SPRING WORKSHOPS
Classes begin the Week of April 9
Registration Open Now
MARCH
Bike Art Workshop
with Cristina Burwell
March 31, 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Free! Drop-in
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Minuteman Bikeway. Start the celebrations by joining us for an afternoon of transforming your wheels into parade-worthy chariots. You bring the cycle and we will bring the streamers, flowers, and other materials to decorate with! We hope that participants will join us in the Patriots’ Day Parade alongside Lexington’s Bicycle Committee on Monday, April 16th.
APRIL
Garden Totems, Toad Houses and Stone Vessels
with Paula Barry
April 7, 11:00am – 2:00pm. $48 or $40/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Local potter Paula Barry joins us for this hands-on workshop. Paula will share her techniques for making unique garden totems and beach stone vessels. Pieces will be fired after the workshop.
Artmaking for Caregivers
with Kristen Fumarola
April 7, 10am-12noon. Free! Drop-in.
If you are a caregiver to someone in need, this is an opportunity to take a morning to nurture your own sense of creativity and play. Join us for a relaxing, explorative morning experimenting in a variety of art mediums.
MAY
Drumming It Up!
with Shira Moss
May 5, 1:00pm – 3:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
A fun and engaging family percussion workshop for all ages and experience levels. We will learn about rhythm and teamwork through games and exercises, call-and-response activities and playing rhythm patterns from different countries. Participants can bring an instrument if desired, but there will be plenty available
Family Ceramics Workshop: Fairy Houses
with Joanne Stowell
May 12, 10:00am – 1:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Bring the kids to build ornate miniature fairy houses or gnome homes out of clay!
Create family memories in this wonderful one-day workshop.
JUNE
Two-Day Raku Workshop
with Mike Roche
Tuesday, June 5, 6:00pm – 8:00pm and
Saturday, June 16 10:00pm – 4:00pm
Tuition $120 + $25 Materials fee
(Children 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult)
Join us for this rare opportunity to learn about raku, a Japanese based firing process in which work is removed from a hot kiln and placed in a reduction chamber of combustible materials. Pieces will be created on 6/5 and fired on 6/16.
Size and number of pieces will be limited due to size of kiln.
Family Ceramic Workshop: Treasure Boxes
with Joanne Stowell
June 9, 10:00am – 1:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Invite your kids to create a lidded, ceramic box that is unique and especially designed for storing special treasures. Create family memories in this wonderful one-day workshop!
Registration Open Now
Bike Art Workshop
with Cristina Burwell
March 31, 2:00pm – 4:00pm. Free! Drop-in
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Minuteman Bikeway. Start the celebrations by joining us for an afternoon of transforming your wheels into parade-worthy chariots. You bring the cycle and we will bring the streamers, flowers, and other materials to decorate with! We hope that participants will join us in the Patriots’ Day Parade alongside Lexington’s Bicycle Committee on Monday, April 16th.
APRIL
Garden Totems, Toad Houses and Stone Vessels
with Paula Barry
April 7, 11:00am – 2:00pm. $48 or $40/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Local potter Paula Barry joins us for this hands-on workshop. Paula will share her techniques for making unique garden totems and beach stone vessels. Pieces will be fired after the workshop.
Artmaking for Caregivers
with Kristen Fumarola
April 7, 10am-12noon. Free! Drop-in.
If you are a caregiver to someone in need, this is an opportunity to take a morning to nurture your own sense of creativity and play. Join us for a relaxing, explorative morning experimenting in a variety of art mediums.
MAY
Drumming It Up!
with Shira Moss
May 5, 1:00pm – 3:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
A fun and engaging family percussion workshop for all ages and experience levels. We will learn about rhythm and teamwork through games and exercises, call-and-response activities and playing rhythm patterns from different countries. Participants can bring an instrument if desired, but there will be plenty available
Family Ceramics Workshop: Fairy Houses
with Joanne Stowell
May 12, 10:00am – 1:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Bring the kids to build ornate miniature fairy houses or gnome homes out of clay!
Create family memories in this wonderful one-day workshop.
JUNE
Two-Day Raku Workshop
with Mike Roche
Tuesday, June 5, 6:00pm – 8:00pm and
Saturday, June 16 10:00pm – 4:00pm
Tuition $120 + $25 Materials fee
(Children 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult)
Join us for this rare opportunity to learn about raku, a Japanese based firing process in which work is removed from a hot kiln and placed in a reduction chamber of combustible materials. Pieces will be created on 6/5 and fired on 6/16.
Size and number of pieces will be limited due to size of kiln.
Family Ceramic Workshop: Treasure Boxes
with Joanne Stowell
June 9, 10:00am – 1:00pm. $35 or $30/each 3+ family members
$5 Materials fee
Invite your kids to create a lidded, ceramic box that is unique and especially designed for storing special treasures. Create family memories in this wonderful one-day workshop!
Registration Open Now