Workshops
Funky Flamingo Acrylic painting
A&H's Lake Lily Campus 820 Lake Lily Dr, Maitland, FL, United StatesThis acrylic painting workshop will allow you to play with paint! Experiment with drips, stains, and adding texture with a gel medium. Explore high saturated and exaggerated colors while painting a flamingo in a more funky, contemporary way. Appropriate for all learners.
Bangle Bracelet Set
A&H's Maitland Art Center 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesDesign and create your own set of metal bangle bracelets! Learn to measure and cut round, patterned silver wire. Then solder and polish your work.
2D Miniature Workshop
A&H's Maitland Art Center 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesIn this 2-day workshop, learn how to design and create your own 2D artwork inspired by J. Andre Smith's Maitland Art Center reliefs. On day one, you will tour the Maitland Art Center and select one of Smith's reliefs to replicate. Afterward, create a miniature version of the relief in wax sculpture and make a silicone rubber mold. On day two, you will mix and pour acrylic into your mold for curing and finish your art with paints, dyes, and other decorative materials.
Selected Saturdays & Sundays (both days)
Saturday (10AM-4PM) & Sunday (1-4PM)
Additional times and sessions will be added as needed. Schedule a session for your private group now.
Sunday Jewelry Workshops with Jim: Stackable Ring Set
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesIf you have little or no experience in metal work, this workshop is for you! You will learn the three steps of cut, weld, and polish to create a set of three rings in your size and style.
Creative Sculpture & Castings Workshop
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesCreate your own custom 2D miniature sculpture from over 20 design molds - all inspired by artist J. Andre Smith's Maitland Art Center reliefs. This includes pouring and casting your miniature and then finishing it with paints, dyes, and other decorative materials. This is a fun and creative workshop for all skill levels. You can wear your finished art piece as jewelry or use it as decor for your home.
Metal Clay Jewelry Workshops: Silver Tiny Trinket Box
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesCreate your own unique tiny trinket box out of silver! You will receive 20 grams of fine silver metal clay, and have a variety of mold shapes to choose from with plenty of embellishment possibilities. This is meant to be a small, approximately 1” cubed, whimsical trinket box, maybe something to keep a child’s tooth, a lock of hair, a coin from your honeymoon to Italy, the button from your mother’s favorite dress… a darling little treasure. And you will have fun creating it! You will complete your box to the dried clay stage. Pieces will be fired by the instructor after class and available for pick-up the following week.
Up Close and Personal: Animals Acrylic Painting
The Cottage 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, United StatesThis workshop focuses on composition when painting an up close animal portrait. We will be painting a 10 X 20 canvas and focus on detail and texture to create an intriguing and unique painting.
Sunday Jewelry Workshops with Jim: Spinner Ring
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesLearn to create a ring with a unique form! In this workshop, you will make an anticlastic ring which flares out at the ends, allowing a second ring to spin freely around the outside.
Traditional Ebru Marbling on Paper
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesUnlike many art forms which take years to master, marbling will inspire you with instant gratification and successes! Peggy teaches the traditional ebru marbling techniques using carrageenen (powdered seaweed) mixed into water to create “the size." Then acrylic paints are placed onto the size to create mesmerizing patterns and designs such as: Feather, Bird Wing, Chevron, Peacock, Stone Marble etc. You will create 10-15 marbled papers which can be incorporated into greeting cards, scrapbooking, collages, framed art, journal covers and so much more. We will also experiment at the end of day with pieces of cotton & silk! The last 30 minutes of the workshop will be finishing up our projects and cleaning up. Reference books & handout packet provided.
Creative Sculpture & Castings: 2D Miniature Workshop
Art & History Museums – Maitland 231 W. Packwood Avenue, Maitland, FL, United StatesIn this 2-day workshop, learn how to design and create your own 2D artwork inspired by J. Andre Smith's Maitland Art Center reliefs. On day one, you will tour the Maitland Art Center and select one of Smith's reliefs to replicate. Afterward, create a miniature version of the relief in wax sculpture and make a silicone rubber mold. On day two, you will mix and pour acrylic into your mold for curing and finish your art with paints, dyes, and other decorative materials.