Introduction to Watercolors! with Sarah Jane Timmons

Join Sarah for a 3hr beginner-friendly watercolor workshop, where you’ll learn essential tips and techniques before creating your own paintings. This session will be a true intro to watercolor where you’ll familiarize yourself with tools used in watercolor and techniques to blending, layering, and adding or smoothing texture.

Friday, April 10, 2026 (6:30 pm – 9:30 pm)
Saturday, May 9, 2026, (10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
Sunday, June 14, 2026 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm)
Saturday, July 25, 2026 (10:00 am – 1:00 pm)

Landscape Pastels with Elissa Goldberg

You will be guided through the process of how to create a tranquil beach scene with soft pastels. You will be taught various techniques of pastels. No experience necessary…only an interest to learn and have fun. Or, an opportunity to fine-tune your skills. I will paint with you as I provide one on one instruction. You will leave with a finished individualized masterpiece.
All materials are supplied. Bring a smock or clothes you don’t mind getting messy.

Thursday, April 2, 9, 16, & 23, 2026 (6:30pm – 9:00pm)

Seaside View Pastels with Elissa Goldberg

You will be guided through the process of how to create a tranquil beach scene with soft pastels. You will be taught various techniques of pastels. No experience necessary…only an interest to learn and have fun. Or, an opportunity to fine-tune your skills. I will paint with you as I provide one on one instruction. You will leave with a finished individualized masterpiece.
All materials are supplied. Bring a smock or clothes you don’t mind getting messy.

Saturday, April 11, 2026 (10:00am – 1:00pm)

Flamework Glass with Joe Estis

In this beginner friendly workshop, we’ll cover basic manipulation of solid borosilicate glass using an oxygen/propane-powered burner, comprehensive understanding of safety standards, and equipment functions. Students will be taught how to form and design multiple pieces that will go home with them. Age: for students 18+

Sunday, April 12, 2026 (10:00am – 2:00pm)

Flamework Glass with Joe Estis

In this beginner friendly workshop, we’ll cover basic manipulation of solid borosilicate glass using an oxygen/propane-powered burner, comprehensive understanding of safety standards, and equipment functions. Students will be taught how to form and design multiple pieces that will go home with them. Age: for students 18+

Wednesday, April 29, 2026; (5:30pm – 9:30pm); $30 materials fee

Stained Glass Panel with Barbara Konschak

Create a 8″x10″ panel for your home or give it as a gift.

(2-Day Workshop)
April 18 & 19, 2026 (9:00am – 3:00pm)

Flowers & Leaves Sun Catcher with Stacey Zaremba

Students will learn the copper foil method of stained glass, gaining hands-on experience with the full creative and technical process. Instruction will cover all stages of completing a finished piece, including selecting a pattern, glass cutting, foiling, soldering, a polishing., and safe handling of materials and tools.

Saturday, April 25, 2026 (10:00am – 3:00pm)

10″ Apple Basket with Twill Pattern with Karen Wychock

The classic 10″ Shaker Cathead Basket was one of the most popular made by the Shakers.  Its name derives from the fact that when it is held upside down, its shape resembles a cat’s head – the corners being the ears.  Although the original design was borrowed from the Native American baskets, it was refined by the Shakers.  Students can weave it plain or with a diagonal line through it (Twill pattern).

Age: for students 18+

Friday, May 1, 2026 (9:30am – 3:30pm)

Rug Hooking – Sunflower Clutch with Juliana Kapusta

Create a beautiful 11”x11” sunflower clutch with a magnetic closure. (Ages 18+)

Saturday, May 2, 2026 (9:30am – 4:00pm)

(Ages 18+)

6″ Peace Sign Suncatcher with Barbara Schultz

Come make a 6″ Peace Sign suncatcher! Learn to make beautiful Stained Glass using the copper foil technique, Tiffany Style!  You will choose your own glass.  You will cut, grind, foil and solder the glass.  Cleaning and sanding of your projects will be done in class, and you will leave this one-day workshop with a completed project in hand.

