In this beginner-friendly workshop, participants will explore the magic of working with alcohol inks. In this workshop you will: - Begin by working on a blank 6" x 6" white ceramic tile focusing on the intuitive nature of inks and the fine balance between controlling the inks using a variety of tools and allowing the painting to process. - Apply inks to a number of different surfaces including a variety of synthetic papers, canvas and panels. - Learn to use tools such as paint brushes, foam brushes, and hot and cool airflow to move and control the inks. All tools and materials are provided. You will go home with several frame-worthy pieces of your own work to keep for yourself or to give as thoughtful gifts.

Materials fee - $35.00

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America 250 Speaker Series: Medical Thought, Philosophy, and Practice During the Transformative Revolutionary Period

October 15 | 5:30 PM

Join us for an engaging lecture by historian Dr. Sara Ray exploring the evolution of medicine during the American Revolutionary era. Learn how medical knowledge, philosophy, and practice changed during this transformative period.

This program is presented as the lecture component of Chester County Town Tours & Village Walks and is part of Historic Yellow Springs' America 250 Speaker Series.

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This is your chance to relax aand learn about the oldest way to wake up your surface designs! Bring one or two leatherhard pots to work on or experiment with leatherhard tiles we provide.  

In the morning we will learn about this ancient technique and demo modern ways to use it.  You will want to stay all day because in the afternoon will be your chance to procatice what you've learned as you enjoys everyone's company.

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Celebrate Autumn and Thanksgiving In this seasonal edition of our popular Watercolor Free Spirit Workshop. Instructor Jackie Kane, will kick off the workshop with a lively, 30-minute practice demo of essential brush handling techniques to achieve the desired effects. Then, the studio is yours! Whether you want to freely draw your own designs of any subject or one of our Autumn / Thanksgiving themed designs, with the option to use our tracing templates (featuring pumpkins, leaves, corn stalks, turkeys and scarecrows), you’ll have 3.5 hours of pure painting bliss to bring your vision to life. You’ll leave with your very own painted interpretation of Autumn images or your own design!

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Inspired by the 18th- and 19th-century tradition of collecting natural specimens, artifacts, and unusual discoveries, explore a variety of traditional craft techniques while creating your own Cabinet of Curiosities. This collaborative series brings together Historic Yellow Springs and Historic Sugartown for four individual workshops in botanical preservation, ceramics, paper marbling, cyanotype printing, and bookbinding.

Each workshop is offered separately, so you can choose the sessions that most interest you. Attend one workshop to explore a new technique, or choose two or more to begin building a more complete and cohesive collection of materials for your own Cabinet of Curiosities journal.

Saturday, October 24 | Historic Yellow Springs | Sarah Rafferty | 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Collecting & Preserving Specimens Begin by exploring ways to collect, dry, and press botanical specimens. You'll also create a small ceramic element by pressing a natural specimen into clay to create a unique button or fastener that can be used on a finished book.

Saturday, October 31 | Historic Sugartown | Ramon Townsend | 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Traditional Paper Marbling Learn the historic art of paper marbling and create one-of-a-kind decorative papers. Your marbled papers can become covers, endpapers, or pages in a future book project.

Saturday, November 8 | Historic Yellow Springs | 9:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Cyanotype Specimens Transform collected plants and other natural objects into striking blue-and-white cyanotype prints. Create a collection of images that can be incorporated into a handmade journal, displayed as artwork, or used in future creative projects.

Saturday, November 21 | Historic Sugartown | Ramon Townsend | 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Traditional Bookbinding Bring your collection together in Historic Sugartown's working bindery. Using traditional bookbinding techniques, create a handcrafted journal incorporating your marbled papers, cyanotypes, specimens, and other materials. Participants who have attended two or more of the previous workshops will have the opportunity to create a more finished and personalized Cabinet of Curiosities journal.

Each workshop can be enjoyed independently, and no previous experience in book arts, ceramics, or cyanotype printing is required. If you'd like to create the complete Cabinet of Curiosities experience, choose two or more workshops and build your collection over the course of the series.

Print, ink and repeat with plants from Historic Yellow Springs! Discover the excitement of printmaking and see your image come to life in each print. In this all day workshop, we’ll explore both monoprinting and linocut using nature as both inspiration and material to create beautiful artworks. Forage near the studio and explore the historic medicinal herb garden to gather materials for printing.

You’ll be guided through the entire process from drawing to carving to printing. Make multiple prints you can frame or give as a gift. Bonus: the printing plate is yours to keep for future printing. Try different colors, mix your own inks, and enjoy some creative camaraderie!

You’ll take home the custom plate you design for future use, along with all of the prints you create during the workshop.  $35 materials fee payable to the instructor.

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One of the most exciting techniques in gel plate printing is creating a “ghost print”—the beautiful image that’s left behind after the first pull—so I thought it would be a fun play on words for Halloween. The class would focus on layered prints using botanicals, vintage papers, image transfers, metallic accents, and rich autumn colors to create artwork that’s more whimsical and sophisticated than spooky.

$15 Materials Fee payable to the instructor

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Master the SECRETS to mixing accurate colors and values that will take your paintings to the next level.

Presented in a power packed yet relaxed format, you will gain a new understanding of color logic and professional techniques rarely taught in traditional classes.  Experience the confidence shift as you transition from "guessing and checking" to mixing with intentional, effortless precision. Join us for a day of interactive demos and “light bulb moments" designed to break through your blocks and reignite your excitement for oil painting!

Click HERE for a materials list for this workshop!

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