Fall Family & Youth Workshops Still Open for October!

Enroll now for Fall Two Classes- November 3rd- December 21st (No classes the week of November 24th-30th)

We offer both multi-week classes and one-day workshops!

Sliding-scale pricing options are available for anyone in financial hardship. Find more information here.

2025 Class Cancellation Policy

VISUAL ARTS | FINE CRAFTS |CERAMICS | PERFORMING ARTS


Fall Workshops for Grades K-5 & Families

Choose one or All! Parent/Guardian welcome to attend alongside student- One registration covers 1 student & 1 Adult

$15/ craft workshop (all materials provided)

Artist-Instructor: Annika Morse, Didi Johnson, Lillian Carver

Autumn Weaving | Sat Oct 11 | 3:30pm-5:30pm 

Make Your Own Haunted Houses Saturday Oct 18 | 1pm-3pm - still room!

Trick or Treat Bags and Accessories | Sat Oct 25 | 1pm-3pm

CULINARY WORKSHOPS- more info here! with Cake Hoopla!

FALL REGISTRATION Now Open!

Teen Artists are welcome to explore our Adult Visual Arts Classes here (watercolors, oil painting, drawing) - must email education@chehalemculturalcenter.org for approval before registration.

Class sessions are 6-weeks unless otherwise specified


Teen art classes

Character Creation: from Charlie Brown to Legolas and everything in between! 

Ages 11- 18 | Mondays 4-5:30pm | Nov 3- Dec 15

Artist- Instructor Lillian Carver | $150/ session 

In this Character Creation Course: you’ll be learning how to design and illustrate your own character. Whether it’s for a webcomic about your life, an illustration for your Dungeons & Dragons campaign, or fanart of your favorite anime character, the possibilities are endless!

We’ll learn how to use references to design and create illustrations of engaging characters that draw people in using a variety of mediums (including but not limited to: colored pencil, gouache, pen & ink). Great class to join if you love anime, manga, Cartoon Network, tabletop RPGs, graphic novels, and video games.


Creative Writing for Teens (Ages 12+) | Tues 5:30-7pm | Nov 4- Dec 16

Artist-Instructor: Annika Morse, $150/ session 

If you like designing your own worlds and dreaming up new stories then this class is for you. This class will focus on creativity and thinking outside the box while also teaching the building blocks of writing a good story and how to edit your writing. Writing materials provided, bring yourself and your thinking caps!

Teen Book & Art Club for Ages 10-18 | Wednesdays 4-5:30pm | Nov 5-Dec 17

Artist- Instructor: Lillian Carver, $150/ session 

A book and art club! This session we will be delving into the book A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K Le Guin. The first session of this course- our class will take a field trip to the library to check out this title, and learn about the library's free resources. Over the course of six weeks the students will read the book in class and at home, accompanied in class by title themed creative projects: drawing fantasy maps, illustrating characters from the book, crafting story relevant items and so much more! 



ART CLUBS for Grades K-5

Art Club: Art & Nature (for Grades K-5) | Mondays 4-5:30pm | Nov 3-Dec 15

Artist- Instructor: Annika Morse | $150/ session 

Explore and observe the beauty and wonder of nature through art. Create 2D and 3D projects using a variety of natural and eco-friendly materials combined with painting, printing and collage. Build skills and creativity in a fun environment with friends.

Art Club: Imagination Station for Grades K-5 | Tuesdays 4-5:30pm | Nov 4-Dec 16

Artist- Instructor: Annika Morse | $150/ session 

Imagination Station encourages young artists to grow, create, relax, and have fun! Express your likes, interests, thoughts and feelings using a variety of art materials and techniques. 2D and 3D art projects are inspired by stories, artists, music, culture, and art prompts.


For PreK & Families:

Club Mud & Paint for Ages 3-6 | Weds 12:30pm-2pm | Nov 5- Dec 17

For our youngest artists!! 1 enrollment covers 1 adult & 1 student  

Artist-Instructor: Annika Morse, $120/6 week session, all materials provided

This club is all about trying new things and letting our imaginations soar! Through guided crafts and artistic exploration, our youngest artists will be free to learn, create and make a mess while having fun with clay, paint and much more! 


Family Clay Play for PreK-5th Grade | Sundays 3-4:30pm | Nov 9- Dec 21

Families work together to create extraordinary clay vessels and projects. Each week, families will create a different type of hand-built project. One spot will cover 1 Parent/Guardian + 1 child- students must attend with an adult guardian. 

$120/ 6 week session

 

Spooky Sweets: Grownup & Me Cupcake Workshop (Ages 3-Adult)

Sunday Oct 19 | 2:30pm-4pm

Get in the spooky spirit at Cake Hoopla’s Halloween cupcake-decorating class for kids and their grownups. This hands-on, memory-making workshop is the perfect way to celebrate the season while bonding with a child in your life. Together, you’ll transform simple cupcakes into spooky (and silly!) edible art, including fondant eyeballs, ghostly figures, and creepy-crawly spiders. At the end, you’ll head home with six delicious cupcakes to show off (and enjoy!), plus new decorating skills to bring future baking projects to life.

$50 covers 1 Adult & 1 child- includes all materials, 6 cupcakes, all decorating supplies & frosting & more- REGISTER HERE!

