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

Instructors will vary monthly

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! Due to the high demand of these workshops, they often fill up fast, so please register early. If the workshop is full, we can place you on a waiting list in case a family must drop the course. Please email registrar@workhousearts.org for more information.

Summer Quarter: One day, all workshops run 11am-1pm

Saturday July 13 – Artist Karen Kozojet Ching, located in building W-10 – Topic – Watercolor
Saturday August 3 – Artist Karen Kozojet Ching, located in building W-10 – Topic – Pen & Ink
Saturday August 10 - Artist David Vickers, located in building W-3 - Topic - Relief Printmaking - JUST ADDED
Saturday August 17 - Artist David Vickers, located in building W-3 - Topic - Watercolor Mini-Fans - JUST ADDED

Tuition: FREE for Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran, and Family of Military
Special Note: Students MUST register 72 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat! You can register for any one workshop day or as many as you like.

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI

All Skill Levels, Ages Teen through Adult
Instructors: Marilyn Peppers-Citizen and Erin Clarke
If you are a Veteran, Active Duty or Retired, caregiver, or family member you have a spot in Artistic Innovation. Get ready to take your yoga off the mat and into the art studio. Quiet the mind to get in touch with your intuition. Inspire creative ideas. Your instructors are wellness professionals dedicated to helping individuals achieve their wellness goals. Each workshop contains 55 minutes of Yoga, multiple breaks, an artistic activity and time for reflection.

Summer Series - Summer has its own personality.  It has longer days with bright sun and heat and yet another season of transformation. The light and heat start to dry things out, but there is still growth and mobility.
Below are the themes for our Summer series. 

Workshop one: Saturday, July 13 - Focus on Light through Creativity and how to Capture Light
Workshop two: Saturday, July 27 - Focus on Creative Heat and using layered heat-press transfers
Workshop three: Saturday, August 10 - Focus on Firing up your Creativity with Wood Burning Mandalas
Workshop four: Saturday, August 24 - Focus on Intensifying Creativity with Shabori
Workshop five: Saturday, September 14, Focus on Creative abundance and Metallic collage
Workshop six: Saturday, September 28- Focus on Harvesting Creativity with Passed Painting

Every other Saturday, all workshops run 2pm-5pm
Tuition: FREE to all Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran and Family of Military

Special Note: Students MUST register 48 hours in advance! Please register as early as possible to ensure your seat! You can register for any one workshop day or as many as you like.

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI, wear comfortable clothing.
Location: W-11

Beginner to Advanced Skill Level: Ages 18 and older
Open to all Service members whether retired, active or Veteran. Not open to family members.
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.

Returning this Fall!
To be placed on the wait list for this class, please email debrabalestreri@workhousearts.org

Tuition: FREE to Active Duty, Veteran, Retired Veteran (Not open to Family Members)

Materials: All Provided by the WMAI

Location: W-8

NOTE- NEW COURSE POLICY:

Military students can register for the free Sunday night ceramics class up to two consecutive times. After their second quarter in the class they are not permitted to re-enroll in this free class for at least two quarters. This will allow new Military students a chance to take the course.

Due to the popularity and demand for help through this program: student(s) must commit to attending all 6 meetings for these 6 week classes.  We ask that if anyone thinks they will be  unable to attend two or more classes that they wait until their schedule is amenable to attend for all 6 weeks. This will allow another individual on the wait-list to attend these special classes.

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