Free Hat-Making Studio We’ve converted our conference room to a hat-making studio — open all week long prior to our Kentucky Derby Fundraiser Party (May 3). Bring your own hat to decorate with a selection of flowers, ribbons, and embellishments — all supplies provided. You can also bring any of your own special additions like ribbons, netting, feathers, charms, and dried flowers. Come in any time between 9-5pm M-F; no [...]
What better way to celebrate our supporters by hosting a FUNdraising party with a purpose? This is our biggest – and only – fundraising event of 2025 with all proceeds benefiting our arts & education programming. You will be transported to the heart of Churchill Downs with creative decor, red roses, a themed photo booth, mint juleps, and an abundant buffet. Watch the race on the big screen and be in on the action when you pick the winner. Have a little extra fun and dress in traditional Kentucky Derby attire, with a chance to win a prize for best hat and best dressed couple!
Learn design and structure skills plus tips and tricks for making your own flower arrangement. Just in time for Mother's Day, this guided, step-by-step workshop is a great opportunity to spend time with friends and take home a beautiful arrangement!
In 4 Tuesday morning workshops, learn techniques for creating lifelike drawings. Learn how to conquer shading, proportion & scale, values, and accurate likenesses. Each class begins with a demonstration, followed by personalized mentoring as you create the same drawing. Landscapes, animals, still life, and people will be explored.
Add some sparkle to your table—or someone else’s—with a vibrant 9x9 fused-glass plate you design yourself! Work with a wide array of colors and patterns to create a one-of-a-kind piece perfect for entertaining or gifting.
With charm, wit and heart, the live stage production of "You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown" explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang. This bright whirlwind of musical numbers and comedic bits, based on the beloved Charles Schulz comic strip, is the perfect way to rekindle your love for Snoopy, Linus, Sally, Lucy, Schroeder and of course, Charlie Brown! Musical numbers include “My Blanket and Me,” “The Kite,” “The Baseball Game,” “Little Known Facts,” “Suppertime” and “Happiness.” Guaranteed to please audiences of all ages!
Get to know eight accomplished artists and learn all about their creative processes in the Amazing Artist series -- a collaboration between The Sonoran Arts League & The Holland Center. This month's featured artist: Gordon Paul Mischke. This is a fantastic opportunity for art enthusiasts to connect with local talented artists as they share their journeys, inspirations, and passions with our community.
Learn wet felting by turning wool fluff and other embellishment materials into colorful fabric flowers. No experience necessary!
Create three unique keepsakes from recycled leather locally acquired from thrift stores and friends' castoffs: a no-stitch leather basket, a Scandinavian star, and a bracelet from leather and brass washers.
Create 2 fused-glass plant stakes, or 2 suncatchers, or a combination of one each -- perfect for gifts or additions to your home. Design as you wish using a smorgasbord of supplies including dots, stringers, vitrograph, frit (crushed glass), and murrini. Items will be available for pickup within two weeks after kilning.
Widely regarded as the Father of the United States Constitution, James Madison overcame frail health and an exceptionally quiet demeanor to be a commanding figure in American history. He was the 4th President of the United States, the longest living Founding Father, and the catalyst to forming the first American political party.
Do you already know a little Spanish and want to practice and learn more? This engaging course is designed just for you with lively conversations, interactive activities, music, and games. You’ll have the chance to practice everyday vocabulary, phrases, and expressions that will empower you to communicate confidently with native Spanish speakers, whether you’re at home or traveling abroad. Includes 4 classroom sessions plus one-on-one Zoom sessions.
Use oil paints to capture the desert agave's intricate dance of light and shadow that plays upon each leaf and thorn. Learn tips for revealing the delicate structures that often go unnoticed, layering of color, and brush strokes for creating texture.
Businesses without storefronts may have limited opportunities to shake hands with the community and showcase their offerings. Many of these business owners live in the area and are strongly connected to the community through non-profit advocacy, volunteerism, local social media groups, church membership, or civic engagement. And as members of the Carefree-Cave Creek Chamber of Commerce, you have added assurances of their accountability. So come meet the people behind the scenes of the some of the most reputable non-brick & mortar businesses serving our area and see what they can offer you!
Don't miss this chance to elevate your makeup game with expert guidance and sparkling personality from Charlie Green -- a celebrity makeup artist (and local resident!). Fresh off her win as Best Makeup Artist of Our Valley 2025 from "Arizona Foothills Magazine", Charlie brings her star-powered skills and infectious energy to a hands-on workshop that's fun, fabulous, and full of face-changing secrets your friends will swear are magic.
Learn principles from a proven system that have helped thousands upon thousands of people create results in all areas of life. This workshop is for you if you're feeling stuck, unfulfilled, or not sure of the next step -and- also if you know exactly what you want yet you're feeling frustrated because you haven't achieved your desired results.
Learn the easy way to create charcoal drawings with step-by-step guidance. Instructor begins with a demonstration, and shares shortcuts and unique tips & tricks for achieving realism and good composition. A highlight of the class: Learn to use an eraser to remove charcoal to reveal the white of the paper. It's a reversal! You will have a beautifully-finished drawing by the end of the class.
If you want to choose your own hours, have a business at home, find clients easily, and make great money doing medical transcription, this class will get you started. Learn all about medical transcription, and the ins-and-outs of starting and operating a medical transcription business.
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