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Needle Felted Woodland Rabbit
with Andrea Rummel
Create your own charming woodland rabbit in this hands-on needle felting class. You’ll learn how to sculpt and layer wool fibers, add natural details, and bring sweet personality to your piece.
Perfect for beginners and experienced felters alike, this relaxed workshop will guide you step-by-step as you craft a textured, story-filled rabbit to take home.
All materials included — just bring your creativity! 🐇🌿
March 28, 9:00 - Noon
$115 Members, $120 Non-Members
Stained Glass
with Merryl Redding
Learn the beautiful art of creating stained glass, with this 3-day workshop. Our instructor Merryl Redding is a stained-glass art legend, creating the stained glass throughout churches, homes and restaurants all over Texas, and now she is going to share her craft with us. Learn how to create your own stained-glass masterpiece and take your work home to enjoy its beauty for years to come. In this class you will learn all the steps to make your own stained-glass piece, from choosing and cutting colored glass pieces, to foiling the pieces, creating a design and soldering the pieces into that design. The end product will be truly breathtaking.
March 23 - 25, 5 - 7pm
$305 members, $325 nonmembers
$30 supply fee to be given to instructor
Introduction to Oil Painting
With Marjorie Lindsay
(4-Week Series)
This four-session course is designed for adults new to oil painting. Over 2.5 hours per class, students will learn the foundations of working with oil paints, including essential materials, color mixing with transparent and opaque colors, glazing, layering, and basic painting techniques.
The course focuses on building confidence with the medium while exploring a range of application methods. Along with small studies, students will complete a finished painting in a contemporary Impressionist style and leave with the core skills needed to continue painting independently. All supplies included.
April 8, 15, 22, 29, 9:30 – Noon
$300 per person
$25 supply fee to be given to instructor
Clay Hand Building
with Reba Goodman
This 4-week class welcomes students of all levels and will cover basic hand building techniques including pinching, coiling, slab building, applying textures, use of equipment such as a slab roller, hand tools, and glazing. This class will cover the fundamentals of working in the HCAF community clay studio.
April 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29
5:30pm – 7:30pm
$200 per person
$25 supply fee to be given to instructor
Intro to Wheel Throwing
with Mark Jackson
Discover the art of pottery from the ground up! This class is perfect for absolute beginners with no prior experience working on the wheel. Mark, a master potter with over 30 years of experience, brings deep knowledge, passion, and encouragement to every session.
Learn the exciting process of transforming clay into beautiful, functional pieces. with Mark who has more than 30 years’ experience. Come ready to get your hands dirty, explore your creativity, and experience the joy of making something uniquely your own!
April 7, 9, 14, 16, 21
6:00 – 9:00pm
$265 per person
$35 supply fee to be given to instructor
Nature Journaling
with Rebecca Stapleton
Nature Journaling is way to reconnect to and deepen our connection with Nature. It encourages curiosity about the natural world around us and learning by observing and recording our nature observations. Being connected with Nature promotes healing and mental well-being giving us a much-needed respite from the stresses of everyday life.
“A unique opportunity to combine art and nature and learn from a certified Texas Master Naturalist Learn about our beautiful Texas countryside and create a keepsake that you can enjoy. You will get to take a nature walk with our expert instructor on our beautiful HCAF campus nestled in between Johnson creek and the Guadalupe River. Then learn techniques in capturing all that you learn with art and creativity. Beginners welcome.”
April 18, 10:00 - Noon
$60 per person
Watercolor Impressions
with Michael Holter
Watercolor Impressions will focus on the use of watercolor to paint exciting impressionistic paintings from photographs and explore the use of light and shadow to create interesting compositions with dynamic results.
We will examine the fundamentals of watercolor painting to assure that all students are familiar with the techniques. Daily discussions and application of the principles and elements of design will be woven into your painting experience.
Each day you will engage in exercises that will solidify the content that you are working on and spend time viewing other artists work. We will discuss the methods and the impact that these artists achieve using their techniques.
Michael will demonstrate his approach to creating landscapes and cityscapes and show you several high-speed video demonstrations. And you will have ample time to successfully complete your own paintings.
Michael welcomes novice and advanced students and tailors the experience to individual needs.
April 29 - May 1, 9:00-4:00pm
$450 per person
A Patchwork of Pattern Play
with Miranda Howe
In this 2-day hands-on workshop, we will create a simple hollow wall-mounted box form that will become our ‘canvas’ for experimenting with a variety of decorative surface techniques. We will create individual silk-screens which can be used to print directly onto clay with colored underglazes or onto newsprint to create our own transfers. We will use paper and Tyvek stencils to layer these patterns and images along with sgraffito and slip-trailing techniques to develop rich and interesting surface designs.
May 8th and 9th from 9 to 4
$385 Members, $395 Nonmembers
$25 supply fee to be given to instructor