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  • Stained Glass: Color Your World - Feather
  • Course fee: $135.00
    Dates: 7/8/2025 - 7/9/2025
    Times: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: Tu W
    Sessions: 2
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E314
    Instructor: Susan Zarit
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies
    Add a little sparkle to your world with this vibrant 2-day workshop! Explore a dazzling rainbow of colored glass - plus every shade in between - as you learn the art of stained glass. With a mix of group guidance and one-on-one instruction, you'll design and create your own unique masterpiece from start to finish. No experience necessary - just bring your creativity! All materials are provided.

    Students will create a beautiful stained glass feather.
 

  • Ceramics - Wheel Throwing
  • Fee: $275.00
    Item Number: 18185
    Dates: 7/9/2025 - 8/20/2025
    Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 7
    Building: PE00E
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E111
    Instructor: Sara Deren
    THIS CLASS IS FULL. Please click the "Add to Waitlist" button below.

    Our ceramics courses are designed for students from all levels- from the absolute beginner to experienced potters and sculptors. Classes are held in our beautiful, fully equipped studio. Eighteen potter's wheels, a slab roller, canvas covered work tables, ample storage space and the use of studio tools as well as clay, glaze, and firings are all included in the course fee. All that is missing is you!

    Please do not bring in any outside clay or glazes as they may not be compatible with our ceramic studio materials. Classes may include students from multiple sessions.


    This class meets once a week over 7 weeks. 

    The potter's wheel allows you to quickly and efficiently create pots of uniform shape, size, and thickness. The wheel is a tool that helps the artist make aesthetic decisions based on the mechanical steps of operation. There are two beginner forms to master on the potter's wheel, and from those, anything can be made and altered into shape: the cylinder & the bowl. In this class students will receive one on one instruction and encouragement for a hands-on experience to learn the aspects of wheel thrown pottery. Open to students ages 16 and up.

 

  • Watercolor and Ink: Mini-Landscapes
  • Course fee: $155.00
    Dates: 7/9/2025 - 7/30/2025
    Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E310
    Instructor: Andréa Woods
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies

    Capture the world around you - whether it's your backyard or a far-off travel destination - with charming mini-landscapes in watercolor and ink. We'll begin by working from photographs, learning step-by-step techniques that make sketching and painting accessible for all levels, with the goal to take our new skills outdoors in the Plein Air style. The College Campus is a beautiful, scenic setting, perfect to observe and paint nature. Mini landscapes are perfect for travel journaling or simply enjoying the art of observation.

    All materials provided - including a watercolor travel journal, folding palette, water brush pen, paints, and writing utensils.


 

  • Summer Welding & Metal Art
  • Course fee: $399.00
    Dates: 7/11/2025 - 8/15/2025
    Times: 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: F
    Sessions: 6
    Room: Main Campus - Auto/Weld Q14
    Instructor: Kelly Flanagan
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies

    This course is designed for the artist and/or hobbyist and will cover welding safety, oxyacetylene welding and plasma cutting. Various techniques of metal forming and design will be covered. Methods of instruction will include lectures on principles of safety practices, welding and cutting processes, shielding gasses, and filler metals. Open to students 16 years of age and older.

    Please see material list for class by clicking here. Estimated supply cost is $100 - $150.


 

  • Summer Welding & Metal Art
  • Course fee: $399.00
    Dates: 7/12/2025 - 8/16/2025
    Times: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: Sa
    Sessions: 6
    Room: Main Campus - Auto/Weld Q14
    Instructor: Kelly Flanagan
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies

    This course is designed for the artist and/or hobbyist and will cover welding safety, oxyacetylene welding and plasma cutting. Various techniques of metal forming and design will be covered. Methods of instruction will include lectures on principles of safety practices, welding and cutting processes, shielding gasses, and filler metals. Open to students 16 years of age and older.

    Please see material list for class by clicking here. Estimated supply cost is $100 - $150.


 

  • Stained Glass: Color Your World - Hummingbird
  • Course fee: $135.00
    Dates: 7/29/2025 - 7/30/2025
    Times: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: Tu W
    Sessions: 2
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E314
    Instructor: Susan Zarit
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies
    Add a little sparkle to your world with this vibrant 2-day workshop! Explore a dazzling rainbow of colored glass - plus every shade in between - as you learn the art of stained glass. With a mix of group guidance and one-on-one instruction, you'll design and create your own unique masterpiece from start to finish. No experience necessary - just bring your creativity! All materials are provided.

