Evanston Art Center

This online Oil Painting Discussion and Critique course is a great opportunity to learn from a professional artist and receive qualified feedback on your work. Participants will discuss their painting projects, receive feedback, and work together to explore and understand various body-of-work development and practice techniques. This is a great way to get suggestions and advice to improve your oil painting skills.

In this class, high schoolers will learn how to use the darkroom to process traditional black-and-white film and develop silver gelatin prints. They will be further taught how to make contact and enlargements, and how to critically assess a photograph's composition. From exposure to print mounting, every aspect of the process will be covered.

This introductory digital photography course will help participants develop fundamental skills in understanding lighting, composition, and image exposure. Through interactive lessons and practical exercises, they will learn how to take beautiful photos with a digital camera. Participants will also explore helpful editing techniques and explore the basics of digital image processing.

This introductory enameling class will provide participants with all the essential tools and techniques to create beautiful jewelry pieces. Students will learn how to fuse and set the glass on copper, as well as how to use patinas and texture tools, allowing for maximum creative expression. Guidance and individual help from the professional instructor will be provided throughout the course.

This pottery and ceramics class provides hands-on instruction for beginners and experienced skilled potters alike with the opportunity to work with clay and learn techniques such as pinch, coil building, and sculpting. Participants will gain insight into glazing techniques and explore surface decoration. Through the guidance of experienced instructors, the class is designed to develop skills at any level.

This advanced-intermediate wheel throwing class teaches participants intermediate and advanced techniques for making ceramic pieces on a pottery wheel. Students will learn principles such as centering clay, making basic shapes, trimming, and glazing. With personalized instruction, they will gain a fundamental understanding of the wheel throwing process.

This pottery class is an introduction to beginning wheel throwing and is suitable for all levels. It is a hands-on program where participants learn the basics of how the wheel operates, as well as pottery techniques such as centering, trimming, and glazing. With practice, participants can create their own unique and beautiful pieces of pottery.

Participants in this pottery wheel throwing course can expect to learn fundamental techniques such as centering clay on the wheel and mastering basic forms, as well as how to trim and finish their work. With instruction from an experienced professional and the opportunity to practice wheel throwing, participants will hone their pottery skills.

Gain the skills you need to form unique and creative ceramic pieces. In this course, participants will learn the fundamentals of hand building with basic techniques such as pinch, coil, and slab construction. With guidance from a knowledgeable instructor, explore clay and practice surface decorations to achieve beautiful results with pottery projects.

This introductory woodworking class offers participants an overview of the basics of woodworking. They'll learn about tools and different woodworking techniques, and practice by making their basic woodworking projects. Experienced instructors will guide participants through the entire process, from design to final assembly.