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CLASSES AT THE ART CENTER
Classes take place at The Art Center unless otherwise noted.
Joe Garcia Demonstration
Mister Toledo Adult Mural Workshop
Hand Building Ceramics with Megan Carter
Wild Wire to Wearable Fused Glass with Lyn Feudner
Acrylic and Water Color Painting with Stan Goudey
Tuesday Nights Artists' Group with Helen Wilson
Back to The Drawing Board III with Pat Kelly
Landscape Composition and Critique Online with Pat Kelly
Hand Building Ceramics Air Plant Holder with Megan Carter
Artist Revival Retreat for Women with Helen Wilson
Getting Started with Collage with Sandra Thomas
Introduction to Precious Metal Clay Jewelry with Helen Munroe
Joe Garcia Watercolor Demonstration
Saturday June 6
9:30 to Noon.
Joe Garcia
Watercolors Demonstration
Native Californian Joe Garcia is an established landscape and wildlife artist living and painting near the small mountain town of Julian, California. The natural setting amidst oaks and pines, and the golden hills of Southern California provide endless inspiration and subjects for his art.
Suggested donation to The Art Center $25.
Enroll here https://our.show/watercolors
Get ready for portrait spray painting workshop with Mister Toledo! Designed for beginners and intermediate artists, this 4-hour class will focus on painting a grayscale portrait using spray paint. You'll learn essential techniques, including can control, grids, edges, and rendering for smooth transitions and depth.
We'll provide reference printouts and spray paint to use, but please bring your own respirator or mask, wear paint-friendly clothes, sunscreen, and water. There will be a break, so feel free to bring lunch or snacks!
Spaces are limited so sign up before they are gone!
Enroll by emailing theartcenterramona@gmail.com
Put Mister Toldeo in the subject line.
OFFSITE LOCATIONHand Building Ceramics with Megan Carter
All ages • All experience levels welcome
When & Where:
Held at Megan’s home studio near Dos Picos Park, Ramona
Every Second and Fourth Wednesday of the month
3:30–5:30 PM
Nestled in the quiet countryside of Ramona near Dos Picos Park—where open land, wildlife, and wide, beautiful skies surround you—you’ll step into a serene studio space where clay, nature, and creativity meet. Here, you’re invited to slow down, get your hands dirty, and rediscover the simple joy of creating. Join local ceramic artist Megan Carter in her nature-inspired home studio for hand-building ceramics classes that encourage play, spark curiosity, and celebrate creative expression.
These sessions are designed for everyone—first-timers, seasoned makers, kids, families, friends, and curious hearts. You’ll shape clay with your hands, explore beautiful textures, and bring your pieces to life with an endless palette of low- and mid-fire glazes. Every class is relaxed, inspiring, and rooted in the simple pleasure of making something uniquely yours.
What’s Included:
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$50 per person
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3 pounds of clay per participant
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A treasure trove of tools, textures, and glazes
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All kiln firings included
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Hand-building instruction plus access to 2 kick wheels & 3 electric wheels
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All ages & experience levels welcome
Your finished pieces will be fired and ready for pickup two weeks after class at:
2Create Gallery
438 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065
Pickup during open hours: Saturdays & Sundays, 12:00–5:00 PM
Megan also offers:
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Hand-building workshops
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Kids’ ceramics classes
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Pottery painting sessions
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Private and group events (birthdays, team gatherings, creative nights)
Dream up your next creative gathering and book a clay-filled experience!
Studio time and kiln firings are available by individual booking.
Contact:
Megan Carter
📧 megan@greenandivy.com
📞 619-987-3629
Class Participation Form:
Lyn Feudner
Wild Wire to Wearable Fused Glass
First Sunday of the month with some variation - 9 to 11 a.m.
Location:
The Art Center Ramona
438 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065, USA
The options of jewelry making with glass and wire are vast. Over 13 years of experimentation I've found some things that work well and I'd like to share with people interested in glass and jewelry. In this workshop we get right to work forming silver to embed between layers of Glass that will be fused in a kiln. Students will have unique handmade glass pendants after firing or forged wire work to take home the day of the workshop if their interest is working with wire. Small wire sculpture is an option to work on as well. Work with wire only for $25.00
Beginners welcome all materials provided. We start with forming a silver bail to be embedded between the layers of glass, choose glass colors you like and work in some wire or other extras. Top with clear glass and it's ready to fire. Advance to etching dichroic glass and painting on glass with liquid glass.
