Upcoming events
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
Be Gay Do Crafts
Come gather with us for Be Gay, Do Crafts!—a monthly queer craft night rooted in creativity, connection, and collective joy. Held every 4th Saturday, 6–9pm, this is an open, welcoming space to slow down, make art, and be in community.
Each session offers pearler beads, coloring pages, friendship bracelets and shrinky dinks—easy, accessible crafts perfect for zoning out, chatting, or quietly co-creating alongside others. We’ll be surrounded by music, queer media, and the gentle magic that happens when we make things together.
$10
All genders & identities welcome
No skills required, come as you are
Maximum queer joy!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Come make something. Come make friends. Come be gay.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Gift-Making Workshop Series: Magnet Gift Box Sets
Session 1: Magnet Gift Box Sets
Thursday, Nov. 5th, 6-8:30pm
No experience necessary
Ages 10- adult
(10-14 yr olds are required to have an adult who also must register)
$60
What to expect:
Participants will go home with two sets of 6 magnets nestled in tins. You will be guided to make your own drawings for each magnet or collage each with beautiful papers. Participants will be choosing flat backed clear stones to showcase their imagery. A perfect gift or keep them for yourself.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Acrylic Painting
Try It: Acrylic Painting
ages 12+
$50-$70 (sliding scale)
This engaging, playful 2-hour class includes all supplies (paint, brushes, canvas) with all skill levels welcome. Everyone will leave with a finished Ithaca nature scene on stretched canvas. Professional illustrator Laura Baran provides step-by-step painting instruction. We map out a composition in pencil, adjust paint transparency with water, mix colors, layer brushstrokes, and discuss easy color tricks to add dimension.
Laura Baran is an award-winning Ithaca-based artist with a BFA in Illustration from FIT in New York. She values encouragement, inclusion, and judgment-free creativity.
Gift-Making Workshop Series: Printmaking Holiday Cards and Tags
Session 2: Printmaking Holiday Cards and Tags
Thursday, November 12th 6-8:30pm
No experience necessary
Ages 10- adult
(10-14 yr olds are required to have an adult who also must register)
$60
What to expect:
Participants will create holiday cards and gift tags using an easy print carving technique. Using soft rubber material, we will design and carve our own stamps, then use basic print techniques to stamp our cards and tags.
Plenty of premade stamps will also be available to enhance your own designs.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
TRY-IT: Batik
In this Batik workshop, participants will create designs on cloth using wax resist and dyes.
Participants will practice using tjantings and brushes to apply melted wax, and learn how to layer color to create effects with transparent dyes. The final batiks will be ironed and can be dry-cleaned to complete the process.
You can choose to create a set of dinner napkins, a bandanna, or cut our cotton cloth to a custom size for a pillow top, or funky patches for your favorite jeans. If you're a quilter, you can create your own fabric squares to incorporate into your quilting projects!
*Bring a black and white drawing that you’ll use for your design. Anything goes, it can be a nature motif, (fish, snails, plants, or your sweet cat, to name a few). It can also be a scene, a map, portrait, album cover, or graphic pattern. Think about the colors you might use. It can be a 1-color, 2-color or 3 color design.
Optional: bring an apron, embroidery hoop of any size, rubber gloves.
All materials will be provided.
About the instructor:
Wendy Kenigsberg is an art educator and a maker at heart. In her work at the Johnson Museum she designs programs for school groups that link gallery visits to hands-on art-making processes. She enjoys experimenting with new and traditional techniques, and encourages students to explore new materials in their studio work.
Wendy holds a BFA from RIT and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. She’s a member of the Clay School, and can be found there glazing her hand-crafted ceramic buttons.
Try-It: Mending
Try-It: Visible Darning and Mending with a Loom
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment.)
Got a hole in your favorite sweater, sock, handknits or other clothing? It’s all good… you can patch them up! Join us to learn beautiful mending techniques using a handy darning loom.
Students may bring in clothing they'd like to mend or opt to practice the techniques on fabric scraps provided. Darning is typically used for knit materials, but works great for any clothing items!
Please note, the darning loom can patch holes up to 2.5 inches.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Holiday Herbal Mocktails Workshop
Mix, Mingle, & Mocktails: A Holiday Herbal Mocktail Workshop
A splash of holiday spirit, a handful of herbal inspiration, and something delicious to share! Join Brittany of Eudemonia Herbs at The Clay School in Ithaca for a festive, hands-on workshop exploring the flavorful world of herbal mocktails.
