Learn something new or advance your skills at the largest visual art center in Snohomish County. Whether you're young or old, just starting out or a seasoned pro, the Schack Art Center has a class for you.
FALL CLASS BROCHURE AS A PDF: Sept-Dec 2019
WINTER CLASS BROCHURE AS A PDF: Jan-April 2020
QUESTIONS ABOUT A SPECIFIC CLASS?
Please contact Shannon Tipple-Leen, art class coordinator, stipple-leen@schack.org
Discounts do not apply to Make it Now sessions or NWDC Currents 2020 classes.
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Artist Professional Development
Classes and workshops addressing the artist's life, artwork and professional career in the arts. Subjects may include photographing your work, business skills or online entry forms.
Basketry - Weaving
The process of weaving natural or man-made fibers or wire into a vessel or sculpture. This category often overlaps with fiber arts.
Ceramics
The art of creating functional or sculptural works with clay. The clay is then fired in a kiln, glazed and then fired again.
Collage
The assemblage of various materials on a surface, creating a new unique whole. Common materials are paper ephemera, fibers, textiles and found objects.
Drawing
The process of using lines, marks or color to produce an image, either representational, non-representational or both. Common tools are pencils, pens, charcoal and pastel.
Encaustic - Warm Wax
The art of painting with warm beeswax mixed with pigment and resin. Collage is often combined with encaustic techniques.
Fiber Arts
This type of art employs some type of fiber as a dominant material to create sculpture, wall pieces, clothing pieces or jewelry. Knitting, embroidery, beadwork, quilting, sewing, dyeing, felting and more, or a combination of any of these, might be used.
Glass - Flameworked
Glass rods are heated over a flame to create beads, small sculptures, goblets, marbles, pendants and more. We provide classes in both soft glass and borosilicate, a tougher glass that requires higher heat.
Glass - Fused & Kiln Formed
Also known as "warm glass", these classes do not generally involve direct contact with the heat; rather, pieces are assembled beforehand and then fired in a kiln. Classes such as fused glass jewelry, plates, coasters, slumping and general fusing are offered.
Glass - Hot
Molten glass is gathered on the end of a steel tube, then blown, shaped with tools and/or molded to create the desired form. Classes offered in our on-site hot shop include blowing, forming, bowls and bottles, murrini and incalmo. We also offer monthly "Make It Now" sessions and High School Glassblowing.
Jewelry
Silversmithing, metal clay and mixed-media are among the types of jewelry classes we offer. Warm and flameworked glass jewelry classes are also available in our studio.
Lapidary
Lapidary refers to the cutting, shaping and polishing of precious stones. In our Lapidary classes we are cutting cabochons for jewelry or belt buckle making.
Mixed Media
Mixed media encompasses a wide range of materials and techniques used in combination. The use of painted paper, embossed metal and found objects to create jewelry or a wall sculpture is an example of the diversity of these classes. Collage and mosaic often overlap this category.
Mixed Media Glass
These classes do not fall into our other glass categories or they are a combination of two. Examples would be drawing or etching on glass or cold working an already made glass piece.
Needle Felting
Piercing tufts of raw wool hundreds of times using a very sharp needle with tiny barbs to sculpt various shapes and figures.
NW Designer Craftsman Symposium
8 Renowned National Artists offer four-day masterclasses the first weekend of the Currents 2020 National Exhibition and Symposium: Friday - Monday March 6th - 9th at Schack Art Center or the Hampton Inn just two blocks from Schack.
Painting
The application of a pigment suspended in some form of liquid medium to a surface. Our classes include acrylic, oil, watercolor, ink and gouache, and encompass various techniques, surfaces and subject matter within each medium.
Photography & Video
The capturing of images with a camera, whether digital or traditional. Photography as art itself, as well as a tool to document artwork, etc. is addressed in this category of classes.
Printmaking
The transfer of a design engraved or etched in wood or metal onto a surface such as paper, parchment or fabric. Lithography, silkscreening and monoprinting are examples of subjects covered here.
Silversmithing
Primarily used to create jewelry in the classes we offer, silversmithing is the crafting of silver into various objects through the application of heat, pressure, sawing, sanding and polishing.
Teacher Workshops
Designed for the generalist teacher our Teacher workshops explore ways to integrate various art topics into other curricula areas. Through demonstration, expert presenters, and hands-on activities, a deeper knowledge and appreciation of the art topic will be gained.
Teen Art Classes
Teen classes are available to students between the ages of 13 and 18 (highschool) years old. Some art classes may be designed just for teens, while others welcome mature teens to work alongside adults.
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