This special program allows The Studio to open its doors to the public on various days throughout the year.
Come into The Studio and create! Let us provide the project/materials and you can bring your family/friends to have an imaginative and creative experience. Or just come by yourself for one of our workshops. Perfect for holiday gifts or just making a special art piece to bring home. Check our Facebook page or join our mailing list to receive Workshop dates and times.
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Holiday Card creation. Printmaking.
Come into the studio and create your personal Holiday Card Collection. Simple relief styrafoam printmaking techniques will be introduced and the carving will become the template for each card. The studio will have paints, stamps, liquid watercolors and a variety of papers to embellish and add to each print. You will leave the workshop with a complete unique collection of cards to send to family and friends.
Wood Menorah
Come spend some special time as a family creating a new menorah to enjoy and light on Hanukkah. Wood, acrylic/tempera paint, metal and other materials will be made available to create your own menorah. Start a new relaxing Hanukkah tradition with your family at this art filled workshop.
Christmas Tree Ornaments
Come into the studio as a family and create unique ornaments for your Christmas Tree. Wood, fabric to sew, clay, other art materials will be made available to make your ornaments at the workshop. We will have paint and other decorative materials to add color and embellishments. Each ornament will come to life and sparkle on the tree when you bring them home from the workshop
Japanese calligraphy brush painting of flowers
The creative expressive power of the singular black calligraphy line in the Japanese tradition of painting has influenced artists over the centuries. This workshop will explore the artistic possibilities of the Japanese calligraphy brush through observing flowers in a vase. We will create multiple black sumi ink paintings of the flowers, in order to capture the expressive power of each line and moment in time. Then delicate color will be added to the painting with ink and watercolors. A unique portfolio of a “Japanese” inspired still life will emerge and inspire a new generation.
Ages 8 years and older.
Assemblage sculpture of a person
Come create a sculpture of a real or imagined person. Modern assemblage techniques will be introduced. Furthermore, we will look at Picasso and other assemblage artists for inspiration. Then through using wood, metal, found objects, paint, fabric and other materials we will create a relief assemblage sculpture of a person. This workshop is a great way to spend time together as a family discovering the wondrous world that appears when so many materials combine together to create one unique piece of art.
Open Studio for young artists and families
Ages 2.5-4 and adults
This workshop will open the doors of the studio to young artists eager to create with their parents or other significant adult in their life. There will be four different activities made available to engage with within the hour and a half open studio time. Painting, sculpture and other process oriented activities will inspire great creative fun and also teach young artists about the wonders of art making and the world of colors and space.
Doll Making
Come create your own special doll in this two-day workshop. On the first day, the students will use wire, plaster and wood dowels to construct the body, head, hands and feet. Then on the second day, fabric and stuffing will be used to construct the soft body and clothes. We will then paint the doll and bring its unique personality to life. Furthermore, natural yarn, buttons, lace and other decorative materials will be available to glue on to the doll for a finishing touch. What a great opportunity to make a new doll friend to play with or treasure on the display shelf.
Calder Mobile
In this two-day workshop, come create your own whimsical hanging mobile like the American master sculptor, Alexander Calder. Day One: The students will look at pictures of Calder’s various mobile constructions too get inspiration. Then using wire we will bend and shape the wire into wondrous mobile designs. Each bent mobile wire will have color applied by using acrylic medium and colored tissue paper. Day Two: The various wire mobile parts will be hung and attached with wire and string. Once complete you can enjoy watching your mobile move in the wind and dance with the spinning colors of your imagination.
Create art like your child/discover your inner creative self
It’s finally here! Many parents have asked if they could do a class just like their child. Therefore, the studio decided to create a workshop dedicated to discovering your inner imagination and creativity through drawing, painting and sculpture. Simple art techniques will be explored and new paths of creative expression will appear. New art creations will come to life that you always thought you could make. Let your inner child come out and make art.
Coffee and bagels will be served
Week one: painting with music
Week two: Sculpture
Week Three: Drawing with pastels
Week Four: Painting on large papers