Beginning Scottish Country Dance: Jan 18 - Feb 22
2019-01-18 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Octagon Center for the Arts, 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, 50010, United States
Beginning Scottish Country Dance
Fridays, 7 – 8 pm
January 18 – February 22 (6 weeks) $45
Learn the art of the very social and lively Scottish Country Dance with experienced Instructors. After your one hour session, you are welcome to stay and join in with the Scottish Country Dancers. Wear comfortable clothing and soft soled, bendable shoes. A dance party will take place the last day of class. No experience or partner necessary.
Instructor: Linda Lewis Lieberman
Dance Studio
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/16/19.

Make Stuff: Jan 17 - 31
2019-01-17 18:30 - 20:00
Make Stuff, ages 13 – 15
Thursdays, 6:30 – 8 pm
January 17 – 31 (3 weeks) $65
A perfect time to get creative in this all media class. Each week you can dabble in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, or collage. New skills, materials and techniques will be introduced and amazing projects will be created!
Instructor: Daniel Nutt
Adams Studio
Class Limit: 8
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/15/19.

Thursday Morning Art Projects: Jan 17
2019-01-17 11:00 - 12:00
Thursday Morning Art Projects, ages K – 6
11 am – 12 pm
$10
Create unique and interesting art projects each class while learning about new artists, their methods and materials. All supplies included.
January 17
February 21
March 14
Class Limit: 8
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/15/19.

Drawing Skills: Jan 14 - Feb 4
2019-01-14 19:00 - 20:00
Drawing Skills, ages 9 – 12
Mondays, 7 – 8 pm
January 14 – February 4(4 weeks) $65
Learn the basics of drawing and observational skills starting with contour drawings and fundamentals of shading, and color. Weekly assignments complement and enhance previously covered skills.
Instructor: Daniel Nutt
Adams Studio
Class Limit: 8
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Registration closes on at 5pm on 1/12/19.

Painting and Drawing: Jan 14 - Feb 4
2019-01-14 17:30 - 18:30
Painting and Drawing, ages 6 – 8
Mondays, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, $65
January 14 – February 4 (4 weeks)
Various drawing, painting and shading techniques using a variety of materials will be covered. Students will use charcoal, pastels, and a variety of paints using techniques learned in class to provide depth and shadows.
Instructor: Daniel Nutt
Hunziker Studio
Class Limit: 8
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Registration closes on at 5pm on 1/12/19.

Beginning Knitting Workshop: Jan 13
2019-01-13 13:00 - 16:00
Beginning Knitting Workshop, ages 11+
Sunday, January 13
1 – 4 pm
$40
Learn the basics of English-style knitting in one afternoon, and create something more interesting than a potholder! You will learn knitting basics and make an adorable stuffed bunny. You’ll also receive an easy-to-follow pattern to take home so you can make more of them. No previous knitting experience is required. This is also a great “brush up” class if you would like to relearn your lost knitting skill. Kids age 11+ are welcome.
Instructor: Diane Corson
Adams Studio
Class Limit: 10

Bring: 1 pr. Size 11 straight needles, a skein of bulky weight yarn and a tapestry needle. (Suggestion: look for wooden or plastic needles, which are much easier to handle than aluminum ones.) Handouts and all other materials will be provided. Please contact The Octagon if you have questions about the materials required.
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/6/19.

