble a custom stamp for printing on paper, cards, or whatever you can imagine. Materials and tools will be available to accommodate all ages and skill levels. |
July 27, 2024
Felt Pins & Patches with Lerida Vega Join Lerida in the garden for an afternoons of pin and patch making. In true DIY fashion we will be using felt to create a little, one of a kind pin or patch! |
August 3, 2024
Creative Contraptions with Brian Black & Ryan Bulis Join Brian & Ryan at the Make It Yourself workshop to construct a contraption that rolls, bounces, slides, paints, crashes, mark-makes or can do whatever else you can imagine. Materials and tools will be available to accommodate all ages and skill levels. |
August 10, 2024
Embroidery with Claudia Cano Embroidery can act as a community activity that promotes interpersonal interactions and communal cohesion while providing opportunities for individual artistic expression. In this embroidery workshop, participants will learn the satin stitch used in traditional textiles and create their own bookmark. Claudia Cano created her own fabric designs and invites participants to embroider flowers, animals, or insect motifs. |
August 17, 2024
Clay Seed Bombs with Helena Westra Clay seed bombs in the garden! Come create your very own clay bomb you can fill with a variety of seeds that will be provided by Art Produce!! |
August 24, 2024
Copper Thread Jewelry with Terri Hughes-Oelrich and Michelle Murphy |
