ONLINE WORKSHOPS
Join SilverKite for live, intergenerational arts workshops - including visual arts, dance, music, writing, theatre, and much more! Registration is open for individual participants of all ages.
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All artwork created by virtual workshop attendees.
SilverKite partners with library systems across the US to provide FREE online arts programming to their patrons.
Scroll through this page to view our class offerings, and learn which libraries are participating in each workshop.
See a workshop you are interested in? Visit your specific library webpage to register!
VISUAL ARTS
Sip and Paint
Join us for a step-by-step watercolor painting workshop with one of SilverKite's professional teaching artists.
Grab a beverage of your choice and spend an hour with us talking and making art together!
Taught by Tammy Leaver.
What you'll need:
Watercolor paints
Paint brush (1" flat brush and pointed round brush)
Mixed Media or Watercolor paper
Cup of water
Painter's tape
Sip and Paint
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
10:30 - 11:30 am PDT
WATERCOLORS
KCLS
Spring Inspired Watercolor Drawing
Create a spring-inspired watercolor drawing using a playful mix of paint and ink.
Supplies:
Watercolor paper (or cardstock)
Watercolor paint
Paint brush
Pencil
Black pen/marker/colored pencil (participants are welcome to use other colors if they wish)
Spring Inspired Watercolor Drawing
SATURDAY, APRIL 8
10:30 - 11:30 am PDT
Affirmations with Art
Join us to let your heart and soul speak positive affirmations using art. Through varied media, including paint and different processes, we will create a board that can be gazed at everyday to remind ourselves of the power of positivity.
Facilitated by Tammy Leaver.
Supplies Needed:
11x14” piece of corrugated cardboard or any other sturdy substrate
Printed paper, newspaper, discarded book pages, etc.
Acrylic paint
Piece of scrap paper to cut a heart out
Paintbrushes
Various items to use for design (something to make different size round shapes, open and solid; old gift card, toothpicks, bubblewrap, fabric pieces, plastic wrap, etc)
Modge Podge
Tissue paper, vellum paper, additional printed paper
Paper with affirmation quotes printed or written
Glue stick
Affirmations with Art
MONDAY, APRIL 17
1:30 - 2:30 pm PDT
Visual Journaling
Do you keep a journal? During this interactive workshop we will explore ways to record daily experiences & memories by creating a visual journal.
During the workshop we will create our own journal and explore basic drawing skills to help us get started.
Facilitated by Cooper Perry
What you'll need:
-Drawing pad (About 6 sheets of printer paper is okay, but a heavier weighted paper pad is best)
-Pens
-Magic Markers
-Collage magazines
-Scissors
-Glue stick
Visual Journaling
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
10:30 - 11:20 am PDT
KCLS
Sip and Paint
Join us for a step-by-step acrylic painting workshop with one of Silver Kite's professional teaching artists. Grab a beverage of your choice and spend an hour with us talking and making art together!
Facilitated by Cooper Perry
1 canvas of any kind & size (or thick multimedia paper)
Acrylic paints: red, blue, yellow, black, & white (or whatever you have on hand)
1 palette knife (or plastic knife)
1 palette (a plate will also work)
2 flat brushes (around 1"" and 1/2"" in size)
2 round brushes (ranging anywhere from 3 - 8)
1 or 2 cups of water
Paper towels (or a designated ""for painting"" washcloth)
A pencil (may or may not use)
Optional/recommended
A small spray bottle filled with water (3 oz is perfect)
Sip and Paint
SATURDAY, MAY 6
10:30 - 11:20 am PDT
KCLS
ACRYLICS
Illustrate Your Favorite Song
Bring your favorite song or poem to life with illustration and color!
Supplies: watercolor pencils, watercolor paper, HB graphite pencil, soap erasers, #6 round watercolor brush (suggested), water container.
Facilitated by Gloria Garcia.
Illustrate Your Favorite Song
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
10:30 - 11:30 am PDT
KCLS
Collage for Spring
In this class we’ll collect, cut, tear and glue scraps and small treasures to create beautiful pieces of spring-inspired art. We’ll explore different techniques and have fun along the way!
Facilitated by Cooper Perry.
What you'll need:
Scissors (but not required)
Glue or glue stick
Anything you can glue to a page! — Including but not limited to: newspaper, magazines,
construction paper, cardboard, packaging etc), fabric scraps, buttons, beads, found objects
from nature or around the house
Collage for Spring
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
10:30 - 11:30 am PDT
KCLS
JCLD
Watercolor Resist
Create a watercolor resist painting using semi-moist watercolors.
Facilitated by Gloria Garcia.
Supplies needed: watercolor paper, white crayons, HB graphite pencil, soap erasers, #6 round watercolor brush, water container.
Watercolor Resist
MONDAY, MAY 1
1:30 - 2:30 Pm PDT
Intro to Oil Pastels
Draw non-representational shapes in oil pastels and learn how to mix colors and blend values.
Facilitated by Gloria Garcia.
Supplies needed: Watercolor paper, HB graphite pencil, 12-color oil pastels, wooden toothpicks.
Intro to Oil Pastels
SATURDAY, MAY 13
10:30 - 11:30 am PDT
MOVEMENT, MUSIC
& MORE
Storytelling through Hula
Hula is a visual dance form of storytelling from Polynesia, which was developed in Hawai’i and has more recently become a popular form of exercise. Together we will walk through some basic hula steps and use our bodies to develop a hula “vocabulary”. At the end of class, you will have a story to tell, using these beautiful movements!
Facilitated by Rachel Rene
What You’ll Need:
* Wear comfortable clothes that allow you to move your whole body.
* Have water and a towel nearby.
* Socks or bare feet are preferred over wearing shoes, if possible.
Storytelling through Hula
MONDAY, MARCH 27
1:30 - 2:30pm PDT
Basic Ballet for Adult Bodies
Dance is a great way to center the body and work your balance, strength, flexibility, and posture. It doesn't take a "dancer's body" to learn these moves. Anyone can learn these basics and use them in everyday life. Join us for this slow-paced, relaxed, beginning dance class. Facilitated by Rachel Rene.
What You’ll Need:
• Wear comfortable clothes that allow easy movement.
• Wear socks or ballet shoes, if available.
• Have water and a towel nearby.
Basic Ballet for Adult Bodies
MONDAY, APRIL 24
1:30 - 2:30pm PDT
Dances of Spring
Spring into Spring! Dancing is a very old way to celebrate the return of warmth and flowers. We’ll draw on traditional dances from around the world, as well as contemporary boogies. No experience needed. Simply follow-along with Susan's gentle, folk-style movements, some seated and some standing.
Facilitated by Susan Wickett-Ford.
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Dances of Spring
1:30 - 2:30pm PDT
KCLS
WRITING, THEATRE
& STORYTELLING
Fiction: A Sense of Place
We will explore the role of setting in fiction by looking at some published examples, and doing writing exercises to explore the way settings can anchor and develop our stories.
Taught by Pearl Klein
What you'll need:
Paper (several pieces)
Pen or Pencil
1:30 - 2:30pm PDT
Fiction: A Sense of Place
MONDAY, MARCH 6
KCLS
Memoir: Childhood Stories
During this interactive creative non-fiction writing workshop, participants will engage in reminiscence activities and memoir writing exercises and learn some basic strategies on how to write memoir with a focus on stories from childhood.
Facilitated by Pearl Klein
What You'll Need:
Pen or Pencil
Paper
1:30 - 2:30pm PDT
Memoir: Childhood Stories
MONDAY, MAY 8