405 programs. Drawing, painting, pottery and glass, for kids and adults.
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Tue, Sep 29 to Tue, Oct 27 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
In this class at GoggleWorks, adults design a fantasy creature of their own and then print it. The first part covers concept art basics, so you draw your creature and get it ready to become a print.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Sep 29 to Tue, Oct 27 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This class walks you through black and white film photography from start to finish. Working with a 35mm camera, you learn how to compose and expose your shots, develop your negatives in the darkroom…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30 · $40 ($30 members)
In this one day fused glass workshop, kids design and build their own mini monster magnet using colorful Bullseye glass. Spooky, silly or just plain strange, anything goes. Students work with precut…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 10:30 AM · Free
This storytime at Wernersville Public Library centers on "Maple & Willow Apart" by Lori Nichols. The story follows Maple, a little girl who has to find someone new to play with after her sister…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Wed, Sep 30 to Wed, Oct 21 · Member: $188.70 / Non-Member: $222.00
This advanced ceramics class at GoggleWorks is for makers who are ready to work at a larger scale. You choose your approach, either handbuilding or going big on the wheel, and learn techniques for…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 4:00 PM · Free
Make a craft inspired by the techniques of artists and crafters of Hispanic and Latino heritage. Projects are self-directed, so you work at your own pace rather than following a staff-led lesson.…
Run by Reading Public Library - Northeast Branch · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Sing along to King of Pop hits while you paint a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from studio artist Brandalyn. No experience is needed. Paint, sip and relax with friends on a Wednesday…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Paint a moonlit cardinal scene step by step with a Painting with a Twist artist guiding the way. You choose your surface when you book, either a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board, and you take…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Sep 30, 7:00 PM · $50 per person
In this evening workshop with Painting with a Twist, you paint a candle jar, pour your own custom scented candle, and paint a book box to match a favorite book cover. Bring a picture of the cover you…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 5:30 PM · $120 ($110 members)
Art Explorers looks at the lives and work of famous artists, both from the past and working today. Students learn about those artists and then make their own pieces inspired by what they have seen.…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · Free
Crafter Hour is an evening craft program at the Hamburg Public Library. Each month the group tries a new project, so there is always something different to make and learn. It is a relaxed night out…
Run by Hamburg Public Library · Hamburg
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 6:00 PM · $30 donation includes all materials
Pick a football team and paint it on a 12 by 16 inch canvas. The team is outlined in detail for you, customized with the logo and helmet, and you can paint it however you like. Beginners are welcome…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Thu, Oct 1, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Me and My Boo is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An instructor walks the room through the featured design step by step on a 16x20 canvas, so you can follow along without any…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Fri, Oct 2 to Fri, Oct 9 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this two-session class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you weave a blanket basket: a large storage basket sized for blankets, afghans and throws. You learn basket weaving methods and build a…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint a Ruby Shoes design on a 16x20 canvas while playing classic movie trivia between brush strokes. Brandalyn leads the session step by step, so no painting experience is needed. The evening runs…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Fri, Oct 2, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint the Twilight Moon design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from an instructor. This is a relaxed evening class: paint, sip, and enjoy the company. The artist for this session is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $60 ($50 members)
Put the brushes aside and paint with your hands in this one day workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education. You will turn a childhood art basic into a colorful finished piece, working…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 12:00 AM · Member: $63.75 / Non-Member: $75.00
This one day workshop at GoggleWorks introduces Japanese stab binding, a centuries old way of stitching books by hand. You assemble, fold, and sew your own handmade books using traditional decorative…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3 · $30 ($20 members)
In this workshop at the Yocum Institute for Arts Education, fallen leaves become woodland animals. Students use colorful autumn leaves and other natural materials to make squirrels, hedgehogs…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Sat, Oct 3 to Sat, Oct 31 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This class covers the basics of freestyle embroidery, with designs drawn from the plants growing in GoggleWorks' Gardens at Lauer's Park. You learn the basic stitches and work toward loose, flowing…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
Come play with clay at GoggleWorks. In this family workshop, adults and children work side by side to build a fairy house from clay, learning a variety of hand-building techniques along the way. It…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 10:00 AM · Free
The Craft Lab is a hands-on craft program at Boone Area Library for kids ages 6 to 11. Each session, children work with different craft supplies, materials and techniques to make their own works of…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Bee My Sunflower + is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An instructor walks the room through the sunflower and bee artwork step by step, so you can follow along even if you have…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This one afternoon workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of flameworking. Working with borosilicate glass at the torch, you shape a small decorative pumpkin, learning to sculpt, mash and add…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $83.30 / Non-Member: $98.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks, you work with hot glass to make your own pumpkin. You gather glass from the furnace, add color, and shape the form with guidance from the studio…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 1:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you make a fused glass candy dish with a Halloween theme. You learn the basics of cutting glass and fusing it, then design your own…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Sat, Oct 3 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $173.40 / Non-Member: $204.00
