Crafts Classes in Chicago, IL

Have fun with paper and colors as we learn about the history of collage making and make our own takes on collage landscapes, figurative work, and sculptural pieces. Sign up for one or all six classes! This class will be held via Zoom. A link for the class will be emailed to you 24 hours prior to the start of the class. Required Supplies Scissors...

Beef up your wheel throwing skills virtually! Live demos of intermediate and advanced throwing techniques and projects will help you keep up your skills while maintaining a social distance. If you have a wheel at home, the instructor will assess your throwing technique and provide feedback. Share finished pieces for virtual critiques. Clay and firing...

This program is taking place remotely. If you have signed up, you will receive an email with details of how to access the program. ________________________ Art in the kitchen sink. Learn how to re-constitute a variety of papers with water and a blender and form the paper pulp into sheets in this online course. Use acrylics to tint pulp to create...

Experiment with a variety of mediums in combination with various types of surfaces. Students can use Graphite, Gouache, Watercolor, Oil paint and Colored Pencils in this class. The surface directly influences mark making whether your style is traditional or contemporary. Many different artists used mixed media such as Degas, Romare Bearden, Jasper...

Learn how to create modern, geometric crochet hexagon motifs! They're fun and easy to stitch, and finished hexies can be used as a launching pad to create tons of crochet projects.  Led by instructor Kat Petrillo, in this workshop you'll learn: How to crochet in the round to create a hexagon shape How to double crochet How to change...

Join us and learn about the long history of zines and how to create your very own in our online WebJam hosted via Zoom. Want to become a big small-time (self-)publisher and manifest your passion in print? Are you feeling nostalgic about pre-internet times and want to create meaningful, fun, and long-lasting content that you can circulate to a select...

Boundaries between mediums and disciplines have become less distinct and more permeable as image makers increasingly turn to sculpture and installation as vehicles for self-expression, and those making three-dimensional work incorporate imagery. This class is a forum for experimentation with contemporary art methods of photography, mixed media sculpture,...

Spatial Relations: From line and mark making to mass and volume. It is standard practice for art schools to train students in fundamentals. Metal working skills though desirable, are in the large picture much less important than awareness, and without tools and a studio adequately equipped we are forced to change our focus from the how to the why and...

Join us for a Saturday morning workshop throughout the month of February.  We've teamed up with some of our favorite French General teachers to offer a fun-filled creative two-hour live Zoom workshop, complete with a kit from French General.   These workshops are great for beginners or experienced crafters.  The kits include everything...

In this series of workshops students will learn to create Mexican arts and crafts. The different projects will connect to inter-generational traditions and teach students popular Mexican art forms that can be modified with individual creative touches. Part III: We will knit a pair of slippers that make a perfect holiday gift! Materials List Knit...

Spend the day, virtually, with Jody Alexander from Wishi Washi Studio learning the fine art of mending, while making a needle book to hold your sewing notions. Learn Japanese and French mending techniques and them turn your sampler into a needle book! In the first portion of this workshop we will look at examples of Japanese and French textile mends...

With the holiday season around the corner, what would impress your friends and loved ones more that an awesome and one-of-a-kind gift specially made by you?  The New York Sewing Center is delighted to present our holiday gifts workshop. Create holiday favorites while sipping hot chocolate or wine and listening to Christmas music! During the workshop...

Snip, tear, and assemble your way through the expressive medium of collage. Create compositions using a variety of papers and techniques to gather images, shapes and colors. Recycle your magazines, newspapers, photos you have at home to create silhouettes and stencils. Resources such as best glues to use and how to integrate mediums like paint and...

Students will be assigned a classic Musical (Showboat, South Pacific, Hello Dolly, etc.) and will create a design board including their vision of what the show would look like today! Be on the forefront of revived and reimagined Broadway musicals like Oaklahoma!, Carosel, and Once On This Island that are redefining the “classic” musical. Take...

Course Name: Silk Water Marbling:Introduction to Water Marbling – marble on paper, silk & cork Discover the magical art of water marbling in this fun hands-on class.  Marbling is an umbrella term for aqueous surface design techniques--you can create a pattern by dropping paint onto a liquid surface. No previous art experience of any...