Wednesday Open Art Journaling
2026-01-07 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-14 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-21 11:00 - 12:30, 2026-01-28 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Chicago)
If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals! If you have some supplies you’d like to bring for a swap, that would be wonderful but not required.

Creative Embroidery 101
2026-01-13 11:00 - 13:00
This is a two-part class, Tuesday, January 13 & 20 from 11am-1pm. You’ll learn all about the materials, how to do several stitches, and how to start a project.

This is the perfect class for you if you’ve been wanting to get started in embroidery. Guest teacher, Dezzy Moon, will teach you the very basics and get your started with several stitches, working with the tools, and then how to plan a project. This is fun and no stress! Bring a friend or make new ones in the studio! All materials are supplied.
About Dezzy Moon:
Dezzy Moon is an artist based in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2020. In printmaking, she works primarily with screen print and woodblock. She is also dabbles in many crafts, especially textiles. Her biggest loves are music (particularly rock from the 1960s-80s), pop culture, travel, roller skating, and all things vintage.

Vision Board Mixed Media
2026-01-16 11:00 - 13:00
What’s your word for the New Year? We’ll make a creative mixed media board celebrating your word of the year.

The shiny new year awaits! Let’s set the tone for it by making an Accordion Vision Board. We’ll pick one main word or phrase that inspires and encourages each of us, and gather colors, images and quotes that reflect our own mission and goals. These can be personal or business goals, it’s totally up to you. We’ll collage them onto canvas board. You are welcome to bring whatever you want to include in addition to the studio supplies.

Creative Embroidery One and Done
2026-01-17 11:00 - 13:00
This is a two hour class, teaching you some simple yet powerful stitches!

Several people were interested in this class but could not make the first session, so we are going to offer the first session as a one-and-done class on Saturday, Jan 17. You will learn how to create simple stitches in this class. If you are interested in the 2nd session which is Tuesday, Jan 20 11-1, you can buy a ticket for both session, but you don’t have to. All materials are supplied.

About Dezzy Moon:
Dezzy Moon is an artist based in Huntsville, Alabama. She graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2020. In printmaking, she works primarily with screen print and woodblock. She is also dabbles in many crafts, especially textiles. Her biggest loves are music (particularly rock from the 1960s-80s), pop culture, travel, roller skating, and all things vintage.

January Open Art Journaling
2026-01-17 13:30 - 15:30
The newly EXPANDED Monthly Saturday Open Art Journaling happens one Saturday every month for two hours! If you have a journal you’re working in, bring it with you…I also have starter kits and single art journals here if you want to pick one up.
There is no instruction, just time to work on our journals!

Color Mixing
2026-01-21 13:00 - 14:30
This is a 1.5 hour class on mixing colors in paints, where we look at how colors work together, and why saturation, temperature, and transparency are so important. We’ll work with acrylics but you can apply what you learn to oils and watercolor as well. If you’ve ever tried to mix a color and ended with something you didn’t intend, this is for you. Imagine all the paint when you don’t have to guess!

Word Candy: Poetry
2026-01-22 13:00 - 15:00
Making poems yours
2 sessions, January 22&29 @1-3pm
Learn how to make poems from poems. For each session, we’ll focus on two poems, taking each apart to see how they work. Then we’ll build a recipe for writing our own poems based on the ingredients we discover. This low-pressure intro to writing poetry allows you to discover by doing, learning about the elements of poetry from the inside-out. Have fun, build knowledge, and explore new forms of self-expression. Each session will have plenty of time to write and share during our time together.

LINE, STANZA, IMAGERY: We’ll examine the building blocks of poetry in our first lesson, line and stanza, along with imagery and the ways we use language and figures of speech to establish a mood Poems: William Carlos Williams, “This Is Just to Say”; Mary Oliver, “Sleeping in the Forest.” (1/22)
METAPHOR AND MUSIC: This lesson goes to the next level as we dip into the mood and magic of poetry: in particular, the layers of meaning we find in metaphor and the added dimension of rhythm and rhyme. Poems: Emily Dickinson, “Hope Is a Thing with Feathers”; Seamus Heaney, “Blackberry-Picking” (1/29)

SUSAN DAVIS has taught writing and literature to students of all ages for over three decades. A recent convert to art journaling, she is currently working on her first chapbook of poems.
You can find more about her work at susan-lucille-davis.weebly.com/ .

Stronger Composition in Art
2026-01-28 13:00 - 14:30
In this 1.5 hour class we’ll look at how to design paintings (or art journal pages) that have strong composition, as well as how to fix common issues. You are welcome to bring in a piece you have been struggling with, and get guidance, but you don’t have to bring anything.

Watercolor 101
2026-01-31 11:00 - 13:00
This is a two-hour introductory class for Watercolor. Get to know the characteristics of this type of paint, how to get started, and of course we’ll have plenty of painting time. No experience is needed, and all materials are supplied.
