Workshops and One-Day Events

Workshops and One-Day Events

The Visual Arts Department at the Ashtabula Arts Center offers education for all ages and experience levels, as well as year-round opportunities for artists to showcase their work and network with other artists. The accessibility of our Visual Arts programming is a priority, and classes, workshops, and community art events are offered both on site at the Arts Center and as outreach throughout Ashtabula County. Our facilities include an art studio, clay studio, and gallery. In addition to classes and workshops, individual instruction is available in multiple art forms. Artists and art students also have opportunities to be part of our 13th Street and Straw Hat production teams, helping to create set pieces and projections.

Chalk Pastels

for teens & adults
with Mary Underwood
Mondays, 3-5 p.m.
$27 workshop fee, $7 materials fee
March 14: Dock in the Mist
March 28: Tea with Lemon
April 11: Summer Cottage by the Lake
April 25: cancelled
May 9: Watching the Moonrise
May 30: TBA

Paint & Sip: Black Light Edition

Paint & Sip -Black Light Edition
for teens & adults
with Solita Jones
Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m.
$16 workshop fee, $8 materials fee
Bring your beverage of choice to enjoy while you create an 11″x14″ canvas under black light with glow paints.
March 18: Poison Dart Frog
April 22: Sunset Stream
May 20: Moonglow Moths

Needle Felting for Beginners

for teens & adults
with Nancy Nelson-Brotz
Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m.
$15 workshop fee, $10 materials fee
March 19: Koi Kindle Cover/Picture
April 2: 3D Sea Otter
April 9: 2D Hot Air Balloon Scene
April 16: 2D Seahorse Scene

Paint Your Own Retro Pottery

for teens & adults
with Melanie Blake
March 21 or March 28
6:30-8:30 p.m.
$25 workshop fee, $8 materials fee
Maximum of 10 students per session

Paint & Sip Nights

for teens & adults
with Solita Jones
Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m.
$16 workshop fee, $8 materials fee
April 1: Pastel Moonbeams
April 15: Evergreen Path
May 6: Spring Dandelions
June 3: Poppy Field

Hand-Painted Eclipse Scarf

for teens & adults
with Candace Barr
Saturday, April 6
11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
$60 workshop fee, $15 materials fee
Maximum of 5 students

Random Weave Basket

cancelled

Coiled Baskets

for teens & adults
with Carol Leikala
Saturday, April 20, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
$55 workshop fee
Maximum of 6 students
Come join us for this fun, easy class. Couled baskets are created using a long piece of coiling cord and the fiber of your choice. We’ll make a simple basket about 5″ around. You will not finish your basket before the end of the session, but will be instructed so you can finish it outside of class. Please bring your own scissors; all other materials are provided.

Explorations in Basketry

for teens & adults
with Vicki Sheldon
April 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
$20 workshop fee
Maximum of 10 students
Bring unfinished basket projects, materials, and questions — we’ll troubleshoot and look at a variety of techniques that can be adapted for various projects.

2-Week Intermediate Needle Felting

for teens & adults
with Nancy Nelson-Brotz
Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m.
April 30 & May 7: 2D Hare $90
May 14 & 21: 3D Songbird $70

Basic Coiled Basket

for teens & adults
with Vicki Sheldon
May 4, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
$20 workshop fee, $10 materials fee
Maximum of 10 students
We’ll create a small coiled basket from recycled fabric braids. This workshop will involve some sewing and use of sharp tools.

 

Croissants & Collage

for teens & adults
with Sharon Dundee
May 11, 10-11:30 a.m.
$20 (includes materials)
No experience is required for this workshop celebrating World Collage Day. Bring your beverage of choice and enjoy a morning of croissants, community, and creativity!
Sharon Dundee is a passionate, active, artist with over 30 years of professional graphic design and adjunct teaching experience. She specializes in abstract-expressionist analogue collage and mixed media painting.

Green Man Painting

for teens & adults
with Candace Barr
Saturday, May 11, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.
$40 workshop fee, $10 materials fee
The Green Man is a face motif surrounded and bearded by leaves, vines, and flowering buds, usually depicted in sculptures and on buildings. Variations of the Green Man can be found in multiple cultures around the world. We’ll recreate him here in acrylic paint.
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Encaustic Printmaking

for teens & adults
with Sandy Shellenberger
May 18, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
$40 workshop fee, $15 materials fee
In encaustic printmaking, pigmented wax is applied directly to heated metal plate by painting or pouring, or, more commonly, drawing on the plate with wax in solid stick form. The motlen wax can then be manipulated with brushes and other tools to refine the image. Absorbent paper is then laid on the plate to transfer the image. A handheld Japanese printmaking tool calleda baren may be used to gently press the print and bring it into full contact with the plate.

Basic Basket Twining (2 weeks)

for teens & adults
with Vicki Sheldon
June 1 & 8, 10 a.m.-noon
$40 workshop fee, $10 materials fee
Maximum of 10 students
We’ll twine a small basic basket over light ash splits with recycled fabric.