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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  ​	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 ​ ​ ​