Around New Haven
Coming up at MakeHaven
- Create Your Own Hand-Tufted Rug: Beginner Workshop Sun, Oct 25
- Knot Just Knitting: Crochet, Embroidery and more Sun, Oct 25
- LibreLocal Free/Libre and Open Source Software Meetup Sun, Oct 25
Classes, founder events and markets at other New Haven organizations. They run them and you register with them directly. Something missing? Tell us.
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Felting a Pumpkin Workshop
Needle felt a 4- 6” wool pumpkin using colorful wool & sheep’s locks with all materials and use of tools included along with step-by-step instruction. This is a fun, beginner friendly workshop…
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Still Life Drawing for All Levels
Tuesdays, 10 am–12 pm, 10/27–12/15, No class 11/24
Explore essential drawing skills in an approachable, supportive setting. With guided practice and traditional techniques, students will learn how to observe more closely and turn those observations into expressive, confident sketches.
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Let’s Get Sewing
Tuesdays, 6:30–8:30 pm, 10/27–12/8, No class 11/24
Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating, and troubleshooting. Practice using the machine and then move on to simple projects for yourself or for gift-giving.
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All Levels Pottery A + B
Wednesdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 10/28–12/16
Make functional ceramic pieces using the potter’s wheel as our primary tool. We will cover clay preparation, forming pots on the wheel, and glazing. Every class includes both demonstrations and individually-focused instruction. Wear clothes that can get dirty.
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From Collage to Painting: Reclaiming Your Creativity
Wednesdays, 10 am–12 pm, 10/28–12/16, No class 11/25
Rediscover your creativity through a supportive, step-by-step process that begins with collage and grows into a finished painting. Collage provides an approachable way to generate ideas, build confidence, and ease into the creative process before developing your work with the…
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Gallery - Art Journaling Collage Techniques
In this 4-week journey explore collage from medium to process. Learn to transform the physical appearance of printed, vintage and specialty papers. Each journal page will showcase a medium,…
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Paper Jam Collage Night
Cut. Paste. Create. Join us for Collage night aka Paper Jam!, a laid-back collage night where the only rule is to have fun. We'll provide a huge assortment of vintage magazines, colorful papers,…
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Pottery Beyond the Basics
Thursdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 10/29–12/17, No class 11/26
Want to try something new? Build your existing skills to grow ideas in a stimulating group of intermediate and advanced potters. Individual projects are encouraged, with demonstrations designed to inspire new ways of looking at throwing, hand-building, and overall design.
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All Levels Metal Sculpture
Thursdays, 10 am–1 pm, 10/29–12/17, No class 11/26
Learn a variety of approaches to creating metal sculpture, including welding (oxyacetylene and MIG), brazing, cutting (torch and plasma cutter), hammering, and more.
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Adult Workshop: Build an Adirondack Chair
Over the course of five weeks, you will produce a full-size Adirondack Chair while learning about the tools and techniques it takes to build one. During each three-hour session, there will be…
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Beyond the Wheel: Form, Process, and Creative Discovery
Thursdays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 10/29–12/17, No class 11/26
Whether you’re brand new to ceramics or already experienced, this class is designed to expand both technical ability and creative confidence. Students will work on core wheel techniques and while being encouraging to challenge themselves with unexpected forms.
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Centering with Clay: Focusing on Foundations
Fridays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 10/30–12/18, No class 11/27
Are you looking to improve your throwing skills? Seeking to center your clay and yourself? Do you need a hand with hand building? This class offers an opportunity to work towards your goals in clay and further your individual projects with differentiated instruction.
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The Wizard’s Forge: Make a Magic Wand Workshop
Friday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, October 30
With Mace Vitale.
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Advanced Pottery Lab
Fridays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 10/30–12/18, No class 11/27
Experienced participants who have been approved by an instructor are welcome to join these self-directed sessions. Please note that no formal instruction is provided. Be sure to wear clothes you don’t mind getting messy. Firing fees are $3.50/pound.
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All Levels Saturday Morning Pottery
Saturdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 10/31–12/19
A relaxed, all-levels class for anyone interested in working with clay. Beginners will learn the basics of wheel throwing and hand building, while returning students can continue building skills or explore larger, more advanced projects.
