

Art for Adults
Thursday Afternoons
With Karen Drongowski
Learn different styles of art including painting, drawing, and printmaking in an encouraging environment (plus some art history). Make friends! Build community.
No experience necessary
Every Thursday
12 - 1:30 PM
$15 per class
No registration necessary.
Art for Adults and Teens
Wednesday Evenings
With Karen Drongowski
Learn different styles of art including painting, drawing, and printmaking in an encouraging environment (plus some art history). Make friends! Build community.
No experience necessary
Every Wednesday
5:15 - 6:15
$10 per class
No registration necessary.

Wheel-throwing Ceramics Thursdays
Mondays beginning July 10th through August14th
6:00 - 7:30
7 weeks
Ages 16 and up
Beginner through Advanced levels
$100plus $40 supply
with Staci Lecky
Six week class for beginner through advanced studfents. Create lasting treasures.
Open Ceramics Studio
Tuesdays, 4-8 p.m.
Beginning on April 1, 2025
Need a space to hand build or throw on the wheel? Open studio is an opportunity to work fully independently on your pottery, unlike the pottery classes where an instructor is provided. You’ll have access to the studio equipment and tools.
How to Join:
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Register on our portal using any registration button. At that time you will pay $75. This will cover the materials costs (25 lbs. of clay and use of HCA glazes) and firing.
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Come to open studio as it is convenient for you on Tuesdays between 4 and 8 PM, on a first-come basis each week. Cost of open studio is $15 for the first hour and $10 for each additional hour. We won't charge you for studio time until you show up.
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The art room is a shared space so plan time to clean up your area before leaving!
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You must take unused clay with you, pieces in progress may stay on shelves. Bring an appropriately sized container to transport it back and forth.
Teen After School Program
Holmes Center for the Arts offers a FREE after school program for teens on Thursdays after school until 6 PM. NextGen ministries leads the first part of the program with snacks, a devotional, homework help, and games. From 5 - 6 PM, students participate in an arts activity led by professional artists. Some of the classes include painting, stained glass, woodworking, and more. No need to register, but please contact us at info@holmescenterforthearts.org to let us know you are coming. If you need transportation, we can help you with that too!

Summer Art Workshops
Dogwoods in Bloom

Wednesday, June 11, 2025
6:00-8:00 PM
$32
Ages: teen-adult
With Marlea Hershberger-Leinbach
Learn to paint a colorful summer bouquet using acrylic paint on primed Masonite.
Travel Sketchbooks and
Coffee
Thursdays, June 12 (at HCA) and June 19 (at Cafe
Chrysalis), 6:30-8 p.m. $32
With Michelle Steffen
Do you have a summer vacation planned? Travel Sketching is a great way to experience your travels in a memorable way. Michelle will introduce the travel sketchbook. Learn how to pack a travel sketch kit and some basic techniques, then join her at the Cafe where you will be inspired by your surroundings and your fellow artists. Bring your favorite sketchbook and drawing supplies and some money for Cafe treats.

Rose Bouquet
Wednesday, June 25th, 2025
6:00-8:00 PM
Cost: $32
Ages: teen-adult
With Marlea Hershberger-Leinbach
Learn to paint a color summer bouquet using acrylic paint on primed Masonite.
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Open Studio:
Oil Painting
Saturday mornings at the arts center from 10 AM - 12 PM
All artists and aspiring artists are welcome to join us. Artists will
need to bring their own oil painting supplies. These are not lessons, but a time for us to inspire each other and share tips we have gleaned with one another.
We will collect $5 per session to cover the use of the studio. Feel free to invite friends to join us. We plan to do this every Saturday, so come as often as you find convenient.
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