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AIRBRUSH ARTOREM CAMPUS H5
Fee: $179.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR002
Dates: 12/5/2026 - 12/12/2026
Times: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 2
Building: OREM CAMPUS H5 (opens in new tab)
Room: Conference
Instructor: Dave Christensen

Seats Available: 8

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Explore an art medium that can be used on cakes, cars, posters, t-shirts, people and so much more! Learn the techniques used by professionals, gain understanding of how to use the tools you'll need, identify which paints to use for each medium, and lastly, how to troubleshoot when things don't go right. All equpment is included.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand basic airbrush tools, setup, and safety practices
2. Practice simple spraying techniques and control
3. Create a beginner airbrush design using learned skills
Ages: 18+

BOOKBINDING: CRISS-CROSS BINDING
Fee: $149.00
Item Number: 26FCHOBOR003
Dates: 11/12/2026 - 11/12/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 1
Building: McKay Education Building (opens in new tab)
Room: ME120
Instructor: Trisha Weekes
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Experience the world of bookbinding from a unique perspective with our criss-cross leather class. This style of binding is believed to have originated in India. The distinctive pattern that adorns the spine of the book is a variation of the long-stitch method, dating back to medieval times and still cherished today for its versatility and structural integrity.

In this course, our expert instructor will guide you through the intricate steps of the criss-cross stitch binding process. From selecting and preparing your leather to folding and sewing your paper signatures, you'll gain hands-on experience in crafting a beautiful hand-bound book.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Prepare leather and paper signatures for binding
2. Sew a criss-cross (long-stitch) binding structure
3. Assemble and finish a durable, hand-bound book
Ages: 18+

FRESH GREENERY HOLIDAY WREATH
Fee: $99.00
Item Number: 26FCHOBOR008
Dates: 12/1/2026 - 12/1/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 1
Building: McKay Education Building (opens in new tab)
Room: ME134
Instructor: Hailey Wagner
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Celebrate the season with a fresh wreath you create to adorn your home. Using fragrant evergreens, festive accents, and natural textures, craft a stunning and long-lasting wreath whether you prefer a classic, rustic, or modern style. Learn professional design techniques to shape and customize your creation. All materials provided.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Select and prepare fresh greenery for a holiday wreath
2. Arrange and secure natural materials in a balanced design
3. Create a finished wreath suitable for seasonal display
Ages: 18+

PAPER-DIPPED DÉCOR BOWLOREM CAMPUS H5
Fee: $119.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR008
Dates: 12/1/2026 - 12/8/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 2
Building: OREM CAMPUS H5 (opens in new tab)
Room: Conference
Instructor: Jessica Booth

Seats Available: 4

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Craft a stunning bowl by weaving wire around a wooden base and dipping it in sculptural paper fiber. Explore mixed-media techniques, learn to use pliers and a drill, and create a one-of-a-kind decorative piece while gaining confidence in wire and paper artistry.
Learning Outcomes:
1. Shape and weave wire to form a bowl structure
2. Use basic tools like pliers and a drill safely
3. Apply paper fiber techniques to create a finished decorative piece
Ages: 18+

DOT MANDALA ART: INTRODUCTION
Fee: $139.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR004
Dates: 11/3/2026 - 12/1/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 5
Building: McKay Education Building (opens in new tab)
Room: ME123
Instructor: Madhu Mishra
Seats Available: 6
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Explore the ancient patterns, symmetry, and mindfulness through art as you design stunning, meditative pieces. Learn the techniques of creating intricate mandalas using simple tools and vibrant colors. Perfect for unleashing your creativity and learning a unique artistic skill. All materials provided.

Day 1: Introduce mandala art with examples to inspire creativity and mindfulness. Learn the basics of tools, techniques, and practice geometry.

Day 2: Select your final design, choose a color scheme, and create shades. Begin sketching, accompanied by relaxing traditional music.

Day 3: Start painting using your sketch, focusing on brush strokes and completing the project.

Day 4: Apply final touches, gloss, and learn aftercare tips for maintaining your art piece, especially for wood surfaces.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Use dotting tools to create balanced mandala patterns
2. Practice color placement and repetition for visual harmony
3. Complete a finished dot mandala design
Ages: 18+

