QiGong | Silk Reeling Instructor: Donna Ellis Dates: Wednesdays,  August  28, September 4,11, & 25 Time: 6-7pm Cost:  $48/4 classes or $14/class Materials: Bring your own yoga mat, blocks and strap, or borrow ours at no cost! Silk Reeling Spiral Power Qigong with one White Crane Qigong pose/week. This series is essentially a moving meditation series. Less focus on the [...]

Holiday String Art  Instructor: Mary Spellen Date: Saturday, December 14 Time: 12-2pm Class Fee: $20 Materials: $15 for board, nails, string please pay CASH to instructor Skill:All Age: 16+ Choose from a holiday or winter themed template to hammer nails in a design that you will then wrap string around to great words, images, and designs! Mary will help guide [...]

Card Making with a Big Shot Instructor: Rhea Bourne Dates: Monday, December 9 or 16th Times: 1-3pm Class Fee: $20/class Materials Fee: $5/class Skill:Beg., Age: 16+ Learn how to use a Big Shot, or a fancy dye cut paper cutter. Rhea will walk you through how to use the thinlets, differnt types of attachments, and papers so you can make [...]

Advanced Stained Glass Instructor: Nikki Pynn Date: Saturday, December 7 Time: 11am-3pm Class Fee: $56 Materials Fee: $5 Skill: Advanced This class is designed for those with Stained glass experience and ready to take the material to the next level.    Instruction will include, but will not be limited to:  Design beyond the pattern, Glass layering, Textual techniques as well [...]

Mommy & Me Joy Birds Instructor: Donna Godwin Dates: Friday, October 11 or October 25 CANCELLED or November 8 or November 22 or Saturday, December 7 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm Class Fee: $10/session ( covers child & adult) Material Fee: $5 Skill: Beginner, Age: 2-4 Bring your little to class to discover the fun of painting! This exploratory course you and your [...]

Alcohol Inks Instructor: Donna Godwin Dates: Saturday, October 19 or November 16 or December 21 Time: 11:30am-2:30pm Class Fee: $30/session Material Fee: $15 for an alcohol ink kit, extra supplies available to purchase. Skill: Beginner, Age: 16+ Learn the beauty and looseness that the art of alcohol inks create! You will be creating your own design with alcohol inks in [...]

Needle Felting 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. Choose one of two [...]

Warm Fused Glass Ornament Workshop Instructor: Ron Davis PREREQUISITE: Fused Glass class with Ron Davis Date: Monday, December 9 Times: 1-4pm Class Fee: $30 Materials Fee: $5/ornament to CCSA Skill:All, Age: 16+   Learn how to turn your basic fusing skills into making a fused glass ornament! Come for as long as you wish, and make as many as you [...]

Watercolor Botanicals Series Instructor: Amy Jackson Dates: Pumpkins & Gourds | October 12 | 12-3pm SOLD OUT- please call to be put on the waiting list 276.236.3500 Holly & Pine | December 7 | 12-3pm Class Fee: $30/each date Materials Fee: $5 to CCSA/ per class Skill: Beginner+ In this series, Amy will begin each class with different watercolor washes, layering [...]

Art4Life December 2019 Art4Life Programming Dates: Every Tuesday & Wednesday Time: 1-2:30pm on Tuesdays, 1-2:30pm & 4-5:30pm on Wednesdays Class Fee: $10.00 or $12.50 Materials: Included unless otherwise noted Min. # of Students: 4 $12.50 | Tuesday, December 3 | 1-2:30 PM |Holiday Watercolor Cards with Amy Jackson Make multiple cards with the Holiday Spirit in mind! You’ll add embellishments [...]

Dry Bowl Woodturning Saturday, December 14 1:00 – 5:00 pm Class Fee:  $56.00 Materials Fee: $25.00 to CCSA for wood blank Age: 18+ Skill Level:  Intermediate, must have prior woodturning experience Students will take a dried, rough bowl and turn to finish using different techniques and tools.  Lathe speed and tool control will be a focus as students learn which [...]

Art4Life November 2019 Art4Life Programming Dates: Every Tuesday & Wednesday Time: 1-2:30pm on Tuesdays, 1-2:30pm & 4-5:30pm on Wednesdays Class Fee: $10.00 Materials: Included unless otherwise noted Min. # of Students: 4 Tuesday, November 5 | 1-2:30 PM |Needle Felted Acorn with Jonni McGuire Needle felt the cutest little acorn you ever did see! Perfect to combine with other acorns [...]

