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Wildife Woodcarving Workshop w/ Hal Houser

Students will learn about and be introduced to woodcarving using various tools, techniques, materials, and resources to create a finished standing Sandpiper Decoy. Finishing techniques including painting will be included. Ages 16+.

6 weeks – 7-9pm Tuesdays November 5, 12, 19, 26, December 3, 10

$150

Members $140  

This workshop has a material fee of $13.00. Basic tools will be supplied by the instructor for the class, or you may purchase a toolkit from the instructor for $65.00. Material and Tool costs should be paid directly to the instructor. Contact Hal Houser for details (215-355-0318).

Please Submit a Registration Form

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MOMMY & ME HOLIDAY MEMORIES

MOMMY and ME HOLIDAY MEMORIES with Tracey DeLellis

6 week course – November 4-December 9th

Mondays 1-2pm OR Wednesdays 1-2pm

Tuition: $175/$165 members.

Adult and pre-schoolers collaborate to create a project based on each holiday.

Capture the creativity of your little one with a lasting memory!

Be prepared to get messy and have fun!

  Please Submit a Registration Form

$175 

Members $165  

Beading

COFFEE & BEADS

COFFEE & BEADS with Tracey DeLellis

6 week course ~ Mondays November 4-December 9th,
10-11:30am

Tuition: $125/$115 members. Adults

Start the week of right with a dose of caffeine and creativity!

This adults only class covers basic beadworking including wire work, creating a clasp and knotting.

We supply the coffee, you supply the beads!

Basic wire working tools provided. Beads available for purchase at class.

Mondays November 4-December 9th ~ 10-11:30am

  Please Submit a Registration Form

$125 

Members $115  

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FAMILY TREE PROJECT

FAMILY TREE PROJECT
with Tracey DeLellis

6 week course ~ Tuesdays November 4- December 9th

7 – 8:30pm

Tuition: $175/$165 members.

Create a beautiful family tree on your own or with a family member. All ages welcome with an adult. This 6 week project will be completed on a large canvas. Basic painting and stamping techniques will be covered. Please bring a large canvas or purchase one in class.

7 – 8:30pm ~ Tuesdays November 4- December 9th

  Please Submit a Registration Form

$175 

Members $165  

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KIDS STAMP & PRINTMAKING

KIDS STAMP & PRINTMAKING
with Tracey DeLellis

6 week course ~ Tuesdays, November 4-December 9th

4:30-6pm

Tuition: $200/$195 members. Ages 10+

Create one of a kind stamps for clay or paper stamping. Projects include bookmaking, textured clay slab project and monoprints.

Supplies available for purchase during class.

4:30-6pm ~ Tuesdays, November 4-December 9th

  Please Submit a Registration Form

$200

Members $195  

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TEEN Bead & Wire Workshop

TEEN Bead & Wire Workshop with Tracey DeLellis

Saturday, December 7th, 12-3pm

Tuition: $120/110 members. Ages 13+

Just in time for the holidays! Students will learn the basics of knotting, beading and design.

Each students will complete at least 3 finished jewelry projects.

Saturday, December 7th, 12-3pm 

  Please Submit a Registration Form

$120

Members $110  

Community Day

December 8th Community Day

Community Day ~ Art and Nature!

Sunday, December 8th, noon-4pm

Free and open to all ages.

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Precious Metal Clay

Come learn how to make beautiful fine silver jewelry using a truly amazing material called Precious Metal Clay (PMC).

PMC workshops with  Wendy Schuster - February 8th, 9am-5pm

 
PMC’s clay body is made up of microscopic particles of metal held together by an organic binder and water. When fired at specific temperatures, the binder and water burn off allowing the silver particles to fuse into SOLID metal. PMC can be easily sculpted or molded and impressed with textures and stamps. Firing and polishing of student’s pieces will be done during class. Students will leave this one day workshop with several of their own one-of-a-kind silver creations. Class may be repeated for additional learning.

Wendy Schuster is a PMC artist and instructor who has been working with PMC since first hearing about it 13 years ago. She has taught beginning, advanced, and certification classes at several schools and businesses, as well as in her home studio, in Reading, PA. She is a juried artisan at the state and local levels and has 22 years of design experience in her professional life.

+ Materials fee can range $35-65 for metal clay payable to instructor at class.

February 8th, 9am-5pm

$125

Members $115  

 

Manabigama Kiln

MANABIGAMA KILN PROJECT

A Community Kiln is being built at Tyler Park Center for the Arts.

