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Tuesday December 3, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Tuesdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Afterschool Art Experience: Tuesdays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.

Wednesday December 4, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Primary Art Experience Wednesday (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Youth Ceramics (Fall #2) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Studio (WED) Fall #2 Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Thursday December 5, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Afterschool Art Experience: Thursdays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Children's Book Illustrations (Fall #2) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Thursdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Saturday December 7, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Saturday Adult Group Art (Fall #2) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Beginner Sewing for Kids & Adults at Chrysalis Art Center - Beginner Sewing NEW Sewing Class for Children & Adults! When: Saturdays, 4:00 - 5:00 PMDuration: 6 WeeksCost: $135 Whether you're looking to learn how to repair household items or start a creative project like making an apron, a pillow or tote bag, this class is perfect for you! Our beginner-friendly course will guide you through the basics of hand sewing, then gradually teach you how to use a sewing machine. What You'll Learn: Hand-sewing techniques Sewing machine basics Sewing terminology Creative project ideas This class is designed for children and adults, so you can join on your own or come with your child for a fun, creative bonding experience. Start with the foundation and build your skills at your own pace! Ready to get started?Sign up today and secure your spot for this fun and practical 6-week class!
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Teen Art Workshop (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery R and R (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Let's Draw Tuesday (Fall #2) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Sunday December 8, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Primary Art Experience Sundays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Primary Art Experience Sundays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.

Monday December 9, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery for All (Fall #2) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery for All (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Introduction to Painting Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Tuesday December 10, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Tuesdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Afterschool Art Experience: Tuesdays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.

Wednesday December 11, 2024
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Primary Art Experience Wednesday (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Youth Ceramics (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Studio (WED) Fall #2 Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Thursday December 12, 2024
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Afterschool Art Experience: Thursdays (Fall #2) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Children's Book Illustrations (Fall #2) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Thursdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Saturday December 14, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Saturday Adult Group Art (Fall #3) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Teen Art Workshop (Fall #3) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery R and R (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Let's Draw Tuesday (Fall #2) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Monday December 16, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery for All (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Introduction to Painting Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Tuesday December 17, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Tuesdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Wednesday December 18, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Youth Ceramics (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Studio (WED) Winter #1 Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Thursday December 19, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Children's Book Illustrations (Winter #1) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Thursdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Saturday December 21, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Saturday Adult Group Art (Fall #3) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Teen Art Workshop (Fall #3) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery R and R (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Let's Draw Tuesday (Winter #1) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Monday December 23, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery for All (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Tuesday December 24, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Tuesdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Thursday December 26, 2024
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Children's Book Illustrations (Winter #1) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Thursdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Saturday December 28, 2024
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Saturday Adult Group Art (Fall #3) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Children Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Studio (Ages 3-17) - Teen Art Workshop (Fall #3) Primary Art Experience: (Wednesdays from 1-2pm, Saturdays 12:30-1:30pm, or Sundays from 1-2pm)Variety of art experiences to give students the happy feelings of creative expression in a small cohort of art friends. Skill and age level appropriate projects developing painting, drawing, mixed media, ceramics, cutting, crafts, etc. Max 6 children, room for 1 parent at workstation.Group 1: Pre-K & Kindergarten ages 3,4,5yr (ask about Parent and Me option)Group 2: Primary grades ages 6,7,8yrAfternoon/Afterschool Art: (Tuesdays- 4-6:00pm or Thursdays 4-6:00pm) ages 7-11Two hours of foundational art experiences for developing artists, individually based. Work in a studio environment pursuing your art interest, exploring techniques for drawing, painting and sculpture, have a chance to influence project direction and create original artwork. Ongoing classes Tuesdays and Thursdays, come both days or just one day a week. Make up times available.Youth Art Classes on Saturdays (2-4pm) ages 7-12This art class is for students that are missing in-person, hands-on art projects in a variety of forms. Join us for some creative fun! Ceramics has been our main interest area with instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas on canvas, learn brush styles and color theory, study still life, learn from famous artists' styles, sketch and draw during lessons on perspective, animal form and textures, human proportion, Enjoy this small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Please wear a big art T-shirt)Fridays: Teen Art Workshop: Any two hours 4-8pm (ongoing). Workshops in areas of interest: Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Jewelrymaking, Printmaking, Fiber Arts, Paper Arts, Macrame, Mosaics, Enameling, Dyeing, Marbling and Sculpture! Sign up with friends for a small group evening.
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery R and R (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Let's Draw Tuesday (Winter #1) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.

