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  All  2020-21 Classes & Workshops 

have been cancelled due to COVID19  

Please check back in June of 2021

 Printmaking for Creative Collage

Sunday, June 14

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Spend a fun day learning a variety of experimental hand-printmaking techniques and then turn some of your prints into collages for exhibit pieces, greeting cards, gifts, or simply for the joy of making art. In the morning we’ll work with wood blocks, linocuts, monotypes, gelatin plates, stencils, stamps, and found materials to make a series of water-based prints, then we’ll spend the afternoon using some of your prints to create a series of free form collages to take home at the end of the day. 



Sessions will take place at the Eliot School Annex, 253 Amory St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Register at:

https://eliotschool.org/classes/printmaking-creative-collage-1s20

 Pop-Up Travel Journals

Sunday, June 28

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Do you have a box full of photos, wrappers, tickets and other ephemera from your last trip or family vacation that you don’t know what to do with??? Join me for this fun day-long workshop to get started putting your vacation or travel mementos into a fabulous form that you'll love to use for this and other books.  

Using origami-folds and a simple assembly this book begins as a simple square but opens into adramatic, multifaceted container for your travel treasures.  You can add pockets, flaps, windows and pop-outs, and make it beautiful with hand-printmaking techniques, collage, cutting, painting, drawing and text. 

Sessions will take place at the Eliot School Annex, 253 Amory St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Register at:

https://eliotschool.org/classes/pop-travel-journal-1s20 

*New dates coming for*

Wild Journals Revival 

 These day-long open studios are for people who have already completed a Wild Journals Workshop Series, Weekend, or Summer Intensive. Join us to work on new or unfinished projects, get some inspiration and new ideas, or explore new techniques in the company of fellow artists.

 Sessions run from 10:00 AM- 4:00 PM

$115 per session includes most materials

For more information contact me at susaneporter33@yahoo.com

or call 617-983-3625



Celebration Accordion Books

Sunday, March  15

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Celebration Accordion Books

will be offered again on

Saturday, June 20, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

 In this day-long workshop, create a beautiful multi-layered accordion book for yourself, or as a special gift for a friend or family member. This adaptable form allows you to make a festive book packed full of surprises — words, letters, tiny booklets, pockets, charms, photos, windows, and other ingredients that give meaning to your theme.

Decide on your concept and palette, then dive into a wealth of materials to build your book with paint, paper, thread, buttons, beads, and whatever else we can find to bring it to life. You’ll leave with a dramatic one-of-a-kind piece, and the knowledge to use this form again and again to create more books for yourself and others. 

Sessions will take place at the Eliot School Annex, 253 Amory St. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Register at:

https://eliotschool.org/classes/celebration-accordion-books-1w20


 

 Wild Journals

Workshop Series

This 6-week series will be offered again in the fall of 2020. Dates will be posted here in the summer.



Many of us keep journals to gain insight into our lives, or to mark events that have particular meaning.  Others like to keep travel journals or make small books to commemorate special passages in our lives. Whether you write everyday or just occasionally, if you love keeping journals, this fun workshop series will help you take your journals to a whole new level.

Each week we’ll explore new techniques and inspirational materials while we play with color, texture, pattern, and form. We’ll paint, print, stamp, cut, tear, fold, and collage your pages into intricate multi-layered surfaces, making each page a one-of-a-kind ‘canvas’ for your words, images, drawings, or photos. Stimulate your creativity and launch your journals onto a whole new path. Open to all skill levels.

This 6-week series will be offered again in the fall of 2020. Dates will be posted here in the summer.