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.
AAC Wooly Wonders Knitting & Crochet Club
for teens/adults with knitting/crochet experience
with Pam Amy, facilitator
Tuesdays
June 2 & 16
July 7 & 21
Aug 4 & 18
9:30 a.m.
free to participate; no registration required
Help the Wooly Wonders Club keep the community warm! We’re making baby bonnets for Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, and scarves for Samaritan House. If you cannot attend in-person, you can also donate premade baby hats and scarves to the AAC; we will deliver.
Hanging Bird Fruit Feeders
for teens/adults
with Erica Ledford
Monday, June 15, 5-7 p.m.
$65 workshop fee, $15 materials fee
limit of 6 students
Hand-build a beautiful birdfeeder for your garden! These bird feeders are perfect for spearing slices of oranges, strawberries, or blueberries. We will be slab rolling, adding texture, and shaping these pieces in just one class.
for ages 11 & up
with Beth Burke
Thursday, June 25
2-2:30 p.m.
limit of 10 students
$35 workshop & materials
Learn the basics of glass fusing. Create a fused masterpiece while being introduced to glass cutting, frit, and enamel techniques. Closed-toed shoes required.
with Beth Burke
for teens/adults
limit of 15 students
Tuesday, June 21, 6-8 p.m.
workshop fee $35
for teens/adults
with Solita Jones
7-9 p.m.
June 29: Garden Lantern
July 27: Make a Wish
Aug 31: Summer Evening Breeze
workshop fee $25, materials fee $8
limit of 15 students
Create an 11×14 acrylic painting. Bring a friend and have fun creating easy canvas art. Solita will walk you through step by step. Feel free to bring wine or snacks.
with Erica Ledford
for teens/adults
Monday, July 13
5-7 p.m.
$45 workshop fee, $20 materials fee
limit of 6 students
Let’s celebrate Christmas in July! We will be glazing vintage slipcast Christmas trees- just like the kind grandma used to have.
for grades 1 & up
with Solita Jones
Monday, July 20
6-7pm
$13 workshop fee, $5 materials fee
Create a fun 8×10 canvas in acrylic paint.
for teens/adults
with Erica Ledford
Monday August 10
5-7 p.m.
$55 workshop fee, $15 materials fee
limit of 6 students
Add a unique touch to your yard with these handbuilt tree faces. We will be sculpted and underglazing eyes, a nose, and a mouth. Natural and realistic, or wildly colorful fantasy features: the choice is yours!
