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Adult & Teen Workshops & Classes

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The CMA offers courses available in a wide range of media, scheduled for weekdays and weekends throughout the day and evening, there's a class to fit every schedule, budget, and interest! Courses are available for adults plus children and teens, (including a Summer Art Camp).

Ceramics Independent Study (Winter) (Prerequisite: 3 CMA Ceramics classes or more)

Advanced

Begins 12/29/2024, Ends 03/02/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 12/27/2024

10 Sundays, 01:00 PM-02:00 PM

Room 104

Instructor: Sarah DeBaun

Advanced ceramics students are now eligible for independent study at CMA! This option is available for a limited number of students who have taken at least three ceramics classes at CMA. Your registration fee provides access to the studio during all open studio hours, a locker for storage, access to studio tools and equipment, and a professional teaching artist mentor available to get you set up and answer any questions via email. Studio hours run from 9/29/24 - 12/15/24 (Minus adjusted hours due to museum closures) which coincides with our ceramics class schedule. Students with ceramics experience outside of CMA are not eligible for registration, as students need a strong working knowledge of CMA studio safety and procedures.

Additional costs, not included with cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from the CMA; the cost is $45.00 for 25 pounds of clay and includes cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
* PLEASE NOTE: The date and time "Sundays 1:00-2:00pm" is not the actual meeting time of independent study. Independent study is for access to ALL open ceramics studio hours.

Cost: $110.00 per person (Cost for Members: $88.00)

Classic Ceramics 1:30pm Sundays (Winter)

All Skill Levels

Begins 12/29/2024, Ends 03/02/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 12/27/2024

10 Sundays, 01:30 PM-03:30 PM

Room 104

Instructor: CJ Ritenour

Offering this 10 week class in our ceramics studios! Beginning students will be taught the basics of hand-building and wheel-work while intermediate students will refine their skills. Individual projects will include functional pottery and decorative work. Discover the ceramic process from start to finish, learn glazing techniques, watch demonstrations and, receive one-on-one attention with instructor help and feedback. Taken the class before? Laura works with each individual student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!

Additional costs, not included with class cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from the CMA; the cost is $45.00 for 25 pounds of clay and includes cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
*Students may also purchase a clay tool kit ($15.00) from the CMA.
*Both clay and tool kits can be purchased during the first day of class and throughout the session as needed.

Cost: $227.00 per person (Cost for Members: $182.00)

Classic Ceramics 6:30pm Thursdays (Winter)

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/02/2025, Ends 03/06/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 12/31/2024

10 Thursdays, 06:30 PM-08:30 PM

Room 104

Instructor: Sarah DeBaun

Offering this 10 week class in our ceramics studios! Beginning students will be taught the basics of hand-building and wheel-work while intermediate students will refine their skills. Individual projects will include functional pottery and decorative work. Discover the ceramic process from start to finish, learn glazing techniques, watch demonstrations, and receive one-on-one attention with instructor help and feedback. Taken the class before? Sarah works with each individual student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!

Additional costs, not included with class cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from the CMA; the cost is $45.00 for 25 pounds of clay and includes cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
*Students may also purchase a clay tool kit ($15.00) from the CMA.
*Both clay and tool kits can be purchased during the first day of class and throughout the session as needed.

Cost: $227.00 per person (Cost for Members: $182.00)

Classic Glass Fusing

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/07/2025, Ends 02/11/2025, no class 45602 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/05/2025

6 Tuesdays, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Amy Pepperney

Learn the fundamentals of an ancient art form: glass fusing. Cut, design and fuse glass in a kiln using an original design or ideas supplied by the instructor. Glass plates, bowls and jewelry are discussed in this series. All skill levels are welcome. Ages 18+.

Cost: $255.00 per person (Cost for Members: $204.00)

Sterling Silver Stone Setting Pendant

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/08/2025, Ends 02/19/2025, no class 2/5/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/06/2025

6 Wednesdays, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Alex Draven

Create and wear a silver pendant with a cabochon stone setting. This series teaches design basics, metalsmithing techniques (soldering, cutting, bezel setting), jewelers techniques (hot/cold connections, sawing, forming, stone setting). If you have taken this class before, make a companion piece to match. All skill levels are welcome. Ages 18+.

