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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Art of Flint Knapping with Guy Neal
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
Stone tools were made all around the world. Discover this ancient craft to make something useful out of stone.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Beginning and Intermediate Sewing with Virginia Harrison
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn all about sewing, from hems to buttonholes and more.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Blacksmithing from Beginning to Experiences with Shel Browder & Steve Mankowski
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Blacksmithing for all levels.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Bobbin Lace for Beginners with Katherine La Pietra
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
It looks hard, but it isn't! Discover the world of hand-made bobbin lace.
Period 3
Class Spans
1 Period
Building Community Through Mural Making with Ellen and Don Elmes
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Gather the community! Gain the skills to plan and implement a community art project from start to finish.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Cherokee Pottery with Lillie Vann
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a small turtle using Cherokee symbols and techniques.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Chinese Painting and Calligraphy: History and Practice with Qin Fang
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
An introduction to Chinese calligraphy and painting.
Period 4
Class Spans
1 Period
Documentary Filmmaking Workshop with Richard Anderson
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
A basic guide for how to make an independent documentary film.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Drawing Nature in Still Life with Rachel Wojnar
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Explore different drawing media and techniques
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Dugout Canoe with Ken Koons, Shel Browder and Steve Mankowski
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Help make a dugout canoe from a spruce log
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Earth Colors with Pat Brodowski & Ken Koons
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Making pigments extracted from plants and minerals
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Foraged Colors for Dyeing and Printing with Pat Brodowski
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Plants collected from the field become dyes and printing ink on cloth.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Forging Silver with Linda Van Hart
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Changing the Plane, Direction, and Diameter of Silver with Hammers
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
From Rags to Richness with Cookie Washington
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a small Gullah rag quilt using both traditional Gullah methods and newer tools and techniques.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Fun with Brick Stitch with Joanne Bast
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn brick stitch to explore and depict two-dimensional scenes such as landscapes, flowers, figures, or faces.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Fun with Funky Junque Jewelry with Sara Murphy
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create playful jewelry pieces
Evening Events
Class Spans
1 Period
Gallery Talks
Available:
- Week 2
Available:
- Week 1
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn more about the work of our many wonderful Traditions Weeks Visual Arts instructors!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Guided Owl Drawing in Colored Pencil with Claudia Tonne Konkus
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to use colored pencils to build depth and definition by drawing a lifelike owl.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Introduction to Leathercraft with Ty Pittman
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the basics of hand crafting leather projects.
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Introduction to Synclastic Forging with Barbara Bayne and Wayne Wermer
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Make cuffs, earrings and more!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Knots and Spirals: Creating an Artist Book with Celtic Flair with Shawn Lockhart
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Carve Celtic knotwork and spirals into a linoleum block to print for your own artist book.
Period 2
Class Spans
1 Period
Matting and Framing Matters with Don Elmes
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn how to protect and frame your artwork.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Mood Rings: Bezel and Tab-Setting Stones with April Wood
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Create a ring with a bezel set stone.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Ceramics and Dreamcatchers with Jeremy Wright
Available:
- Week 3
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Flute Making with Jeremy Wright
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Make your own Native American woodland flute, whose haunting sound will give you hours of enjoyment.
Something For Everyone
Schedule a week or two, or three! Or, just sprinkle some classes in between other commitments.