Instructor: Cake Hoopla


Cake-Decorating Fundamentals for Ages 10-18: Autumn Harvest Cake

Sunday Nov 9 | 2:30pm-4:30pm

Designed for students who want to build a professional-looking cake from the ground up, this workshop provides confidence, creativity, and hands-on skills that impress long after class ends.

Working with a three-layer cake, students will practice essential techniques, like stacking, filling, frosting, and decorating, before creating a show-stopping fall design complete with fondant pumpkins and cascading autumn leaves. Each student will take home both a beautiful centerpiece cake and the knowledge to recreate the process at home.

$90/one day workshop, includes one cake, all decorating materials, frosting, fondant supplies & more - Register here

Instructor: Cake Hoopla


REGISTER HERE- Fall Classes & Workshops!

Creating & Playing w/ Herbs (Ages 7-15) | Weds 4:15-5:15PM | Nov 5- Dec 17

Artist-Instructor:  Mckaila Egan is the creator of Medicine Ghippsy

$120/6 week session, covers all materials, herbs, tools & culinary equipment

In this fun and hands-on class, kids will explore the world of herbs and nature!

They'll learn how to identify common herbs, make their own herbal teas, and create natural art and simple body care products like lip balm or bath salts.

Through creative projects, the kids will connect with nature, use their senses, and discover how plants can be helpful in everyday life.


Embroidery Club for Teens & Adults - Wednesdays 4-5:30pm | Nov 3- Dec 15

Your favorite pair of pants with the hole in the knee can be fixed! That sweater you always wear that makes you feel cozy year after year? It can be fixed!This course will teach basic sewing and embroidery techniques as well as focusing on experimenting with sashiko (Japanese mending). 

Artist-Instructor: Annika Morse

$150/6 week session, all materials provided- feel free to bring your own items & fabric from home!


Creative Threads: Fiber Collage for Teens - Thursdays 4-5:30pm | Nov 4-Dec 16

Ever thought about fabric as art? What about thread as a way to illustrate ideas? This class is about communicating ideas through fabrics, threads and found objects. In this class students will learn how to fuse fabrics, do free motion stitching on a machine, and utilize various embroidery techniques to create a 20” x 20” art quilt of their own design.

Artist-Instructor: Kat Puente

$170/ 6 week session- covers all fabric, supplies & tools and use of sewing machines


REGISTER HERE

Lights, Curtain, Middle School presents: Supervillains Anonymous

Mondays, 4pm-6pm, Nov 3-Dec 15 | $200/session covers all materials, scripts, costumes

Brand new offering-- our very first theatre class in our brand new LaJoie Theatre! Be part of our inaugural middle school theatre performance troupe ending the session with a mainstage performance! 

Every student learns essential theater skills, feels empowered in their own artistic ability, and participates in the group collaboration, whether on stage or off, of a one act play to be performed at the end of the term!

Artist-Instructor: Ellie Barbuto

FALL REGISTRATION Now Open!

Class sessions are 6-weeks unless otherwise specified

SUNDAYS

Family Clay Play for PreK-5th Grade | Sundays 3-4:30pm | Nov 9- Dec 21

Families work together to create extraordinary clay vessels and projects. Each week, families will create a different type of hand-built project. One spot will cover 1 Parent/Guardian + 1 child- students must attend with an adult guardian. 

$120/ 6 week session

MONDAYS

Ceramics Club (Grades K-2) | Mondays | 4-5:30pm | Nov 3- Dec 15

Come join us for this handbuilding and wheel-throwing class for young ceramicists, both new and returning!

For Kindergarten- 2nd Grade Only

Student led clay play with instruction. A hands-on introductory course that teaches our youngest learners foundational ceramic skills and practices. Students will learn how to build creatures and vessels out of clay. In addition to learning how to build ceramic pieces, students will learn how to view and observe artwork.

Artist-Instructor: Pilar Swanson| $150/session

TUESDAYS


Teen Ceramics (Grades 6-12) | Tuesdays 4:15pm-5:45pm | Nov 4- Dec 16

For beginning and returning students alike- focus on wheel throwing or handbuilding!

Artist-Instructor: Anneliese Kiefer | $150/session


WEDNESDAYS

Ceramics Club (Grades 3-5) | Wednesdays 4pm-5:30pm | Nov 5-Dec 17

Come join us for this handbuilding and wheel-throwing class for young ceramicists, both new and returning!

For 3rd-5th Grades Only

Theme based and student led clay play with guided instruction. Building off the skills learned in K-2 Ceramic Club students will learn how to build bigger and taller handbuilt forms. Students will have opportunities to potentially throw on the pottery wheel. 

Artist-Instructor: Lora Froescher of Hands on Art | $150/session


THURSDAYS

Teen Ceramics w/Pottery Wheel Focus (Grades 6-12) | Thursdays 4:15pm-5:45pm | Nov 6- Dec 18

Learn the basics of throwing on the potters' wheel. We’ll also explore hand-building techniques, glazing, and surface design with a “creature” theme.

Artist-Instructor: Courtney Maulding, former Ceramics Studio Resident | $150/session


Sliding-scale pricing options are available for anyone in financial hardship. Find more information here.

2025 Class Cancellation Policy