Adult & Teen Classes
Drawing and Painting | Clay | Literary Workshops
Custom Art Parties | Team Building Classes
Creative Classes
Hand Lettering for Beginners
Get comfortable with this elegant, yet daunting art-form that can be broken down into simple tips and techniques. The workshop will leave you with the skills to complete the alphabet and ability to smoothly piece words together. All supplies and materials are included.
Instructor: Chelsea Foster
Saturday, February 2 • 1-3pm • $45 REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, March 23 • 1-3pm • $45 REGISTER
Creative Journaling
Get comfortable with several styles of lettering that can be broken down into simple tips and techniques. The workshop will leave you with the skills to complete the alphabet in block lettering and brush lettering, as well as organizational techniques for creative journaling!
Instructor: Chelsea Foster
Saturday, March 2 • 1-3pm • $45 REGISTER
Exploring the Self Portrait
Focused on the practice of self-portraiture, this mixed media class offers new approaches for students to visually express themselves. In addition to traditional methods such as drawing and portrait painting, Explore new materials and creative methods such as abstract painting, sculpture and collage. Sign up and get to know yourself through your own work!
Instructor: Gabi Portelles
Mondays (4), April 8-29 • 6:30-8:30pm • $100 • Ages 16+ REGISTER
Drawing
Drawing Workshop
In this workshop, students are invited to draw from life. We will have a still life set up in the classroom, but students also have the option of bringing a photo reference to draw from and/or working from imagination on something a little more self-guided. Students can expect to have individualized drawing instruction from our teaching artist.
This drawing workshop features foundational techniques like material and application, color, line and tone.
Instructor: Leah Limpert Walt
Saturday, November 17 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, November 24 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, November 24 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, December 1 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, December 8 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 19 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 13+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 16 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 13+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, March 30 • 3-5pm • $30 • Ages 13+ REGISTER
Clothed Figure Drawing
This is a 4-week long clothed figure drawing series covering the fundamentals for understanding and drawing the figure. We will work on gesture, perspective, form in space, structure and rhythm through a variety of short and long poses paired with demonstrations and anatomical skeleton references. This class will be drawing a clothed live model every week in order to become more confident with drawing the human form.
Instructor: Leah Limpert Walt
Mondays (4), November 19-December 10 • 6-8:30pm • $115 • Ages 13+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Clothed Figure Drawing II
This 4-week series will cover skills such as: starting a figure drawing, proportions, structure, tone, gesture and describing shadow shapes. Drawing from a live model, we will employ multiple techniques for understanding the figure through drawing, as well as learn how to break down the process of making a drawing into steps that are easy to remember and to follow.
Beginners as well as returning students are welcome! We will be working with new models.
Instructor: Leah Limpert Walt
Mondays (4), January 21-February 11 • 6-8:30pm • $115 • Ages 13+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Painting
Acrylic Painting
This painting series will utilize two ways of working to improve painting skills: working from direct observation and also using a master copy as a reference. We will talk about color, technique, and other foundation skills used in starting any painting. Students can expect to take home multiple pieces and feel more confident when putting their brush to the canvas!
Instructor: Leah Limpert Walt
Tuesdays (4), February 19-March 12 • 6-8pm • $100 • Ages 13+ REGISTER
Watercolor Foundations
This four-part foundation course is a perfect entry point for beginners, providing a basic understanding of how to paint with watercolors. Students will learn more about color, different types of paintbrushes, and how to paint with this beautiful art material. No experience necessary.
Note: We will skip March 16.
Instructor: Elizabeth Morrison
Saturdays (4), March 2-30 (skip March 16) • 10-12pm • $100 • Ages 16+ REGISTER
Painting with the Impressionists
Explore the beautiful paintings of Degas, Monet, Cassatt, and other Impressionists, and then use them as inspiration to create a painting in this popular style! In this no-stress series of 4 classes, you will learn how the Impressionists worked their artistic magic with light and color. Mix paint and apply it with brushes and palette knives. Even if you’ve never done any painting previously, you’ll definitely come away with your own Impressionistic masterpiece!
Instructor: Ellen Ehlenbeck
Mondays (4), March 25-April 15 • 6-8pm • $100 • Ages 14+ REGISTER
Paint Night
Follow our professional painting instructor step-by-step in this beginner-friendly painting workshop. Instruction for the class revolves around starting a painting, technique, color mixing, application, and core concepts for composition using the guidance of the masters. Click on the link to see which famous painting we will be working off of in each of these classes.
Instructor: Leah Limpert Walt
Cypress Trees by Vincent Van Gogh • Saturday, December 1 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Lilacs in a Window by Mary Cassatt • Saturday, December 15 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
The Seine by Henry Ottawa Tanner • Saturday, January 19 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Chair Still Life by Alice Neel • Saturday, February 16 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Cypress Trees by Vincent Van Gogh• Saturday, March 30 • 6-8pm • $30 • Ages 10+ REGISTER
Clay Classes
Tuesday Clay
Our Tuesday night class is for those students wanting to explore and develop their own aesthetic and style through clay. Students in this class have the benefit of being able to work on their own self-directed projects while having an instructor present to guide them. Choose to focus on wheel throwing or hand building. Returning students will be challenged with new projects and techniques for their skill level.