Thursday, May 7, 2026 (5:30pm-9:00pm)

Flowers for Mom, Pysanka with Basia Andrusko

Explore the art, symbolism, and joy in creating a Pysanka. 

The instructor will guide you through all the steps of transforming a plain eggshell into a work of art.  Adult and/or teen students will learn the age-old Ukrainian method of Pysanka writing, where we use melted wax and dyes to create traditional designs.  When complete, the wax is melted off to reveal the design. 

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 (6:00pm – 9:30pm)

Large Stained Glass Butterfly with Barbara Konschak

Come learn how to make a beautiful stained-glass butterfly suncatcher using the copper foil (Tiffany Style) technique. You will learn to cut, grind, foil, and solder the glass. Cleaning and sanding of student pieces will be done in class. Students will leave this one-day workshop with a completed project in hand. This is an 8 hour class, please feel free to bring a snack, drink, or lunch with you.

Saturday, May 9,  2026; (9:30am – 5:30pm)

Playful Prints with Leigh Ferello

Gelli Plate Printing for Beginners

Discover the joy of gelli plate printing in this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop. Gelli printing is a playful, experimental form of printmaking that requires no prior experience and produces beautiful, one-of-a-kind prints.

Participants will explore layering, texture, and mark-making using stencils, stamps, and found objects. You’ll learn techniques such as sgraffito, stamping and impressions, masking, and building layered prints, all while embracing the unexpected and letting go of perfection.

Wednesday, May 13, 2026; (6:00pm – 9:00pm)

Cold Process Goat Milk Soap with Kathy Pernicairo

n hot demand these days are products without added ingredients no one can pronounce. Goat milk soap is just such a product! Loaded with many natural vitamins and minerals, goat milk soap is very beneficial for the skin. Learn to make this for gifts or personal use using common ingredients, scented or not, colored or plain. Working with lye (all soap has lye) safely, understanding the chemical process it goes through, utensils to use, and addressing common challenges that occur are all some of the information we will cover in class. Each student will go home with the soap they have created in class. 

Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10:00am – 3:00pm

Sun & Moon Celestial Sun Catcher with Stacey Zaremba

Students will learn the copper foil method of stained glass, gaining hands-on experience with the full creative and technical process. Instruction will cover all stages of completing a finished piece, including selecting a pattern, glass cutting, foiling, soldering, a polishing., and safe handling of materials and tools.

Saturday, May 23, 2026 (10:00am – 3:00pm)

Stained Glass Panel with Barbara Konschak

Create a 8″x10″ panel for your home or give it as a gift.

(2-Day Workshop)
May 16 & 17, 2026 (9:00am – 3:00pm)

Oil Painting the Beauty of Spring with Renee Eagan

Let’s celebrate the beauty of spring, whether you are painting the trees in bloom, the birds nesting, the beauty of flowers blooming or the magic of colorful gardens.

Two weekends of exploring color mixing and experimenting with vibrant color and texture. Choose your weekend or choose both. 

(2-Day Workshop)
Session 1: May 16 & 17, 2026 (10:00 am – 12:30pm)
Session 2: May 23 & 24, 2026 (10:00am – 12:30pm)

Nature Printing with Color Extraction with Patti Anderson

Turn everyday items of clothing into unique, wearable works of art. Using leaves, flowers, and seashells with a color extraction process, you will uncover the colors hidden within the fabric. Participants will go home with an apron and a tote bag (provided by the instructor) and one or two items of clothing you have brought to turn into a piece of art. Great options are t-shirts, scarves, or skirts in a natural fiber (ex. cotton, silk, wool) and dark in color. Students are also encouraged to bring fresh plant or flower clippings with them to use in their work.