Cost: $165.00 per person (Cost for Members: $132.00)

Classic Ceramics 10:00am Thursdays (Winter)

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/09/2025, Ends 03/13/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/07/2025

10 Thursdays, 10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Room 104

Instructor: Laura Kolinski-Schultz

Offering this 10 week class in our ceramics studios! Beginning students will be taught the basics of hand-building and wheel-work while intermediate students will refine their skills. Individual projects will include functional pottery and decorative work. Discover the ceramic process from start to finish, learn glazing techniques, watch demonstrations and, receive one-on-one attention with instructor help and feedback. Taken the class before? Laura works with each individual student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!

Additional costs, not included with class cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from the CMA; the cost is $45.00 for 25 pounds of clay and includes cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
*Students may also purchase a clay tool kit ($15.00) from the CMA.
*Both clay and tool kits can be purchased during the first day of class and throughout the session as needed.

Cost: $227.00 per person (Cost for Members: $182.00)

Classic Oil Painting I: Moody Winter Landscapes

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/09/2025, Ends 02/13/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/07/2025

6 Thursdays, 12:30 PM-02:30 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Lin Luciano Fiore

Embrace the dramatic cloud-filled skies that winter brings in this classical realism course led by Lin Luciano Fiore. Learn techniques for dramatic sky painting, including loose application and softly drifting, back-lit clouds with impressionistic simplicity. Gain a deep understanding of the tenants of oil painting by following the process of blocking in and establishing a light source from start to finish. Each participant must use Lin Luciano Fiore's personally chosen materials for this class which include water-soluble oils, a medium that offers all the benefits of regular oil paint without the unpleasant odor of turpentine.

Cost: $243.00 per person (Cost for Members: $208.00)

Classical Oil Painting II: Moody Winter Landscapes (Prerequisite: Classic Oil Painting I)

Intermediate

Begins 01/09/2025, Ends 02/13/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/07/2025

6 Thursdays, 12:30 PM-02:30 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Lin Luciano Fiore

Intermediate Level Classic Oil Painting is designed for students who have completed one or more classes with instructor Lin Luciano Fiore. Students receive 4 new paint colors and canvas. Learn advanced techniques to take your Impressionistic painting skills to a new level of Realism. Please bring materials from Classic Oil Painting I to the first day of class. Embrace the dramatic cloud-filled skies that winter brings in this classical realism course led by Lin Luciano Fiore. Learn techniques for dramatic sky painting, including loose application and softly drifting, back-lit clouds with impressionistic simplicity. Gain a deep understanding of the tenants of oil painting by following the process of blocking in and establishing a light source from start to finish. Each participant must use Lin Luciano Fiore's personally chosen materials for this class which include water-soluble oils, a medium that offers all the benefits of regular oil paint without the unpleasant odor of turpentine.

Cost: $206.00 per person (Cost for Members: $171.00)

Classic Ceramics 1:00pm Thursdays (Winter)

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/09/2025, Ends 03/13/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/07/2025

10 Thursdays, 01:00 PM-03:00 PM

Room 104

Instructor: Laura Kolinski-Schultz

Offering this 10 week class in our ceramics studios! Beginning students will be taught the basics of hand-building and wheel-work while intermediate students will refine their skills. Individual projects will include functional pottery and decorative work. Discover the ceramic process from start to finish, learn glazing techniques, watch demonstrations and, receive one-on-one attention with instructor help and feedback. Taken the class before? Laura works with each individual student to see them grow, sign up for multiple classes!

Additional costs, not included with class cost:
*All CMA ceramics students are required to purchase their clay from the CMA; the cost is $45.00 for 25 pounds of clay and includes cost of glazes and firing.
*Students are capped at 50 lbs. of clay per session. As an educational ceramics studio maintained by our Canton Ceramics Artists Guild volunteers who fire students' work, we are unable to accommodate production potters.
*Students may also purchase a clay tool kit ($15.00) from the CMA.
*Both clay and tool kits can be purchased during the first day of class and throughout the session as needed.

Cost: $227.00 per person (Cost for Members: $182.00)

Nerikomi & Neriage Clay Surface Techniques (Prerequisite: 3 prior wheel-throwing classes)

Advanced

Begins 01/11/2025, Ends 02/15/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/09/2025

6 Saturdays, 10:30 AM-01:00 PM

Room 104

Instructor: Sarah DeBaun

Explore the Japanese pottery design techniques of mixing (neri), pressing into (komi), and pulling up (age) in a combined process of laminating colored clay by hand and on the wheel to create unique marbleized patterns and layered surface design. Prerequisite: Advanced students who have completed (3) wheel throwing classes. Ages 18+. Registration includes clay and tools.

Cost: $160.00 per person (Cost for Members: $145.00)

Expressive Acrylic Painting

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 01/11/2025, Ends 02/15/2025, no class 11/3/2024,11/10/2024 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/07/2025

6 Saturdays, 11:00 AM-01:00 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Maria McDonald

Find your inner calm through the tip of the brush as you learn how to shape, blend, mix and create value with one of the most forgiving mediums on canvas. The quick-drying, water soluble nature of acrylic paint makes it easy to re-work mistakes and create a personal style. This painting series explores color theory, mood creation, and expressionism while painting to different genres of music. Some prior drawing experience is required. Ages 18+. Registration includes acrylic paint sets, gesso, raw canvas, and stretcher bars.

Cost: $119.00 per person (Cost for Members: $95.00)

Focused Looking: Still Life Drawing

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/11/2025, Ends 02/15/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/09/2025

6 Saturdays, 01:30 PM-03:30 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Maria McDonald

Develop a new appreciation for quieting the mind and training the eye to frame objects into meaningful compositions. Drawing from life serves as the foundation for other art mediums. This drawing series focuses on personalizing your still life objects, playing with size to construct a tiny composition, drawing in the dark to better understand value, light and shadow, and expressive linework with unique mark-making tools. Ages 18+. Registration includes drawing tools, paper, and sketchbooks.

Cost: $119.00 per person (Cost for Members: $95.00)

Stained Glass Snowman

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 01/12/2025, Ends 01/12/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/10/2025

1 Sunday, 01:30 PM-04:30 PM

Room 101

Instructor: Laurie Turner

Learn the basics of stained glass using copper foil, assembly, and soldering techniques to create a bright stained glass snowman. All skill levels are welcome. Space is limited to six students. Ages 18+.

Cost: $74.00 per person (Cost for Members: $60.00)

Epoxy Resin Pour

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 01/16/2025, Ends 01/16/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/14/2025

1 Thursday, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 101

Instructor: Amanda Moreno

Explore color theory and the scientific process behind this rewarding technique of mixing and layering pigment into resin, and activating color with heat. The incidental drifts of color across a smooth surface result in vibrant galaxies, abstract landscapes, and moody atmospheres. Ages 18+. Registration includes pigments and epoxy resin supplies.

Cost: $93.00 per person (Cost for Members: $75.00)

Fused Glass Dish or Bowl

All Skill Levels

Begins 01/30/2025, Ends 01/30/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/28/2025

1 Thursday, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Amy Pepperney

Create your own fused glass dish or bowl. Basic glass cutting techniques and assembling using precut glass are discussed in this workshop. A bowl design and form is easily achieved without cutting any glass. Dish size is approximately 4 inches. All skill levels are welcome. Work will be ready for pick up in approximately 3 weeks. All skill levels are welcome. Ages 18+.

Cost: $62.00 per person (Cost for Members: $50.00)

Watercolor Inspiration

All Skill Levels

Begins 02/01/2025, Ends 03/08/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 01/30/2025

6 Saturdays, 01:00 PM-02:30 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Faith Geib

Paint from light to dark, create representational shapes, play with edges and paint puddles, highlight with gum arabic, texturize with saltWater is a known stress-relieving element found in nature, and painting with watercolor as therapeutic benefits as the medium allows for loose and tighter styles of application with intense or muted color results. This series focuses on building confidence in technique through a multisensory approach based on the colors, textures, and shapes found in nature. Ages 18+. Registration includes watercolor pigments, paper, and solvents.

Cost: $119.00 per person (Cost for Members: $95.00)

Ceramic Trinket Dishes and Mini Fae Creatures

All Skill Levels

Begins 02/05/2025, Ends 02/05/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/03/2025

1 Sunday, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 101

Instructor: CJ Ritenour

Delve into handbuilding small clay vessels and creatures imbued with a mysterious twist of magic, nature, and mischief. Warm up to imaginative figurative sculpture that conveys storytelling through emotions and technical skill. Ages 18+. Registration includes clay and tools.

Cost: $47.00 per person (Cost for Members: $37.00)

Yoga in the Galleries

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 02/06/2025, Ends 02/06/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/04/2025

1 Thursday, 06:00 PM-07:00 PM

Gallery

Instructor: Michael Curtis, E-RYT-500

Find your flow surrounded by the calming nighttime imagery of Night Visions: Nocturnes in American Art from the CMA Collection. Yoga in the Galleries is led by Michael Curtis, owner of The Yoga Place and Yoga Central Ohio. This one-time offering includes basic yoga poses that emphasize the synergy between ones personal energy space and the space occupied by art and ideas. Participants provide their own yoga mats.

Cost: $20.00 per person (Cost for Members: $16.00)

Hand Weaving: Basic Techniques

All Skill Levels

Begins 02/08/2025, Ends 02/08/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/06/2025

1 Saturday, 11:00 AM-01:00 PM

Room 103

Instructor: Karan Knish

Handcraft a hanging textile using upcycled fabric scraps and natural fibers to bring texture, color, and artistic personality into your workspace or home. Learn about traditional loom techniques, pattern and color rhythm, balance, and finishing through an easy approach that builds confidence with the hands. Ages 18+. Registration includes materials and inspiration.

Cost: $35.00 per person (Cost for Members: $23.00)

Stained Glass 3D Heart

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 02/09/2025, Ends 02/09/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/07/2025

1 Sunday, 01:30 PM-04:30 PM

Room 101

Instructor: Laurie Turner

Learn the basics of stained glass using copper foil, assembly, and soldering techniques to create a multi-dimensional stained glass 3D heart. All skill levels are welcome. Space is limited to six students. Ages 18+.

Cost: $78.00 per person (Cost for Members: $62.00)

Fused Glass Jewelry Pendant & Ring

All Skill Levels (ages 18+)

Begins 02/13/2025, Ends 02/13/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/11/2025

1 Thursday, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 102

Instructor: Amy Pepperney

Learn the fundamentals of glass fusing and different construction techniques to create a unique glass pendant and ring. Fuse two rings or two pendants, or one of each. All skill levels are welcome. Work will be fired and ready for pick up in 1-2 weeks. Ages 18+.

Cost: $55.00 per person (Cost for Members: $44.00)

Ceramic Mushroom Sculpture

All Skill Levels

Begins 02/19/2025, Ends 02/19/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/17/2025

1 Wednesday, 06:00 PM-08:00 PM

Room 101

Instructor: Laura Kolinski-Shultz

Handbuild whimsical fungi and spruce up your spring fairy garden decor or meditation space. Although impermanent, mushrooms are life-giving and part of an invisible network of growth and biodiversity. Discover the wonder of nature while sculpting with natural clay. Ages 18+. Registration includes clay and tools.

Cost: $49.00 per person (Cost for Members: $39.00)

Stained Glass Spring Animals Set

All Skill Levels

Begins 03/02/2025, Ends 03/02/2025 - Register

*deadline to register: 02/28/2025

1 Sunday, 01:30 PM-04:30 PM

Room 101

Instructor: Laurie Turner

Learn the basics of stained glass using copper foil, assembly, and soldering techniques to create a pair of stained glass Springtime animals. All skill levels are welcome. Space is limited to six students. Ages 18+.

Cost: $68.00 per person (Cost for Members: $54.00)