Bring your young artists to join us in the ceramics studio as we learn various hand-building methods for creating and decorating ceramic masterpieces. Each week's project will include a method of constructing clay by hand (pinch, coil, slab, etc.) and plenty of opportunities for self-expression and experimentation. After students construct a clay piece and paint it with colorful glazes, projects will be fired in electric kilns. Students should bring their imagination and be prepared to get messy as we dive into the world of functional and sculptural ceramics. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hour, after school class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Nicole Lee
Cost: $295
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Come have fun while learning a variety of drawing and painting techniques. Learn the how to draw realistic and imaginary faces and animals and how to use perspective in creating landscapes and cityscapes. Gain confidence in your skills while you experience different drawing techniques and various drawing and painting materials. This is a 10-week, 1.5-hour class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mark Gruener
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Discover the art of embroidery in this fun four-week class! Learn foundational stitches and techniques while exploring color, pattern, texture, and design to create unique, personalized projects. Whether you're interested in fashion, fiber arts, or simply trying something new, embroidery is a relaxing and rewarding way to express your creativity. Students will work with a variety of natural and synthetic fibers, and all materials are included and provided by the Wayne Art Center. This is a 4-week, 1.5 hour, after-school class on Thursdays.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $120
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Starting with the fundamentals of photography, students learn about camera settings and composition from award-winning photographer Laura Ducceschi. Demonstrations and slideshows illustrate the concepts, then students put theory into practice creating photographs outside. They receive regular feedback during class critiques. Bring your own single lens reflex (DSLR) or mirrorless camera for this class. A compact camera is acceptable but will not have all the functionality. Phone cameras are not acceptable for this course. **For every class, students need to be prepared to create photographs with a working camera, a fully charged camera battery and a memory card for their own use. This is a 5-week, 2-hour class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Laura Ducceschi
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Pinching is commonly thought of as a beginner's technique but has so many possibilities. We will be exploring working large, altering forms, and burnishing. The workshop will conclude with a pit-fire which smokes the works in unpredictable ways. The pots will be buried in sawdust and smoldered overnight. Jimmy's approach to working with clay is in cooperation with the material where the creator is encouraged to "listen to the clay". That is to allow the clay and the environment to help determine the ultimate size and form. This passive or intuitive method is complimented by the firing that defies ultimate control. Class tuition includes your first bag of stoneware clay as well as glazes and firing.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jimmy Clark
Cost: $305
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Join your child on a nurturing creative quest. Whether your child has already begun to show an interest in art or you are looking to introduce them to new media in a structured yet caring environment, this class allows even the youngest students to discover their creative side. Students work with air-dry clay, collage, paint, chalk and more. Our early childhood teachers encourage students to talk about their art, providing a great opportunity to learn new vocabulary, particularly words related to colors, shapes, textures, and emotions. Children learn to follow directions in a social setting with support and encouragement of their caregiver, serving as the perfect precursor to preschool. This is a 10-week, 1 hour class for 1 child + 1 adult.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Watch creativity come alive in your child! This is a drop-off class designed just for kids, giving them the chance to create independently while building confidence and social skills. In this class, children learn "to see" differences in art. Exploration of bright vs. light, colors, line differences: straight/curved, short/long and thick/thin and include them in their artwork. Employing a wide range of mediums, including drawing and painting, printmaking and mixed media. Kids get to get messy, so smocks and older clothing are encouraged! Please bring a snack to enjoy during a mid-break story time. This is a 10-week, 1.5-hour, Friday class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Students study composition, perspective and shading as they gain exposure to a variety of mediums including graduated pencils, charcoal, pastels, watercolor and acrylic paints. Drawing from still life set-ups, painting in the garden 'plein air' style and self-portraiture are just some of the techniques that may be introduced during this drawing and painting class. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hour, after school class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

