Art

Create your own colorful hand-blown glass tumbler with help from a professional gaffer. No experience necessary. Participants must be at least 16 years old. 
 
$72 member; $80 non-member

Register for 5/23 class
Register for 6/27 class 
Register for 8/1 class

Create your own colorful hand-blown glass ornament with help from a professional gaffer. No experience necessary. Participants must be at least 16 years old.

$54 members; $60 non-members

Register for 5/30 class
Register for 8/8 class

Create your own colorful hand-blown glass hummingbird feeder with help from a professional gaffer. No experience necessary. Participants must be at least 16 years old.

$72 members; $80 non-member

Register for 6/6 class
Register for 7/11 class

Create your own colorful hand-blown glass candy bowl with help from a professional gaffer. No experience necessary. Participants must be at least 16 years old.

$72 members; $80 non-member

Register for 6/13 class         
Register for 7/18 class

Create your own colorful, hand-blown glass bud vase with help from a professional gaffer. No experience necessary. Participants must be at least 16 years old.

$72 members; $80 non-member

Register for 6/20 class
Register for 7/25 class

Learn to portray the contrast of light and dark shading and directional lighting with watercolor. Download a supply list.

$45 member; $50 non-member (four-week series)
$18 member;$20 non-member per class

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Journal work can help you connect more deeply to nature and your surroundings. Write, sketch and think within the sublime setting of the Conservatory and Botanical Gardens. Leave with inspiration to take back to daily life. Bring a blank book to transform through open-ended and guided activities. You will use easy and versatile mixed-media techniques including image transfer, collage, sketching, painting and writing. Most supplies are provided; suggested supply list will be given upon registration. CEU certificate available for educators.

Explore the technique of classical still life painting with the fruits of summer as your inspiration.

Capture the beauty of summer before it fades. Learn easy techniques to preserve botanicals as you weave their forms into layers of color, texture, pattern, personal ephemera and writing. Tell the stories of summer in powerful ways, organized through the principles of design. You will use simple techniques to develop your own evocative images. Most supplies are provided; suggested supply list will be given upon registration. CEU certificate available for educators.