Our Community Arts Events are free, family-friendly, and open to the public!

Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls

Learn how to make sourdough cinnamon rolls! You will learn how to make, shape, and bake the cinnamon rolls and get to take a batch home for you to let rise, bake and enjoy.

Through hands-on practice and demonstrations, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and gain confidence in making sourdough cinnamon rolls, and ask all your sourdough-related questions.

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Pastel Fox

Learn the simple process used in creating this fox in a winter environment. The substrate you will be using is a piece of 9” x 12” UART premium sanded pastel paper. NuPastel, Rembrandt, and Sennelier brand pastels will be used. Lisa will take you through the steps from photo to painting in a fun and relaxed environment. No drawing skills are needed, a pattern will be provided.

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Intro to Spoon Carving

Join us for a 3-hour introduction to the craft of greenwood spoon carving. You will finish the class with your own hand-carved serving spoon. For the first part of the class, we will study safety, knife grips, and traditional techniques for carving.  For the rest of the course, you will apply what you have learned to transform the spoon blank provided into your completed spoon. 

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Mosaic Fish

Enjoy creating a fun colorful mosaic fish! We have the wood fish forms and you choose colored glass from our collection and break it yourself to create your fish. There will be some suggestions or ideas to choose from, or you can create your own. You will learn step-by-step how to create a mosaic masterpiece that you can take home with you the same day.

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Cathead Gift Basket

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Originally a Shaker design, a cathead basket is constructed so that when turned upside down, the four corners of the bottom look like cat ears. In this class, you’ll learn traditional basket weaving techniques: Lay out a base, create the cathead corners, weave up the gently rounded sides, then rim and lash. Choose from a variety of colors for the optional bow fashioned from dyed reed. You’ll leave class with a completed basket that can be used for everything from trinkets to truffles.

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Chickadee Oil Painting

Follow along with artist Maureen Luzenski learning oil painting basics and paint a chickadee bird on a twig. Get walked through step-by-step using water based oil paints on masonite board, learning how to mix, apply, and blend in the interesting medium of oil paint.

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Acrylic Loon on Wood

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Join artist Sue Schurch for a day of acrylic painting. She will have already wood burned the outlines of a loon about to take flight on an approximately 12×9.5 inch 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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Alcohol Ink

Explore the Vibrant Colors of Alcohol Ink with teaching artist Lisa Krueger. No art experience is needed to experiment and create. Alcohol ink is unpredictable and so much fun to experiment with!

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Our 2023 Annual Report is out!

A colorful look back on 2023, with a lot of great photos and fun memories, plus full of stats from last year.

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Donate to LOLA through stocks!

We have another great option to support LOLA and our mission! You can now donate shares of appreciated publicly traded stock and avoid taxation on the gain. We will sell the stock immediately and apply the net proceeds towards supporting the art programs you love. 

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