For older and more advanced ceramic students, participants work in the ceramics studio where they learn and develop hand-building and wheel-throwing skills. Students have an opportunity to examine works of more advanced artists before using artist-grade tools and equipment to create their own handmade pieces. Instruction is tailored to each student's individual ability and needs. This is a 10-week class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Andrea Cooper
Cost: $295
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Create your own collage from painted paper in the online Zoom class with Katie Knoeringer! Learn how to plan and complete an original work of art from pencil sketch to finished collage. This class covers processes for generating ideas, spatial drawing techniques, basic color theory and collage techniques.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Katie Knoeringer
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Inspired by painters like Cezanne such as John Marin, this class will inspire your process to loosen up and reveal what is important in a scene. If you have ever enjoyed sketchbook studies of scenes that are not fully painted, this workshop will give you the opportunity to practice working quickly but thoughtfully to create smaller studies (under 8 x 10) of several images of your own, using rich color but leaving the white of the paper to enhance the light in a scene. There will be short demonstration and discussion as the instructor shares master painters demonstrating this style of painting to inspire your process.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Abby Ober
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

During this one-day intensive workshop, Beth shares her unique technique with students. In the morning Beth will do a demo and show how she uses photography and simple apps on her phone to simplify forms, enhance value and emphasize composition. In the afternoon students will work from photos (either bring your own on your phone/iPad, or Beth will have prints to share). Beth uses unconventional tools including squeegees and Q-tips, along with her brushes focusing on composition, values, edges, and drawing rather than color. Students are encouraged to use water mixable (soluble) oils. Beth will have paint for her students to try as well as one of her prepared painting panels, brushes and other supplies for you to use.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Beth Bathe
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Explore the colorful world of soft pastels! Color theory, layering and the use of toned paper will help you maximize vibrancy in your pastels. Learn to allow touch and mark to inform your work and avoid over-working. Art historical artists will be discussed to give grounding in the pastel tradition and provide examples to build upon. The workshop will take place in the Cerulean Arts' backyard garden (weather permitting). All levels welcome, from beginner to advanced and all forms of expression from realist to abstract. The workshop will include a tour of Keith's Cerulean Collective exhibition, on view September 16 - October 11.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Keith Leitner
Cost: $95
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

