Workshop

Fearless Abstract Painting

May 20, 2025 by

Join professional artist Samantha da Silva for a transformative 2-day workshop designed to unleash your creativity. In this immersive experience, you’ll explore innovative techniques, using rollers instead of brushes and unconventional materials like paint, plaster, and sand to create textured abstract art that reflects your unique vision. Let go of fear and silence your inner critic in a supportive environment where exploration and fun take precedence. No prior experience is needed — just an open mind and a willingness to dive in.

Discover the fearless artist within you. Join us and create something extraordinary!

What to Expect

1. Opening Circle: We’ll start our journey together by connecting as a group. Share your intentions and set the tone for a weekend filled with creativity and inspiration.

2. Philosophy: Dive into the idea that “the process of creating evolves into ideas.” You’ll learn that every stroke of paint is a step toward discovering more about yourself and your art.

3. How to Begin: We’ll discuss how to set your intentions and how to tone your canvas to prepare for a day of artistic exploration.

4. FearLESS Abstract Painting Foundational Techniques: Experience hands-on learning as you use nature as your inspiration. You’ll master techniques like applying paint with rollers, blending colors with water, and manipulating the canvas to create depth and texture.

5. Texture Exploration: Discover the differences between modeling paste and gel medium, and learn how to make your own mediums using local materials like salt, sand, and sawdust.

Beaded Heart Workshop- 1 Day

February 14, 2025 by

This amazing mosaicking technique enables you to create playful mosaics with small beads, tokens, jewelry and anything else your heart desires. It is also a great addition to other mosaic skills, giving you so many options on your creative journey. I will have everything you need for a day of artful learning. We will use special metal (nickel silver) hand and heart substrates designed just for this class. You will love this new art form and art piece! You can also use this technique to bead of bottles, belt buckles, boots, bunnies and just about anything else. Come join us for a day of new techniques and creativity.

Throwing Large Forms on the Wheel (2 days)

January 31, 2025 by

Learn how to throw large forms on the wheel in this two day workshop with Tom Caswell! Practice centering large amounts of clay, combining separate pieces to make one large form.

This class is best suited for ceramic artists who are comfortable on the wheel and want to take their skills to the next level.

Artwork will be fired by our dedicated clay studio staff.

Please note that the firing process takes 7-14 days, and your finished pieces will be available for pick-up only; shipping is not offered for class creations. Remember to collect your masterpiece within 60 days to avoid recycling.

Wheel Thrown Plates and Platters Workshop

January 31, 2025 by

Learn how to throw plates and large platters on the wheel with Tom Caswell. Plates serve as a versatile canvas, allowing potters to unleash their creativity through imaginative designs and decorations. Tricks will be shared to prevent the most common errors such as “S” cracks and warping. In this class, we will be using porcelain! If you are new to using porcelain, this workshop is perfect for you to give it a try!

This class is best suited for ceramic artists who are comfortable on the wheel and want to take their skills to the next level. Plan on returning the following Saturday, June 28th, during our open studio time, to finish your pieces (trimming or glazing). Tom will be there all day to be guiding you and answer questions.

Artwork will be fired by our dedicated clay studio staff.

1 Day Welding Workshop

January 31, 2025 by

Using MIG welders, oxygen/acetylene torches, plasma cutters, grinders, shapers, and cut-off tools, students will learn metalworking and metal sculpture design. Each date is a separate workshop with its own project and finished piece.

Course Goals: Explore the fun of completing a project with steel, using basic metal cutting and welding equipment. Wear cotton or leather clothing, bring gloves and eye protection if you have them. Welding helmets, ear and eye protection, gloves will be provided.

No. of attendees – 4.

Plein Air Painting: The Living Landscape

January 27, 2025 by

How do you translate the wild complexity, vibrancy, and constant motion of the natural world into a painting that actually feels alive?

Join Johnny DeFeo for three immersive days of plein air exploration, where landscape becomes both subject and teacher. Together, we’ll investigate how to identify the essential qualities of a place—its light, rhythm, atmosphere, and energy—and transform those observations into fully realized works of art.

The workshop blends short lectures and demonstrations with both quick studies and longer-form paintings, all created on location. Rather than a traditional “paint-along,” instruction is intentionally intimate and responsive, with frequent mini-critiques and one-on-one guidance. The focus is on helping you develop your own visual language and body of work.

By the end of the workshop, participants will:

Confidently identify and articulate the essence of natural elements
Generate meaningful prompts to guide future studio practice
Create paintings that feel personal, descriptive, and deeply connected to place

Participants should bring their own supplies and have prior painting experience, such as a beginner class, and are ready to deepen their practice. This workshop is designed for artists ready to deepen their relationship with landscape and push their work beyond observation into expression.

$325 early bird until May 1st! Price goes up to $375 after.

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