CERAMICS: TEARDROP BIRD FEEDERS
2 - Part Class
JUNE 9 & 16, 2026
Tuesdays
6 - 8 pm
REGISTER BY: June 8
CLASS FEE: $75, or $67.50 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Join instructor Bethany Newman for a couple nights of fun!
Students will learn the basics of the slab roller, texturing clay, and assembling a simple clay form. During the first class, we will focus on working with our clay and the assembly of the bird feeders.
Your instructor will bisque fire your pieces before the next class which we will then be glazing!
Your pieces will go through a final firing and be ready for pick up the week of June 23rd.
All materials and supplies are provided, come ready to have some fun with this beautiful spring project!
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 2
Maximum # of Participants = 12
WATERCOLOR: LOOSE LANDSCAPES
JUNE 11, 2026
Thursday
10am - 1pm
REGISTER BY: June 8
CLASS FEE: $85, or $76.50 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Nourish your spirit of experimentation in this high-energy session focused on the "flow" of water. You will discover wet-in-wet techniques and learn the simplicity of dragging, splattering, and spraying to bring fields, trees, and waves to life.
For all levels.
Takeaway: A newfound confidence in expressive landscape fundamentals.
Supplies included for $10 supply (please pay instructor directly at beginning of class).​​
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 12
ALCOHOL INK: BEAUTIFUL BIRDS
JUNE 15, 2026
Monday
10am - 4pm
REGISTER BY: June 12
CLASS FEE: $125, or $112.50 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Apply the magic of alcohol inks to a specific subject as you learn to paint the bird of your choice. Through step by-step demonstrations, you will learn to achieve intricate detail and precision within a fluid medium.
Takeaway: A finished, intricate bird painting and personalized guidance on ink control.
Supplies included for $15 supply (please pay instructor directly at beginning of class).​​
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 10
ZINE WORKSHOP:
BE YOUR OWN PUBLISHER
JUNE 18, 2026
Thursday
5 - 8pm
REGISTER BY: June 16th
CLASS FEE: $40 or $36 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Be Your Own Publisher: How to Make a Zine with artist Jasmine Lace Petrie.
Part creative writing, part collage, 100% DIY!
One of the great analog arts, modern Zines (rhymes with beans) are generally understood to have started back in the 1930’s in the form of sci-fi fanzines as folks compiled and traded musings about their favorite science fiction. DIY Zine creation has been bubbling along under the radar for a long time, and you, too can go pre-digital to share the spark inside you! Zines are great for sharing with friends or family, anonymously hiding for strangers to find, or creating chapbooks for wider distribution. Join this class to share your spark!
In this workshop, students will create their own eight-page Zine out of a single piece of paper. The contents of your zines are entirely open ended – it can be poetry, tutorial, collage, sketches, etc. Bring ideas with you – including any writings or imagery you might want to include (not required, but helpful).
All supplies are provided.​​
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 10
CERAMICS:
OPEN STUDIO
JUNE 23, 25 & 30 2026
Tuesdays
6 - 9 pm
REGISTER BY: June 22
CLASS FEE:
Option #1 - 2 classes June 23 & 30th
$100, or $90 for members​
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Option #2 - 3 classes June 23, 25 & 30th
$115, or $103 for members
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FORMAT: in-person
Choose from attending 2 classes or 3 classes (allowing for more time to carve, add texture & details).
Have you dabbled in ceramics and want to get back into it? In this open studio class you will be able to get your hands in the clay and build a vessel from start to finish - including glazing! With instructor Bethany Newman, participants will have the opportunity to work with a slab roller and/or hand building of small scale pieces, plus adding texture, and of course glazing! The first class is focused on building your vessel then fired in our kiln. Then students will return the following week to add texture, decorative design elements and glazing. Pieces will go through an additional kiln firing. Students will be able to pick up their finished piece, complete with clear coat. This class is open to ages 12 and above.
All materials will be provided.
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 2
Maximum # of Participants = 12
REVEALING TREES: THE ART OF LAYERS, 2-day
JULY 7 & 8, 2026
Tuesday & Wednesday
10am - 4pm each day
REGISTER BY: July 3
CLASS FEE: $250, or $225 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Day one is all about making and building your "library" of papers on a Gelli plate. On day two, we layer these onto cradle boards, apply thick-bodied paint, and then—in a moment of exciting visual reveal—we scrape away the top layers to find the "trees" beneath.
Takeaway: A finished 12x12" painting on a wood cradleboard that captures soft, atmospheric light.
