Classes and workshops
Wool Felt Making Workshop
Instructor: Joann Murdock
Saturday, March 21, 10:00am
Registration: $60.00
Create a pocket purse to carry your phone, credit cards, or other small items. All it takes is a bit of colorful wool, soap and water. Embellish your purse with texture and sparkle from handmade yarns or give it a luxe sheen with a bit of silk or rayon to adhere to the wool.
Instructor Joann Murdock is a multimedia fiber artist who loves to stretch the boundaries of felt making. She uses silk, sequins, upcycled materials, even paper in her felt creations.
Joann also has some of her other work on display here currently.
Instructor: Joann Murdock
Saturday, March 21, 10:00am
Registration: $60.00
Create a pocket purse to carry your phone, credit cards, or other small items. All it takes is a bit of colorful wool, soap and water. Embellish your purse with texture and sparkle from handmade yarns or give it a luxe sheen with a bit of silk or rayon to adhere to the wool.
- Each item is one-of-a-kind, very strong and sturdy, yet light weight.
- For beginning and intermediate felt makers.
- All supplies included.
- Registration deadline is March 14
Instructor Joann Murdock is a multimedia fiber artist who loves to stretch the boundaries of felt making. She uses silk, sequins, upcycled materials, even paper in her felt creations.
Joann also has some of her other work on display here currently.
Glass Butterfly Workshop
Instructors: Clarence & Valerie Butcher
Saturday, March 28, 10:00am – 12:00pm
$65.00 registration (Must be 15 or older)
Instructors: Clarence & Valerie Butcher
Saturday, March 28, 10:00am – 12:00pm
$65.00 registration (Must be 15 or older)
- Create a butterfly fused glass garden yard art patterned after a lunar moth.
- Choose your own colors
- All supplies included with safety glasses provided
- Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes
- Must be 15 to register and attend
- Registration deadline is March 21
Glass Bird Making Workshop
Instructor: Val Butcher
Saturday, June 6, 10:00am
Registration: $40.00 (deadline May 30)
- Create a glass bird for window display, yard art or other location
- Choose your own colors.
- The bird is approx. 3 1/2" x 4".
- Includes a rod for yard display or a hole can be drilled for hanging.
- All supplies included.
- Please wear long pants and closed toe shoes.
- Must be 18 or older.
Rock River Valley Painters Guild - RRVPG Workshop
Instructor: Farley Lewis hosted by CMAAA
Thursday July 16, and Friday July 17, 10:00am
Instructor: Farley Lewis hosted by CMAAA
Thursday July 16, and Friday July 17, 10:00am
Playwriting Workshop
Instructor: Donna Kelly
Saturday July 25, 10:00am
Registration: $
Instructor: Donna Kelly
Saturday July 25, 10:00am
Registration: $
Glass Decorative Plate Workshop
Instructor: Val Butcher
Saturday, August 1, 10:00am
Registration: $
Instructor: Val Butcher
Saturday, August 1, 10:00am
Registration: $
Art Classes
Weekly Art Class
Want to get back to creating art? Always wanted to learn how to paint or draw? Do you have paintings or drawings that never quite got finished because you just weren’t sure how? If yes to any of these, read on!
Carolyn McKee-Freese offers a class that lets you work and learn at your own pace, in your own chosen medium, and your own chosen themes and subjects. You will receive professional guidance and personalized, individual instruction and tutoring, as you learn to create, evaluate, and improve your art no matter what your style. Media can include watercolor, acrylic, graphite pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, or pastel. Bring your own supplies and let’s create better art! No supplies, no problem. We’ll help you create a minimal shopping list to get you started.
Flexible Schedule!
Need to take a day or maybe a week off for vacation, birthday or rainy day?
No problem! Register for four classes and use the as you wish.
- Wednesdays, 10:00am - 12:30pm
- Instructor: Carolyn McKee-Freese
- Four-Week Tuition (18 or older)
- Members: $65 or Non-Members: $85
Want to get back to creating art? Always wanted to learn how to paint or draw? Do you have paintings or drawings that never quite got finished because you just weren’t sure how? If yes to any of these, read on!
Carolyn McKee-Freese offers a class that lets you work and learn at your own pace, in your own chosen medium, and your own chosen themes and subjects. You will receive professional guidance and personalized, individual instruction and tutoring, as you learn to create, evaluate, and improve your art no matter what your style. Media can include watercolor, acrylic, graphite pencil, charcoal, colored pencil, or pastel. Bring your own supplies and let’s create better art! No supplies, no problem. We’ll help you create a minimal shopping list to get you started.
Flexible Schedule!
Need to take a day or maybe a week off for vacation, birthday or rainy day?
No problem! Register for four classes and use the as you wish.
Art Instructor: Carolyn McKee-Freese
Carolyn McKee-Freese received her Bachelor of Education from NIU, retiring after 25 years in the public school system as a visual arts instructor for middle school and high school. She has also served as a district visual arts curriculum developer and worked as a private contractor for the Chicago Field Museum’s Education Department and Paleontology Department. Now a private and group art instructor in a variety of media, Carolyn has been published in many magazines and exhibited at numerous venues including Norris Gallery and the New York State Museum.
You may register online below. Registration forms are available at the Coliseum. You may also call 815-595-5810 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
Carolyn McKee-Freese received her Bachelor of Education from NIU, retiring after 25 years in the public school system as a visual arts instructor for middle school and high school. She has also served as a district visual arts curriculum developer and worked as a private contractor for the Chicago Field Museum’s Education Department and Paleontology Department. Now a private and group art instructor in a variety of media, Carolyn has been published in many magazines and exhibited at numerous venues including Norris Gallery and the New York State Museum.
You may register online below. Registration forms are available at the Coliseum. You may also call 815-595-5810 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
