In Person Workshops
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in-person creative aging and intergenerational programs.
SilverKite Community Arts®, LLC brings in-person intergenerational arts workshops to several communities throughout Washington. These FREE workshops are for all ages and are open to the public. All workshops are taught by professional SilverKite teaching artists. Scroll to view our offerings and the communities at which they will take place!
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Workshop Schedule:
Letters from Washington
July 14th
12:00pm - 2:00pm
What does home mean to you? Share stories, memories, and connections to our Washington community and beyond. What brought you here today...and where are you going next? Participants will design their own postcards and stamps and add to a community mural to celebrate why we love Washington. Using acrylic and watercolor paint and block print stamps and ink.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artists Dez'Mon Omega-Fair, Sophia Flores, Lola Trinchero
Location:
Bellevue Community Fund
10820 NE 10th St
Bellevue, WA
Family Workshop: Scrap Lab - $10-$15
July 25th
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Make beaded charms and keepsakes representing Seattle’s colorful diversity. All materials and supplies will be provided by SilverKite.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $10 per child, $15 per adult
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Acrylic Painting: Animals
July 29th
3:00pm - 4:00pm
Learn how to paint a colorful animal painting with acrylics. Techniques include sketching and color layering. All levels welcome.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Leslee Houston
Location:
Ocean Shores Library
573 Point Brown Ave NW
Ocean Shores WA 98569
Arts Social Hour: Paint Your Own Postcard With an Urban Garden's View - $15
August 7th
4:30 - 6:30pm
Mingle in the garden and choose your favorite view. Leave with a postcard to keep or stamp and send.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $15
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Community Arts Lab: Painted & Collaged Watercolor Flowers - $20
August 19th
10:00am - 12:00pm
Paint watercolors and then assemble a beautiful collaged floral design in this community arts lab.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $20
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Watercolor Painting: DIY Postcards
August 24th
1:00 - 2:00pm
Participants are given blank postcards made with watercolor paper. They will learn to create personalized designs using sketching, color mixing, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and pen detailing techniques. Everyone will leave with 1-2 postcards.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Dez'Mon Omega Fair
Location:
KCLS Renton Library
100 Mill Ave S,
Renton, WA 98057
Family Workshop: Paper Petal Party - $10-15
August 29th
2:00 - 4:00pm
Bright, oversized paper flowers made from tissue paper bring a playful burst of color to any space -- floating from ceilings, stretching across banners, and blooming in cheerful bouquets. Mixed with twisty pipe cleaner flowers and clever straw-stem designs, this handmade collection turns any room into a fun, family-friendly wonderland full of joy and creativity.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $10 per child, $15 per adult
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Dance: Latin Dances
September 28th
2:00 - 3:00pm
This beginner-friendly workshop introduces basic Latin dance moves such as Cumbia, Merengue, and Cha Cha. Moves can be practiced in couples or solo and seated options are offered.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Merri Ann Osborne
Location:
KCLS Shoreline Library
345 NE 175th St,
Shoreline, WA 98155
Pacific Northwest Flair
July 21st
12:00pm - 2:00pm
Explore functional, expressive summer design. We will decorate hand fans and visors to keep cool, create recycled materials collages, and use name poetry to create a collective poem. Using ornamental and decorative paper, wood, stickers, acrylic paint markers, cardboard visors, recycled materials and nature.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artists Dez'Mon Omega-Fair, Sophia Flores, Lola Trinchero
Location:
Bellevue Community Fund
10820 NE 10th St
Bellevue, WA
Watercolor Painting: DIY Postcards
July 25th
3:00 - 4:00pm
Participants are given blank postcards made with watercolor paper. They will learn to create personalized designs using sketching, color mixing, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and pen detailing techniques. Everyone will leave with 1-2 postcards.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Dez'Mon Omega Fair
Location:
KCLS Valley View Library
17850 Military Rd S
SeaTac, WA 98188
Watercolor Painting: Landscapes
August 1st
2:00 - 3:00pm
Learn to paint a landscape focusing on clouds, sky, mountains or the ocean, using wet and dry watercolor techniques. All levels welcome.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Leslee Houston
Location:
Ocean Shores Library
573 Point Brown Ave NW
Ocean Shores, WA 98569
Watercolor Painting: DIY Postcards
August 15th
1:00 - 2:00pm
Participants are given blank postcards made with watercolor paper. They will learn to create personalized designs using sketching, color mixing, wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry and pen detailing techniques. Everyone will leave with 1-2 postcards.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Rachel Rene Araucto
Location:
KCLS Des Moines Library
21620 11th Ave S
Des Moines, WA 98198
Community Arts Lab: Painted & Collaged Watercolor Flowers - $20
August 19th
10:00am - 12:00pm
Paint watercolors and then assemble a beautiful collaged floral design in this community arts lab.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $20
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Visual Journaling: Simple Pleasures
August 25th
6:30 - 7:30pm
Description coming soon!
