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Thu, Oct 29 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00
In this sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, students make a Japanese cross-back apron, a slip-on style that works well for cooking, crafting or giving as a gift. The project is set up to…
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Starts Thu, Oct 29, 7:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint an autumn brook scene step by step with an instructor leading the way. The session runs on a Thursday evening, and Kale is the artist guiding the class. You choose your surface when you book: a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Fri, Oct 30 to Fri, Nov 13 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
Learn the language of color through a series of exercises, paintings and drawings using acrylic paint and colored pencils. You will look at why some color combinations feel restful while others feel…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $77.00
This Maker Date is a one evening painting workshop with a Halloween twist. You set up and paint a spooky seasonal still life while working on composition, lighting and color mixing. Instructor Amy…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This one evening raku workshop at GoggleWorks is built around clay and fire. You glaze a pair of pre-made bud vases, watch a wheel throwing demonstration, and then see your pieces fired in a raku…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs metalwork with a shared meal. You shape and finish a copper trinket dish, learning how to prepare the surface, apply enamel, and fire the piece in a kiln.…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $100.00
Spend a Friday evening at the torch with a partner. In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, you and your date learn to use torches and hand tools to melt and shape glass, and you see how heat…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $96.00
This one evening fused glass workshop at GoggleWorks is set up as a date night. An instructor walks you through choosing a mold and picking your colors, then you build a glass plate, platter, or bowl…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $105.00
This one evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs you and a guest for a first look at the hot glass studio. With guidance from professional glassblowers, each person makes a tumbler or a stemless wine…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 6:00 PM · $110.00
Spend a Friday evening in the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio making a whiskey smoker. You turn the smoker on the lathe to fit a cocktail glass you bring from home, then use the hardware that goes…
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Starts Fri, Oct 30, 7:00 PM · $42 to $52 per person
Fall in the City is a guided painting event from Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Over a Friday evening session, an artist walks painters through the autumn city scene step by step, so no…
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Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM
An Autumn Mountain is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. Painters work on a 16x20 canvas with acrylic paint and follow along step by step with a studio instructor, so no…
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Starts Sat, Oct 31, 11:00 AM · $42 per person
Paint a full moon scene on a 16 by 20 inch canvas with an artist leading the group step by step. The painting comes as a set or solo option, and Kale is the instructor. Sessions run Saturday late…
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Starts Sat, Oct 31, 2:00 PM · $40 to $50 per person
Pour paint across a canvas or board and watch the colors blend into one-of-a-kind abstract art. You choose your surface: two 12x12 canvases, one 16x20 canvas, or one 10x30 wood plank board. Extra…
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Starts Sun, Nov 1, 9:00 AM · Member: $157.25 / Non-Member: $185.00
This one day woodturning workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts focuses on making hollow form vases. You work at the lathe and practice the techniques used to shape and hollow these pieces, with…
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Starts Sun, Nov 1, 12:30 PM · $32 per person
Paint "A Little Mean and Green" on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Rayven. The class runs on Sunday afternoons, and you take your finished canvas home with you.…
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Sun, Nov 1 to Sun, Nov 15 · Member: $81.60 / Non-Member: $96.00
This drawing class at GoggleWorks is open to all skill levels. Students explore what charcoal, pencil, and Sharpie can each do and build drawing skill and confidence through scribbling, drawing, and…
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Starts Sun, Nov 1, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township leads this guided blacklight painting event. An artist walks you step by step through the Jack's Christmas design, which glows under blacklight. You can paint…
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Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · Free
This is a structured class in the appreciation and application of fine arts, offered at the Fleetwood Area Public Library. Students work through a set course rather than a one-time project, and the…
Run by Fleetwood Area Public Library · Fleetwood
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 10:00 AM · $115 ($105 members)
Have Fun Drawing is a morning drawing class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education for adults age 50 and up. All styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction in the…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 1:00 PM · Free
Deborah Romig and her mother lead a lively look at quilting, from its history and creative process to the stories and memories stitched into quilts passed down through families. They share personal…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Mon, Nov 2, 6:30 PM · $135 ($125 members)
Have Fun Drawing is an adult class at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education in West Lawn. It meets on Monday evenings, and all styles and all levels of skill are welcome. Beginners get instruction…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Tue, Nov 3 to Tue, Dec 1 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This class takes the technical maze out of digital photography and keeps it creative. You learn not only how to use your camera, but why certain techniques work, so you can build your own creative…
