Classes

IN-PERSON CLASSES

CLASSES AT WET PAINT

Classes below are held at Wet Paint in St. Paul.
Wet Paint is located at 1684 Grand Ave. St. Paul, MN 55105

Registration is handled through the Wet Paint website and the links below will take you directly to the class page on their website to register. If you have any questions, you can message me or call the store at 651-698-6431.

Relaxing Watercolor Circles

As creatives, it can be easy to get stuck in the mindset of creating art for others, but it’s important to remember the power of the artistic process for our own self-care. Using watercolors as our guide, we’ll release expectations and let our creativity be free to flow. We will begin by simply creating circles and exploring color, then will continue to build onto this practice with doodling and paper cutting. This class will focus on the process rather than the product and is meant for creatives of any level.

Please bring your own supplies: a set of watercolors, a brush and a pad of watercolor or mixed-media paper. There will be some shared use supplies.

Friday, April 17, 2026
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$50

Art Exploration – 4-week series

Explore your artistic curiosity and dip your toes into many different techniques and media in this four-part series.  We’ll pull inspiration from reclaimed materials and a variety of materials during this enchanting journey through our sketchbooks and art journals. Our focus will be on creative play and experimentation as we engage with new supplies and look at old ones in a new light. And our goal will be to let go of perfection so we can make room for the amazing discoveries that come through messy exploration.

Week 1: Making books from reclaimed materials
Week 2: Exploring watercolors & water-soluble materials
Week 3: Working with layers in our art journals
Week 4: Making pages interactive

Supply list – some shared supplies will be available in each class:

• Journal or sketchbook
• Drawing pen
• Scissors
• Watercolors and brush

Fridays, April 24 – May 15, 2026
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$154

Mindful Drawing Using Barnacles, Bivalves & Geodes as Inspiration

Nature not only provides amazing inspiration for visual art, but as we dive deeper into the stories of the objects we’re drawing, sometimes we find incredible facts to inspire our lives as well. We’ll begin by exploring some fascinating facts about barnacles, bivalves and geodes. Then we’re going to spend time drawing variations of each. These drawings will be slow, mindful and relaxing and are not meant to be perfect. We’ll also work with adding color to our drawings using watercolors, markers and other water-soluble supplies. Finally, we’ll talk about how to incorporate a mindful drawing practice into your everyday life for moments of calm and quiet and also how to use the stories about these amazing creatures to comfort, empower and inspire ourselves.

Supplies to bring:

• A sketchbook or pad of watercolor paper
• A drawing pen (preferably waterproof)
• Something to add color (watercolors, markers, colored pencils, or a combination of these supplies)

Sunday, May 3, 2026
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$50

The Art of Noticing

Noticing is perhaps the most powerful tool in our artistic toolkit. It is also perhaps one of the hardest to employ because it requires us to slow down and pay attention. In a world where our attention is a valuable commodity, there are a lot of people/places/devices fighting for it. But for three hours, we are going to say NO to all these distractions, learn how to slow down, and find ways to both record the interesting things we discover through this process, but also how to use them in our art and creative process. We’ll pull inspiration from the natural world, overlooked treasures we see every day and some other sources we may have never considered.

Please bring a sketchbook or art journal, a drawing pen and something to add color (watercolors, markers, and/or colored pencils) to class. Some shared supplies will be available for use in class.

Friday, June 12, 2026
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$50

Altered Book Art Journaling

Sketchbooks and journals are great for art journaling, but the blank white page can also be intimidating. Vintage books, novels, cookbooks and children’s books can also be used for art journaling and provide a variety of paper options, inspiring graphics and illustrations, and come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

We’ll begin by selecting a book to use, then we’ll learn some simple ways to begin filling the pages with our own artwork.

Bring a book to alter. Some books will be available if you don’t have one.

Friday, June 26, 2026
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$50

CLASSES AT HEART SPACE

Heart Space is located at 2213 W 54th St. Minneapolis, MN 55419.