Instructor: Holly Davis
Tuesdays (7), November 6-December 18 • 5:30-8:30pm • $195 • Ages 16+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Tuesdays (8), January 8-February 26 • 5:30-8:30pm • $225 • Ages 16+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Tuesdays (8), March 5-April 30 (skip March 19) • 5:30-8:30pm • $225 • Ages 16+ REGISTER
Beginner Wheel throwing
Instructor: Marcus Davis
Mondays (5), November 19-December 17 • 6-8pm • $140 • Ages 18+ REGISTRATION CLOSED
Clay Workshop
Join us in the pottery studio for an afternoon of throwing on the potter’s wheel! One of our teaching artists will demonstrate the basic process of creating a piece of pottery out of raw clay, and then the rest of the work time students will spend sitting at a wheel and trying it out for themselves. Students also have the option of getting their final pieces glazed and fired by our studio manager for $5 per piece.
Instructor: Holly Davis or Marcus Davis
$45/person • Ages 14+ • family-friendly
Friday, January 4 • 3-5pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 12 • 3-5pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 26 • 3-5pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 9 • 3-5pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 16 • 3-5pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 23 • 3-5pm REGISTER
Saturday, March 9 • 3-5pm REGISTER
Saturday, March 23 • 3-5pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 13 • 3-5pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 27 • 3-5pm REGISTER
Date Night Pottery
Join us in the pottery studio for an evening of throwing on the potter’s wheel! One of our teaching artists will demonstrate the basic process of creating a piece of pottery out of raw clay, and then the rest of the work time students will spend sitting at a wheel and trying it out for themselves. Participants are welcome to bring their own snacks and beverages. Students also have the option of getting their final pieces glazed and fired by our studio manager for $5 per piece.
Instructor: Holly Davis, Amy Diamond, or Marcus Davis
$45/person • Ages 18+
Saturday, January 5 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, January 11 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 12 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, January 18 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 19 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, January 25 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, January 26 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 2 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, February 8 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 9 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Thursday, February 14 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, February 15 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 16 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Friday, February 22 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, February 23 • 6-8pm REGISTRATION CLOSED
Saturday, March 2 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Friday, March 8 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, March 9 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Friday, March 22 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, March 23 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 6 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Friday, April 12 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 13 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Friday, April 19 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 20 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Friday, April 26 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Saturday, April 27 • 6-8pm REGISTER
Note: Clay Workshop is the same class as Date Night Pottery, just scheduled at different times. Gift certificates and other vouchers for Date Night Pottery may be used for Clay Workshop.
This is class runs year-round. Check back for more dates!
Literary Classes
Poetry A la Carte
Choose what you want to write in a flexible series of workshops designed to let you dictate the lessons. Would you like to investigate a form, participate in a critique session, experiment with new ways to construct modern and post-modern poems? If so, gather your friends and schedule a poetry workshop session hosted by Carol Clark Williams, award winning published poet, Pushcart nominee and poet laureate emeritus. Requires a minimum of five people. Tailored to your interest and convenience.
$25/person for a 2 hour session • Ages 14+
Call 717-848-3200 to schedule your group.
Personalized Arts Experiences
Creative Team-building Experiences
Step out of the office and into the art studio! Creative York can design custom arts-based experiences for your corporate team, business staff, or community organization. After a brief conversation to discuss your goals and agenda, you’ll be paired up with a professional Teaching Artist who will design an arts experience that will ignite your team’s creativity, strengthen their working relationships, and encourage collaboration and open communication. Your team can also utilize our gallery to have lunch or to get down to business! Choose from pottery, painting, literary arts, or acting to spark your creativity! Call Steph at 717-848-3200 to schedule your experience.
Art Party
Gather your friends to celebrate a special occasion or to put together a creative girl’s night out. Work with our staff to build your own class. Perfect if you want to learn something specific, or if you’d like to schedule an existing class or workshop during a different date/time that suits you and your friends. Drinks and snacks are welcome! Art supplies included.
$30/person for painting • $45/person for clay • 2 hour class • Minimum of 6 people
Call 717-848-3200 to schedule your group.
Holly Davis is an artist, wife and mom from York, PA. She received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Ceramics from Beaver College, completed her PA Art teaching certification through Millersville University, and received her Masters in Education from Wilkes University. She also studied at Glasgow School of Art in Scotland and Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Holly has exhibited work throughout Pennsylvania, in Scotland, and in North Carolina, and she was the recipient of a PA State Grant for the Arts. Holly loves clay and teaching art, especially ceramics. She has taught artists of every age and has a passion for sharing her appreciation of clay with those she gets to work with.
Amy Diamond is a graduate of Millersville University, with a degree in Art education with a concentration in Inclusive Education. Her main focus is in ceramics, and Amy has attended multiple National Conferences dealing with ceramics and art education. While working with her own peers in class and her students in her middle school internship, she’s grown to appreciate the studio culture of collaboration. Amy enjoys learning through play and the educational and cultural benefits of creating art with others. She believes that all individuals have the ability to grow and learn and that art is a pathway to do so.
Allison received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education from Towson University and a Master’s from Millersville University. She lives in Southern York County with her family and has been an elementary school art educator for 20+ years. Currently she teaches for Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland and has taught there for the last 17 years. Although she has experience in teaching all areas of art, her passion is working with clay. She taught for the Baltimore Clayworks for 4 years and spent 5 summers running her own Creative Clay Camp for kids.
