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Five Points Arts Center offers a variety of instructed workshops for all ages, skill levels and abilities across a wide range of media and techniques.
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Introducing three new categories of workshops now being offered:
Short workshops on practical skills for artists
Offers essential skills for beginners
Offered by well-known artists, followed by a public lecture
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
MINI-SHOP
with Victor Leger
Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026
9 AM – 4 PM
Ages: Adults
Members: $126 / Non-members: $140
Ever wonder how you could turn strips of wood into a beautiful frame for your artwork? Beginning with 5/4” x 4” poplar wood, participants will learn how to create a finished floating frame.
with Bryn Brunnstrom
Wednesdays, Jan. 14, 21, 28 & Feb. 4, 2026
1 – 3 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $130.50 / Non-members: $145
For those interested in improving drawing skills, this workshop will introduce the fundamentals of drawing the human figure. Through visual examples and demonstrations, we will build the skills of gesture and simplification, moving on to skeletal and muscular anatomy.
with Carol Schwartz
Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
10 AM – 3 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $99 / Non-members: $110
Working with a real flower for reference, students will create a watercolor or gouache botanical painting. We’ll start with drawing basic shapes, developing the sketch, then participants will practice skills in watercolor painting to create a finished artwork.
with Mark Guglielmo
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 17 & 18, 2026
10 AM – 3 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $148.50 / Non-members: $165
Demystify the creative process and make it fun, relaxing, and satisfying! Students will create collage-based images built from reference photos that will be made up of cut-up and glued pieces of magazine images. To do so, we’ll briefly touch on fundamentals of composition, collage, color and value.
INTRO WORKSHOP
with Nick Colabella
Sundays, Jan. 18 & 25, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $121.50 / Non-members: $135
Turn your photo or drawing of your choice into wearable art in this one color screen-printing class. You will learn how to create a half tone print of your image to print on a t-shirt or tote bag.
Uninstructed (moderated)
Sundays, Jan. 18, Feb. 15 & Mar. 15, 2026
2 – 4:30 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $13.50 per session / Non-members: $15 per session
Practice your figure drawing skills in this monthly uninstructed workshop. Each session will begin with warm up gesture drawings and will include a variety of longer poses. Artists bring their own preferred materials.
with Kathy Cady
Wednesdays, Jan. 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 18 & 25, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $378 / Non-members: $420
This ceramics workshop will guide participants through the process-based creation of ceramic tiles and small bowls, focusing on an extensive range of surface techniques: sgraffito, slip trailing, wax resist, pouring, dipping, spraying, and multiple glazing methods.
with MaryPat Leger
Saturdays, Jan. 24 & Feb. 21, 2026
9 AM – 4 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $194.40 / Non-members: $216
Working from a photograph of your choice, learn how to create a portrait out of fabric. Fabric portraits can be quilted by machine or by hand. They can also be done with a “No-Sew” method using “Steam-a-Seam II” to permanently fuse all pieces in place.
with Fruma Markowitz
Saturday & Sunday, Jan. 31 & Feb. 1, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $117 / Non-members: $130
Collect your photographic or printmaking “failures” and upcycle them into beautiful, one-of-a-kind handmade book. Participants will experience the joy and therapeutic process of folding, cutting, pasting, and sewing what they thought were throw-aways, by thinking outside the box and experimenting with sequencing and visual narrative.
MINI-SHOP
with Nels Highberg
Tuesdays, Feb. 3 & 10, 2026
6:30 – 8 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $54 / Non-members: $60
Artists want their work to speak for itself, but so many opportunities require an explanation of the art in words, which can cause stress for many. In this two-part online workshop, we’ll explore the art of writing effective and authentic artist’s statements, those brief but powerful texts that often shape how curators, jurors, and audiences first encounter your work.
with Anthony Kirk
Tuesdays, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, Mar. 1 & 10, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $333 / Non-members: $370
Carborundum aquatint is a painterly intaglio process achieving a wide tonal range without acid, rosin or toxic chemicals usually associated with traditional aquatint. The instructor, in a long career as a master printer, has introduced this technique to artists such as Joan Mitchell and Emily Mason and examples of their prints will be shown.
