Beginner Crochet 2-Part Class
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with Heidi Hull
Art of the Lakes Gallery March 24 and March 31, 5:30 - 7 pm $35/$40 Member/Non-Member $30/$35 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By March 10) Plus $10 supply fee payable to instructor at class. In Part 1: Learn the basics of Crochet while you start to create a unique project. Students will learn single crochet and double crochets stitches while starting a project. In Part 2: Continue learning about Crochet while you create a unique project. Students will learn the half double crochet stitch and working in the round while starting a project. All students are welcome, whether you are learning crochet for the first time or solidifying your crochet knowledge. Supply fee of $10 payable to the instructor, just bring yourself and be ready to learn. |
Finger Knitting a Heart Pillow
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with Heidi Hull
Art of the Lakes Gallery, Battle Lake January 27, 5:30-7:30 pm $25/$30 Member/Non-Member $20/$25 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By January 13) Plus $12 materials fee payable to instructor at class. Join Heidi Hull as she provides instruction to knit with your hands/fingers. Finger knitting is a simple form of knitting that uses your fingers instead of needles to create a knitted project. It's a great activity for beginners and expert knitters alike. This fun class is perfect for the Valentine's Day season! Ages 16+ |
Winter Cardinal Woodcarving Class
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with Joe Hauger
Art of the Lakes Gallery, Battle Lake January 24, 9:30-4 $50/$55 Member/Non-Member $45/$50 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By January 10) Plus $5 materials fee payable to instructor at class. Join woodcarver Joe Hauger to learn how to carve a winter cardinal ornament. We'll introduce the best and safest knife stroke techniques as well as get the chance to try different carving knives. We'll briefly touch on topics including carving "with the grain," how to keep the knife sharp, and painting techniques. Knives and gloves provided by the instructor, but feel free to bring your own carving tools. ("Flat plane" style carving knives will work best.) Students will get to take home a completed carved and painted winter cardinal. This class is open to all adults and minors 12 & older if accompanied by an adult. (The adult wouldn't need to pay if he/she does not carve.) |
Let's Make Pasta!
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with Sandy Thimgan
First Lutheran Church kitchen, Battle Lake January 23, 4-6:30 pm $45/$50 Member/Non-Member $40/$45 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (By January 9) Plus $5 materials payable to instructor at class. Let's make our own pasta and have some fun "noodling" around! Join Sandy Thimgan to learn how to make your own pasta, it's easier than you imagined! We will make fettuccini, lasagna sheets, maybe a few shapes, if we have time. There is nothing like the taste of fresh pasta, on which we will dine at the end of class! Plus have some to take home for a meal! |
Community Creative Writing Workshop
Some activities in this organization are made possible by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Lake Region Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
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with Victoria McWane-Creek, artist-in-residence
Art of the Lakes Gallery January 21 & 22, 6 - 9 pm Free "Writing Your Book of Life" Everyone has a story to tell, but how do you go about writing it down? Now you can get a helping hand. Explore the art of dialogic reflection, a practice of deep listening, shared storytelling and personal insight. The workshop will center on self inquiry, self love, self respect, and self care to understand and express who we are even better. And as an extension of all beings, you'll be able to better understand others. You will leave the workshop having identified a formative life experience, distilled the lesson that it carried, and begun drafting a chapter for your book of life. Registration required |
The Art of Leather Tooling
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with Cliff Fegert
Saturday, Sept. 13, 9-12 pm Battle Lake Senior Center, 205 Main St. W., Battle Lake $50/$55 Member/Non-Member $45/$50 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (by August 30) This is a beginner-friendly class to creating beautiful, tooled patterns on leather using basic leathercraft tools and stamps. Students will build and tool a stand for a cell phone with a choice of 4 tooling designs. An additional $15. materials fee includes 1 ½ sq of 8-10 oz veg tan leather, 8 brass rivets, and one yard waxed thread. Tools will be provided, and some kits will be available for sale. |
Gelli Plate Printing and Mixed-Media Art
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with Lyssa Lovejoy
August 14, 12-3:30 pm $50/$55 Member/Non-Member $45./$50 Member/Non-Member Early Bird (by July 31) Learn to create beautiful collage papers using the gelli plate printing technique and then use those printed designs to create a finished collage painting. Understand color layering, texture, and composition by exploring color harmony and contrast in collage papers. Using additional metallics, transparencies and distress effects you will create final mixed-media pieces to take home. This class will include techniques including: • Basic monoprinting technique with acrylics on a gelli plate. • Using stencils, texture tools, and household objects to create unique designs using stamps, mark-making and resist techniques.. • Layering colors and ghost printing for depth. • Printing on different paper types for varied effects. |
Clay Date Night
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Wednesday, August 6
