Cost: $100

Date: Saturday, August 1

Time: 1:00-4:30pm

Level: Adult

Instructor: Pam Meland

Class Notes: $25 paddle blank fee due at beginning of class. Please bring cash

Class Description:

 Use a wooden paddle as your canvas!

AAV artist, Pam Meland, will guide you as you painting with acrylic paint on wooden paddles fabricated by Kirtland Community College and finished by AAV artist Joe Ellison - a truly unique painting surface! By the end of class, you'll have a unique paddle artwork ready to hang or gift.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Cost: $50

Date: August 3rd-6th

Time: 10:00a-11:30am

Ages: Open to 3-5 years old

Instructor: Val Whaley

Includes all materials and supplies

Class Notes: Use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery.

Class Description:

There’s something magical about creating art with natural materials found on the beach or in the forest. Kids will be amazed by the beauty of what they can create with just a little bit of imagination!

Join teacher, Val Whaley, to make luminaries and sun catchers out of flowers and leaves. Each child will paint on rocks as well as pine cones. Natural items will be used to create a mobile. Flowers will get “pounded” onto paper to create a natural collage.  

All supplies and materials will be provided for this 6 hour class.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $30 for series, $15 cash for drop-in (correct change only, please)

Date: Tuesday mornings   August 4,11, and 25

Instructor: Patti Clark, ERYT

Level: Adult

Class Description:

Breathe and relax. This new Mindfulness Series will focuse on manifesting and creating the life you envision.

Essential elements of breathwork, meditation, philosophy and some gentle movement will be included.

Dress comfortably and join us for a truly transformative experience. Perfect for any experience level.

Class Disclaimer: 

A refund minus the processing fees is issued if registration is canceled more than seven days before the class begins. No refunds after that time. Full refunds if AAV cancels the class at any time. 

AAV is handicapped accessible.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions. 

Cost: $100

First Session Date & Time: Thursday, August 6th from 10:00-12:00p for hand-building a clay turtle

Second Session Date & Time: Thursday, September 10th from 10:00am to 2:00pm for Glazing and Raku Firing

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Terry Dickinson

Class Notes: Please bring an old tennis ball if you have one!

Class Description:

Students will learn the basics of working with clay and receive guidedhands-on experience from an instructor. Each student leaves the class with two handmade turtles.

In the first two-hour session on Thursday, August 6th, students in the class can expect to:

-Learn Mud Room basics including emergency procedures, room rules, and clean upexpectations

-Learn to prepare clay and use the slab roller.

-Tips and techniques for creating deep texture in clay. 

-Learn the principles of 3-D cartoon creations

-Have fun!

Registration includes all supplies and materials, but it you have an old tennis ball, please bring it along.

In the second four-hour session on Thursday, September 10th:

-We will explore Raku glazing techniques and ideas

-glaze the work completed in the first session

-Do a Raku firing and Reduction. (We will take a lunch break while the kiln is heating up)

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

Creations must be picked up within four months of the class.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

No fee. No registration. Just show up!

Creativity Center in the original Gallery.

Adults only.

Dates available include June 11, 25; July 9, 23; Aug 13 and 27

12-00-3:00pm (Come whenever you'd like and leave as you need.)

Session is free, but donations are welcome.

Join other adult artists as they work to share the common experience of creating art. What kind of art is up to the maker!

Bring all your own supplies and materials. No instructor is available, although Pam Meland will be there to faciltate.

Class Disclaimer:

A refund minus the processing fees is issued if registration is canceled more than seven days before the class begins. No refunds after that time. Full refunds if AAV cancels the class at any time. 

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $100

First Session Date & Time: Saturday, August 8th from 10:00-12:00p for hand-building a clay turtle

Second Session Date & Time: Saturday, September 12th from 10:00am- 2:00pm for Glazing and Raku Firing

Level: Beginner

Instructor: Terry Dickinson

Class Notes: Please bring an old tennis ball if you have one!

Class Description:

Students will learn the basics of working with clay and receive guidedhands-on experience from an instructor. Each student leaves the class with two handmade turtles.

In the first two-hour session on Saturday, August 8th, students in the class can expect to:

-Learn Mud Room basics including emergency procedures, room rules, and clean upexpectations

-Learn to prepare clay and use the slab roller.

-Tips and techniques for creating deep texture in clay. 

-Learn the principles of 3-D cartoon creations

-Have fun!

Registration includes all supplies and materials, but it you have an old tennis ball, please bring it along.

In the second four-hour session on Saturday, September 12th:

-We will explore Raku glazing techniques and ideas

-glaze the work completed in the first session

-Do a Raku firing and Reduction. (We will take a lunch break while the kiln is heating up)

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

Creations must be picked up within four months of the class.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $70

Date: Aug 10th-13th

Time: 10:00-12:00am

Ages: Open to 7-15 year olds

Instructor: Chad Patterson

Class Notes: Use the PROMO CODE sent to Grayling students by the school to reduce the cost.  Enter it on the final payment page in the upper right.  Contact the school or the Artisan Village Gallery.

Class Description:

During the Monday through Thursday class time the students will develop a performance.  Then they will have the opportunity to perform their creation after the class on last day of class.  

Students will participate in a hands-on, interactive theater experience that will deal with writing, improv, acting and creating scenery.  The instructor, Chad Patterson, will take his 20 years experience in working with elementary, middle and high school kids and apply it to giving students a wonderful introduction to the stage that will hopefully spark a lifelong love with theater. We will teach character, voice, movement, improvisation and some backstage responsibilities as well. 

All supplies and materials will be provided for this 6 hour class.

Class Disclaimer:

Full refunds if AAV cancels the class. Refunds minus the processing fees up to seven days before class begins. No refunds after that time.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.

Cost: $75.00

Date: Saturday, August 15th

Time:  11:00a - 1:30pm

Glaze Day: Sunday, September 6th at 6:00p

Level: Adult Beginner

Instructor: Lindsey Samotis

Class Notes: Bring a smock or wear clothes that can get a little messy.

Class Description: 

Interested in a relaxed crash course on using a potter's wheel? This course is for you! In this two and a half hour session, students will learn the basics of working with clay on a potter's wheel and receive guided hands-on experience from an instructor.

Each student leaves the class with two handmade creations. Students in the class can expect to:

-Learn Mud Room basics including emergency procedures, room rules, and clean up expectations

-Learn to prepare clay for the wheel

-Watch a wheel throwing demo with guided discussion of the steps 

-Spend time practicing basic wheel throwing techniques

-Have fun!

Registration includes all supplies and materials, wheel time, a glaze day, and two firings in the kiln. 

Disclaimer:

A refund minus the processing fees is issued if registration is canceled more than seven days before the class begins. No refunds after that time. Full refunds if AAV cancels the class at any time. 

Creations must be picked up within four months of the class.

AAV is handicapped accessible.

AAV takes precautions to provide a safe environment and our instructors are educated in providing options for individual limitations.

Please make your own individual decisions regarding health precautions.