In this course, children discover new mediums and ideas in art. They begin to identify differences in art such as distinguishing between bright and light, as well as dull and dark colors, find basic shapes within larger objects, and identify types of lines, such as long/short, thick/thin, and straight/curved, then include them in their work. Enrich your child's school-based art program with a more in-depth exploration of art. Employing a wide range of mediums, including drawing and painting, printmaking, ceramics and mixed media, this is an exciting opportunity for children who are looking to take their artistic learning to the next level. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hr. Saturday class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Susan Branco
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Bring your young artists to join us in the ceramics studio as we learn various hand-building methods for creating and decorating ceramic masterpieces. Each week's project will include a method of constructing clay by hand (pinch, coil, slab, etc.) and plenty of opportunities for self-expression and experimentation. After students construct a clay piece and paint it with colorful glazes, projects will be fired in electric kilns. Students should bring their imagination and be prepared to get messy as we dive into the world of functional and sculptural ceramics. This is a 10-week, 1.5-hour, Saturday class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Nicole Lee
Cost: $295
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class will open comic books to the world of superheroes and video game characters. Students will learn about the influences of Japan and explore both Manga (Anime) and Pokemon. Classes will touch upon the universe of TV, movie animation and even create their own animated flipbook. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hour Saturday afternoon class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mark Gruener
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn to draw funny faces and silly scenes incorporating the tips and tricks of cartooning, including the use of exaggeration to make characters come to life and tell a story. Campers work from well-known cartoons, reference pictures, and their own imaginations! This is a 10-week, 1.5 hr. class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mark Gruener
Cost: $285
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Throw yourself into the art of making pottery! Learn hand-building, wheel throwing, and glazing skills in this popular ceramics class while creating functional and sculptural forms. Spend time building your pieces, then experiment with design and colorful glazes. This is a 10-week, 1.5 hr. class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Nicole Lee
Cost: $295
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This course is designed for beginners who want to explore drawing and painting, as well as for more experienced students looking to enhance their college portfolio. Gain confidence experimenting with a variety of mediums, including pencil, charcoal, chalk pastel, watercolor, and acrylic paints. This student-centered class will help build essential knowledge of drawing and painting fundamentals, working from observation, and using imagination to create successful and joyful images. Students will explore different approaches to art, working from unique still-life setups, portrait sessions, and nature in the garden. Photo references, personal experiences, or other sources will also be used. If you're ready to learn solid foundational skills in drawing and painting, join us Tuesdays after school to create art!
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Annie Gardner
Cost: $380
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class is for high school students looking to deepen their skills in 2D composition and life drawing. Working from various still life arrangements, students will create detailed realistic and expressive compositions from life using pencils and chalk pastels. Students will benefit from highly individualized instruction in a small class setting. As many college art programs and art schools require observational work in portfolio submissions, this class will also provide the opportunity to create a strong and essential portfolio piece. New students and repeat students welcome - each session explores different topics and still life set-ups. This is a 10-week, 2-hour class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Annie Gardner
Cost: $380
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Interested in learning or improving your watercolor skills? All materials and techniques will be discussed, including the selection of papers, brushes, and pigments, as well as transparent and opaque painting methods. Students will work from still-life subjects and/or their own source material. All levels welcome.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: James Toogood
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn the fundamentals of painting with gouache, the opaque watercolor paint. Painters of all levels will fall in love with it as a portable, fast-drying, and easy-to-clean-up alternative to oils – great for travel or limited working time and space. Explore color and painting techniques through still life subjects and personal photo references. Students will gain familiarity with gouache’s unique characteristics to work on a variety of surfaces, master paint fluidity and control, accurately mix color and predict its effects, and promote its layering capabilities and surface qualities. Open to all levels; prior drawing experience is helpful for any painting course.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Shushana Rucker
Cost: $395
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Create lasting memories with your child during this hands-on clay workshop! Together you'll build a whimsical coil-pot mummy lantern that will add a spooky glow to your Halloween décor. Learn the basics of working with kiln-fired clay and colorful glazes while you make one project together with your child. If you each want to create your own project, please register yourself and each child separately. Ages 6 and up with an adult. All works created will be fired and ready for pick up approximately two weeks from the date of the workshop.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Discover the freedom and spontaneity of loose watercolor painting in this fun, relaxed class! This course focuses on letting go of perfection and embracing the unpredictable beauty of watercolor. You'll learn techniques for painting with soft edges, vibrant color blends, and expressive brushwork—without getting caught up in too many details. Working from your own photo references, we’ll explore subjects like florals, landscapes, and everyday scenes, while gaining confidence in your own unique style. If you’d like to break out of a tight, controlled approach, this class will help you loosen up and enjoy the process.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Anne Whalon
Cost: $490
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Instead of getting caught up in tiny details, we focus on making big, bold strokes with large, juicy brushes. By loading our brushes with a generous amount of water and pigment, we can let the colors mingle and flow across the paper in exciting and unpredictable ways. It’s a messy, joyful experience that helps students overcome the fear of a blank page and discover the unique magic of watercolor as a medium. This approach encourages a playful mindset and results in vibrant, expressive paintings that are full of life and movement.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Paulette Staley
Cost: $340
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Printing from a drawing carved into wood block is the oldest and most straightforward form of printmaking. Artists of all levels enjoy its potential for intricate detail and graphic impact. Learn the basics of relief printmaking, including carving techniques, care of tools, types of wood and paper, registration, and how to use mark-making to translate ideas into dynamic black and white images. Instruction will cover printing by hand and on an etching press, using oil-based inks. This course is most suitable for folks that have some experience with printmaking, but all levels are welcome. Tuition includes a $20 lab fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Rebecca Gilbert
Cost: $315
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Discover the myriad of possibilities of handmade paper from sheetforming, to painterly pulp techniques, to sculptural forms in PAFA's Brodsky Center Paper Studio. Learn fundamentals or build on previous papermaking knowledge as you begin by forming sheets with a mould and deckle, and then move beyond into working with colored pulps and exploring 3D techniques such as casting and draping paper over armatures to create paper sculptures. Working with cotton, flax, and abaca fibers, experience how paper can function as both surface and structure. All levels welcome. Tuition includes a $50 materials/lab fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Clay Tenhula
Cost: $345
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Paul Cézanne: Father of Modern Painting. No single artist has been as influential on the development of modern painting as Paul Cézanne. Although not a naturally gifted artist, Cézanne worked to hone a uniquely personal form that was boldly dynamic and visually innovative. In this talk we’ll track Cézanne’s development from his early struggles to his confident, mature work, along the way encountering the artists who befriended, tutored, and challenged his progress.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: William Perthes
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