Together, we’ll shake, stir, and muddle our way through herbal holiday-inspired drinks while getting to know the herbs that make them special. Explore their aromas, flavors, and supportive properties, and discover how herbs can bring both seasonal character and a thoughtful touch to your celebrations.
You’ll also learn the art of building a balanced beverage: bringing sweetness, tartness, and herbal notes together so each ingredient has its moment to shine. Taste as you go, experiment with adjustments, and build confidence mixing drinks that are just as fun to make as they are to sip.
Take your new skills to your next holiday gathering with recipes to recreate at home, plus instructions for adapting them into cocktails if you wish. Whether you’re a budding herb enthusiast, a curious home mixologist, or simply looking for a festive outing, come ready to mix, mingle, and make something merry!
Please note that alcohol is not permitted on premises.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting -
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
Be Gay Do Crafts
Come gather with us for Be Gay, Do Crafts!—a monthly queer craft night rooted in creativity, connection, and collective joy. Held every 4th Saturday, 6–9pm, this is an open, welcoming space to slow down, make art, and be in community.
Each session offers pearler beads, coloring pages, friendship bracelets and shrinky dinks—easy, accessible crafts perfect for zoning out, chatting, or quietly co-creating alongside others. We’ll be surrounded by music, queer media, and the gentle magic that happens when we make things together.
$10
All genders & identities welcome
No skills required, come as you are
Maximum queer joy!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Come make something. Come make friends. Come be gay.
Gift-Making Workshop Series: Mosaic Trivets
Session 3: Mosaic Trivets
Thursday, December 3rd 6-8:30pm
No experience necessary
Ages 10- adult
(10-14 yr olds are required to have an adult who also must register)
$60
What to expect:
A trivet is something you would put on a table that a hot dish can rest on or just be purely decorative.
We will create a functional and decorative mosaic trivet using a mixture of glass and ceramic pieces to create designs in a round form. Tiana will guide you through the process of basic mosaic art, including grouting the trivet for a finished look.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Weaving
Try-It: Weaving
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment)
Dip your toe into the vast waters of weaving with this try-it class! Through a small project, such as a bookmark, participants will learn a quick and easy way to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, experiment with different types of weaving fiber and learn about different weft-faced weaving techniques and patterns to incorporate. Skills from this class can be the foundation for the intermediate weaving classes and projects.
Woven Cotton Towels: 2 Day Weaving Workshop
Woven Cotton Towels: 2 Day Weaving Workshop with Laura Ballard
Monday and Wednesday, Dec. 7th and 9th, 6-9pm
$160-$180 (sliding scale)
Ages 13+
Learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom and create a piece of wearable art. Choose from color and weave patterns such as log cabin for more advanced weavers or beginners can make a classy cowl in plain weave.
What To Expect: We will meet for two classes that are three hours each. The first class will introduce the looms and warping process. We will choose colors for our cowls and set up the looms for weaving with a short break halfway through. The second workshop we will work on weaving the cowls, learn hemstitching and leave class with a finished piece.
What Is Included in Tuition: All materials will be provided for this workshop including rigid heddle looms, a variety of colors of wool to choose from for warping and weaving and all other weaving and sewing notions needed to complete the cowl.
What to Bring: A water bottle and snack or light dinner if you would like.
What We Will Produce: Each student will walk away from class with a finished cowl that only needs to be wet finished at home (instructions will be provided).
Gift-Making Workshop Series: Felted Ornaments
Session 4: Felted Ornaments
Thursday, December 10th 6-8:30pm
No experience necessary
Ages 10- adult
(10-14 yr olds are required to have an adult who also must register)
$60
What to expect:
Needle felting is a process where you take a felting needle tool to compress the felt into a harder form and then adding other forms to create a figure, animal or design.
Join Tiana as she guides you through the process of needle felting. She will have multiple ideas for you to create the sweetest ornaments for your tree, or to gift to someone you love. This project is open to your preference for imagery. You can make a gnome or a mushroom or a reindeer. Participants can expect to take home 2-3 ornaments.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
Try-It: Acrylic Painting
Try It: Acrylic Painting
ages 12+
$50-$70 (sliding scale)
This engaging, playful 2-hour class includes all supplies (paint, brushes, canvas) with all skill levels welcome. Everyone will leave with a finished Ithaca nature scene on stretched canvas. Professional illustrator Laura Baran provides step-by-step painting instruction. We map out a composition in pencil, adjust paint transparency with water, mix colors, layer brushstrokes, and discuss easy color tricks to add dimension.