A group of dedicated potters, students and volunteers have set forth to build the  Manabigama Kiln; which translates from Japanese as “a  beautiful  learning  kiln.” Read more

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The Indiegogo fundraiser was a great success – we exceeded our goal with your generous contributions!

You can continue to donate to support this unique & collaborative community project as well as all else we do here at Tyler Park Center for the Arts through this website.

In a workshop atmosphere, where potters, artists, and community come together,we will collectively experience the worlds oldest firing technique. We will be firing up to 2400 degrees by stoking a flame every ten minutes for 12-16 hours. Stoneware and porcelain clays will reach a temperature where they become somewhat molten. It is then that ash from the burning embers travels through the kiln and sticks to the pottery. Wood ash containing silica melts at high temperatures and forms a glass like surface on areas of the ware inside the kiln. Where the ash does not land the flame touches up against the clay leaving its mark. The kiln, weighing approximately 6 tons is made of refractory fire brick. Each brick will be laid by hand and mortared together.

This kiln will be a permanent fixture in Tyler State Park lasting years and experienced by many. Students from nearby high schools and colleges, professional artists, and adult students will come from all over our region to participate in the process of wood firing.  Please call 267.218.0290 or email  woodkiln@tylerparkarts.org

video by Christian Roebling

“The qualities unique to wood fired ceramics result from a complex drama involving human intention, material properties, and a factor best known as The Life of the Fire.” Jack Troy

Pottery Classes

Pottery Classes

Pottery classes for Adults and Children at Earth Center Pottery have begun. There is always room to join us for a session. All levels of experience welcome for wheel and hand built pottery. Contact Jennifer for details: earthcenterpottery@yahoo.com or 267-218-0290

Learn more at Earth Center Pottery

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Community Day

Community Day is a great opportunity to see all we do at Tyler Park Center for the Arts.

Throughout the Year we hold Community Days. A Free day to come visit Tyler Park Center for the Arts and get to know us! Some of our workshop instructors will be doing demos and letting you try your hand at a craft. Try wood carving, the pottery wheel, bookmaking and more!  Read more

We will have small art projects available for visitors to try as well as demonstrations and information about our ongoing workshops for adults and kids, as well as our summer camps.

This is a great way to meet our teaching artists and our staff. See our historic barn and sculpture garden where we have art and music workshop, concerts, and summer camps. You can see our newest and most exciting project, a wood burning kiln, as a work in progress outside in the park. You can sign up to be a volunteer for one or more of our many events, or even become a member in the Art Center.

Sign up for the newsletter to keep in touch with TPCA and Community Days!

Our professional teaching artists will be there to demonstrate many exciting art techniques. All ages & experience welcome.

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Friends Night Out

Friends Night Out is the 3RD Friday of each month from 7.30 – 10pm!  Contact Jennifer to reserve your spot: earthcenterpottery@yahoo.com

or 267-218-0290

Click here to register and pay online

The cost is $30.
Learn more at Earth Center Pottery

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World Percussion Drum Circle – 4th Fridays

4th Fridays World Percussion Drum Circle  

7:30pm Hand Drumming Workshop $5

8:00 to 10:00 Drum Circle $10

Energize your spirit, release tension, move with the rhythms of life in the drum circle.  We will be learning exotic rhythms and playing them in the circle.  Come for the Workshop $5 Or join the Circle $10 or both! Jim, our rhythm facilitator is a dedicated student and experienced teacher. But it is really about having fun and playing with others to make beautiful exciting music.  Bring your own drum or rent one for the evening.  Drum repair available. Read more

Check out a Video from our first circle!

 

Jim Davidson is a world percussionist and plays drums of many cultures, usually African style dununba (jun-jun), the big barrel bass drums in a djembe ensemble. He is a student of West African and Middle Eastern percussion and has studied with many masters including Mamady Keita, Famoudou Konate, Menes Yahuda, Quint Lange and Glen Velez. As a member of the African drum ensemble PaTaGun.com since 1998, Jim has performed in many venues, taught classes and individual students.

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Membership

A 1 Year Membership includes tickets to the annual Crafts in the Meadow invitational show, an invitation to the Members Party in our Outdoor Sculpture Garden, discounts on Events and Workshops for all ages & the knowledge that you are supporting a growing, diverse educational arts organization in your community!

 

New or Renew ~ Be a part of Tyler Park Center for the Arts!  Read more

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