FALL 2026 ADULT CLASS REGISTRATION:
ACC Residents: Sign Up for Fall Classes begins Saturday, August 1 at 9 AM
Non-ACC Residents: Sign Up for Fall Classes begins Monday, August 3 at NOON
One-Day Metal Enameling 101 Workshop with Leslie Litt
Saturday, October 10 10:00am – 4:00pm
Learn basic techniques for fusing glass to copper plates. Make enameled pieces utilizing techniques like cloissonne, through sifting, painting, wire work and sgraffito. Enamel and the cut shapes of copper will be supplied and participants will take home a finished piece of jewelry!
Enameling: Basics & Surface Treatments with Jordan Blackwell
Tuesdays, October 13 – November 17, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Learn the basics of enameling. Experiment and play with creating permanent pencil drawings on enameled surfaces, using metallic lusters similar to those used in ceramics, and freestyle placement of enamels to see how colors layer. Participants will create pendants, earrings or other small objects during the class.
Water Soluble Oils 101 with Lauren Adams
Tuesdays, October 13 – November 17, 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.)
Drawing & Watercolor Basics
Thursdays, October 15- November 19, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Vignettes of Nature
In this 6-week course students will learn and practice skills in gesture drawing and contour drawing using pencil as well as ink. Nature herself will be the subject matter for these vignettes. Using just a few colors at a time, students will create a wonderful and harmonious palette of colors in which to paint their vignettes of nature. All in a supportive environment. No prior experience required. Supplies are provided.
Beginner-Intermediate Ceramics with Amanda Jane Crouse
Thursdays, October 15 – November 19, 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 potter’s 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.
Print & Paint with Tannins and Ferrous (Iron) with Anne McInnis
Four Saturdays: October 24 & 31, November 7 & 21
In this introductory workshop led by Anne McInnis, students will create hand-designed textiles using tannins and a ferrous acetate solution. This direct application process—using hand-painting, block printing, stencils, and more—achieves rich grey and black graphic results on textiles. Materials provided include textile surface, craft sponges, limited brushes and blocks, and a ferrous acetate solution which we will make in class. Students are also encouraged to bring their own brushes (stencil, soft, etc.), blocks, stencils, and small screens.
One-Day Toothbrush Rag Rug & Basket Making (Amish Knot Technique)
October 24th from 12pm - 4pm
This is a one-day 4-hour workshop taking place courtesy of the Willson Center for Humanity and Arts.
This workshop is open to participants 13 years and older. No experience necessary. While there is no fee to take this workshop, participants must register online to reserve their seat.
The Toothbrush Rug—also known as the Amish Knot or Coil Rug—is a no-sew textile technique that uses fabric strips looped and knotted into strong, durable forms. Historically, makers repurposed worn toothbrush handles into tools, threading fabric through a small hole to create rugs built from the center outward. In this beginner-friendly workshop, students will learn the half-hitch knot technique and create an oval rug base. Participants will then learn how to transform that base into a basket. This versatile skill can be applied to rugs, baskets, placemats, seat pads, coasters, and more. These rugs are exceptionally durable, often lasting decades, and can typically be machine washed and dried. No experience necessary.
Torreah “Cookie” Washington is a fourth-generation needleworker and nationally recognized fiber artist based in Goose Creek, SC. Her work centers African American textile traditions, ancestral memory, and environmental responsibility through art quilts, Gullah rag rugs, basketry, and sculptural textile forms.
Cookie Washington is the Sam Doyle Artist in Residence for Culture and Community at the Penn Center, a Mellon Foundation funded partnership between the UGA Willson Center for Humanities and Arts and the Penn Center National Historic Landmark District.
One-Day Metal Ornament Enameling Workshop with Leslie Litt
Saturday, November 7, 10:00am – 4:00pm
Learn basic techniques for fusing glass to copper plates. Make enameled ornaments through sifting, painting and sgraffito. Enamel and the cut shapes of copper will be supplied, and participants will take home a finished ornament!
Refunds for ACC Leisure Services programs are granted according to the following policy:
All refund requests must be received no later than seven (7) business days prior to the first day of the program or class. After the seven-day deadline, refunds will not be granted without a written medical excuse from a licensed physician. Refunds will be assessed an administrative fee of 25% of the amount paid. This fee applies to all programs with a fee of $5.00 or more. Fees collected of less than $5.00 will not be refunded (unless Leisure Services cancels the program/class). If ACC Leisure Services Department is responsible for the cancellation of a program or class, a full refund will be issued. Refunds will be issued only to the individual who registered the participant. In unusual situations (patron is relocating, has an illness, or becomes physically unable to continue the program, etc.) where a refund is requested for services that have been paid in advance, the balance of the remaining value may be refunded after receipt of a written request. Behavior-related dismissals may not be eligible for refund.