Beginning Fused Glass

Astound your significant other, amaze your friends and family, be the envy of your neighborhood with your very own fused glass creations. Our 2 hour class covers basic types of fusible glass and techniques that will allow you to create two 4x4 tiles and a pendant art piece.

Your art pieces will be fired by the instructor and available for pickup 7 days after the class. Ages 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Pre-registration required.

Location: The REC
Instructor: Dirk Hosie
Ages: 8+ with guardian; 12+
Wednesday, March 4, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Fee: $35/$44

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Pysanky II - Ukrainian Easter Egg Etching

Pysanky are intricate colorful designs created on the egg shell through the layering of beeswax and dyes. Participants in this workshop need to have completed the introductory Pysanky workshop. You will be introduced to etching a brown and white chicken egg.
Students will complete two eggs, a simple star-burst design on a brown egg and a flower design on a white egg , with the traditional batik method using kistka, bees wax, dyes, and candle. Open flames will be used, so oxygen equipment cannot be used on the premises where instruction is taking place. Pre-registration required.

Location: The REC
Instructor: Susan Blubaugh
Ages: 12+
Saturday, March 7, 12:00 PM-3:00 PM
Fee: $35/$44

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Japanese Orizomegami Paper Dyeing

In this fun new class students will learn the centuries-old art of traditional Japanese Orizomegami paper dyeing! Folding and dyeing absorbent Japanese paper will produce beautiful and interesting geometric patterns. Papers can be used for gift wrapping, card making, envelope lining, book binding or other creative applications. No experience is needed and all materials will be provided. Pre-registration required.

Location: The REC
Instructor: Allison Hyde
Ages: 12+
Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 PM-8:30 PM
Fee: $30/ $38

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February 20 - April 9th

Filmon Adelehey

Painter Adelehey creates work that can be “characterized chiefly by concentration on the general impression produced by realistic portraits, their sensation, feeling, and passion.” The artist’s work is expressive and painterly, seeking to create “the unexpected that gives a painting the quality of being special.”

February 20 - April 9th

Jaleh Sadravi

Sadravi is a mixed media Northwest artist, whose powerful portraits are intended to “tell stories of people of color whose voice and story are often silenced.” Inspired by everyday people and using language as a key visual element to explore ideas of identity in their work, the artists believes that “there is much to learn from the wisdom of our neighbors and I enjoy finding ways to showcase these lessons as a model to my audience.”

January 9 - March 5

Jenna Howell

Artist Jenna Howell will be sharing an exhibition of her whimsical and colorful watercolor paintings. Howell is an arts educator also and she loves use her passion for art as encouragement for others to “pick up a brush and discover the beauty creating!”