Most fine art students learn through copying the masters. Join this club on Friday nights where we focus on one image by a famous artist and use tricks and techniques to create your very own version. Ages

Beginning in the early 1880s, the “Art Nouveau” style flourished in all forms of art. A response to the industrial era, it blended natural forms with man-made advances in architecture, design and manufacturing. In this class you’ll create hand-painted tiles using tube lining — a technique in which a design outline was created first and …

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The wonderfully independent Kuna culture flourishes today in the San Blas Islands located off the coast of Panama. They won the right to continue to speak their own language, govern their island and produce and wear their traditional clothing. The women make and wear the Mola, a rectangular panel that form the front and back …

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Suminagashi is the ancient meditative Japanese practice of gently floating pigments on the surface of water with a brush and then capturing the mono print image on an absorbent paper. This exciting workshop will present historical background; introduce the time-honored technique and several possibilities.

Want to experiment with clay? Join us for an introduction, discovery, and exploration to wheel and hand-building techniques. No take-home projects in this class. As it is purely an exploration workshop.

“Fidget spinners” became wildly popular because of their reputation as a concentration aid or a means of releasing stress and anxiety. Op Art (short for Optical Art) is a movement that rose to popularity in the 1960s as a means of keeping the eyes busy. In this class, participants will create their own handheld “fidget …

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Celebrate the creation of the Pakistani nation and learn about their history. Participants will also learn about Truck Art and the colorful tradition of decorated trucks in Pakistan while creating their very own truck portraits.

The beauty of a painting lit from behind was compelling and unforgettable in the Middle Ages and still is today. Rather than using fragile glass or vitreous paint, this project introduces a means of creating transparent images using acrylic paint and medium. A painting is created on a piece of film, then lifted away as …

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This project transforms traditional basketry into a contemporary fine craft. Paper Coiling Core is shaped and glued in layers in the same manner as a clay coil pot is constructed. Vibrant and fluid Liquid Watercolors can replicate patterns from the Papago, Navajo, and Apache cultures of Native America and Northern Mexico, or painted in contemporary, …

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Design your own artwork using computers and a laser cutting machine! Participants can create custom earrings, coasters, signs, and more in this fun contemporary art class.

Whether you're a bona fide poet or you didn't even know it, come use word stickets, fill-in-the-blank templates, and pages from ruined books and magazines to create your own mixed media poetry masterpiece.

Paste papers, one of the earliest forms of decorated paper, were used for both covers and end-papers in books from the late sixteenth and eighteenth century. The basic technique involves dampening a sheet of paper, coating it with colored paste, and then drawing designs through the paste. In this exciting three-hour workshop participants will be …

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Create awesome sticker decals for your computer, water bottle, car, luggage, and more using computer design, our Cricut machine, and your imagination!

Have you ever wanted to try a 3d printer? Spend the morning with us at Dole Center and learn how the printer works while creating some fun beginners’ designs using our computer lab and new 3d printer!

Those pour painting videos are totally addictive! Come make your very own and we’ll clean up the mess! 2 canvas boards per person can be used. We’ll also provide a large variety of colors and finishes to make your painting stand out.