Art School: Adult Classes and Workshops

Explore, create, and learn at the Evanston Art Center

The Evanston Art Center offers artmaking classes for adults in the following departments: Digital Media and Photography, Ceramics, Printmaking, Drawing and Painting, Jewelry, Figure Sculpture, and Woodworking.

EAC's Summer 2025 Term 

12-Week Term: June 9 - August 31

Make-Up Week: September 2 - September 7

 

EAC's Spring 2025 Term 

10-Week Term: March 24 - June 1

Make-Up Week: June 2 - June 8

 

"Fix It in Post" - Photo Editing Made Easy
Instructor(s)
Jim Signorelli
In-Person Class: Monday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Ten-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Advanced/Intermediate Wheel Throwing Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Leslie Jay Orenstein
In-Person Class: Monday, 7pm - 10pm
Twelve-week class beginning Jube 9, 2025
Beginning Jewelry
Instructor(s)
Stephanie Brohman
In-Person Class: Monday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Beginning Wheel Throwing
Instructor(s)
TJ Nakano
In-Person Class: Monday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Enameling: Glass on Metal
Instructor(s)
Leslie Perrino
In-Person Class: Monday, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Eight-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Experimenting with Pastel and Color Theory
Instructor(s)
Azadeh Hussaini
In-Person class: Monday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Intaglio Printmaking
Instructor(s)
Duffy O'Connor
In-Person Class: Monday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025

Note: This class was originally listed as meeting 9:30am-12:30pm.
Painting the Portrait in Oils Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Peter Kelsey
In-Person class: Monday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Scrapbooking Studio
Instructor(s)
Morgan Patten
In-Person Class: Monday, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 9, 2025
The Figure: Real Or Imagined Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Barbara Goldsmith
In-Person Class: Monday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025
The Night Watch: Painting with Oils Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
John Fleck
In-Person class: Monday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 9, 2025
Abstract Photography; Seeing Things Differently
Instructor(s)
Dennis Barnett
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Throwing
Instructor(s)
Nolan Baumgartner
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Colored Portrait Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Azadeh Hussaini
In-Person class: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Forming & Construction for Jewelry Objects
Instructor(s)
Darlys Ewoldt
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Introduction to Figure Drawing
Instructor(s)
Duffy O'Connor
In-Person class: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Landscape Painting in the Studio
Instructor(s)
John Fleck
In-Person class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Lost Wax Casting and More
Instructor(s)
Stephanie Brohman
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Nature Photography: Seeing Past Flowers
Instructor(s)
Dennis Barnett
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 4:00pm - 6:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Pinch, Slab, Coil Plus
Instructor(s)
Bonnie Katz
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 1pm - 4pm
Ten-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Portrait Study
Instructor(s)
Suzanne Horwitz
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Watercolors: Materials, Composition, and Technique Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 10, 2025
Anatomy and Drawing the Figure in Three Color Chalk Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Peter Kelsey
In-Person class: Wednesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Beginning and Intermediate Drawing Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Jill Sutton
In-Person class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Beginning and Intermediate Oil Painting Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Jill Sutton
In-Person class: Wednesday, 1pm - 4pm
Six-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Beginning/Intermediate Jewelry
Instructor(s)
Leslie Perrino
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Eight-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Throwing Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Leslie Jay Orenstein
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Creative Sewing Machine Fundamentals
Instructor(s)
Erika Mulvenna
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 6:30pm -8:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Intermediate/Advanced Ceramics
Instructor(s)
Catherine Tweedie
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 1pm - 4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Lost Wax Casting in the Fast Lane
Instructor(s)
Virgil Robinson
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Lost Wax Casting in the Fast Lane
Instructor(s)
Virgil Robinson
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 1pm - 4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Paint Your World Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Sarah Kaiser-Amaral
In-Person class: Wednesday, 1pm - 3:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Pen & Ink Plein Air in Chicago
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Five-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Throw, Handbuild, and Alter
Instructor(s)
Lisa Harris
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Eleven-week class beginning June 11, 2025
Abstract Painting Studio
Instructor(s)
Janet Trierweiler
In-Person Class: Thursday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Five-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Beginning Mosaic Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Vivian Visser
In-Person Class: Thursday,
Six-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Beginning/Intermediate Wheel Throwing Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Leslie Jay Orenstein
In-Person Class: Thursday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Intermediate/Advanced Jewelry
Instructor(s)
Leslie Perrino
In-Person Class: Thursday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Eight-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Intermediate/Advanced Wheel Throwing Ceramics
Instructor(s)
Nolan Baumgartner
In-Person Class: Thursday, 1 - 4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Intro to Darkroom Photography
Instructor(s)
Brennan Probst
In-Person Class: Thursday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Introduction To Printmaking With Photopolymer Plates
Instructor(s)
Seth Savarick
In-Person Class: Thursday, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Eight-week class beginning June 12, 2025
New Explorations Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Barbara Goldsmith
In-Person Class: Thursday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Painting the Still Life in Oils Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Peter Kelsey
In-Person Class: Thursday, 10am - 1pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Pinch, Slab, Coil: Ceramic Handbuilding
Instructor(s)
Patty Kochaver
In-Person Class: Thursday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 12, 2025
Basic Woodworking for Adults
Instructor(s)
Bill First
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 13, 2025
Extreme Embroidery
Instructor(s)
Ellen Gradman
In-Person Class: Friday, 1pm - 4pm
Six-week class beginning June 13, 2025
From Head to Toe: Contemporary Portrait Making and Figure Study
Instructor(s)
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Five-week class beginning June 13, 2025
(No class on July 4)
Intermediate Woodworking for Adults
Instructor(s)
Bill First
In-Person Class: Friday, 1pm - 4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 13, 2025
Morning Drawing & Painting Studio
Instructor(s)
John Fleck
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 13, 2025
Pen & Ink Watercolor Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Five-week class beginning June 13, 2025
Intaglio Printmaking
Instructor(s)
Duffy O'Connor
In-Person Class: Saturday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 14, 2025
Loose and Free Beginning Watercolor: An Unconventional Approach Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
In-Person Class: Saturday, 10am - 1pm
Six-week class beginning June 14, 2025
Photo Walk
Instructor(s)
Erica McKeehen
In-Person Class: Saturday, 1pm - 4pm
Six-week class beginning June 14, 2025
Portrait Painting 16+
Instructor(s)
Melanie Gerules
In-Person Class: Saturday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 14, 2025
Screen Printing
Instructor(s)
Duffy O'Connor
In-Person Class: Saturday, 1-4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 14, 2025
Adaptive Ceramics
Instructor(s)
Mollie Morris
In-Person Class: Sunday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 15, 2025
FROM INSIDE OUT: Draw-Paint-Collage
Instructor(s)
Tamara Wasserman
In-Person Class: Sunday, 1pm - 4pm
Twelve-week class beginning June 15, 2025
Make Anything You Want with 3D Printer
Instructor(s)
Rui Sha
In-Person Class: Sunday, 1pm - 4pm
Six-week class beginning June 15, 2025
Advanced Open Studio (AOS) Jewelry Independent Study
Instructor(s)
Eleven-week session beginning the week of June 16, 2025. Times scheduled subject to studio availability
Drawing and Painting the Nude: The Long Pose
Instructor(s)
Ken Minami
In-Person class: Monday, 1pm - 4pm
Ten-week class beginning June 16, 2025
Independent Study: Ceramics
Instructor(s)
Eleven-week session beginning the week of June 16, 2025. Times scheduled subject to studio availability.
Independent Study: Figure Sculpture
Instructor(s)
Eleven-week session beginning June 16, 2025. Times scheduled subject to studio availability.
Independent Study: Printmaking
Instructor(s)
Eleven-week session beginning the week of June 16, 2025. Times scheduled subject to studio availability.
Independent Study: Woodworking
Instructor(s)
Eleven-week session beginning the week of June 16, 2025. Times scheduled subject to studio availability
Open Figure Drawing Studio
Instructor(s)
Samantha Younis
In-Person class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ten-week class beginning June 17, 2025
Evening Figure Sculpture Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Mike Dillon
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning June 18, 2025

