Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a fun and creative workshop just for kids with Ciera West and Des Hernandez. Students will craft their own pizza and heart-shaped collages, unleashing their creativity. This is the perfect opportunity for parents to enroll their kids in a festive workshop while they enjoy our couples' class downstairs in the gallery—or […]

Celebrate love and creativity this Valentine’s Day with a unique and artistic experience designed to bring you closer to your partner. Couples will collaborate through a playful Painting Swap Challenge. Starting with individual paintings from the imagination or optional prompts, partners will swap canvases every 10 minutes, adding their own creative touches to each other's […]

Create stunning floral designs with the dynamic string-pulling technique! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll explore how to use strings, chains, and beads to manipulate paint and craft intricate, one-of-a-kind patterns. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this slow and steady process allows for endless creativity, transforming simple materials into elegant floral forms and […]

Students will go over the fundamentals of photography: shooting in manual mode, understanding light and composition, and even going on a photo walk downtown. After a provided lunch, participants will then spend the afternoon learning the basics of Photoshop editing. Students will have a week to take photos and return finished images to Spiva to […]

March 1–2, 2025 Time: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (includes a 1-hour lunch break) Want to add energy and movement to your paintings but unsure how to move beyond realism? Join Ardith Goodwin's two-day workshop to learn expressive, dynamic painting techniques! Through expressive sketching, creative grip strategies, and timed explorations, painters will learn specific, simple […]

Explore the art of cyanotype, one of the oldest photographic processes, and create prints using flowers, leaves, and other natural materials. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to use sunlight and photosensitive solutions to create blue-toned designs. The class covers the basics of cyanotype, including the history and process, while guiding you through creating […]

Join us on Saturday mornings for beginner-friendly yoga classes taught by Desirée Dixon. Classes will be held in the Spiva Center for the Arts galleries, located on the second floor of the Cornell Complex. This session of the Welcome to Your Body series will focus on arms and legs. Designed specifically for beginners, this class […]