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Starts Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a rustic snowman scene on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from a studio artist. Kale leads this session at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Paint, canvas and supplies are set…
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Starts Wed, Nov 4, 10:00 AM · Free
Children's Storytime meets on Wednesday mornings at the Exeter Community Library on Prestwick Drive in Reading. Each session runs from 10:00 am to 10:45 am. The program is recommended for children…
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Starts Wed, Nov 4, 5:00 PM · Free
This is a drop-in craft circle at the Sinking Spring Public Library. Crafters gather on Wednesday evenings to work on knitting, crocheting, mending and other fiber arts while they relax and chat with…
Run by Sinking Spring Public Library · Sinking Spring
Wed, Nov 4 to Fri, Nov 6 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This two-part evening workshop at GoggleWorks pairs hot glass with candle making. On the first night you work in the hot shop to shape your own glass vessel and learn how glassblowing works. On the…
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Wed, Nov 4 to Wed, Nov 18 · Member: $122.40 / Non-Member: $144.00
This workshop at GoggleWorks looks at how to make portraits of people, including strangers. Instructor Isa Brito, a street-portrait photographer based in New York, covers ways to get the picture you…
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Wed, Nov 4 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
This workshop at GoggleWorks walks you through making a throw pillow cover from start to finish. On the first evening you work in the Printmaking Studio, where you pick from a set of designs and…
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Starts Thu, Oct 29, 4:00 PM · Free
Knit, Crochet and Craft is a friendly club at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library where people come to relax, chat and work on handwork together. Bring a project of your own, or join the group and…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
In progress since Oct 22, next Thu, Oct 29, through Nov 19 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This beginner class introduces flameworking, the craft of shaping glass at a torch. Working with glass rods and a torch, students learn to heat, melt and form their own glass beads, with attention to…
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In progress since Oct 26, next Mon, Nov 2, through Nov 23 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50
This intermediate ceramics class at GoggleWorks builds on skills you already have at the potter's wheel. You work on throwing taller forms, marbling clay, and using slips to decorate surfaces, while…
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In progress since Oct 29, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 3 · Free
Miss Betsy leads Preschool Storytime at the Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library each week. Children listen to stories, sing songs, and make a craft together. It is a relaxed hour built for little ones…
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In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 10 · Single class: $45 for Museum Members, $55 for Non-Members
The Reading Public Museum presents a four-part art history course on American illustration, taught jointly by Scott Schweigert, Curator of Art and Civilizations, and Geoff Fleming, Executive Director…
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In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class introduces the basic skills of metalsmithing and silver jewelry making. You cut, shape and join metal using hammers, flame and other studio tools, and you leave with a custom sterling…
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In progress since Oct 20, next Tue, Nov 3, through Nov 17 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This intermediate class at GoggleWorks builds on sewing skills you already have. You work on making simple patterns, designing your own garments, and taking an idea through to a finished piece. Along…
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In progress since Oct 23, through Nov 21 · $20.00
This drop-in printmaking workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts meets on Friday mornings, with each date standing on its own as a single session. Artist Suzanne Fellows leads the group through a…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio gives woodworkers time to use the GoggleWorks Woodworking Studio on their own. You bring your own project ideas and work independently, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight and…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent work time in the darkroom and photography studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Sessions run Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM, and access is sold by the month. Bring your own…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Ceramics Open Studio gives experienced potters time to work on their own projects in the ceramics studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. Access runs on Fridays and is sold by the month, so you can keep…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
Fine Metals Open Studio gives metalsmiths independent access to the Metalsmithing Studio at GoggleWorks. You work on your own projects at your own pace, using the studio space and equipment. A studio…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $120.00
Flameworking Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives experienced glass artists independent time in the Flameworking Studio to work on their own projects. Access runs by the month, and sessions are available…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $100.00
Open Studio at GoggleWorks gives fused glass makers time to work on their own projects in the warm glass studio. You set the agenda and work independently, with a studio monitor present for oversight…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $85.00
This is independent studio time in the Printmaking Studio at GoggleWorks in Reading. You come in and work on your own projects during open studio hours, with a studio monitor on hand for oversight…
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In progress since Jan 1, through Dec 31 · $70.00
Welding Open Studio at GoggleWorks is independent work time for welders who already know their way around the equipment. You bring your own project ideas and work at your own pace, with a studio…
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