FIGURE DRAWING
Fee: $159.00
Item Number: 26FCAACLE005
Dates: 10/19/2026 - 11/23/2026
Times: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: M
Sessions: 6
Building: Lehi Campus (opens in new tab)
Room: TG 4th Floor/Loft
Instructor: Shelby Shields
Seats Available: -13
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Drawing the human form is one of the most rewarding and challenging skills an artist can develop — and this six-week beginner course gives you a structured introduction to doing it well. Working from a live model each session, you'll build foundational observational skills through gesture, contour, and modeling exercises while developing a basic understanding of anatomy and proportion. You'll also explore how fabric moves and drapes across the body, adding depth to your observational practice. A variety of drawing materials and techniques are explored throughout the course. Basic kit provided
(Includes access to all sessions of Open Studio class)
Learning Outcomes:
1. Explore different drawing materials and artistic approaches in figure drawing
2. Develop basic anatomical awareness, learning to observe and interpret the proportions and structure of the human form
3. Capture gesture and contour quickly and accurately through repeated observational exercises
Ages: 18+

FLORAL DESIGN: FUNDAMENTALS
Fee: $179.00
Item Number: 26FCHOBOR005
Dates: 11/5/2026 - 11/12/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 2
Building: McKay Education Building (opens in new tab)
Room: ME134
Instructor: Hailey Wagner
Seats Available: -11
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Master the art of floral design in this immersive, hands-on multi-session course designed to build your confidence and creativity with flowers. Whether you're just starting out or looking to sharpen your eye, you'll dive into the essential principles of floral design—learning techniques in composition, color theory, and flower care. Along the way, you'll create your own beautiful floral pieces to take home and enjoy. These are skills that last well beyond the final class—empowering you to confidently create stunning arrangements for years to come.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Apply basic floral design principles such as composition, balance, and color harmony.
2. Practice proper flower care and handling techniques.
3. Create floral arrangements using foundational design techniques with increased confidence.
Ages: 18+

FOUNDATIONS OF PORTRAIT DRAWING
Fee: $119.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR005
Dates: 10/20/2026 - 11/24/2026
Times: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 6
Building: McKay Education Building (opens in new tab)
Room: ME104
Instructor: Brady Allen
Seats Available: -4
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Capture the people you know on paper by learning to draw realistic faces and heads at different angles, use proportions to capture the likeness of a person, understand how features change with angle and tilt, and visualize a head in three dimensions.
Supply List:
- Newsprint or sketch paper pad – 24x18 inches
- Lead holder (2mm) or graphite pencils – 2H, and HB hardnesses
- Lead pointer or pencil sharpener
- Kneadable eraser
- Refillable eraser – Tombow Mono Zero round size 2.3mm
- Portable easel (If easel has solid flat surface big enough for paper, skip drawing board below.)
- Portable drawing board – approximately 26x23 inches
- Hand mirror – rectangular
- Ruler – 18 or 24 inches
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand proportions of the face and head from different angles
2. Draw facial features with attention to structure and likeness
3. Visualize and sketch the head in three dimensions
Ages: 18+

HANDMADE GIFTS: HOLIDAY SOAPS
Fee: $89.00
Item Number: 26FCHOBOR010
Dates: 11/7/2026 - 11/14/2026
Times: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Days: Sa
Sessions: 2
Building: Clarke Building (opens in new tab)
Room: CB504
Instructor: Zoe Haltom
Seats Available: -2
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Craft beautiful, nourishing bar soaps with natural ingredients, essential oils, and holiday-inspired scents. Designed for beginners with step-by-step guidance in soap making while exploring seasonal colors, scents, and decorative touches. Take home handcrafted holiday soap perfect for gifting to friends, family, or yourself. No prior experience needed, just a love for creativity and festivity.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Create natural soaps using simple ingredients and scents
2. Customize soaps with colors, textures, and seasonal elements
3. Understand curing, storage, and care for handmade soaps
Ages: 18+

OIL PAINTING: BEGINNING
Fee: $129.00
Item Number: 26FCAACLE007
Dates: 10/20/2026 - 11/24/2026
Times: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 6
Building: Lehi Campus (opens in new tab)
Room: TG430/Loft
Instructor: Paul Grass
Seats Available: -5
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Oil painting is one of the most richly expressive mediums an artist can explore — and this six-week beginner course gives you a solid, practical introduction to working with it confidently. You'll develop foundational skills in paint application, composition, value, and color mixing through hands-on practice with both brush and palette knife, building a strong base for wherever your painting journey takes you next.

