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2012 Classes and Retreats
Jordan Location

Most listed classes and events
 take place at:

Maureen Carlson's Center for Creative Arts

102 Water Street, Jordan, MN 55352

952-492-3260

Location: Maureen's is approximately 35 miles SW of Minneapolis, Minnesota

Travel Options from Mpls Airport

 

For Kids' Classes, click DUCK icon in left column. 
The 2012 Summer Schedule for KIDS" CLASSES will be on-line in early spring.


Adult Classes (Click or scroll down) 

NOTE: This is just part of the 2012 schedule. 
Maureen will be adding classes as they are requested
 


Guest Instructors scheduled to date for 2012 are:

(Scroll down or click on date)

 

General class information

Click Calendar for a quick overview of the 2012 class and retreat schedule - no photos

Click Registration Information for further details about registration, and the dormitory.

 


Private Classes:
Six students are needed to schedule a listed class as a private class.
Call to arrange a time: 952-492-3260, or e-mail Maureen at maureen@weefolk.com

Private class fees are a minimum of $60 an hour or $500 for an 8-hour day plus evening studio time.  Questions? Call Maureen at 952-492-3260 Wed. - Sat, 10:00 - 5:00, or at the home office at 952-447-3828.
 

January 2012
 
Class Titles and Dates
 
Short Descriptions
Jan. 7, 2012

MC17
An Introduction
 to Polymer Clay
Wee Characters
with Maureen Carlson

Saturday, 10:00 - 4:00

In this class you'll learn the basics for making clay characters, including how to create very simple faces, hands and feet.  You'll also learn tricks that will help you make the simple shapes that are the basis for all characters. 

 

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Jan. 14, 2012


MC114
Mixed-Media
Technique Class

Shrines and Reliquaries
with Maureen Carlson

Saturday, 10:00 - 4:00
 

In this class you'll create a small shrine or reliquary to house something that is of value to you.  Since it is your shrine, you get to decide what thing or things to place within this small space.  Give this some thought before you come to class so that your shrine has a focus and
intention.
 
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Jan. 20 - 22, 2012 Private Retreat  
Jan. 28, 2012


MC128

Make Your Own
Prayer and Meditation Beads
with Maureen Carlson

10:00 - 4:00 Saturday  

 


 Beads, seductive beads, beautiful beads, beads as
symbols, beads as containers for our thoughts and
prayers and joys and sorrows ...

This class will explore a variety of ways to create beautiful beads, primarily with polymer clay.

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February
2012
   
February 4 and 5, 2012

BK24 and BK25

Visual Journaling
with Barb Kobe

9:30 AM through 5:00 PM Saturday with optional second day Sunday, 9:30 - 3:00, for burrowing in and immersing yourself in the journaling process

           
Visual journaling is a creative way to express and record life's experiences, feelings, emotional reactions, and/or your inner world – using pictures, drawings, words and mementos of life events. 

You will be playing with many page designs and altering; ways to apply color to pages; how to put photographs, drawings and sketches onto pages, and playing with a wide variety of drawing tools.

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February 10 - 11, 2012

MC210
        Sweet Fairies
      
Instructor:
       Maureen Carlson

9:30 - 4:30 both days with evening studio time on Friday

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February 12, 2012

An Introduction
 to Polymer Clay

Make Your Own Earrings

with Maureen Carlson

1:00 - 5:00 Sunday Afternoon

Polymer clay is colorful, versatile and almost magic!  Learn to turn turn it into almost any shape and form to create one-of-a-kind wearable art.

Using clay colors of your choice, learn to make and assemble several pair of earrings

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February 24 - 26, 2012


February Mixed-Media Retreat Weekend
with Maureen Carlson

MCR224:
4:00 pm Friday - 4:00pm Saturday

MCR225:
4:00 pm Saturday - 4:00pm Sunday

A weekend for relaxing, working on your own mixed-media projects, journaling, thinking, being ... Come for one night or two.  Experiment and explore surface design on paper or polymer clay.  Experiment with rubber stamps and molds and pencils and paint and other "stuff"  ...MORE ...

March 2012  
 
March 3

MC33

Beads on a Stick:
Sculpt your own Face Beads
with Maureen Carlson

10:00 - 4:00 Saturday


Learn to make your own face beads from polymer clay.

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March 4

MC34
Charmed!
An Introduction to Making Charms and Dangles with Polymer Clay
with Maureen Carlson

Sunday, 1:00 - 5:00 PM


Create a variety of charms and dangles for use in  scrapbooking, jewelry and ornaments.

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March 10, 2012

MC310
1-day
mini-version of

Dancing on the Wall  

with Maureen Carlson
Saturday 9:30 - 4:30

Create a grouping of small, dancing figures to hang on the wall or into a frame. 

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March 17 - 18, 2012


BK317

Mixed Media Flat Dolls,
Paper Dolls,
Playful Dolls
 
with Barb Kobe

9:30 AM through 5:00 PM Saturday with optional second day Sunday, 9:30 - 3:00, for burrowing in and immersing yourself in the paper doll process
 

Class Description: Learn to create classic portraits, artful limbs, remembered faces, heart-filled torsos, wardrobes and costumes all in surprising combinations.

Create hero and heroine flat figures to embody your visual journal pages.



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April 2012    
April 14, 2012
An Introduction to Making Faces:
Face Sculpting Basics  

with Barb Kobe and Maureen Carlson

9:30 - 4:30 Saturday

Class Description:
Explore faces with two professionals in the field  of sculpting faces in both airdry and oven-baked polymer clay.