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Tammy Leaver
Location:
KCLS Algona-Pacific Library
255 Ellingson Rd,
Pacific, WA 98047
Dance: Latin Dances
September 10th
11:00am - 12:00pm
This beginner-friendly workshop introduces basic Latin dance moves such as Cumbia, Merengue, and Cha Cha. Moves can be practiced in couples or solo and seated options are offered.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Rachel Rene Araucto
Location:
KCLS Kingsgate Library
12315 NE 143rd St,
Kirkland, WA 98034
Dance: Latin Dances
October 7th
6:30 - 7:30pm
This beginner-friendly workshop introduces basic Latin dance moves such as Cumbia, Merengue, and Cha Cha. Moves can be practiced in couples or solo and seated options are offered.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Merri Ann Osborne
Location:
Renton Senior Activity Center
211 Burnett Ave N, Renton, WA 98057
Arts Social Hour: Rock Solid Art - $15
July 24th
4:30pm - 6:30pm
Create a bold “anthem stone” using paint, symbols, and prompts to express a message, mood, or personal vibe. Set to a soundtrack of rock, punk, and funk, this is a hands-on experience in making small art with a big presence.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $15
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Community Arts Lab: Make a Mini-Zine - $20
July 29th
10:00am - 12:00pm
Learn multiple folding techniques to create different zine formats.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $20
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Community Arts Lab: Nōtan Art - $20
August 5th
3:00 - 5:00pm
Rooted in a Japanese design concept, Notan focuses on the harmony between positive and negative space—revealing how simple shapes can create striking, dynamic compositions.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $20
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Family Workshop: Family Portraits - $10-15
August 15th
10:00am - 12:00pm
Recreate picture frames with mixed media art materials then pose for a group photo with your family and friends. We’ll send you the photo file to print and put in your frame.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $10 per child, $15 per adult
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Evening event: Community Clothing Swap - $5+
August 22nd
7:00 - 9:00pm
Led by a professional consignment stylist, community members bring in their old clothes and swap them with others in attendance.
Tickets (click here to purchase): $5+
Location:
SilverKite Community Arts®
231 Summit Ave E
Seattle, WA 98102
Pop Up Cards
August 26th
6:30 - 7:30pm
In this beginner-friendly cardmaking workshop participants will create 3-dimensional cards that pop. Various folding and layering techniques will be explored while using colorful paper, paint pens and markers. Each participant will leave with 1-3 cards.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Ashley McEneny
Location:
Renton Community Center
1715 Maple Vly Hwy,
Renton, WA 98057
Acrylic Painting: Rock Artistry
September 10th
1:00pm - 2:00pm
In this playful and beginner friendly workshop participants create images, scenes or designs on
rocks using acrylic paint pens. We’ll provide creative prompts and smooth and inviting rocks.
Facilitated by SilverKite® Teaching Artist Cassie Mira Nicholson
Location:
Sno-Isle Mill Creek Library
15429 Bothell Everett Hwy, Mill Creek, WA 98012