In this immersive two-day painting workshop, artist Vlad Duchev emphasizes a practical approach centered on one of the most important elements in painting: composition. Through a series of focused studies, participants will learn how to simplify complex subjects, identify compelling shapes, organize visual relationships, and create compositions that communicate clearly and powerfully. From initial idea to finished painting, emphasis will be placed on editing, design, and the strategic use of suggestion—learning how to leave out the unnecessary so the essential can speak louder. This workshop is designed for painters seeking to strengthen their artistic voice, create more compelling compositions, and develop a deeper understanding of how studies and suggestion work together to elevate their paintings.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Vlad Milan Duchev
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class focuses on understanding the many expressive ways of starting and finishing a painting in wet paint. Students will learn the excitement of starting with washes of bright transparent colors and building towards opaque color passages. Throughout the course, we will address several fundamental challenges that painters commonly encounter. These include the exploration of composition and the relationship between light and dark areas. Additionally, the course will delve into essential color concepts, providing a foundation for making informed color choices in your paintings. I would like everyone to find within themselves the joy and fearless ability that comes with painting. It is less about the exactness of the subject and more about how you chose to express your subject in paint.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Fred Jackson
Cost: $440
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

The world of stone carving is at your fingertips! Have fun learning to carve stone using traditional hand and power tools. Students choose a raw piece of soapstone or alabaster on their first day of class. Following step-by-step instructions about basic stone carving techniques, students turn a block of stone into a 3-Dimensional sculpture, using hammers, chisels and other tools. Camaraderie working with others help students watch and adapt new ideas and techniques, enhancing their knowledge, experience, and understanding of sculpting stone. All tools and materials are included. Safety glasses will be provided. This class is a 5-week, 1.5 hour afternoon class.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Piera Raffaele
Cost: $145
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Geometry has been a source of interest, beauty and creative inspiration for the artist through the ages. Geometric forms, lines and shapes are all around us and can be seen in everything from architecture to plant life to seashells. Learn non-mathematical strategies inspired by geometry designed to enhance your ongoing body of work or be the starting point for a new one with focus on simplifying subject matter, building a unified composition and creating or enhancing a color palette. Work in the medium of your choice: acrylic, gouache or watercolor while working from your own reference photographs, drawings, books or digital imagery. Designed for both beginners and experienced art makers.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Smith
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

In this workshop, students will explore surface decoration using terra-sigillata, an ultra-refined slip. Autumn McKay will demonstrate how she uses t-sig with colorful Mason stains to create layered narratives over the surfaces of her forms. She will discuss tips and tricks for t-sig; how to make it, adding colorants, application, and how to avoid issues like flaking. Each student will have the opportunity to explore using the t-sig on at least one tile. This workshop encourages play, color, and experimentation with creating depth in layers.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Autumn McKay
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This workshop will consider the idea of approaching still life not as a collection of objects, but as a landscape. By shifting focus away from describing things and toward spatial relationships, atmosphere, movement and structure, we will discover new possibilities for observation and interpretation. The goal is not to disguise the still life as a landscape, but to use the visual language of landscape painting to deepen engagement with what is in front of us.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Gillian Wainwright
Cost: $395
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

