Drop in for a fun gift wrapping party! Bring your presents (or shop OffCenter’s gallery!) and use OffCenter’s materials to wrap your holiday gifts! We’ll have package topper DIYs, stamps and supplies to create your own wrapping paper, and more!

We'll be OPEN for a special all-ages Tuesday Open Studio to celebrate New Year's Eve together! Save the date to join us on Tuesday, December 31 between 10 am and 2 pm to wrap up 2024 and head into the new year with creativity & connection!

In this class, you'll use flat LEGO tile blocks to create intricate patterns on a base plate that are then rolled through a press, leaving an impression of their original design. No experience necessary, all ages welcome (participants under 16 must be accompanied by an adult).

The OffCenter Arts Puppet Crew is an all-ages group for all skill levels of puppetry. Join the fun and develop your puppet skills, learn to create and restore puppets, and have the opportunity to perform with other puppeteers at community events!

This drop in monthly workgroup focuses on strengthening the creative muscle. Perfect for those who feel like they have lost their creativity or just want to find new ways to expand their creative expression. We will explore integrating creative practices in everyday life. This is a peer sharing group. Drop in, no registration required.

Artist trading cards (ATCs) are miniature pieces of art thatare traded around the world. Artists create, trade and collect art at organized"swap" events, either in person or online. The only official rule forATCs is the size: 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch. We will utilize several techniques to create unique art for trading or collecting. All supplies will be provided. Please wear clothing appropriate for painting and glueing.

In this beginning sewing class, Alden Sobol will teach you all the basics of how to use a sewing machine and get you started on your first project - making a pin cushion. No sewing experience necessary! Sewing machines and all materials provided. (Or bring your own sewing machine if you prefer!)

Join us for some super creative hands-on making in our new monthly journal making group at OffCenter with artist and teacher, Michelle Holdt! Build or "Hack" your own creative book! We begin by collecting fun paper and punching holes in it and tying it with a ribbon or “hack” an existing blank journal by collaging, stamping, and painting into it. Then learn a few simple sketching and poetry exercises to start to put “yourself into your book!”

Hermit crabs are known for creating inventive homes in all sorts of surprising spaces and containers. As writers, we can use the containers of other types of writing to form inventive poetry! This writing workshop will play with a variety of forms (including lists, recipes, instructions, letters, and photo captions) to invigorate your writing. We’ll look at example poems and use prompts to generate our own writing.

Join Pamela Heater and other painters to work on your personal painting projects during this free, open painting studio time! Bring work to complete or start new work. Pamela will be there to join you in painting and provide guidance and advice as requested. In addition, there will be a painting prompt and/or activity to stir your creative juices.

Join us and learn several folds that Scarlet learned growing up as a lover of Origami. Some of these folds include: Paper Crane, Balloon, Cootie Catcher, Paper Star, and The Chinese Flower Vase. No experience necessary. Ability to fold paper required. Ages 10 and up.

Join sewist Alden Sobol as they guide you through the process of making your very own reversible tote bag! Sewing machines and all materials will be provided. This queer-led class is perfect if you have some experience using a sewing and are looking to improve your skill or confidence level.

In this class, you will learn how to make quilt blocks using techniques that emphasize improvisation, ease, and joy. You will leave class with one quilt block ready to be add to piece of clothing, as the start of a larger quilt, or to use in another project like a pillowcase or tote bag.

There are an infinite number of color combinations; no two mixed colors are exactly the same. Learning more information about how colors interact can open up new ways to play around with whichever crafts we prefer! This workshop will introduce students to the foundations of color mixing theory using acrylic paints. We will go over the split primary color palette, which has warm and cool hues of red, yellow and blue. After mixing secondary and tertiary colors, students can play with mixing a variety of neutral browns, grays, and blacks starting from primary colors.

Poetry of the personal and political will cover the basics of poetry with a lens of sharing personal experiences within a larger political and socioeconomic ecosystem. How the intimate details of our lives can often be political in the way they impact our place in the world. No political agenda will be pushed in any way;this is an opportunity to explore your own place in the world and how poetry can help you understand/cope with that place.

In this demonstration class, Pamela will show how to seal your paintings for illumination and protection.  She will also show a technique for mounting an acrylic painting on paper to a cradle board as an alternative to framing.  We will discuss the use of fixatives and other finishing media.  Bring your questions about how to best prepare your work for final presentation. Please do not bring your paintings into class; this is an informative demonstration only. You can apply the knowledge you learn in this class during OffCenter Open Studio, OffCenter Open Paint, or at home!

This drop in monthly workgroup focuses on strengthening the creative muscle. Perfect for those who feel like they have lost their creativity or just want to find new ways to expand their creative expression. We will explore integrating creative practices in everyday life. This is a peer sharing group. Drop in, no registration required.

Join OffCenter resident sewist, Alden, in this opportunity to learn how to sew book bindings. In this first class in the series you'll learn how to make one of the simplest sewn bindings - the pamphlet stitch. You'll leave with 2 or 3 different books using the pamphlet stitch as well as an accordion fold book that doesn't require any sewing.

The OffCenter Arts Puppet Crew is an all-ages group for all skill levels of puppetry. Join the fun and develop your puppet skills, learn to create and restore puppets, and have the opportunity to perform with other puppeteers at community events!

Utilizing sturdy junk mail flyers, we will cover them with painted, recycled packing paper, using a ring bound method, we turn our junk mail into a fun and functional art journal, We will use the painted packing paper to embellish the pages and create a palette for you to add your own art.

