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Starts Sat, Oct 10, 3:00 PM · $55 per person
Paint an autumn apothecary design on a 16x20 canvas and personalize it to make it your own. Rayven leads the class step by step, so no experience is needed. It runs on Saturday afternoons. The class…
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Starts Sat, Oct 10, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a Halloween style Bootanical Garden design on a 16x20 canvas in this guided studio painting session with Painting with a Twist in Exeter Township. You can choose the set version of the artwork…
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Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $20.00
Make a fall wreath at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. You work with wreath forms, fabrics and other seasonal materials set out by GoggleWorks artists, and you can bring pieces from home if you…
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Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $45.00
Make your own glass pumpkin in the Flameworking Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza. Working with a torch alongside GoggleWorks flameworking artists, you heat glass, shape it, add color, and…
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Starts Sun, Oct 11 · $55.00
Make your own glass pumpkin in the Hot Glass Studio at GoggleWorks during Pumpkin Palooza, the center's fall event in Reading. You work at the furnace with help from the hot glass artists, shaping…
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Starts Sun, Oct 11, 6:00 PM · $45-$55 per person
Painting with a Twist walks you through the Victorian Gothic design step by step, so you leave with your own finished piece. You choose whether to paint on a 16x20 canvas or a 16x20 wood plank board.…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 1:00 PM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single session workshop introduces charcoal to homeschooled students. Students learn the fundamentals of drawing with charcoal, work on a variety of types of paper, and experiment with this…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 2:30 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
In this one session workshop at GoggleWorks, kids learn to work with clay, weave clay designs, and decorate a surface. Instructor Paola Mateo leads the class, which is open to all skill levels and is…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 5:30 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
Make a fused glass lollipop vase to use at home in this single evening workshop at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts. You work through the glass fusing process from start to finish, including how to…
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Starts Mon, Oct 12, 6:00 PM · Member: $59.50 / Non-Member: $70.00
This single session workshop covers the basics of drawing the human figure from a live model. Instructor Lee Shannon leads a series of guided drawing exercises and introduces methods for capturing a…
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Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Oct 20 · Member: $89.25 / Non-Member: $105.00
In this basket weaving class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, you build a round bowl shaped basket on a double slotted base, then add woven flowers around the outside. The finished piece works as…
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Starts Tue, Oct 13, 10:00 AM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
This one session workshop at GoggleWorks shows you how to build a woven basket out of clay. You roll coils and slabs by hand, then shape them into a basket you can use on a table or in a kitchen. The…
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Tue, Oct 13 to Tue, Nov 10 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This class at GoggleWorks is for people who have blown glass before and want to keep building on that experience. You set your own goals and work on a self-directed project, either on your own or…
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Starts Tue, Oct 13, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint a starry phonebooth scene on a 16x20 canvas while trivia rounds run alongside the painting. Brandalyn leads the class, guiding each step, so no experience is needed. This is an evening event on…
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Wed, Oct 14 to Wed, Nov 11 · Member: $204.00 / Non-Member: $240.00
This beginner class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of painting with transparent watercolor and opaque gouache. Students practice core application techniques and work on mixing and using color, with…
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Starts Wed, Oct 14, 6:00 PM · Member: $85.00 / Non-Member: $100.00
Work at the furnace and shape your own beverage glass in this one evening glassblowing workshop. A GoggleWorks instructor guides you through the basics, so no experience is needed. The class meets in…
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Starts Wed, Oct 14, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Paint the Boo-tanical Love design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from the studio artist, Kale. The class runs Wednesday evenings from 7 PM to 9:30 PM. Optional add-ons include a glitter…
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Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop at GoggleWorks introduces the basics of turning bowls on a wood lathe. You start with raw wood and work toward a finished bowl, learning how to hold and use turning tools…
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Starts Thu, Oct 15, 6:00 PM · Member: $68.00 / Non-Member: $80.00
Spend an evening learning plique-a-jour enameling, a technique often compared to miniature stained glass. You will make translucent enamel panels held within a metal framework, so light shines…
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Thu, Oct 15 to Thu, Nov 12 · Member: $331.50 / Non-Member: $390.00
This five session class introduces glassblowing through demonstrations and hands-on work at the bench. Students practice basic techniques while the group talks about historical and contemporary glass…
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Starts Thu, Oct 15, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Spend a Thursday evening painting a 16x20 canvas with a Halloween twist, with trivia mixed into the class. Kale leads the session and walks painters through the artwork step by step, whether you come…
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Fri, Oct 16 to Sat, Oct 17 · Member: $119.00 / Non-Member: $140.00
This weekend workshop at GoggleWorks introduces sand casting, a long standing way of shaping metal. Participants pack molds using casting sand, then pour molten metal to make jewelry or small…
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Starts Fri, Oct 16, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Adventure Begins design on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. This is a Friday evening session, and you take your finished painting home with you. Painters…
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Starts Sat, Oct 17, 12:00 AM · Member: $51.00 / Non-Member: $60.00
This single-session workshop at GoggleWorks looks at illustrating with colored pencils and paint pens on toned background papers. You will try blending techniques and see how each medium behaves on a…
