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Classes for Adults:  Drawing, Painting, Clay, Fiber

Adult Painting Workshops w/ Carolee Schmi - suitable for all levels!

$10 MEMBER / $15 NON MEMBER per class  

• Acrylic: Lilacs Tuesday, April 24, 11am-12:15pm  
• Charcoal: Albert Einstein Tuesday, May 1, 11am-12:15pm  
• Acrylic w/ cards: Flag Tuesday, May 8, 11am-12:15pm 

Plein Air Painting (All Levels: Adult)

Invigorate your senses & develop your brush skills as you capture scenes while oil painting outdoors with Jason Cornish.  Visit local sights & see things with fresh eyes.  

$120 per session (6 classes) members/ $160 per session (6 classes) non-members; $30 drop-in fee

Saturdays, 9-Noon, meet at the Art Center

Session 1: May 19-June 23

Session 2: June 30-Aug 4

*Ask for materials list  

Studio Oil Painting— All Levels  (Adults 15 yrs+)

Get one-on-one attention from Jason Cornish as you learn basic techniques & create a masterpiece. Collaboration & art appreciation are also components of this 6-week course.  

$105 members/ $150 non-members

Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00pm May 2-June 6

*Ask for a materials list  

Special One-Day Watercolor Workshop— Intermediate Level (Adults 18yrs+)

Engage in this exclusive workshop where you will learn to beautifully paint the Mackinaw City Lighthouse with well-known instructor Marilynn Thomas.

$50 members/$70 non-members

Ask for a materials list

Tuesday, July 24, 10am-4pm (1 hour for lunch)  

Fabric Arts Basic Hand-Building “Ladies Night” —All Levels & Ages

Ladies are invited to spend this fun afternoon with Sicily McRaven creating jaw-dropping 3-D forms.  Share or learn skills like how to crochet, knit, wrap & coil.  By the end of the 5-week class, you’ll know why fiber arts is taking the world by storm!  This is a wonderful opportunity to bond with your daughter, niece, or grand-daughter!  

$120 members/$165 non-members

Double’s Discount $220 for 2 members

Materials included in price

Saturdays, 3:00-6:00pm

Session 1: May 12 & 19, June 9, 16 & 23

Session 2: July 14-Aug 11  

Soft Jewelry Making— All Levels (Adult 15 yrs+)  

Make creative, stylish, wearable art in this 4 week course as Sicily McRaven teaches you  crochet, coil basketry, & knot making techniques.  

$65 members/$85 non-members

Materials included in price

Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm May 22-June 12  

Fiber Arts Surface Design— All Levels (Adult 15 yrs+)  

In 4 weeks, easily learn skills like screen-printing, stenciling, & dyeing techniques to spice up all types of  fabrics with Sicily McRaven. 

Watch a t-shirt become a piece of artwork!  

$65 members/$85 non-members materials included in price

Thursdays, 6:30-8:30pm May 24 - June 14  

Beginning / Intermediate Ceramics— All Levels ( Adult 18 yrs+)

This hands-on class will cover the basics of wheel throwing & hand building techniques.  Pewabic Pottery Instructor, Audrey Long will work one-on-one with students to help reach individual goals in this 8-week course.  

$165 member/$210 non-member

$10 materials fee, $13 for 25lb bag of clay

Tuesdays,  6-:00-9:00pm Session 1: May 8-June 26

Session 2: July 10-Aug 28  

Beginning Tile Making All Levels (Adult 18 yrs+)

Learn & experiment with various tile-making techniques: mold making, press molding, relief sculpting & more. Pewabic instructor, Mario Lopez, guides both beginning & advanced students in this 8-week course.

$165 member/$210 non-member

$30 materials fee

Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00pm

April 25-June 13  

Petite Pottery— All Levels (Ages 16+)  

Create usable & adorable small pieces of pottery such as house numbers, plant tags, stamps, jewelry & more with Nancy Drescher in this fun 3-week course.  