Outside-In PACIA SALLOMI & ALEXANDRA ACKERMAN
2019-01-12 - 2019-03-02
LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY (Street level)
Artist Statement: Pacia Sallomi
I began this series in 2010. In the beginning, I was focused on roundabouts or in French,
rond-point, which came about because of an experience of being lost on back roads and small villages
in the French countryside. I had begun to think about the way we structure the experience of getting
from one place to another. The circular pathways of a roundabout are quite different cultural
modalities of disorientation and reorientation than the typical grid-like intersection controlled by a
stoplight. I begin the painting with an aerial diagram of a place. It became evident very quickly that
painting into these diagrams is interior process that is ritualistic, connected to healing and
contemplative practices found in many indigenous cultures such as the sand painting by Native
American shamans, Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime stories and the mandalas created by Buddhist
monks. The search for understanding these themes has led me to visit an Aboriginal community in
Australia, a Vietnamese Buddhist monastery in France, Celtic stone alignments in England and France,
and Shinto shrines and monasteries in Japan.
These paintings are always orientated around a centering point, but they are not always based
on roundabouts. The diagrams have included gathering places such as a Roman Coliseum in Arles
and Burning Man in Nevada; complex freeway interchanges in Los Angles or towns that are built
over ancient circular sites such as in Avebury, England. These marks on the earth tell us about our
culture, our times and ourselves. The paintings are always square, representing the nature of Four as
a symbol of stability, points on a compass and reference to the mandala. They contain the circle as a
symbol of completion and of the cyclical nature of life.
Biography: Pacia Sallomi
Pacia Sallomi’s path to and through the arts has been a circuitous one. The daughter of
an Obstetrician and a painter turned poet, her education in the arts began as a child. During their
three years living in Bavaria, the family camped their way through Europe, visiting many of the
great museums and then settling in California in the mid-1960’s. These experiences instilled a
love of art and of nature. After completing her undergraduate work in Nutrition at the University
of California, Davis, she moved to Colorado, and then New Mexico, where she worked as a
homebirth midwife in the 80’s and early 90’s. During that time she received an MA in Art
Education at the University of New Mexico, while also studying Photography, Japanese porcelain
techniques and took her first painting class from Martin Facey who introduced her to the spiritual
inquiry of color. She received her MFA in Studio Art from Texas Tech University in 1997 and is a
professor at Carroll University in Wisconsin where she has been teaching painting and drawing
for the past twenty years.
Pacia’s paintings have been exhibited nationally and internationally in over 120
exhibitions. She has attended a number of international artist residencies and loves travel.
During a residency in France, 2003, she created a collaborative book, Shield/Le Bouclier, (Pacia’s
paintings and her mother’s poetry) that was published in 2007 as a bilingual, limited-edition
artist’s book. The French translation is by Gallimard poet-translator of Emily Dickinson, Claire
Malroux. Pacia’s own work often includes the written word and she is currently studying
Japanese Brush Calligraphy.
www.paciasallomi.com
Artist Statement: Alexandra Ackerman
In this group of paintings I began to explore color, pattern and form in response to my visceral experience of the landscape of Baja California Sur during March of 2018. The things I found most visually stunning in Mexico were the cacti (life springing from what appears to be nothing), the ocean (both calming and frightening) and the brightly painted walls and buildings everywhere we traveled. Working from memory I am intuitively combining the natural forms with the manmade bright colors.
My creative process involves layering washes of watercolor pigment to build up fantastic landscapes which convey the juxtaposition of an otherworldly desert and vast ocean, even letting them bleed together. In these worlds I invent hybrid plants or creatures that are neither of land or sea, but uniquely their own. I’m curious about the mysterious inner life of plants as well as the observable aspects of the diverse variety of life in each new environment I encounter, asking such questions as: How do plants communicate? What is the sound of a plant growing? Why do they seem to have distinct personalities? My visual responses range from fairly recognizable to completely abstract organic forms. The challenge in each painting is to find a balance of both harmony of color and tension in composition. I hope to return to Mexico and continue to travel to new places in search of common and uncommon life, as it always stimulates my growth as an artist and human being.
Biography: Alexandra Ackerman
Originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Alexandra Ackerman grew up a keen observer of the natural world from a young age. She first learned to paint in the wet-on-wet watercolor style at the Waldorf School at age eight, and has continued her exploration until the present, maintaining a childlike freedom in her work. Alexandra has found beauty in the places she has lived and worked including the shores of the Great Lakes, New England vegetable farms and Minnesota flower gardens. Inspired by the vast diversity of plant life, she uses luminous color and pattern to create dynamic landscapes and biomorphic abstractions. Her paintings are intimate meditations on her physical surroundings, expressions of the pure joy and wonder of watching things grow. Focusing on the ethereal aspects of nature, her forms are evocative of leaves, seeds, eggs, sprouts, wind, and waves.
Alexandra began her studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and ultimately earned a degree in painting and printmaking at Massachusetts College of Art, where she explored a variety of mediums, often incorporating fabric and found objects into her work. She was part of the Minneapolis art and music community for nearly a decade before moving to northern Wisconsin. Alexandra now lives with her husband and two children in Iowa City, working out of her studio downtown. She has painted commissions for individual collectors and public spaces and has taught watercolor workshops locally. She has participated in numerous group and solo shows across the country, and has a variety work for sale at Prairie Lights Bookstore. Her work was recently on display at the Iowa State Capitol in the Governor’s office.
www.alexandra-ackerman.com

Creative Explorations: Jan 10 - 31
2019-01-10 09:15 - 10:00
Creative Explorations, ages 3 – 5 years
Thursdays, 9:15 – 10:00 am
$55 for each 4 week session below:
January 10 – 31
February 21 – March 14
April 4 – 25
This class is dedicated to the process of exploration through materials such as paint, charcoal, fabric, plastic, sculpture media, cardboard, paper, ink etc…Use of scissors and proper handling of materials will be covered. Basic painting etiquette and mixing of colors will also be explored.
Instructor: Beth Weninger
Hunziker Studio
Class Limit: 6
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/8/19.