Supplies included for $20 supply (please pay instructor directly at beginning of class).​​
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 8
NAURAL DYE WORKSHOP
WITH SILK
AUGUST 20, 2026
Thursday
2 - 4pm
REGISTER BY: August 18th
CLASS FEE: $50, or $45 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
An approachable, low impact take on natural dyeing! We are calling it Natural Dye in a Jar, but the more technical name for this method is low immersion cold natural dye. This means that we will use time and contact instead of heat to impart color on fabric and create a varied surface design in the process. Students will receive a pre-mordanted silk scarf for transforming during this guided process using dye plants that Jasmine has harvested and dried herself. Everyone will go home with a jar full of dye goodness, already steeping, and instructions to complete the process at home.
Suitable for ages 10 and up.
All materials provided.
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 10
WATERCOLOR FOR ALL LEVELS!
SEPTEMBER 29, 2026
Tuesday
10am -1pm
REGISTER BY: September 26
CLASS FEE: $60, or $54 for members​
FORMAT: in-person
Join us for an insightful watercolor workshop with Megan Swoyer!
Two Paintings: “Mackinac Inn” and “Vintage Fishing Bobbers”.
In this three-hour workshop, students will follow along step-by-step as artist and instructor Megan Swoyer leads them down a path that features wet-in-wet and wet-in-dry techniques. Other concepts that will be covered include: creating texture, shadow and value for architectural elements, and complementary color application. Each student will work on two paintings. One showcases the inviting front porch of a legendary Mackinac Island Inn while the other features a classic wooden fishing bobber motif with gorgeous, cheerful colors.
No drawing skills required — Megan has two light boards on which students can trace, or they can sketch freehand. Both begin with very loose sketches.
This workshop is open to all levels watercolorists for ages 13 and up.
It will begin at 10 a.m. sharp and there will be a very short break between paintings.
Supplies:
Participants may bring their own supplies according to the list below, or if you are new to painting may get supplies to use for a $10 fee. This includes a simple individual set-up of all materials during class. Please send requests to Megan at megan@waterloogroup.com upon registration. Megan will take cash payment only upon arrival for class.
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SUPPLY LIST (CLICK HERE to download)
Painting 1: Mackinac Inn
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Cold Press 140-pound watercolor paper cut into a approx. 5x7" in size. Or you can just block off on a larger sheet a 5 x 7-ish space for painting.
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A board for taping your paper to. It should be a little bigger than the paper size. Can be a piece of cardboard or side of box or professional board for watercolorists.
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Painters tape to tape your painting down to your board.
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Watercolor paints that are either already in a palette or please squeeze from tubes your colors into a palette well before class begins: Lemon yellow, ocher or a tan or raw sienna color, brown, violet, red, orange (or make orange with red/yellow), teal/turquoise, sap green or hooker green or a something similar, some type of blue.
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Brushes: Sizes from 0-8, round (round as in it comes to a point when wet). Can also bring a flat brush if you’d like. They need to be watercolor brushes.
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Optional: Spritzer, salt, white crayon or white taper candle.
Painting 2: Vintage Fishing Bobbers
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Cold Press 140-pound watercolor paper. Whatever size you like, but I would suggest maybe an 8x10" or 9x12".
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A board for taping your paper to.
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Painters tape.
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Watercolor paints that are either already in a palette/well or please squeeze from tubes your colors into a palette well before class begins: Blues, reds, ochers/tans/Quinacridone gold, green, teal, violet/purple, brown. Anything goes, really, for these bobbers.
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Brushes: Sizes from 0-8, round (round as in it comes to a point when wet). Be sure you have a small, pointed one, such as 0 or 1 to paint within the smaller stripes and to paint the delicate hooks/fishing lines. They need to be watercolor brushes.
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Salt (sea salt, Kosher, and/or table salt), white crayon or white taper candle.
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Space is limited & Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 18
CANCELLATION POLICY
Student Withdrawal
Due to artist/instructor preparations and travel, we do not provide refunds.
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Weather-Related
In the event that Charlevoix Public Schools are closed due to inclement weather, classes will be cancelled. To the best of our ability, CCA will schedule a make-up class. Refunds will not be provided if the student is unable to attend a rescheduled class.
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Minimum Enrollment
If a class does not have the minimum number of students enrolled, CCA will notify you prior to the first session that the class is cancelled and will offer a full refund to the student. (Credit card payments will be refunded to the same card and check & cash payments will be refunded by check.)​​​​