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Learn the art of lampworking (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 and marbles. 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. Glass pieces must be kiln fired overnight. Completed pieces can be picked up the next day.
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
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
This adult class offers an introduction to the comprehensive process of ceramics and pottery, and students will practice both wheel throwing and hand building techniques. Other skills that will be covered include: wedging, trimming, and attachments. Each class will start with a specific skill-focused demonstration, and students can expect supportive guidance from our instructor.
Please note that ceramics is a multistep process. While participants will not be able to complete a fired project in one class, they are encouraged to take the Ceramic Glazing class or attend a Ceramic Open Studio to complete their projects.
Firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Bring your toddler to the Arts District Campus for a mini-class 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
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Join glass artist and jewelry maker, Tricia Stokes for two days of Hot Shop fun!
Day one, will focus on learning the art of creating glass blown beads.
Day two, you’ll get use your created beads to make fashionable jewelry pieces.
Participants must attend both days.
2-day Class Dates:
November 3 + 4, 2022
December 9 + 10, 2022
Instructor: Tricia Stokes
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
What kid doesn’t like to play with clay?! Kids will learn the basics of working with clay while also exploring additional material possibilities. We’ll produce fun projects that will become treasured mantel pieces, however, they won’t be able to take projects home the same day. As is the nature of working with clay, all projects must thoroughly dry and be fired (which takes about 2 weeks). Then, you can enjoy your morning coffee out of the handmade mug your little one made for you.
Participants must be 6 or older to participate. The cost the class includes clay, tools and firing. Non-members $15 Members $12
Instructor: Kia Neill
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
10/7 – Pinch pot pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns
10/14 – Spooky slab ghosts and zombie lanterns
10/21 – Snake coil pots
10/28 – Decorative Masks for wall hanging
11/4 – Hot cocoa mugs
11/18 – Candy jars
12/2 – Cookie cutter lanterns and bowls
12/9 – Pinch Pot Snowmen
To offer a high-quality experience for all participants, if you need to register for 4 or more spots, we recommend that you contact Drea Edwards at drea@breckcreate.org to arrange a private youth class.
Please note that if after several redirections from the instructor, your youth is struggling to maintain appropriate behaviors, remain engaged with the class activities or is compromising the safety of themselves or others we will contact you to pick them up before the end of class. In this instance, no refunds will be issued.
12/16 – Hot cocoa mugs
Join us on the second Saturday of each month from 10am to 1pm for free family friendly arts and crafts activities.
All ages welcome. Parents must attend with children. Only 10 individuals admitted at a time.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
Enjoy a hands on clay class with the whole family, ages 5 and up. In this class participants will each construct a clay mug and decorate the surface with ceramic glaze paints. For younger participants, parent/guardian supervision and assistance is needed. **Please be aware that this is a multi step process class, the projects will need to be fired once dried and picked up at Old Masonic Hall 7 to 11 days later. We do not offer shipping.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Join visiting Artist in Residence, Tara Homasi for a fresh take on local news and happenings. In this workshop participants will use text and images from the local newspapers in addition to collected images from Google Maps and manipulate these materials to reconstruct their content and meaning. Local newspapers will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their own printed materials that they would like to incorporate into their artwork.
Recommended for ages 12+.
Instructor: Tara Homasi
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Join visiting Artist-in-Residence, Emma Oliver to learn the absolute basic skill of crochet with the goal of making granny squares. Granny squares are a very useful crochet motif that can be used to make wearables and art objects alike. Some skills that will be covered are slip knot, tension, chaining, and double crochet. This class is suitable for the absolute beginner!
Recommended for ages 12+
Instructor: Emma Oliver
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
• 11/19 – Beer Can String Light Lanterns
• 12/10 – Beer Can Party Crowns
This class would engage the young toddler from ages 3-5 in a focused art medium each week, emphasizing and enhancing their focus, fine motor, gross motor, communication, and visual artistic skills. For ages 3-5. To ensure a spot, register online. Parents are required to attend. Please register for child only.