Creative Womxn’s Circle (6 weeks)

Join us for a nourishing six-part series where creativity meets self-care. This circle will offer space for you to embrace imperfection, build self-awareness, listen to your intuition, and practice self-expression. No matter where you are in your life, you deserve a space to reflect and recharge. This circle will explore the art of creative journaling for self-reflection and self-love.

One main goal of this womxn’s circle is to offer the opportunity to start and maintain a creative practice that can be continued into every day.

No art experience necessary — just come as you are, with curiosity and an open heart.

Please note: This is not a therapy group, nor a replacement for therapy services.

Mondays – March 30, 2026 – June 22, 2026 (with a break for Memorial Day)
6:00 – 8:00 pm
$240

Introduction to Gelli Plate Printing

Have you heard of gelli plates, but aren’t sure of how to use them? Or maybe you’ve tried one, but need some more ideas and inspiration. Gelli plates are a fun, easy way to create an abundance of monoprints that can be used as stand-alone prints, collage fodder, book pages, and so much more!

In this introductory workshop we will begin with the gelli plate basics, including care and how to use them. Then we’ll explore different materials to use on your plate, how stencils can create amazing combinations of patterns, some fun image transfer ideas and discuss ways to use and store your prints.

All supplies provided – however, if you have a gelli plate and stencils you have been curious on how to use, bring them along so you can master your plate!

Saturday, May 16, 2026
9:00 am – 12:00 pm
$60

CLASSES AT HOPKINS CENTER FOR THE ARTS

Spring classes for Hopkins will be held at either the Eisenhower Community Center located at 1001 MN-7, Hopkins, MN 55305 or Hopkins Center for the Arts located at 1111 Mainstreet, Hopkins, MN 55343

Watercolor & Collage Mandalas

Mandalas are a powerful artistic form used in meditation and healing practices. The word itself loosely translates to “circle,” a word which we’ll use as a guide throughout this class to help focus on ideas, thoughts, and feelings that we continue to circle in our own lives. We’ll also work to embrace the “messy” part of our lives represented by loose, fluid watercolor circles for the base and layers of collaged bits of paper and fabric. The completed pieces will be packed with mesmerizing, tactile beauty as well as deep personal meaning. This practice is an opportunity to release perfection and spend time enjoying the process of creating, healing and letting go.

Please bring a sketchbook or loose sheets of watercolor paper and a set of watercolors (if you have them) to class. All other supplies (and some extra watercolors) will be available for class use.

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Eisenhower Community Center Rm 209
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

Mixed-Media Slow Stitch

Slow stitching is an unhurried, thoughtful process that not only has a beautiful outcome, but also helps to calm our frenzied minds. Coupled with mixed media, it also allows for bold, expressive artwork either as stand-alone pieces or in our art journals. During this class, we’ll explore mark-making with stitching patterns, creating collages with both paper and fabric, and play with color in a combination of paint, paper, fabric and thread. We will also discuss how to draw inspiration from the everyday world around us to add color, marks and patterns to our artwork.

Please bring a sketchbook or art journal to class and any collage/embroidery supplies you’d like to use. Shared supplies will be available for class use.

Saturday, April 25, 2026
Eisenhower Community Center Rm 207
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

Making & Using Junk Journals (4-week series)

Turn your overflowing paper collection into chunky, fun-to-work-in books! We will first spend time painting and stamping on paper to make some unique pages for our books. Next, we’ll collect our papers and bind them together using repurposed cardboard food boxes, kraft envelopes or old books for the covers. Finally, we’ll spend time learning fun, playful and relaxing ways to work in our junk journals. These books are not meant to be perfect but instead will become a visual cornucopia of inspiration beckoning you to play in them with creative abandon.

Week 1 – Creating painted and stamped pages
Week 2 – Binding our books
Week 3 – Playful and curious collage
Week 4 – Adding layers with paint and doodles

Tuesdays, April 28 – May 19, 2026
Eisenhower Community Center Rm 206
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
$189

Neurographic Art

Neurographic Art is a free-flowing, organic artform that creates a calm, focused and mindful experience in our bodies and brains while crafting a beautiful and inspiring piece of abstract artwork on the page. The process allows us to slip into a meditative state and asks us let go of the idea of perfection while encouraging us to focus on the act of creating instead worrying about final piece of artwork. This class is intended to be a slow, immersive experience which provides the opportunity to press pause on stressors and spend time focusing on your own needs and well-being. We’ll begin by learning the history of neurographic art and then spend time practicing the techniques and learning ways to apply them in a variety of ways to our own lives and art practices.