All skill levels welcome.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate a variety of oil painting application techniques using both brush and palette knife to achieve soft edges, hard edges, and smooth blends
2. Develop foundational color mixing skills, learning to identify and mix accurate values and hues directly from observation
3. Apply basic compositional principles to organize and strengthen the visual structure of an original painted piece
SUPPLY LIST:
CANVAS:
- 2 Canvases 11 X 14 - Cotton Duck from Michaels, Artist Corner or Hobby Lobby.
PAINTS:
- Any brand is fine. Windsor Newton Winton for the most affordable, M. Graham Co for more expensive
- Small tubes, not larger, is all you would need - 37 Mil
- Prussian or ultramarine blue
- Cobalt blue
- Lemon Yellow or Cad Yellow
- Cad Red
- Ultramarine Red
- Yellow Ochre
- Terre Verde
- Burnt Siena
- Black - Lamp Black is great!
BRUSHES: -

Synthetic brushes like Trekkel or Princeton
- 2 0 size brushes round
- 1 size one brush round
- 1 size 2 brush flat or filbert
- 1 size 3 brush round or filbert
Hog Hair or similar:
- 1 size 2 brush flat
- 1 size 3 brush flat
- 1 size 4 brush flat
One picture frame from dollar tree 8.5 by 11 for a sheet of glass

One pallet scraper

Roll of Paper towels

Medium:
- 1 small bottle walnut oil
- 1 small bottle gambol or mineral spirits odorless or odorless turpentine
Ages: 18+

OPEN STUDIO
Fee: $129.00
Item Number: 26FCAACLE008
Dates: 10/28/2026 - 12/2/2026
Times: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 6
Building: Lehi Campus (opens in new tab)
Room: TG430/Loft
Instructor: Shelby Shields
Seats Available: 12
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Find a dedicated work time for artists who want a creative space outside the home to focus on their personal projects. Bring any unfinished painting or drawing — whatever medium you're working in — and spend the session making real progress with the support of an experienced instructor nearby.
There are no lessons or demonstrations. Each session is yours to use at your own pace, with the opportunity to receive one-on-one feedback and mentoring as you work. Working alongside fellow artists creates a focused, encouraging environment that's hard to replicate at home.
Previous art class experience is required. Students should bring all materials needed for their current project.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Make meaningful progress on a personal painting or drawing project across six dedicated work sessions
2. Receive individualized instructor feedback that deepens your understanding of your own artistic process
3. Build creative momentum and accountability through regular time in a structured studio environment
Ages: 18+

PROCREATE DIGITAL ART-OREM
Fee: $119.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR015
Dates: 10/13/2026 - 11/17/2026
Times: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Tu
Sessions: 6
Building: Clarke Building (opens in new tab)
Room: CB106
Instructor: Jonny Fuller
Seats Available: 13
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Learn how to set up a canvas, navigate the interface, work with layers, and use Procreate’ s core tools — brushes, color, selection, and image manipulation. Every class ends with a guided project where you'll create a finished piece of art from scratch. Gain a small portfolio of original digital artwork and the skills to keep creating on your own. You must download the Procreate app before the first class. A compatible iPad and Apple Pencil are required.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Navigate the Procreate interface with confidence by setting up files, managing layers, and using core drawing and editing tools.
2. Apply basic digital illustration techniques to create original images from scratch using an iPad and Apple Pencil.
3. Experiment with digital drawing workflows to manipulate images, explore tools, and develop a personal creative approach in Procreate.
Supply List:
- iPAD
- Apple Pen
Ages: 18+

SCULPTURE: BEGINNING - OREM
Fee: $119.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR009
Dates: 10/22/2026 - 11/19/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 5
Building: OREM CAMPUS H5 (opens in new tab)
Room: Conference
Instructor: Dave Christensen
Seats Available: -2
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Explore the fundamentals of sculpture using clay, wire, and mixed media. Shape, carve, and mold your ideas into three-dimensional art. Learn essential techniques for building form, texture, and balance. Experiment with different materials and tools. Unleash your creativity and bring your vision to life in this hands-on beginner’s class!
Supply List:
- Monster Clay Premium Grade Modeling Clay (Gray -Medium - 4.5lb) Monster clay is preferred, but any (medium to hard) oil clay will work.
- 31pcs Clay Tools, Sculpting, Modeling, Shaping.
- 18 Gauge Aluminum Craft Wire
- Black Metal Base for Sculptures
- Pencil, eraser, and sketch book
- Roll of paper towels,
- 2 in roll of painter’s tape.
- Aluminum foil
- Small wood panel
- Artist 11 Inch Proportional Divider - Upgraded Drawing Supplies & Drafting Tools -Adjustable Caliper
  Learning Outcomes:
- Explore basic sculpting techniques and materials
- Build form, structure, and texture in a 3D piece
- Create a finished sculpture using foundational skills
Ages: 18+

SEW WHAT: THE ADVANCED BEGINNER
Fee: $89.00
Item Number: 26FCAACLE012
Dates: 10/29/2026 - 11/19/2026
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Building: Lehi Campus (opens in new tab)
Room: TG141
Instructor: Mary Jane McGuire
Seats Available: -9
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Now that you can sew, let’s go! Build on your skills from the beginning Sew What class. We will move forward with buttonholes, blind hem, interfacing, stay stitching, clipping and trimming techniques, zippers, sleeves, trims, and decorative stitches. Bring your own sewing machine and heavy-duty extension cord. Prerequisite: Beginning Sewing or contact the teacher for permission. The first project will be zippered pouch with pleats and lining. The next projects will be your choice and discussed in first class.

