Let it Go: Art for the Soul
Use the foilage from the Hoyt's grounds to cast garden art in concrete!
Art for the Soul Workshops open with meditative exercises and experiment with media that offers newbies plenty of forgiveness. Materials included.
Capacity: 16 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 18+.
Explore the possibilities of the oldest photographic method on earth! Cyantotypes use a few chemicals and sun exposure to reveal images of choice. Distinctively blue in coloration, they make lovely wall art.
Workshops open with meditative exercises and experiment with media that offers newbies plenty of forgiveness. Materials included.
Capacity: 16 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 18+.
Create beautiful keepsakes by pulling papers through swirling baths of floating ink - from wall art to greeting cards! Add poems and inspirational quotes for some added Zen!
Workshops open with meditative exercises and experiment with media that offers newbies plenty of forgiveness. Materials included.
All materials included. Capacity: 16 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 18+.
Wood burning, or pyrography, dates back to primitive times in Egypt, China, Rome & Peru! Miss Paige will help you create a design you'll be proud to display in your kitchen!
Workshops open with meditative exercises and experiment with media that offers newbies plenty of forgiveness. Materials included.
All materials included. Capacity: 16 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 18+.
Alcohol inks are brightly colored dye-based paints that offer unlimited, creative potential on paper, ceramics, glass, fabric and more! We’ll experiment with their free flowing properties on paper and glass gems to create both happy accidents and intentional designs for wall art and jewelry!
Art for the Soul Workshops open with meditative exercises and experiment with media that offers newbies plenty of forgiveness. Materials included.
Capacity: 16 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 18+.
Ceramics
Date Night
Workshops for Couples
Not exactly a paint-and-sip, but you do get wine! Bring your significant other or make it a girls night and join guest artists from across the region for a unique art making experience! Includes wine, snacks & materials. Workshops held outdoors.
Pittsburgh Glass Center will guide you through the process of working with colored glass, stringers (small rods of glass), and frit (small granules of glass) to design two suncatchers. Work will be kiln-fired after class.
Members: $70/couple. Non-members: $100/couple.
Raku glazing is sometimes referred to as "painting with fire"! Pots are removed from the kiln red hot and placed in combustible materials that erupt in flames on contact. The chemical reaction causes patterns that are as unpredictable as they are beautiful! You'll walk away with at least two bowls! Instructor Anthony DeRosa is the artist behind the wheel at Mud Monkey Pottery. Learn more about the Raku process from him in this video.
Members: $70/couple. Non-members: $100/couple.
Make your own cast aluminum artist tiles with Pittsburgh's Rivers of Steel! Each couple will be given two scratch molds to create their own relief, or raised design, from scratch molds. We'll let the experts pour the molten metal, but it's cool to watch and learn about a process that dates back centuries!
Want to see what you'll be doing? Check out this demo from Rivers of Steel!
Members: $70/couple. Non-members: $100/couple.
Drawing
This workshop is an extension of Drawing Basics I. You will learn more advanced shading, understand light sources, and more. All materials included. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
This is a workshop for students having difficulty with particular areas of drawing. The instructor will provide individualized assistance by teaching techniques and providing insight so that students may better progress in their drawing abilities. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
This is an introductory workshop for those interested in learning how to create pastel drawings. Pastels provide easy blending of color and rich textures that produce unique artistic effects that set this versatile medium apart. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
Students have an opportunity to learn a variety of drawing basics, including use of shapes, shading, values, and a whole lot more in this one-day workshop. All materials included. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
This workshop is an extension of Drawing Basics I. You will learn more advanced shading, understand light sources, and more. All materials included. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
This is a workshop for students having difficulty with particular areas of drawing. The instructor will provide individualized assistance by teaching techniques and providing insight so that students may better progress in their drawing abilities. Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
This is an introductory workshop for those interested in learning how to create pastel drawings. Pastels provide easy blending of color and rich textures that produce unique artistic effects that set this versatile medium apart.
Capacity: 15 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages 16+. Non-members: $35/Members: $20.
Glass
This is an introductory workshop that will gain students the techniques needed in shaping mosaic surfaces. Students will create brilliant mosaics on tile using glass and grout. Students will acquire the skills necessary to take on larger projects. Students will work on tile during the workshop, but may instead bring in a project from home. All materials included. Capacity: 5 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages n/a. Non-members: $80/Members: $65.
Make a seashell stained glass sun catcher. Join former student Louis Recchione to learn the basic skills of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering stained glass. You will walk out with new found skills and a beautiful work of art for your window! All materials provided. Capacity: 5 students. Minimum: 3 students. Ages: 16+.
This is an introductory workshop that will gain students the techniques needed in shaping mosaic surfaces. Students will create brilliant mosaics on tile using glass and grout. Students will acquire the skills necessary to take on larger projects. Students will work on tile during the workshop, but may instead bring in a project from home. All materials included. Capacity: 5 students. Minimum: 5 students. Ages n/a. Non-members: $80/Members: $65.
Language
Metal Smithing
Music
8 Saturdays, by half-hour appointment
Join teacher Kevin Danielson for 1:1 piano instruction for beginners, as well as those wanting to improve their musical talents. Each one-half hour lesson, tailored to the student’s individual level, will build on skills. Ages 10+. Appointments begin at 10:30 am. Last appointment at 3:30 pm., Piano: $160 Non-members | $130 Members
8 Thursdays, by one-hour appointment
Ready to play like an angel? The full course provides 1:1 instruction to develop the basics of playing, note reading, rhythms, tuning, and other general topics. Lessons will continue to advance as you do! Instrument and worksheets are provided with additional practice time available outside of class. Capacity: 6 students. One-hour appointments may be scheduled from Noon – 7:00 pm
4 Thursdays, by appointment
A class for the curious! This 4-week primer is designed to introduce students to harp without the long-term commitment. Instrument provided to play in class. Additional practice time available upon request. One-hour appointments may be scheduled from Noon – 7:00 pm.
4 Thursdays, by appointment
A class for the curious! This 4-week primer is designed to introduce students to harp without the long-term commitment. Instrument provided to play in class. Additional practice time available upon request. One-hour appointments may be scheduled from Noon – 7:00 pm.
Painting
Our grounds provide the subject for this beginner-friendly workshop with nationally acclaimed artist, Jocelyn Beatty! Includes an introduction to watercolors and drawing techniques for the newbies, and all the supplies you'll need. Advanced students should bring their own materials. Rain date June 26. Ages 16+. Members: $50/Non-members:$65.
Learn to paint like an impressionist in the great outdoors! This course blends demonstration with l: l assistance. Class will meet at the Hoyt then choose an off-site location. Workshop will be held indoors in the event of rain.
Ages 16+. Members: $65/Non-members: $80.
Photography
Videography
Yoga
Scholarships
Full and partial Scholarships are available to those demonstrating financial need. Get scholarship application here.