Cost: $50 or work with wire only for $25.00
To Register: Contact Lyn Feudner: 760-585-5851
Stan Goudey
Acrylic and Watercolor Painting
Thursdays at 1pm
Location:
The Art Center Ramona
438 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065, USA
There will be a focus on expressive painting in acrylic with an emphasis on obtaining the necessary skills needed for successful painting such as some drawing, color theory and practice, design, and technique. There will also be an emphasis on how to exploit the color strength and versatility of the medium.
A safe non- judgemental place where we learn the fundamentals of painting and grow together.
$120 for 4 classes per month or 35 per class.
Best for adults.
● To enroll, email stanaws@earthlink.net
Pedro from Maia (Porto), Portugal, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Helen Wilson
Tuesday Nights Artists' Group
Tuesday Nights is a series of Art Workshops for local creative types. Each series is built around one project idea. The projects will end in an exhibition in Sept, but mostly this is a way to advance your creative skills while socializing with others of your artistic ilk. We don't care how long you have been at it. Some of us have been plowing the creative fields for a while, others are just starting; all that matters is your willingness to jump in and take chances, after all, it's only art.
Five First Tuesday starting May 5 from 3-6 PM
The Art Center of Ramona
$120 with accomadations
Email studio@helenwilsonartist.com
With "I'm in for ARRT" in the subject line.
On Location
Plein Air Painting and Critique
With Pat Kelly
Plein Air Painting and Critique meets on Wednesday mornings for four weeks of plein air painting. The group meets at a new location each month. Each month, the class focuses on a topic or process of Plein Air sketching. Students work at their own pace and learn how to improve their skills by direct painting and group critique at the end of each class.
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Wednesday On Location (Location TBA)
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9:00AM - 12:00 PM
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Cost $125.00 Monthly
To register contact Pat: patmkellystudio@gmail.com
Back To The Drawing Board III Drawing Trees with Pat Kelly
Back To The Drawing Board (BTTDB) is an ongoing skill building drawing class for artists and sketchy types of all levels, including beginners!
It is a four week class that repeats quarterly. In this class we target a specific drawing technique each quarter: Spring session will focus on drawing trees.
The remainder of the year the quarterly classes will continue and include classes on landscape sketching, copying master drawings, figure and portrait drawing.
For more information or to register contact Pat: patmkellystudio@gmail.com
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Wednesdays
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April 1-29 (4 Weeks) no class April 8
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2:00 PM -3:30 PM
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Cost: $125.00
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Class meets at San Diego River Park Staging Area (Pamo)
ONLINE
Landscape Composition and Critique
Online with Pat Kelly
About the class: This class will help students improve their painting by learning how to create strong compositions, improve technique and solve problems through self critique. Students work independently on their own studio projects during the week and submit photos of their work for the online critique.
The class includes a power point lesson on oil painting techniques, followed by the online critique session. The Zoom format is especially valuable for critique with live digital examples, annotations and group discussion of student work.
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Saturday Online
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9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Cost: $125.00
To register contact Pat: patmkellystudio@gmail.com
OFFSITE LOCATION
Hand Building Ceramics Air Plant Holder
With Megan Carter
Class location will be NEAR Dos Picos Park.
The exact location will be given after enrollment has been completed.
In this fun and creative 2-hour class, you’ll learn to hand-build your very own air plant holder. We’ll explore a variety of vessel forms and surface design techniques, experimenting with textures using tools and other objects to create unique, eye-catching pieces that highlight the beauty of your plants and bring charm to your home.
Each participant will receive 5 pounds of clay—enough to craft one larger piece or several smaller holders. After shaping and designing, you’ll have the option to:
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Have your piece(s) fired as-is for a natural, unglazed finish, or
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Choose from a variety of low-fire glazes to decorate your work.
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One Tillandsia air plant will be provided, any additional can be purchased for $5.00 each.
Price per person: $60.00
Contact: Megan Carter
Text/Call: 619-987-3629
Email: meganacarter@gmail.com
Finished pieces will be available for pickup 2 weeks after the class has taken place, at 2Create Gallery, located at: 438 Main St, Ramona, CA 92065, during open hours: Saturdays and Sundays 12:00PM-5:00PM.