This sewing class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts walks you through making a pumpkin-shaped pillow. You work on basic machine sewing and hand sewing as you go, starting with cutting fabric, then…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 4:00 PM · $42-$52 per person
Paint a sunset wildflower scene step by step with instructor Brandalyn leading the way. You can work on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board. The session runs on Saturday afternoons and is…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sat, Oct 3, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
This is a guided painting workshop at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. Painters work on a 16x20 canvas of the Fairy Moonlight design, following step by step along with the studio artist. No…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 12:00 PM · $40 per person
Paint a Flower Cow on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Brandalyn. The session runs on Sunday afternoons, and the painting is recommended for ages 6 and up. These…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 12:00 PM · $40 per person
Paint a bright orange rainforest orchid on a 16x20 canvas, step by step, with guidance from a studio artist at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. This is an all ages session held Sunday…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 3:00 PM · $60 per person
Paint a portrait of your own pet on canvas with guidance from a Painting with a Twist artist. Brandalyn leads this session, demonstrating painting techniques and helping painters one on one. Choose a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Sun, Oct 4, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
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…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Mon, Oct 5 to Mon, Oct 26 · Member: $123.25 / Non-Member: $145.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs clay and wood. On the first night you work in ceramics, shaping clay by hand into pinch pots that can hold dips and crudites. On the second night you move…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6 · $60 ($50 members)
Make your own glass cabochons and turn them into wearable art. Students learn several techniques for building small glass pieces, explore different types of glass including eye catching dichroic…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 11:00 AM · Free
Craft Club is a morning crafting get-together for adults at the Boyertown Community Library. Bring the project you are already working on, or make the featured craft with the group. The featured…
Run by Boyertown Community Library · Boyertown
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 1:00 PM · Free
The Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library hosts a STEM Club and a Craft Club once a month on Tuesday afternoons. STEM Club starts first, and the craft activity follows in the second hour. Children can…
Run by Bethel-Tulpehocken Public Library · Bethel
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 3:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This workshop introduces homeschooled students to the fundamentals of welding. Students learn how electricity melts wire and metal to join them permanently, and they get to know the proper tools…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This class builds on skills you already have at the torch. You go further into coloring and sculpting techniques, and you learn to work with hollow tubing and blowing. Joe Estis teaches the class…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Tue, Oct 6 to Tue, Nov 3 · Member: $242.25 / Non-Member: $285.00
This glass fusing class builds on what you already know. You work with thicker pieces and explore the line between control and movement in the kiln. Projects include pot melts, color bars, and on…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 5:30 PM · $190 ($180 members)
Students combine different artistic processes and media to build up more complex works of art. Classes focus on the principles of design and on experimenting with a range of drawing and painting…
Run by Yocum Institute for Arts Education · West Lawn
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township hosts this guided painting class on Tuesday evenings. A studio artist walks the room through the sunflower sunset design step by step, and everyone works on a…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Tue, Oct 6, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Spend a Tuesday evening at Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township for a trivia twist on paint night. You work on a 16 by 20 canvas with step by step guidance from artist Brandalyn, with trivia…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
In this single session workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you shape wool into a small pumpkin or gourd using needle felting. You poke the fibers with a felting needle until they hold their…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 10:30 AM · Free
Wernersville Public Library hosts a Wednesday morning storytime for children. Together we listen to "Fletcher and the Falling Leaves" by Julia Rawlinson, with pictures by Tiphanie Beeke. After the…
Run by Wernersville Public Library · Wernersville
Wed, Oct 7 to Fri, Oct 9 · Member: $114.75 / Non-Member: $135.00
This two part workshop at GoggleWorks pairs hot glass with candle making. On the first evening you work in the hot shop to make your own glass vessel and learn about glassblowing. On the second…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this single evening workshop you build a clay luminary for the fall season using handbuilding and coil techniques. Once the form is shaped, you add decorative embellishments and textures so the…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Wed, Oct 7 to Wed, Nov 4 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
Learn the fundamentals of crochet in a class built for complete newcomers. Instructor Alex Crawford covers how to hold the hook and yarn, how to make basic stitches, and how to work granny squares.…
Run by GoggleWorks Center for the Arts · Reading
Starts Wed, Oct 7, 6:30 PM · $47 per person
Paint a Goat Scream design on a 16x20 canvas while playing trivia with the room. Kale leads the session at the Painting with a Twist studio on Perkiomen Avenue in Reading, and all painting supplies…
Run by Painting with a Twist · Reading
Starts Thu, Oct 8, 5:00 PM · Tickets are $20 per person
This paint night at Boone Area Library comes with a twist. Instead of canvases, everyone paints fancy paving stones with a Halloween theme, so you head home with a decorated stone for your porch…
Run by Boone Area Library · Birdsboro