Fall One Youth/Teen Classes Fall Family & Youth Workshops Open for Registration!
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/ workshop (all materials provided)
Artist-Instructor: Didi Johnson
Autumn Equinox Art | Sat Sept 20 | 1pm-3pm
Art Books with Surprises: Autumn Equinox Edition | Sat Sept 20 | 3:30pm-5:30pm
Make Your Own Haunted Houses - Two options! Choose ONE Saturday Oct 4 or Saturday Oct 18 | 1pm-3pm
Fall Craft Party | Sat October 11 | 1pm-3pm
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 | Sept 15- Oct 20
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.
Teen Book & Art Club for Ages 10-18 | Wednesdays 4-5:30pm | Sept 17- Oct 22
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 | Sept 15- Oct 20
Artist- Instructor: Didi Johnson | $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 | 4-5:30pm
Choose One Option Only- Tuesdays OR Thursdays | Sept 16- Oct 23
Artist- Instructor: Didi Johnson | $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.
Satellite Campus Art Clubs- Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum
Art Club- Art Takes Flight!
Register here! Wednesdays 4-5:30pm | Sept 17- Oct 22
All classes are held onsite at the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum in McMinnville. Artist- Instructor: Didi Johnson | $150/ session
Calling our young artists to spread their wings and embark on the voyage of The CCC Art Club at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum! Explore the skies using fun art materials and let your creativity soar. Thematic activities are inspired by the museum’s collection including the impressive Spruce Goose to imaginary space scapes and beyond.
Creative Threads: Fiber Collage for Teens - Will return this in Fall Session Two (Nov/Dec)
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
Lights, Curtain, Middle School presents: Supervillains Anonymous
Stay tuned— goal to return in November 2025!
Class sessions are 6-weeks unless otherwise specified
MONDAYS
Ceramics Club (Grades K-2) | Mondays | 4-5:30pm
Sept 15- Oct 20
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: Courtney Maulding, former Ceramics Studio Resident| $150/session
TUESDAYS
Teen Ceramics (Grades 6-12) | Tuesdays 4:15pm-5:45pm | Sept 16 -Oct 21
For beginning and returning students alike- focus on wheel throwing or handbuilding!
Artist-Instructor: Anneliese Kiefer | $150/session *Join the waitlist— check out our Thursday Teen Option!
WEDNESDAYS
Ceramics Club (Grades 3-5) | Wednesdays 4pm-5:30pm | Sept 17- Oct 22
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: Courtney Maulding, former Ceramics Studio Resident | $150/session
THURSDAYS
Teen Ceramics w/Pottery Wheel Focus (Grades 6-12) | Thursdays 4:15pm-5:45pm | Sept 18- Oct 23
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.
