No experience needed! – Always wanted to draw? In just one hour, learn basic techniques to sketch with confidence and unleash your inner artist.
Learn the importance of situational awareness and simple self-defense moves for the most common situations -- defenses that anyone can use and are easy to learn. Participants will practice the techniques and learn confidence for applying them immediately.
Capture life’s moments with your smartphone! Learn easy tips and how to frame and tell a story with each photo.
Whether you're traveling somewhere exotic this summer or enjoying all Arizona offers, learn how the 10 Commandments of Smartphone Photography along with other tips and tricks will elevate your photos into captivating stories. Your class experience will include demonstrations and hands-on techniques to frame scenes and convey emotion.
Let's paint some potted cacti for fun! Instruction is for beginners, but everyone is welcome. Complete an 8x10 canvas and learn tips, tricks, and shortcuts from award-winning artist Beth Zink.
Step back in time with a live demo of 19th-century photography. Discover how portraits were once made—using glass, silver, and a little bit of magic.
Using oil paints on canvas, you'll learn tips to capture the sweet and gentle nature of wild burros through the layering of color and brush strokes for creating realistic fur. You will also learn about the materials, brush styles, paint mixing, palette layouts and composition and values.
In four (4) Tuesday morning classes, Larry Charles -- a nationally-recognized, exhibiting artist and expert instructor -- will help you improve your drawing skills. Learn techniques for capturing more realistic scenes of your travels, family, and the world around you including how to achieve better proportions, realistic shading, and lifelike sketches.
Beginners welcome! With step-by-step guidance, learn how to reveal the hidden glow of breathtaking desert sunsets using color layering and brush strokes. Also learn about materials, brush styles, paint mixing, palette layouts, composition, and values. Bring your favorite drink and snack for a relaxing session, and leave with a captivating piece of art for your home or to give as a gift.
Beginners welcomed! With step-by-step guidance, learn how to paint breathtaking cactus flowers from nationally exhibiting and published artist Beth Zink. Pick your flowers from several choices to complete an 8x10 canvas masterpiece that will be ready for framing.
Create either a panel for an LED stand or a lantern with fairy lights. Work with pre-cut blank panels of fusible glass, and materials such as stringers, vitrigraph, frit (crushed glass), and murrine -- plus a variety of colorful sheet glass to adorn your panels. Items will be available for pickup within two weeks after kilning.
Create one-of-a-kind, captivating glass dragonflies to add an enchanted sparkle to your garden -- or to give as a gift. Combine various glass elements together, including frit ground glass, pebbles of glass, and stringers. No glass cutting skills required. Each student will make one large and one small dragonfly.
In four (4) Monday afternoon classes, Sandi Carll from our Signature Program Desert Foothills Theater will host an engaging and lively improv class. Participants will actively participate in fun and easy improv games designed to improve cognitive ability, foster brain health, and broaden creative expression.
In four (4) Tuesday morning classes, Larry Charles -- a nationally-recognized, exhibiting artist and expert instructor -- will help you learn the secrets of doing quick, lifelike watercolor illustrations of the world around you. Topics include color mixing, shading, realism techniques, and tonal values. Ideal for both beginners and watercolor artists who want a higher level of image impact.
Beginners welcome! Wild Burros reign supreme as an emblematic resident of the Sonoran Desert. Using oil paints on canvas, you'll learn tips to capture one of these adorable residents through the layering of color and brush strokes. You will also learn about the materials, brush styles, paint mixing, palette layouts, composition, and values.
Join us for a fun and inspiring creative morning where participants will design and paint two unique flower-themed coasters using easy-to-learn, tangled-style patterns. This relaxing class encourages creativity, play, and self-expression -- one stroke at a time.
Learn wet felting by turning wool fluff and other embellishment materials into a beautiful transparent fiber sculpture that will be illuminated from within by a portable light. Your finished piece doubles as an art sculpture and light in your home, and you'll walk away with the knowledge necessary to continue your wet felting journey on your own.
Discover how simple and satisfying it is to make your own classic condiments at home—no preservatives, just pure flavor. In this hands-on demonstration, Janey will show you how to whip up favorites like: Mayonnaise & Aioli, Mustard, Ketchup and BBQ Sauce
Create a unique glass art piece! Using glass frit (ground glass), stringer (thin filaments), and noodles (flat, long pieces of pulled glass), design your own four-season glass curve. Each curve features four trees, representing nature's seasons. Enjoy this art in your home or gift it to a friend. Let your imagination blossom.
Join us for a relaxing and playful introduction to the beautiful world of origami! In this one-hour class, you’ll learn how to transform a simple square of paper into elegant cranes, charming butterflies, and other whimsical creations
In four (4) Monday afternoon classes, Sandi Carll from our Signature Program Desert Foothills Theater will host an engaging and lively improv class. Participants will actively participate in fun and easy improv games designed to improve cognitive ability, foster brain health, and broaden creative expression.
In four (4) Tuesday morning classes, Larry Charles — a nationally-recognized, exhibiting artist and expert instructor — will help you guide you in acrylic painting. It takes just four Tuesday morning workshops to learn the techniques for better acrylic painting.
Looking for a space to create, connect, and be inspired? Our Open Art Studio provides artists of all levels a welcoming environment to work on their own projects while sharing the space with fellow creatives.
A fantastic opportunity for art enthusiasts to connect with local talented artists and learn more about their creative processes!
Beginners welcome! Create a whimsical scene from our Sonoran Desert by using oil paints to bring out the beauty of these avian treasures. Learn tips for capturing their remarkable topknot plume with intricate blends of gray, chestnut and blue plumage and their striking white face markings by layering color and brush strokes for feathers.
Create a one-of-a-kind frame for your special photo! Learn how to make a colorful and fun frame for a 5x7 or 4×6 picture. This is the perfect class for any learning level and makes a fantastic gift or addition to your home
Step into the season with elegance as you design stunning arrangements using premium autumn blooms. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll work with high-end flowers in rich seasonal colors to create a centerpiece that captures the beauty of fall.
Create a captivating portrait of a fur friend with pastels. Learn how to paint realistic fur, capture details & textures, and get the values correct as you create a wonderful piece of art that you can proudly display at home or give as a gift.
Come and discover the wonderful world of weaving! Totally beginner friendly class. With each pick and weave– over and under, you get into a nice rhythm and find yourself relaxing and enjoying the weaving process.
Mimi will show you how to create gorgeous paper beads to use in your art projects in a simple and easy process. You will also learn how to use some of your beads by creating a Dangle to use as a Journal Charm, Bag or Zipper Pull, or even an accent for to wrap a gift!
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