Wet Felted Scarf Instructor: Karen Bopp Date: Thursday. Nov. 21 Time: 1-4pm Class Fee: $30 Materials: TBD Skill:All Age: 16+ Learn how to hand make a super soft Alpaca Scarf. You will rove together naturally colored fibers from local Alpacas using the wet felting method. This is perfect for a stunning, fine art Christmas gift! (or of course to keep [...]

Friendsgiving Social for Adults with Disabilities Monday, November 18 | 12-2pm Chestnut Creek School of the Arts 100 N Main Street | Galax, VA 24333 Cost: $20 includes materials (group rates of 8+ available) Join us for this month’s social “Friendsgiving” We will have games, craft projects, group activities, games and lots of mingling. Turkey sliders will be provided, and [...]

Beginning Fused Glass Instructor: Ron Davis Dates: Tuesdays, January 7,14,21, and 28 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 (fusing and slumping)! [...]

Beginning Stained Glass Instructor: Jonni McGuire Date: Tuesdays, Nov. 12, 19, 26, & Dec. 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 [...]

Warm Fused Glass Ornament Workshop Instructor: Ron Davis PREREQUISITE: Fused Glass class with Ron Davis Date: Monday, November 4  Times: 1-4pm Class Fee: $5/hour Materials Fee: $5/ornament to CCSA Skill:All, Age: 16+   Learn how to turn your basic fusing skills into making a fused glass ornament! Come for as long as you wish, and make as many as you [...]

Winter Designer Plates Instructor: Rhea Bourne Class Date: December 2 Time: 1-2:30pm Class Fee: $15 Materials: $4 Adding designer fabric, you will position a glass plate and mod podge the fabric to the back to create a fun decoration for Winter! You will be making two plates in the class. Other Classes You May Be Interested In:

Holiday String Art  Instructor: Mary Spellen Date: Friday, November 15 Time: 4-6pm NEW TIME! Class Fee: $20 Materials: $15 for board, nails, string please pay CASH to instructor Skill:All Age: 16+ Choose from a different templates to hammer nails in a design that you will then wrap string around to great words, images, and designs! Mary will help guide you [...]

Woodworking Safety Course Instructor: Dean Beavers, Woodworking Studio Manager Dates: First Tuesdays of Every Month Time: 5:30-8pm Class Fee: $10 If you would like to come to an open studio  at the woodworking studio you are required to take the woodworking safety course before attending. This class review the main machinery in the shop, how to follow safety procedures and [...]

"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 with Donna Ellis Dates: Wednesdays,  Dec. 4 & 11 Time: 6-7pm Cost: $14/class Materials: Bring your own yoga mat, blocks and strap, or borrow ours at no cost! What is Qi Gong? Qi Gong is a 5000 year old energy healing system from China. Qi is your vital life force energy also known as prana, shakti and ki. Gong [...]

CCSA is kicking off a new series of classes geared towards younger kids, one day a month. Each session will have at least one in-depth hands on art project leaving your kids excited to return for the next session! Cost of each session is $20 plus a materials fee to cover the cost of the respective activity. Tuesday, October 1st [...]

Wet Felted Alpaca Mittens Instructor: Karen Bopp Date: Thursday. December 5 Time: 1-4pm Class Fee: $30 Materials: TBD Skill:All Age: 16+ Learn how to hand make  super soft Alpaca Finger-less Mittens. You will rove together naturally colored fibers from local Alpacas using the wet felting method. This is perfect for a stunning, fine art Christmas gift! (or of course to [...]

CCSA is kicking off a new series of classes geared towards younger kids, one day a month. Each session will have at least one in-depth hands on art project leaving your kids excited to return for the next session! Cost of each session is $20 plus a materials fee to cover the cost of the respective activity. Tuesday, October 22nd [...]

Pottery Wheel II Instructor: Donna Ellis Dates: Monday & Tuesdays | Nov. 4, 5, 11,12, 18, & 19 Time:6-8pm Class Fee: $156 Materials Fee: $25 for clay Skill level:  beginning- prerequisite Beginning Wheel I , Age: 12+with Limit 6 students Take your foundations from Beginning Pottery Wheel I to the next level! Students will practice perfecting centering pieces, learning to [...]