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Saturday Water-based Printmaking
Saturdays, 10 am–3 pm, 10/31–12/12
Explore print processes using safe water-soluble inks and novel plate supports in an open forum approach where students work at their own pace and personal focus.
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Fall Color Painting
Saturdays, 1–4 pm, 10/31–12/5
Inspired by the autumnal colors, learn to mix colors and then paint beautiful scenes with them. Celebrate the vibrant hues of autumn while learning to mix and work confidently with color.
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Painting a Fall Landscape in Watercolor
Through fun and perhaps unexpected techniques, learn how to paint a colorful autumn landscape in watercolor. We’ll include a road or a stream for interest. Reference(s) will be provided by the…
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Techniques for Wheel Throwing
Mondays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 11/2–12/14
New and experienced students will focus on making pottery on the wheel. Start by using methods of wedging, centering, hand and finger positioning for raising a vessel, and positioning one’s body for dealing with a mass of clay on the wheel.
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Introduction to Metal Fabrication and MIG Welding
Mondays, 1–4 pm, 11/2–12/7
Ignite your creativity with an energetic introduction to metal fabrication! Dive into the core processes that bring steel to life—learning MIG welding fundamentals, how to prepare and shape materials, and how to work confidently with grinders and welding with mild steel.
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Capturing Light in Watercolor
Mondays, 5:30–7:30 pm, 11/2–12/7
Capture the glow, shadow, and atmosphere that make watercolor unique. Students will deepen their understanding of light and composition while developing expressive watercolor techniques that bring paintings to life.
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Exploring Linoleum Block Printing
Mondays, 6–9 pm, 11/2–12/7
Explore the art of block printing with linoleum. The instructor will demonstrate the process for carving and printing a 4” x 6” linoleum block, as well as a variety of inking and printing processes.
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Introduction to Ceramics
Mondays, 6:30–9:30 pm, 11/2–12/14
This course offers a comprehensive introduction to ceramics, ideal for beginners and those looking to strengthen their foundational skills. Students will learn essential wheel-throwing techniques—such as centering, shaping, and forming basic vessels—as well as hand building…
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Intermediate and Advanced Pottery
Tuesdays, 9:30 am–12:30 pm, 11/3–12/15
Develop your pottery skills as you focus on wheel-throwing techniques in stoneware and porcelain. Lessons will cover both functional and decorative pottery with emphasis on classical forms as we know them.
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Metalsmithing/Jewelry
Tuesdays, 11 am–2 pm, 11/3–12/8
Learn basic metalsmithing for making jewelry, developing new skills, or strengthen existing ones. Weekly demonstrations introduce tools and techniques required for working with nonferrous sheet metal and wire.
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Community Sewing Project
Stop by the lobby of the Yale University Art Gallery to participate in our third annual Election Day quilt-inspired community sewing project, meet new people, and enjoy one another’s company. Learn…
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Working from a Live Model
Tuesday, 6–9 pm, 11/3
Join us to draw or paint from a nude model. The 3-hour session includes mixed-length poses. These are monitored “open drawing” sessions; there is no instruction. Register for a single session or reserve your place for the entire series at least 48 hours in advance.
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Intermediate and Advanced Printmaking
Wednesdays, 10:30 am–3:30 pm, 11/4–12/16, No class 11/25
You decide – explore multiple printmaking techniques and processes or deepen your practice in one area. Use etching, drypoint, woodcut, linocut, monotype, transfer prints, paper lithography, polymer plate lithography, collagraph, silk aquatint, transfer prints, or Chine-collé.
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Japanese Woodblock (Mokuhanga) – Beginner and Intermediate
Wednesdays, 5:30–8:30 pm, 11/4–12/16
Rooted in centuries of tradition, this hands-on, non-toxic process uses natural materials to produce innovative and beautiful contemporary woodblock prints.
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Floor Loom Weaving
Wednesdays, 6–9 pm, 11/4–12/16
Learn the basics of preparing and operating a loom. Participants will weave a sampler piece combining a wide range of useful weaves. Beginning students will complete one or two simple projects of their choice by the end of this term.
