offers a painting class that dives into what makes a particular painting or artist’s work so great — then assigns exercises and a painting project to practice/mimic the concepts and techniques.
Meets Monthly on the 1st Monday of each month. Reserve your seat, or get on the waitlist

Riccardo offered an engaging multi-day exclusive sculpture workshop as part of our Portrait series of workshops. Recording of the learning experience will be available for purchase in early 2024.

You’ll find approachable, encouraging beginner’s clay classes with Joy, in 8-week long courses or an evening with cocktails.
Joy is also the Conductor of our Pottery Studio Share program and community kiln firings.

Bead-work Expert intent on sharing his culture’s time-honored craft in beadwork. You’ll find his patience, humor, and guidance will help you create heirloom quality jewelry suitable for gifting.
Course Offered Spring & Fall 2023

Passionate and energetic, you’ll find Nadia Jones, our Outreach Coordinator, is able to coax a bit of creativity out of even a rock.
She is currently also holds the title of pottery apprentice and hosts of our free maker’s sessions held every Wednesday from 11-1p.

As part of a series of offerings focused on the portrait, and in our first-ever workshop, Kelly led ten participants in a two-day creative plunge to make a 3/4 sized wall bust.

Deb is a facilitator, writer, artist and yoga instructor based in Helena, MT. Through her project Juicy Purusha, Deb curates gatherings that encourage us to draw from our own sources of wisdom and delight to live more closely into our life’s path. You can find a recent piece of her inspired writing here.

Deb Haliday’s winter course with other creatives will re-kindle your fire for the creative being inside yourself. In this group session you’ll experience a complementary journey to the one you take on with Julia Cameron’s best selling book: ‘The Artist’s Way’. —- Offered Winter of 2023

Local story telling specialist Kevin Casey leads small groups of aspiring fable crafting folks through the art of tall tale invention and performance / delivery.
Look for his pop-up storytelling sessions held around town this year.

Sarah Paige Ryan is a science writer and kidlit author. She writes novels and creative nonfiction that weave together wonder, humor, fantasy, the natural world, found families, and belonging. She works in nonprofit communications and shares her portfolio here.

Explore the relationship between inspiration, fascination, obsession, and creation in her 2024 course ‘FIRE’

has been creating encaustic art for the last 7 years. Before discovering the magic of painting with hot wax, she painted in oils and acrylics. Her encaustic work has been at the former 1+1 Gallery, the Myrna Loy’s Jailhouse Gallery, and is currently displayed at On Broadway restaurant in Helena, MT.

Look for more Encaustic Wax painting workshops from Kris in late summer / early fall of 2024.