with Heather Neilson
Thursdays, Feb. 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026
10 AM – 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $112.50 / Non-members: $125
Explore the playful, layered world of gel plate printing and discover how this versatile process can bring new life to your mixed media work. During the first two sessions, you’ll learn how to use a gel plate, brayer, acrylic paint, and a range of tools. In the final two sessions, you’ll transform your prints into unique abstract collages to create finished pieces that feel spontaneous, yet refined.
with Leslie Watkins
Fridays, Feb. 6, 13, 20 & 27, 2026
11 AM – 3 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $223.20 / Non-members: $248
Learn the foundations of traditional watercolor through materials, limited palette color mixing, and essential techniques including wet-in-wet, dry brush and glazing, Working from life, students will develop strong observational skills while exploring value, form, atmosphere and multi-layered washes.
INTRO WORKSHOP
with Mary Beth Sasso
Saturday & Sunday, Feb. 7 & 8, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $121.50 / Non-members: $135
Join us in the exciting world of pastel painting! You will learn the basics, including how to create the soft blends and bright colors that pastels are famous for. We will cover essential skills like layering, mixing colors, and making marks.
with Plamen Petkov
Sundays, Feb. 8, 15, 22 & Mar. 1, 2026
10 AM – 2 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $234 / Non-members: $260
Explore the creative potential of studio (strobe) lighting for photographing people. Starting with one light and a simple seamless background, participants will learn proper exposure, light quality, contrast control, and techniques for directing human subjects.
with Kathleen Schroeder
Saturdays, Feb. 21 & 28, 2026
10 AM – 4 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $180 / Non-members: $200
Learn this simple process involving creating a collage on a rigid background surface that is then inked and printed. Participants will learn the basics of collagraph printmaking while they create their own imagery using a variety of textured materials.
with Marianne Petit
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
10 AM – 12 PM
Ages: All ages
Members: $40.50 / Non-members: $45
This two-hour workshop is designed for children and families and will take participants through the basics of making pop-up cards. Learn the simple mechanics to make cards magically pop, spin, and delight.
with Marianne Petit
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
1 – 4 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $58.50 / Non-members: $65
This immersive, three-hour hands-on workshop introduces participants to the fundamentals of paper engineering. Explore basic techniques including folds, layers, and pull-tabs, and learn how to transform a flat sheet of paper into a dynamic, three-dimensional structure that pops.
with Brooke Toczylowski
Thursdays, Mar. 5, 12, 19 & 26, 2026
1 – 4 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $171 / Non-members: $190
Participants will experiment with analog methods for making screenprinting negatives— including stencil making, ink drawing, drawing fluid, and more—as well as considering play during printing itself, in order to achieve dynamic and layered prints. In this workshop, we will also touch on the full screenprinting process including coating screens, burning negatives, registration, color mixing, washing and reclaiming screens, and more.
with Thad Kubis
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 6, 7 & 8, 2026
9 AM – 12 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $207 / Non-members: $230
Join professional photographer and film enthusiast, Thad Kubis, for a three-day practical darkroom workshop. During this analog workshop, you will learn the essential steps to select film, shoot film, process the film, and print your negatives.
INTRO WORKSHOP
with Margaret Liljedahl
Saturdays, Mar. 7 & 14, 2026
9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Ages: 15+
Members: $202.50 / Non-members: $225
This two-part workshop is an intensive, hands-on introduction to floor loom weaving, covering the full process from winding a warp to weaving and finishing cloth. On the first day, students will measure and wind two-color warps and dress their looms in preparation to weave. On the second day, students will focus on weaving their project and explore finishing techniques.
with Diane Cadrain
Saturday, Mar. 14, 2026
10 AM – 4 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $108 / Non-members: $120
Learn to use the softest of materials, wool roving, and with a special barbed needle, create a landscape image on a background of raw silk. Award-winning fiber artist, Diane Cadrain, will demonstrate how the natural world can inspire your work by offering constantly refreshed images of arresting loveliness.
MINI-SHOP
with Plamen Petkov
Saturday, Mar. 21, 2026
10 AM – 1 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $54 / Non-members: $60
Are you often asked to do “work for hire” as a photographer but are unsure about invoicing, copyright issues, model releases and more? In this practical “mini-shop,” you will learn from a professional commercial photographer all the joys and challenges of operating a small business professionally and profitably.
ONGOING WORKSHOPS
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