Laura Baran is an award-winning Ithaca-based artist with a BFA in Illustration from FIT in New York. She values encouragement, inclusion, and judgment-free creativity.
Try-It: Acrylic Painting
Try It: Acrylic Painting
ages 12+
$50-$70 (sliding scale)
This engaging, playful 2-hour class includes all supplies (paint, brushes, canvas) with all skill levels welcome. Everyone will leave with a finished Ithaca nature scene on stretched canvas. Professional illustrator Laura Baran provides step-by-step painting instruction. We map out a composition in pencil, adjust paint transparency with water, mix colors, layer brushstrokes, and discuss easy color tricks to add dimension.
Laura Baran is an award-winning Ithaca-based artist with a BFA in Illustration from FIT in New York. She values encouragement, inclusion, and judgment-free creativity.
TRY-IT: Batik
In this Batik workshop, participants will create designs on cloth using wax resist and dyes.
Participants will practice using tjantings and brushes to apply melted wax, and learn how to layer color to create effects with transparent dyes. The final batiks will be ironed and can be dry-cleaned to complete the process.
You can choose to create a set of dinner napkins, a bandanna, or cut our cotton cloth to a custom size for a pillow top, or funky patches for your favorite jeans. If you're a quilter, you can create your own fabric squares to incorporate into your quilting projects!
*Bring a black and white drawing that you’ll use for your design. Anything goes, it can be a nature motif, (fish, snails, plants, or your sweet cat, to name a few). It can also be a scene, a map, portrait, album cover, or graphic pattern. Think about the colors you might use. It can be a 1-color, 2-color or 3 color design.
Optional: bring an apron, embroidery hoop of any size, rubber gloves.
All materials will be provided.
About the instructor:
Wendy Kenigsberg is an art educator and a maker at heart. In her work at the Johnson Museum she designs programs for school groups that link gallery visits to hands-on art-making processes. She enjoys experimenting with new and traditional techniques, and encourages students to explore new materials in their studio work.
Wendy holds a BFA from RIT and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. She’s a member of the Clay School, and can be found there glazing her hand-crafted ceramic buttons.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Woven Wool Cowls: 2 Day Weaving Workshop
Learn to weave on a rigid heddle loom and create a piece of wearable art. Choose from color and weave patterns such as log cabin for more advanced weavers or beginners can make a classy cowl in plain weave.
What To Expect: We will meet for two classes that are three hours each. The first class will introduce the looms and warping process. We will choose colors for our cowls and set up the looms for weaving with a short break halfway through. The second workshop we will work on weaving the cowls, learn hemstitching and leave class with a finished piece.
What Is Included in Tuition: All materials will be provided for this workshop including rigid heddle looms, a variety of colors of wool to choose from for warping and weaving and all other weaving and sewing notions needed to complete the cowl.
What to Bring: A water bottle and snack or light dinner if you would like.
What We Will Produce: Each student will walk away from class with a finished cowl that only needs to be wet finished at home (instructions will be provided).
Try-It: Weaving
Try-It: Weaving
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment)
Dip your toe into the vast waters of weaving with this try-it class! Through a small project, such as a bookmark, participants will learn a quick and easy way to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, experiment with different types of weaving fiber and learn about different weft-faced weaving techniques and patterns to incorporate. Skills from this class can be the foundation for the intermediate weaving classes and projects.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Hand-Built Bowls Workshop
Hand-Built Bowls Benefit Workshops
with Julia Dean
$55. Price includes staff finishing and shipping bowls.
Ages 12+
All levels welcome!
Join us a for a workshop that benefits our scholarship program AND a community cause!
In a two-hour workshop, participants will hand-build and decorate two bowls each. One bowl they can keep, and the other bowl will be donated to Loaves & Fishes' Empty Bowls event they hold annually. 100% of workshop sales go toward The Clay School's Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships for community members to participate in Clay School and ART Room programming.
Be Gay Do Crafts
Come gather with us for Be Gay, Do Crafts!—a monthly queer craft night rooted in creativity, connection, and collective joy. Held every 4th Saturday, 6–9pm, this is an open, welcoming space to slow down, make art, and be in community.