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Introduction To Blacksmithing/Open Forge: Session B
Wednesday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, November 04 - November 25
With Mace Vitale.
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Let's Get Sewing
Overcome the mysteries of the sewing machine and discover how fun and easy it can be! Learn the basics of machine sewing including threading, operating and troubleshooting. Practice using the…
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Intermediate Metal Sculpture
Thursdays, 6–9 pm, 11/5–12/17
For those already comfortable making metal sculpture, take your practice to the next level and develop new ideas using all types of materials. Includes one 3-hour weekly practice session during monitored practice hours. The tuition for this class includes a materials fee of $40.
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Learn to Knit a Hat in the Round
Fridays, 6:30–8 pm, 11/6–12/18, No class 11/27
Use circular needles to knit a hat in the round. We will be covering fundamental skills including casting on, knitting in the round, fixing mistakes like dropped stitches, casting off, and blocking your work.
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Friday Night Ceramics Workshop: Session B
Friday, 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm, November 06
With Claudia Schiavone.
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The Amazing World of Animation
Saturdays, 10 am–12 pm, 11/7–12/19
Have you ever wanted to create animations like The Amazing World of Gumball(2011) , Steven Universe (2013) , or The Owl House (2020) ? This is your chance to bring your ideas to life. In this hands-on class, students will learn the essential skills behind digital animation.
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Power of Value: Monochromatic Abstraction
Saturday, 10 am–3:30 pm, 11/7
Explore one of the most essential and often overlooked foundations of painting: value. Focusing exclusively on black, white, and gray, students will create an abstract painting while exploring the powerful role value plays in composition, movement, depth, atmosphere, and…
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Forge to Function: Trivets Workshop
Saturday, Sunday, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, November 7 - November 8
With Greg AmEnde.
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Bring Your Characters to Life!
Saturdays, 12:30–2:30 pm, 11/7–12/19
Bring original characters to life from first concept to finished design. Learn the principles of character design while creating characters for animation, games, comics, or illustration projects.
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Applique & Embroidery
An afternoon adult workshop in appliqué and hand embroidery.
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Stained Glass Ornaments
This beginning course will teach you the basic steps of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering your very own stained-glass project. Students will choose from one of the designs and create from a…
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Life Drawing at Artsplace
Join Tony Falcone for a life drawing workshop in continuing the 250th celebration of the United States. The model will wear a lovely Colonial outfit. Students will draw the human form from the live…
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Learn to Knit a Scarf
Mondays, 6:30–8 pm, 11/9–12/14
Learn to knit a scarf using circular needles. We’ll cover casting on, the knit and purl stitches, binding off, and blocking. This is the perfect class for beginners or those looking for a refresher.
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Watercolor Made Easy at Artsplace
Learn to use watercolor paints in unexpected ways! Students will explore the versatility of watercolors and how layering your paint can build depth, strengthen and unify colors and give you more…
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Print, Collage & Play with Gel Plates at Artsplace
Explore the creative possibilities of gel plate printing in this hands-on two-day workshop. Day One focuses on building dynamic patterns using layering, masks, stencils, texture, and color. Day Two…
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Paint & Sculpt with Wool at Artsplace
Explore the magical medium of wool that is full of painterly qualities. The technique of needle felting enables you to build up textures and colors with colorful wool. The forgiving qualities of…
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Basics of Drawing at Artsplace
This class is an opportunity to learn about landscape drawing, observation and seeing the subject in both traditional and new ways. Different concepts will be introduced and explored each week,…
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Try Your Hand At Painting & Drawing Workshop: Session B
Saturday, 10:00 am - 1:30 pm, November 14
With Scott Paterson.
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Sew for Your Table
Saturdays, 10:30 am–12:30 pm, 11/14–11/21
Celebrate the season by creating a beautiful patchwork table runner to brighten your table. Learn how to piece together squares, triangles, and rectangle shapes to build patchwork designs and to create your own textile art.
