Custom Classes: Creativity Breaks Just for You, Scheduled on Your Time
Get five people together and you can have your own workshop!
Any of the art workshops I teach is available as a Customized Creativity Experience for adults. What better way to celebrate a birthday, a holiday, a wedding, a promotion, a new baby, a divorce, a Friday . . .
At Your Location
If the event is at your home or office, you
provide the food, the attendees, the chairs and work surfaces, and I'll
bring all the supplies, the instructional hand-outs and my own helpful self. I need a
minimum of five people - you and four friends - to make it worthwhile. Charges start at $45 per
person, and go up from there, depending on the type of workshop. Only have four people? That's ok - I'll just still need to charge you for five.
If you have eight or fewer people in your group, I may be able to arrange for rental space at Collage (an art store with workspaces and locations on NE Alberta and SE Woodstock) or at Scarlet Star Studios, a private studio located on the edge of SE Portland and Happy Valley. Additional rental costs will apply. If you have more than eight participants, you will need to arrange for an appropriate session space.
The sessions usually last three hours, and I'll need at least half an hour before the session for set-up and half an hour after for packing up. With advance notice, I can schedule sessions on weekdays, weekday evenings, and weekend days. It is also possible to schedule full-day, six-hour sessions, 10 am - 5 pm, with a one-hour lunch break. Some workshops (noted below) are only available as five or six hour sessions. Please note that the earliest start time available for a session is 9:30 am, and the latest end time for a session is 9:30 pm.
My transportation is included within the Portland Metro area. However, for a location more than 15 miles or 30 minutes travel from Portland's city center, a travel surcharge may apply. A 50% deposit is required to secure the session, and will not be refunded if the event is canceled with less than 48 hours notice.
And yes, my classes are designed for adults. I'm focused on giving grown-ups the fun art experience they didn't get in school! However, some classes may be appropriate for Mother-Daughter type events with kids in their tweens or older. Contact me if you have questions.
At My Home Studio, Hearth
Groups of six or fewer can meet at my home studio, Hearth. The studio is located on SE
119th between Powell and Division, with
easy access by car from I-205 or I-84, by bike from a nearby Max
Station or the Springwater Corridor Trail, or by bus from either the
Powell or Division lines. As this is my private home, the exact
address will be given only at registration.
Generally, I require a minimum of five people - you and four friends - to run a custom workshop. However, when workshops are held at my home studio, a slightly reduced rate for a smaller group can be negotiated. Otherwise, all the same guidelines apply as for a class at another location.
Sample Art Workshops:
For more ideas, scan the workshops listed in the menu on the left. All prices are per person and include all materials.Mod Podge Madness (Decoupage switch plates, frames, candles, or anything that holds still, 3 hours, $45 per person) Mod Podge is a wonderful decoupage glue that can be used to adhere decorative papers and images to almost anything! This is a class that lets you personal objects, and take your collage to a whole new level!
Basic Beading (3 hours, $45 per person) See a full description here.
Recycled Rubber Cuffs and other Bicycle Inner Tube Jewelry (3 hours, $45 per person) See a full description here.
Washer Wear Necklaces (3 hours, $45 per person) See a full description here.
Cigar Box Shrines (recommended as a 6-hour intensive, $75 per person) See a full description here.
Easy Glass Etching (3 hour class, $45 per person) Learn to do simple etching on glass using etching cream and stencils - this totally transforms and personalizes basic glassware from the Goodwill, the Dollar Store, or Target! Around the holidays, you can also center this class around making ornaments! This makes a great party class, especially for housewarmings and bridal showers.
Mandalas (usually part of Artmaking as Playful Prayer, 3 hour class, $45 per person)
Touch Drawing (usually part of Artmaking as Playful Prayer, 3 hour class, $45 per person)
Intuitive Collage (3 hour class, $45 per person) This is a wonderful, intuitive, exploratory introduction to artmaking for the creatively blocked or the artistically shy. See examples of my own intuitive collage here.
Printing with Junk (3 hour class, $45 per person) See a complete description here.
Strong Silent Type: Creating Your Own Wordwear (5 hour minimum class time recommended, $75 per person) Originally developed with Gretchin Lair of Scarlet Star Studios, this class is a wonderful exploration of the words that are meaningful to you and different ways of incorporating them into jewelry. We'll learn how to stamp our text onto simple metal tags, and incorporate them into unique and deeply personal jewelry.
Stuffed Misfits (3 hour class, $45 per person) Make your own sweet softie, your own little misfit friend, from cast-off socks and gloves!
Guardian Night Light (5 hour minimum class time recommended, $65 per person) see a complete description here.
Other classes can also be arranged and custom classes can be designed - contact me at getinspired@eyesaflame.com for more information.