Upcoming classes.
Linocut Printmaking
Monday, June 16 (6:30-9pm)
This class will teach you how to create beautiful linocuts, an exciting relief technique for printmaking! Local Artist, Anjali Karustis will guide you first in carving linoleum blocks, then in printing multiples of your image on paper.
Sketch a design and learn and how to transfer your sketch to the linoleum.
Get more comfortable with the cutting tools by playing around with different mark-making techniques. Then carve a linoleum printing block with your chosen design.
At the end of class you will apply ink to your block and print multiples of your image on paper! Experiment with black or color inks.
This workshop is 2.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.) All materials provided!
Cancellation Policy
Pine Needle Basketry
Thursday, June 19 (6:30-9:30pm)
These long leaf southern pine needles are foraged locally and dried over several weeks. In this workshop, you will learn how to coil pine needles into a beautiful little basket or bowl using only a needle and waxed thread!
Choose which colors and shape you’d like your basket to be. We will provide green and brown pine needles and a variety of thread colors.
Learn three different stitches, how to begin and finish a basket, and how to form a rounded bowl or vertical cylinder.
Take home your little handmade basket along with instructions and enough materials to finish your piece if it needs more work.
The coiling skills learned in this class can be used to form vessels out of many fibers and materials like fabric, paper or dried grasses. Handmade coil baskets make beautiful trinket dishes and thoughtful gifts!
All materials provided.
3 hours long with a maximum of 6 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Mosaic Keepsakes
Mosaic Keepsakes
Friday, June 20 (6:30-8:30PM)
In this class, you can create a piece of mosaic art in a frame or keepsake box of your choosing!
Teaching artist, Blair Orndorf, will guide you through a unique method of mosaic design where the grout is laid before placing the pieces, allowing for a wider array of pieces to be used.
You will be provided a large selection of objects, including ceramic pieces, shells, sea glass, and pendants. Make your mosaic in a cigar box or a hangable frame.
You are also welcome to bring your own personal artifacts to incorporate into your artwork. Through the process of selecting and arranging mosaic pieces, we can symbolically represent our experiences, emotions, and memories.
Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 10 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, June 24 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
You may BYOB or bring snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
Maximalist Collage
Thursday, June 26, 6:30-8:30 PM
Collage is a game: an exciting rearrangement of colors, patterns and textures. In this 2 hour session we will craft, tear, cut and layer magazine ephemera to create a stunning maximalist design.
Come join collage artist, Corinne Jones and Cut it Out!
This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 people (12 years or older.)
Cancellation Policy
Antique Charm Necklaces
Friday, June 27 (6:30-8:30pm)
Make your own charm necklace! In this workshop, you will learn the basics of building chain, using jewelry wire, and creating and adding pendants and charms using up-cycled beads.
At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a completely unique and totally customized charm necklace of your very own! This workshop is beginner friendly -- no prior jewelry-making experience necessary!
Feel free to bring your own beads or broken jewelry to use in your new piece! Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Shrinky Dink Rings
Friday, June 13 (7-8:30pm)
Use Shrinky Dink paper, colored pencils and and gel nail polish to make gorgeous, wearable rings!
Local designer, Grace Larivee, will guide you through the exciting process of transforming your ideas into custom jewelry that no one will believe is handmade. We will provide traceable images and all the tools and materials you need to succeed in making up to 3 different pieces! No artistic ability necessary!
This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, June 10 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
You may BYOB or bring snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
Sign up ahead for a discounted rate! $10 at the door.
Cyanotype Sun Prints
Cyanotype Sun Prints
Saturday, June 7 ( 11am-12:30pm )
This workshop will provide guidance on how to make cyanotypes or "sun prints". Cyanotype is a form of camera-less photography that can be done with non-toxic, easily accessed materials, using sunlight to expose an image.
We'll play with shapes and transparency to create a unique print in deep shades of blue. Instructor, Lauren Fiasconaro will help you to avoid any pitfalls that may impede the development of your image.
Feel free to bring a small, flat object with an interesting shape to try printing with. Flowers, leaves or other plant matter work great! Otherwise, all materials will be provided. This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older).
