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Workhouse Military in the Arts Initiative

At the heart of The Workhouse Military in the Arts Initiative's mission is the desire to help improve the quality of life for Military Service members and their families. Your support enables the WMAI to continue providing art therapy and arts experiences to Military service members and their families/care-givers in our community.


Please visit the "Give" page to donate a monetary amount of your choosing. You can choose the WMAI on the billing page to make sure your donation is sent to the appropriate program. Every little bit helps fund the program!


Please considering "liking" our Facebook page here to get all the latest news about this program: https://www.facebook.com/workhouseMAI

The below programming has been made possible through donations, fundraising, sponsorships and grants. A special thank you to the Potomac Health Foundation for awarding us the Howard L. Greenhouse Large Grant Award for 2018-2019 which has allowed us to program these experiences below! All the experiences listed here are specific to our Nation’s Armed Forces and their families. To participate you must be a direct family member of an individual who has served in any US Military branch or an Active Duty, Veteran, or Retired Veteran yourself. Though the experiences below are free, we do require each student register at least 72 hours in advance.

Tuition Assistance for Service Members!

Those who serve in the armed forces face unique challenges, such as frequent moves, unusual work schedules, stress, trouble sleeping, and more. These challenges make it increasingly difficult to participate in social activities that can benefit a student’s mental, behavioral and social health. The WMAI understands these challenges and is honored to back our military through tuition assistance in support of a service member’s personal goals in the therapeutic and healing qualities of the arts. This tuition assistance is open to all those who do or have served in any of the military service branches including the National Guard and reservists. Students are permitted one subsidy, per student, per quarter and must apply by providing a one-page, cover letter that demonstrates financial need and explains how taking the course will benefit them either behaviorally, socially, mentally or physically. Post course, the student will be asked to fill out a survey about their experience. The WMAI subsidy will cover 100% of the student’s tuition and any programmatic materials associated with the course. Personal materials and outside-class purchased materials will not be covered. To learn more, inquire at registrar@workhousearts.org.


Supported, in part, by the Potomac Health Foundation

Special Workshops

Recovery Forge Forging Open Studio

The Workhouse Arts Center has partnered with Recovery Forge for Metal Forging!

If you are a Military Veteran, Active Duty or Retired, Every weekend this summer join Adam Porras of Recovery Forge for free open studio time in forging.


Recovery Forge's main mission is to teach blacksmithing and bladesmithing to Wounded Warriors, Active Military, Veterans, and First Responders. Learn more about Recovery Forge and "like" their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/recoveryforge

 

When: Every Saturday and Sunday, beginning
Hours: 12pm- 5pm Saturdays and 12pm-4pm Sundays
Where: Building 9A (located on north side of the center between buildings 9 and 10)

You must enter from the front of the complex- where the glass door is located.

Cost: FREE for Wounded Warriors, Active Military, Veterans, Retired Veterans and First Responders


Make & Take Art Workshop for Military Families

All Skill Levels, All Ages, Family Class
Open to Active Duty, Retired, Veteran, Family and Care-givers to Military

Instructors will vary

These workshop experiences are deigned to be fun-filled, art-making, experiences for the whole family. This is not a class where you drop off the kids- in this experience, the family joins and journeys into the creative world together! Join our talented Art Instructors as they guide you through painting and mixed media exercises where you’ll create a unique work-of-art ready to take home at the end of the workshop. Topics will vary but one thing is for sure – you WILL have fun! These experiences, supplies, facilities and art instruction are made possible through generous donations, fundraising, and grants. Please consider supporting this Initiative to allow us to continue offering these experiences!


