Visual Arts
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(Waitlist) Create a Barn/Hex Sign – April 27, 2024
Apr 27, 2024 9:30AM—2:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterBarn signs or ‘hex signs’ are mostly known today for their decorative purposes, but some believe they were painted by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers to ward off evil spirits or storms, or to bestow blessings and protections on the farm family. Using bright colors and often incorporating a star pattern, these beautiful designs were originally found…
View MoreTravel Sketching in the Wonderful World of Color – April 27, 2024
Apr 27, 2024 9:00AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterPREREQUISITE: Attendees must have taken Jim’s introductory travel sketching class, ‘Anyone Can Draw’. Learn to draw in COLOR and get more out of traveling! ‘Moment sketching’ is capturing the moment, expressing how you feel about what you are observing and sketching. It’s the perfect approach for traveling, as it will help you become more observant and expand your…
View MoreIntro to Welding: Create a Garden Sculpture – May 4, 2024
May 04, 2024 10:00AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterThis class will introduce you to welding as you create a stone and metal sculpture suitable for your garden or patio. TIG welding uses an inert gas and bonds metal to metal without a wire feed or rods or sticks, and is typically used for thinner materials such as pipe welding or where appearance is important. …
View MoreAnyone Can Draw! Travel Sketching – May 4, 2024
May 04, 2024 9:00AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterLearn to draw and get more out of traveling! ‘Moment sketching’ is capturing the moment, expressing how you feel about what you are observing and sketching. It’s the perfect approach for traveling, as it will help you become more observant and expand your traveling experience. A wise man once said the only way to learn…
View MoreArt & Creativity for Healing: Expressing Emotions with Color (Ages 14+) May 4, 2024
May 04, 2024 1:00PM—3:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterRELEASE THE INTERNAL PRESSURE THAT CAN BUILD UP. GIVE VOICE TO WHAT’S INSIDE. Art & Creativity For Healing gives people a safe space in which to explore and express their personal experience and emotions – the everyday ones or the really hard ones. All you have to do is sit down and allow Jane, a…
View MoreCreate a Barn/Hex Sign – May 11, 2024
May 11, 2024 9:30AM—2:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterBarn signs or ‘hex signs’ are mostly known today for their decorative purposes, but some believe they were painted by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers to ward off evil spirits or storms, or to bestow blessings and protections on the farm family. Using bright colors and often incorporating a star pattern, these beautiful designs were originally found…
View More(Waitlist) Watercolor Batiks: Iris – June 1, 2024
Jun 01, 2024 10:00AM—1:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterTry your hand at watercolor batik, a modern twist on the ancient Javanese art of batik. You don’t need to know watercolor technique or even how to draw — you’ll work from an image traced onto rice paper and then use melted wax and watercolor to create a final work of art. In this floral…
View MoreCreate a Barn/Hex Sign – June 8, 2024
Jun 08, 2024 9:30AM—2:30PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterBarn signs or ‘hex signs’ are mostly known today for their decorative purposes, but some believe they were painted by Pennsylvania Dutch farmers to ward off evil spirits or storms, or to bestow blessings and protections on the farm family. Using bright colors and often incorporating a star pattern, these beautiful designs were originally found…
View MoreWet-on-Wet Oil Painting (Ages 10+) June 8, 2024
Jun 08, 2024 10:30AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterIf you think you can’t paint anything other than a wall, this class is for you! You will paint a painting wet-on-wet style (aka alla prima) just like Bill Alexander and his students did on PBS. In this class, instructor Kevin Klein will share what he learned directly from Tom Anderson, Buck Paulson, and Steve Ross.…
View MoreAnyone Can Draw! Travel Sketching – June 15, 2024
Jun 15, 2024 9:00AM—2:00PM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St. Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
RegisterLearn to draw and get more out of traveling! ‘Moment sketching’ is capturing the moment, expressing how you feel about what you are observing and sketching. It’s the perfect approach for traveling, as it will help you become more observant and expand your traveling experience. A wise man once said the only way to learn…
View MoreIntro to Photography for Kids (Ages 9 to 14) July 13 & 20, 2024
Jul 13, 2024 9:00AM—11:30AM
Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine Street Marine on St Croix, MN 55047
Register*July and August classes will open to members on May 14 and non-members on May 16. Not a member? Sign up here. * A picture is worth a thousand words! This class will empower students to begin to capture images that express themselves in relation to the world around them. Students will be introduced to technical and…
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