Getting Started with Collage
with Sandra Thomas
This three day class is for everyone who loves collage but isn't sure how to start assembling their own bank of collage fodder to create with. During our time we will make a stack of different collage ready papers and complete at least one finished collage while exploring processes ranging from drawing, stamping, printing, and painting using all my favorite art tools. Anything goes and everything is a possible tool for interesting and exciting finished work.
Day 1: Using the paper I provide get started creating hand drawn fodder sheets using pens, markers, color pencils or oil pastels. I will show students some simple to create but impactful patterns that make great fodder for finished pieces.
Day 2: On this day we will focus on making colorful paint based fodder, using several different methods to create patterns or images on paper. The goal will be to create at least 5 workable prints or painted sheets. At the end of the day I will hand out envelopes for students to put in any of their pieces that they would like to trade with other students.
Day 3: Focus on creating 1 or 2 finished collages and 1 group collage where each student adds something of their own to a final piece that we pass around the room. At the end of class anyone who wants to participate in a trade will be able to trade with other students.
Class materials will be provided by me, but if a student has any supplies they are excited to use or would like to share, they are welcome to bring them in.
Classes are May 16, 23, and 30th. 9-11:30 am
$20 for an individual class day or $50 for all three days (per student) Payment is expected by the beginning of the class day and can be made via venmo or in cash.
To sign up for this class please contact :
Sandra Thomas
Helen Wilson
Artist Revival Retreat for Women
Come reawaken your personal Visual Language!
12 noon Fri Jan 16 through Sunday Jan 18 5PM
Potter Ranch
$250 $350 with accomadations
Email studio@helenwilsonartist.com
With "I'm in for ARRT" in the subject line.
Introduction to Precious Metal Clay Jewelry Class
Instructor: Helen Munroe
Date and Time:
First class dates; Friday, May 15th and 22nd 9;00am to 12:00 (Required to attend both dates)
Cost
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$165 for both classes
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($65 material fee included in the price) Students will receive 14 grams of fine silver, sterling silver wire, sterling earring wires and semi-precious stone beads.
Are you ready to create wearable masterpieces? Make your own stunning silver jewelry while learning how to use silver metal art clay. Students will learn metal clay basics while making a fine silver pendant and earrings they can wear home! This is a great introduction to silver metal clay and making jewelry.
Part 1: Students will learn how to form, texture, make an integrated bail and fire the fine silver metal art clay while making earrings (or charms) and a pendant.
Part 2: Students will learn finishing and some basic wire wrapping to add beads and attach to earring wires. Students will walk away with their own ready to wear fine silver creations.
Students are often able to make more than a pair of earrings and pendant depending on the size they choose. Additional clay can be purchased during class.
THIS CLASS IS SUITABLE FOR: Students 14 and over.
COST: $165
MATERIALS: $65 worth of materials are included in the price of the class.
Instructor: Helen Munroe
Helen is a professional fused glass and metal clay artist. She has showcased her work in multiple galleries and is a part of the Village Arts Center. In 2006 she was certified as a Precious Metal Clay Instructor by Rio Grande and by Art Clay in 2025. She has furthered her education by taking several classes by top metal clay instructors.
2 day spray paint workshop
with Muralist Mister Toedo
June 27-28
Muralist: Mister Toledo
Free 2-day Spray paint Workshop
All supplies provided
Sat 9-1PM
Sun 9-1PM
This exclusive opportunity is available to only six participants.
Candidates will be nominated by RUSD Art Instructors.
Presented by The Art Center of Ramona, with support from a grant provided by
The Prebys Foundation
Day 1: Mastering the Fundamentals
The initial day will concentrate on establishing a solid
foundation in spray paint techniques. Mister Toledo will
lead students through the following topics:
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Proper spray can handling
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Utilizing various spray caps for different line widths
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Practicing precise line work and smooth color transitions
Each student will have a designated wall space for practice. The session will also introduce mural planning strategies, including grid techniques, followed by a group brainstorming session for the collaborative mural.
Day 2: Crafting the Mural
On the second day, students will collaborate to design and paint a vibrant, large-scale mural. This joint project will showcase how spray paint can be transformed into striking, colorful public art.