Monday December 30, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Pottery for All (Fall #3) Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Tuesday December 31, 2024
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Tuesdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.

Thursday January 2, 2025
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Adult Art Programs with Chrysalis Art Center - Children's Book Illustrations (Winter #1) Let’s Draw Can’t draw a straight line? Don’t worry. Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will share her techniques to help you transform basic shapes and tones into your own stylized drawings. We invite you to “Come Draw With Us” during this six-week course and develop your creativity through drawing.Children's Book Illustration Remember how much fun you had as a kid? Why not relive those happy times now? Jotting down your childhood memories and illustrating them is a great way to start! Professional artist and graphic designer Felecia R. Weber will help you to use your own creative style to bring your childhood stories to life! Come discover for yourself that “ILLUSTRATING IS FUN” during this six-week course.Introduction to Painting This class is an introduction to painting for beginners - we will cover how to use the medium, tools, painting techniques, basic color theory, and painting from life. The latter half of the class will consist of a still life study to put all we have learned into practice. There will be demonstrations and practical work time in each class. Students will have the opportunity to explore many painting media, but may concentrate on one medium such as Oils, Acrylics, Watercolors, Ink, Gouache or tempera.Adult Art Open Studio Need a break to pursue your creative self in a relaxing environment? Come join our Wednesday evening Art Studio. Each week will have a different art theme. For example: Draw, Paint, Sculpt, Design using our materials, expertise, storage, and workshop space. Steal time for yourself! Artist(s) will be available for instruction or guidance as needed. Individualized project development, collaboration options, resources to share. Work in a studio environment on your own creative idea and art medium. Store your ongoing projects here and utilize our optional showcase. This Saturday class is ongoing which means we are here every weekend, people to come and go as their schedule permits.Saturday Adult Arts GroupNeed a creative outlet? A time for you to relax, sip coffee and let the artistic ideas flow? Reawaken the artist in you and join instructor Beth Valitski for a variety of art experiences by interest: ceramics*, painting, oil painting, pastels, drawing techniques, colored pencil portraits (guest artist) and others by request. Claywork has been our favorite this year!Come make ceramics or sculpture and then switch off for a satisfying morning of painting or drawing. Enjoy our small group discussions, work on learning new techniques, experiment, and get the satisfaction of making a thing of beauty with your own hands.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Pottery Classes at The Chrysalis Art Center - Adult Open Pottery (Fall # 3) Thursdays Pottery Classes for Youth and Adults Mondays: Pottery for All (family & friend oriented) from 4-6pm Tuesdays: Pottery- Open Adult - all levels from Noon -2pm Wednesday: Youth Pottery 4-6pm Thursdays: Pottery – Open Adult - all levels of experience from 6-8pm Saturdays: Beginner Pottery for Stress Relief and Relaxation from 5-7pm Pottery for ALL (Mondays, 4:00-6:00PM)Looking for a fun art activity as a family or group of friends? This class is a great opportunity to work with clay at your own level but along side your favorite people. Share the good times this winter, spring or fall (summer by appointment). Create original pieces of pottery or sculpture using red, white or brown clay. We will fire it for you and if you want to glaze, you can come back for a relaxing painting session with our large selection of glazes requiring another firing. All materials are included and experienced instruction as needed. Shaping clay is therapeutic whether is be by hand or thrown on the wheel!Adult Open Pottery Class (Tuesdays, 12:00-2:00PM or Thursdays, 6:00-8:00PM) Open to all ranges of experience, this pottery class gives students the opportunity to make whatever they want. The instructor will help students create and advance their skills in both wheel throwing and hand building. Come with ideas of your own or the instructor will give you project ideas at your skill level.Youth Ceramics (Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00PM)Youth Ceramics will receive instruction in basic slab, coil and pinch methods of hand building. Students are encouraged to express their creative ideas. Enjoy the small group interaction while making projects in a studio environment. (Wear a big art T-shirt that can get messy)Beginner Pottery (Saturdays, 5:00-7:00pm) ages 13+Experience the restorative power of clay in this course designed to enhance well-being while learning basic pottery techniques that will serve as the foundation for your pottery practice. The tactile experience of pottery is inherently meditative. Your heart rate and blood pressure lower, your breathing regulates, and your stress level naturally subsides as you immerse yourself in this primal art form. With a focus on process, this class can soothe the psyche and provide a much needed emotional reprieve.  (Families with younger children may sign-up by calling the DARC Office)The Chrysalis Art Center is now located at Ivystone Studio Barn - 138 Moore Rd. Downingtown, Pa 19335.