Kumihimo Braid with Beads  Instructor: Juanita Finger Date: Saturday, September 7 Time: 9am-12pm Class Fee: $39 Materials Fee: $30 Beading Kit Learn how to create a gorgeous Kumihimo beaded bracelet! Juanita will walk you through this Japanese art form and how to embellish your piece with beads. Beading kits  include materials for a 7" wrist with extra beads to make [...]

Precious Metal Clay Earrings or Pendant Instructor: Beth Behrhorst Date: Saturday, August 17 Time: 11:00 am-3:00 pm Class Fee: $52.00 Materials Fee: $25.00 to instructor Skill level:  beginning, Age: 16+ You will learn to roll, texture and dry clay then pick a template for the size and shape of earring you prefer.  After firing and polishing, you will leave wearing [...]

Beginning Stained Glass Instructor: Jonni McGuire Date: Tuesdays, August 13, 20, 27, & Sept 3 Time: 2-4pm Class Fee: $104 Materials: $10, additional glass available for purchase Skill Level: Beginner, Age 16+ In this beginner stained glass workshop you will learn all the steps required to complete a flat stained glass panel using the copper foil method.  This class will [...]

Build a Step Stool Instructor: Mark Whittle Date: Tuesday, June 30 Time: 5:30-8:30pm Class Fee: $30 Materials $25 Skill: Beginner, Ages: 18+   Want to learn some basic woodworking skills and make something everyone needs? Mark will walk the beginner woodworker through the steps on building a useful step stool with power tools in the CCSA woodworking studio. Machinery would [...]

Open Studio for Life Drawing Dates: March 9, May 4, July 13, September 14, & November 9 Times: 1-3pm Open Studio: $10/ 2 hour session Materials: Bring your own preference! Skill: ALL, Age: 14+ Join us for a new open studio: LIFE DRAWING! We will meet in Studio 203 every other month on the second Saturday, starting March 9th. This [...]

Two Pie Woven Basket  Instructor: Diane Parker Dates: Tuesday & Thursday |  July 16 & 18 Time: 9am-1pm Class Fee: $104 Material Fee: $25* Learn to weave this rectangular basket large enough to carry two delicious pies to your next outing! With a large sturdy handle you can carry any number of items in this spacious basket. *Materials Fee covers [...]

Intro to Cookie Decorating Instructor: Amy Walker Monday, July 15 3:30 - 5:00 pm Friday, July 19  3:30 - 6:00 pm Class Fee: $52.00 Materials Fee to instructor(cash only): $5.00 Skill: Beginner Age: 12+ Max students 8 Class One-2 hours A basic cookie recipe A basic Icing recipe Tips and trips for appropriate baking A demonstration if royal icing flooding [...]

Mosaic Heartwork with Galax Xtreme Fitness Instructor: Amy Jackson Date: August 23 Time: 5:30-6:30 Cost: $20 (pay CASH at the door) Materials: Please bring whole or broken pieces of glass and/or ceramics to use in your pieces. (optional) Location: CCSA Main Campus,  Studio 203 Bring a piece of ceramic and an open heart! We will be breaking the ceramic item [...]

Needle Felted Critter of the Month Instructor: Jonni McGuire Art4Life Programming Dates: Thursday, August 15 Thursday, September 19 Thursday, October 17 Thursday, November 14 Thursday, December 19 Time: 1-3:30pm Class Fee: $25/per class Material Fee: $7.50 Skill: Beginner; Age: 16+ Every 3rd Thursday of the month we will have a needle felted bird class featuring a different bird each month. [...]

Dynamic Acrylic Painting Instructor: Dennis Wymer Date: Saturday, July 27 Time: 11am-3pm Class Fee: $52 Materials: Bring your own or $10 for a 16x20 canvas and acrylic paints to use Age: 13+, Skill: All This class is geared towards thinking out of the box, whether you are a practicing artist or just starting to explore painting, Dennis will challenge your [...]

Art4Life AUGUST Art4Life Programming Dates: Every Tuesday & Wednesday Times: 1-2:30pm (Tues & Weds), 4-5:30pm (Weds) Class Fee: $10 Materials: Included, unless other wise noted Tues., Aug. 6 | 1-2:30pm Tie Dye T-Shirt w/Elizabeth Alexander Find your inner hippy and make a colorful tie dye shirt that will jazz up your mood in no time! So many different ways to [...]

Woven Egg Basket  Instructor: Diane Parker Dates: Tuesday & Thursday |  August 20 & August 22 Time: 9am-1pm Class Fee: $104 Material Fee: $25* Students will weave their own 10” multi-colored Appalachian style egg basket using hoop construction and a four-point lashing system.  Use this completed basket to carry your eggs or as an artistic show piece.   *Materials Fee [...]

Explore the Arts Kids Camp | Farm Instructors: TBD Dates: Monday, July 22, Tuesday, July 23, Thursday, July 25, & Friday, July 26 Time: 9am-12pm Camp Fee: $150/child Ages: 4-11 years old This summer, join Chestnut Creek School of the Arts for adventuress, hands-on projects each day, students will get messy exploring the arts through the lens of each week’s [...]