$65 member/$90 non-member

Materials included in price

Thursdays,  6-:00-8:30pm July 26-Aug 9       

 

Youth Classes:  Drawing, Painting, Clay, Mixed Media, Summer Camps

Saturday’s Mixed Media Workshops— All Levels (Ages 6-15yrs)

Ignite your imagination & creativity in these weekly workshops with Suzanne Paridee. You will work with a variety of materials to make beautiful, unique art pieces.  Attend one or attend them all!  

May 5: Earth-Friendly Sculptures

May 12: My Family Fabric Collage

May 19: Print Making

June 9:  Painting ROCKS!

June 16: Weaving with Watercolors

June 23: 3-D Self Portrait

July 21: Ancient Egyptian Carvings

July 28th:  Acrylic Painting  

$20/class members  or 4 classes for $70

$30/class non-members or 4 classes for $105

Materials included

Saturdays, Noon-2:00pm  

Illustration & Figure Drawing—All Levels (Ages 6-10)  

*New!* Learn to draw people, animals, & other figures with children’s book illustrator, Jeff Jantz.  Draw comics, characters & even your friends in these 4-week classes!  

$60 members $80 non-members

Tuesdays, 4:30-6:30pm

Session 1: May 1-May 22

Session 2: June 19 & 26, July  10 & 17

*Ask for a materials list  

Illustration & Figure Drawing—All Levels (Ages 11-18)  

New!* Vividly capture scenes from your favorite books as you learn to draw people, animals, & other figures with children’s book illustrator, Jeff Jantz.  Draw comics, characters & even your friends in these 4-week classes!  Check out his webpage: www.descriptiveillustrations.com  

$60 members $80 non-members

Thursdays, 4:30-6:30pm

Session 1: May 3-May 24

Session 2: June 14 & 21, July  12 & 19

*Ask for a materials list  

Studio Oil Painting— All Levels (Ages 10-18)

Have you always wanted to learn to oil paint like the masters?  Now you can in this 6-week course with Jason Cornish.  Learn basic oil painting strategies, composition & color-mixing.  

$80 members $110 non-members

Wednesdays, 4:30-6:30pm

June 13-July 25 (no class the week of July 4th)

*Ask for a materials list  

Fun & Functional Clay— All Levels (Open to all Youth)

Students will learn a variety of hand-building skills like pinching, coiling, tile-making, & glazing with Dana Gajewski.  Over the 4-week course, you get to choose both fun & functional things to create to express yourself in these unique 3-D forms!  

$50 members/$70 non-members

Materials included in price

Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00pm

Session 1: May 2-23  · 

Session 2: June 6-27  

Clay Rock Boxes— All Levels (Ages 11-17)

Make beautiful ceramic boxes with Nancy Drescher in this 3-week course.  Develop hand-building skills & glazing techniques as you make these creations which are great as jewelry boxes, gifts, or a special place to store your treasures!  

$40 members $60 non-members

Materials included in price

Wednesdays, 6:30-8:00pm

July 11-25

*Finished works will be ready for pick up the following week.  

3-D Art Experience Camp All Levels (Ages 6-12)

Get your hands on the original 3-D during this exploratory & expressive art camp with instructor Suzanne Paridee.  You will use a wide variety of materials to make masks, hand-made paper, prints, paintings, drawings & build sculptures. In Session 1, Dana Gajewski will guest teach to guide students in making easy & fun ceramic pieces. In Session 2 you will get the unique chance to paint a mural—and take a piece of it home with you at the end! Plus so much more! Take one session or both! 

One session:  $125 members/$175 nonmembers

Both sessions: $200 members/$250 nonmembers

Materials included in price

Monday-Friday, 1:00-4:30pm

Session 1 (Paper-making, clay & more): July 30-August 3

Session 2 (Masks, mural & more): August 6-10  

Storyboard Illustration Camp— All Levels (Ages 10-18)

Are you interested in learning the skills of professional movie-makers & children’s book illustrators?  Now you can with real-life children’s book illustrator Jeff Jantz! Bring your favorite book & breathe new life into the story as you create a colorful storyboard to capture its major events.  This intense illustration camp will not only make you a better drawer, but will also develop your reading comprehension & retention skills.   $70 members $100 non-members

Mon-Fri, 10:00am-Noon August 6-10

*Some drawing experience preferred

*Ask for a materials list