St. Louis Park Community Education

Join us for a fun evening creating a one-of-a-kind monogrammed platter using alcohol inks. Choose any name you would like to monogram on a 10”x 5.75” plate or create your own design. Alcohol inks are pigment-intense and vibrant, free-flowing, and filled with an energy all their own. You will leave the workshop with knowledge of a new technique that you can then take home and expand your artistic interest. *Indicate what name you would like for your monogram template when registering* All supplies included in class fee.

Make an embroidery sampler as we learn the basic embroidery stitches. Whether you are just starting out or picking up the hoop after a long time away, this class is a great place to start. Please bring a wooden embroidery hoop, size1-5 embroidery needle, scissors, and a few skeins of embroidery floss in your favorite colors. Pre-printed fabric cloth will be provided.

Take a simple box and turn it into a stunning masterpiece! Instructor, Jean Johnson, will share her knowledge, techniques, and tips. One box and basic supplies included in registration fee, bring other unique pieces to include on your box. We'll start with the basics of surface prep and design planning then application and finally finishing techniques like gesso, antiquing gel, conde wax, gloss and more! Bring any of the following tools or additional items to collage (like a hard cover book/notebook, mini-canvas, etc) small, soft, paint brush (disposable) mod podge - matte finish scissors newspapers, magazines fine sand paper, small piece pen, pencil, old credit card ruler (metal edge preferred) tissue paper, wall paper cut outs buttons, jewelry, fabric old book pages, catalog pages, etc.

Learn about the ancient art and horticulture of bonsai. This is a 2-part class with initial styling on the first day and re-potting and additional styling on the second. This class will provide you with a tree, pot, soil and wire to start your tree. Bonsai is a fascinating art form that has been around since 30BC and is growing and changing all of the time. This hobby can keep you entertained and engaged for years to come. There is a material fee ($45 for the March class, $50 for the June class), which is paid to instructor at class. The material fee includes: pre-bonsai plant materials, pot, soil, and wire. Tools will be available at class for student use or bring your own (chops sticks, pliers (not needle nose), garden pruners, garden scissors, shears, small plastic bag or two (to transport your tree), any Bonsai tools you may own. No refunds are given for cancellations received less than one week prior to class.

Bring your project or start a new one! We meet weekly to work on knitting, crocheting, felting and other needlecraft projects in community with each other. We donate items to support the Senior Program. This group is free to join - we hope to see you there! No registration needed!

This Open Woodshop is for all ranges of ability from beginner to advanced craftsmen. Lenox has a shop with a variety of power and hand tools for your use. Prerequisite: Beginning Woodworking or previous woodworking experience. Pay at the door $2/day for Members or $5/day for Non Members - Please bring exact change, or check, payable to ISD 283 or register online on a monthly basis to use credit card. MASK MANDATORY

We will cover basic maintenance and cleaning techniques for your sewing machine, how to choose the perfect pattern for you, and the basics of completing a successful sewing project. Among the patterns the instructor will bring to try, we will practice making a non-medical mask in class. Before class begins, please make sure that you have a sewing machine in good working order, at least 2 bobbins, at least 2 sewing machine needles, the power cord and foot pedal for your machine, thread, a seam ripper, pins, fabric shears or a rotary cutter and mat, and the manual for your machine. If you don’t have a manual, we may be able to find a downloadable version online. If your machine has extra feet or tools, make sure you have them ready.

This class incorporates right-brained drawing exercises including contour and gesture. You will ease into the process of drawing in a fun, creative and effortless way. Mediums include pencil, charcoal and sketching crayons. Please purchase materials before the first class. No previous drawing experience is necessary for the beginner level; the intermediate level is for students who have taken the beginner level or have previous drawing experience. Fall: We will draw from figures, nature, still-life and photographs. Winter: We will create form in your drawings using shading and modeling techniques Spring: We will draw with color using chalk and oil pastels, colored pencils, sketch crayons and watercolors Fall & Winter Materials One Ebony pencil One 6B pencil One 4B pencil One kneaded eraser One hand held metal pencil sharpener One 11"x14"drawing pad One 11"x14" newsprint pad (or larger) Vine charcoal sticks - soft Masking tape 1/2" Conte sketch crayons, four color set One 15"x16" sketch board (or slightly larger) *All sizes are approximate Spring Materials One Ebony pencil One 6B pencil One 4B pencil One kneaded eraser One hand held metal pencil sharpener One 11"x14"drawing pad One 11"x14" newsprint pad Vine charcoal sticks - soft Masking tape 1/2" Conte sketch crayons - four color set One 15"x16" sketch board (or slightly larger) one small set of oil pastels one small set of chalk pastels one small set of watercolors with a brush one small set of colored pencils *All sizes are approximate