Students will cut, fold, tear and build their way into new forms of expression as they create 2-D and 3-D collages using magazines, construction paper, cardboard, cloth and string. They will use collage to explore self portraiture, abstract compositions, assemblage, and exquisite corpses. They will learn about how various artists use collage including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Robert Rauschenberg, Ivan Chermayeff and Phillip Estlund.

Teacher: David P. Earle
Fee: $180.00

Come learn what makes good stories tick, draw us in, and turn the page. We will use writing exercises and prompts to get our brain juices flowing, and learn how to create compelling characters, plots and settings. Students will create personal portfolios in addition to a group zine.

Teacher: Angelina Coppola
Fee: $180.00

Coil, pinch, and slab your way to a variety of projects both functional and fun. This supportive and lively class is suited for artists of all levels and experience.  New students will learn a variety of hand building techniques while the more experienced artist will continue developing their individual style. All projects will be fired and glazed.

Teacher: Rebecca Tager
Fee: $180.00 , Materials Fee: $25.00

Discover how both music and art are created through rhythm and pattern, producing different responses and emotions. A range of different materials and styles of music will be explored to create inspired works or art.

Teacher: open studio teacher
Fee: $200.00

Come make your favorite animals, both real and fantastical, using a variety of air dry and polymer clays. This 3 D art form encourages us to think about structure, shapes, and forms.

Teacher: Rebecca Tager
Fee: $200.00

Using local garden and park life for inspiration, we will create art projects capturing the enchantment and mystery of Mother Nature.

Teacher: Crystal Ho
Fee: $200.00

Give your imagination a place to play! Students will get a chance to write for fun, and learn new ways to make their stories come to life.

Teacher: Angelina Coppola
Fee: $200.00

Come create impossible objects and foolish machines that inspire a sense of whimsy and delight. Artists and engineers, inventors and tinkerers welcome.

Teacher: Marie Switzer Miller
Fee: $200.00

An introduction to figure drawing techniques and concepts, with an emphasis on representational drawing and expression. Working from live models, students learn to communicate mood, emotion and thought through line, gesture and image. Beginners and more advanced students welcome.

Teacher: Yuki Toy
Fee: $200.00 , Materials Fee: $25.00

Design your own house, imagine a city of dreams, and create a model skyscraper on Mars.

Teacher: open studio teacher
Fee: $200.00

Learn from modern aesthetics how to design and create personal art you can wear and use in your every day life, such as custom t-shirts, jewelry and décor.

Teacher: Crystal Ho
Fee: $200.00

In this beautiful season, students are invited to play with concept of colors, form and designs, to explore mediums wet and dry, two dimensional and three dimensional, and learn to appreciate many expressions of Spring through fun projects of art making.

Teacher: Crystal Ho
Fee: $160.00

Join us in creating a story built from your imagination, materials and hands. In this six week series we will take on three projects; paint/cut, textiles/stitch, wood/build. Here you will have the opportunity to experiment and explore your own personal collection of materials, along with all that Place's studio has to offer. We will look at artists who made it onto the pages of art books and along with those I admire on Instagram; Pae White, Sarajo Frieden, Louise Bourgouis, Tina Lynnville, Louise Nevelson, Luke O'Sullivan and more. It's Time to Create!

Teacher: Danielle B. Ashton
Fee: $250.00

This class is designed to cultivate a mindful, open and spontaneous practice of drawing based on contemplative repetition, clarity of vision and surprise. Students will be introduced to new techniques for generating non-representational drawings through patterned mark-making designed to shift the process of drawing away from premeditated control and toward free-flowing spontaneity. As these techniques are mastered, they will be combined with methods from previous classes utilizing new materials, such as watercolor, textured paper or collage. Techniques may include mandalas, flowing line drawings and isometric perspective drawings.

Teacher: David P. Earle
Fee: $240.00

Every week, writers will engage in rigorous writing prompts that break it down to the basics—character, dialogue, setting, and narrative arc. No matter what kind of writing you hope to do, whether it's poetry, journalism, short stories, or screenplays, jumpstarting your project with a combination of free writing and polishing with these elements can help you get motivated and start (or finish) your projects. We'll have in-class exercises devoted to helping you focus on details, with weekly optional readings to help illuminate what we worked on each week. By the end of the class, you should have at least 6 pieces or ideas to cull from that'll help you along on your journey outside of the class.

Teacher: Alison Bell
Fee: $240.00