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The new year has finally brought (a little) bit of the snow the Northwoods has been waiting for. Now officially feels like winter. And with the snow and cold comes a lot more indoor activities (minus the shoveling and snowman building and snowshoeing we do at our house). If the winter doldrums already have you down, or you want to pre-plan projects to starve off cabin fever, check out our Winter Programming “Community through Creating”, which has a wonderful variety of art classes, from folk to fine art, and community events sure to warm the soul this winter. We’ve got bread making and woodworking and fibers, all the way to watercolor, acrylic, and oil painting, plus a community collaborative weaving.
McCall Hocking
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Cozy up with our Winter Programming!
And come take part in our Collaborative Community Weaving! Fiber Artist Katlyn Koester will be setting up a large loom, and there will baskets of different materials to weave. It will be up all winter long, come weave during any of our Community Arts Events, Art Groups, or even a break during a class.
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First Open Mic of 2024!
Join us in the gallery room at LOLA on Thursday, January 18th for our first Open Mic of the 2024 season! Local favorite Bret Miller will once again be hosting this great community arts event. We welcome everyone to a potluck at 5:30pm, with the Open Mic part kicking off at 6pm. Once everyone who wants to perform has had a chance, Bret will be leading the group in a jam, teaching a variety of songs that can be found on our website. Can’t make it this week? We will have another on Thursday, February 15th, same time and place!
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Our King Arthur Flour Cookie Baking Contest is back!
This is a free to enter contest and we will even provide the King Arthur Flour! Bring us your yummiest, most favorite cookies, to be judged on Sled Dog Race weekend, Saturday February 3rd. Winners in both adult and youth division's will receive King Arthur and LOLA gift certificates (and bragging rights!)
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And join us in the spoils!
Do some cookie taste testing from our Cookie Baking Contest and warm up with hot beverages on February 3rd from 11am-2pm. We will be a stop on the horse drawn wagon ride from the race.
Singer/songwriter Kate Royce will be performing songs from her Alaskan Sled Dog album at 11:30am-12pm and again from 1:30-2pm.
There will be a husky dog screen printing project in the art room open to all ages. Color/decorate/collage/experiment on paper and print a husky image on top.
This is a great free event for the whole family!
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DID YOU KNOW? If a class is sold out, still jump on the waitlist, as sometimes we can add another class date. (715) 547-3950 or email lolaartswi.com@gmail.com | |
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Wood Burn and Paint Loon
Join artist Sue Schurch for a day of wood burning and acrylic painting. Using ~5”x 7” scraps of wood, Sue will teach students how to wood-burn the outline of a loon, and then finish the class with acrylic painting the piece. Create in a fun atmosphere!
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Follow Along Plein Air
Join LOLA’s McCall for a follow along “plein air” painting half day workshop. Learn the basics of landscape oil painting while you create a winter landscape of snowy background trees with birch trees in the snowy foreground, focusing on color mixing and temperature. Plein air means painting outdoors, however, we will be using the big, beautiful gallery space in the LOLA building, instead of braving the cold. No experience necessary. All supplies and materials will be provided.
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Needle Felted Mushroom Sprite
Needle felting is the process of repeatedly poking wool fluff with special needles to create felt and felted objects. Learn this technique while making mushroom sprite. Be lead through the creation of a basic form which can then be personalized with colors and your choice of mushroom species. Let your imagination take over, there are 10,000 species of mushrooms in Wisconsin alone. Imagine what you might find in the Fae realm! Take home a completed soft sculpture.
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Mosaic Mondays
Join us in the LOLA Gallery room for a new workshop in February – Mosaic Mondays! Guided by local artist Sharon Molinaro, participants will be able to create a glass mosaic of their own design. Come be inspired and create not only beautiful artwork, but camaraderie and community. This will be loosely structured.. Attend on the days and hours that work best for your schedule.
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4 Little Birds
Join artist Sue Schurch for a day of acrylic painting. She will have already wood burned the outlines of four little birds on an approximately 5×30 inch barrel wood piece. You get to choose your color palette in this self-paced class. Create in a fun atmosphere! All materials will be supplied.
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Basic Beginning Pastels
Pastel is a wonderful medium to use in creating beautiful pieces of art. It is very forgiving as you are able to go over an area several times to get the results you wish. In this class you will receive step by step instruction as Lisa will demonstrate before you paint each area. The substrate of choice is an 8” by 10″ piece of suede matboard. You will create a 4 1/2” by 7″ painting on this piece. Information about pastels, cutting the matboard to size, and framing demo will all be a part of this class.
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Watercolor Winter Trees
Learn the basics of using watercolor while painting a beautiful winter scene. Follow the teacher through step-by-step instructions and go home with a finished painting. All supplies will be provided.
No previous experience is required.
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Follow Along Plein Air Oil
Join LOLA’s McCall for a follow along “plein air” painting half day workshop. Learn the basics of landscape oil painting while you create a winter landscape of a hayfield covered in snow, focusing on color mixing and temperature. Plein air means painting outdoors, however, we will be using the big, beautiful gallery space in the LOLA building, instead of braving the cold. Using water based oil paints, it’s a great beginner/intermediate course. No experience necessary. All supplies and materials will be provided.
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Handmade Brush
Join artist Dan Wieske for a day-long workshop making a beautiful, functional handmade brush. Students will have a number of brush blanks to choose from. Brush blanks will be pre-roughed out into general shapes with holes predrilled to accept Tampico fiber bundles all done by Dan prior to class. Students will do additional shaping, finishing, and sealer application to their brush blank. This is a class for beginner through advanced students. Students will leave with one to three brushes depending upon student skill and the intricacies of the brush shape.
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Birch Shrink Pot
Spend a day at LOLA making a “magical shrinking pot!” Artist Mark Hawkins will instruct students how to make a pot using sloyd knives and hook knives. The initial carving is done with a “green” or freshly cut piece of wood. The bottom puck is a dry piece of wood. As green wood pot dries, it shrinks around the puck. Students will have the supplies to make two pots; time – permitting. This class requires students with good hand strength. It is a class for beginners through advanced carvers. Advanced carvers will have the opportunity to make a cover for their pots as well.
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FREE ART GROUPS!
Want to create in a new space and around other people and make new friends? Join us in the downstairs classroom for our free art groups. We supply the coffee and snacks, you bring your supplies (though we have FREE beading supplies for beginners!)
OCTOBER - MAY
Watercolor Wednesdays - 10am-2pm
Fiber Fridays - 10am-12pm
Beading Fridays - 1-3pm
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Homeschool Arts Spring ‘24
Registration for our Homeschool Art and Music classes Spring 2024 is now open. Offering two age levels, kindergarten through middle school, we provide affordable arts education to homeschooled children in Northern Wisconsin.
Eight weeks of classes will be on Tuesdays, February 13th - April 16th, with a two week pause for spring break.
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Art Interns Summer ‘24
Winter has barely started, but we are already looking towards next summer. If you know any tech school/college aged students with a passion for art, dance, or theater, and who would like to gain teaching experience with PAID internship, and who would like to spend the summer in beautiful Land O’ Lakes (we provide housing!), send them our way!
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Open Monday - Friday 10:00 am -3:00 pm
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