Fall Quarter: One day

Saturday September 29th, 11am-1pm (Artist- Nadine Thola, located in building W-10, Topic- Painting)

Saturday October 20 – 11am-1pm (Artist- Denise Phalan, located in building W-5, Topic- Visual Journaling)

Saturday December 15 – 11am-1pm (Artist-Wendy Anderson, located in building W-10, Topic- Design Your own Vinyl Toy)

Winter Quarter: One day

Saturday January 26 – 11am-1pm 1pm (Artist-Wendy Anderson, located in building W-10, Topic- Mandalas)
Saturday February 16 – 11am-1pm (Artist-Relene Schuster, located in W-5, Topic-Monoprinting)

Saturday March 16 – 11am-1pm (Artist-Karen Ching, located in W-3, Topic-Collage)


Tuition: FREE to Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran, Family of Military

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI

Students MUST register 72 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat!

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Portrait Drawing for Military Arts Students

All Skill Levels, Ages Teen through Adult
Instructor: Van Nguyen

Always wanted to try your hand at drawing a portrait? Our art instructor will take you through a step-by-step, easy-to-follow process and be with you every step of the way to ensure the best results. This experience is limited to eight students to ensure you get plenty of one-on-one attention. This workshop is designed to begin with a 2-day introduction to drawing the portrait from a photograph of your choosing in September. Then you take your work home, continue to develop your work and return in December to finish up the process as a group and try your hand at drawing the portrait from a live model.


Fall Quarter: Five days
Friday September 21 and Saturday September 22, 10am-1pm
Friday December 7, 10am-1pm

Saturday December 8, 10am-2pm, with live model
Sunday December 9, 10am-2pm, with live model

Tuition: FREE to Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran, Family of Military

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI

Students MUST register 72 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat!

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Beginning - Advanced Ceramics for Military

Beginner to Advanced Skill Level: Ages 18 and older
This class is for those students who are Active Duty, Veteran or Retired Veteran. 
The class is designed to be a component to the Military in the Arts Initiative here at the Workhouse. This class is appropriate for anyone with beginning through advanced hand-building and/or wheel-throwing skills or the complete newbie that would like to try working in clay. Even military members already possessing skills in working with clay will be able to engage themselves in increasing their technical, firing and surface decorating knowledge. General focus will be on the continued development of design, with either functional or non-functional forms, as well as construction, glazing and firing processes to bring forth their own ideas, influences and personal style.


Fall Quarter: 6 weeks
Sunday September 23, 7:00pm-9:30pm (Mendoza) 


Winter Quarter: 6 weeks
Sunday January 13, 7:00pm-9:30pm (Mendoza) 


Tuition: FREE to Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran

(Please note that this course is not open to family members)

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI

Location: W-8

Students MUST register 72 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat!

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Yoga for Creativity

All Skill Levels, Ages Teen through Adult
Instructor: Marilyn Peppers-Citizen and Erin Clarke
If you are a Veteran, Active Duty or Retired, caregiver, or family member you have a spot in Yoga for Creativity. Get ready to take your yoga off the mat and into the art studio. Quiet the mind to get in touch with your intuition and Inspire creative ideas! Join us in this 6-week series this fall or winter!


Fall series: Fall is a time of transition. As trees and shrubs prepare for the winter, the earth browns and temperatures hint at the telltale crispness of autumn. The wind slowly gathers its strength, carrying tides of winter on its breadth. Autumn can hold a sense of emptiness that can leave us feeling exposed and a little raw, but it is also filled with possibility- a time when we too can strip down to a quite essence of being and savor the simplicity.

Session begins Saturday, October 6th and will meet every other Saturday for 6 weeks

Session last day is December 15th

Time: 2pm-5pm


Winter series: Take a slow deep breadth...winter is here. Everywhere around you the natural world is withdrawing, going dormant, and embracing a long, dark season of slumber. Stillness characterizes winter and with it comes a subtle invitation to redirect our own energies. Winter is the antidote for the fast-paced mobility of the summer. This is a time to rest, reflect, hold space, vision, hibernate, withdraw some of your outward-focused energy and redirect it inward.

Session begins Saturday, January 12th and will meet every other Saturday for 6 weeks

Session last day is March 23rd

Time: 2pm-5pm


FREE to all Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran and Family of Military
Location: W-11

Students MUST register 72 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat!

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