Creative Classes

Learn how to use oil paints through fundamental painting techniques and materials with focus on composition, basic color theory, painting terminology, methods of application, working from observation, and historical contexts.

Flow State is an abstract painting class that explores the connections between intuitive painting, mindfulness meditation, and community. Students will learn how to combine abstract painting and drawing skills with mindfulness meditation techniques.

Explore the processes and techniques used by fiber artists to create artworks by investigating a selection of fiber-based objects in the DAM’s collection.

Explore collage as an artform, technique, and tool for increasing spontaneous creativity. Students will work with various visual data including vintage paper, found textures, and photographs to craft colleges within specific conceptual frameworks.

Learn the rich history of embroidery and how to use it in unexpected and contemporary ways, with an emphasis on embroidery as a drawing medium. No art or embroidery experience is needed.

Students will be introduced to various one-page book structures and develop content for their books with inspiration from DAM exhibitions on view.

This class seeks to demystify etching through a simple nontoxic method. Students will learn about the intaglio etching processes, drypoint etching techniques, and how to ink and print an image.

Learn how to use oil paints through fundamental painting techniques and materials with focus on composition, basic color theory, painting terminology, methods of application, working from observation, and historical contexts.

In this class, students will learn how to carve their own block, and print on fabric—with inspiration from DAM exhibitions on view.

Learn about the art of indigo dyeing and how to make natural indigo vats. Students will explore making various resist patterns including Japanese techniques, Shibori and Ita-jime, with the option to upcycle their own old textiles.

In this poetry-centered writing workshop, students will explore the idea of names and labels by reflecting on the self, and explore themes of identity in DAM exhibitions on view.

Learn how to wet felt a vessel by creating a bowl or handbag. Students will learn the wet felting process, basic color theory, and explore fibers-based objects in the DAM’s collections.

Students will learn to embroider on found photographs, postcards, and vintage imagery to create unique mixed media artworks. No art or embroidery experience is needed.

Flow State is an abstract painting class that explores the connections between intuitive painting, mindfulness meditation, and community. Students will learn how to combine abstract painting and drawing skills with mindfulness meditation techniques.

This workshop seeks to demystify etching through a simple nontoxic method. Students will learn about the intaglio etching processes, drypoint etching techniques, and how to ink and print an image.

Students will learn how to create a photograph without a camera through the process of cyanotypes, using varying found objects, drawing on transparencies, photography, and the sun.

Learn about the art of indigo dyeing and how to make natural indigo vats. Students will explore making various resist patterns including Japanese techniques, Shibori and Ita-jime, with the option to upcycle their own old textiles.