Open Pottery Studio
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: June 15 - October 27 Times: Wednesdays 1-4 pm and Thursdays 6-9 pm Registration Deadline: October 2 Location: Thoreson Farm This is an opportunity for those with prior clay […]
Solstice Plein Air – Sundown at the Beach
Glen Haven Beach Glen Haven Rd, Glen ArborDate: June 21 Time: Sundown - exact time TBD Registration Deadline: June 18 Location: Glen Haven Beach Paint the longest day of the year–the Summer Solstice. We’ll meet at sundown […]
Enameled Jewelry
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: June 25 Time: 10 am - 3 pm Registration Deadline: June 22 Location: GAAC Explore all the possibilities of enameling, which uses both a kiln and a torch to […]
Pottery Sampler
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: June 26 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: June 23 Location: Thoreson Farm In this class we will explore throwing on the wheel, extruding, and slab building. Experience three fun […]
Sketching on the Go
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: June 28 Time: 9 am - 2:30 pm Registration Deadline: June 25 Location: GAAC Enjoy the outdoors more deeply by sketching--even if it's in your own backyard. This one-day […]
Nature Journaling 1: Science and Art LIVE!
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: June 29 Time: 10 am - 2 pm (break for lunch) Registration Deadline: June 26 Location: Thoreson Farm Nature Journaling is collecting and organizing your observations, questions, connections, and […]
Plein Air at the Farm
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 6, 7, and 8 Time: 9 am - 1 pm Registration Deadline: July 3 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience Plein air oil painting in the historic Port Oneida landscape. […]
Prayer Flags
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: July 7 Time: 10 am-2 pm Registration Deadline: July 4 Prayer Flags are a Tibetan tradition where prayers and mantras are printed on fabric flags and hung outside, allowing […]
Dimensional Collage
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: July 9 Time: 9:30 am - 12 pm Registration Deadline: July 6 Location: GAAC Collage is one of the most accessible forms of creative expression. In this class, we […]
Raku Saturday 1
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 9 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 6 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Glazes – Problems and Solutions
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 11, 12, and 15 Time: 1 - 4 pm Registration Deadline: July 8 @ 1 pm Location: Thoreson Farm Successful and consistent glazing can sometimes seem mysterious and […]
Pottery on the Wheel 1
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: July 11, 18, 25 and August 1 Time: 6 - 9 pm Registration Deadline: July 8 @ 1 pm Location: Thoreson Farm Learn and practice wedging, centering, throwing, and […]
Nature Journaling 2: Science and Art LIVE!
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 15 Time: 10 am - 2 pm (break for lunch) Registration Deadline: July 12 Location: Thoreson Farm Nature Journaling is collecting and organizing your observations, questions, connections, and […]
Collage Portraits
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: July 16 Time: 10 am - 2pm (with a break for lunch) Registration Deadline: July 13 Location: GAAC Have you ever looked at a picture of a pear and […]
Raku Saturday 2
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 16 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 13 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Tiny Houses
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: July 18, 19 and 22 Time: 1 - 4 pm Registration Deadline: July 15 @ 1 pm Location: Thoreson Farm In this popular class we will be constructing tiny […]
Writing Table: A Creative Writing Workshop
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDates: July 19, 20 and 21 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 14 Does writing bring you joy? This workshop will help you create and sharpen your fiction or poetry. […]
Abstract AND Representational Painting on YUPO
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: July 23 Time: 9 am - 4 pm Registration Deadline: July 20 Location: GAAC You will love the forgiveness and workability of YUPO paper. There are no mistakes that […]
Raku Saturday 3
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 23 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 20 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Beyond Glaze – Surface Decoration
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: July 25, 26 and 29 Times: 1 - 4 pm Registration Deadline: July 22 @ 1 pm Location: Thoreson Farm Go beyond your comfort zone and learn Sgraffito, Slip-trailing, […]
The Fundamentals of Composition for Painters
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 27 and 28 Time: 9 am - 4:00 pm Registration Deadline: July 24 Location: Thoreson Farm Have fun learning how the simple fundamentals of artistic composition will make […]
Raku Saturday 4
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: July 30 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 27 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Slab Build Tableware
