Nautical Arts Workshops in Deep River: ​Whales & Fish Cutting Boards Class

Nautical Arts Workshop 51 Meadow Woods Road, Deep River

You will have a whale of a time creating these ​distinctive cutting boards! Made from hard maple, black walnut and cherry lumber these cutting boards will be a useful addition to any seaside kitchen. In this one day class, you will cut the whale shapes, reverse the woods and glue the boards together. While the […]

$195

Woven Potholders at Glaze Handmade in Stonington

Glaze Handmade Stonington 530 Stonington Rd, Stonington

Class Description: In this workshop, you'll learn to weave with cotton loops on a loom, creating a durable and colorful potholder. You'll pick 2-4 loop colors for your potholder and follow or create a pattern to craft a unique piece to take home.  Participants can also choose to create their own patterns on the loom. […]

$65

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Portrait Sculpture: Rhythmic Structure and Anatomy

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Instructor: Stephen Perkins Dates: June 23–29, 2025 (7-day workshop, Monday–Sunday) Times: 9 am–4 pm This workshop focuses on skill-building and understanding the forms, rhythms, anatomy, and process of modeling a portrait head. Rather than striving for a specific likeness, students will create and recycle multiple head studies to develop a deeper grasp of the universal structures of the […]

$1050.00

College Essay Boot Camp at Westport Writers’ Workshop

Westport Writers’ Workshop 25 Sylvan Rd. S Suite J,, Westport

June 23-24, 2025 August 18-21, 20205 The college essay can be daunting in both its open-endedness and importance. The prompts ask students to do a kind of self-reflective narrative writing that many haven’t had much experience with, and, because the task often feels so high-stakes, it’s often difficult to know where to begin. How can […]

$700

Workshop with Ridgefield Poet Laureate Ira Joe Fisher at Ridgefield Library

Ridgefield Library 472 Main Street, Ridgefield

Poet Laureate Ira Joe Fisher, is holding a workshop twice a month on first and third Sundays, 1:30 to 3:30. Please register for either Group A (first Sunday) or Group B (third Sunday), but not both. Each poet should arrive with one poem in hand for that day. It will be read and discussed with […]

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: FIGURE DRAWING – METHODS & MATERIALS OF THE BAROQUE & THE 18TH CENTURY

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Instructor: Jon DeMartin Dates:  July 7-11, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm (break 12–1 pm) This five-day workshop aims to teach students to build a solidly constructed three-dimensional figure, as they progress from linework to modeling the form in light and shadow. Students will study both short- and long-pose figure drawing in order to enhance their learning.  The […]

$750

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Portrait in Stone: An Introduction to the Machinetta in Stone Carving with Fred X Brownstein

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Instructor: Fred X Brownstein Dates: Monday, July 14–Sunday, July 20, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm This workshop introduces the Italian machinetta, or pointing machine, and methods for transferring measurements from a model to stone. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up the tool and practice the correct method for each phase of the stone carving process. […]

$1200.00

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts: Figure Drawing In Graphite – Gesture, Anatomy, and Form with Darren Kingsley

Lyme Academy of Fine Arts 84 Lyme Street, Old Lyme

Instructor: Darren Kingsley Dates: Monday, July 14–Friday, July 18, 2025 Times: 9 am–4 pm (break 12–1 pm) This workshop focuses on drawing from a gestural approach, aiming to achieve both an interesting and lifelike block-in and accuracy.  Students learn about anatomy, structural landmarks, and gestural lines before moving on to theoretical and observational value modeling of the figure, […]

$750