Watercolor Journaling

Learn how to capture a moment with ink and watercolor wash for the purpose of having an easy way to create on the go! This fun class will begin with simple still-life and landscape drawings, then explore adding color and different techniques to create texture. If the weather permits we will also go outside. All supplies are provided, no experience necessary. Each student will get to take home a travel watercolor journal to continue filling with artistic memories!

Location: Auburn Community & Event Center Makerspace
Instructor: Dinah Rau
Ages: 15+
Date: January 16, Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Fee: $50 resident / $63 non-resident

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Needle Felting for Beginners

Learn to needle felt with Janet, the artist of the popular Etsy Shop “Janet’s Needle Felting.” Needle felting is a process which uses barbed needles to interlock wool fibers to form desired shapes. In this 3-hour workshop, you will learn the basics of needle felting, such as shaping, adding colors, connecting different materials. Bring your beloved pet’s photos or favorite object - make a mini version of it!

Location:  Auburn Community & Event Center Makerspace
Instructor: Janet Wang
Ages: 12+
Date: January 19, Saturday, 1:00-4:00 PM
Fee: $35 resident / $44 non-resident

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Acrylic Landscape Painting

Learn how to paint a beautiful landscape from a photograph. You can bring your own photo or use pictures provided in the class. We will spend time seeing color for what it is and apply it with brushes as well as pallet knives. All supplies will be provided and you get to go home with your painting.

Location: Auburn Community & Event Center Makerspace
Instructor: Dinah Rau
Ages: 15+
Date: January 23, Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Fee: $50 resident / $63 non-resident

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Seattle Skyline Painting

With the rainy season in full swing, you can brighten your wall with a reminder of the beautiful Seattle sunsets soon to come again. The silhouetted cityscape will be created using a combination of stencils, spray paint, a toothbrush, and acrylic paint on an 18”x 24” canvas. Make it your own by selecting custom spray paint sunset combinations, you can even style it with a Seahawks theme!

Location: Auburn Community & Event Center Makerspace
Instructor: Skye Barker
Ages: 15+
Date: January 30, Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Fee: $35 resident / $46 non-resident

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January 8 - February 21

Seth Sexton

Seattle based artist Seth Sexton creates meticulous pen and ink drawings. Central to his work are repetition and pattern and the accretion of marks into concise states of order. The specificity of his mark making leaves the viewer with an acute sense of time and duration; with some of his works taking months and even years to complete.

January 8 - February 21

Marcus DeSieno

DeSieno will be showcasing a photographic series of eerie black and white photographs of landscapes all taken by surveillance photos. The artist investigates the “pervasive nature of surveillance” and hopes to “undermine these schemes of social control through these photographs.”

January 9 - March 7

Roxanne Everett

Roxanne Everett’s work is about the natural landscape. She uses acrylic paint to “document both accurate or (sometimes) abstract representations” of areas she is familiar with. Inspired by a number of recent artist residencies in Iceland, the artist seeks to “capture images of the patterns, textures and reflections found across that country's landscape.”

January 12 - April 7

Abigail Kinney Maxey

“An unintended knot is an annoyance, an obstruction in a process. A knot forces one to stop and focus on resolving the obstruction. By enlarging a knot I hope to transform our perspective to explore the path of the tangle. To create a knot, I use basketry techniques and reed as my material of choice. Pliable when wet, reed holds its form when dry. The open weave allows the viewer to explore the path of the knot by seeing through individual layers. The weave creates skeletal tessellations, a repetitive pattern, that I find familiar and appealing. Strong directional light creates an additional layer of intricately textured and distorted shadows adding tension between order and chaos.”