Supplies to bring (some extra supplies will be available for class use):

• A sketchbook or pad of watercolor paper
• A black pen or marker (preferably waterproof)
• Something to add color (colored pencils, markers or watercolors)

Saturday, May 2, 2026
Eisenhower Community Center Rm 206
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

Altered Book Art Journaling

Sketchbooks and journals are great for art journaling, but the blank white page can also be intimidating. Vintage books, novels, cookbooks and children’s books can also be used for art journaling and provide a variety of paper options, inspiring graphics and illustrations, and come in a variety of shapes and sizes.

We’ll begin by selecting a book to use, then we’ll learn some simple ways to begin filling the pages with our own artwork.

Bring a book to alter. Some books will be available if you don’t have one.

Saturday, June 13, 2026
Hopkins Center for the Arts Rm 203
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

Collage Play in Three Ways

Collage is a relaxing, expressive and playful art form and there are so many ways to approach creating these pieces. In this class, we’ll focus on three styles of collage: patchwork, minimal and spontaneous.

• Patchwork – we’ll pull ideas from different forms of quilt and textile designs to inspire our own paper patchwork creations.
• Minimal – sometimes we get so lost in the idea of filling a page that we forget about the beauty and power of white space. We’ll use only a few pieces of paper per collage to not only embrace white space but also tap into the inspiration of limiting our supplies.
• Spontaneous – the idea of needing to put the perfect piece of paper in the perfect place can inhibit us from creating collages, so in this lesson, we’ll learn ways to work quickly and instinctively to build organic collages in the moment. We’ll play with snippet rolls and also talk about how junk journals provide the perfect medium for spontaneous collages.

Supplies to bring:

• A sketchbook or art journal with blank pages (you can also bring a junk journal, but you’ll need something with blank pages too).
• Any of your favorite collage materials
• If you have a favorite pair of scissors or adhesive, please bring those as well.

Some shared collage materials & glue sticks will be available for use in class.

Saturday, July 18, 2026
Hopkins Center for the Arts Rm 203
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

Relaxing Watercolor Circles

As creatives, it can be easy to get stuck in the mindset of creating art for others, but it’s important to remember the power of the artistic process for our own self-care. Using watercolors as our guide, we’ll release expectations and let our creativity be free to flow. We will begin by simply creating circles and exploring color, then will continue to build onto this practice with doodling and paper cutting. This class will focus on the process rather than the product and is meant for creatives of any level.

Please bring a set of watercolors, a brush and a pad of watercolor or mixed-media paper. There will be some shared use supplies.

Saturday, August 1, 2026
Hopkins Center for the Arts Rm 203
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
$69

CLASSES AT ARTISTRY

Artistry is located at 1800 W. Old Shakopee Rd, Bloomington, MN 55431 inside the Bloomington Center for the Arts building.

Art Exploration Studio (4-week session)

Explore your artistic curiosity and dip your toes into many different techniques and media in this four-part series.  We’ll pull inspiration from reclaimed materials and a variety of materials during this enchanting journey through our sketchbooks and art journals. Our focus will be on creative play and experimentation as we engage with new supplies and look at old ones in a new light. And our goal will be to let go of perfection so we can make room for the amazing discoveries that come through messy exploration. 

• Week 1: Giving ourselves permission to play – Making books from reclaimed materials
• Week 2: Exploring collage and making our own collage fodder
• Week 3: Using photos and magazine images as inspiration
• Week 4: Mark-making and water-soluble media

Tuesdays, 3/31-4/21/26
11:00 am – 1:00 pm
$75 Non-Member / $68 Artistry Member or Subscriber
(price includes a $2 registration fee)

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