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Happy holidays~ the days only get longer from here! 🌅
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Winter Solstice is behind us and the days only get longer from here! Hope you're all staying warm and dry, spending time with loved ones, and also able to have some restful recharging time this holiday season.
You still have a bit of time to stop in for last-minute needs, but here's your final reminder that we're closing early tomorrow for Christmas Eve and will be closed Christmas Day!
But it's all regular hours after that, including for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, so you can close out and start the year with art! :) ⭐
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This Saturday, learn the process of screen printing on a simple, small screen at DIY Screen Printing before you tackle bigger screens and more complex designs!
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Friday, December 26, 6:00 PM: Yes, the first event of next week is QU-ART on Friday! Escape holiday madness and chill out on the last Friday of 2025 with your fellow queer artists. Doodle, decompress, whatever! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ FREE MEETUP.
Saturday, December 27, 2:30 PM: Or maybe you can screen print a pet portrait instead at DIY Screen Printing? Burn a cute fuzzy face onto a little screen and then print that lil guy on everything!!! 🐕
Sunday, December 28, NOON: December's Gouache Critters will feature FROGS! Do you like the long ones? The squat ones? The ones that are actually toads? Nerd out about these fun amphibians while getting started on building, brushing up on, or refining your gouache skills! 🐸
Sunday, December 28, 4:00 PM: There are always more holidays on the horizon... Design Your Holiday Cards on Risograph for New Years! For MLK Day? For Valentine's Day? For Lunar New Year? For a pet's birthday that everyone will need to know about? Make invitations! Make cards for all seasons! And learn about Risograph while you're at it! 📨📫
Sunday, December 28, 7:15 PM: Friends, it's been a long, long year!!!! So much has happened and so much keeps happening. Process it with friends and neighbours at Riff Raff League, and let's make plans for how we can stand together and fight back in the new year. 🫂 FREE MEETUP.
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Book Spotlight: Making Nonfiction Comics
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Making Nonfiction Comics is a new, accessible guide to nonfiction comics perfect for graphic novel readers, writers, and of course, aspiring comics artists.
Mixing comics, prose, infographics, illustrations, and interviews with some of the world’s most influential nonfiction comics creators, Harris and Mirk introduce readers to nonfiction visual stories while also articulating the standards and ethics around blending traditional journalism with the visual language of comics.
A great way to inspire yourself to making comics in the new year!
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Many of the pieces from our Be Merry show have sold, but there are still some left, and Vlad brought in a couple of new one of a kind ornaments, too! Give them a peruse!
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Support Your Local Girl Gang
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Restocked! Crochet hooks, both ergonomic and pure aluminium! Embroidery hoops, yarn needles, yarn/embroidery scissors, picture frames in several sizes, and MOOOOORE!
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Restocked! Blank mini sketchbooks with various designs by Maxx screenprinted on the covers!
Many of these designs were made during DIY Screen Printing classes! Everything comes together. <3 |
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Glass cloches and bottles!
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New class alert! Take inspiration from paleo art to craft Fantasy Creatures! 🦖 Explore what makes creatures realistic without losing what also makes them fantastical!
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Monday, December 29, 1:00 PM: Close the year out with NEW SKILLS! Intro to Acrylic Painting is a 3-day class running December 29-31, Monday through Wednesday! Learn all the basics and use our supplies to paint! It's a great way decide if the medium is for you before investing in your own paints and canvas! 🎨
Monday, December 29, 6:00 PM: How are you supposed to price your work as an artist? Does it make sense to calculate it in this way? Or that way? In this economy??? Will people buy it at that price? All this and more at Taking Care of Business: Pricing Your Work, which is a pay-what-you-can workshop! 🤑
Tuesday, December 30, 5:30 PM: Need to fill your fantasy epic with people? Their steeds? Other creatures? Take inspiration from palentology and craft fantasy beings grounded in evolutionary science while still having fun with it at Fantasy Creatures from Dinosaurs with Jasper! 🦕
Thursday, January 1, 5:00 PM: Tackle Intro to Procreate on New Year's Day! Dive into one of the most powerful art-making tools for iPad in this comprehensive crash course! 📱
Friday, January 2, 5:30 PM: We're properly into winter now -- what botanicals are there to capture in this rest and recovery season? Find out and explore painting them at Botanical Watercolors! 🌲
Saturday, January 3, 10:00 AM: January's Make a Zine Crash Course will cover perzines! Personal zines often features anecdotes, stories, or memoir! Plan your 2026, tell a story, explore how you're connected to people and nature, or write a how-to guide. 📝
Saturday, January 3, 5:00 PM: Learn how to make jewelry and other trinkets with this easy-to-use resin, which cures when exposed to UV light, giving you plenty of time to perfect your art before it dries. Join us at Intro to UV Resin Jewelry! It's a super accessible way to make things, and all materials are provided! 💍
Sunday, January 4, 10:00 AM: NEW! FUNdamentals of Art (and Design) is a 6-week course meeting every Sunday through mid-February. Do you want to do more art this year? Whether you're just starting on your art adventure or a seasoned pro struggling with things feeling "off," this class will get your work on the path to success. 💖
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Happy holidays~ the days only get longer from here! 🌅 was sent to you on 2025-12-23 20:05:57 UTC by Push/Pull
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