6:30-9 pm Creative Arts Center $60/person / $48/person Early Bird offer ends 2 weeks before class date For a unique and creative date night in Battle Lake, MN, consider a "Clay Date" where you and your partner or friend/s can learn to throw pottery on a wheel or engage in a hands-on clay sculpting experience. Fee includes clay, firing and glazing. No experience needed. Bring your favorite drink and a positive vibe for a memorable night! Work will be finished with your choice of glaze or you can join us on a Wednesday Open Studio and do your own glazing. 18+ Things you need to know: This is messy work, so wear clothing you don't mind getting dirty. We have aprons and towels available for use. Short nails are best for beginners working with clay on the wheel. We have nail clippers if you need to chop your claws. |
Summertime Swing Dance & Class
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with Ken Bosak & Joan Koep
Saturday, August 2, 7-9 pm $5/person Looking for a welcoming scene friendly to newcomers who are wanting to get back into the...swing...of things? This might just be what you're looking for. Beginning at ground zero, we'll learn the Lindy Hop. The Lindy Hop is an artform that sparks something inside our souls, and gives us the opportunity to meet and speak with people all over the world through the universal language of dance. Partners are not required. From total newbies to experienced Lindy Hoppers, this class is for everyone. Lesson starts at 7 pm and dance is at 8 pm. |
What Remains: Memoir Writing
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with Kevin Zepper
July 8 & 9, 9:30-12 pm $50/$55. Member / Non-Member $45/$50 Member / Non-Member Early Bird (before June 25) This two-day class will focus on learning how to write about yourself...so that someone else wants to read it! Prof. Kevin Zepper from the Minnesota State University-Moorhead will share tips, prompts, exercises, readings and challenges to help you imagine, construct and write compelling pieces of non-fiction's most popular form: the personal narrative. Bring pen and notebook. |
Join the Shrub Club Class
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with Ann Smith
July 10, 10-11:30 am $25./$30. Member/Non-Member $20./$25. Member/Non-Member Early Bird (before June 26) Create a refreshing non-alcoholic fruit cocktail using local strawberries, and other fruits. The word shrub is derived from the Arabic word sharab, which means “to drink.” Combine the shrub with club soda and you will have a perfect summer beverage. Alcohol can be included in a drink combination. After learning about the technique of combining fruit, sugar, and vinegar to compose a shrub, you will be able to experiment with your own ideas. Bring your own strawberries, rhubarb, or other fruit if desired. Total incubation time is about 48 hours before your shrub is ready. Sample shrubs will be served at the class. Recipes, ingredients, and jars are included. |
Watercolor Bold and Loose
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with Grace Haverty
Wednesday, June 25, 9:30-3:30 pm $65/$75 Member/Non-Member $60/$70 Member/Non-Member Early Bird Discount (Before June 11) She's Baaaack! We're excited to have Grace on board for another series of summer watercolor classes. During this workshop, students will learn to paint exciting and expressive watercolors! Students will be painting flowers from fresh arrangements that Grace will bring in on the first day; students are encouraged to bring some as well. This short workshop is sure to be fun and lively for anyone who wants to get bold and loose in their watercolor painting. Look for more of Grace's classes coming up later in July and August! Supply List haverty_supply_list_aotl.doc |
Charcuterie for Dinner
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with Chef Mike Nauman
Thursday, June 19, 4:30-6 pm $60/$65 Member/Non-Member $55/$60 Member/Non-Member Early Bird Discount (Before June 5) This class will cover the elements of putting together a “charcuterie” platter/board to take home for dinner. Participants should bring their own platter or board! A typical charcuterie presentation suggests including three different types of cheese, three different types of meat, three different types of starches (like crackers or bread), 3 different jams/sauces, and three additional accompaniments like fruit, nuts, or pickles. This approach offers a balanced and varied selection for guests. So join Chef Mike from the Shoreline as he demonstrates and discusses charcuterie! |
Eco-printing and Cyanotype
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with Kristi Kuder
August 1, 9:30-2:30 pm $55./$60. Member/Non-Member $50./$55. Early Bird Price Member / Non-Member We are surrounded with trees and flowers that give us joy and connect us to special people and memories. Capture them in beautiful prints on paper for framing or sharing with others. Learn fun and creative processes that mark place and time. Eco-printing involves steaming plants with paper to create beautiful prints. Cyanotype uses the sun and a light-sensitive paper with plants and other materials to create deep blue prints. Both of these processes will give you one-of-a-kind prints you'll treasure. |
Make Handmade Plantable Seed Papers
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with Kristi Kuder
Thursday, May 22, 12:30-3 pm $30/$35 Member/Non-Member $20/$25 Member/Non-Member Early Bird Discount (Before May 8) Learn how to make eco-friendly plantable seed paper perfect for gifts, cards, ornaments, or adding a personal touch to your garden. Plantable seed paper is a wonderful eco-friendly craft that combines papermaking with gardening. This special paper is embedded with seeds that can grow into plants when the paper is planted in soil. It’s a fun and sustainable way to spread joy and greenery. Whether you’re looking to create unique gifts, wedding invitations, or just want to try a new craft, this class will walk you through the process step by step. |
Himmeli Ornament Class
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with Sharon Marquardt
Saturday, May 17 12-3 pm $15. Celebrate your scandinavian roots by making a himmeli ornament from local papyrus grass. In Finland these geometric shapes are made from rye straw, but we have a perfect material right in our wet ditches and swamps. You will learn how to assemble these stalks into octahedrons using thread and a beading needle. The stalks will be supplied, but you will learn how to harvest and prepare them for this straw art. The term himmeli derives from the Scandinavian and German word “himmel” meaning sky or heaven. |