Discover this versatile and accessible printmaking method. Participants will create multiple monoprints in this workshop. All supplies and materials included. Feel free to bring small items or natural found objects with interesting shapes and textures for your prints.

We look forward to seeing you for this session.

cost: $45

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

MONDAY: Young artists will experiment with different media as a form of self-expression. Participants will have the opportunity to create a self-portrait via collage, oil pastel, paint, or mixed media.

General Information:

• Kids workshops can be registered for individually (single day) OR for the entire week (Monday - Friday).
• Suitable for ages 7+
• Maximum of 10 participants in each workshop.
• All supplies and materials included.
• Art can be messy! Please send young artists with clothes that can get dirty.
• Bringing a water bottle is recommended.
• All youth art work will be displayed at a special exhibition at the Butternut Valley Arts Center!

*COST: $25/class or $110 for entire week (August 24-28)

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

TUESDAY: Participants will consider color and texture while learning about the technique of gelatin monoprinting. In this workshop, young artists will use found and natural objects to create one-of-a kind prints!

General Information:

• Kids workshops can be registered for individually (single day) OR for the entire week (Monday - Friday).
• Suitable for ages 7+
• Maximum of 10 participants in each workshop.
• All supplies and materials included.
• Art can be messy! Please send young artists with clothes that can get dirty.
• Bringing a water bottle is recommended.
• All youth art work will be displayed at a special exhibition at the Butternut Valley Arts Center!

*COST: $25/class or $110 for entire week (August 24-28)

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

WEDNESDAY: Students will explore line detail and composition within the possibilities of relief printmaking.

General Information:

• Kids workshops can be registered for individually (single day) OR for the entire week (Monday - Friday).
• Suitable for ages 7+
• Maximum of 10 participants in each workshop.
• All supplies and materials included.
• Art can be messy! Please send young artists with clothes that can get dirty.
• Bringing a water bottle is recommended.
• All youth art work will be displayed at a special exhibition at the Butternut Valley Arts Center!

*COST: $25/class or $110 for entire week (August 24-28)

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

THURSDAY: Young artists will delight in creating hidden designs within their paintings using a wax resist technique.

General Information:

• Kids workshops can be registered for individually (single day) OR for the entire week (Monday - Friday).
• Suitable for ages 7+
• Maximum of 10 participants in each workshop.
• All supplies and materials included.
• Art can be messy! Please send young artists with clothes that can get dirty.
• Bringing a water bottle is recommended.
• All youth art work will be displayed at a special exhibition at the Butternut Valley Arts Center!

*COST: $25/class or $110 for entire week (August 24-28)

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

FRIDAY: Participants will engage in stencil making and use fabric paint to create custom designs for their own one-of-a-kind tote bag.

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General Information:

• Kids workshops can be registered for individually (single day) OR for the entire week (Monday - Friday).
• Suitable for ages 7+
• Maximum of 10 participants in each workshop.
• All supplies and materials included.
• Art can be messy! Please send young artists with clothes that can get dirty.
• Bringing a water bottle is recommended.
• All youth art work will be displayed at a special exhibition at the Butternut Valley Arts Center!

*COST: $25/class or $110 for entire week (August 24-28)

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of first class.

Join the Butternut Valley Flute Choir!

Dust off your flute and come make music with us!

Have you been meaning to pick up your flute again? Do you miss playing with other musicians? Or are you a high school flutist looking for a fun way to keep playing and grow your skills?

Whether you've been playing every day or your flute has been sitting in its case for years, you're warmly invited to join the Butternut Valley Flute Choir!

We'll spend eight enjoyable Wednesday evenings making music together in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. We'll play a mix of popular favorites and beautiful classical music arranged for flute choir—music that's fun, satisfying, and accessible. The focus is on enjoying the experience of playing together, not on perfection.

• Everyone is welcome!
• High school flutists
• Adult amateur flutists
• Returning players who haven't played in years
• Anyone who loves making music

Not sure if you're "good enough"? If you can play your flute and read music at a basic level, you're good enough. This isn't about perfection—it's about making music together, learning, laughing, and enjoying the sound of a room full of flutes.

• Come for the music.
• Stay for the friendships.
• Leave inspired.
• BarbaraSiesel@gmail.com with questions.

Barbara Siesel is a Juilliard-trained flutist, educator, and Butternut Valley resident who has inspired musicians for decades. She has performed throughout the US, Europe and Asia and has taught students from beginning flutists to musicians accepted into some of the world's leading conservatories and universities. Barbara is passionate about helping people rediscover the joy of making music and believes that playing with others is one of life's greatest pleasures.

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class. Please pay the instructor at the start of each session.

With thanks to the Earlville Opera House for their grant which funded our recent exhibition, Working Hands, woodcarver Bill Henderson is offering this free carving class.

Bring personality to life through drawing and woodcarving in this fun, hands-on four-week workshop. Whether you're new to caricature or looking to expand your carving skills, you'll learn how to exaggerate facial features and expressions while gaining a strong understanding of traditional human proportions.

Beginning with pencil and paper, students will design an original caricature before transforming their drawing into a carved basswood sculpture. Along the way, Bill will introduce safe knife handling, essential carving techniques, and the step-by-step process of creating expressive three-dimensional faces.

Week 1: Drawing the Character

• Introduction to caricature and the classic proportions of the human face and figure
• Learn how to exaggerate features while maintaining recognizable likenesses
• Create an original caricature face or bust drawing
• Knife safety, basic carving cuts, and practice making controlled cuts

Week 2: Shaping the Form

• Receive a basswood blank and 3D reference model based on your Week 1 drawing
• Begin rough carving the head, establishing major forms including the ears, eyes, nose, neck, hair, and overall proportions

Week 3: Adding Personality

• Refine the carving with facial details including the eyes, ears, mouth, lips, hair, and other defining features
• Learn techniques that give your caricature expression and character

Week 4: Finishing Touches

• Complete and refine your carved caricature head
• Students who finish early may begin carving a full caricature figure

Recommended Reading

• Creating Caricature Heads by Marv Kaisersatt
• Learn to Whittle Fascinating People in Wood by Charles Banks
• The Mad Art of Caricature by Tom Richmond

No prior carving experience is necessary, all materials will be provided—just bring your creativity and a willingness to learn. By the end of the workshop, you'll leave with an original caricature carving and the skills to continue exploring this rewarding art form.

NOTE: This free class is made possible with public funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and administered by the Earlville Opera House.

COST: FREE!!

NOTE: You must register to hold your place in this class, even though this is a free class.