Get creative after school in a fun and relaxed environment! During each session, students will work on a new project, pushing the boundaries of imagination and invention. Throughout the quarter, children will have the opportunity to explore new materials and techniques.
For ages 6 and up. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
Projects for Beginner Metalsmithing Classes:
10/30 Stacking Rings
11/6 Silver Earrings
11/13 Silver Pendant
11/20 Stacking Rings
11/27 Silver Pendant
12/5 Stacking Rings
12/11 Silver earrings
12/18 Stacking Rings
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructors: Kerri Anne Stassen + Sharon Speedy
This kid class acts more as a club, where students will be introduced to various ceramic processes and projects, and allowed to pursue their own creativity in clay with guidance from the instructor. We will mostly utilize hand building techniques, while wheel throwing will be an option for more advanced students. Ceramics is a multi session process, and it usually takes 2-3 classes to complete a project.
Firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln.
The cost of the class includes clay, use of wheels, tools, and other studio equipment.
For ages 6 – 12. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants.
Instructor: Kia Neill
Learn the art of flameworking (a form of glassblowing) by developing and honing your skills. Work with a torch and flame to melt glass rods into works of art and explore the possibilities of Borosilicate glass. Your creativity will blossom as you craft pendants, beads, marbles and so much more. Safety is an extremely high priority in this class. Please wear natural fiber clothing (such as cotton or wool) and if possible, we encourage student with glasses to wear contact lenses.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Jared Clauer
Bring your toddler to the Arts District Campus for a miniclass for mini-artists. Projects are thirty minutes long, and will provide parents an opportunity to be creative with their young ones.
For ages 1-5. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents are required to attend. Please register for child only.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes clay, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
Learn the art of flameworking (a form of glassblowing) by developing and honing your skills. Work with a torch and flame to melt glass rods into works of art and explore the possibilities of Borosilicate glass. Your creativity will blossom as you craft pendants, beads, marbles and so much more. Safety is an extremely high priority in this class. Please wear natural fiber clothing (such as cotton or wool) and if possible, we encourage student with glasses to wear contact lenses.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Jared Clauer
Explore the Arts District campus on the second Saturday of each month from 10am to 1pm. Start your adventure at Old Masonic Hall and set off on a creative journey.
Old Masonic Hall: Exhibitions + Warm Beverages + Campus Tours
Quandary Antiques Cabin: Kids’ Crafts
Fuqua Livery Stable: Co-op Artists
Hot Shop: Make & Take Adult Craft | 10am-12pm
Tin Shop + Robert Whyte House: Visiting Artists-in-Residence
Ceramic Studio + Randall Barn: Co-op Artists
All ages welcome. Parents must attend with children.
Instructors: Kia Neill, Dylan Burdine, and Jared Clauer.
A class fitted to all skill levels, beginner-advanced, where we will use basic techniques and build upon them to make nature themed pendants. We will use a variety of tools to help us accomplish this vision. Squishing, carving, sculpting, and even cutting glass to make familiar patterns. Come join the fun and witness the seemingly endless possibilities that glass can accomplish!
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Johnny Fetchko
*Image: Pink Flower Vine Pendant by Johnny Fetchko
This class will experience clay hand building through the method of slab construction and slab manipulation, pinching and coiling to create decorative and also functional pieces. Projects will include cylinder vessels, slab boxes and pockets, tumblers, cups, mugs and plates. This class will also explore using underglazes and sgraffito techniques for surface decoration as well as texture techniques and slip trailing that will make your utilitarian pieces come to life with design.
While participants will not be able to complete a project in 1 class, they are encouraged to take another class and/or glazing class to complete their project. Firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes clay, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
In this class you can learn traditional Japanese bead making originally created to wear with a kimono as a status symbol. You also can learn how to create pendants that represent different forms of nature. Once you have taken a few classes, try your hand at making a more advanced piece such as a hair pin.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Dylan Burdine
Bring your toddler to the Arts District Campus for a miniclass for mini-artists. Projects are thirty minutes long, and will provide parents an opportunity to be creative with their young ones.
For ages 1-5. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents are required to attend. Please register for child only.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
Join us each week for inspiration, collaboration, and guidance in creative writing. We spend time each week writing, discussing a different novel, sharing our work and offering positive feedback for each other’s writing. We will have guest authors and field trips throughout the year, all helping to nurture the writing process and career as authors. Students work together to produce a yearly publication called “Imagine: A Collection of Creative Writing and Artwork from Summit County Youth.”
For ages 10-14. *Age range flexible. To ensure a spot, register online.
Instructor: Sonya Darlymple
In this beginner welding class, students will learn oxy-acetylene welding techniques to produce unique sculptural projects. Our instructor will also cover: methods for identifying metals; surface preparation for scrap welding; and aesthetic and protective surface treatment for finished pieces. No prior experience is required, and materials are included in the cost for this class.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes metal, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Lou Bibeau
Ever have that old piece of furniture sitting around that you can’t get rid of? Or how about that table you want to refinish but just don’t quite know how? Well, you’re in luck! In this class you’ll learn distressing techniques and different applications so you can give new life to grandma’s old coffee table that you just can’t bear to part with. We will cover how to get a crackle effect like old lead paint, why it’s so important to put the dings and dents in the right places, how to get a worn, layered effect using multiple layers of chalk paint.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Paul Rosenbeck
Get creative after school in a fun and relaxed environment! During each session, students will work on a new project, pushing the boundaries of imagination and invention. Throughout the quarter, children will have the opportunity to explore new materials and techniques.
For ages 6 and up. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
Projects for Beginner Metalsmithing Classes:
10/30 Stacking Rings
11/6 Silver Earrings
11/13 Silver Pendant
11/20 Stacking Rings
11/27 Silver Pendant
12/5 Stacking Rings
12/11 Silver earrings
12/18 Stacking Rings
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructors: Kerri Anne Stassen + Sharon Speedy
This kid class acts more as a club, where students will be introduced to various ceramic processes and projects, and allowed to pursue their own creativity in clay with guidance from the instructor. We will mostly utilize hand building techniques, while wheel throwing will be an option for more advanced students. Ceramics is a multi session process, and it usually takes 2-3 classes to complete a project.
Firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln.
The cost of the class includes clay, use of wheels, tools, and other studio equipment.
For ages 6 – 12. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents must register at Old Masonic Hall for first-time participants.
Instructor: Kia Neill
Learn the art of flameworking (a form of glassblowing) by developing and honing your skills. Work with a torch and flame to melt glass rods into works of art and explore the possibilities of Borosilicate glass. Your creativity will blossom as you craft pendants, beads, marbles and so much more. Safety is an extremely high priority in this class. Please wear natural fiber clothing (such as cotton or wool) and if possible, we encourage student with glasses to wear contact lenses.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials, use of tools, and other studio equipment.
Instructor: Jared Clauer
Bring your toddler to the Arts District Campus for a miniclass for mini-artists. Projects are thirty minutes long, and will provide parents an opportunity to be creative with their young ones.
For ages 1-5. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents are required to attend. Please register for child only.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann