Fall Art Courses

Fall 2024 Community Education Art Courses

New! Needle Felted Animals

Thursday, December 5
5:30-8:30 p.m.
CRN# 91005  
CFP 182-51  
Fee: $75

Learn how to sculpt with wool through the art of needle felting. Students will gain skills in shaping and sculpting wool with the felting tools, blending colors, and creating facial features and other forms such as wings and ears. Animal design can range from realistic to animated. All materials are provided and no experience is necessary. Materials fee: $10 to be paid to the instructor. Register for Needle Felted Animals.

New! Needle Felted Painting

Tuesday and Thursday
December 10 – 12
6-8 p.m.
CRN# 91006  
CFP 183-51  
Fee: $125

Learn how to paint with wool fibers during this workshop. Students will learn how to create an image using only wool fibers and a felting needle on 5 X 7 piece of wool felt. Topics include painting techniques such as color theory, atmospheric perspective, light and shadow, and more. Everyone will create their own unique and wooly image by the end of class. Materials fee: $10 to be paid to the instructor. Register for Needle Felted Painting.

New! Needle Bird Yurt

Tuesday and Thursday 
December 17 – 19
6-8:30 p.m.
CRN# 91007
CFP 181-51  
Fee: $125

Learn the ancient and awesome art of wet felting. Using wool, water, olive oil soap and your own two hands, students will learn how to sculpt wool into a durable, three dimensional form that will become your bird house. Felted wool is insulating, dirt resistant, repels water and is a breathable fabric, making it the perfect material to create a cozy home for your backyard birds. Materials fee: $15 to be paid to the instructor. Register for Needle Bird Yurt.