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,…

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 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 This one-day workshop will focus on self-portraiture, in its broadest sense, as a means of reflection and transformation. Moving beyond traditional self-portraiture, the goal of this workshop is to delve deeper — exploring the masks society conditions us to wear and revealing aspects of ourselves we’ve kept hidden.…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Experience the tactile magic of wet felting, where soft merino wool becomes your paint and your hands the brush. In this one-day workshop, participants will learn to use colored wool fibers, water, and soap, to create a one-of-a-kind felted piece inspired by the beautiful landscape we’re immersed in…

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 In this one-day workshop, immerse yourself in the spontaneous and expressive medium of gelli printing, a mono-printing technique that uses a gelatin plate to press on paper. Explore this approachable medium through an array of materials and methods, including botanical impressions; textured prints with mark making tools; image…

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…