White Line Printmaking - Valentine's Cards
February 4 OR 11
2:00P-4:00P
Cost: $29
Instructor: Diane Nelson

Join us to learn white line printmaking. You will learn to carve lines into wood using hammer, chisels and nails and then use watercolor paint on the wood in order for your image to appear on card stock. Final product will be Valentine's cards of your own design. (Each student will be able to create 2 designs using each side of a piece of wood.)

* Ages 12+ can attend without an adult. All adult ages welcome :).

Advanced Tapestry
February 6th, 13th and 20th
1:30-4:30
Instructor: Diane Nelson

In this intermediate Tapestry class we will use looms to create the weaving, but first we will examine the principles of design, experiment with color, while thinking about texture and gradations. 

There is much to learn and experience. Join us for this Tapestry Class. 

Note: Please plan on bringing to class printed photos of something you want to create. Landscapes, abstracts are the best to start with. 

How To Warp A Loom
3 Day Sessions: February 25, 26 and 27
1:30-4:30 OR 5:30-8:30
Instructor: Diane Nelson

We’re getting our Warps on! 

An Intensive 3 days of learning to warp your looms. 

We will explore: 

Day 1 - Direct Warping Method 

Day 2 - Winding a warp. On a warping board , and Dressing the loom! Beginning to end. 

Day 3 - Sectional Warping- how to do it - what and how it can be done successfully. 

With each method of warping you will be doing the process. To experience each method!

Beginning Cricket (or Rigid Heddle) Weaving
Instructor: Diane Nelson
Thursday's, March 6, 13, 20 and 27
1:30-4:30P
Cost: $129

Learn to weave on a small, portable, tabletop rigid heddle loom called a Cricket.  During this class you will learn how to warp your loom and how to weave with many different projects including:

• Coasters
• A color sampler
• A table runner
• A scarf or towel

Choose your own colors. You will have the use of a Cricket loom for the duration of the class with the option to purchase one of your own at a special student price.

Learn to weave with Diane Nelson, an artist and gifted weaver as well as the director of the Heart of the Lakes Weaving program. Join in the fun as part of the growing cohort of weavers at AATC.

* All AATC students receive a 10% discount on all looms, accessories, thread by the ounce and books. Use your 10% student discount to order any type of Schacht loom.

Beginning 4-Shaft Weaving
Thursday's, March 6, 13, 20 and 27
5:30-8:30P
Teacher: Diane Nelson
Cost: $129

Explore multi-shaft weaving with this introductory class. Students will learn:

• The basics of 4-shaft weaving
• How to read a draft
• How to plan your project
• Three styles (twill gamp, overshot gamp, color gamp)
• A project of your choosing

Learn to weave with Diane Nelson, an artist and gifted weaver as well as the director of the Heart of the Lakes Weaving program. Join in the fun as part of the growing cohort of weavers at AATC!

* All AATC students receive a 10% discount on all looms, accessories, thread by the ounce and books. Use your 10% student discount to order any type of Schacht loom.

Ceramic Trays 
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
1:30P-4:00P
Instructor: Sue Flanders

Make a set of special ceramic trays in this fun class. The trays make great trinket dishes or can be used for serving snacks. Students will use wood blocks to create small trays (up to 5” x 6”) from slabs of clay. After the trays are made, students will use colorful underglazes to decorate the trays with their own special patterns. The instructor will then glaze and fire the trays with a clear coating after the class. The trays will be ready for pick up at AATC 2-3 weeks after the class.

Needle Felt Mushrooms
March 19, 2025
2:00P-4:00P
Instructor: Karen Storkamp

Cost: $40 + $10 materials fee (due day of class)

Come and needle felt mushrooms with Karen Storkamp of "I Felt It"!

Needle felting is a craft that involves using a barbed needle to create 3D sculptures or 2D designs out of wool. In this class, you will work with a variety of wool to create fun 3D mushrooms. During this 2 hour class, you will learn about different types of wool used in needle felting, recommendations of where to buy wool, which needles are best for each part of the project, how to avoid breaking needles, and how to create shapes.

Wool is fun and versatile to work with. Each design completed in class will be unique to the person who made it, depending on the color and design choices you make.

The $10 materials fee includes needle felting mat, one needle and wool to use in class as well as an additional amount of wool to make another mushroom at home.

Karen has been needle felting for approximately 9 years, and loves teaching people how fun this art medium is to work with. Wool is so soft and tactile to work with, and this kind of activity is known to be good for brain health. Not only can certain repetitive actions benefit your physical health, but they can also improve your mental health by reducing your stress levels.

Fairy Garden Fun
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
1:30P-4:00P
Instructor: Sue Flanders

Looking for something fun to do along with your child or grandchild during Spring Break? In this intergenerational class students will create a variety of mushrooms, gnomes and animals with clay. They will then paint their clay creations with colorful underglazes.  

The Fairy Garden objects are sized to fit into an egg carton and each student can make a collection of 12 items. Adults and children are encouraged to register for this class (register adult and child separately), but it is also open to individual adults. 

The projects will be clear glazed and fired at the instructor’s home studio.  and will be available for pick-up at AATC 2-3 weeks after the class.