Meets Four Wednesdays | July 29-Aug 19 | 1PM-3PM | Class Fee $110 | Materials Fee $5 

Brush up on or start your drawing skills. We will be working in pencil using various provided references to enhance your black and white drawing skills.

Come join this fun, no-judgement group. Relax and tackle new challenges on while you draw.

$5.00 supply fee will be collected first class.

Six Thursdays  |July 30-Sept 3| 2:00 pm -4:00 pm | $125 |

All Levels Welcome

Sign up for this popular class and join a relaxing atmosphere where all skill levels are welcome! Learn or "brush"-up on the basic techniques of acrylic painting. Students will have the opportunity to create a complete piece of artwork each class with the step by step guidance of the instructor.  The class will paint from photos of  landscapes, seascapes, and nature.    

The course will cover proportion, composition, color mixing, blending, brush techniques, and provide painters with practical tips and tricks.  

Materials List:

Acrylic paint and other supplies can be purchased at the following for very good prices:

Michaels, Blick (dickblick.com), Amazon.com, Jerry's Artarama (jerrysartaroma.com) 

Acrylic Paint: Brand names are Golden, Liquitex. (Michael’s brand is Artist’s Loft)  Colors you will need: Phthalo Blue, Titanium White, Mars Black, Raw Sienna, Brilliant Yellow, Deep Red.  

Or Primary Blue, Red, and Yellow if you would like to learn about color mixing

Brushes: Inexpensive acrylic brush set (flat and round shaped, various sizes from an inch to a quarter inch wide.)   

Canvas:  6 pack 12x16 stretched canvases (Michael’s seems to have the best price)

Other Tools: A palette (you can use paper plates or buy a reusable plastic one), rags or paper towels, palette knife, small spray bottle (for water.)

Always wear old clothes, coveralls or an apron that can get dirty. You’ll need a way to safely transport wet paintings, as there is no storage at the JSAC. One option is to bring a cardboard box or a flat piece of cardboard large enough to put a painting on without the wet surface touching anything. 

Please bring a roll of paper towels to each class.

Printable Materials List

Four Saturdays | August 1,8,22,29 (No class Aug 15) | 10AM-1PM | Course Fee $125 | Materials Fee $25

Come learn the fundamentals of metalsmithing in this 3-hour weekly class. Acquire the necessary skills to create your own unique pieces of jewelry. The focus will be on developing basic fabrication techniques to form copper and brass metal into creative designs. No experience is necessary. The class is for novices or beginners who want to improve their metalwork skills in piercing, sawing, filing, riveting, texturing, and stone-setting with cold connections.

Materials List:

- Mask for dust

- Plastic safety glasses

- A small sketchbook & pencil

- An apron

- Wear clothing you don’t care about—you will get dirty!

General Overview

• General introduction to tools and safety. Create a copper cuff bracelet and use texturing hammers to add dimension to your design
• Design a pierced medallion by learning how to saw, pierce, and file metal.
• Create a three-dimensional pendant or ring by learning how to attach two layers of metals together using rivets
• Set a stone by using cold connections and tab-settings in an original piece of jewelry.

Mondays -    August 3,10,17,24,31 ( 5 sessions)

Course description:

This Gelli Plate Class is suitable for anyone wanting to explore gel plate printing using a variety of printing styles and ideas.  Each class will challenge you to use your Gelli Plate in different ways. Perfect for artists who want to explore different ways of creating abstract design. Markmaking and handcoloring tools will be available to enhance your designs. No experience necessary. 

Beginner and Advanced Students welcome. Participants must purchase their own Gelli Plate for the course. 

$10 Materials fee collected at the beginning of the class. 

Mondays |August 10,17,24| 6:00pm - 8:00pm

Early Bird: $150 (register by July 27)

Regular: $200 (after July 27)

This series combines body awareness and creative practice in 2D visual and written forms. Each session begins with gentle movement, breathwork, and meditation to reconnect with your body and cultivate focus and awareness. From this grounded state, participants spend an hour creating—whether painting (no oils), drawing, collage, poetry, or short writing.. You can bring an ongoing project, or meet with the instructor beforehand to brainstorm a cohesive project to explore over the four weeks. The emphasis is on process over product, attention over perfection, and allowing the act of making to become a practice in presence. Bring your curiosity, your materials, and an open mind, and see what comes out.

Four Tuesdays | September 8- September 29 |6PM-8PM |$140 | $20 Materials Fee

Discover the soothing rhythm of meditative drawing by blending the structured, repetitive patterns of the Zentangle® method with the elegant, circular format of the mandala. In this four-week immersive program, students will explore the unique art of the Zendala—using round paper tiles to create intricate, radiating designs.

Each two-hour session guides participants through the eight foundational steps of Zentangle, focusing on drawing structured patterns in circular forms and the beauty of deliberate lines. Students will learn how to work with pre-strung layout guidelines, design free-form organic circular tiles, master advanced shading techniques to add three-dimensional depth, and subtly introduce color. By the end of the program, participants will have a stunning portfolio of circular artwork and a personal practice for mindfulness and creative expression.

Sketch book 5 x 8 inch

$20 fee to be collected at first class, which will cover: 

Zendala tiles 

Fine line pens (Sakura Micron)

Shading tools (charcoal pencil and gel pen)