Each session offers pearler beads, coloring pages, friendship bracelets and shrinky dinks—easy, accessible crafts perfect for zoning out, chatting, or quietly co-creating alongside others. We’ll be surrounded by music, queer media, and the gentle magic that happens when we make things together.
$10
All genders & identities welcome
No skills required, come as you are
Maximum queer joy!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Come make something. Come make friends. Come be gay.
TRY-IT: Batik
In this Batik workshop, participants will create designs on cloth using wax resist and dyes.
Participants will practice using tjantings and brushes to apply melted wax, and learn how to layer color to create effects with transparent dyes. The final batiks will be ironed and can be dry-cleaned to complete the process.
You can choose to create a set of dinner napkins, a bandanna, or cut our cotton cloth to a custom size for a pillow top, or funky patches for your favorite jeans. If you're a quilter, you can create your own fabric squares to incorporate into your quilting projects!
*Bring a black and white drawing that you’ll use for your design. Anything goes, it can be a nature motif, (fish, snails, plants, or your sweet cat, to name a few). It can also be a scene, a map, portrait, album cover, or graphic pattern. Think about the colors you might use. It can be a 1-color, 2-color or 3 color design.
Optional: bring an apron, embroidery hoop of any size, rubber gloves.
All materials will be provided.
About the instructor:
Wendy Kenigsberg is an art educator and a maker at heart. In her work at the Johnson Museum she designs programs for school groups that link gallery visits to hands-on art-making processes. She enjoys experimenting with new and traditional techniques, and encourages students to explore new materials in their studio work.
Wendy holds a BFA from RIT and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. She’s a member of the Clay School, and can be found there glazing her hand-crafted ceramic buttons.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Saturdays
June 27th, July 25th, August 29th
11:00am-1:00pm
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Weaving
Try-It: Weaving
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment)
Dip your toe into the vast waters of weaving with this try-it class! Through a small project, such as a bookmark, participants will learn a quick and easy way to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, experiment with different types of weaving fiber and learn about different weft-faced weaving techniques and patterns to incorporate. Skills from this class can be the foundation for the intermediate weaving classes and projects.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Loose and Relaxed Florals: a four week acrylic class
Loose and Relaxed Florals: a four week acrylic painting class in Ithaca, NY.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Saturdays
June 27th, July 25th, August 29th
11:00am-1:00pm
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Be Gay Do Crafts
Come gather with us for Be Gay, Do Crafts!—a monthly queer craft night rooted in creativity, connection, and collective joy. Held every 4th Saturday, 6–9pm, this is an open, welcoming space to slow down, make art, and be in community.
Each session offers pearler beads, coloring pages, friendship bracelets and shrinky dinks—easy, accessible crafts perfect for zoning out, chatting, or quietly co-creating alongside others. We’ll be surrounded by music, queer media, and the gentle magic that happens when we make things together.
$10
All genders & identities welcome
No skills required, come as you are
Maximum queer joy!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Come make something. Come make friends. Come be gay.
TRY-IT Batik
In this two-hour Batik workshop, participants will create designs on cloth using wax resist and dyes.
Participants will practice using tjantings and brushes to apply melted wax, and learn how to layer color to create effects with transparent dyes. The final batiks will be ironed and can be dry-cleaned to complete the process.
You can choose to create a set of dinner napkins, a bandanna, or cut our cotton cloth to a custom size for a pillow top, or funky patches for your favorite jeans. If you're a quilter, you can create your own fabric squares to incorporate into your quilting projects!
*Bring a black and white drawing that you’ll use for your design. Anything goes, it can be a nature motif, (fish, snails, plants, or your sweet cat, to name a few). It can also be a scene, a map, portrait, album cover, or graphic pattern. Think about the colors you might use. It can be a 1-color, 2-color or 3 color design.
Optional: bring an apron, embroidery hoop of any size, rubber gloves.
All materials will be provided.
About the instructor:
Wendy Kenigsberg is an art educator and a maker at heart. In her work at the Johnson Museum she designs programs for school groups that link gallery visits to hands-on art-making processes. She enjoys experimenting with new and traditional techniques, and encourages students to explore new materials in their studio work.
