WORKSHOPS + CAMPS

Join us for SUMMER {hands-on + mixed-media + magical} ART CAMPS 2020 ~ Early enrollment opens March 3rd!

Artists will explore 3D construction as they design and create their very own colorful + captivating vacationing toucan. Artists will travel through the process of designing 2D to construction in 3D. This playful piece will explore paint, personality, poise and artful embellishments of habitat to soar your sights high into the sky above as a "maker mobile"! This vacation is a trip you do not want to miss, especially adding the textile element of tie-dye! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Artists will explore 3D construction as they design and create their very own colorful + captivating vacationing toucan. Artists will travel through the process of designing 2D to construction in 3D. This playful piece will explore paint, personality, poise and artful embellishments of habitat to soar your sights high into the sky above as a "maker mobile"! This vacation is a trip you do not want to miss, especially adding the textile element of tie-dye! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

This workshop is a "happy happening" for young + aspiring artists! Offered as dynamic drop-off + weekly experience. Artists will explore new + interesting + engaging materials, tools, and techniques for experimentation and creative development. Artists will enjoy coming together in a small "creative community" and interacting with other "mini makers" in the heart Main. This workshop will be process-based, with a focus on the art experience. Artists will develop creative confidence within their community and bring home art they are connected with and proud of accomplishing. Mediums may including paint, mixed media, clay, wood, assemblage, and more! Children will learn to express themselves through the arts with confidence and joy. Parents will LOVE meeting new parents, plus enjoy a little freedom at the start of the week! Artists will be recognized with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony midway and at the end of our time together! Classes are one hour in length. Children will enjoy creating in our beautiful art studio with natural morning light!

Artists will explore luscious layers through a powerful process of paint in an artful yet abstract adventure, creatively combining paint + assemblage. Artists will work on an oversized, heavy-weight, primed canvas as they dive into the adventure + AWESOMENESS of abstraction through color exploration, staining, layering, texturing, printing, mark-making, & embellishing as they connect and cultivate their own creation. We'll bring together all we have learned & created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six-weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Artists will explore luscious layers through a powerful process of paint in an artful yet abstract adventure, creatively combining paint + assemblage. Artists will work on an oversized, heavy-weight, primed canvas as they dive into the adventure + AWESOMENESS of abstraction through color exploration, staining, layering, texturing, printing, mark-making, & embellishing as they connect and cultivate their own creation. We'll bring together all we have learned & created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six-weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Join a vibrant + vivacious favorite creature as it ventures to Venice on travel, riding a much-loved + bright colored vintage vespa while out on delivery, yes, just in time for Valentines! This piece will captivate your heart in a "painterly pet portrait style" with added acceleration action as this creature is out on a mission to deliver on European streets an extra sweet chocolaty treat! Artists will explore hands-on + mixed media for this masterpiece sure to captivate your creative heart! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Join a vibrant + vivacious favorite creature as it ventures to Venice on travel, riding a much-loved + bright colored vintage vespa while out on delivery, yes, just in time for Valentines! This piece will captivate your heart in a "painterly pet portrait style" with added acceleration action as this creature is out on a mission to deliver on European streets an extra sweet chocolaty treat! Artists will explore hands-on + mixed media for this masterpiece sure to captivate your creative heart! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

This workshop is a "happy happening" for young + aspiring artists! Offered as dynamic drop-off + weekly experience. Artists will explore new + interesting + engaging materials, tools, and techniques for experimentation and creative development. Artists will enjoy coming together in a small "creative community" and interacting with other "mini makers" in the heart Main. This workshop will be process-based, with a focus on the art experience. Artists will develop creative confidence within their community and bring home art they are connected with and proud of accomplishing. Mediums may including paint, mixed media, clay, wood, assemblage, and more! Children will learn to express themselves through the arts with confidence and joy. Parents will LOVE meeting new parents, plus enjoy a little freedom at the start of the week! Artists will be recognized with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony midway and at the end of our time together! Classes are one hour in length. Children will enjoy creating in our beautiful art studio with natural morning light!

Join us for a magical maker's ~ HOLIDAY CANDY COTTAGE WORKSHOP ~ home sweet + snowy + savory + sweet home! We look forward to decorating a very sweet + colorful + candy cottage, using a traditional pre-built gingerbread house + homemade icing + colorful candies galore + more magical materials as a winter wonderland takehome! This event sold out in a matter of minutes last year as seating is limited for this two-hour + festive + holiday + First Friday + drop off ~ Craft Night: Under the Stars + In the Studio! Reserve your GOLDEN TICKET today!