This two-day workshop explores how artists can use limited palettes, dominant color relationships, and value structure to create landscape paintings with greater mood, atmosphere, and emotional impact. Through demonstrations, discussion, and hands-on painting exercises, students will learn how simplifying color choices can create stronger design, clearer visual statements, and more expressive paintings. Student Level: Open to painters with prior experience (beginner through advanced). This workshop is not intended for absolute beginners with no painting experience. Medium: Oil is preferred; however, painters working in other media are welcome provided they have prior experience in their chosen medium.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mark Vander Vinne
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Join us for a special family afternoon of seasonal crafting and fun! Families with children ages 4 and up are invited to explore a variety of festive, hands-on craft stations featuring fall-inspired art projects, creative activities, and a tasty treat to decorate. Projects will be announced soon and may vary, but each activity is designed to take approximately 20–25 minutes, allowing families to move from station to station and create at their own pace. Craft stations will run continuously throughout the event, so arrive anytime during the scheduled workshop and enjoy a fun-filled afternoon of making memories together!
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This six-week class introduces students to stone lithography, the traditional printmaking method of creating fine art prints from drawings made on limestone blocks. Students will learn the basics of this fascinating process, including graining the limestone to prepare it for drawing, creating an image in oil-based lithographic crayons and ink, etching the stone by means of a chemical process, inking the stone, and operating PAFA’s litho press to print an edition of prints. Students will benefit not only from expert class instruction, but also from access to PAFA’s beautiful, light-filled printmaking facilities (including its selection of limestone blocks) and plenty of monitored lab hours for outside work for the entire length of the course! Note: Tuition includes a $20 lab fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Rae Helms
Cost: $315
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn foundational stitches and techniques while exploring color, pattern, texture, and design to create unique, personalized projects. Whether you're interested in fashion, fiber arts, or simply trying something new, this class is a relaxing and rewarding way to express your creativity. This is a 4-week, 1.5 hour, after-school class on Thursdays.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Carolyn Kline-Coyle
Cost: $120
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This course will introduce students to the basics of oil painting. Students will learn how to handle materials, mix colors, and build a painting from start to finish. The tools and processes covered are adaptable for use in a home studio setup. Techniques will include color mixing, brushwork, layering, and basic surface preparation. Students will work from simple observation and/or reference while developing an understanding of value and composition.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Shushana Rucker
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Explore your creativity, open your senses and sharpen your mind to new realms of art-making with noted artist Mikel Elam. Mikel will help you articulate your vision and bring it to concrete reality in the form of a finished work. Explore techniques new and old with paint, paper, found objects and ephemera to best express both representational and abstract perspectives. Channel ideas of progressive artists from the past and present including Henri Matisse, Romare Bearden, Cecily Brown, Joan Mitchell while finding your own voice.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Mikel Elam
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Mixed media art and collage offer a myriad of possibilities to combine papers, photographs, and 3D elements to make a statement, convey something personal, or create something textural, colorful, and beautiful. Develop rich and complex imagery finding inspiration from memory, literature, films, and other sources, while working in a variety of traditional and non-traditional materials. Sessions will discuss the characteristics of adhesives, paper and fabric cut-outs, wood, and plastics. Students will receive one-on-one instruction and participate in open discussions about their ideas and work. Topics include construction, storage and presentation strategies. Open to all levels.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Anthony Ciambella
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Learn how to create a realistic and character-descriptive portrait of your beloved pet or favorite animal in this workshop and have fun at the same time! The instructor will guide through a step-by-step drawing process that includes: How to create the facial structure of your pet How to render beautiful and sparkling eyes How to build nose and mouth shapes How to create light and dark fur How to choose the right background for your portrait Join us for a happy pet drawing day!
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Alicia Mino Gonzalez
Cost: $115
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Every strong painting begins with a thoughtful foundation. In this one-day workshop, students will first explore applying transparent patches of vibrant color to the painting surface, creating an energetic underpainting that adds excitement and provides color relationships to build upon throughout the process. From there, we'll establish transparent darks to define the value structure, composition, and overall color harmony. You'll learn to mix a variety of rich, colorful darks while connecting dark shapes to dark shapes and light shapes to light shapes, creating visual pathways that guide the viewer's eye through the painting. Once the design is established, we'll transition to thicker, opaque light passages, bringing the painting to life with clarity, unity, and luminous color.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Fred Jackson
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn to let loose, and just make through the painterly medium of monotype! Explore the limitless possibilities of oil-based and water-based monotype, drypoint monoprint, and screenprint monotype through experimentation and spontaneous creation. Learn to break out of rigid thinking and just play with the materials with no judgment, no prerequisite skills, and no pressure. Work back into prints with mixed media techniques to expand the scope for abstraction and expression. Content includes technical advice from an artist-instructor ideally skilled in a variety of media, as well as critiques to expand your creative boundaries. Class time prioritizes access to the printing facilities, and students will be encouraged to continue developing their prints with the media of their choice outside of class.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Justine Ditto
Cost: $315
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

