UPCOMING WORKSHOPS:
One-Day Metal Enameling 101 Workshop with Leslie Litt
Saturday, August 23 (10:00am - 4:00pm)
Learn basic techniques for fusing glass to copper plates. Make enameled earrings through sifting, painting and sgraffito. Enamel and the cut shapes of copper will be supplied and participants will take home a finished piece of jewelery!
FALL 2025 ADULT CLASSES:
Registration for ACC residents begins: August 2, 9am
Registration for non-ACC residents begins: August 4, noon
Water Soluble Oils: 101 with Lauren Adams
Tuesdays, September 9 - October 14 (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
Do you love the working time of oils but hate the toxicity and fumes of solvent thinners? Water-mixable oils might be the perfect balance for you. These are real oil paints that can be mixed with water, mediums or natural oils. If you work in a space without good ventilation or are sensitive to solvent thinners and turpentine, water mixable oils can give you a fume-free oil painting experience!
Please bring 2 pieces of heavy mixed media or other paper or surface approx. 8 x 10” to the first class. We'll start with color exercises. Basic supplies are provided. Students must supply their own canvas or panel (11 x 14" max.)
Off the Chain with Shaunia Grant
Tuesdays, September 9 - October 14 (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
In this course, students will explore different techniques for chain making. Students will develop skills in jump ring fabrication, finishing, clasps, and weaving techniques. All levels welcome, though skills in sawing and soldering are helpful. Materials will be provided.
Drawing & Watercolor Basics: Intro to Perspective with Toni Carlucci
Thursdays, September 11 - October 16 (3:00pm - 5:00pm)
Knowing a few simple tips and techniques on perspective can enable you to draw things with depth and dimension. We will practice with atmospheric perspective as well as linear perspective. No need to be intimidated about perspective. We'll make this fun and effective. Students will learn how to use cool and warm colors as well as line, value and texture to create the illusion of space in a simple drawing or painting. No previous experience necessary. Basic supplies are provided.
Beginner-Intermediate Ceramics with Amanda Jane Crouse
Thursdays, September 11 - October 16 (5:30pm - 7:30pm)
Students of varied experience levels will be working on open forms, both functional and figurative. Techniques covered in hand building will include coil building, pinching and slab construction. There will also be an introduction to the potters wheel. Surface techniques, texture treatments, and the addition of handles, spouts, and feet will be covered. The last class period will be spent glazing work.This is a great class for those looking to see what kinds of things they like to make out of clay, and for those looking to practice what they’ve learned and get help with technical problems. Students will learn all the basics of surviving and thriving in a group or private studio. Basic supplies are provided.
Steam Roller Printmaking: CANCELED
Carving Demo: September 20, Printing Event: October 11 & 12 (more info below)
The Lyndon House Arts Center is hosting a steamroller print event this Fall. Carving demonstration and work session will take place Saturday, September 20 from 10am – 4pm, with additional self-directed carving time leading up to the printing weekend. Printing with the steamroller will take place on Saturday, October 11 from 10am – 4pm and Sunday, October 12 from Noon – 5pm. All activities are open to the public!
Visitors will watch the front entrance of the Arts Center turn into a big outdoor printing operation and we will have the biggest press in town! We will be pulling prints out from under a 5-ton construction machine. In preparation, registered artists will be busy in the studios, carving 4-foot wooden blocks to create their own relief image to print. Carving time and studio space will be available in the weeks leading up to the Steamroller's arrival. Visitors are welcome to visit the studios to view the process of creating a large-scale relief block.
On Saturday, October 11 (in conjunction with our Saturday Family Day Program between noon and 2pm), we will ink up the relief blocks and drive the steamroller over them to print large-scale images on paper and fabric. Family Saturday Program attendees can participate in carving, rolling ink, and pulling prints, and can witness artists make big prints for the rest of the day. On Sunday, October 12, artists will continue making prints from the large blocks they've carved. We will hang up the large-scale prints to dry outside on a clothesline. All will enjoy the magic of printmaking with a steamroller!
Note: All adult classes can be taken more than once and are designed for a variety of skill levels.