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
First Friday night, June 6 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
You may BYOB or bring other snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
Sign up ahead for a discounted rate! $10 at the door.
Linocut Printmaking
Linocut Printmaking
Thursday, June 5 (6:30-9pm)
This class will teach you how to create beautiful linocuts, an exciting relief technique for printmaking! Local Artist, Anjali Karustis will guide you first in carving linoleum blocks, then in printing multiples of your image on paper.
Sketch a design and learn and how to transfer your sketch to the linoleum.
Get more comfortable with the cutting tools by playing around with different mark-making techniques. Then carve a linoleum printing block with your chosen design.
At the end of class you will apply ink to your block and print multiples of your image on paper! Experiment with black or color inks.
This workshop is 2.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.) All materials provided!
Cancellation Policy
Torn Paper Collage
Friday, May 30 ( 7-8:30 pm )
Create your own small piece of original art from recycled magazines! We’ll explore the fun, sustainable world of torn paper collage in this 1.5 hour workshop with Philly collage artist Ingrid Spangler!
Learn about tearing paper with or against the grain for different effects, choosing colors and adding “texture” to the collage by incorporating patterns or text.
Feel free to bring your own magazines to use in your collage!
Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 10 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, May 27 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
A selection of hot tea and biscuits is included. You may BYOB or bring other snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
$8 when you sign up ahead online. $10 at the door!
Crochet Chickens
Friday, May 23 (6:30-9:30pm)
Festive & beginner-friendly crochet class!
Whether you've crocheted before or are looking to learn for the first time, this sweet little chicken is the perfect spring crafting project! Instructor Jillian Roeper will guide you through the basic stitches of crocheting including single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet stitches. You will also learn how to read a typical crochet pattern.
Form the chicken body in your choice of yarn color. Then we will add a beak, eyes and comb to bring your chicken to life. This little guy makes for a great children's toy or home decoration!
All materials provided!
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 6 participants (12 years or older).
Cancellation Policy
Shrinky Dink Rings
Thursday, May 22 (7-8:30pm)
Use Shrinky Dink paper, colored pencils and and gel nail polish to make gorgeous, wearable rings!
Local designer, Grace Larivee, will guide you through the exciting process of transforming your ideas into custom jewelry that no one will believe is handmade. We will provide traceable images and all the tools and materials you need to succeed in making up to 3 different pieces! No artistic ability necessary!
This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Maximalist Collage
Friday, May 16, (6:30-8:30 pm)
Collage is a game: an exciting rearrangement of colors, patterns and textures. In this 2 hour session we will craft, tear, cut and layer magazine ephemera to create a stunning maximalist design.
Come join collage artist, Corinne Jones and Cut it Out!
This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 people (12 years or older.)
Cancellation Policy
Pine Needle Basketry
Thursday, May 15th (6-9pm)
These long leaf southern pine needles are foraged locally and dried over several weeks. In this workshop, you will learn how to coil pine needles into a beautiful little basket or bowl using only a needle and waxed thread!
Choose which colors and shape you’d like your basket to be. We will provide green and brown pine needles and a variety of thread colors.
Learn three different stitches, how to begin and finish a basket, and how to form a rounded bowl or vertical cylinder.
Take home your little handmade basket along with instructions and enough materials to finish your piece if it needs more work.
The coiling skills learned in this class can be used to form vessels out of many fibers and materials like fabric, paper or dried grasses. Handmade coil baskets make beautiful trinket dishes and thoughtful gifts!
All materials provided.
3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, May 13 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
A selection of hot tea and biscuits is included. You may BYOB or bring other snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
$8 when you sign up ahead online. $10 at the door!
Linocut Printmaking
Friday, May 9 (6-9pm)
This class will teach you how to create beautiful linocuts, an exciting relief technique for printmaking! Local Artist, Anjali Karustis will guide you first in carving linoleum blocks, then in printing multiples of your image on paper.
Sketch a design and learn and how to transfer your sketch to the linoleum.
Get more comfortable with the cutting tools by playing around with different mark-making techniques. Then carve a linoleum printing block with your chosen design.
At the end of class you will apply ink to your block and print multiples of your image on paper! Experiment with black or color inks.
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.) All materials provided!
