Spring Term 2024 Dates: April 1–May 25
Monday, February 12: Registration opens for Spring tuition-based classes opens at 8 am
Tuesday, February 20: Registration for Spring tuition-free classes opens at 8 am
Friday, March 8: Adult tuition assistance deadline
To learn more about different types of offerings, please visit our Adult Education page.
Tuition Free :
Open Studio :
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Ceramics
Monday
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Ceramics Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See description.
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Ceramics for Beginners
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Zach Ozma
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Traditional Nigerian Pottery
Starts At: 7:30pm
Instructor: Robin Williams-Turnage
Tuesday
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Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Kay Nishii
Wednesday
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Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Isaac Scott
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Ceramics: Handbuilding
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Isaac Scott
Thursday
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Ceramics for Walls: Flat and Hangable Wares
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Scott Cooper
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Ceramics: Wheel Throwing
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Kay Nishii
Friday
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Natural Nerikomi
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Mackenzie Pikaart
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On the Potter's Wheel: Planters
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Kay Nishii
Sunday
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Natural Nerikomi
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Mackenzie Pikaart
Drawing
Monday
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Painting and Drawing Open Studio
Starts At: 9:00am
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Basic Drawing
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Alicia Miño
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Children's Book Illustration
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Andre Chaney
Tuesday
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Drawing Dance at BalletX
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Lara Cantu-Hertzler
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Exercises in Drawing
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Anthony Folks
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Meditative Drawing
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Alicia Miño
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Starting a Botanical Sketchbook (online, five sessions)
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Margaret Saylor
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Drawing Organic Form
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Nancy Agati
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First Steps to Drawing (five sessions)
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Alicia Link
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Make Your Own Comic Book
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Pat Aulisio
Wednesday
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Discovering Your Creativity
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Danielle Cartier
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Figure Drawing
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Bernard Collins
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Drawing Animals and Dinosaurs at the Academy of Natural Sciences (three sessions)
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Meg Lemieur
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Anatomy Drawing
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Darryl Smith
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Clothed Figure Drawing Independent Studio
Starts At: 6:30pm
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Figure Drawing
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Erik Peterson
Thursday
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Clothed Figure Drawing: Croquis Independent Studio
Starts At: 10:00am
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Figure Drawing
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Gabrielle Dobrzelewski
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Drawing with Confidence
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Barbara Zanelli
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Demystifying Drawing (four sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Shane Gardner
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Drawing Animals
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Meg Lemieur
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Drawing Fundamentals
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Sean Starowitz
Friday
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Drawing at Andalusia Historic House, Garden and Arboretum (one session)
Starts At: 10:00am
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Urban Sketching (six sessions)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Bernard Collins
Sunday
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Botanical Drawing
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Toni Denkin
Fiber Arts & Crafts
Monday
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Introduction to Making Books (four sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Valeria Kremser
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Glass Casting
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Elaine Erne
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Movable Books
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Valeria Kremser
Tuesday
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Introduction to Machine Sewing
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Abria Myers
Wednesday
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Art Quilt
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Marie Elcin
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Small Frame Weaving
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Lucia Alber
Thursday
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Chainstitch and Photo Embroidery (two sessions)
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Cassie Jones
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Fiber Arts Felting (four sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Hanna Vogel
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Stained Glass
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Kevin Huang
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Frame It Yourself (six sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Robert Stauffer
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Mixed Material Basket Weaving (four sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Hanna Vogel
Friday
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Friday Fibers: Felt Scarf (one session)
Starts At: 9:30am
Instructor: Marcie Ziskind
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Frame It Yourself (six sessions)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Robert Stauffer
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Philly Dye Club: Natural Dyeing and Screenprinting on Fabric (two sessions)
Starts At: 5:00pm
Instructor: Miriam Singer
Jewelry
Monday
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Jewelry Making
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
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Jewelry Making: Independent Projects
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
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Jewelry: Cold Work (six sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Ellyse Bendillo
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Jewelry
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Ellyse Bendillo
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Jewelry: Bracelets
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
Tuesday
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Jewelry Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See description.
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Introduction to Jewelry Making
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Wendy Tonsits
Wednesday
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Casting for Jewelry
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
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Jewelry Making
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
Thursday
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Jewelry Making
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Wendy Tonsits
Friday
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Jewelry: From the Studio to the Gallery
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
Saturday
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Introduction to Jewelry
Starts At: 9:30am
Instructor: Maureen Duffy
Lecture, Tours & Writing
Monday
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Mary Cassatt at Work Tour at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Starts At: 10:30am
Tuesday
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Critique Seminar (four sessions)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Fran Gallun
Wednesday
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Art History (online)
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Kathryn McFadden, Ph. D
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Creative Writing (online)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Lesley Valdes
Thursday
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Grounds for Sculpture Tour of Slow Motion with Monument Lab
Starts At: 11:00am
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How to Work with Models (four sessions)
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Ask Nicely
Friday
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Modeling 101 with Delaware Valley Art Models (one session)
Starts At: 5:00pm
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Ten Best Picture Frames Tour at the PMA
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Robert Stauffer
Mosaics, Sculpture & Mixed Media
Monday
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Mosaics and Stained Glass Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See description.
