Classes

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All about Wool: Spinning, Felting and Natural Dyeing ( 4 sessions)

with Pi Benio

April 14th to May 5th, 2026

$75 More Info

All about Wool: Spinning, Felting and Natural Dyeing

Learn what an amazing fiber wool is! Beginning and continuing students who wish to grow totheir spinning skills are invited to join the class. Using vintage spinning wheels learn how to prepare wool, make thread, ply and yield yarn suitable for knitting and crocheting or other fiber arts. Washed and carded prepared wool will be provided. Short introductions about natural dyeing and felting will be interspersed.

Tues April 14-May 5, 5-7pm,Location: Taught at Tink and the Frog in downtown Adrian, 128 E Maumee

Materials: $20 included in class fee

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Throwing Big (6 weeks)

with Erin Hoekzema

April 1st to May 6th, 2026

$300 More Info

In this class Laura will take you through the practical steps of throwing big vessels on a wheel.

April 1st through May 6th

6 pm to 8 pm 

Clay included 

Pastel Plus 6 sessions

with Jill Shaffer

April 7th to May 12th, 2026

$150 More Info

Pastel Plus

Tuesday April 7, 2026 thru May 12, 2026 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Six weeks of a creative learning experience. SOFT PASTEL is pure pigment in stick form. You will learn how to use this stick tool to create your Art. You will also learn how to transform this pastel to a liquidpaint, as a background wash. Pastel pencils will also be used.

Bring to class: Sketchbook, any soft pastels you have, a printed photo reference, apron, paint cloth.

ACA will furnish: Papers, some pastels, easels and backboards.

$15 materials included 

Age 16 and up

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Paint and Pour Landscape

with Tayleen Theisen

May 17th, 2026

$60 More Info

Paint and Pour Landscape

Join us for a paint and pour class inspired by the paintings of Shirley VanBenschoten. A fine arts graduate of Siena Heights University she resided in Tecumseh and was president of the Lenawee Council for the Visual Arts when it became the Adrian Center for the Arts.Using acrylic paint mixed with pour medium you will create an abstracted landscape. This class is perfect for those who love nature and thinking outside the box.Shirley’s paintings will be on display in the ACA’s Gallery May 3rd-31st

Date: Sunday May 17, 2-4 pm

 Ages 13 and up

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Spring 26 Teen Club (8 weeks)

with Taina Mantey

April 2nd to May 21st, 2026

$165 More Info

Spring '26  Teen Club (8 sessions)

Teen club Thursday April 2 - May 21

4 pm to 6 pm 

Ages:  12 - 17 years old

In ACA's Teen Club, young artists are surrounded by other creative minds. We work with a broad range of artistic challenges & media, and everyone is encouraged to explore their personal style.

Please know the Youth Studio is in a historic building with steps.