Join us for some super creative hands-on making in our new monthly journal making group at OffCenter with artist and teacher, Michelle Holdt! Build or "Hack" your own creative book! We begin by collecting fun paper and punching holes in it and tying it with a ribbon or “hack” an existing blank journal by collaging, stamping, and painting into it. Then learn a few simple sketching and poetry exercises to start to put “yourself into your book!”

In this workshop you will learn how to create a comic stripusing the Red King’s basic plot structure of Beginning-Middle-End. You will have a choice of drawing or collaging your story’s characters and action to create a 3–5 frame visual story usingabstract shapes and marks. At the end of the workshop, youwill have an opportunity to share your stories with each other.

Learn the basics of how watercolor paints work through a series of paint sketching exercises! Begin to find your own painting style through experimentation as we collectively get to know watercolor as a medium. This class is designed for beginners - no watercolor or painting experience required. 

If you feel intimidated by using a sewing pattern, then this class is designed for you. Join OffCenter's master sewist, Alden, to learn the basics of how to read a sewing pattern, as well as some tips and tricks for making it easier. Bring a sewing pattern and the fabric you need for it to this class (or come to OffCenter before the class to browse our patterns and fabric). This single session class will get you started working on your pattern

Join OffCenter for a fun single-session printmaking workshop to learn about block printing with erasers! We'll be using erasers and carving tools to create designs to print on paper.

Join Pamela Heater and other painters to work on your personal painting projects during this free, open painting studio time! Bring work to complete or start new work. Pamela will be there to join you in painting and provide guidance and advice as requested. In addition, there will be a painting prompt and/or activity to stir your creative juices.

In this beginner friendly class, Steph will instruct attendees how to make macrame plant hangers using non-traditional materials, such as yarn, and cotton cord to create unique pieces to take home. She will introduce several foundational knots (square knot, half knot / spiral knot, barrel knot) that attendees can apply to future knotted creations!

The OffCenter Arts Puppet Crew is an all-ages group for all skill levels of puppetry. Join the fun and develop your puppet skills, learn to create and restore puppets, and have the opportunity to perform with other puppeteers at community events!

Join printmaker Adrian Ricca Lucci for a fun introduction to monoprinting! Learn a quick and easy method for printmaking with an etching press! Prints can be made in as little as five minutes, and every print is unique. No prior printmaking experience or fine motor skills are necessary to participate in this workshop.

Poetry of the personal and political will cover the basics of poetry with a lens of sharing personal experiences within a larger political and socioeconomic ecosystem. How the intimate details of our lives can often be political in the way they impact our place in the world. No political agenda will be pushed in any way; this is an opportunity to explore your own place in the world and how poetry can help you understand/cope with that place.

In this beginning sewing class, Alden Sobol will teach you all the basics of how to use a sewing machine and get you started on your first project - making a pin cushion. No sewing experience necessary! Sewing machines and all materials provided. (Or bring your own sewing machine if you prefer!)

Join OffCenter resident sewist, Alden, in this opportunity to learn how to sew book bindings. In this second class of the series you'll learn how to make a book using the Japanese Stab Stitch Binding. You'll leave the class with a handmade journal or notebook using this unique and versatile binding technique

Acrylic painting 101. Learn about palette set up, choosing a surface to paint on, preparing a surface, paints and their properties, brushes, mark making and more. Then we will paint and play!

Ages 16 and up. No experience required.

Recycling all kinds of junk mail, including flyers, envelopes, and sturdy mail flyers, make a journal using masking tape as binding. We will use paint and collage to embellish the pages and create a palette for you to add your own art.

Hermit crabs are known for creating inventive homes in all sorts of surprising spaces and containers. As writers, we can use the containers of other types of writing to form inventive poetry! This writing workshop will play with a variety of forms (including lists, recipes, instructions, letters, and photo captions) to invigorate your writing. We’ll look at example poems and use prompts to generate our own writing.

In this DIY Tarot Workshop, River Rising will teach folks how to create their own tarot cards using collage materials. Blank tarot cards and collage materials will be provided.

Poetry of the personal and political will cover the basics of poetry with a lens of sharing personal experiences within a larger political and socioeconomic ecosystem. How the intimate details of our lives can often be political in the way they impact our place in the world. No political agenda will be pushed in any way; this is an opportunity to explore your own place in the world and how poetry can help you understand/cope with that place.

Hermit crabs are known for creating inventive homes in all sorts of surprising spaces and containers. As writers, we can use the containers of other types of writing to form inventive poetry! This writing workshop will play with a variety of forms (including lists, recipes, instructions, letters, and photo captions) to invigorate your writing. We’ll look at example poems and use prompts to generate our own writing.

Join OffCenter resident sewist, Alden, in this opportunity to learn how to sew book bindings. In this third class of the series you'll learn how to make a book using the Coptic Stitch Binding. You'll leave the class with a handmade journal or notebook using this unique and versatile binding technique.

Hermit crabs are known for creating inventive homes in all sorts of surprising spaces and containers. As writers, we can use the containers of other types of writing to form inventive poetry! This writing workshop will play with a variety of forms (including lists, recipes, instructions, letters, and photo captions) to invigorate your writing. We’ll look at example poems and use prompts to generate our own writing.

Hermit crabs are known for creating inventive homes in all sorts of surprising spaces and containers. As writers, we can use the containers of other types of writing to form inventive poetry! This writing workshop will play with a variety of forms (including lists, recipes, instructions, letters, and photo captions) to invigorate your writing. We’ll look at example poems and use prompts to generate our own writing.