This workshop is a "happy happening" for young + aspiring artists! Offered as dynamic drop-off + weekly experience. Artists will explore new + interesting + engaging materials, tools, and techniques for experimentation and creative development. Artists will enjoy coming together in a small "creative community" and interacting with other "mini makers" in the heart Main. This workshop will be process-based, with a focus on the art experience. Artists will develop creative confidence within their community and bring home art they are connected with and proud of accomplishing. Mediums may including paint, mixed media, clay, wood, assemblage, and more! Children will learn to express themselves through the arts with confidence and joy. Parents will LOVE meeting new parents, plus enjoy a little freedom at the start of the week! Artists will be recognized with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony midway and at the end of our time together! Classes are one hour in length. Children will enjoy creating in our beautiful art studio with natural morning light!

Artists will create an amazing "wild in the woods wintery wallhanging" exploring humanized arctic animals wearing wintery woodland wear while vacationing in an A-frame ski cabin under the northern lights in the heart of the great outdoors. Hands-on + mixed media elements will include paint, clay, 3D + pop-out + multi-dimension elements, wood, and more! Animal favorites may include arctic fox, polar bears, wolves, ptarmigan, moose, caribou, polar bear, snow owl, narwal, reindeer, puffin, harp seal, and more! This snowy showcase will set to "snow + sparkle + shine" just in time for the wintery holiday! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our eight weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Artists will create an amazing "wild in the woods wintery wallhanging" exploring humanized arctic animals wearing wintery woodland wear while vacationing in an A-frame ski cabin under the northern lights in the heart of the great outdoors. Hands-on + mixed media elements will include paint, clay, 3D + pop-out + multi-dimension elements, wood, and more! Animal favorites may include arctic fox, polar bears, wolves, ptarmigan, moose, caribou, polar bear, snow owl, narwal, reindeer, puffin, harp seal, and more! This snowy showcase will set to "snow + sparkle + shine" just in time for the wintery holiday! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our eight weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

Halloween arts + crafts pop up eventing event! CRAFT NIGHTS: Under the Stars + In the Studio ~ Kids 6 and up drop off ~ Parent Date Night downtown on First Friday!

Artists will venture into the radiant and rare rainforest while exploring rainforest wildlife and their wild habitat using a bright + vibrant neon color pallet while creating a mixed media powerful piece that will surely make a pop, especially under black light, as creatures climb out and become artfully alive. Take a splash into paint, print, clay, layering, splattering, assembling, and embellishing in this multi-dimension masterpiece as a marvelous maker in hands-on + mixed media! We'll bring together all we have explored + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence and community for our artists to shine!

In our wondrous workshop ~ Tween + Teen + Tuesdays, artists will explore involved processes and an array of high-quality supplies and materials. Through creative expression, each artist will grow in their independence, expression, individualism, and confidence! We'll use mixed media with enriched techniques, in a collaborative, collective, creative, communal, colorful central, within our fanciful + fun art studio...oh my!!! We'll bring together all we have learned + created with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony at the end of our six weeks together for family and friends to enjoy! We love our mini-exhibits as they create confidence + community + connection + creativity for our artists to shine!

This workshop is a "happy happening" for young + aspiring artists! Offered as dynamic drop-off + weekly experience. Artists will explore new + interesting + engaging materials, tools, and techniques for experimentation and creative development. Artists will enjoy coming together in a small "creative community" and interacting with other "mini makers" in the heart Main. This workshop will be process-based, with a focus on the art experience. Artists will develop creative confidence within their community and bring home art they are connected with and proud of accomplishing. Mediums may including paint, mixed media, clay, wood, assemblage, and more! Children will learn to express themselves through the arts with confidence and joy. Parents will LOVE meeting new parents, plus enjoy a little freedom at the start of the week! Artists will be recognized with a mini-exhibit + recognition ceremony midway and at the end of our time together! Classes are one hour in length. Children will enjoy creating in our beautiful art studio with natural morning light!

HANDMAKERY is thrilled to be an event sponsor for 2019! Join in on the festivities for an unforgettable community evening dining downtown at the annual ~ Our Town One Table in Carbondale | CO! Reserve your table via Carbondale Recreation Center!