August 24, 2019 
FREE
Phoenix Center for the Arts
Join us on Saturday, August 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. for our annual Open House. Come out for a fun-filled morning of FREE art workshops and demos for the whole family. Instructors will offer mini-workshops in their respective departments.
Come and explore your creativity! Create something!
WORKSHOPS
Community Connections
Glass Workshops with Marilyn Johnson
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Guests will assist with assembling nine – 12″X12″ squares of fused glass that will be installed in the upstairs of the visual arts building as a community art piece.
Ages: 18+
Move, Paint, Connect!
Visual Arts Workshops with Aliento
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
An interactive arts exercise that combines freestyle movement and painting to tap into universal emotions that connect us as humans. Guests will explore the different ways that art can serve as a form of healing and learn about the undocumented community struggle through reflecting in our experiences.
Ages: 10+ (children younger than 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult)
Mosaic Coasters
Mosaic Workshops with David Jarvinen
9:00am-9:30am | 10:00-10:30am | 11:00am-11:30am | 12:00pm-12:30pm
Create a unique glass mosaic coasters with colorful art glass. Use wheeled nippers to shape your glass to fill 4″ coaster form.
Ages: 13+
Enameling
Metals & Jewelry Workshops with John Tzelepis
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Come learn how to fuse glass to copper while making a small pendant!
Ages: 18+
Figure Drawing
Painting & Drawing Workshops with Edna Dapo
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Try your hand in drawing a live model!
Ages: 18+
Photoshop Editing
Photography with Kirby Soderberg
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Learn the basics of Photoshop editing and how to take your photos to the next level.
Ages: 18+
Meet Rising Youth Theatre
Drama with Rising Youth Theatre
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Join Rising Youth Theatre for a bilingual (Spanish/English) theatre workshop! Enjoy theatre games, information about signing up for Rising Youth’s classes for youth, teens, and families in Spanish and English!
Ages: 6+
Movement and Flow
Dance with Pheonix Center for the Arts’ Dance Department
9:30am-10:00am |10:30am-11:00am | 11:30am-12:00pm
Come explore your creative movement through the power of dance. Guests will be able to participate and experience different dance styles.
Ages: 10+ (children younger than 10 years old must be accompanied by an adult)
Piano Lab Tour
Music Demo with Jay Melberg and Kait Ahlschwede
9:00am-9:30am | 9:30am-10:00am |10:00am-10:30am | 10:30am-11:00am | 11:00am-11:30am | 11:30am-12:00pm | 12:00pm- 12:30pm
Check out our awesome piano lab and try your hand at creating music!
Ages 18+
Kids Art Zone
Visual Arts Workshop
Drop-in anytime from 9:00am-12:30pm
Come one, come all! The Kids Zone is open for all ages, and no sign-up is required. Come hang out and explore your creativity! Make something.
DEMOS
Radio Phoenix: Shout out!
Digital Arts Demo with Radio Phoenix
Drop-in anytime from 9:00am-12:30pm
Come take a tour of the Phoenix Radio studio and record shout outs!
Ages 10+
Clay Exploration
Ceramics Demo with Anne Rasmussen & Victor Contreras
9:00am-9:30am | 10:00-10:30am | 11:00am-11:30am | 12:00pm-12:30pm
Guests are encouraged to come and observe as our Saturday class does magic with their clay-filled hands.
Ages 18+