Instructor: Paige P. Scheuermann
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
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. Free journals are available to all students. For ages 10 and up. To ensure a spot, register online.
Instructor: Kimberly Nicoletti
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Get creative in a fun and relaxed environment! During each session, children will work on a new project, pushing the boundaries of imagination and invention. They will have the opportunity to explore new materials and techniques using a variety of mediums.
For ages 6 and up. To ensure a spot, register online.
Instructor: Paige Scheuermann
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
To offer a high-quality experience for all participants, if you need to register for 4 or more spots, we recommend that you contact Drea Edwards at drea@breckcreate.org to arrange a private youth class.
Please note that if your youth is struggling to maintain appropriate behaviors, remain engaged with the class activities or is compromising the safety of themselves or others after several redirections from the instructor, we will contact you to pick them up before the end of class. No refunds will be issued.
In this class, students will be exposed to a new technique every week. Students will be able to take home a finished project each week and will develop skills to explore their practice independently. For projects labeled advanced, previous metalsmithing experience is required.
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials and use of tools.
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
9/7 – Sterling Silver Textured 1/4″ Band Rings
9/14 – Stacking Rings
9/21 – Enameling
9/28 – ADVANCED Spinner Rings
10/5 – Sterling Silver Textured Earrings
10/12 – Silver Pendant
10/19 – Stone Setting w/ Sterling Silver Bezel and Tiger Eye/Turquoise Cabochon
10/26 – Stacking Rings
11/2 – Spinner Ring w/ Silver and Copper Mixed Metal
11/9 – ADVANCED Bezel Making
11/16 – Enameling
11/23 – Silver Pendant
11/30 – Sterling Silver Textured 1/4″ Band Rings
12/7 – ADVANCED Spinner Rings
12/14 – Sterling Silver Textured Earrings
12/21 Stacking Rings
Join us monthly to learn the art of wire wrapped jewelry! Participants will create a pendant or earrings by forming wire into a beautiful holder for a natural stone. Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials and use of tools.
Instructor: Kimberly Nicoletti
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
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 surface decorating techniques using underglazes and sgraffito as well as texture techniques and slip trailing that will make your utilitarian pieces come to life with design.
Please note that ceramics is a multistep process. Projects created in this class will not be completed until they are fired in a ceramic kiln. Kiln firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln. To pick up kiln fired pieces, please see a Breck Create team member at Old Masonic Hall.
While participants will not be able to complete a fired project in one class, they are encouraged to take the Ceramic Glazing class or attend a Ceramic Open Studio to complete their projects.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Each week we will go over tips and tricks to learn how to draw from life. Learning to draw from life is actually about learning to really see. We’ll go over a variety of approaches to starting and completing a drawing as well explore different drawing medium. Some weeks may be focused on meticulous perspective, while other weeks may be all about expressive gestural mark making. Some weeks we’ll play with color, and other weeks we’ll get messy using charcoal. During the warmer months, if the weather is appropriate, we may go outside to draw.
Instructor: Kia Neill
Participants must be 15 or older to participate. The cost of the class includes materials and use of tools. Non-members: $30 Members: $23
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Learn the art of lampworking (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 and marbles. 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. Glass pieces must be kiln fired overnight. Completed pieces can be picked up the next day.
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
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
This adult class offers an introduction to the comprehensive process of ceramics and pottery, and students will practice both wheel throwing and hand building techniques. Other skills that will be covered include: wedging, trimming, and attachments. Each class will start with a specific skill-focused demonstration, and students can expect supportive guidance from our instructor.
Please note that ceramics is a multistep process. While participants will not be able to complete a fired project in one class, they are encouraged to take the Ceramic Glazing class or attend a Ceramic Open Studio to complete their projects.
Firings occur when there is enough work to fill the kiln.
Instructor: Melissa Michel
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.
Bring your toddler to the Arts District Campus for a mini-class 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
For classes taking place on the Arts District campus, please check-in with the instructor at the class location.