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: August 1, 2 and 5 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: July 29 @ 1 pm Produce pots for the foodie in all of us. Use several forming and decorating […]
Raku Saturday 5
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: August 6 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 3 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Pottery on the Wheel 2
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDates: August 8, 15, 22 and 29 Time: 6-9 pm Registration Deadline: August 5 @ 1 pm Location: Thoreson Farm Learn and practice wedging, centering, throwing, and trimming basic forms. […]
Garden Printmaking
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: August 9 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 4 Learn the basics of block printing with artist Cindi Ford and create a linoleum cut to print botanical patterns, vegetables, […]
Pastels Plein Air – Art of Observation
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: August 10 and 11 Time: 10am - 3 pm Registration Deadline: August 7 Location: Thoreson Farm Pastels are made for plein air. The immediacy of the medium makes them […]
Cyanotype Printing
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: August 12 Time: 10 am - 4 pm Registration Deadline: August 9 Location: GAAC Learn to make cyanotype prints from the original 1842 formula created by photographic pioneer Sir […]
Painting Pollinators
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: August 13 Time: 10 am-1 pm Registration Deadline: August 10 Do you want a chance to practice your sketching skills and watercolor whimsy? Join us for this Painting Pollinators […]
Raku Saturday 6
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: August 13 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 10 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Raku Saturday 7
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: August 20 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 17 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Raku Saturday 8
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: August 27 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 24 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Printmaking Made Easy
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: August 28 Time: 10 am-3 pm (with a lunch break) Registration Deadline: August 24 Come explore the magical world of printmaking using a gelatin "Gelli" plate. No art experience […]
Night Photography at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Pine Street Studios 5710 N Pine St, Glen ArborDate: August 29 - September 2 Time: Approx 4 hours/day in the classroom + outdoors/onsite 7 pm - nightfall Registration Deadline: August 8 Location: GAAC and Sleeping Bear Dunes National […]
Raku Saturday 9
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: September 3 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: August 31 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Writing the Arts: Object + Words = Ekphrasis
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDates: September 10, 17, and 24 (Open Reading October 1) Time: 10 – 11 am Registration Deadline: September 7 Location: GAAC Writing the Arts is a collaborative project of the […]
Raku Saturday 10
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: September 10 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: September 7 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Plein Air Painting Workshop
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: September 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 Time: 10 am - 5 pm (roughly) Registration Deadline: August 22 Location: Start at GAAC / locations TBD This guided immersive workshop […]
Raku Saturday 11
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: September 17 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: September 14 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Materials Exploration Workshop
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: September 24 Time: 10 am-3 pm Registration Deadline: September 21 This workshop explores soft materials and basketry methods used to make 3-dimensional forms from fibers. Topics include making cordage […]
Block Printed Tea Towels
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: September 24 Time: 11 am - 3 pm (with a break for lunch) Registration Deadline: September 21 Location: GAAC Students will design, carve and print their own designs and […]
Raku Saturday 12
Thoreson Farm 3694 S Thoreson Rd, Maple City, MIDate: September 24 Time: 1-4 pm Registration Deadline: September 21 Location: Thoreson Farm Experience the excitement of traditional Japanese Raku pottery as practiced in the west today. Glaze, decorate, and […]
Travel Photography
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: September 30, 10 am - 3 pm and October 1, 3 pm - 8 pm Time: see above Registration Deadline: September 27 Location: September 30 @ GAAC and October […]
Macro Photography
Glen Arbor Arts Center 6031 S Lake St, Glen Arbor, MIDate: October 5 and 12 Time: 10 am - 1 pm Registration Deadline: October 2 Location: GAAC Are you looking to get up-close and personal with the natural world? Learn […]