This six-week course focuses on the specific skills needed to successfully create small and miniature oil paintings. Students will learn how to adjust composition, simplify forms, and control detail so that images read clearly at a smaller size. Students will learn painting strategies which will make working at a smaller scale more approachable. Working from observation and/or reference, students will also explore how value, edges, and color relationships function differently in a compact format. Through demonstrations, exercises, and critique, participants will build confidence in making clear, deliberate decisions that suit the demands of painting small.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Shushana Rucker
Cost: $295
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Cultivate fluid mark-making and bold approaches to subject matter through rapid and loose painting studies. Tight and precise painting, especially in the early stages of an artwork, can sometimes lead to work that appears stiff and over-labored, or to locked-in compositions that are difficult to change or correct. Working from the still life, cityscapes, and the life model, utilize short, small painting exercises to learn new ways of starting paintings, keeping compositions open to adjustment, and both initiating and retaining a sense of freshness in your forms and brushstrokes. Instruction will address color mixing, painting materials and methodologies, and the importance of cultivating viable methods for growth in your painting practice. Discover the beauty and freedom of loosening up your painting!
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Roger Chavez
Cost: $310
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Combine practicality and creativity through the art of sculpting and throwing functional ceramics. Create bowls, platters, vessels, and more that you can both use and admire every day. Through hands-on instruction and practice, learn essential hand-building techniques such as pinching, slab-building, coil-building, and surface treatments, as well as the basics of how to throw on a pottery wheel. Instruction will cover principles of form, texture, balance, and proportion, in addition to the fundamentals of the firing process. Develop your sculpting skills in a supportive and inspiring environment, and come away with handmade artworks that are both usable and personally expressive. Open to both beginners and experienced artists. Tuition includes a $30 lab fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Matthew Courtney
Cost: $315
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Explore new techniques and further develop your personal style along with fellow artists and friends in Wayne Art Center's bright and spacious art studios. This professional-style open studio offers a self-directed environment where artists of all levels can hone their skills and explore their creativity. Designed for those seeking a dedicated time and place to create without the constraints of formal instruction, the space fosters independence and artistic growth. These sessions are open to everyone—from absolute beginners to advanced artists—providing a supportive community for anyone looking to focus on their craft.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

In this demonstration focused, multi-week class, students will learn the foundations of enameling on metal to create lightweight, wearable jewelry. Utilizing traditional metal fabrication and cold connections, students will learn silver soldering, earwire fitting, filing, sanding, and sawing, and light forming. They will then take their prepared metal and apply multiple layers of vitreous glass enamel, which will add color and even potential imagery to their new wearable pieces. Finally, students will learn about finishing and care to make their pieces sustain everyday wear and comfort. Techniques demonstrated: Silver soldering, riveting, wire manipulation, metal tumbling, filing, sanding, sawing & piercing, finishing, enamel layering, wet-packing, surface decoration including: decal application, overglazing, etching, graphite, sugar firing.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Emily Pellini
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Welcome to the world of mosaics! From the ancient Romans to Gaudi, mosaics have been used to enhance indoor and outdoor spaces. This class will provide the opportunity to explore stone, tile, glass and ceramic mosaics using various methods. Learn about different mosaic surfaces, adhesives, and materials. Make beautiful and useful objects and decor. Tile, stained glass pieces, and broken ceramics will be provided, along with adhesives and grout. Students should bring wheeled glass tile nippers, or they can be purchased in class for $25. Please do not wear open toe shoes. Safety glasses will be provided.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Christine Batchelor
Cost: $200
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Watercolor is a wonderful painting medium due to its vibrant and translucent nature, quick drying time, and easy set-up and clean-up. Explore this versatile medium a supportive and immersive environment! Focus will be color theory and brush work demonstrations as we explore the basics of color mixing, layering washes and a sense of touch. Painting from natural subject matter including still life, botanical studies and landscape. Drawing experience is helpful but not required.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michelle Oosterbaan
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

All levels welcome! In this 6-week session we will use the coil method to construct forms starting with coil pots. These forms can be based off of ancient or modern pottery. As students progress, they will learn various handbuilding techniques to use with the coil method. Projects will continue based on student interest and ideas. Sam will continue to demonstrate any methods needed to support project ideas. First bag of clay, firing and glazing fees for work completed in class are provided.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Sam Diamond
Cost: $305
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Learn the techniques and tools of figure sculpture through demonstration and hands-on sculpting from the model. Explore anatomy, proportion, gesture, and design through the versatility of clay. Personal expression will be emphasized though representational and abstract approaches. Open to all levels and perfect for beginners. Tuition includes a $35 models fee.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Colleen O'Donnell
Cost: $230
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Join artist and long-time PAFA professor Patricia Traub for frank and helpful feedback on your artwork. A group critique is an excellent means of both dispelling feelings of artistic isolation or uncertainty and ?nding inspiration in the ideas and artwork of others in a supportive environment.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Patricia Traub
Cost: $95
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Paint loose and intuitive in a workshop where color, shape and line come together to make impactful designs inspired by your color palette and your style of brushwork. Students will work on various small color studies (4 x 6 or 6 x 8) at first to determine color palette and choose a favorite composition to paint larger the second half of the day (11x 14 or 16 x 20). This is a day for those who move away from painting objects or landscapes to emphasize feeling and movement.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Abby Ober
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