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Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, 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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Sat, Oct 17 to Sat, Nov 21 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00
This beginner ceramics class at GoggleWorks covers the basics of working on a potter's wheel. Students learn to throw cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms, then shape and trim their pieces. Basic…
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Starts Sat, Oct 17, 1:00 PM · Member: $80.75 / Non-Member: $95.00
This single session workshop is an introduction to borosilicate glass and the torch. Working at the flame, you melt and sculpt a glass acorn by hand and take it home. Nikki Vitchner teaches, and the…
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Starts Sat, Oct 17, 7:00 PM · $42 per person
Paint the Lovers Moon on a 16x20 canvas with step by step guidance from instructor Brandalyn. You can paint it as a set, with two canvases that pair up side by side, or paint it solo as a single…
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Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $44.20 / Non-Member: $52.00
This family clay workshop at GoggleWorks pairs each child with an adult. Together you shape a pinch pot and then turn it into a creature of your own design. Instructor Zoungy Kligge leads the…
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Starts Sun, Oct 18, 2:00 PM · Member: $39.10 / Non-Member: $46.00
Children and a grown-up work side by side to sew colorful mismatched throw pillows. Pairs share the experience of learning to use a sewing machine, and there is one machine for each parent and child.…
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Starts Sun, Oct 18, 6:00 PM · $42 per person
Santorini's Blue Doors is a guided painting workshop from Painting with a Twist. An artist walks the room through the scene step by step, so you can follow along whether or not you have painted…
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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 6:00 PM · Member: $72.25 / Non-Member: $85.00
This single evening workshop covers the basics of bowl turning. You work at a wood lathe and shape a raw piece of wood into a finished bowl. The instructor, Mike Kuterbach, goes over safe and…
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Starts Thu, Sep 17, 7:00 PM · $45 per person
Spend a Thursday evening painting a 16x20 canvas with trivia mixed in. The class is led by studio artist Kale, who walks painters through the artwork step by step, so no experience is needed. You…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $283.05 / Non-Member: $333.00
This introduction to the potter's wheel covers the basics of throwing cylinders, cups, bowls and other forms. Instructor Heidi Sensenig guides students through throwing, shaping and trimming, along…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free
Cub Corner Story Time is a recurring story hour at the Reading Public Library's Southeast Branch on Perkiomen Avenue. A staff member reads a story aloud, and the group sings songs together before…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Sep 21 · Free
Storytime at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch pairs shared reading with a simple craft. Children and their grown-ups read along with us, and then everyone makes something afterward.…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 12 · Member: $235.88 / Non-Member: $277.50
This ceramics class covers the basics of building pots and other objects by hand, without a wheel. Students work with pinching, coil building, and soft slab construction. Each session opens with…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 21, through Oct 19 · Member: $306.00 / Non-Member: $360.00
Learn to Turn is a woodturning class at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts in Reading. You work on the lathe and pick up the core techniques behind turned wood projects, such as bowls, pens and…
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In progress since Sep 16, next Tue, Sep 22, through Sep 29
Arts and Crafts is a drop-in style class at Casa de la Amistad Senior Center, the Centro Hispano program built around group activities for older adults. Participants gather to make craft projects…
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In progress since Sep 15, next Tue, Sep 22, through Oct 13 · Member: $216.75 / Non-Member: $255.00
This introductory sewing class at GoggleWorks covers the groundwork: machine maintenance, seam ripping, stabilizing fabric, telling fabric types apart, and other basic skills. By the end you should…
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In progress since Sep 16, next Wed, Sep 23, through Sep 30 · Member: $130.05 / Non-Member: $153.00
This class covers the basics of screen printing at GoggleWorks in Reading. You begin by drawing your idea, then learn how to prepare a screen and pull ink across it to print your design. It runs over…
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In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Sep 24, through Oct 15 · Member: $183.60 / Non-Member: $216.00
Young artists work with clay in the handbuilding studio at GoggleWorks and learn how handbuilt pottery comes together. The class covers basic techniques: pinching, building with coils, and soft slab…
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In progress since Sep 14, next Mon, Sep 28, through Sep 28 · Free
Junk Journal Club is a drop-in craft club at the Reading Public Library's Northwest Branch. People come together to journal, scrapbook, collage and decorate pages, all in one sitting. It is a relaxed…
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In progress since Sep 9, next Wed, Oct 7, through Oct 14 · Free
Crafty Creations is a weekly crafting program in the children's area at the Main Library in Reading. Miss Rosalin leads the projects, and there is something different to make every week. The program…
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In progress since Sep 10, next Thu, Oct 8, through Oct 22 · Free
Art Blast is a hands-on art program for children at the Reading Public Library. Kids try out different materials and make their own art projects, with room to experiment and express themselves. The…
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In progress since Sep 16, next Wed, Oct 14, through Oct 14 · Free
Musical Art Loft is a teen program from Reading Public Library that pairs musicals with hands-on crafting. Teens watch or listen to a musical while they make their own craft projects, so the time…
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In progress since Sep 4, through Nov 20 · Free
Vibe Lounge gives kids a Friday evening of creativity, conversation, music and relaxation at GoggleWorks in Reading. Young people share a safe, creative space with other kids, watched over by a…
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In progress since Sep 4, through Dec 4 · $10.00
Create With Me at GoggleWorks is a drop-in style art class for young children and a grown-up to do together. Families explore painting styles, play with clay, and make art side by side while the…
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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…
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