No class on July 2.
Figure Sculpture Independent Study with Model
Instructor(s)
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ten-week class beginning June 18, 2025
Ensemble of the Portrait
Instructor(s)
Ken Minami
In-Person Class: Thursday, 1pm - 4pm
Ten-week class beginning June 19, 2025
Drawing & Painting the Portrait
Instructor(s)
Ken Minami
In-Person Class: Sunday, 10am - 1pm
Ten-week class beginning June 22, 2025
Screen Printing
Instructor(s)
Stacia Campbell
In-Person Class: Sunday, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Eleven-week class beginning June 22, 2025 (No class on August 31)

Note: This class was originally scheduled as a 12-week class beginning on June 15, 2025.
Holga Darkroom Photography
Instructor(s)
Michael Trilling
In-Person Class: Sunday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Ten-week class beginning June 29, 2025
World Building and Illustration
Instructor(s)
Rio Goodwin Perez
In-Person class: Tuesday, 1pm - 4pm
Ten-week class beginning July 1, 2025
Metalsmithing Techniques for Jewelry Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Kathy Cunningham
In-Person Class: Sunday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Nine-week class beginning July 6, 2025
Paper Remix - Inspired Collage
Instructor(s)
Bonnie Katz
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:00pm
Five-week class beginning July 16, 2025
Pen & Ink Plein Air in Chicago
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person class: Wednesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Five-week class beginning July 16, 2025
Communicating with Color
Instructor(s)
Erika Mulvenna
In-Person Class: Monday, 10am - 12pm
Five-week class beginning July 21, 2025
Black & White Photography: The Classic Interpretation
Instructor(s)
Dennis Barnett
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 7:00pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Block Party: Relief Printing on Paper & Fabric
Instructor(s)
Anna Wagner
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 1:00 - 4:00pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Bookbinding: Basics and Beyond Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Jamie Thome
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 6:30-9:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Forming & Construction for Jewelry Objects
Instructor(s)
Darlys Ewoldt
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Modeling Drapery in Relief Sculpture
Instructor(s)
Suzanne Horwitz
In-Person Class: Tuesday, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Watercolors: Materials, Composition, and Technique Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person class: Tuesday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 22, 2025
Garment Making Basics
Instructor(s)
Erika Mulvenna
In-Person Class: Wednesday, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 23, 2025
Abstract Painting Studio
Instructor(s)
Janet Trierweiler
In-Person Class: Thursday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 24, 2025
Beginning Mosaic Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Vivian Visser
In-Person Class: Thursday, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 24, 2025
Intro to Darkroom Photography
Instructor(s)
Brennan Probst
In-Person Class: Thursday, 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 24, 2025
From Head to Toe: Contemporary Portrait Making and Figure Study
Instructor(s)
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am-12:30pm
Six-week class beginning July 25, 2025
Pen & Ink Watercolor Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
Michelle Kogan
In-Person Class: Friday, 9:30am - 12:30pm
Five-week class beginning July 25, 2025
Loose and Free Beginning Watercolor: An Unconventional Approach Ages 16+
Instructor(s)
In-Person Class: Saturday, 10am - 1pm
Six-week class beginning July 26, 2025
Make Anything You Want with 3D Printer
Instructor(s)
Rui Sha
In-Person Class: Sunday, 1pm - 4pm
Six-week class beginning July 27, 2025