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Books and Beyond: The Art of Collage

Eric Carle is primarily known for The Very Hungry Caterpillar...

Summer Art Camps: ART Adventures

Campers will be introduced to a new art technique each day from painting, sculpting, drawing, and printmaking...

Hand-stamped Charms

Discover how easy it is to make personal, meaningful, one-of-a-kind jewelry. You'll start by cutting a metal blank with the disc cutter or blanking dies...

Beginning Jewelry/ Metalsmithing

Instructor Amy Reeves Beginning Jewelry/ Metalsmithing -Cuff bracelet, Ring and Bezel Setting - In this class you'll learn the basics techniques to create jewelry of your own design...

Stone Setting Workshop Prong Settings and Flush Mounts

Learn to fabricate your own custom prong settings for any shape, size and cut of stone! Flush set all different sizes of faceted round stones too! Sheet and wire construction, for a variety of ston...

Summer Camp at the History Museum!

Learn some creative ways to give your classroom displays or exhibit projects added flair to grab the attention of your audience! Expert exhibit designer and former museum director Chris Fiala Erlic...

Re-purpose, Re-design, Upcycle!

In this class we will use the sterling silver scrap directly, rather than remelting or sending in for scrap and save the energy used to convert it to new metal...

Ring Making Workshop

Instructor Amy Reeves Ring Making Workshop - Learn to shape, solder, texture and patina silver to create beautiful rings of your own design. No prior jewelry experience is necessary...

Beginning Jewelry Workshop

Instructor Amy Reeves Beginning Jewelry Workshop - Learn the secrets of working with copper, brass and silver on a jewelry scale...

2-Day Japanese Temari Workshop

This class is an introduction to the ancient Japanese art of Temari...

Introduction to Jewelry Casting

Instructor Joni Joachims Introduction to Jewelry Casting - Learn to design and make jewelry using the lost wax casting method...

Stone Setting Workshop:

Instructor Amy Reeves Stone Setting Workshop- Learn to set round faceted stones in seamless tubing to create tiny bezels for a clean modern look...

Chasing and Repoussé

Chasing and repoussé is the art of making relief designs in sheet metal using small punches...

Precious Metal Clay: PMC Rings with Bling!

Instructor Ruth Greening Students will learn how to form, texture & shape a ring to the proper size to fit their hand...

Summer Art Camps: Drawing Outside the Lines

Focusing on expressive drawing and illustration, campers will take field trips to draw “en plein air” – in the open air – and learn techniques to compose vibrant works of art...