During this 2-day workshop, participants will explore approaches to developing and emphasizing abstract relationships in a painting based on direct observation. The instructor will work with students to set up their own still life, and cover topics such as color mixing, value relationships and framing the scene/composing. We will search for formal abstract relationships such as alignments, pathways through the space, as well as color and value design. There will be a focus on creating a simple, but sophisticated still-life arrangement. The emphasis will be on the emergence of the abstract structure of the painting rather than on traditional techniques or skills. A broad range of painting styles and skill levels are welcome. Some basic familiarity with oil paint is recommended.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Ed Praybe
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class will focus on personalized instruction and critique; encouraging creative experimentation and furthering one’s personal painting goals.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jon Redmond
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Through demos, lectures and personal instruction you will paint from life using your own personal still life set ups. Common problems such as composition, subject matter, lighting, color mixing and material choices will be covered.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jon Redmond
Cost: $300
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

This class will explore the process of working in the studio from photographs looking at both historic and contemporary examples, as well as class demonstrations and individual instruction. We will sort through the inherent strengths and weaknesses of using the photograph as the basis for a painting. Jon will also discuss ways to manipulate your photos with the iPhone and how to choose the best photos from which to work.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jon Redmond
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Through demos, discussions and class work I will help you understand how your material choices and aesthetic decisions can greatly affect the direction and outcome of your work.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Jon Redmond
Cost: $250
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Create your own pop-up cards for birthdays, holidays and more! Learn the basics of folding and paper manipulation, the building blocks for the creation of more advanced three-dimensional constructions. Create fantastic pieces that can be later transformed into amazing books, exhibited as single sculptures, or gifted as one-of- a-kind card creations - perfect for the holidays!
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Alicia Mino Gonzalez
Cost: $115
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Water: It’s all around us -- streams, rivers, lakes, oceans, atmospheric effects, and more. It's a key ingredient in watercolor painting, regardless of the subject matter. But how does the artist create the illusion of water in a painting, regardless of the medium? This two-day workshop will present key tactics an artist can employ when painting bodies of water. Examine the nature of reflections, water movement, how water appears under various weather and lighting conditions, and more. Instruction includes demonstrations of how to incorporate various water effects in your own work and a review of the ways master artists historically have portrayed water in their paintings over the years. Open to all levels.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: James Toogood
Cost: $225
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Experience the joy of watercolor painting in combination with gouache and ink to create a range of effects! Learn techniques for layering ink and watercolor to develop a deep, rich surface as well as direct, alla prima methods while you work from your own photographs. Add gouache and drawing media for contrast and definition. All tools and techniques will be explained and demonstrated including preparatory drawing, brushes, types of paper, use of color and painting methods. Designed to be instructional and fun for students of all levels of experience from beginner to advanced.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Michael Kowbuz
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Learn everything you need to know about the medium of pastels. Apply basic and advanced techniques in rendering the still-life, portraits and cityscape views. Topics include the use of light and color, types of pastel available, use of different papers, fixing and transporting finished drawings, and safety issues.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Joseph Sweeney
Cost: $195
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

In the 1950s a group of young American artists burst onto the international art scene with a bold, fresh, and improvisational visual form quickly labeled Abstract Expressionism. At the forefront of this group was Jackson Pollock whose “drip” paintings came to personify the movement. Join us for a close look at Abstract Expressionism and the central role that Pollock played in its development. We’ll look at Pollock’s early work, his breakthrough drip paintings, and the work of his last years. We’ll also consider Pollock in relationship to the work of his contemporaries such as Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Robert Motherwell.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: William Perthes
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

