Drawing Workshop -whether you are new to drawing or a lifelong illustrator and sketcher, Alison will move your skills forward. For those who wish, she will share the foundations of drawing while looking for where to start. This class focuses on various techniques and materials to explore the basics of drawing. While delving into different drawing styles, tools, and paper types, each student will acquire a sturdy foundational experience to keep growing.

Alison Lindley teaches this class on the third Friday of the month.

Spend a Thursday evening with Alison and other adults in our new Sketchbook Mixed Media Workshop. Mixed Media Sketchbook focuses on variety and accessibility as a tool to explore creative ideas. Each student will work exclusively within sketchbooks to explore materials casually and flexibly. Following a series of prompts and projects, this course is designed to help each person eliminate creative obstacles. Touching on mediums like gouache, collage, printmaking, charcoal, and more, this class aims to test what we use and how we make.

Spend a Thursday evening with Alison and other adults in our new Sketchbook Mixed Media Workshop. Mixed Media Sketchbook focuses on variety and accessibility as a tool to explore creative ideas. Each student will work exclusively within sketchbooks to explore materials casually and flexibly. Following a series of prompts and projects, this course is designed to help each person eliminate creative obstacles. Touching on mediums like gouache, collage, printmaking, charcoal, and more, this class aims to test what we use and how we make.

Collage workshop- Send a Friday evening creating with other creative adults. Exploring collage as an accessible and fluid form of artistic expression. All attendees are encouraged to use their own and studio-provided sources to create hand-cut personal creations.

Alison Lindley teaches this adult workshop on the third Friday of the month.

Collage workshop- Send a Friday evening creating with other creative adults. Exploring collage as an accessible and fluid form of artistic expression. All attendees are encouraged to use their own and studio-provided sources to create hand-cut personal creations.

Alison Lindley teaches this adult workshop on the third Friday of the month.

Drawing Workshop -whether you are new to drawing or a lifelong illustrator and sketcher, Alison will move your skills forward. For those who wish, she will share the foundations of drawing while looking for where to start. This class focuses on various techniques and materials to explore the basics of drawing. While delving into different drawing styles, tools, and paper types, each student will acquire a sturdy foundational experience to keep growing.

Alison Lindley teaches this class on the third Friday of the month.

Spend a Thursday evening with Alison and other adults in our new Sketchbook Mixed Media Workshop. Mixed Media Sketchbook focuses on variety and accessibility as a tool to explore creative ideas. Each student will work exclusively within sketchbooks to explore materials casually and flexibly. Following a series of prompts and projects, this course is designed to help each person eliminate creative obstacles. Touching on mediums like gouache, collage, printmaking, charcoal, and more, this class aims to test what we use and how we make.

Drawing Workshop -whether you are new to drawing or a lifelong illustrator and sketcher, Alison will move your skills forward. For those who wish, she will share the foundations of drawing while looking for where to start. This class focuses on various techniques and materials to explore the basics of drawing. While delving into different drawing styles, tools, and paper types, each student will acquire a sturdy foundational experience to keep growing.

Alison Lindley teaches this class on the third Friday of the month.

Silk Scarf Dyeing with colorful dyes and shibori, a resist dyeing technique from Japan. Begin to explore the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with. This wearable art makes a beautiful present for someone special. Use colorful dyes and shibori to create a one of a kind scarf. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves. Additional scarves can be purchased for $5.00 each.

Using washi paper, dye and shibori folding we will create beautiful and unique gift wrapping papers. Learn shibori folding techniques to get stunning and colorful results. We will use rubber stamps to create gift tags. Take home what you make just in time for holiday gift wrapping.

This is a Bala BYOB event, bring a bottle of wine and friends to enjoy this evening

Join us in this textile class and explore with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants with a distinct blue color. Begin to create with the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make two wearable scarves using these techniques after practicing with fabric scraps.  Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Please wear something that you won’t mind getting splattered with blue dye.

Join us in this textile class and explore with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants with a distinct blue color. Begin to create with the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make two wearable scarves using these techniques after practicing with fabric scraps.  Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Please wear something that you won’t mind getting splattered with blue dye.

Join us in this textile class and explore with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants with a distinct blue color. Begin to create with the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make two wearable scarves using these techniques after practicing with fabric scraps.  Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Please wear something that you won’t mind getting splattered with blue dye.

Join us in this textile class and explore with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants with a distinct blue color. Begin to create with the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make two wearable scarves using these techniques after practicing with fabric scraps.  Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Please wear something that you won’t mind getting splattered with blue dye.

Play and explore the endless possibles of gelatin plates aka Gelli plates.  By using objects and creating textures we will create numerous mono-prints prints.  We will print on paper with acrylic paint.  

Class is $40.

Join us in this textile class and explore with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants with a distinct blue color. Begin to create with the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make two wearable scarves using these techniques after practicing with fabric scraps.  Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Please wear something that you won’t mind getting splattered with blue dye.

Play and explore the endless possibles of gelatin plates aka Gelli plates.  By using objects and creating textures we will create numerous mono-prints prints.  We will print on paper with acrylic paint.  

Class is $40.

Play and explore the endless possibles of gelatin plates aka Gelli plates.  By using objects and creating textures we will create numerous mono-prints prints.  We will print on paper with acrylic paint.  

Class is $40.

Silk Scarf Dyeing with colorful dyes and shibori, a resist dyeing technique from Japan. Begin to explore the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with. This wearable art makes a beautiful present for someone special. Use colorful dyes and shibori to create a one of a kind scarf. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves. Additional scarves can be purchased for $5.00 each.

Play and explore the endless possibles of gelatin plates aka Gelli plates.  By using objects and creating textures we will create numerous mono-prints prints.  We will print on paper with acrylic paint.  

Class is $40.

Join us in this textile class and have fun with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants. Indigo dye has a distinctive blue color. Begin to explore the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make wearable scarves using these techniques. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Join us in this textile class and have fun with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants. Indigo dye has a distinctive blue color. Begin to explore the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make wearable scarves using these techniques. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Play and explore the endless possibles of gelatin plates aka Gelli plates.  By using objects and creating textures we will create numerous mono-prints prints.  We will print on paper with acrylic paint.  

Class is $40.

Join us in this textile class and have fun with shibori and indigo. Shibori is a resist dyeing technique from Japan, and indigo, a natural dye extracted from plants. Indigo dye has a distinctive blue color. Begin to explore the infinite techniques to clamp, tie, bind, fold, stitch and compress fabric to create a resist then dye with indigo. Make wearable scarves using these techniques. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves and all of the practice scraps needed to grasp the folding techniques. Additional scarves may be purchased for $5.00 each.

Silk Scarf painting with colorful silk dyes to create a one of a kind scarf. This wearable art makes a beautiful present for someone special. Class is $40 and includes 2 silk scarves. Additional scarves can be purchased for $5.00 each.