Ages 14-18   

Week 6

Everyone loves their pets! Students will immortalize their pets or favorite animal in 3D by creating clay portraits while learning to build solid clay forms and then carving them away. These ceramic sculptures will become a treasured family heirloom.

Week 6

Unleash your creativity with spray paint! Use stencils and spray-painting techniques to express your thoughts, dreams, and ideas on canvas in bold, eye-catching ways.

Week 6

If Architects and Engineers can do it so can you! Learn the foundations of perspective drawing and the science of observation. By building a solid foundation in technical drawing you will strengthen your ability to draw from life and photos, as well as how to draw from your imagination with accuracy and precision.

Week 7

Venture into the world of textile design. Try your hand at customizing textiles as you learn to mix linocut block print designs with test fabric mediums resulting in one-of-a-kind creations on cloth.

Week 7

Get ready to explore a fresh take on collage by mixing up materials and techniques! In this class, you’ll learn how to transfer images, tweak photos, and remix found imagery to create your own exciting collages that’ll keep you coming back for more.

Week 7

Take it to the next level in this advanced drawing class. Students will master advanced skills by tackling intensive challenges in still life, landscape, and architecture. This techniques-based class will be an extensive study of materials, composition, sketching, and various rendering techniques.

Week 7

Learn how the professionals do it in this advanced screen-printing class. In this class students will take it from conception to burning the screen to pulling the ink, and finish with a small series of multi-layered screenprints ready to show.

Week 8

Step into the colorful world of stained glass and bring your designs to life! In this class, you'll learn to cut, shape, and assemble vibrant glass pieces, turning everyday objects into stunning three-dimensional sculptures using glass cutting, shaping, and soldering techniques.

Week 8

You won’t believe it’s a drawing when you finish this course. Learn to give life to your portrait drawings in this uniquely presented “How to draw a face” class. You will leave equipped with the knowledge of drawing techniques and materials needed to make hyper-realistic portraits.

Week 8

Unleash your creativity by exploring the ancient art of paper cutting! Dive into history, master foundational techniques, and transform paper into one-of-a-kind designs that showcase your unique style.

Week 8

This course will introduce students to watercolor painting and cover topics such as color theory, color blending, and professional watercolor techniques. Students will create multiple pieces in this throughout this course.

Week 5

Discover the art of handbuilding ceramic vessels through exploration of traditional coiling techniques, as well as Ashley's own version of building that she calls the "slab coil method." Students will create a unique vessel while fostering creativity, community, and self-expression.

Week 5

Advance your skills in storytelling through time-sequence and learn lettering and illustration styles. Produce a cartoon using pen and ink that reads like a professional cartoon publication. Available week 4 for ages 10-13.

Week 5

Explore the many aspects of charcoal portrait drawing. Students will create realistic charcoal portraits of people and animals using a variety of charcoal techniques while focusing on the proportions and elements of portraiture.

Week 5

You won’t believe its colored pencil! This drawing-based class will give students a variety of knowledge and rendering techniques using color pencils, the study of composition, and color theory. Students will be introduced to diverse types of color pencils, and numerous ways to create dynamic color drawings that mimic photography and painting while they work from still-lives, and portraits.