Make your own unique hand built pottery. Participants will learn to roll slabs of clay, experiment with texture and build a vessel, be it a cup, mug, bowl, pitcher, pot or flower vase. The first session will be 2.5 hours for construction and the second class will be 1.5 hours for glazing. Glazed pottery will need to be , ...

Think about all that “stuff” that piles up in the classroom like cardboard, bottles, paper bags, etc. Don’t throw it away, turn the leftovers into art! Join us for this hands-on workshop, where you will get access to fun end-of-year recycled art project ideas. This workshop is open to anyone who works , ...

Students will combine art materials – paints, pens, papers, pastels, etc. to create one of a kind mixed media art. This is an explorational class where play and experimentation is encouraged. All levels are welcome – beginners to advanced – to come and Make Art with Mary Olsen, founder of Graphite Art , ...

Join us for “Sunday in the Studio with Mary”. This is your opportunity to work side-by-side with Graphite Arts Center founder and artist, Mary Olsen in a relaxed and inspiring environment. Bring your own supplies and a project to work on. If you need inspiration, Mary will have supplies for you to use and s , ...

Students will combine art materials – paints, pens, papers, pastels, etc. to create one of a kind mixed media art. This is an explorational class where play and experimentation is encouraged. All levels are welcome – beginners to advanced – to come and Make Art with Mary Olsen, founder of Graphite Art , ...

Join us for “Sunday in the Studio with Mary”. This is your opportunity to work side-by-side with Graphite Arts Center founder and artist, Mary Olsen in a relaxed and inspiring environment. Bring your own supplies and a project to work on. If you need inspiration, Mary will have supplies for you to use and s , ...

Art Start NW at Graphite participates in Art Walk Edmonds every month, all year round! Come see our gallery show, visit with working artists and participate in a self-led art activity. For additional information, visit  Art Walk Edmonds , ...

Join featured artists in the exhibit ‘Past, Present, Future: Celebrating 20 years of the Edmonds Art Studio Tour’ along with other EAST artists, family and friends for a presentation and history of the Edmonds Art Studio Tour.  Doors open at 6PM.  Talk begins at 7PM.  Free.  Open to the public.  , ...

“Art is how humans speak to each other across the centuries” –  from artist/educator Robert Henri’s The Art Spirit, 1923  If art is a language that speaks across cultures and ages, then what does it mean to be in conversation with a work of art?  How do we decipher this visual language? What should we ask of a wo , ...

Join us for “Sunday in the Studio with Mary”. This is your opportunity to work side-by-side with Graphite Arts Center founder and artist, Mary Olsen in a relaxed and inspiring environment. Bring your own supplies and a project to work on. If you need inspiration, Mary will have supplies for you to use and s , ...

Explore the beauty of landscapes through the lens of mixed media painting in this hands-on art class led by Mary Olsen, local artist and founder of Graphite Arts Center and Art Start Northwest. Over two sessions, you’ll learn how to paint a landscape using a variety of materials, from traditional watercolor and acrylic , ...