Schedule Your Own Class!
Schedule a class with your favorite teacher if you sign up four people to attend.
Call (619) 233-6679 for details on any of these events.

Other Studio Options

Preserve Your Child's Handprint in Clay!
Now Two Great Options
Bring in your child and . . .
1. We'll press his/her hand or foot in a soft clay heart. Then pick a color and we'll fire it to preserve it forever. Only $30.
2. We'll apply colored glaze (nontoxic, of course) on your child's hand or foot and press onto a ceramic plate. Then we can decorate the rim of the plate with fun designs, name, and date. We'll fire it and it will be ready within a week. Only $25.
These make great gifts or heirlooms. Call to reserve a time.

Paint Your Own Ceramics
Work in the Studio to create your own ceramic masterpiece. The cost is $5 for studio time which includes paints, firing, and glaze. The ceramic pieces cost from $5 - $20 and include mugs, plates, bowls, and more. Call to reserve a time!

Birthday Parties
We offer four affordable, unique party packages: Mosaic Stepping Stone, Picture Frame, Painted Tile, or Jewelry. Prices are from $15 each to $25 each. The birthday person is free!

Day of the Dead Shrine Workshop

Make a small box shrine for a loved one. Use paint, glue, and a plethora of mixed media to create a memorial for a pet, person, or idea. Bring photos you want to include.
Sun, Nov. 2 3 - 5 p.m.
Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $25, Materials: $5

Accordion Book (Kids Welcome)

Make a simple accord ian book (also known as a concertina). We'll decorate using a variety of media including stamping, embossing, paint, and collage.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $30, Materials: $7

The Art of Selling/The Selling of Art

Should I sell at a street fair or in a gallery? How much should I charge? How do I approach a gallery? Is my art worth anything? Learn the how to best present your work and yourself as an artist/craftsperson.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $40

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Beaded Necklace & Earrings

Make a necklace and a pair of matching earrings out of glass beads. The necklace can be up to 26". Choose from a variety of bead colors, shapes, and sizes.

Teacher: Laura Stansell
Fee: $25, Materials: $9

Beginning Ceramics (Kids Welcome)

This is a hand building class where you learn the basics of clay, pinch, coil, and slab construction. In four meetings, you can construct something more complicated or do two or three pieces. Make plates, candle holders, sculptures, and more. Two-part class.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $30, Materials: $9

Ceramic Tile Painting

Learn how to paint tiles that you can use in your own kitchen backsplash or bathroom shower. Experiment on two tiles. Multiple techniques demonstrated. After this class you can you’ll have the skills to make more tiles in the studio.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli

Fee: $18, Materials: $10

Collage Greeting Cards

Collage Greeting Card Use handmade papers, twigs, milagros, charms, postage stamps, and ribbon to create cards that can be sent to a special person or framed as a gift.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli

Fee: $25, Materials: $5

Use thin gauge copper or brass combined with wire or beads to create a heart-shaped pendant or pair of earrings. Stamp designs and words in the surface for added whimsy.

Use a glass slide, solder, and mixed media to make a unique charm, pendant, or pin. This is a great chance to try your hand at soldering.

Teacher: Deborah Truesdell

Fee: $30, Materials: $15

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Reconstructed Journal
In this class you will alter a hard cover book by removing the printed pages and adding new blank pages with a simple pamphlet stitch.  Decorative papers, paints and mixed media are then used to embellish the cover. The art of keeping a journal discussed.   All levels of book artists welcome.  All materials provided

Teacher: Stephen Sloan

Fee: $40, Materials: $5

Layering & Collage
Class includes mixed media techniques such as texturing surfaces with acrylic media, painting,stamping, photo/image transfer, and collage.Text also can be incorporated into thecomposition.

Teacher: Jacqueline Jacobs Fee: $45, Materials: $8

Mosaic

Learn the techniques of mosaic work as you create a piece of art. Bring an old tray, small table top, a wide wooden frame, a box . . . any flat, wooden surface will do. Also bring tiles and broken china to use in your mosaic.

These can be found anywhere from garage sales to Home Depot. Two-part class.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $45

Mosaic Flower Pot

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $20, Materials: $8

Mosaic Stepping Stone (Kids Welcome)

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $20, Materials: $9

Mosaic Bird House
Start with a wood birdhouse. Then, paint and decorate to make the birds in your yard sing with delight. The roof is designed using a fun mosaic technique.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli Fee: $25, Materials: $10
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Mosaic Picture Frame (Kids Welcome)

Using venetian glass tiles and a wooden photo frame, create a perfect gift with this fun mosaic technique.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli
Fee: $20, Materials: $5.00

Polaroid Transfer Class

Use variations of paper, texture, time, and temperature to create an image similar in appearance to a watercolor. We start with 35mm slides and using a slide printer, transfer the image to Polaroid film and then to watercolor paper.

Teacher: Jacqueline Jacobs Fee: $45, Materials: $7 (includes 2 prints)

Punched Tin Ornaments (Kids Welcome)

Create candle holders in the Mexican tradition using thin gauge sheet metal, hammers, and nails. Decorate with bright colors or steel wool burnishing.

Decorate with bright colors to make your Valentine smile.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli

Fee: $20, Materials: $5

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Punched Tin Valentines

Create ornaments in the Mexican tradition using thin gauge sheet metal, hammers, and nails. Decorate with bright colors to make your Valentine smile.

Fee: $20, Materials: $5

Tiny Book
Transform a mundane post-it pad into a work of art. Learn to make a bound cover for a small notepad using a variety of papers, stamps, ribbons, and beads. Make more than one as time permits. This technique can be used to cover any size notepad.

Teacher: Sarah Chipman

Fee: $20, Materials: $6

Torn Paper Card
Learn to create your own Valentine or other occasion cards using a fun torn paper and painting technique. If you love Sarah Chipman’s cards, don’t miss this class.

Teacher: Sarah Chipman Fee: $20, Materials: $5

Wrap Book

Start with an accordion book. Add a beautiful cover, a simple spine, and some fun pop-up techniques to create a real page turner.

Teacher: Maureen Ceccarelli

Fee: $30, Materials: $10