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2-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Cell Phone Photography
Chalk Pastels: Color Drawing with an Expressive Medium
Digital Illustration
Dissecting an Old Master
The Open Road: Photography
Printmaking
Still Life: Observation and Invention


3-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Beads, Buttons & Knobs
Beginning Glass Beadmaking
Dome Pizza/Bread Oven Building
Mosaics for Everyday Life
Mosaics: Garden & Backyard Art
Sculptural Mold Making
Sculpture Carving
Sculpting Flowers & Leaves in Metal
Torch and Hammer
Ukrainian Egg Decorating—Pysanky
Vinegar Graining on Boxes & Frames


THE ART OF MAKING INSTRUMENTS
Instrument Case Painting


FIBER & WEARABLE ARTS
Beginning Harness Floor Loom Weaving
Beginning Glass Beadmaking
Beginning Sewing: Basic, Easy!
Braided: Intricate Hair & Beard Designs
Costume Design & Creation on a Shoestring
Sculpting Flowers & Leaves in Metal
Silk and Bakik Painting
Southern Plains Buckskin Moccasins
Torch and Hammer
Waxed Linen Pendants & Vessels


TRADITIONAL & NATIVE SKILLS
Blacksmithing: Fire, Iron and Hammer
Building Thoreau’s Cabin
Common Ground on the Grill
Having Your Way with Fire
Native American Philosophy, Art & Culture
Primal Knowledge: Arrows
Southern Plains Buckskin Moccasins
Vinegar Graining


2-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Anyone Can Draw
Art of Nature
Fitting the Pieces Together: Creating a Group Mandala
Floral Painting
Intro to Environmental Portraits
Mastering the Basics of Geometric Origami
Painting … the Red Road
Photo Restoration


3-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Beautiful Containers
Custom Vinyl Toys
Glass Camp with Ragtime
Intermediate Glass Beadmaking
Making Large Outdoor 3D Geometric Constructions
Opening Doors: Wood Carving & Painting
Red Ware Methods
Southwest Tile Mosaics
Stained Glass Sun Catchers
Wheel Good Fun: Wheel Throwing Skills


THE ART OF MAKING INSTRUMENTS
Cajón Construction
Native American Flute Making
Stumpf-Fiddle/Stomper-Doodle


FIBER & WEARABLE ARTS
Braided: Intricate Hair & Beard Designs
Fold Forming in Metal
Intermediate Glass Beadmaking
Make an Earring a Day
Make Anticlastic Bracelets
Puppets—They’re Ba-ack!
Rya Rugs from Scandinavia

 
TRADITIONAL & NATIVE SKILLS
Building Thoreau’s Cabin
Common Ground on the Grill
Having Your Way with Fire
Native American Flute & Flute Playing
Native American Flute Making
Native American Tribal Arts
Primitive Skills: Stone, Bone, Wood, & Fire
Traditional Blacksmithing
 
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2-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Art of the Bird
Beginning-Advanced Manga
Collage Art Journaling
Dancing with the Stars
Drawing Yourself: Inside and Out
Expanding Watercolor Horizons
How to Produce Professional Video Interviews
Journal Making & Marbleizing
Mastering the Basics of Geometric Origami
The Open Road: Photography
Photoshop 101: A Moment in Time
Your Phone May Be the BEST Camera You Own


3-DIMENSIONAL ARTS
Ceramics—Yunomis and Tea Bowls
Nature, Form and Function
Southwest Tile Mosaics
Splint Woven Basketry
Sweetgrass Basketry


THE ART OF MAKING INSTRUMENTS
Bodhran Construction
Shekere: Makin’ & Shakin’ the Calabash


FIBER & WEARABLE ARTS
Artistic Tie Dyeing—Japanese Style
Creating a Personalized Amulet: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, Wood
Fantastic Funky Junque
Hats: Sculpting with Sinamay
Heddle Woven Straps: Create a Band, No Music Needed
Torch Fired Enamels: Glass, Metal and Fire


TRADITIONAL & NATIVE SKILLS
Contemporary Native American Philosophy
Native American Flute & Flute Playing
Shekere: Makin’ & Shakin’ the Calabash
Shell Carving
Sweetgrass Basketry

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