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Stained Glass Moravian Star
This beginning course will teach you the basic steps of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering your very own stained-glass project. Students will choose from one of the designs and create from a…
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Pottery Sampler
Sunday, 9:30 am–12 pm, 11/15
Try our one-day introduction to wheel-thrown pottery. You’ll get some hands-on time with the potter’s wheel and learn some basics about clay thorough both group and individual instruction. All materials and tools provided. Wear old clothes. An apron or old towel is recommended.
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Watercolor Meditation
Sundays, 10 am–12 pm, 11/15–12/6
Dive into a lively exploration of watercolor, where color, movement, and spontaneity take center stage. Discover inventive ways to build striking abstract patterns and rich textures through guided experimentation and a playful, process-driven approach.
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Soft Pastel Landscapes
Sunday, 12–3 pm, 11/15
Explore the vivid color and expressive potential of soft pastel while creating a rich landscape drawing. Students will learn basic pastel techniques such as layering color, blending, a variety of mark-making, and the tools for capturing light and atmosphere.
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Acrylic Painting at Artsplace
Acrylics are a fun, water soluble medium with instant results and easy clean-up. Students will learn through easy exercises, gaining confidence in color mixing. They will play with texture through…
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Interacting with Color: A Practical Guide to Josef Albers’s Color Experiments
Tuesdays, 6–8 pm, 11/17–12/1
Approach color and thus your art practice with new and open eyes. Working from Josef Albers’s famous “Interaction of Color,” as well as Horstman’s new book “Interacting with Color” we will experiment with such color phenomena as simultaneous contrast and the illusion of…
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The Bowie Knife Workshop
Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, November 19 - November 23
With Mace Vitale.
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Holiday Cards for Peace and Justice
Saturday, 1–4 pm, 11/21
Create meaningful handmade holiday cards that celebrate peace, justice, kindness, and hope. Students will explore rubber stamping and die-cutting techniques while learning efficient batch card-making and compartmentalized design methods to create multiple unique cards with ease.
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Beginning and Intermediate Bookbinding: The Pop Up Accordion
Mondays, 1–4 pm, 11/23–12/14
The accordion is one of the most versatile folds used in both traditional and artistic bookbinding. Come learn this hardcover variation that playfully incorporates pop-ups.
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Forging a Tomahawk Workshop
Saturday, Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, November 28 - November 29
With Aidan Garrity.
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Introduction To Blacksmithing/Open Forge: Session C
Wednesday, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, December 02 - December 23
With Mace Vitale.
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Hand Forged Kitchen Knife Workshop
Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, December 04 - December 06
With Mace Vitale.
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Power of Value: Color Abstraction
Saturday, 10 am–3:30 pm, 12/5
Color can be expressive, emotional, and atmospheric—but its true power comes from a strong understanding of value. Explore how light, dark, contrast, and tonal relationships work within a vibrant color palette to create depth, movement, structure, and visual harmony in abstract…
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Stained Glass Angel or Candy Cane at Artsplace
This beginning course will teach you the basic steps of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering your very own stained-glass project. Students will choose from one of the designs and create from a…
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Drawing the Figure: An Introduction to Observed Drawing with Charcoal
Sunday, 12–2 pm, 12/6
Develop your observational drawing skills by drawing from a live clothed model in a relaxed, supportive studio space! Students will learn about proportion, gestural drawing, value, and line to create a series of figure drawings.
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Holiday Sparkle Crocheted Earring Workshop
Add a little handmade sparkle to your holiday season! In this afternoon workshop, learn two different wire crochet techniques to create two unique pairs of beaded earrings. Choose from a beautiful…
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Spoon Carving
An evening adult workshop (16+) carving a wooden spoon by hand.
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Monotype Quilts: A Tribute to Gee’s Bend
Sunday, 1–4 pm, 12/13
This one-day printmaking intensive draws on America’s rich quilting history and is inspired by the patterns and rhythms of the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Students will use relief printmaking techniques to create beautiful “quilts” without sewing.
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Gingerbread Cookie Decorating & Wine Night
Back by popular demand. Save the date. Tickets will go on sale after Labor Day, 2026. Two Dates: December 15 and December 16 | 6:00–7:30 p.m. Take some time for you and your friends and join us to…