Open studio is offered for those who are interested in using our space and materials to make clay work independently from a class and is available for use only by those who have taken at least one ceramics class at our studio or for those with prior experience that has been approved by the studio manager. Open studio members can choose to handbuild, throw on the wheel, or both! Registration will include 25 pounds of clay, use of wheels and tools, a storage shelf, and the glazing and firing of work made in that month. All clay must be purchased through Gorham Arts Alliance and all firings will be done by the studio manager. You are welcome to purchase your own cone 5/6 glazes to use in firings if you want something other than what is provided. All classes are held at the Art and Nature Center at Tannery Brook. 

PM Session III: 4 classes, Thursdays, 3/6-3/27, 5:00pm-8:00pm, $140

Additional, optional work time will be offered for open studio members and current students on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays 10am-1pm and Fridays from 5pm-8pm. Members are welcome to attend as many or as few times during the week as they choose, but Thursdays will be the only day where there is guaranteed space. The extra, optional work time is first come, first serve for available wheel use and table space. The studio will be closed on federal holidays.

A follow-up for Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain Part 1, and for those familiar with basic skills of the medium, line and value, contour drawing and viewfinder practice. This class will expand those skills to include rendering of objects, landscape, human form, as well as use of color in composition. Developing your own personal style, using the medium, and techniques is the goal, whether realistic or abstract. Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain book and workbook required.

An estimated 11.3 million tons of textile waste end up in landfills each year in America. Let's keep some clothes out of the landfill by learning basic hand-mending stitches! Explore different stitch techniques and create your own cloth stitching sampler book to take home. All materials provided.

Sara Ottomano has more than 10 years of experience teaching art classes. She enjoys encouraging others to play with materials, explore sustainable artmaking practices, and create stories together.

Join our RSU 3 Artist in Residence Hector Pietra-Santa to learn the art of fruit and vegetable carving.  This session is a free introduction to the craft, with produce and carving tools provided. 

For those who like the craft and want to continue, another class will be offered March 20 where students will pay a small fee for the produce and their own carving tool to keep.  

Fee:
FREE

When:
Thursday, March 6

Time
6PM - 7:30PM

Drawing class includes: Drawing, working with and without a grid, shading values, enlarging and reducing, observation of shapes and angles. Please bring drawing paper, pencils, erasers, ruler, stump or tortillion oil, and water colors. Students need to bring a small set of tube paint, a few brushes (large and small and bristle brushes for oil) watercolor brushes should be for water-color painting and watercolor paper, canvas for oil painting. Please bring paper towel or paint rags for oil and watercolor 

Learn the steps of making a small quilt from start to finish. Emphasis on completion, not perfection!

You have seen these tall wood signs propped up on people’s front entrances. Now you can make them yourself. These signs are 48” tall and 9.5” wide. You get to choose ahead of time your stencil design with many seasonal and holiday designs to choose from and your projects background paint/stain color. When you arrive to class you get to do all the fun stuff. There will be a lot of paint colors to choose from to make your project your own. The class is instructor-led, so you will have the experience of Gabrielle to guide you along the way. Learn how to avoid those nasty bleeds on your project and stencil with confidence. When you leave, you take home that evening a beautiful project.  Materials fee of $20 (cash please) is payable to the instructor at class.

Porch Sign Stencils - Spring 2025

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Using a provided sewing machine, this class is intended to give a beginning sewist skills to create simple non-clothing projects or a garment. Those with more experience and/or their own machine can bring in materials and pattern for a project of their choosing to work on with guidance and/or specific instruction.

Depending on needs, topics covered may include: seam treatments, using a pattern, repairing/replacing items, basic garment construction, sleeves, buttonholes, zippers, etc.

Ms. McCann-Baker is a life long hobby sewist and has taught sewing to elementary age students.