Join us for these arts learning experiences at the Cultural Center this Winter/Spring 2024! 

We are happy to once again partner with Elevate OTC to offer monthly Elevate Exploratories this season! We will also continue to host monthly arts learning workshops at various times during the week at the Cultural Center, in order to reach as many community members as possible.

This means 2 arts workshop opportunities each month this spring (PLUS, don’t forget our monthly Art for Lunch noon workshop each 2nd Thursday!)!

Add life to your drawings with color! In this class, students will learn fundamentals of drawing such as proportion, composition, value and more; and explore color theory as they incorporate color into the drawing process. Instructor and artist Paul Johnson will lead students through exercises and offer tips, techniques, and guidance as they create completed works of art using materials such as colored pencil and pastels. This class is for beginners and intermediate artists who want to learn foundational tools and further their understanding of color to take their drawings to the next level!

Paul Johnson, a resident of Pelican Rapids, taught for over 20 years as Communication Art and Design instructor at Alexandria Technical & Community College. He is the creator of Paul Johnson Design & Illustration, and is the Concordia Christmas Concert muralist, just completing his 15th mural.

Unleash your innate creativity! CornerStone is offering a unique and engaging experience for 6-8 participants this spring and also in a fall session. Taught by area creativity coach/artist/writer Dawn Duncan, Yellowbright, Inc., CornerStone of Creativity has been created to provide a soul-searching endeavor paired with various art activities, resulting in deeper understanding of self and natural gifts. Plus, it's FUN! Working alongside your classmates and with Dawn, tap into what is already inside of you: imagination, curiosity, and playfulness. Art is the channel for self-expression and personal growth!

SPECIAL OFFER!
This course is being offered to a maximum of 14 participants total (between spring and fall sessions) for over half off the regular course fee with funding provided in part by the Lake Regions Art Council through a Minnesota State Legislative appropriation and CornerStone Community & Youth Center.

Regular fee for the six-week course, which includes all supplies, and in-person instruction (2-2.5 hours/week) is $555. However, participants in this special offering will only pay $255, a savings of over 50%!

Under the guidance of iTry Studio’s, Deb Kerr, students will learn knitting for beginners, such as casting on, stitch techniques, and seaming.

Have you always thought it would be fun to learn how to carve?  This is the ideal class to try woodcarving for the first time!  Learn to carve a traditional Swedish Dala horse with Alan Pearson from the Red River Valley Woodcarvers.  This is a 2-part class:  First, we will carve the horse, and second, we will paint it.

This class will cover carving safety, tool selection, reading wood grains as well as different carving techniques.  We will be using a carving knife and an optional #3 gouge.  There will be safety equipment and tools available to borrow.

The Color Design Workshop

With Instructor Ellen Jean Diederich TWSA, RRWS June 19-21, 2024, 10:00 am-3:30 pm
At the Red Door Art Gallery Classroom

Would you like to gain experience with creating beautiful color palettes? In this workshop, you will practice basic watercolor skills and create a variety of color palettes. As colors begin to magically work, we will study how to develop them and keep that going.

Session 1: June 24-28, 2024

Grades K-4 - 10:00am-12:00pm led by Rebecca Krueger @ Kaddatz Galleries

Grades 5-8 - 1:00-4:00 pm led by Blayze Buseth @ Creation Shop

Session 2: July 29-Aug 2, 2024

Grades K-4 - 10:00am-12:00pm led by Blayze Buseth @ Creation Shop

Grades 5-8 - 1:00-4:00 pm led by Naomi RaMona Schliesman @ Kaddatz Galleries