Wheelthrowing: Beginning Bowls Jan 8 - 22
2019-01-08 18:00 - 21:00
Wheelthrowing: Beginner Bowls, ages 16 +
Tuesdays, 6 – 9 pm
January 8 – 22 (3 weeks) $85
Create beautiful bowls using the potter’s wheel. Price includes 12 lbs of clay, glazes and firing.
Instructor: Jackie Comito
Ceramics Studio
Class Limit: 7
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/4/19.

Exploring Art: Jan 8 - 29
2019-01-08 09:15 - 10:00
Exploring Art, ages: 18 months – younger 3’s
Tuesdays, 9:15 – 10am
$55 for each 4 week session below:
January 8 – 29
February 19 – March 12
April 2 – 23
May 7 – 28
Children and their adult partner will explore art together in a relaxed environment. Toddlers will create their own works of art while learning new skills like tearing paper, gluing, cutting, coloring over texture, painting with different objects, moving through transitions and imitating art making processes. Activities will focus on age appropriate, playful, artistic and sensory materials.
Limit: 6 adult/child pairs.
Instructor: Beth Weninger
Hunziker Studio
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Registration closes on at 6am on 1/6/19.

Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5 (Session 3)
2018-12-28 09:00 - 12:00
Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5
You may sign up for one or more sessions.
Sessions in this series are being held on:
Friday, December 21
Thursday December 27
Friday, December 28
9 am – 12 pm
$35 per day
Pre-registration required. Class limit: 8 students
Children’s art studios, 2nd floor
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Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5 (Session 2)
2018-12-27 09:00 - 12:00
Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5
You may sign up for one or more sessions.
Other sessions in this series are being held on:
Friday, December 21
Thursday December 27
Friday, December 28
9 am – 12 pm
$35 per day
Pre-registration required. Class limit: 8 students
Children’s art studios, 2nd floor
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Registration closes on at 6am on 12/24/18.

Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5 (Session 1)
2018-12-21 09:00 - 12:00
Winter Art Camp, ages K – 5
You may sign up for one or more sessions.
Other sessions in this series are being held on:
Friday, December 21
Thursday December 27
Friday, December 28
9 am – 12 pm
$35 per day
Pre-registration required. Class limit: 8 students
Children’s art studios, 2nd floor
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Registration closes on at 6am on 12/19/18.

MAKER NIGHT: Creative Gift Wrapping
2018-12-13 18:30 - 20:30
MAKER NIGHT: Creative Gift Wrapping
Thursday, December 13
6:30 – 8:30 pm
$25
Do you love giving gifts but dread wrapping them? Grab a friend and catch up on some creative gift wrapping techniques. Bring your boxes/gift items (up to 8), and we will supply all materials and unique methods that to make your holiday wrapping fun and stress-free. Need help with awkward shaped items? No problem! We can help you get those items wrapped as well.
Maker Nights are for adults 21 and older. Feel free to bring an adult beverage and/or snacks if you wish. Class limit: 20
North Studio
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Registration closes on at 6am on 12/11/18.

MAKER NIGHT: Fine Silver Origami Pendant
2018-12-06 18:30 - 20:30
MAKERS’ NIGHT: Fine Silver Origami Pendant
Thursday, December 6
6:30 – 8:30 pm
$45 Materials included
MAKER NIGHTS are for those ages 21 and above. Bring your friends and your favorite beverage & snacks to enjoy while you create! Or come by yourself and make some new pals. Novice and experienced makers are welcome!
The Japanese art of paper folding plus metal clay equals beautiful fine silver jewelry! First learn to fold your design with lovely origami paper. Next create your design with metal clay. The piece will be fired and ready for you to take home within a week. No previous experience is needed.
Instructor: Rhonda Scott
North Studio
Minimum class limit: 6 Maximum class limit: 12

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Registration closes on at 6pm on 12/5/18.

Thursday morning Art Projects, ages 5 - 10
2018-12-06 11:00 - 12:00
Thursday morning Art Projects, ages 5 – 10
11 am – 12 pm on December 6
Other classes in this series are held on:

September 7
October 11
November 15

$15 per class. Pre-registration required. Class limit: 8 students
Create unique and interesting art projects each class while learning about new artists, their methods and materials. All supplies included.
Instructor: TBA
Children’s art studios, 2nd floor

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Registration closes on at 6am on 12/4/18.

