As the temperatures cool and the skies turn gray on the Mendocino Coast, the Mendocino Art Center has scheduled 20 fun-filled, creative workshops and open studios to warm up any blustery winter weekend or brighten any dark, foggy evening. One-day, two-day and weekly courses in ceramics, digital arts, fine art, jewelry and textiles, as well as young artist activities, begin December 1 and run through mid-March.

Adult workshops include clay throwing on the wheel, hand built ceramics, Internet basics, Photoshop, painting in soft pastels, Valentine book arts, jewelry stone setting, weaving, dyeing and paper sculpture with mushrooms, and silk painting, as well as many other activities. Seven on-going, low cost open studies will continue through the winter months on a drop-in basis. Learn or sharpen your skills in digital camera and basic photoshop, watercolor, figure drawing, surface design, jewelry fabrication, sculpture and figurative sculpture.

Girls, five to 11, and any mothers who would like to join, will enjoy "The Magical Tea Party," Sunday, January 20, 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Participants will set up a tearoom and dress up in costumes, masks, painted faces and fancy hats for a magical tea party.

Discount Program for Mendocino County Residents
All Mendocino County residents who are also Art Center members are eligible for the local stand-by enrollment program. A $25 deposit on any workshop will reserve space on a stand-by basis. If space is available two weeks before the workshop begins, registration will be confirmed at 50 percent of the regular rate. The deposit is refundable if the class fills.

Visit the winter workshops page for a complete schedule and course descriptions or call 707-937-5818 (toll free 1-800-653-3328) to request a free winter workshop catalog.