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
First Friday night, May 2 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
A selection of hot tea and biscuits is included. You may BYOB or bring other snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
Sign up ahead for a discounted rate! $10 at the door.
Mosaic Keepsakes
Saturday, April 26 (2:30-4:30PM)
In this class, you can create a one-of-a-kind piece of mosaic art from a variety of knick-knacks and air-dry clay!
Teaching artist, Blair Orndorf, will provide a large selection of small objects, including ceramic pieces, shells, sea glass, and pendants. She will guide you through sculpting a plate or vessel from air dry clay, then inlaying your mosaic into the piece.
You are also welcome to bring your own personal artifacts to incorporate into your artwork. Through the process of selecting and arranging mosaic pieces, we can symbolically represent our experiences, emotions, and memories.
Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Antique Charm Necklaces
Friday, April 25 (6:30-8:30pm)
Make your own charm necklace! In this workshop, you will learn the basics of building chain, using jewelry wire, and creating and adding pendants and charms using up-cycled beads.
At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a completely unique and totally customized charm necklace of your very own! This workshop is beginner friendly -- no prior jewelry-making experience necessary!
Feel free to bring your own beads or broken jewelry to use in your new piece! Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Cyanotype Sun Prints
Saturday, April 19 ( 11am-12:30pm )
This workshop will provide guidance on how to make cyanotypes or "sun prints". Cyanotype is a form of camera-less photography that can be done with non-toxic, easily accessed materials, using sunlight to expose an image.
We'll play with shapes and transparency to create a unique print in deep shades of blue. Instructor, Lauren Fiasconaro will help you to avoid any pitfalls that may impede the development of your image.
Feel free to bring a small, flat object with an interesting shape to try printing with. Flowers, leaves or other plant matter work great! Otherwise, all materials will be provided. This workshop is 1.5 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older).
Cancellation Policy
Crochet Chickens
Friday, April 18 (6:30-9:30pm)
Festive & beginner-friendly crochet class!
Whether you've crocheted before or are looking to learn for the first time, this sweet little chicken is the perfect spring crafting project! Instructor Jillian Roeper will guide you through the basic stitches of crocheting including single crochet, half double crochet, and double crochet stitches. You will also learn how to read a typical crochet pattern.
Form the chicken body in your choice of yarn color. Then we will add a beak, eyes and comb to bring your chicken to life. This little guy makes for a great children's toy or home decoration!
All materials provided!
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 6 participants (12 years or older).
Cancellation Policy
Linocut Printmaking
Thursday, April 17th ( 6-9pm )
This class will teach you how to create beautiful linocuts, an exciting relief technique for printmaking! Local Artist, Anjali Karustis will guide you first in carving linoleum blocks, then in printing multiples of your image on paper.
Sketch a design and learn and how to transfer your sketch to the linoleum.
Get more comfortable with the cutting tools by playing around with different mark-making techniques. Then carve a linoleum printing block with your chosen design.
At the end of class you will apply ink to your block and print multiples of your image on paper! Experiment with black or color inks.
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.) All materials provided!
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, April 15 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
A selection of hot tea and biscuits is included. You may BYOB or bring other snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
Sign up ahead for a discounted rate! $10 at the door.
Intro to Mindful Weaving
Saturday, April 12 ( 3-6pm )
Woven Stories: An Intro to Mindful Weaving
Join Linda Ruggiero for an evening of mindful weaving! In this 3-hour workshop you will learn the basics of hand weaving and will get to create a unique wall hanging to take home. We will begin class with an introduction to weaving on a frame loom, and students will learn the skills of warping the loom and weaving the basic stitch: plain weave. Once comfortable with these techniques, each student will be asked to consider a story or memory in their personal life that they would like to represent in their textile. Using color cards and color psychology theory, students will choose fabrics, yarn, and threads that represent elements of their stories to create their own personalized weavings.
No experience needed; all materials provided. If you have your own fabric or yarn scraps that you would like to use, please feel free to bring them.
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older).
Cancellation Policy
Altered Book Making
Friday, April 11 ( 6:30-8:30pm )
Altered Book Making gives new life to damaged or outdated books by using them as a canvas for creative expression. In this class, we’ll learn how to make an art journal from an old book!