Sunday, May. 31, 2026; (11:00am – 3:00pm)

Stained Glass Flower Garen Stake with Barbara Schultz

Come make a beautiful Flower “garden stake”.  You will choose a 5 or 6 petal flower pattern.  (several flower petal options will be available).  You will have a choice of 3 foot, 4 foot, or 5 foot stakes.  Students will choose their own glass, and will learn to cut, grind, foil and solder the glass.  Cleaning and sanding will be done in class, and you will leave with a completed project in hand.  The sturdy garden stake can stay in your yard all year round, and the flower can easily be brought inside for the winter.

Sunday, May 31, 2026 (9:00 am – 1:30 pm)

The Art of Hand Papermaking with Leigh Ferello

Joomchi, Momigami & Sheet Forming

Explore three ways to make your own paper using everyday materials and modern methods. Explore the expressive possibilities of paper in this hands-on workshop introducing three distinct hand papermaking techniques. Participants will learn Joomchi, a Korean method of wet layering and kneading mulberry paper; Momigami, a Japanese process that transforms paper into a soft, cloth-like material; and sheet forming, where recycled pulp is suspended in water and formed into new “sheets” using a sieve.

Wednesday, June 10, 2026; (6:00pm – 9:00pm)

Silver Metal Clay Bracelet with Monique Perry

In this workshop, students will learn to handle the clay, add texture, form and create panels. Post fired, the panels will be burnished, tumbled, patina added, then formed on a mandrel. Students will then assemble them together with chain and jump rings to create a bracelet. Firing and all finishing work is done in class, students can leave with a finished piece to wear. 

Saturday, June 13, 2026, 9:30am – 4:30pm

Stained Glass Panel with Barbara Konschak

Create a 8″x10″ panel for your home or give it as a gift.

(2-Day Workshop)
June 20 & 21, 2026 (9:00am – 3:00pm)

Bees & Honeycomb Sun Catcher with Stacey Zaremba

Students will learn the copper foil method of stained glass, gaining hands-on experience with the full creative and technical process. Instruction will cover all stages of completing a finished piece, including selecting a pattern, glass cutting, foiling, soldering, a polishing., and safe handling of materials and tools.

Saturday, July 11, 2026 (10:00am – 3:00pm)

Plein–Air Painting with Renee Eagan

This is a on location class where you will really get the sense of true color, value and form. Our location will be decided and planned.

I will go over several approaches to painting a scene al la prima style. (put it down and leave it alone) we will discuss planning a composition, color temperature, the importance of values, color mixing and application. Choose your weekend or choose both. 

(2-Day Workshop)
Session 1: July 11 & 12, 2026 (10:00 am – 12:30pm)

Session 2: July 18 & 19, 2026 (10:00am – 12:30pm)

Stained Glass Panel with Barbara Konschak

Create a 8″x10″ panel for your home or give it as a gift.

(2-Day Workshop)
July 18 & 19, 2026 (9:00am – 3:00pm)

Wood Kiln Firing

The Tyler Park Arts Manabigama (Japanese for “beautiful learning kiln”) is a single chamber wood kiln designed to be efficient, and give beautiful results. Kiln firings are scheduled periodically throughout the year.

April 2026 Wood Fire Workshop:
48 hours of building ash

• Glaze 4/8-4/10 
• Load 4/10-4/12
• Fire 4/17–4/19
• Unload 4/25

June 2026 Wood Fire Workshop:
Reduction Cooled Firing

• Glaze 6/3-6/5
• Load 6/6-6/7
• Fire 6/13-6/14
• Unload TBD

Pottery Classes & Workshops

Experience the joy of wheel-throwing and hand-building pottery at your own pace, while in a nurturing teaching environment. Great for all levels of experience.

Birthday Parties & Friends Night Out

Schedule a special night at TPCA. Offerings in a multitude of mediums. For details and scheduling contact:

267-218-0290
Director@tylerparkarts.org

Gift Certificates

Give a gift to Create! Use for workshops, kiln firings or a special occasion.

Workshop & Camp Proposals

Tyler Park Center for the Arts is presently accepting proposals for workshops and successive class programs in art, poetry, music, movement & environmental consciousness.

Please submit a workshop proposal form and contact us with your information & inspiration:
workshops@tylerparkarts.org