Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House to view Mabel D’Amico’s handmade jewelry This introductory class on polymer clay presents an overview of polymer clay jewelry, ornaments and wearable art. Basic techniques include conditioning, basic canes, texturing, baking/curing, sanding/buffing and finishing by adding jewelry findings, wires or cording. Explore…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Through exercises and demonstrations, participants will explore the application of soft, hard and oil pastels on assorted papers to create depth, perspective, and overall compositions. Subject material may include still life, landscape, and botanicals. Participants can bring their own pastels and pastel…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Work with colored sheet glass, powder, frit, and stringers to explore techniques that build a wide range of glass fused and slump molded pieces. Specific hands-on exercises in cutting and arranging glass will lead participants to develop an understanding of the…

Open to all levels All supplies provided  Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Explore visual language through drawing: line, form, composition, light and shadow, and conventional and unconventional ways of seeing. Various subject matter and approaches to drawing will be used, both traditional and contemporary. Work observationally from still life, landscape, and the figure…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek to view Mabel D’Amico’s image transfers Explore the process and possibilities of image transfer — lifting ink/toner from a color or black and white laser copier printout and affixing it to another surface. Manipulate the transferred image through elements of drawing,…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Create a small, hanging stained glass piece. Design a unique composition, then cut and solder colored glass pieces using the copper foil method. Specific hands-on exercises in cutting and arranging glass will lead participants to develop an understanding of the materials…

Open to all levels, but previous painting experience encouraged  Some materials provided; Bring your own paint and brushes  Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This course will guide the experienced painter through unique experiments and explorations in alternative approaches to painting with acrylic, oil and water-based paints. A wide range of paint surfaces, applications,…