There's always room for pie! Join your child for a fun afternoon of clay as you create an adorable ceramic holiday pie pot in your favorite "flavor," complete with a charming lid that's almost sweet enough to eat. Learn the basics of working with kiln-fired clay and colorful glazes while you make one project together with your child. If you each want to create your own project, please register yourself and each child separately. Ages 6 and up with an adult. All works created will be fired and ready for pick up approximately two weeks from the date of the workshop.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Looks like an elf left their pants behind! Join your child to create a whimsical clay elf pants planter that's full of holiday charm and sure to make everyone smile. Learn the basics of working with kiln-fired clay and colorful glazes while you make one project together with your child. If you each want to create your own project, please register yourself and each child separately. Ages 6 and up with an adult. All works created will be fired and ready for pick up approximately two weeks from the date of the workshop.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

The painting knife is an important accompaniment to the brush for creating textural effects, expressive marks, and broad planes of color. Learn how to use this tool to achieve bold lines, crisp edges, and even fine details while working from still life or reference imagery. Explore color, texture, and painterly application as you expand your range of painting techniques for your own representational or abstract work.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Shushana Rucker
Cost: $115
Sponsor: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Website, email, 215-972-7632

Join Cerulean Arts Collective artist Leslie Fenton and learn to create a work of art with cut paper and paint! Develop marks and paper matrices in response to the wildly abundant natural world with a simple toolset of paper, paint, ink, X-acto knife, and adhesive. Short demonstrations will be followed by hands-on practice of ideas and techniques which you can extend beyond the workshop.
 
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Leslie Fenton
Cost: $115
Sponsor: Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio
Website, email, 267-514-8647

Celebrate the magic of the season with a special afternoon of family creativity and holiday cheer! Families with children ages 4 and up are invited to enjoy a variety of festive, hands-on craft stations featuring holiday-inspired art projects, creative activities, and a sweet treat to decorate. Projects will be announced soon and may vary, but each activity is designed to take approximately 20–25 minutes, allowing families to explore at their own pace. Craft stations will run continuously throughout the event, so arrive anytime during the scheduled workshop and enjoy a joyful afternoon of creating, celebrating, and making lasting holiday memories together!
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $60
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Get the most out of your studio time or plein air work by keeping things simple, to-the-point, and powerful. Focus on design; the overall abstract relationships in your painting are what matter, and what have the most impact. Your ability to analyze visual data, break it down to its basic components, and record it, is the key to your development as a visual artist. This ability, combined with a lexical/visual language that can help you analyze and convey these ideas, is an essential step in discovering your own personal aesthetic. I'll do a demo of a painting for the ?rst half of each day, with the students painting the second half of the day. Attendees may use oils or acrylics.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Patrick Lee
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

Gum drops, sprinkles and frosting--oh my! Join us for a classic holiday workshop: Decorating Gingerbread Houses. Each parent-child team will receive their own cookie cottage, pre-assembled and ready to decorate! Royal icing and lots of extra candies will be provided to create a one-of-a-kind edible, holiday treasure. The fun will include games, history, trivia and award certificates for "most creative," "most patient," "most innovative" and more. Space is limited and all materials are provided. But feel free to bring additional decorations from home to make your Gingerbread House uniquely yours.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor: Birgit Raders-Eichinger
Cost: $70
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled morning of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the morning exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled day of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend a full day exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages. A supervised 1/2-hour Lunch Bunch break is included. Campers must bring their own lunch. Please note: Wayne Art Center is a nut-free facility.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $130
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled afternoon of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the afternoon exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled morning of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the morning exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled day of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend a full day exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages. A supervised 1/2-hour Lunch Bunch break is included. Campers must bring their own lunch. Please note: Wayne Art Center is a nut-free facility.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $130
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled afternoon of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the afternoon exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled morning of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the morning exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled day of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend a full day exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages. A supervised 1/2-hour Lunch Bunch break is included. Campers must bring their own lunch. Please note: Wayne Art Center is a nut-free facility.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $130
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553

No school? Join the Wayne Art Center Staff for a fun-filled afternoon of arts & crafts during the Winter Christmas break. Students spend 3 fun hours in the afternoon exploring their creativity through a variety of art activities that will inspire all levels and ages.
 
Location: Wayne, Pennsylvania
Cost: $65
Sponsor: Wayne Art Center
Website, email, 610-688-3553