Classes and Workshops for Children and Adults
Please use the online forms and secure payment links at bottom of this page to secure classes and lectures.
All classes held at the Maple Grove Arts Center - 11666 Fountains Drive, Maple Grove (next to Wedding Day)
Watercolor Cactus Still-Life (Adults)
Instructor: Lisa Vitkus/Art Innovators
Date: August 2nd
Time: 7-9pm
Cost: $23 Member/ $25 Non-Member
Socialize, relax and recharge with an Art Soiree. No art experience necessary to have fun and enjoy. You will complete a watercolor painting of a still-life of cactus plants on a 11x15 watercolor paper. Learn different drawing and watercolor techniques to create your still-life. Everyone will take home an original art piece they will want to hang on their walls.
Ink Wash With Nature (Teens and Adults)
Instructor: Cathy Durso
Dates: Wednesdays September 13th-October 25th (Come to one date or all 7)
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: $35 Member/ $38 Non-member (includes a $15 supply fee). Or come all 7 weeks for $220 Member/$240 Non-Member
Using the humblest of materials – ink, brush, and paper – you will create expressive and impressionistic drawings of plants and other natural objects. After mixing up a few tones of ink and learning some mark-making techniques, you will spend the rest of the class drawing natural objects. This class is not about getting it exactly right but is more about learning to express the nature of the object being depicted. Take this class once or as many times as you like to build up your skills. No experience is necessary.
Journal Comics Workshop (Teens-Adult)
Instructor: Aurora Webster
Date: Saturday September 23rd
Time: 1-3pm
Cost: $23 Member/ $25 Non-Member
*If children under 13 would like to attend they may do so if an adult is registered for the class as well*
This two-hour crash-course will give you a toolbox of knowledge, skills, and inspiration to begin making your own journal comics- comics about you! Learn about this easy, fun, and personalized way to make your thoughts and memories come alive in comic form. No art experience necessary!
The class is guided through the process of creating a journal comic, from choosing a topic, to drawing, to formatting, and beyond. Participants should be able to follow along through a structured two-hour class, but artists of all ages and abilities are welcome to join and draw at their own pace as well! Drawing materials will be available throughout the entire class and doodling is encouraged.
Classical Guitar Mosaic
Instructor: Rachel Arntson
Dates: Tuesdays Sept. 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 (It is possible that the 5th class will only involve grouting the piece. This class day may be shorter.)
Time: 6:00 - 9:00pm
Cost: $135 Member/ $150 Non-Member (This includes $80 for the supplies needed to complete your project.) Supply your own guitar.
Age: No one under 16. Anyone under the age of 18 needs to be accompanied by an adult.
Size limit: 8 people
Learn the art of mosaic from Rachel Arntson by creating a mosaic guitar in this 5 evening class. You will learn how to design, cut glass, glue, and grout this piece from start to finish.
You must bring your own guitar for this class. Try Craigslist mn, and you will likely find several to choose from – don’t pay a lot. There are many for under $50. Also, at local garage sales you may find a treasured guitar.
All other materials for this class are provided. This guitar will feature beautiful Van Gogh glass with many color choices. Rachel’s studio offers glass, beads, rocks, buttons, and more to create a piece that you will be thrilled to display in your home.
Note the pictures in this class listing – The guitars you see will never totally match what you will create. Mosaics are always dependent on the glass and beads of your choosing as well as the types of tesserae that Rachel currently has available. Be assured you will have many items to use, but it will not exactly match.
Non-Intimidating Creative Writing (Adult)
Instructor: Nancy Cook
Dates: Mondays Sept 18th-Oct 30th
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Cost: Per Class $25.00 Members/ $30.00 Non-Members or All 6 classes $135.00 members/ $162 Non-Members
Creative writing workshops in a welcoming environment, designed for all experience levels, from absolute beginners to advanced writers. We’ll generate new poetry and prose through simple exercises. Sharing and discussion of writing process encouraged. Workshop themes: Change of Seasons (9/18); Generations (9/25); War and Peace (10/2); Impossible Dreams (10/16); Remembrance (10/23); Gratitude (10/30).
Bookbinding for Beginners (Teens and Adults)
Instructor: Cathy Durso
Dates: Wednesdays November 8th and 15th
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: $75 Member/$78 Non-Member
Learn three simple bookbinding techniques - Japanese stab, pamphlet, and long stitch - while making beautiful notebooks that you can keep for yourself or give as gifts. You will be able to select colorful and contemporary patterned papers for the covers so each book will be unique. You will go home with finished books as well as printed instructions to continue making your own at home. Give homemade holiday gifts this season! No bookbinding experience is necessary.
Writers Persist: Self Care Through Writing (Ages 14+)
Instructor: Sarah Ratermann Beahan
Dates: Tuesdays November 14th-December 19th
Time: 6-8pm
Cost: Per Class $25.00 Members/ $30.00 Non-Members or All 6 classes $135.00 members/ $162 Non-Members
Writing your story can change your life. Whether you find yourself in a demanding job, exhausted from being a caregiver, or processing a life event, personal writing can help us navigate challenging circumstances, recover our voice and change the way we view the world and ourselves in it. In this class we will take to the page with a variety of tools and prompts designed to care for ourselves. We will write our stories, have opportunities to share our experiences and provide tools to use beyond these six weeks. This is not a creative writing class, but rather a class for anyone of any ability interested in developing tools to use writing in a healing way. While the classes are designed to be stand alone, they are better suited to be taken as a series
Class Registration
Register & pay for classes online here - you will choose the class or classes you want on secure payment page.
or
Download the mail-in registration form.
Mail form and check, made payable to Maple Grove Arts Center, to:
Education Director
PO Box 1643
Maple Grove MN, 55311
Please also note your intended classes on the memo line - thank you!
For questions regarding classes:
please call Lisa Vitkus (763) 494 6957
Lectures and Demonstrations for Children and Adults
Golden Lecture Demo....so much to see and learn about (Adults)
Instructor: Bonnie Cutts
Date: October 14th
Time: 1-3pm
Cost: $5 Member/ $7 Non-member
Throughout this two-hour presentation you will hear tons of information about a variety of Golden materials and their inherent possibilities. Extensive information about acrylic paint formulas, gels and mediums will be presented. In addition to all the info about acrylics, you will see numerous Mixed Media samples as well as a variety of Watermedia applications using both acrylics and Golden’s QoR watercolors. Learn about mixing acrylic paints and gels together for engaging effects and grasp information about grounds that offer new surfaces to paint on. See examples of a variety of uses for gels and learn how to extend your paint to save yourself money. Open to all levels of painting experience; there is a little something for everyone! Information packets and free samples for all attending.
Lecture/Demonstration Registration
Register & pay for lectures online here - you will choose the lecture or lectures you want on secure payment page.