Classes & Workshops

Join Karen Weihs in From Realism to Abstraction, a workshop exploring palette knife and brush techniques with Cobra water mixable oils or your preferred medium. Focused on transforming landscapes into dynamic compositions, this workshop includes demonstrations, value color studies, and personalized instruction to guide participants in creating unique works that bridge realism and abstraction.

Create a unique wool felt dragonfly scene in this two-part workshop. Learn wet felting to craft a sunset backdrop and needle felting to add your dragonfly design. Finish your artwork in a wooden hexagon frame, guided by award-winning fiber artist Kim Keelor. Materials included, no sewing required.

Want to learn the very basics of drawing and learn to better appreciate art? Then this is the class for you.

Come join Steve Reagan, former art teacher and owner of SpaceAgeMakers. Share his insight into what makes a good drawing and how to apply the basics, guaranteed to improve your drawing. Never tried your hand at drawing?- even better. Come enjoy a fun, relaxed environment as you gain understanding into how to create the foundation for a quality drawing. Skills that will help you in all your art endeavors!

All drawing materials can be ordered from Dick Blick Art Supplies.

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In this 3 1/2 hour class you'll blend richly colored wool and silk, then learn how to 3D needle felt. Class time allows for several pumpkins per person. No sewing involved. Keep your felting pads and needles for future projects.

Beginners, ages 10 - adults.

Join The Bascom for a Halloween Scavenger Hunt!
During the Chamber's Halloween Celebration, search for handcrafted ceramic pumpkins, created by students in The Bascom’s Clay Studio, hidden on Main Street. If you find one, be sure to snap a picture and tag us on social media—we’d love to see your discovery!

Join us for a hands-on exploration of soda firing using The Bascom’s soda kiln. Participants will decorate and glaze bisque ware, create new pots, and learn to load and fire the kiln. The workshop covers slip and glaze application, kiln prep, and the dramatic effects of soda firing. While the kiln heats and cools, we’ll focus on throwing and altering forms—squaring, fluting, faceting—and discuss techniques that enhance surface response to the soda atmosphere. Prior wheel-throwing experience is required. Expect lively discussion on aesthetics, technique, and the expressive potential of atmospheric firing.