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Mosaics
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Carol Stirton-Broad
Tuesday
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Paper Mache Sculpture
Starts At: 5:30pm
Instructor: Mauricio Perez
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Mosaics: Independent Study
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Carol Stirton-Broad
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Figure Sculpture
Starts At: 6:30pm
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Sculptural Forms
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Justin Fargiano
Wednesday
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Fundamentals of Mosaics
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Veronica Kairos
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Mixed Material Sculpture
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Joni Woods
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Sculpting in Clay
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Julia Levitina
Thursday
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Mosaics Independent Study
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Claire Brill
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Mosaics 101
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Claire Brill
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Portrait Sculpture
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Julia Levitina
Friday
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Ceramics for Mosaics: Tiles, Bas-Relief, and more
Starts At: 5:00pm
Instructor: Laura Lyn Stern
Movement & Dance
Wednesday
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Yoga in the Sanctuary (five sessions)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Lindsey Gill
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Expressive Arts Healing
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Shanina Dionna
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Indonesian Dance
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Sinta Penyami Storms
Saturday
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Cambodian Dance (all ages)
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Chamroeun Yin
Painting & Collage
Monday
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Painting and Drawing Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See descripion.
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Painting in the Wissahickon (five sessions)
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Michelle Oosterbaan
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Acrylic Painting
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Alicia Miño
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Portrait Painting
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Paul DuSold
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Painting the Figure
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Paul DuSold
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Oil Painting
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Chau Nguyen
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Pintura Básica
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Henry Bermudez (Profesor habla Espanol)
Tuesday
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Watercolor
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Alicia Miño
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Alla Prima Landscape Painting in FDR Park (five sessions)
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Giovanni Casadei
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Portrait Painting
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Barbara Zanelli
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Botanical Watercolor: Spring Observations (online, five sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Margaret Saylor
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Step into Watercolor
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Albert Fung
Wednesday
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Alla Prima Still Life Oil Painting
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Giovanni Casadei
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Experimental Watercolor
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Robert Reinhardt
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Intuitive Concepts for Painting
Starts At: 12:00pm
Instructor: Danielle Cartier
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Alla Prima Clothed Figure and Interior Painting
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Giovanni Casadei
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Collage and Mixed Media
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Fran Gallun
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Abstract and Intuitive Painting
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Chau Nguyen
Thursday
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Watercolor: Taking it to the Next Level
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: William Becker
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Portrait Painting
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Gabrielle Dobrzelewski
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Watercolor and Pastel
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Albert Fung
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Painting Abstraction
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Chau Nguyen
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Watercolor Portrait
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Bernard Collins
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Introduction to Figure Painting
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: David Heshmatpour
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Collage and Papercutting
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Henry Bermudez
Friday
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Painting Forms in Nature with Watercolor (five sessions)
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Albert Fung
Saturday
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Spring Watercolor
Starts At: 10:45am
Instructor: Robert Reinhardt
Photo & Media Arts
Monday
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Darkroom: Color Photography
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
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Introduction to Video Art (six sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Jazmyn Crosby
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Film: The Poetic Possibilities of Vampires (five sessions)
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Dan Buskirk
Tuesday
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Digital Photography: The Camera
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: Leon Funchess
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Darkroom: The Art of the Fine Print
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Rick Wright
Wednesday
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Dark Room Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See description.
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Field Recording Sound Walk (one session)
Starts At: 5:00pm
Instructor: Jazmyn Crosby
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Digital Photography: The Image
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Vladmir Hartman
Thursday
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Photographing the City: Urban Vernacular (six sessions)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Jaime Alvarez
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Popular Dance on Film (four sessions)
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Meghan Frederick
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Darkroom Photography
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Friday
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Blue Beauty: Cyanotypes (one session)
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Alex Orgera
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Modern Tintypes (four sessions)
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Tamsen Wojtanowski
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Sound Installation Improv with FM Radio (one session)
Starts At: 4:00pm
Instructor: Jazmyn Crosby
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Shadows in Color: Photograms in the Color Darkroom
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Saturday
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Darkroom: Large Print Color Photography and Open Studio (five sessions)
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Ahmed Salvador
Printmaking
Monday
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Printmaking Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See Description.
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Screenprinting Open Studio
Starts At: Varies. See Description.
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Woodcut Printmaking
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Albert Fung
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Screenprinting on Fabric
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Miriam Singer
Tuesday
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Advanced Lithography
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Peter Haarz
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Stone Lithography
Starts At: 6:00pm
Instructor: Peter Haarz
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Screenprinting: Transparency and Exposures
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Alex McGady
Wednesday
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Printmaking Without a Press
Starts At: 12:00pm
Instructor: Bill Brookover
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Copper Plate Etching
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Miriam Singer
Thursday
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Letterpress with Revival (two sessions)
Starts At: 1:00pm
Instructor: TBD
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Screenprinting
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Rafael Miranda
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Printmaking Techniques (tuition-free)
Starts At: 7:00pm
Instructor: Elaine Erne
Friday
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Monotype Pochoir
Starts At: 5:00pm
Instructor: Peri Law
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One of a Kind Screenprint
Starts At: 6:30pm
Instructor: Phoebe Murer
Saturday
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All About Printmaking
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Justin Keller
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Screenprinting Basics
Starts At: 9:00am
Instructor: Marie Elcin
Sunday
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Pattern Printing on Fabric
Starts At: 10:00am
Instructor: Nicole Saltzer
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One of a Kind Screenprint
Starts At: 2:00pm
Instructor: Phoebe Murer