Video Game Crazy- NEW!
Gear up for a pixelated adventure at our video game-themed art class! Immerse yourself in the vibrant worlds of your favorite games as you explore the artistry behind game design and character creation. Learn new creative skills that will level-up your skills and ignite your imagination!

Video Gamers- NEW!
Player One ready! Enter a world of endless possibilities as you create interesting artwork based on your favorite video games and characters, Learn new skills and take existing skills to the next level. Join us for a Gaming adventure where creativity knows no bounds!

Magic of the Pottery Wheel
Students will work with clay on the pottery wheel and use a variety of hand building techniques that will produce amazing results. All pottery will be glazed and functional.

Stained Glass
Learn glass cutting techniques while exploring the characteristics of glass. From beginner to advanced.

Woodcarving
For beginners to expert. Learn woodcarving techniques at your own pace from experienced carvers.

Beginning Oil Painting
Explore what you need to start painting with oils. Learn what materials to use and how to use them to produce your painting. Paint along with Greg and on your own with guidance. Materials not included; supply list will be emailed to you.

Intermediate to Advanced Oil Painting
Expand on techniques from the Beginners Oil Painting class including Alla Prima painting (all at once) and traditional painting (wet on dry). We’ll explore tone, value, and color theory while going deeper into composition. Learn how to choose materials such as brushes, knives, colors, and the properties and selection of available oil paints. How to prepare different painting surfaces, including stretching a canvas, will also be covered. A material list will be e-mailed to you.

Beginner Pottery 
Learn the fine art of pottery no matter what your skill level is. Work with wet clay and glazes. Learn wheel throwing and hand-building techniques. Participate in a Raku Firing February 26.

Beginner Pottery with Rick Morgan 
Work with wet clay to bisque ware and glaze finishes. Participate in a Raku Firing May 7.

Intermediate Pottery 
Take your love of pottery to the next level. Work with wet clay and glazes. Learn the basics and advanced wheel-throwing and hand building techniques. Participate in a Raku Firing on February 26. (Limit 12)

Intermediate & Advanced Pottery with Rick Morgan 
Work with wet clay to bisque ware and glaze finishes. Participate in a Raku Firing February 26.

Open Pottery Studio
This is open to students who have taken pottery classes at the Stifel Fine Arts Center before. There will be no instructor during open studio, but students will receive shelf space and may make a maximum of 16 pots. Additional pots $5 each. (Limit 15)

Hand Building Pottery with Rick Morgan
Learn how to make ceramic projects without a pottery wheel. We will use slab, coil, and pinch methods too make beautiful, functional pottery. Projects like cups, mugs, plates, bowls, and ceramic holiday decorations will be explored.

Watercolor Floral Workshop
Unlock your creativity in this beginner friendly watercolor workshop where you’ll learn to paint expressive florals using basic brushstrokes and techniques. This course is designed for artists of all skill levels, particularly artists new to watercolor. All supplies and materials will be provided. (Limit 15)

Birds in Watercolor Workshop
Unleash your creativity in this beginner friendly watercolor workshop where you’ll learn basic brushstrokes and techniques to paint birds in watercolor. This course is designed for artists of all skill levels, particularly artists new to watercolor. All supplies and materials will be provided. (Limit 15)

Bead Stringing Workshop
In this hour-long workshop, you will learn how to professional string & finish a bracelet with beading wire & crimp beads. You will get to choose from a variety of beads & clasps to customize your very own artistic design. (Limit 15)

Crystal Sun Catchers Workshop
Add a little sparkle to your life this spring!! In this hour workshop, we’ll make two crystal sun catchers using colorful Swarovski Crystals. Hang them the rear view mirror of your car or in a sunny window. They’ll catch the light & reflect beautiful rainbow prisms all around. Beginner level. (Limit 12)

Intro Gel Plate Printing Workshop
Learn to use Gel Plates and stencils to make unique prints that can be incorporated into collages, greeting cards, art journals. Class is open to levels, from beginner to advanced. Gel plates and stencils will be provided for use in class, along with paints and paper. (Limit 10)

Gel Plate Printing Workshop
Using Gel Plates and stencils or floral materials, we will make unique prints that can be incorporated into collages, greeting cards, art journals, or mounted on canvas or wood to make personalized, decorative pieces. Class is open to all levels, from beginner to advanced. Gel plates and stencils will be provided for use in class, along with paints and paper. Bring leaves and other floral materials if desired. (Limit 10)

Intermediate Gel Plate Printing Workshop
Building off the basic knowledge of using Gel Plates and stencils or floral materials, we will make unique prints that can be incorporated into collages, greeting cards, art journals, or mounted on canvas or wood to make personalized, decorative pieces. Class is open to levels, from intermediate to advanced. Gel plates and stencils will be provided for use in class, along with paints, paper, and canvas. Bring leaves and other floral materials if desired. (Limit 10)

Stencil Monoprinting Workshop
Learn how to make one-of-a-kind prints using an old-fashioned printing press, plexiglass plates, lithographic inks and handmade papers. Discover the basics of press use, as well as inking techniques. We will work with stencils and found objects to create diverse print compositions. Please bring an apron as inks can stain. All materials will be provided. Additional handmade printing paper available for purchase. (Limit 5)

Multi-Chain Steampunk Necklace Workshop
In this fun & funky workshop, we will make a multi layered necklace from chain, gears, & other random parts. You can keep it simple or make your design as creative as you’d like. This is a beginner level class: you will learn basic jewelry making skills. (Limit 15)

Stained Glass Night Light Workshop- NEW
Have you wanted to try your hand at working with stained glass? Well, here is your opportunity to make and take home a finished night light to brighten your home. You will get to choose from a few pre-selected pattern kits, learn the basics of the tools required and techniques used to create your night light. (Limit 12)

Hand Building Demo: Sunshine Cobb “Exploring Functional Hand Building”
Sunshine’s demonstration will motivate you to experiment with new and old forms and methods of construction. Her workshop is geared toward creative expansion and a process-over-product mentality that beginners to advanced students will be inspired by. The workshop will include coil and pinch methods and hard and soft slab construction to generate pottery components. She will speak to the building surface through the making process and discuss the glaze and surface treatment of her work.
Sunshine’s work foundation is very much based in the tradition of historic ceramics, but she is a completely modern potter with contemporary themes in her work. She will talk about inspiration and how abstract concepts make their way into her work and how to foster similar insertion into your own creative practice. (Limit 50)

Ceramic Sculpture Demo: George Rodriguez “The Ornamental Figure”
Artist George Rodriguez will demonstrate his unique style of forming and ornamenting a small figure. This four-hour demonstration will focus on creating a sculpture using the slab technique and two-part press molds. Decorative surface elements will cover the figure.

Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Instruction in Tyler’s Ceramics Program. Rodriguez creates highly ornamented, figurative ceramic sculptures, often connected to sociopolitical issues. His sculptures are part of museum collections, including the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the National Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. (Limit 50)

Artist Talk: Rebecca Harvey “Consuming the Other—Dinnerware and the Decorative”
Collective ideas shape and mold our perceptions of the world and these new perceptions are in turn reflected in the environments we construct for ourselves. Objects tell our stories for us; they construct the reality we wish to see. I am interested in the odd, the illogical, the seemingly random objects and images that fill our world. Their meanings often operate outside the bounds of taste and decorum flitting at the edges of our understanding. This talk will explore some of the ways in which this has been manifested in ceramics historically and poke around the edges of our ability as humans to attach meaning. (Limit 50)