In the pursuit of building local camaraderie and creativity come create a site-specific installation of prints of and about your community. The class will transform the perception of space, time, and the meaning of community. Students will come up with vital ideas of what constitutes a community and will begin by making sketches into relief prints. Many different relief printing techniques will be covered. All experience levels are welcome.

Students will first begin with an image of their home or dream house to create different types of relief prints. Throughout the course students can choose to make prints from the list of other important structures and features of their creative community. Towards the end the prints will be organized and collaged on the walls, with the direction of the students, to form the final Community Installation Exhibit.

Come participate in an extraordinary experience and become partners in the thought processes and the creation of an Installation Artwork with a passionate printmaking community.

For the first day of class bring ideas and a couple photos of your home, apartment, yurt, etc. (aka, Living Space)

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

Will be available to register on Friday, September 27 at 8:00am.

Make yourself a set of 4 Sushi place settings, a cutting board, and chopsticks.  Embellish them with pyrography (wood burning) or wood carving. Including chopsticks, sushi boards, and a cutting board. The sky's the limit on your creativity, design your own shape and choose the species or combination thereof that you would like to use.

This class takes place at the new Groundworks Art Lab studio space at 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO. 

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

All Friday, Saturday, and Sunday classes will be available to register on Friday, Sept 27 at 8:00am. 

If you have wondered what the craft of blacksmithing is like topractice, this class is for you. Come create fascinating forms insteel with a highly experienced Blacksmith. Find out how to experiencethe joy of working with glowing metal while shaping steel into objectsof utility and beauty. This beginning level class will cover shopsafety, fire management, tools and equipment, and appropriate use ofthe anvil. Beginners will learn multiple methods of shaping hotmetals. Students will develop skills which are a crucial ingredientfor more advanced blacksmithing projects.

What to Wear in the Metals Studio?  

You must dress safely and appropriately. Arrive for class in all-natural fiber clothing, long pants, and closed-toe, closed-heel shoes with socks that protect up to the ankle. Long hair must be tied back. Nylon, polyester, spandex, or other synthetics are not allowed around machines, equipment, or processes that can produce hot fragments, sparks, or flames. Layers are encouraged, as the studio can be very cold or very hot. 

Welding students are recommended to wear long sleeve shirts to prevent arc-flash burns. Additional protective gear shall be provided as needed. 

Personal Property: 

Personal materials will need to go home with you at the end of each class. We do not provide storage. 

This class takes place at the new Groundworks studio space at 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO.

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

All Friday, Saturday, and Sunday classes will be available to register on Friday, Sept 27 at 8:00am.

For students that have never touched clay to those still learning the basics.

This class will cover the basic “how tos” of pottery. Students will learn the foundations of throwing, including how to confidently center, pull, and trim pots on the wheel. The class will also cover basic glazing techniques, attaching handles, and how to track your pieces through the studio.

Ages: 16 and above

Class meets weekly on FRIDAY

Note: This class will meet at the HILL location at 1010 Aurora Ave. You will only have open lab access at the same studio as your class.

This class is Pay What You Can with a suggested price of $280.

Does NOT include Firing Fees. For details on our Firing Fees, please click here: https://www.groundworksartlab.org/firing-fees

Note: There is no class the week of Thanksgiving.

Will be available to register on Friday, Sept. 27 at 8:00am.

For students that have never touched clay to those still learning the basics.

This class will cover the basic “how tos” of pottery. Students will learn the foundations of throwing, including how to confidently center, pull, and trim pots on the wheel. The class will also cover basic glazing techniques, attaching handles, and how to track your pieces through the studio.

Ages: 16 and above

Class meets weekly on SATURDAYS

Note: This class will meet at the MAIN location at 3750 Canfield Street. You will only have open lab access at the same studio as your class.

Does NOT include Firing Fees. For details on our Firing Fees, please click here: https://www.groundworksartlab.org/firing-fees

Note: There is no class the week of Thanksgiving.

Will be available to register on Friday, Sept. 27 at 8:00am.

Beginners, intermediates and experts welcomed! 

An opportunity to make the world's most comfortable Adirondack chair. We will be learning everything necessary to building an exceptional project from scratch.  We will use 4/4 rough lumber, laying out the project milling up our parts, using our planer, jointer, table saw, bandsaw, miter saw  and many hand tools, spokeshaves, chisels, carving tools and pyrography (wood burning) equipment. 

Customize it, make it your own, the sky's the limit to how much you would like to adorn your project with pyrography (wood-burning), and or some basic carving. 

Come join us in our brand new state of the art wood shop, let's make wood chips! Join the creative process.

Making things is awesome!

A list of some of the skills to be acquired

• Safe and proper use of the table saw
• Safe and proper use of the planer and jointer
• Safe and proper use of power miter saw
• The tuning sharpening and use of hand planes
• The proper use of Japanese pull saws
• Sharpening and use of carving tools
• And many more commonly used woodworking tools  

This class takes place at the new Groundworks Art Lab studio space at 3750 Canfield Street, Boulder, CO. 

Ages: 16+ 

All supplies and materials will be provided. 

All Friday, Saturday, and Sunday classes will be available to register on Friday, Sept 27 at 8:00am. 

The Family Clay Class is a great opportunity for children to work together with an adult to make hand-built pottery!

Students will learn a variety of hand-building techniques, using tools, textures, stamps, and molds. Instructor will lead students in both functional and sculptural pottery projects and students will paint each finished piece with colored slips. Emphasis is on working on a project as a family. This is a fun class, built around community and creativity!

Please note registration is for 1 child and their adult. If you have more family members that want to get involved, please send an email to registration@groundworksartlab.org!

Ages: 4+

Will be available to register on Fri, Sept. 27 at 8:00am.

The Family Clay Class is a great opportunity for children to work together with an adult to make hand-built pottery!

Students will learn a variety of hand-building techniques, using tools, textures, stamps, and molds. Instructor will lead students in both functional and sculptural pottery projects and students will paint each finished piece with colored slips. Emphasis is on working on a project as a family. This is a fun class, built around community and creativity!

Please note registration is for 1 child and their adult. If you have more family members that want to get involved, please send an email to registration@groundworksartlab.org!

Ages: 4+

This class is Pay What You Can with a suggest price of $110.

Will be available to register on Fri, Sept. 27 at 8:00am.