Exploring Art (Session 4)
2018-11-27 09:15 - 2018-12-18 10:00
Exploring Art
Ages: 18 months – younger 3’s
Tuesdays, 9:15 – 10am
$55 for each 4 week session below:
*Register for all four sessions and take $5 off total! Membership discounts do not apply to this special rate.
November 27 – December 18
Children and their adult partner will explore art together in a relaxed environment. Toddlers will create their own works of art while learning new skills like tearing paper, gluing, cutting, coloring over texture, painting with different objects, moving through transitions and imitating art making processes. Activities will focus on age appropriate, playful, artistic and sensory materials.
Limit: 6 adult/child pairs.
Instructor: Beth Weninger
Hunziker Studio

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/23/18.

MAKER NIGHT: Easy Silver Earrings
2018-11-15 18:30 - 20:30
Easy Silver Earrings
Thursday, November 15
6:30 – 8:30 pm
$35 materials included
MAKER NIGHTS are for those ages 21 and above. Bring your friends and your favorite beverage & snacks to enjoy while you create! Or come by yourself and make some new pals. Novice and experienced makers are welcome!
Learn about wire work and make your own earrings. Learn about metals, wire, gauges, tools, and also learn about gemstones, wrapped eye loops and how to make head pins, bead links and dangles. Each participant will be able to create one pair of earrings from silver wire and beads. You may bring your own beads, or use ours
Instructor: Terrie Hoefer
Adams Studio
Minimum class limit: 6 Maximum class limit: 12

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/13/18.

Gallery Night with Sarah Perkins & Gwen Walstrand
2018-11-15 17:00 - 19:00
Join us for Gallery Night — FREE and open to the public!
Meet the artists and hear about how they collaborated in practice to create this exhibit.

The holidays are just around the corner. While you’re here, why not pop into the Gallery Shop and get a unique gift for someone special on your list.

Thursday morning Art Projects, ages 5 - 10
2018-11-15 11:00 - 12:00
Thursday morning Art Projects, ages 5 – 10
11 am – 12 pm on November 15
Other classes in this series are held on:

September 7
October 11
December 6

$15 per class. Pre-registration required. Class limit: 8 students
Create unique and interesting art projects each class while learning about new artists, their methods and materials. All supplies included.
Instructor: TBA
Children’s art studios, 2nd floor

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/13/18.

Cairo, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND
2018-11-15 - 2018-12-21
Cairo, Illinois: Photographs & Enamels by SARAH PERKINS & GWEN WALSTRAND
November 15 – December 21, 2018
COMMUNITY GALLERY
This work is a collaboration, of sorts, by Gwen Walstrand, photographer, and Sarah Perkins, metalsmith and enamelist. The works themselves are not collaborations, but instead are designed to be viewed together in order to have an impact and a narrative that neither could possess on its own. We are artists working in different media but with the same subject matter — the town of Cairo, Illinois. Cairo is a unique place with both rich and tragic histories, a visual showcase of all that is best and worst in our American history.
Driving through what remains of Cairo it appears to an outsider that most of the town, along with its historic buildings and extensive business district, was abandoned within the same year, as nearly all the structures are in the same state of decay. In actuality, many
events and circumstances caused the precipitous decline of Cairo. The town’s history includes booming success as a shipping town at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, elegant hotels and mansions, and an impressive business district. The more recent history is one of race riots, appalling violence, multiple lynchings, domination by white supremacist groups, and eventual boycotts of local businesses by African Americans. The 1920s city of over 15,000 people now is home to under 3,000 people, hundreds of strangely patched up, decaying buildings, and a handful of struggling businesses.
The enameled bowls are a response to not only the reality of present day Cairo, but also to the images of it that were chosen by the photographer. The work seen together offers insight into the working processes of the artists and the choices made by different viewers. The photographer gathers and selects visual material, the metalsmith/enamelist edits the material again and transforms the flat images into three dimensions, but on a functional form that speaks to basic human requirements. The photographs, as both independent images and references for the bowls, are aesthetic explorations of Cairo but with an attempt to consider more deeply the complexity of human histories that form such places.

All Kinds of Art! November 9
2018-11-09 09:00 - 15:00
All Kinds of Art!
Fall Conference Workshops, K – 5
Thursday & Friday, November 8 & 9
9 am – 3 pm
$45 per day. Sign up for one or both days. Pre-registration required.
Bring a sack lunch and get creative on your days off!

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/7/18.

All Kinds of Art! November 8
2018-11-08 09:00 - 15:00
All Kinds of Art!
Fall Conference Workshops, K – 5
Thursday & Friday, November 8 & 9
9 am – 3 pm
$45 per day. Sign up for one or both days. Pre-registration required.
Bring a sack lunch and get creative on your days off!

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/6/18.

