Calendar
Events
Calendar of Events
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Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
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Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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1 event,
From the instructor: "Boozhoo! My name is Airlea Indaniss DeFoe. I'll be showing you how to make a peyote stitch keychain with leather fringe. You will learn how to do peyote stitch, make leather fringe, and attach a keyring."
$50.00 – $100.00
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1 event,
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Sessions are open to all serious artists, from beginner to expert. Every session includes a live model, starting with short gestural poses and moving into longer holds. Work time is self-directed, no instruction offered. Headphones and water bottles are welcome. Paper, sketching materials, and easels are available.
$10.00 – $65.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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0 events,
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3 Sessions | Learn how to make and play stoneware clay ocarinas with musician and potter Karen Keenan. In the first class session, hand-build ocarinas—a type of fipple flute. In the second session, learn about decorative application techniques by painting terra sigilatta and slip on your instrument. In the third session, learn how to play your finished ocarina, listen to examples of fipple flute music, and discover the relationship of these instruments from a variety of cultural perspectives and histories.
$70.00 – $120.00
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1 Session | Learn basic jewelry-making skills to design your own beaded earrings with award-winning artist and writer Tashia Hart.
$25.00 – $75.00
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1 event,
10 Sessions | This twice-monthly educational session is open to any 13+ youth wanting to express themselves creatively through photography. Club meetings include field trips during Sunday sessions, individual and group projects, short info sessions, one-to-one skill development, and discussion of each other's work. Participants are allowed to use any type of camera, including their phones.
$100.00 – $175.00
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0 events,
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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2 events,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
10 Sessions | This twice-monthly educational session is open to any 13+ youth wanting to express themselves creatively through photography. Club meetings include field trips during Sunday sessions, individual and group projects, short info sessions, one-to-one skill development, and discussion of each other's work. Participants are allowed to use any type of camera, including their phones.
$100.00 – $175.00
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3 Sessions | Learn how to make and play stoneware clay ocarinas with musician and potter Karen Keenan. In the first class session, hand-build ocarinas—a type of fipple flute. In the second session, learn about decorative application techniques by painting terra sigilatta and slip on your instrument. In the third session, learn how to play your finished ocarina, listen to examples of fipple flute music, and discover the relationship of these instruments from a variety of cultural perspectives and histories.
$70.00 – $120.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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0 events,
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2 events,
3 Sessions | Learn how to make and play stoneware clay ocarinas with musician and potter Karen Keenan. In the first class session, hand-build ocarinas—a type of fipple flute. In the second session, learn about decorative application techniques by painting terra sigilatta and slip on your instrument. In the third session, learn how to play your finished ocarina, listen to examples of fipple flute music, and discover the relationship of these instruments from a variety of cultural perspectives and histories.
$70.00 – $120.00
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A beloved tradition. Stop in for a FREE, casual, creative art-making afternoon and learn to make simple, fun crafts that can be customized for artists of all ages.
Register
Free – $50.00
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1 event,
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Create woven wall art using natural forked branches as a frame and simple, natural fiber materials. Prepare a branch for weaving, create warp threads between the branch points, weave yarn and fibers into patterns and textures, incorporate beads, ribbons, or feathers, and finish a wall-hanging piece. Participants are encouraged to bring a branch that feels meaningful to them. A good branch for weaving is forked or Y-shaped, about 6–10 inches of weaving space, dry, and sturdy. Branches will be provided for anyone who cannot bring one. Each participant will leave with a finished woven wall piece and the skills to continue weaving at home. No experience necessary.
Register
$40.00 – $90.00
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0 events,
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
|
2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
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0 events,
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2 events,
Participating in the arts is proven to have a positive impact on mental health. Jewelry making in particular has been clinically proven to help with mindfulness, which can help reduce stress and anxiety. In this class, learn how to make a pair of flat stitch earrings with cabachons from a mindfulness perspective.
Register
$30.00 – $80.00
8 Sessions | Learn the basics of throwing pottery on the wheel using the C.O.P.S (center, open, pull, shape) method, and basic handbuilding techniques with instruction from ceramicist and potter Matt Larson.
$330.00 – $430.00
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1 event,
Participating in the arts is proven to have a positive impact on mental health. Jewelry making in particular has been clinically proven to help with mindfulness, which can help reduce stress and anxiety. In this class, learn how to make a pair of flat stitch earrings with cabachons from a mindfulness perspective.
Register
$30.00 – $80.00
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0 events,
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2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
|
2 events,
Bring your own supplies and projects to connect with others while you create. Each session includes an optional end-of-session group critique in the final half-hour.
Register
Free – $10.00
8 Sessions | This hands-on class includes pottery wheel, altered forms, handbuilding, and glaze demonstrations. Types of vessel construction covered include platters, jars, pouring vessels, other large forms, whistles, and beyond, with plenty of time to craft a body of work based on your own personal ideation/aesthetic in both form and glazing concepts. Bring your own plans and concepts, advance your techniques, and push your work to new growth. Registration deadline April 8.
$285.00 – $380.00
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1 event,
Explore your creativity in a laid-back atmosphere. Bring your headphones and creative ideas—art supplies provided, but bringing your own also welcome. Pay what you can. Registration covers all sessions, but attending every session is not necessary.
Register
$50.00 – $75.00
|
0 events,
|
2 events,
-
Sessions are open to all serious artists, from beginner to expert. Every session includes a live model, starting with short gestural poses and moving into longer holds. Work time is self-directed, no instruction offered. Headphones and water bottles are welcome. Paper, sketching materials, and easels are available.
Register
$10.00 – $65.00
8 Sessions | Learn the basics of throwing pottery on the wheel using the C.O.P.S (center, open, pull, shape) method, and basic handbuilding techniques with instruction from ceramicist and potter Matt Larson.
$330.00 – $430.00
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Registration Policies
- Tuition must be received one week prior to the class start date and two weeks prior to camp start dates to ensure both your place and adequate class materials.
- If there is insufficient enrollment 7 days prior to event date OR on listed registration deadline, the DAI may cancel the event, notify registrants, and refund all payments including deposits. Last-minute cancellations may also occur for weather, emergency, or instructor illness.
- Class tuition includes a $10 non-refundable registration fee, not including subsequent sessions of multi-day classes. Camp tuition includes a $25 non-refundable deposit due upon registration.
- Students cancelling one week before the first class session or two weeks prior to the first day of camp are eligible for a refund, not including deposits or registration fees. Refunds cannot be made after classes begin.
- Student Members are not eligible for membership discounts on classes.
- No refunds available for fundraiser tickets and other paid special events.
Online registration with credit card payment preferred. To pay by cash or check, contact Jesse Switters jswitters@duluthartinstitute.org. Following payment, check all inboxes for a confirmation email.
Check calendar details for event-specific policies.
Accessibility
Gallery events – Accessible parking is available nearby on Superior Street and in the pay lots in the Holiday Center and Duluth Transit Center. An elevator to all floors is available in the US Bank Building. DAI galleries are located on the 4th floor. In-gallery seating available.
Lincoln Park Building events – There is accessible parking in the lot at the back door, and a ramp to access the second floor.
Building hours, locations, and driving instructions
Scholarships
Scholarships may become available at times. For more information, or to request a partial or full scholarship for a class or camp, contact Jesse Switters jswitters@duluthartinstitute.org.