Arts calendar

Classes and workshops

Center Place: Texas Braid – April 24, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $65, includes lunch. Call Lexi at (509) 499-5653 to preregister and pay. Classes open to members and nonmembers. Center Place, 2426 N. Discovery Place, Spokane Valley. (509) 688-0300. Smith Mountain Morning Workshop – April 25, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., $65, includes lunch. Call Lexi at (509) 499-5653 to preregister and pay. Classes open to members and nonmembers.

Manic Moon Studio: Beginning Acrylic Landscape with Pam McVay – Learn to use basic acrylic paints to compose paintings that include sky, mountains, foothills, foreground, trees, and a pond or lake. All painting supplies and one canvas will be supplied. $75 prepaid RSVP with Pam at (509) 466-6311. Manic Moon Studio, 1007 W. Augusta Ave., (509) 413-9101. Pamee’s Painting Party – Learn to paint quickly and about creative ways to use acrylic paint. All supplies included. Bring apron or wear old clothes. Limit six prepaid, RSVP with Pamee at (509) 263-3638. $35. May 2 and June 13, 1 p.m. Leather Painting for Beginners – Paint your own boots or shoes with easy to use leather paint with instructor Sigrid Morgan-Neil. All paint supplied (bring you own leather goods.) Allow two hours. Prepaid RSVP at (509) 413-9101. $35. May 26, noon.

Spokane Art School: Handmade Raku Tile – Students will design, construct and glaze tiles for the Raku firing. Raku is a type of Japanese firing process in which the fired Raku piece is removed from the hot kiln and put directly into water or allowed to cool in the open air. Space is limited. Register at www.spokaneartschool.net. For ages 10 and over. Saturdays, April 25, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., May 2, 9, 10 a.m.-noon. $70, plus $35 lab fee.

Artisans at Dahmen Barn: Getting Started with Zentangle – Led by Susan E.J. White. Zentangle is a fun and easy-to-learn method for creating beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. April 18, 1-4 p.m. $40. Register by Saturday by calling (509) 229-3414 or at www.artisanbarn.org.

City of Moscow Arts Commission, the 1912 Center and Heart of the Arts Workshops : Photography in Blue: Cyanotype with Harlan Crichton – Participants age 10 and older will use cyanotype, a nontoxic alternative photographic process, to produce beautiful images. No photography experience is necessary. The application deadline is April 23 at 5 p.m. After that, applications will be accepted if space is available. 10 a.m. April 25. $25.

Create Arts Center Classes – Open Painting: Open to beginner or advanced painters. Bring your current or future project to paint with the group. Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Watercolor Basics and Beyond: Every third Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost is $35. Supplies available for purchase at the class. Fiber Arts Studio: Held Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-noon. Bring your yarn and knitting needles or crochet hooks. A $2 donation is appreciated. Oil Painting with Barry Dumaw: Tuesdays, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $35 per month. Miss Patty’s Children’s Dance Class: Mondays, 2:30-3:15 p.m. for ages 3-5, 3:30-4:15 for ages 6-8, and 5:30-6:15 for ages up to 17 years. Cost is $35 per month. Oil Painting with Edena Yeager: Held Thursdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost is $35 per month. Art after School: For kids ages 8-13. Thursdays, 3-4:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Ballroom Dance with Ann Chamberlin: Third Friday of each month, 5:30 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Jessa’s Creative Dance: Jessa Ritter will teach a blend of hip-hop and modern dance. Open to girls and boys ages 10 and older. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 4-5 p.m. Cost is $8 a week or $30 a month. First Saturday: Dawn Hawks teaches craft and art classes on the first Saturday of each month. 1-3 p.m. Cost is $5 per class. Create Arts Center, 900 W. Fourth St., Newport, Wash. Call (509) 447-9277, visit www.createarts.org or email create@createarts.org for more information.

Evergreen Art Association Open Juried Show: Open to area artists who may submit up to two pieces of two-dimensional work. Registration is due Monday and can be mailed to Evergreen Art Association, c/o Robert Karr, 205 N. Craig Ave., Newport. There is a nonrefundable entry fee of $15 for one piece and $20 for two pieces. The show begins April 17 at Create Art Center, 900 W. Fourth St. For more information and an entry form, visit evergreenartassociation.weebly.com.