Get Creative with Arts and Crafts

Bring out your creative side and try something new alongside other crafters in this series of activities. Enjoy book edge painting, cross stitch, drawing, linocut printing, knitting, beading and more, all in a welcoming and stress-free environment just for adults. A Minnesota legacy series.

Live Nature Drawing and Painting

Learn how to sketch flowers, trees, rocks and animals under the guidance of teaching artist Tomás Araya. With step-by-step drawing tutorials of several organic compositions gaining the ability to focus on general aspects of drawing like proportions and basic lighting. Registration required. For adults.

Wescott
Saturday, Aug. 1, 1–3:30 p.m. Registration begins July 4.

Mobile Sign Shop

Drop in to create, carve and paint your own customized wooden sign inspired by the cabin signs of northern Minnesota, while supplies last. Event will be outside, weather permitting. Presented by artist Peter Haakon Thompson. Register if you would like an email reminder about the event. For adults.

Inver Glen
Tuesday, Aug. 4, 4–7 p.m. Register now for an email reminder for this drop-in event.

Tracing Our Stories: Linocut Prints for Collective Voice

Join us for a hands-on session grounded in storytelling, co-creation and creative empowerment. Reflect on your own personal and cultural identity, sketch a symbol that represents your experience or community, and carve a linoleum block to create a printed image. Presented by teaching artist Constanza Carballo. Registration required. For adults.

Heritage
Saturday, Aug. 8, 2–4 p.m. Registration begins July 11.

Beaded Keychain Workshop

Create a beaded turtle keychain while learning the story of turtle island from Minneapolis-based Ojibwe artist Alicia De La Cruz from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Learn basic embroidery style beadwork, get supplies and instruction, start your project and finish it at home. Registration required. For adults.

Heritage
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Registration begins July 15.

Nordic Floral Folk Art Cross Stich

Join Scandinavian enthusiast and artist Cami Andersen to learn all you need to know about cross stitch with a folk art twist. Enjoy a short introduction to Scandinavian folk art and history, then complete your own floral cross stitch piece to hang in your home. Registration required. For adults.

Robert Trail
Thursday, Aug. 13, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Registration begins July 16.

Crafternoon

Bring your own craft to work on while visiting with other makers and get help with individual projects and techniques on the third Thursday of the month. For adults.

Inver Glen
Thursday, Aug. 20, 1–2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15, 1–2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 19, 1–2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 17, 1–2:30 p.m.

Minnesota Butterflies: Drawing and Coloring

Join us for a step-by-step tutorial on how to draw and paint several butterflies local to Minnesota. Beginning with a quick grounding and breathing exercise, we will use watercolors to create our work, focusing on the mixture of colors in each of the butterflies presented to the class. Presented by teaching artist Tomás Araya. Registration required. For adults.

Wentworth
Saturday, Aug. 22, 1–3:30 p.m. Registration begins July 25.

Painting Fish with Ink and Watercolor

Look at examples of fish paintings and prints to get inspired and learn how to use a selection of bamboo brushes, rich inks and vivid watercolors to create paintings of our own design. Paint fish of your own imagination or use a variety of reference images to help paint our scaly friends. Presented by eHoltArts. Registration required. For adults.

Wescott
Monday, Aug. 24, 5:30–7:30 p.m. Registration begins July 27.

Organic Wire Sculpture

Working from an image of wildlife or plant life, create your own 3D wire sculpture by bending and shaping metal wire. The finished organic 3D wire sculptures will be mounted on a base for display. Presented by Caponi Art Park. Registration required. For adults.

Galaxie
Thursday, Sept. 17, 6–7:30 p.m. Registration begins Aug. 20

DIY: Knit an Entrelac Scarf

Learn to knit a popular bold design that looks interwoven but is quite simple once you know the tricks. Learn the technique on sample yarns from our stash or come prepared with yarn and needles of your own. For intermediate knitters. Registration required. For adults.

Farmington
Saturday, Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Registration begins Aug. 29.

Drop-in: Book Edge Painting

Breathe new life into your personal library with the art of book-edge painting. Bring your own book and learn the professional techniques for masking and painting the "text block" edges. Using markers, masking tape and brown paper to protect the covers, we’ll turn ordinary pages into colorful works of art. Register to receive an email reminder. Presented by Make with Sam. Register to receive an email reminder. For adults.

Inver Glen
Saturday, Oct. 3, 10 a.m.–noon Register to receive an email reminder about this drop-in event.