August 4 - 8, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will have a chance to learn about creating the illusion of depth with their art in Optical Art. Learn the skills of forced perspective, optical illusions, and other techniques … Continue reading Optical Art with Jodi Doster
August 11 - 15, 2025 10am - 12pm Ages 8 - 14 Location: Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games … Continue reading Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson
August 11 - 15, 2025 10:00 - 12:00 pm Grades 3rd- 6th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Mixed media will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to put together pieces of art … Continue reading Kid’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster
August 11 - 15, 2025 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Mixed media will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to put together pieces of … Continue reading Teen’s Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster
Saturday mornings, 10:30 am - 1 pm September 6, 12, 20 Ages 16+ $130, $115 Members (includes materials fee) This painted paper printmaking course introduces a range of techniques and materials, including gelli plate printing, linoleum cuts, and various other printmaking processes. Participants will work with gelli plates to produce multi-layered, colorful, and textured monoprints. … Continue reading Painted Papers and Printmaking with Jodi Doster
Friday Evening, 5:30 - 8:30 pm January 16th Ages 16+ $50 This painted paper printmaking night introduces a range of techniques and materials, including gelli plate printing, and various textures and mediums in the printmaking processes. Participants will work with gelli plates to produce multi-layered, colorful, and textured monoprints. All materials and instructions will be … Continue reading Painted Papers and Printmaking with Jodi Doster
Tuesday evenings, 6:00 - 8:00 pm April 7, 14, 21 $125, $110 Members (materials included) In this mixed media class, we will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to create works that will include collage, drawing, painting as … Continue reading Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster
Saturday, May 9th 11am - 1pm $50, $45 members Join Janet Baskerville for a relaxed morning creating this sparkly sun catcher pendant that can be worn around the neck, displayed in a bright window or given as a gift. You will learn some basic wire wrapping techniques with minimal use of tools and you … Continue reading Copper Spiral Suncatcher Workshop with Janet Baskerville
Friday evening, May 22 6:00 - 8:30 pm $75, $65 Members (includes materials and firing fees) This hand-building ceramics class introduces students to three core techniques: pinch pots, coiling, and slab construction. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will be oxidation fired in an electric kiln. For this evening … Continue reading Friday Clay Night with Jodi Doster
Saturday, June 13th 11:00 am - 1:00 pm $50, $45 Members (includes materials) This is the class you have been waiting for! Come out, enjoy a warm relaxed atmosphere and learn how to make your own wire wrapped 'Tree of Life' pendant with gemstones. No special skills required but a basic knowledge of wire … Continue reading Create a Tree of Life Pendant with Janet Baskerville
July 6 - 10th 10am - 12pm Grades 1 - 6 This is a process oriented, guided draw & paint class. See what happens when you layer watercolors over crayons, when you use sea salt, or saran wrap on wet paint. Discover how tempera paint is different than watercolor, & Color Splash liquid watercolors work. … Continue reading Experimental Drawing and Painting with Margaret Grasso
July 6 - 10th 1 - 3 pm Grades 6 - 12 Mixed Media Art Journaling is a personal adventure.... a way to express your feelings, memories, and ideas. Working "intuitively" (without any preconceived plan), we'll start with a prompt to get us thinking... then we'll draw, doodle, color, collage, or paint, add a word … Continue reading Creative Art Journals with Margaret Grasso
Friday evening, July 10 6:00 - 8:30 pm $75, $65 Members (includes materials and firing fees) This handbuilding ceramics pottery night will concentrate on pinch pot vases. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will be oxidation fired in an electric kiln. For this evening clay event students will create pinch pot … Continue reading Friday Clay Night: Pinch Pots with Jodi Doster
Saturday, July 11 11:00am - 1:00pm $50, $45 Members (includes materials) Come join Janet Baskerville and make a fun stackable memory wire bracelet for yourself or to give as a gift. This is a fun relaxed beginner class in which you will have access to colorful glass seed beads and charms to create these … Continue reading Memory Wire Bracelet Workshop with Janet Baskerville
Monday - Friday, July 13 - 17, 2026 10:00 - 12:00 pm Grades 2nd- 6th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student Mixed media will use a variety of techniques and mediums to create unique pieces of art. Students will learn the elements and principles of design to put together … Continue reading Mixed Media and Collage with Jodi Doster
July 13 - 17, 2026 10am - 12pm Ages 8 - 14 Location: Benedict Farm Park Pavilion Cost: $135 per student Run around before the day gets hot with Nerf Camp! Darts and Blasters will be provided, but you’re free to bring your own if they take standard darts. Compete in an array of games … Continue reading Nerf Camp with Matt Donaldson
Monday - Friday, July 13 - 17, 2026 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 7th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student Students will have a chance to learn about creating the illusion of depth with their art in Optical Art. Learn the skills of forced perspective, optical illusions, … Continue reading Optical Art with Jodi Doster
Saturday 11:00 am - 3:00 pm Saturday July 18th Ages 16+ $75 | $65 for members This painted paper printmaking night introduces a range of techniques and materials, including gelli plate printing, and various textures and mediums in the printmaking processes. Participants will work with gelli plates to produce multi-layered, colorful, and textured monoprints. All … Continue reading Painted Papers and Printmaking with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24, 2026 10:00am - 12:00pm Grades 2nd - 6th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student In printmaking, students will make copies of an image that they have created from various sources of their choosing. They will then transfer the image and use carving … Continue reading Printmaking for Kids with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24th 10 am - 12 noon Grades 5 - 10 This class is all about loose, flowing paints, starting with no preconceived ideas or drawing. We will be using watercolor paints, colored water-based inks, Hi-flow & Fluid Acrylics, a variety of brushes, scrapers, pipets, and pens. We'll be working … Continue reading Fluid Painting with Margaret Grasso
Monday - Friday, July 20 - 24 1 pm - 3 pm Grades 8th - 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Gallery Cost: $135 per student Students will create their own art journal! They will add their pages and wire the journal together. We'll explore different materials and what an art journal … Continue reading Art Journals with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31 10 am - 12 noon Grades 2 - 6 $135 per student Join us for Fun with Fiber where students will discover stitching, felting and weaving while creating their own unique fiber works during the week's art projects. Session 1: Scrappy Plush Monster Hand Sewing Project Learn … Continue reading Fun with Fiber: Stitching, Felting and Weaving with Jenny Torino
Monday - Friday, July 27 - 31 1 - 3 pm Grades 7-12 $135 per student Wild Layers is a 5-day immersive studio workshop for teens (grades 7–12) exploring watercolor, botanical printing, and mixed media collage using natural materials. Students will experiment with plant matter, organic textures, and layered composition while developing foundational watercolor … Continue reading Wild Layers: Mixed Media Botanicals with Eileen MacAvery
Monday - Friday, Aug 3 - 7 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Grades 3rd - 7th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student This handbuilding ceramics class introduces students to three core techniques: pinch pots, coiling, and slab construction. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will … Continue reading Kids Pottery and Ceramics: Handbuilding with Jodi Doster
Monday - Friday, Aug 3 - 7 1:00 - 3:00 pm Grades 8th- 12th Location: Wallkill River Center for the Arts Cost: $135 per student This handbuilding ceramics class introduces students to three core techniques: pinch pots, coiling, and slab construction. Participants will work with a mid-range white cone 5/6 clay, which will be oxidation … Continue reading Teens Pottery and Ceramics: Handbuilding with Jodi Doster
