Create & Express   

Art is Therapy is a gentle, supportive space to explore creativity as a tool for reflection, stress relief, and personal growth. Each week, you’ll experiment with accessible, expressive practices such as journaling, vision boards, doodle art, and rock painting—using simple materials to reconnect with yourself and your inner voice.

This course focuses on process over perfection. Through guided prompts and creative exercises, you’ll learn how artistic expression can support mindfulness, emotional awareness, and overall well-being.

No artistic experience is required. Come as you are, create at your own pace, and leave with meaningful projects—and practices—you can continue using long after the class ends.

Note: This class is for personal enrichment and is not a substitute for professional therapy.

Reconnect with your creativity and discover the restorative power of making art. In this six-week course, participants will create a personal art journal while exploring a variety of expressive techniques, including mixed media, collage, drawing, and painting. Guided prompts and hands-on experimentation will encourage participants to follow their curiosity, reflect, and develop their own creative process. Designed for both experienced artists and those who may not have made art in years, this class is grounded in the belief that creativity is something everyone is born with. Through regular journaling and creative exploration, participants will discover personal ways to use art as a reflective practice, deepen their relationship with themselves, and cultivate a sense of calm, presence, and renewal.

Note: This class is for personal enrichment and is not a substitute for professional therapy.

Art Walk invites you to explore a new artistic medium each week in this beginner-friendly, hands-on sampler class. Designed for curious creatives and first-time artists alike, this course offers an introduction to hand-building with clay, acrylic painting, watercolor, printmaking, and rock painting. Each session provides guided instruction, time to experiment, and the opportunity to complete a project in that medium. You’ll learn foundational techniques, explore different tools and materials, and discover which art forms spark your creativity. No prior experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to try something new! Walk in ready to explore and leave with new skills, finished pieces, and fresh inspiration.

Art Walk invites you to explore a new artistic medium each week in this beginner-friendly, hands-on sampler class. Designed for curious creatives and first-time artists alike, this course offers an introduction to hand-building with clay, acrylic painting, watercolor, printmaking, and rock painting. Each session provides guided instruction, time to experiment, and the opportunity to complete a project in that medium. You’ll learn foundational techniques, explore different tools and materials, and discover which art forms spark your creativity. No prior experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to try something new! Walk in ready to explore and leave with new skills, finished pieces, and fresh inspiration.

Art Walk invites you to explore a new artistic medium each week in this beginner-friendly, hands-on sampler class. Designed for curious creatives and first-time artists alike, this course offers an introduction to hand-building with clay, acrylic painting, watercolor, printmaking, and rock painting. Each session provides guided instruction, time to experiment, and the opportunity to complete a project in that medium. You’ll learn foundational techniques, explore different tools and materials, and discover which art forms spark your creativity. No prior experience is necessary—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to try something new! Walk in ready to explore and leave with new skills, finished pieces, and fresh inspiration.

Everyone has personal and family stories which are usually shared verbally but tend to disappear with time. This class will present approaches to recording these stories and preserving them for either personal purposes or to share with future generations. Concepts covered will include a basic introduction to history and its creation, issues of privacy and human relations, and suggestions for sharing formats. Taught by an experienced museum professional, this course invites you to turn family lore into history to be enjoyed in your lifetime and discovered by generations to come.

Explore clay—coil, pinch, carve, glaze, and sgraffito—while developing technical skills and your artistic voice. In this four-week course, presented in collaboration with the Grays Harbor Potters Guild, students will use clay as a medium for artistic expression, focusing on hand-building techniques including coiling, carving, addition/subtraction, pinching and slab construction. The curriculum also covers glazing, underglazes and sgraffito in addition to lectures and demonstrations on the artistic, aesthetic and technical aspects of the sculptural form.

Students are encouraged to develop their own ideas and artistic voice through the concepts of functional versus abstract in ceramic objects. While the curriculum includes open-ended/guided assignments focusing on techniques, students are encouraged to explore their own interpretation of each exercise. Finished pieces will be limited by the properties of the clay and glazes, the size of the kiln and students themselves.

Classes are open to all levels. We welcome beginners while providing advanced challenges for the experienced ceramic artist. If you've taken this hand-built pottery course in the past, come back to level up your skills.

Writing, speaking, and storytelling are related skills--and anyone can learn them. Whether you write for fun, want to create better content, or hope to improve your public speaking, you'll learn practical techniques from a professional speechwriter and former journalist.

This community education course is designed for students who already understand basic camera controls and want to deepen how they approach photography. Building on foundational skills, the class explores photographing with greater purpose through a variety of styles, including portrait, landscape, action, and close-up photography. Emphasis is placed on making thoughtful choices around light, composition, timing, and subject matter. Through hands-on assignments, group discussion, and supportive critique, students will gain confidence, explore what types of photography resonate with them, and develop a more intentional approach to making images.

Design your home or community garden to be in harmony with nature. This two-hour workshop offers a practical introduction to the principles and ethics of permaculture, an approach to land use and living that works with natural systems rather than against them. Rooted in whole-systems thinking, permaculture draws inspiration from the patterns and resilience found in healthy ecosystems to create sustainable landscapes, productive gardens, and thoughtful community design. Participants will explore core permaculture concepts such as observation of natural patterns, efficient use of resources, and designing spaces that support both people and the environment. You’ll learn how these principles and concepts can be applied at home to garden and live more sustainably.

Take your Italic script to the next level! This Intermediate Italic Calligraphy course builds on the foundational strokes, letterforms, and spacing principles introduced in the beginning class. Students will deepen their technical precision while developing greater fluency, consistency, and personal expression in their lettering.

This class emphasizes a supportive, hands-on learning environment where practice and feedback go hand in hand. You’ll spend dedicated time writing, refining, and asking questions in real time, with individualized guidance to help you strengthen consistency, improve flow, and gain confidence in your work. Whether you’re fine-tuning details or pushing toward more polished results, you’ll be encouraged at every step.

By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident creating beautiful, refined pieces that add elegance and meaning to life’s special moments, making birthdays, holidays, celebrations, and keepsakes even more memorable with personalized calligraphy.

Sign up with a Mom or surprise one with beautiful cupcakes for Mother's Day. In this two-hour workshop, you'll learn techniques for creating roses and leaves with Suzie's Famous Buttercream Frosting. You'll go home with a dozen cupcakes and new skills for decorating your own cakes and cookies at home.

All supplies included, including cupcakes to frost and take home.

Before “lights, camera, action!” there’s the blueprint of filmmaking: the script. In this introductory course, students will explore the fundamentals of writing for the screen and learn how a strong script becomes the foundation of a successful film. Students will also be introduced to standard screenplay formatting and some tools used by working screenwriters. Whether you’re an aspiring filmmaker, a storyteller curious about writing for film, or simply interested in how movies are made, this class provides a supportive environment to begin developing your ideas and turning them into compelling scripts.

NOTE: It may be possible to join this class after the start date for a prorated fee. If you'd like to register for this class after the class is in session, call (360) 538-2539 or email ce@ghc.edu.

Build confidence in everyday Spanish. In this course, you'll practice essential vocabulary, pronunciation, and conversation skills for real-life situations. Depending on the interest and skills of participants, topics may include introductions, travel, dining, family, and community interactions. Along the way, you'll gain cultural insights that deepen your understanding of traditions, values, and regional differences across the Spanish-speaking world. All levels welcome.