Potter’s Wheel Friday Workshop | Ages 8–16
RAM's Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts 2519 Northwestern Avenue, Racine, WisconsinLearn to throw clay pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for both beginners and return students.
Learn to throw clay pots on the potter’s wheel. This class is great for both beginners and return students.
Explore the endless world of textile art through designing, weaving, and sewing. Learn some basic and intermediate stitches, create a stuffed animal, and weave your very own tapestry. Projects include paper house weaving, intro to stitching, pillow pets, and more!
Create a fluffy double bomb peony using Italian crêpe paper. Learn about different approaches to coloring the petals, various materials, and suppliers so you can make your own custom-colored flowers at home.
Use impasto palette knife techniques to paint a brilliant, textured tropical plant on canvas.
Enjoy free museum admission, extended viewing hours, a free family-friendly art project, and discounts in the RAM Museum Store on First Friday, July 7.
Experiment with the idea of abstract art through exploration of materials and concepts. Discover different ways to abstract through collage, painting, air-dry clay sculpture, and found object sculptures.
Learn several bookmaking styles and binding methods, and ways of filling the space between the front and back cover. Perfect for book lovers and artists who love to construct.
Calling all little garden gnomes! Let the natural wonders of nature garden journals, DIY brushes, nature stamps, and more. Enjoy outside time each day if the weather allows.
Explore the fun of taking simple art supplies and transforming them into beautiful 3-D paper creations! Learn how artists and designers make inspiring forms from beautiful paper. Build on your creative problem-solving skills, discover fun and unique art-making traditions. Get inspired to create beautiful paper flowers, animals, people and more.
See what effects different styles of paint on different surfaces looks like as you paint your way through the week. Learn about color and composition along the way, to make aesthetically interesting art!
Move over Warhol and Rembrandt! Here come the next generation of printmakers who will make art in multiples! The beauty of printmaking is repeating your design several times, in multiple colors, on different papers using the printing press. Explore how to create your own printing blocks and different types of printmaking – reliefs, mono prints, collagraphs and more! You will be astounded with how many prints you have created by the end of the week.
An introduction to wheel throwing and the principles of form, mass and texture. Learn through demonstrations and gentle guidance.