Knitted Stocking Cap
2018-11-07 18:00 - 21:00
Knitted Stocking Cap
Wednesday, November 7
6 – 9 pm
$30
If you already know how to knit and are looking for a simple, quick winter cap project, this is YOUR class. Knit this classic stocking cap on 2 needles in any size (provided pattern includes sizes Child through Adult XL). Class will introduce 2-color knitting and include ideas for Pompoms and tassels. Skill level: Advanced Beginner
Instructor: Diane Corson
Studio: Adams
Class Limit: 10

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/5/18.

Make Your own Mugs, ages 16+
2018-11-06 18:00 - 2018-11-27 21:00
Make Your own Mugs, ages 16+
Tuesdays, 6 – 9 pm
November 6 – 27 (3 weeks) No class November 20
$80 includes 25Lbs. of clay, all glazes and firing.
Learn to wheel throw the base of the mugs, attach handles and finish your piece with glaze. Everyone will have mugs to take home and enjoy!
Instructor: Jackie Comito
Ceramics Studio
Class Limit: 6

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/4/18.

Hand Built Clay Ornaments, ages 16+
2018-11-06 18:00 - 2018-11-13 21:00
Hand Built Clay Ornaments, ages 16+
Tuesdays, 6 – 9 pm
November 6 – 13 (2 weeks) $50
Create autumn and winter hand built ornaments for your holiday packages, wreaths, and for use in decorating. Students will learn to using slab and hand building techniques. Bring your favorite cookie cutters for shape ideas.
Instructor: Susan Anderson
Ceramics Studio
Class Limit 8
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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/2/18.

Needle Mittens
2018-11-03 09:00 - 12:00
Needle Mittens
Saturday, November 3
9 am – 12 pm
$30
Want to learn to knit mittens but can’t handle working on 4 needles? Relax – this easy 2-needle mitten method will allow you to make them easily. Skill level: Advanced Beginner/ knitters with basic skills or who have taken a Beginning Knitting class
Instructor: Diane Corson
Studio: Adams
Class Limit: 10
Bring to class: a 16” circular needle, size 7 or 8 (or a pair of 10” or 12” straight needles, size 7 or 8 – your choice), a skein of worsted weight yarn, a small stitch holder and a tapestry needle. The usual tools such as scissors, tape measure and notebook are also helpful. (Suggestion: look for wooden or plastic needles, which are much easier to handle than aluminum ones.) Handouts and all other materials will be provided. Please contact The Octagon if you have questions about the materials required.

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Registration closes on at 6am on 11/1/18.

Exploring Art (Session 3)
2018-10-30 09:15 - 2018-11-20 10:00
Exploring Art
Ages: 18 months – younger 3’s
Tuesdays, 9:15 – 10am
$55 for each 4 week session — See the class listing for the other 4 week sessions.
October 30 – November 20
Children and their adult partner will explore art together in a relaxed environment. Toddlers will create their own works of art while learning new skills like tearing paper, gluing, cutting, coloring over texture, painting with different objects, moving through transitions and imitating art making processes. Activities will focus on age appropriate, playful, artistic and sensory materials.
Limit: 6 adult/child pairs.
Instructor: Beth Weninger
Hunziker Studio

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Registration closes on at 6am on 10/26/18.

Drop Spindling, ages 14+
2018-10-28 13:00 - 15:00
Drop Spindling, ages 14+
Sunday, October 28
1 – 3 pm
$55
Making yarn without a spinning wheel has never been so much fun! We will discuss varieties of wool; its various preparations and how to buy it; while learning to spin wool roving into yarn using a drop spindle. You will use and take home your own wooden drop spindle, and we will provide several kinds of roving. Come with a sense of adventure and a sense of humor; this is a tricky skill and takes time, but well worth it! Maximum class limit: 8 participants
Instructor: Maggie Howe
North Studio

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Registration closes on at 6am on 10/25/18.

MAKER NIGHT: Paper Marbling
2018-10-26 18:30 - 20:30
Paper Marbling with Rhonda Scott
Friday, October 26
$35 all materials included
6:30 – 8:30 pm
MAKER NIGHTS are for those ages 21 and above. Bring your friends and your favorite beverage & snacks to enjoy while you create! Or come by yourself and make some new pals. Novice and experienced makers are welcome!
Join Rhonda Scott in creating a collection of beautiful marbled papers using the Ebru method. Each paper is unique, made one-at-a-time — and the process is lots of fun. Frame your decorated papers. Or use them in collage work, journaling / book arts, scrapbooking, or other creative projects.
Minimum class limit: 6 Maximum class limit: 12
Studio: TBA

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Registration closes on at 6am on 10/23/18.