September Intro to Cake Decorating Instructor: Amy Walker Monday,September 9, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Friday, September 13, 3:30 - 7:00 pm Class Fee: $65.00 Materials Fee to instructor(cash only): $13.00 includes cake turntable and spatula (students keep), gel, and cake boards Skill: Beginner Age: 12+ Max students 8 In the first session, students will learn the proper techniques for making [...]

Sorry This Class has been Cancelled Rug Hooking Instructor: Mary Henck Date: Saturday, July 20 Time: 10am-3pm Class Fee: $52.00 Materials Fee: $45 payable to Instructor CASH ONLY Skill: Beginner, Age: 14+ Students will learn the basic techniques of traditional rug hooking using strips of wool fabric hooked into linen background.  Students will work on a 12” x 12” piece [...]

"Audrey" Earrings | Peyote Bezel Instructor: Elizabeth Alexander Dates: Saturday, October 12 Times: 12-3pm Class Fee: $35 Materials Fee: $12 Skill: Int., Age: 16+ These earrings feature a classic peyote bezel around a rivoli.  Weave a bezel of seed beads for any crystal stone, cabochon or other piece without a hole. It's a beautiful way to incorporate a stone into [...]

QiGong | Silk Reeling Instructor: Donna Ellis Dates: Wednesdays, July 17, 24, August 7 & 14 Time: 6-7pm Cost:  $48/4 classes Materials: Bring your own yoga mat, blocks and strap, or borrow ours at no cost! * Must commit to these 4 dates, no walkins. Silk Reeling Spiral Power Qigong with one White Crane Qigong pose/week. This series is essentially [...]

Intro to Cake Decorating Instructor: Amy Walker Monday, July 29, 3:30 - 5:00 pm Friday, Aug 2, 3:30 - 7:00 pm Class Fee: $65.00 Materials Fee to instructor(cash only): $13.00 includes cake turntable and spatula (students keep), gel, and cake boards Skill: Beginner Age: 12+ Max students 8 In the first session, students will learn the proper techniques for making [...]

Embellished Right Weave Angle Bracelet Instructor: Elizabeth Alexander Dates: Saturday, August 10 Times: 12-3pm Class Fee: $30 Materials Fee: $12 Skill: Int., Age: 16+ Right-Angle weave stitch, also known as RAW, is an off-loom bead weaving technique. Beads are stitched together with thread only making right angle turns, hence the name. The result is an almost fabric like piece of beadwork. Other Classes You May [...]

Art4Life Wednesdays Art4Life Programming Dates: Every Wednesday Time: 1-2:30pm Class Fee: $7.50 Materials: Included Tuesday, July  23 Healing Arts| Stephanie Ray & Kevin Powell   1:00-2:30PM Intro to Healing Arts: CANCELLED Wednesday, July 24 Cards 2 Ways| Amanda Bolen 10:00-11:30AM Cards 2 Ways: CANCELLED Wednesday, July 24 Metal Message Key Chain | Amanda Bolen 1:00-2:30PM Metal Message Key Chain: Back by [...]

Watercolor Botanicals Series Instructor: Amy Jackson Dates: Roses & Carnations | February 9 | 12-3pm Fresh Herbs | April 13 | 12-3pm SOLD OUT- please call to be put on the waiting list 276.236.3500 Tree Varieties | June 15 | 12-3pm Floral Wreaths | August 10 | 12-3pm Pumpkins & Gourds | October 12 | 12-3pm Holly & Pine | [...]

Cake Decorating with Fondant Instructor: Amy Walker Monday, August 12, 3:30 - 5:30 pm Friday, August 16 3, 3:30 - 6:30 pm Class Fee: $65.00 Materials Fee to instructor(cash only): TBD Skill: Beginner Age: 12+ Max students 8 May We Also Suggest:

Beginning Fused Glass Instructor: Ron Davis Dates: Wednesdays, September 11, 18, 25 and October 2 Times: 2-4pm Class Fee: $104 Materials Fee: $10 to CCSA Skill:All, Age: 16+   This warm glass class will walk you through understanding glass properties, cutting glass, working with glass, how to melt glass together, and how to mold glass into forms using a kiln [...]

Beginning Fused Glass Instructor: Ron Davis Dates: Tuesdays, July 9, 16, 23, & 30 Times: 5:30-7:30pm Class Fee: $104 Materials Fee: $10 Skill:All, Age: 16+ New to CCSA! This warm glass class will walk you through understanding glass properties, cutting glass, working with glass, how to melt glass together, and how to mold glass into forms using a kiln! Students [...]

Simply Beaded Bracelet Instructor: Juanita Finger Date: Saturday, September 7 Time: 1-4pm Class Fee: $39 Material Fee: $30 Bead Kit Beading is represented in every culture and in every time period. This exciting art form is having a revitalization currently around the world. Bead-weaving is just one type of this art form. Two stitches will be taught in this class, [...]