Wendy holds a BFA from RIT and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. She’s a member of the Clay School, and can be found there glazing her hand-crafted ceramic buttons.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Try-It: Weaving
Try-It: Weaving
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment)
Dip your toe into the vast waters of weaving with this try-it class! Through a small project, such as a bookmark, participants will learn a quick and easy way to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, experiment with different types of weaving fiber and learn about different weft-faced weaving techniques and patterns to incorporate. Skills from this class can be the foundation for the intermediate weaving classes and projects.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Be Gay Do Crafts
Come gather with us for Be Gay, Do Crafts!—a monthly queer craft night rooted in creativity, connection, and collective joy. Held every 4th Saturday, 6–9pm, this is an open, welcoming space to slow down, make art, and be in community.
Each session offers pearler beads, coloring pages, friendship bracelets and shrinky dinks—easy, accessible crafts perfect for zoning out, chatting, or quietly co-creating alongside others. We’ll be surrounded by music, queer media, and the gentle magic that happens when we make things together.
$10
All genders & identities welcome
No skills required, come as you are
Maximum queer joy!
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
Come make something. Come make friends. Come be gay.
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Try-It: Watercolor Painting
Saturdays
June 27th, July 25th, August 29th
11:00am-1:00pm
$40-$60 (sliding scale payment)
ages 12+
Enjoy an afternoon of experimentation and fun while learning the fundamentals of watercolor painting.
In these two-hour workshops, participants will learn basic techniques in paint application, mixing on a palette, and texturing.
Through a hands-on approach in a group setting, participants will have access to all materials needed to receive a thorough lesson. Open to all levels of experience!
About the instructor:
Bri Bustin has been painting for over 20 years. She has a degree in Fine Art and specializes in acrylic, mixed media and watercolor.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
ART Cafe
LIKE A RESTAURANT, ONLY YOU ORDER AN ART PROJECT FROM OUR MENU. THEN SIT & ENJOY WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT (6:00-9:00PM).
FOR ALL AGES*, A FAMILY-FRIENDLY CREATIVE EXPERIENCE.
*ages 15 and under require adult supervision.
No registration required!
ART FEEDS THE SOUL.
Hand-Built Bowls Workshop
Hand-Built Bowls Benefit Workshops
with Julia Dean
$55. Price includes staff finishing and shipping bowls.
Ages 12+
All levels welcome!
Join us a for a workshop that benefits our scholarship program AND a community cause!
In a two-hour workshop, participants will hand-build and decorate two bowls each. One bowl they can keep, and the other bowl will be donated to Loaves & Fishes' Empty Bowls event they hold annually. 100% of workshop sales go toward The Clay School's Scholarship Fund, which awards scholarships for community members to participate in Clay School and ART Room programming.
Try-It: Weaving
Try-It: Weaving
with Laura Ballard
For ages 16+
$50-$70
(Sliding scale payment)
Dip your toe into the vast waters of weaving with this try-it class! Through a small project, such as a bookmark, participants will learn a quick and easy way to direct warp a rigid heddle loom, experiment with different types of weaving fiber and learn about different weft-faced weaving techniques and patterns to incorporate. Skills from this class can be the foundation for the intermediate weaving classes and projects.
TRY-IT Batik
In this two-hour Batik workshop, participants will create designs on cloth using wax resist and dyes.
Participants will practice using tjantings and brushes to apply melted wax, and learn how to layer color to create effects with transparent dyes. The final batiks will be ironed and can be dry-cleaned to complete the process.
You can choose to create a set of dinner napkins, a bandanna, or cut our cotton cloth to a custom size for a pillow top, or funky patches for your favorite jeans. If you're a quilter, you can create your own fabric squares to incorporate into your quilting projects!
*Bring a black and white drawing that you’ll use for your design. Anything goes, it can be a nature motif, (fish, snails, plants, or your sweet cat, to name a few). It can also be a scene, a map, portrait, album cover, or graphic pattern. Think about the colors you might use. It can be a 1-color, 2-color or 3 color design.
Optional: bring an apron, embroidery hoop of any size, rubber gloves.
All materials will be provided.
About the instructor:
Wendy Kenigsberg is an art educator and a maker at heart. In her work at the Johnson Museum she designs programs for school groups that link gallery visits to hands-on art-making processes. She enjoys experimenting with new and traditional techniques, and encourages students to explore new materials in their studio work.
Wendy holds a BFA from RIT and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. She’s a member of the Clay School, and can be found there glazing her hand-crafted ceramic buttons.