Sharpen your skills in this hands-on one-afternoon workshop. Learn the basics of woodworking while creating a beautiful, food-safe cutting board you can actually use at home. Practice measuring, cutting, sanding, and finishing techniques, with guidance every step of the way. Perfect for beginners. Tuition includes all supplies except work gloves, N95 mask, and ear protection/ear ...
Wondering how to take good pictures with your iPhone camera or need a refresher? This weekend workshop will help you take better photos with confidence. Learn how the iPhone camera really works—what the icons mean, how to focus and expose correctly, and how to use core features to get clear, well-composed shots every time. Discover ...
Discover the magic of throwing clay on the pottery wheel and learn as you are guided through the fundamentals of wheel throwing in this one-afternoon workshop. Whether you are a beginner or looking to refine your skills, learn to center, pull, and shape clay into beautiful vessels. Join us for an afternoon of fun and ...
Dr. ChaCha Hudson will share her journey as a fashion educator, researcher, and community builder, exploring how her work has evolved from studying fashion to creating spaces where people can reconnect with their creativity and sense of self. Blending personal experience, research, and community practice, this talk will examine how traditional art and fashion spaces ...
Kids (and adults!) can stop by the Delaplaine’s Francine Brady Art Carts during your next visit and get creative! The Art Carts offer two different activities each month. AUG 15 TO OCT 15: Create a work of art inspired by Shirin Neshat’s performance art film Turbulent. In addition, a video for one of the activities ...
Spend an afternoon creating decorative bangles that you can show off as soon as you leave this beginner-friendly workshop! Tuition includes all supplies.
Celebrate World Photography Day by creating an original work of art using the sun! Cyanotype is a historic photographic process that uses a light-sensitive paper to capture images without a camera (or a darkroom!). It is a fun technique for all ages. Minors must be accompanied by an adult. While supplies last. Drop in any ...
Building resilience in youth growing up in households where parents or caregiving adults misuse alcohol or other drugs
Sew up the perfect toy for your furry friends! This fun project will use vintage hand crank sewing machines to create simple catnip filled toys that kitties cannot resist. Then if you like, sew extras to be donated. Complete the registration request form on the main Helen Smith page, if available. Submitting a request does ...
This class is now full. Create a colorful and bright work of flowers inspired by the Pop Art movement! Complete the registration request form on the main Helen Smith page, if available. Submitting a request does not guarantee registration. If your child is added to the workshop, you should receive an email notification mid-week before ...
Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about two weeks later. THIS MONTH: Exhibiting artists Rhonda Smith, Samantha Nachlas, and Marcia Mason will discuss their history as artists and the work in their ...
Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Inspired by the work of Gustav Klimt, create a golden, glittering work of art Please limit your time to about an hour, especially if other families are waiting for a table. ...
View exhibitions and meet the artists! Get exhibition details on the Exhibitions page of our website. FREE
Take a self-guided jaunt downtown and visit local galleries! This month, meet our Sunday Artwalk artist, Ratha Soumphontphakdy. Ratha is a jewelry maker and watercolor painter who will be selling her cheerful creations. This pop-up event totally supports the artist! The Downtown Frederick Artwalk is a program of the Downtown Frederick Partnership. Visit their website ...
Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Artists must provide their own supplies. The Delaplaine provides ...
Be inspired by and collaborate with others as you explore visual journaling, which combines visual and text-based mark making to record and reflect on lived experiences. In this Saturday workshop, learn a variety of techniques such as watercolor painting, collage, and image transferring to creatively express yourself. Tuition includes all supplies. NOTE: This workshop will ...
Experience the joy of creating art without brushes or paint. In this relaxing, hands-on workshop, “paint” with soft, colorful wool fibers, layering and blending them to form a stunning, textured image. Perfect for all skill levels. Spend a Saturday afternoon exploring your creativity, and leave with a unique wool painting you will be proud to ...
Discover how evidence-based therapeutic practices, creativity, and community converge to create mental wellness. A panel of therapists specializing in EMDR and art therapy will explore integrative pathways to enduring resilience and provide a guided art-therapy practice to help participants safely process powerful emotions and cultivate emotional safety. Presented by Rachel Harrison (LCPC, NCC, CEO and ...
Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Artists must provide their own supplies. The Delaplaine provides ...
The Gala was a Huge Success! Thank you to all the sponsors, donors, participating artists, online auction buyers, and pARTy attendees for a fabulous evening celebrating our 40th year of bringing meaningful visual arts experiences and opportunities to all in the Frederick region. Because of you, critical funds were raised to ensure that educational programs ...
Learn the meditative process of creating a small basket using an ancient technique in which a flexible core material is wrapped and stitched with colorful yarns. Leave this one-day workshop with the knowledge to start, build, and finish a basket. All skill levels welcome. Tuition includes all supplies.
Explore basic approaches to linoleum block printmaking in this Saturday workshop perfect for beginners! Learn how to carve the block to create a design that uses your own personal subject matter, then ink and print the block to create your final artwork. Tuition includes all supplies. NOTE: This workshop will take a lunch break at ...
Create a colorful, one-of-a-kind leaf artwork inspired by autumn. Complete the registration request form on the main Helen Smith page, if available. Submitting a request does not guarantee registration. If your child is added to the workshop, you should receive an email notification mid-week before the workshop. If you do not, don't hesitate to reach ...
Create jewelry while learning fundamental metalsmithing techniques in this weekend workshop. Learn the basics of sawing, forming, texturing, polishing, assembling, and soldering to create a pendant or charm that you can wear home! Tuition includes all supplies.
Join us as we enhance our understanding and appreciation of art! Talks will be presented in person at the Delaplaine, and then will be available on our YouTube channel about two weeks later. THIS MONTH: Contemporary Innovations artist James Gardner will discuss his history as an artist and teacher and the work in his exhibition, ...
Kids and their adults are invited to drop-in and get creative together in our family open studio to create an artist-inspired project! THIS MONTH: Design a mask perfectly spooky (or funny) for Halloween! Please limit your time to about an hour, especially if other families are waiting for a table. At least one adult must ...
A look at the history of collage and an opportunity to make collages and learn collage techniques. In this Sunday afternoon workshop, learn about alternative histories of collage, proto-collage not usually discussed by art historians, as well as the ways in which collage continues to permeates popular culture. Tuition includes all supplies. Optional materials to ...
Take a self-guided jaunt downtown and visit local galleries! This month, meet our Sunday Artwalk artist, Christine Merry. Christine is a painter and Delaplaine instructor who will showcase her oil paintings along with prints and cards of her work. This pop-up event totally supports the artist! The Downtown Frederick Artwalk is a program of the ...
InBloom Jewelry founder, master goldsmith, and lead designer, Stacey Krantz, will share the story of her studio practice and how she translates personal narratives into heirloom-quality, custom pieces that are “love inspired, exquisitely crafted, uniquely you.” In this intimate artist talk, Stacey will reflect on the inspiration she draws from the natural world, clients’ lives, ...
Are you seeking artistic community and physical space to make your art? Come to Third Space Open Studio to meet other artists and create your work in a supportive environment. Third Space is what you make it! Open to adult artists of any visual artistic medium. Artists must provide their own supplies. The Delaplaine provides ...
