Adult Art Classes & Workshops
Saturday Art Classes
CCAD's popular Saturday Art Classes run concurrently with the college semester, with one 10-week session, as well as shorter three- and five-week sessions each spring and fall. During the sessions, students will have the chance to dive into their medium of choice, with classes ranging from traditional arts to design and technology. The session will culminate in a student exhibition, where we will showcase artworks from all ages and mediums in one space! We are excited to offer a wider range of classes than ever before this coming winter and spring! With options in the morning and afternoon, as well as classes ranging from three, five, or ten weeks long; there’s sure to be something that fits your unique schedule.
Registration opens Monday, Nov. 4, 2024
Registration closes: Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025
Class dates:
Saturdays, Jan. 25–March 29, 2025
Morning classes & workshops, 10 a.m.–noon
Afternoon classes & workshops, 1:30–3:30 p.m.
Cost: $370 per 10-week class
This course provides a foundational exploration of design and structure, wheel throwing techniques, hand building, and sculpture. Artists will experience exercises designed to encourage creativity and craftsmanship while developing a repertoire of methods for working with clay.
Hone your technique in this expressive art form through figure studies, life drawing, illustrative approaches, and other techniques. This course allows artists to explore different media all grounded in the foundational skill of drawing.
This foundational course offers the opportunity to learn how short-term speed drawings and sustained life drawing studies can develop your skills as an artist. Explore different artistic media and objects while gaining confidence in anatomy, expression, and gesture with life models and challenges that strengthen artists at all levels.
Learn to create vibrant, colorful paintings using a limited palette. Artists will experience the power and versatility of primary colors while creating beautiful landscape paintings and still life paintings in the studio. Exercises designed to expand knowledge of color theory and painting with oils are included.
Learn to create vibrant, colorful paintings using a limited palette. Artists will experience the power and versatility of primary colors while creating beautiful landscape paintings on location and still life paintings in the studio. Exercises designed to expand knowledge of color theory and painting with watercolor paints are included.
From woodblock prints to lithography, to intaglio, printmaking is a global discipline of artmaking with centuries of history. Explore linocut, silkscreen, and other methods to design and produce your own one-of-a-kind prints in CCAD’s specialized printmaking lab.
In Digital Photography, students will investigate photographic techniques and aesthetic principles of subject, light, and composition. Students will learn fundamental techniques of photographic artmaking for still photography. They will have a deeper understanding of how to use the settings of their DSLR or smartphone camera to create successful images, be able to composite aesthetically pleasing images and edit images in the student's own artistic style.
Cost: $150*
Class dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 8
*Bundle Deal! Enroll in Digital Photography, Graphic Design and Web Portfolio for $360, lowering the cost to $120 per workshop!
Explore typography, logos, commercial design, and more! Students in this class will have the opportunity to study basic graphic design techniques, software, and applications. This class will focus on graphic design tools within the Adobe Creative Suite.
Cost: $150*
Class dates: Feb. 15-March 1
*Bundle Deal! Enroll in Digital Photography, Graphic Design and Web Portfolio for $360, lowering the cost to $120 per workshop!
Today’s artists use digital portfolios to share their work with the world. Learn to create a professional web presence using industry-standard software. Design skills such as type, graphics and color theory will be explored while editing and preparing images for use online. Creativity and personalization are emphasized to achieve a unique representation of your artistic voice.
Cost: $150
Class dates: March 8–March 22
*Bundle Deal! Enroll in Digital Photography, Graphic Design and Web Portfolio for $360, lowering the cost to $120 per workshop!
Use professional-grade tools such as saws, drills, torches, and presses to make lasting, one-of-a-kind jewelry in this series of five workshops. This class is designed for beginners through confident jewelry makers who wish to enhance their techniques in a fun, welcoming environment.
Cost: $175
Class dates: Jan. 25– Feb. 22
Learn about visible mending traditions and techniques and hone your skills to transform or extend the life of a garment. This workshop series will cover the basics of hand and machine sewing to help you understand the construction and care of your favorite fabrics. Students will leave with a foundational understanding of garment construction, care, and mending techniques.
Cost: $175
Class dates: Jan. 25–Feb. 22
Learn fundamental woodworking techniques as you create objects from scratch in this new course! Work with hand tools and learn how to safely operate specialized equipment such as a bandsaw and a drill press in CCAD’s woodshop as you explore this versatile craft.
Cost: $175
Class dates: Jan. 25–Feb. 22
Afternoon Art Classes
We've got more art and design opportunities than we can fit into a morning! Check out new art classes and workshops available to you 1:30–3:30 p.m. Saturdays.
Building off of the techniques explored in our introductory ceramics class, continuing artists will be challenged to explore new methods of building and glazing custom designs and more advanced forms of ceramics. Perfect for those who have some experience in the studio and wish to grow their skills.
Ready to move beyond the fundamentals and take your oil painting to the next level? In this course, artists will expand into a broader palette of color to develop unique finished still life, portrait, and landscape paintings in the studio. Designed for those who have prior experience working with oil or acrylic paint.
Expanding from the limited palette and subject matter taught in our introductory watercolor course, artists will now experiment with more advanced color, value, and wash techniques. Exercises and finished projects will have artists embracing mixed mediums like resists, gouache, and ink as they are challenged to render a broad range of subjects.
Hone your technique in this expressive art form through still life drawing, illustrative approaches, perspective drawing, and other techniques. This course allows artists to explore different media all grounded in the foundational skill of drawing.
This foundational course offers the opportunity to learn how short-term speed drawings and sustained life drawing studies can develop your skills as an artist. Explore different artistic media while gaining confidence in rendering anatomy, expression, and drape of fabric on the human form.
Use professional-grade tools such as saws, drills, torches, and presses to make lasting, one-of-a-kind jewelry in this series of five workshops. This class is designed for beginners through confident jewelry makers who wish to enhance their techniques in a fun, welcoming environment.
Cost: $175
Class dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 22
In Sewing 102, you'll expand on the sewing skills taught in our Sewing & Mending 101 workshop to master garment-making techniques, including pattern reading, size charts, elastic sewing, and pocket construction. By the end of the class, you'll have a finished garment and the confidence to tackle more sewing projects on your own!
Cost: $175
Class dates: Jan. 25-Feb. 22
Refund Policy
Refunds are granted according to the following policy:
- I understand that I may request to withdraw my student(s) from a course up to two weeks prior to the start of a class by emailing [email protected] for a refund of 100% minus a $25 administrative fee per course. There are no refunds thereafter. Nonattendance does not constitute a withdrawal.
- Please note that classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. Registrants with cancelled sections will be offered an alternative class section for their young artist, or a full refund for their class registration. Our staff will contact registrants no later than five days before the start of the scheduled session.
Scholarship opportunities
The deadline to apply for Spring Saturday Art Class scholarships has passed.
Need-based scholarships
Youth & Community Learning is proud to offer over 30 unique classes for artists and designers at all levels in our studios, taught by professional artists and educators.
Many families have financial barriers to the valuable enrichment that programs such as Saturday Art Classes and Creative Summer Workshops offer. We are pleased to offer a limited amount of need-based scholarships for emerging artists and designers.
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