$25 for a Make It and Take It Art Extravaganza Event at Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild ($50 Value). Three Dates Available.
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Good for KidsParticipants compose digital portraits, create a Photoshop montage, try out the potter's wheel, or screen-print their own design
Learning a new skill is useful, especially if it means a promotion to a front-of-the-horse costume. Go to the head of the class with this Groupon.
$25 for a Make It and Take It Art Extravaganza Workshop Covering Photography, Photoshop, Ceramics, or Screen Printing ($50 Value)
Classes take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Choose from the following dates:
- Thursday, August 30
- Thursday, September 6 Thursday, October 11
Participants will work in one of the art center’s four studios—photography, digital, ceramics, or design—to learn about each workshop’s respective art medium, and to create their own pieces of artwork to take home. During the photography session, participants will tour the dark room, before using a variety of props to compose stylized portraits they will print out and mount. The Photoshop class teaches participants the basics of navigating the graphics-design program while they create multilayered digital works of art that will be matted and ready to frame. Alternatively, participants can mosey up to potter's wheels in the ceramics studio to learn wheel-throwing or design their own screen prints using Illustrator. Students can silk-screen their designs on high-quality paper or blank shirts that they bring in. Free parking is available in the lot and on the street.
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
Sometimes, one person can single-handedly inspire another person’s path in life. For Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild founder and owner Bill Strickland, that person was his childhood pottery teacher, Frank Ross. Ross’ deep appreciation for art was all encompassing: he often brought jazz music to class for students to listen to, hosted dinners at his home––which was decorated in handwoven tapestries––and encouraged Strickland to continue building his art skills at the University of Pittsburgh.
The social inequities that troubled Strickland’s native North Side neighborhood motivated him to form the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as a way to inspire underprivileged kids to overcome trying times through art, the same way Ross did many years before. Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild began in a small space in a residential row house before growing to encompass a 62,000-square-foot art emporium with an array of studios and classrooms, and a large auditorium where commissioned bowls of fruit strike poses for still-life portraits. The award-winning center lives up to its mission “to educate and inspire urban youth through the arts” with a bevy of after-school arts programs that teach critical thinking and help prepare students for futures in the art world.
Participants compose digital portraits, create a Photoshop montage, try out the potter's wheel, or screen-print their own design
Learning a new skill is useful, especially if it means a promotion to a front-of-the-horse costume. Go to the head of the class with this Groupon.
$25 for a Make It and Take It Art Extravaganza Workshop Covering Photography, Photoshop, Ceramics, or Screen Printing ($50 Value)
Classes take place from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Choose from the following dates:
- Thursday, August 30
- Thursday, September 6 Thursday, October 11
Participants will work in one of the art center’s four studios—photography, digital, ceramics, or design—to learn about each workshop’s respective art medium, and to create their own pieces of artwork to take home. During the photography session, participants will tour the dark room, before using a variety of props to compose stylized portraits they will print out and mount. The Photoshop class teaches participants the basics of navigating the graphics-design program while they create multilayered digital works of art that will be matted and ready to frame. Alternatively, participants can mosey up to potter's wheels in the ceramics studio to learn wheel-throwing or design their own screen prints using Illustrator. Students can silk-screen their designs on high-quality paper or blank shirts that they bring in. Free parking is available in the lot and on the street.
Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild
Sometimes, one person can single-handedly inspire another person’s path in life. For Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild founder and owner Bill Strickland, that person was his childhood pottery teacher, Frank Ross. Ross’ deep appreciation for art was all encompassing: he often brought jazz music to class for students to listen to, hosted dinners at his home––which was decorated in handwoven tapestries––and encouraged Strickland to continue building his art skills at the University of Pittsburgh.
The social inequities that troubled Strickland’s native North Side neighborhood motivated him to form the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as a way to inspire underprivileged kids to overcome trying times through art, the same way Ross did many years before. Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild began in a small space in a residential row house before growing to encompass a 62,000-square-foot art emporium with an array of studios and classrooms, and a large auditorium where commissioned bowls of fruit strike poses for still-life portraits. The award-winning center lives up to its mission “to educate and inspire urban youth through the arts” with a bevy of after-school arts programs that teach critical thinking and help prepare students for futures in the art world.
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Sometimes, one person can single-handedly inspire another person’s path in life. For Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild founder and owner Bill Strickland, that person was his childhood pottery teacher, Frank Ross. Ross’ deep appreciation for art was all encompassing: he often brought jazz music to class for students to listen to, hosted dinners at his home––which was decorated in handwoven tapestries––and encouraged Strickland to continue building his art skills at the University of Pittsburgh.
The social inequities that troubled Strickland’s native North Side neighborhood motivated him to form the Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild as a way to inspire underprivileged kids to overcome trying times through art, the same way Ross did many years before. Manchester Craftsmen’s Guild began in a small space in a residential row house before growing to encompass a 62,000-square-foot art emporium with an array of studios and classrooms, and a large auditorium where commissioned bowls of fruit strike poses for still-life portraits. The award-winning center lives up to its mission “to educate and inspire urban youth through the arts” with a bevy of after-school arts programs that teach critical thinking and help prepare students for futures in the art world.