Intro to Sewing

Get into the basics — with skills such as seams, buttons, zippers, and reading patterns —with the careful help of an experienced sewist. Participants build basic skills over the progression of a single project. Thsi class is more comprehensive than our...

Beginner Sewing: Basic Alterations

Learn to run a sewing machine, and repair/alter your own clothes all under the supervision of an experienced sewist in the Textile Studio. Sewing machines are available on site. Students interested in learning on their own machine are encouraged to bring it. Machines...

AP – Textile Prints: Surface Design

Explore the fundamentals of textile surface design through repetitive patterns with printmaking methods. Use geometric and organic mark-making to understand concepts of balance, proportion, shape, rhythm, and composition. Participants will apply these principles by...

Film Photography – Section 1

Learn the basics of black and white film photography and gain access to the Dark Room at Casa! Understand the manual settings of aperture and shutter speed, and how to match these with the ISO (light sensitivity) of your film. Develop the film you shoot and make dark...

Create-a-Date: Cyanotype Tote Bags

Celebrate the sun with this light-sensitive artmaking process to create brilliant blue prints that transform under sunlight in mere minutes! Create compositions on paper and fabric in low light, then take your works outside to watch them develop. Materials provided....

Intro to Printmaking: Screenprinting and Relief

Printmaking is the art of multiples! Using a variety of methods, create screens with designs that can be printed on paper and fabric. Experiment with hand-drawn images and photosensitive materials to create prints and learn how to add layers to achieve multiple...