Everyday Art
Everyday Art with Cindy LaFlash: Art Journaling
Bass River – Abbott Studio
Tuesdays, Ongoing,
530-730pm.
$20, $100 6-pack
LENGTH: ongoing, try it out once or come weekly
LEVEL: all level
WHAT TO EXPECT: Join artist Cindy LaFlash for a laid-back, feel-good art journaling workshop where we play, experiment, and reconnect with our creative spark.
Art journaling—also known as a creative sketchbook, visual diary, or practice book—is a place where anything goes. It’s where artists warm up, test ideas, and explore without pressure or perfection. We’ll layer paint, collage scraps, doodles, words, and textures to make expressive pages that reflect our moods, dreams, and moments of joy.
Every session offers new supplies, inspiration, and space to simply make something because it feels good. No experience needed—just curiosity and a willingness to get a little messy. Our motto: Make It, Don’t Overthink It
EXTRAS: All materials provided! Bring favorite scraps, magazine clippings, or bits from your own craft stash if you’d like.
DON’T FORGET: This class is in the Abbott Studio, upstairs in the Education Wing. Bring a beverage or a snack if you feel like it.
SAVE: Buy a $100 6-pack for this class and get 1 class free! And consider purchasing a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center.
INSTRUCTOR: Cindy LaFlash is a dedicated mom of five, a Craft Queen, and founder of LaFlash of Creativity, a mobile creative studio powered by artistic inspiration providing accessible, joyful art experiences to people of all ages through workshops, pop-up events, and private gatherings.
Knitting with Kirsten: Beginner 1
Bass River Arts Campus-Journey Classroom
4 Fridays, Nov 7-Dec 5 (skip Nov 28), 10-12pm. Member $145, Not-Yet-Member $160
LENGTH: 4 classes
LEVEL: total beginner
WHAT TO EXPECT: Learn to knit the Continental/Scandinavian Method, a faster technique of knitting with less hand fatigue. Kirsten will teach students how to cast on stitches, knit, purl, how to slip a stitch, yarn over, decrease, and increase. Students will learn how to cable to the right and to the left and will learn how to bind off. This class is limited to just 4 students, so there is a lot of individual attention.
MATERIALS:
Bring a pair of single point straight needles size US 8( 5mm), 10” long (brand: Takumi Bamboo, Brittany Birch Wood, or Knitter’s Pride Wood, or similar).
One circular cable needle size US 8(5mm).
One skein of Lamb’s Pride Worsted, 85% Wool/15% Mohair in the color Cream. You can order this online at yarn.com or purchase from Kirsten at the first class.
A notebook, pen, and pencil.
DON’T FORGET: This class is held upstairs in the Education Wing.
SAVE: Save $15 on this class by purchasing a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center.
INSTRUCTOR: Kirsten West, a native of Denmark, was born and raised on the island of Fyn, where farming, fishing, “hygge” and knitting is still a way of life. Kirsten learned to knit at an early age from her mother Marie, who was an expert knitter, sewer, embroiderer, and bobbin lace maker. In the mid-1980’s Kirsten co-founded Nordic Artisans, a boutique mail-order company that imported artisanal Rauma yarn from Norway. Now living in Cape Cod, Kirsten is making her knowledge, skills, patterns, and products available once again. Come and learn from the master knitter herself and enjoy some genuine Danish Hygge at the same time. Learn more at her website Hand Knit by Kirsten.
Woodturning 101: Pens & Holiday Ornaments
Bass River – MakerspaceTue & Thu, 4 classes, Nov 11-20, 9-12pm. Member: $330, Not-Yet-Member $363
LENGTH: four 3-hour classes, Tues & Thur
LEVEL: all levels
WHAT TO EXPECT: Learn to make beautiful turned ornaments and pens just in time for the holidays in this exciting class where each student is paired with an expert woodturner under the direction of Dave Arnone. Participants will learn the fundamentals of woodturning, including safety, lathe components, and mounting and using turning tools. No woodturning or woodworking experience is required. All tools, materials, and safety equipment are provided.
EXTRAS: Each student will work on their own lathe and get one-on-one expert instruction.
DON’T FORGET: Please wear close-toed shoes and tie long hair back. This class is held in the Makerspace, located on the lower level of the Education Wing.
SAVE: Save $33 on this class by purchasing a membership for only $65 and get discounts on classes and events year-round at the Center.
INSTRUCTOR: Dave Arnone
With a background in Career and Technical Arts Instruction and Administration, I spent most of my career as a Scool Administrator and educational leadership consultant. While turning has been a hobby most of my life, retirement has allowed me the opportunity to begin focusing on developing my wood turning knowledge and skills. I enjoy the cognitive and technical aspects of turning and developing learning materials and opportunities to help others discover the joy of turning. My work includes bowls, lidded boxes, ornaments, and a variety of hollow forms and spindle-based pieces. I am a member of the American Association of Woodturners and locally, I serve on the Board of Directors for the Cod Woodturners Club and coordinate Club Membership, Instruction and Programing.
Currently, I serve as the Facilitator of the Cultural Center’s Makerspace program. In addition, I have been providing Woodturning Instruction at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod for six years and have had the pleasure of assisting many Adults and students discover a love for woodturning as a hobby and a means of creative expression. I have also had the pleasure of coordinating and curating woodturning/woodworking exhibits for the Center.