    Students will create a colorful stained glass hummingbird.
 

  • Ceramics - Wheel Throwing
  • Course fee: $275.00
    Dates: 7/29/2025 - 8/19/2025
    Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Pacific Time
    Days: Tu Th
    Sessions: 7
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E111
    Instructor: Sara Deren
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies

    Our ceramics courses are designed for students from all levels- from the absolute beginner to experienced potters and sculptors. Classes are held in our beautiful, fully equipped studio. Eighteen potter's wheels, a slab roller, canvas covered work tables, ample storage space and the use of studio tools as well as clay, glaze, and firings are all included in the course fee. All that is missing is you!

    Please do not bring in any outside clay or glazes as they may not be compatible with our ceramic studio materials. Classes may include students from multiple sessions.


    This class meets twice weekly over seven sessions. 

    The potter's wheel allows you to quickly and efficiently create pots of uniform shape, size, and thickness. The wheel is a tool that helps the artist make aesthetic decisions based on the mechanical steps of operation. There are two beginner forms to master on the potter's wheel, and from those, anything can be made and altered into shape: the cylinder & the bowl. In this class students will receive one on one instruction and encouragement for a hands-on experience to learn the aspects of wheel thrown pottery. Open to students ages 16 and up.

 

  • Summer Stained Glass
  • Course fee: $169.00
    Dates: 8/5/2025 - 8/19/2025
    Times: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM Pacific Time
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 3
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E314
    Instructor: Susan Zarit
    Refund PolicyFAQs & Policies
    Capture the glow of a summer sunset in glass! In this 3-session evening class, you'll learn the fundamentals of stained glass as you design and create your own radiant sunset-themed piece. Guided by both group instruction and individual support, you'll cut, shape, and solder colorful glass into a work of art you can proudly display. All materials and safety equipment are provided - no experience necessary!

 

  • Welding & Metal Art
  • Course fee: $529.00
    Dates: 4/12/2025 - 6/14/2025
    Times: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
    Days: Sa
    Sessions: 10
    Room: Main Campus - Auto/Weld Q14
    Instructor: Laura Martin-Johnson, Anton Kossler
    ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.

    This course is designed for the artist and/or hobbyist and will cover welding safety, MIG welding process, plasma cutting, and mechanical cutting. Various techniques of metal forming and design will be covered. Methods of instruction will include lectures on principles of safety practices, welding and cutting processes, shielding gasses, and filler metals. Open to students 16 years of age and older.

    Please see material list for class by clicking here. Estimated supply cost is $100 - $150. 


 

  • Glass on Glass Mosaic
  • Course fee: $225.00
    Dates: 5/14/2025 - 6/11/2025
    Times: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
    Days: W
    Sessions: 4
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E314
    Instructor: Susan Zarit
    ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.

    Need a little color and sparkle in your life? Come learn about the dazzling world of Glass on Glass Mosaics!

    In this 4-week course, you will learn how to use scrap pieces of stained glass to create a dazzling art piece that come to life in the light! You will create at least 2 projects. We will discuss rules of balance, thirds, and odds to create masterpieces. All materials provided.


    Please note: No class May 28.

 

  • Botanical Watercolors
  • Course fee: $139.00
    Dates: 5/27/2025 - 6/17/2025
    Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Days: Tu
    Sessions: 4
    Room: Main Campus - Maier Hall E310
    Instructor: Andréa Woods
    ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR THIS CLASS IS CLOSED. Call 360.417.5683 to register if class is not yet in session.

    Learn to paint botanicals in this 4-week class! Watercolor is the classic medium for rendering botanical studies. Botanical paintings were first used to identify medicinal plants and have developed into beautiful depictions of flowers and plants. No experience necessary!

    What you will learn:

    • Drawing review for botanicals.
    • Making a good design, composition.
    • Mixing skills for watercolors and paint application.
       

    All materials are provided, except for brushes. Students should bring their own brush: Silver Black Velvet #8, available at Olympic Stationers and online through various retailers.
 

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