Get inspired by the words and phrases on the pages as you create blackout poetry, layer other images, paint or stamps on the pages for collages, and make pockets or niches in your journal.
Instructor, Ingrid Spangler, will demonstrate how to incorporate found objects, mementos and even artwork on other media into your own personal journal.
Books and materials provided but we invite you to bring in any favorite scrap materials or found objects you may have. We’ll provide some rescued books to work with, but if you have an old hardcover book you’d like to use, please bring it along! We will even talk about what to do with the pages from the books we don’t use.
This class is beginner friendly - no experience necessary! 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Pine Needle Basketry
Thursday, April 10 (6:30-9:30pm)
These long leaf southern pine needles are foraged locally and dried over several weeks. In this workshop, you will learn how to coil pine needles into a beautiful little basket or bowl using only a needle and waxed thread!
Choose which colors and shape you’d like your basket to be. We will provide green and brown pine needles and a variety of thread colors.
Learn three different stitches, how to begin and finish a basket, and how to form a rounded bowl or vertical cylinder.
Take home your little handmade basket along with instructions and enough materials to finish your piece if it needs more work.
The coiling skills learned in this class can be used to form vessels out of many fibers and materials like fabric, paper or dried grasses. Handmade coil baskets make beautiful trinket dishes and thoughtful gifts!
All materials provided.
3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Community Craft Night
Community Craft Night
Tuesday night, June 10 ( 6:30-8 pm )
Come relax and create with other local craft enthusiasts.
Bring your own project to work on or play around with our crafting materials.
We will provide everything you need to create a staff-selected craft of the week!
You may BYOB or bring snacks. We have wine glasses, bottle openers and napkins for your convenience.
$8 when you sign up ahead online. $10 at the door!
Recycled Paper Making
Thursday, April 3 (6:30-8:30pm)
Create 10-15 pages of your own handmade recycled paper! Shred and blend old paper with water to create a pulpy paper slurry. Learn to use a Mould & Deckle to form new sheets of handmade paper.
Experiment with making white writing pages, colorful card stock, and flower petal or fern paper.
2 hours long with a maximum of 4 participants. (12 years and older)
All materials provided.
*Finished paper will be dried and pressed in-house and sent via USPS mail to participants within one week of the workshop.
Cancellation Policy
Intro to Mindful Weaving
Saturday, March 29 (2-5pm)
Woven Stories: An Intro to Mindful Weaving
Join Linda Ruggiero for an evening of mindful weaving! In this 3-hour workshop you will learn the basics of hand weaving and will get to create a unique wall hanging to take home. We will begin class with an introduction to weaving on a frame loom, and students will learn the skills of warping the loom and weaving the basic stitch: plain weave. Once comfortable with these techniques, each student will be asked to consider a story or memory in their personal life that they would like to represent in their textile. Using color cards and color psychology theory, students will choose fabrics, yarn, and threads that represent elements of their stories to create their own personalized weavings.
No experience needed; all materials provided. If you have your own fabric or yarn scraps that you would like to use, please feel free to bring them.
This workshop is 3 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older).
Cancellation Policy
Antique Charm Necklaces
Thursday, March 27 (6:30-8:30pm)
Make your own charm necklace! In this workshop, you will learn the basics of building chain, using jewelry wire, and creating and adding pendants and charms using up-cycled beads.
At the end of the workshop, you will leave with a completely unique and totally customized charm necklace of your very own! This workshop is beginner friendly -- no prior jewelry-making experience necessary!
Feel free to bring your own beads or broken jewelry to use in your new piece! Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 2 hours long with a maximum of 8 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
Torn Paper Collage
Thursday, March 20 (6:30-8 pm)
Create your own small piece of original art from recycled magazines! We’ll explore the fun, sustainable world of torn paper collage in this 1.5 hour workshop with Philly collage artist Ingrid Spangler!
Learn about tearing paper with or against the grain for different effects, choosing colors and adding “texture” to the collage by incorporating patterns or text.
Feel free to bring your own magazines to use in your collage!
Otherwise, all materials are provided. This workshop is 1 hour long with a maximum of 10 participants (12 years and older.)
Cancellation Policy
