Upcoming Classes

Tuesday Morning Adult Pottery for the Advanced Ceramic Artist from 10am-12pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/22/2019! This is a class for advanced Ceramic Artists only, there will be minimal instructions, and you need to be cleared by pottery studio manager to attend this class. Please call the Art League if you have any questions at 410-524-9433. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.

Tuesday Afternoon Adult Pottery from 1-3pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/22/2019! Students will explore hand building techniques to make fun and functional art. Perfect for all levels of students from the beginner to more advanced. Adults and teens welcome. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.

Tuesday Evening Adult Pottery from 6-8pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/22/2019! Students will explore hand building techniques to make fun and functional art. Perfect for all levels of students from the beginner to more advanced. Adults and teens welcome. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.

Creating Unique, Colorful and Painterly Landscapes in Pastel with Stan Sperlak (all media welcome)

Cost: Members: $210 Non-Members: $263 Please register by April 24, 2019! 3-day Workshop, Thursday and Friday April 25/26 from 9:00AM until 4:00 PM, Saturday April 27 from 9am - noon. Stan would like to go out for dinner with everyone to a close by restaurant on Thursday night after the first day, so everyone has the opportunity to get to know him and everyone in the workshop! Location to be announced! Stan Sperlak will conduct a mixed indoor/outdoor landscape workshop in pastel that will cover his various methods of painting that focus on creating believable works through mature use of light, form and color. His teaching technique is very direct and easy to grasp, allowing for many hours of student teacher interaction. Demos, slideshows and props are all to be expected in his fast paced workshops. You will leave the workshop with a new sense of yourself as an artist. Join this intensive pastel painting workshop on how to improve your pastel paintings of the landscape. The elusive effects of light on forms, designing better contrasts, layering, strengthening how colors can be employed to new effects, and solving the riddle for developing better understanding of values will all be weaved together with lessons about the history of art, discussion on the natural world and phenomena in the sky all to make your work take on a new appearance and believability. www.stansperlak.com Experimental techniques with water and alcohol, working with gesso and pumice, under-paintings and developing new calligraphy will also be explored.

Create your own beautiful Glass Jewelry with Peter Gibson

$75 for members, $85 for non members, includes all material! Please register by 04/24/2019! Learn the basics of creating a fused glass piece. You will make 3 pendants and 2 earrings or 2 pendants, 1 earring, 1 bracelet, choosing from a wide range of glasses. The piece will be fired after the workshop and available for pick up 2-3 weeks later. Shipping is available! No experience necessary. All levels, and children with registered adult are welcome.

Open Glass Class with Pete Gibson

$35 for members, $45 for non members Please register by 04/25/2019! Material is not included! This is a class where you will have the opportunity to make your own creation in glass. You need to know how to cut glass, there will be only minimal instructions, Glass material cost will be estimated at the day of class based on how much you used, and needs to be paid at the front desk, right after class!

Pottery Wheel Basics for Beginner with Sarah Halcott

Cost per session: $55 Members, $66 Non-Members Please register by 4/25/2019! This is a beginner class, no previous ceramics experience needed. Beginners will learn how to center clay quickly and efficiently. Each day (ones a month) will focus on reinforcing the basic principles to using the wheel. Our main goal will be to learn how to center the clay and prepare it for form. The proven throwing techniques taught will enable new potters to create a wide variety of shapes. Practice will lead to a proficiency in throwing. We will learn the basic techniques to forming cylinders, bowls and plates.

Art and Soul: Blackout Poetry

Funded by the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore. This month: "Blackout Poetry" This workshop is focused on the creative process of art making to improve and enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well being of individuals of all ages. It is based on the belief that the creative process involved in artistic self-expression helps people resolve conflicts and problems, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight. This healing workshop provides support, acknowledgement and personal acceptance to those who may be experiencing illness, homelessness, abuse, addiction or painful challenges in life and to the family members and friends who may also be affected. Our mission is to offer an escape and healing through art.

Mosaic Mirror with Pat Stein

Cost: $50 Members, $60 Non-Members, All material included! Please register by 04/27/2019! Learn how to make your own beautiful mosaic 12x12" mirror. You will learn how to use the different materials. This will be a fun and informative class, and at the end you will take home a wonderful piece of art that can be used for decoration inside or outside.

Fun with Acrylics - Beginner to Intermediate - with Jim Adcock

Cost per session: $30 Members, $38 Non-Members, Please register by 04/29/2019! Acrylics an affordable and effective medium for beginners to tap into their desire to paint. Learn step-by-step the different brush strokes, how to mix your colors, and acrylic painting techniques to get the wanted effects and may develop a preferred painting style. This is a hands-on workshop perfect for beginners to Intermediate Acrylic Painters. Please bring your own material, or you can use the supplies from the instructor for a $10 fee.

Tuesday Morning Adult Pottery for the Advanced Ceramic Artist from 10am-12pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/29/2019! This is a class for advanced Ceramic Artists only, there will be minimal instructions, and you need to be cleared by pottery studio manager to attend this class. Please call the Art League if you have any questions at 410-524-9433. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.

Tuesday Afternoon Adult Pottery from 1-3pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/29/2019! Students will explore hand building techniques to make fun and functional art. Perfect for all levels of students from the beginner to more advanced. Adults and teens welcome. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.

Tuesday Evening Adult Pottery from 6-8pm

$35 for members, $45 for non members Sign up for 6 sessions for $180 for members, $230 for non members Please register by 04/29/2019! Students will explore hand building techniques to make fun and functional art. Perfect for all levels of students from the beginner to more advanced. Adults and teens welcome. Advance reservation is required to guarantee your spot.