Get ready for the runway! Learn how to sketch the fashion body, create stylish poses, and draw clothing ideas using simple techniques and traditional art materials. No advanced drawing experience is required. This course focuses on building confidence, creativity, and personal style. Through guided exercises and playful projects, you’ll explore line, movement, and fashion expression while bringing your ideas to life on paper.
Shared art materials will be provided in the studio for most classes. Personal supplies can be purchased at our Art Supply Store, located on the first floor of GoggleWorks.
Experience the excitement of raku in this fiery Maker Date workshop! You’ll glaze two pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demo, and enjoy a shared charcuterie spread curated by Chef Harley, and your choice of draft beverage from Thorn Alley Kitchen, as we fire your pieces in a raku kiln – pulling them out red-hot for a dramatic finish. This Japanese firing process allows the piece to cool quickly so you can take it home that night. Just bring a friend and get ready for a memorable night with clay, fire, and fun! Tuition fee covers one individual; you must register each person attending. Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.
During this beginner-friendly Maker Date, you and a plus one will enjoy a shared charcuterie spread curated by Chef Harley, and your choice of draft beverage from Thorn Alley Kitchen, while designing and creating a personalized set of sterling silver stacking rings. Through hands-on guidance in basic metalsmithing techniques, including measuring, cutting, forming, soldering, and finishing silver wire, you will craft a personalized stack of rings to take home. Tuition fee covers one individual; you must register each person attending.
Get a taste of the hot glass studio with this Maker Date, where you and your plus one will enjoy a shared charcuterie spread curated by Chef Harley, and your choice of draft beverage from Thorn Alley Kitchen. Get hands-on experience in glassblowing by making a tumbler or stemless wine glass under the guidance of our professional glassblowers. Closed-toe shoes, long pants, hair tie are required. Tuition fee covers one individual; you must register each person attending.
Have a group of 4 or more? Turn up the heat, gather your family and friends and book an exclusive, hands-on glassblowing workshop with us! Find details here. Minimum of 4 required.
Relish in your creativity and join us in the fusing studio for this Maker Date where you’ll enjoy a shared charcuterie spread curated by Chef Harley, and your choice of draft beverage from Thorn Alley Kitchen. Our instructor will guide you through picking a mold and selecting your color palette to create a unique glass plate, platter, or bowl. Closed-toe shoes are required. Tuition fee covers one individual; you must register each person attending.
Sketch outdoors on GoggleWorks’ campus! Learn tips for sketching from life with a special focus on buildings and perspective. You should bring your favorite sketch journal and sketching supplies which can include dry media (pencils, pens, pastels) and water-based media like watercolors and gouache.
Supplies can be purchased at our Art Supply Store, located on the first floor of GoggleWorks.
Commemorate your furry friend by encasing their ashes in glass in a beautiful and unique suncatcher. Bring approximately one tablespoon of your pet’s ashes to the workshop for incorporation into your custom art piece. Closed-toe shoes are required.
Age: All Ages, Youth and Teen, Teen Friendly (14+), Teen Friendly (16+), Adult
Join us for a vibrant, hands-on celebration of printmaking at our annual PrintFest — happening Sunday, June 28 from 11am–3pm at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts!
Dive into the darkroom and discover the creative possibilities of photographic printing! Over three weeks, you will explore the fundamentals of darkroom printing, play with double exposures to create layered, dreamlike images, and discover the dramatic effects of solarization. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced photographer, this workshop is a space to experiment and push the boundaries of traditional film photography. Please bring black and white negatives you’d like to print, along with any objects you’d like to experiment with (necklaces, keys, gloves, slinkies, hoops, light bulbs, or anything else that inspires you.) Feel free to get creative! All paper and chemicals will be provided.
Class will be held in the Darkroom, Studio 233, on the 2nd floor in GoggleWorks.
Learn the fundamentals of stained glass assembly using lead and solder. Gain hands-on experience in design, shaping, foiling, and soldering as you make your own small stained glass panel to take home at the end of class.Closed-toe shoes required.
Learn the skills necessary to throw cylinders, cups, bowls, and more in this exciting introduction to the fundamentals of working on a potter’s wheel. You will be guided through the process of throwing, shaping, and trimming your pieces. Express your creative voice through basic surface decoration and glazing techniques.
Please wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. Turnaround time for ceramics can be a few weeks. Once the pieces are ready for pick up, you’ll receive an email from our Programs team letting you know.
Everyone needs kitchenware, why not create your own and give it a personal touch? Craft a wooden handle and create a utensil of your choice. The options are endless: a bottle opener, a bottle stopper, a honey dipper, or even a potato masher. Come ready to create the missing utensil in your cookware collection! A materials fee is due at registration. Closed-toe shoes required.
