In this 5 day wheel throwing class, we will focus on making tableware such as plates, small and large bowls, candle holders, salt and pepper shakers, pitchers, etc.  This class includes Open Studio only on the day of class.  There will not be a glazing component to this class.  Please see Glazing Class in the Resident Artist Series Schedule.

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This workshop with award-winning painter and teacher John Guernsey emphasizes careful observation, thoughtful decision-making, and expressive painting. Through demonstrations, group discussion, and guided studio time, participants will refine essential skills while developing work that reflects personal intent. Open to all skill levels, working in oil or acrylic.

Are you ready to step up your pottery game and create larger, more ambitious pieces? This workshop is designed for potters who want to push the boundaries of their skills and explore the art of making bigger pottery. The goal is to make 2, 12 lb pots in 3 days.  Throwing and modified coil building techniques will be demonstrated.  For hand builders, one pot will most likely all that can be completed.

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This comprehensive workshop introduces a structured yet flexible approach to painting that strengthens creativity, decision-making, and confidence. Participants will explore tools for design, value, color harmony, and expressive paint application, encouraging a freer, more playful approach to their work.

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This workshop with Chris Groves blends the fundamentals of classical landscape painting with principles of abstraction to encourage a looser, more expressive approach. Through mark-making, color studies, compositional exploration, and demonstrations, participants will push beyond the obvious while developing larger-scale works. Experimentation with oil paint, cold wax, and Galkyd is included, with frequent individual guidance throughout.

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Encaustics will fire up your creative soul! Just imagine being able to play with melting colors—- layer after layer until you finally recognize your masterpiece! This workshop is designed to help you loosen up and take chances… every day you will finish at least 3 paintings.. imagine that!?!? Some of you have taken all 12 years of this workshop and I welcome you back with a happy heart! New artists— be not afraid— this medium will allow you to create freely!

Learn how to use locally farmed flowers and foraged greens to create a large, lush dahlia-focused arrangement in a ceramic footed compote.

Artist and floral stylist, Christy Curcuru, will demonstrate how to arrange a large centerpiece while talking you through her design philosophy (structural principles, color theory, texture, shape and scale). Each attendee will receive hands-on guidance throughout the entire process, ending with help photographing finished work to cherish forever. If time allows, Christy will demonstrate how to work with other vessels you might have at home. Please bring a vessel you have questions about!  All other supplies included.

Celebrate Dahlias with a playful, beginner-friendly painting workshop inspired by the color and energy of dahlias. Using abstraction and expressive mark-making, participants will create a vibrant floral-inspired painting—no experience required. A fun, creative way to engage with the festival and explore painting in a relaxed, supportive setting.

This class is for anyone passionate about Dahlias and wants to capture this passion in a painting!

All materials are provided. You will go home with a painting!

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Still life Painting in Oils with Marc Chatov - Through painting the still-life, one can acquire the knowledge of ‘painting basics’. They apply to all painting and drawing in dealing with composition, value, and application of paint. This workshop will be centered on utilizing objects of personal interest to develop compositions and design to a finished painting.

*Please bring 2-3 objects, simpler in form and design, to the workshop.

Chatov’s workshop environments are casual, encouraging, and informative. Marc will give a demonstration two mornings followed by individual instruction.

In this 5 day Raku firing class, students need to have bisque pots ready to fire.  Pots need to be made in advance so that we can spend class time glazing and firing.  Students need to think about having 10-15 small to medium size pots to fire.  No pots bigger than 12 inches in any direction.  There is no Open Studio after class.