Supply List:
- Sewing machine with bobbin
- Basic sewing kit that includes:- fabric shears, pins & pin cushion, hand sewing needles, measuring tape, seam gauge, seam ripper
- Neutral color all purpose sewing thread (white, tan or gray).
- Items for pleated zipper bag: 2-3 different fabrics ¼ yard each, 7 inch polyester zipper, a zipper pressure foot, all purpose thread to match. No knit, fleece or flannel.
Ages: 18+

WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES - WASATCH-HEBER
Fee: $79.00
Item Number: 26FCAACWA012
Dates: 10/29/2026 - 11/19/2026
Times: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 4
Building: Wasatch Campus (opens in new tab)
Room: WC225
Instructor: Brian Thayne
Seats Available: 1
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For both beginning and advanced artists who want to learn new ideas and skills. Explore the nuances of light, color, mixing, and more as you appreciate the strengths and limitations of this art form. Please come to the first class with all the supplies to get started.

Supply List:
- Paper: 11”x15” cold pressed watercolor paper or individual sheets that can be cut down. 140 weight
- Watercolor block or Paint board (slightly larger than paper, for 11x15 paper, 12x16 is perfect – I like ½” gator board – available at Artists Corner in Orem – ask for it & they will cut it to size)
- Palette for watercolor
- Paint (tubes are best):
  
  Cadmium Yellow Light
  
  Medium Yellow, Aureolin is good
  
  Alizarin Crimson
  
  Cadmium Red light
  
  Sap Green
  
  Ultramarine Blue
  
  Cerulean Blue
  
  Violet
  
  Burnt Umber
  
  Payne’s Gray
- Brushes:
  
  Round watercolor burshes (medium size 4 or 6 and large sizes 8, and 12)
  
  Flat watercolor brush in size 4, 6, or 8
  
  Loew-Cornell, Prinston, Windsor & Newton, Grumbacher are all good brands to work with. Make sure you get short handled brushes... approximately 6-8 inches.
- Liquid masking fluid
- Water containers: 2 plastic
- Masking Tape
- #2 pencil
- Pink Pearl eraser
- Ruler or triangle
- Paper towels
- Small bar soap
Ages: 18+

WOODWORKING: BEGINNING - PROVO
Fee: $349.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR012
Dates: 9/10/2026 - 11/12/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: Th
Sessions: 10
Building: Provo High School
Room: D105
Instructor: Joseph Reid
Seats Available: -1
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Develop your woodworking skills as you build a project. First-time students will construct a required project which will teach basic machine/tool usage. Returning students will construct small projects which can be completed within 10 weeks. Attending the first night of class is mandatory as safety regulations and learning the layout of the shop will be discussed. Project fees will vary depending what project is built, and what wood/material is used. Students are required to wear safety glasses and closed-toed shoes.

Supply List:
- Safety glasses
- Closed toe shoes
- Pencil
- Metal measuring tape in inches
- 6" steel ruler in inches
Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand basic woodworking tools and safety practices
2. Measure, cut, and assemble wood pieces accurately
3. Build a simple woodworking project from start to finish
Ages: 18+
No class October 22.

WOODWORKING: BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE
Fee: $299.00
Item Number: 26FCAACOR017
Dates: 9/9/2026 - 11/18/2026
Times: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Days: W
Sessions: 11
Building: Gunther Tech Building (opens in new tab)
Room: GT625
Instructor: Nikolaus Brown
Seats Available: -11
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Enjoy the thrill of learning new woodworking skills using our state-of-the-art equipment under the direction of a qualified UVU professor. First-time students will construct a required project which will teach safety and machine/tool usage. Second-time students will construct small projects which can be completed within 10 weeks. Attending the first night of class is MANDATORY as safety regulations and learning the layout of the shop will be discussed. There will be additional material fees.

Learning Outcomes:
1. Demonstrate safe and proper use of woodworking equipment and tools by adhering to shop safety protocols, identifying hazards, and correctly operating machines and hand tools.
2. Apply foundational woodworking skills and techniques to select materials, measure accurately, and perform basic construction processes using appropriate tools and equipment.
3. Exhibit increasing proficiency and craftsmanship in woodworking practices by completing assigned shop-based tasks within established timelines and quality expectations.
Ages: 18+
No class October 14.

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