Late Fall 2023 Schedule
Drawing and Painting (Ages 6-11) with Lindsay Fogg-Willits — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Mondays, November 6 – December 11
6 weeks
4:00-5:00pm
$130
Students will develop their painting and drawing skills in a fun and supportive class environment through daily technique demonstrations, material experimentation and projects exploring a variety of themes including landscape, portraiture, still life, figure drawing, abstraction and more. We will also learn ways that line, value, color, perspective and design principles can enhance a work of art. Bring an apron to protect your clothes from permanent supplies!
Sculpture (Ages 6-11) with Lindsay Fogg-Willits
Tuesdays, November 7 – December 12
6 weeks
3:00-4:00pm
$135
A great class for kids who have big imaginations and love building! We will work with clay, wood, wire, cardboard and more to create small and large scale sculptures. Projects will explore a variety of themes and will occasionally be inspired by sculpture artists working locally and abroad. Come ready to get your hands messy!
Observational Drawing and Painting for Teens (Ages 11-15) with Lindsay Fogg-Willits — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Tuesdays, November 7 – December 12
6 weeks
4:30-5:30pm
$130
This class is for “tweens” and teens who are wanting to delve into observational drawing and painting. We’ll work from still life, the figure, reference photos, and our imaginations as we explore painting on canvas, drawing with charcoal and graphite, perspective, and a variety of other skills and materials. This will be a fun hour each week for this age group to develop their skills and do some experimenting with materials. ** Projects do not repeat from session to session.
Art Exploration (Ages 5 – 10) with Lindsay Fogg-Willits — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Wednesday, November 8 – December 13 (no class 11/22)
5 weeks
3:00-4:00pm
$115
This class is perfect for children who want to try a little bit of everything! Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of materials and techniques. Throughout the session we will experiment with painting, printmaking, drawing, fiber arts, sculpture, collage, and more!
Art Exploration (Ages 5 – 10) with Lindsay Fogg-Willits — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Wednesday, November 8 – December 13 (no class 11/22)
5 weeks
4:30-5:30pm
$115
This class is perfect for children who want to try a little bit of everything! Students will have the opportunity to explore a variety of materials and techniques. Throughout the session we will experiment with painting, printmaking, drawing, fiber arts, sculpture, collage, and more!
Pet Portraits!! (for Grown-ups) with Emma Yount
Wednesdays, November 8, 15, 29, December 6
4 weeks
7:00-8:30pm
$125
Calling all animal lovers! Start with a photo of your favorite furry friend, and leave with a realistic painting to hang or gift! We promise, you don’t need to be an artist for this one–Emma will take you through the process of tracing your pet photo, color mixing, and painting with gouache paint on Yupo paper to create something fabulous. Send us your favorite headshot photo of your dog, cat, bunny, hedgehog, chicken, etc. and we’ll have everything you need to turn it into a painting!
Emma Yount graduated from Wheaton College MA with a BA in Visual Arts. She started commissioning pet portraits her freshman year in college and it has evolved into a profitable small business. Five years later she has completed over 400 paintings of people’s pets around the world!
Cozy Critter Houses! (Ages 8+) with Talia Lefton — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Thursdays, November 9 – December 14 (no class 11/23)
5 weeks
4:00-5:30pm
$140
Build a cozy winter critter house from start to finish! Start with boxes, add furniture and wallpaper, sew pillows, weave little rugs, build clay food and accessories, needle felt animals to live inside, and more!
Talia Lefton has been a maker and daydreamer for as long as she can remember. She hot glued everything until she finally learned how to sew. Since graduating from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2011, Talia has developed her fiber art and teaching practice with a focus on community building and facilitating welcoming artmaking spaces.
Giftable Fiber Crafts (for Grown-ups!) with Talia Lefton
Thursdays, November 9 – December 14 (no class 11/23)
5 weeks
7:00-8:30pm
$140 (includes materials)
Learn a variety of fiber arts techniques and make items that you can gift to friends and family this winter! You’ll learn how to make decorative and wearable gifts such as ornaments, jewelry, fleece hats, as well as how to use fabric as an elegant and reusable gift wrap.
Photocraft! (Ages 8-14) with Sara Lasser Yau — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
5 weeks
4:00-5:00pm
Turn your digital photos into mixed media masterpieces! We will liberate our digital photos from their memory cards and transform them into two- and three-dimensional works of art. We will do some photographing in class but will also have opportunities to work with images we have already taken and pictures brought in from home. Students’ digital files will be available for students and caregivers at the end of the session.
Please bring a camera if you have one – simple point-and-shoot cameras or camera phones are preferred, but other cameras will work, too! Let us know if you need to borrow one.
Sara Lasser Yau grew up looking through her camera’s viewfinder, looking for new perspectives of the world. She earned a BA in Photography and History of Photography from Bard College and an MA in Arts Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is now an arts and museum educator, which means that she gets to help viewers and makers of all ages to connect with works of art. She has taught photography in several arts and museum programs for adults and kids across Massachusetts and lives in Florence, where she takes oodles of pictures of her husband and two sons.
One-Day Workshops!!
Can’t commit to an entire session? How about one of these fun workshops with Sara Lasser Yau instead! A little creative time, something yummy to nibble or drink, a chance to meet up with friends? Yes, please.
Photo Garland (for Grown-Ups)
Friday, December 1
7-8:30pm
$45
Bring something yummy to drink!
Decorate your home this season with a colorful handmade garland made with photographs of loved ones, treasured places, and anything else you can dream up. We will gather at the art table, share our pictures, and craft up some winter cheer.
Sara will email you in advance of the session with instructions for sending or bringing images to incorporate into the project.
Photo Ornaments (for Grown-Ups)
Friday, December 8
7-8:30pm
$45
Bring something yummy to drink!
Join us in the studio to create three different ornaments using photographs of whatever or whomever you choose. We will use a variety of materials to craft these baubles that you can use at holiday time or year-round.
Sara will email you in advance of the session with instructions for sending or bringing images to incorporate into projects.
Waterless Photo Snow Globes – A PARENT/CHILD WORKSHOP with Hot Chocolate!! — FULL, REGISTER FOR WAITLIST
Sunday, December 10
10-11:30am
$50 for a parent/child pair (both people make their own snow globe)
Children and their adults are invited to create winter wonderland scenes encapsulated as snow globes. Bring a photograph of your child to include in the project, or let Sara take one during the session, and see them come to life as you shake up a snowstorm.
Sara will email you in advance of the session about what size photograph to bring if you wish to include one of your own.
Drop-In Art Events
These fun weekend events require NO registration! Just pop by our studio when it works for you!
Make Your Own BAGEL MONSTERS (with Tandem Bagel Company, Art Always and High Five Books) at the studio!
Saturday, October 21
10am – noon
$10 per person
Choose a bagel, grab a bag of our fun food items to build with, and transform your bagel into a monster-y work of edible art! We’ll even have a photo booth for your monster to take a selfie!
Potion Party!
Saturday, October 28
9:30-5:30
$10 per artist
Work your way through our Potion Bar and create some witch-y brews. Bone dust, Dragon Tears, Blood of Newt, Invisibility Serum…. Get ready for some pre-Halloween fun!
Cozy Crafts! – We’ll know more about the project soon!
Friday, November 24
9:30-5:30
$10 per artist
Spend the day after Thanksgiving with us getting cozy with some art making in the studio. Bring your visiting friends and family, wear your pjs if you just can’t handle the thought of anything else, and spend some cozy crafting time with us.