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9:00 - noon: Face Sculpting Techniques
 with Maureen  - using polymer clay

* 1:00 - 4:00: Making Faces
Barb Kobe Style
- using airdry clay


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April 15, 2012
Stick Dolls:
Multi-media Art Doll Making  

with Barb Kobe

10:00 - 3:00 Sunday


 


 Come immerse yourself in the making of Art Dolls  with Barb Kobe, artist, teacher, facilitator and guide to the healing power of the expressive arts.

 

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April 20 -21, 2012 MC420

A Container
 for Your Story:
Making a Mixed-Media Storybox

with Maureen Carlson

9:30 AM Friday until 4:30
 PM Saturday, with Friday evening studio time. 

Want extra retreat and studio time?  Sign up for mc422, the  optional studio day on Sunday, April 22


 
Mixed-Media Story Box
The finished project in this class will be a wooden box embellished with polymer clay, paper, fiber, beads, and paint.  But it won't be just any old box.  It will be a vehicle for telling your story through symbols, images and words.

(Pictured is one of Maureen's Storyboxes.)

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April 25  and  April 26, 2012

MC425
Mix and Match
STACKABLES
with Maureen Carlson

9:30 AM - 4:30 PM Wednesday and Thursday with Wednesday evening studio time

 

Interactive Sculptures with a Twist: Build components from polymer clay and found objects, then stack and restack and add still more.  This is a great desk toy for grown-ups!

 

 

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April 27  and  April 28, 2012


MC427


STICKS AND STONES: Figurative Sculpture 
 
with Maureen Carlson

9:30 AM Friday through - 4:30 PM Saturday with Friday evening studio time

 

Learn to sculpt onto rocks and wood using modern modeling clays such as  Polymer Clay, Air-Dry and Epoxy Clays .....

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May 2012    
May 4 - 6, 2012

HC54

Mixed-Media Collage: Making a Personal Portrait ... Embracing Your Past, Present and Future Self

with Heather Campbell

9:30 - 4:30 each day with evening studio time Friday and Saturday


Description: We are much more than just a photograph of ourselves. We are a collection of life experiences, hopes and dreams.

Create a personal portrait uniquely yours by incorporating cherished treasures from the past, tokens of loves and losses and symbols of future aspirations. This mixed media collage helps us grow while making new friendships and sharing our stories.

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www.purpledoorart.com
 

May 11 - 12, 2012 MC511
Walking Sticks
with Character:
A Mixed-Media Sculpting Class
with Maureen Carlson

9:30 - 4:30 each day with Friday evening studio time

 

If you love walking sticks as much as I do, you may have contemplated carving your own.  We won't be carving wood in this class, but we will be adding polymer and Apoxie clay to sticks to create a walking companion with real character!

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May 16 - 20, 2012
Fairie Tales in the Garden

A Polymer Clay Class in Five Parts
with Maureen Carlson

MC516: Mushroom People (Wednesday)

MC517: Wall Faces/Gargoyles (Thursday)


MC518: Gnomes (Friday)

MC519: Fairies(Saturday)

MC520: Flying Dragons
(Sunday)

These classes will be repeated in July

May is the perfect time to make plans for a creative garden.  Are there fairies and elves in yours?

 If so, then provide them with a Mushroom Character for listening, a Gargoyle or Wall Face to watch over things, and some new friends to make summertime gardening more fun.  Come to one or all five segments.


MC516: Mushroom people

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$75

MC517: Wall Faces

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MC518: Gnomes

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MC519: Fairies

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MC520: Flying Dragons

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June 2012    

June 7 - 10, 2012

DK1
"A Twinkling  Through the Trees"

Learn to Sculpt
 a Wood Nymph from Polymer Clay

with Diane Keeler


9:30 AM Thursday  through 4:30 PM Sunday

Create a woodland character peaking out from the trees.  Learn tips and tricks for using both polymer clay and Apoxie Sculpt to capture this whimsical scene.


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June 14

MC614
Dancing on the Wall
Part 1: Making Polymer Clay Fabric

9:30 - 4:30 Thursday
 

 

Create a whole selection of patterned millefiori canes for use in creating clay fabric.  This class may be taken by itself or as preparation for the June 15 and 16 Dancing on the Wall class.

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June 15 - 16, 2012 

MC615
Dancing on the Wall
Part 2: Making  Clay Figures to Hang on the Wall
with Maureen Carlson
9:30 AM Friday through 4:30 PM Saturday

                                                                                                                                          

These figures are designed to dance across the wall - or walk - or pout - or prance - or just stand and observe the human parade.   

Wall figures are easy to position as they are designed over a wire armature that is positioned before the clay is added. 

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July 2012    
July 7-8, 2012 MC77
Walking Sticks with Character:
A Mixed-Media Sculpting Class
with Maureen Carlson

9:30 - 4:30 each day with Friday evening studio time


If you love walking sticks as much as I do, you may have contemplated carving your own.  We won't be carving wood in this class, but we will be adding polymer and Apoxie clay to sticks to create a walking companion with real character!

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Note: Photo does not show actual walking stick, but does show some elements that may be added onto the walking stick.

July 11 - 15, 2012 LH711

Creating a Personal Power Shield

with Lindly Haunani
                         
Combine spirituality, intention, med
itation, collaging and polymer clay with fibers, beads, inks, markers and joyful collaboration. This will be a Tyveck construction that features/embraces a shadow and light side ... MORE ... 

Pictured is Lindly's book, Polymer Clay Color Inspirations, published in 2009 and co-authored with Maggie Maggio.

 

July 18 - 22, 2012 Fairie Tales in the Garden

A Polymer Clay Class in Five Parts
with Maureen Carlson

MC718: Flying Dragons(Wednesday)

MC719:  (Thursday)

Gnomes

MC720:  (Friday)
Mushroom Characters

MC721: Fairies(Saturday)

MC722: Wall Faces/Gargoyles
(Sunday)

 

Ready to add something new to your July garden to fill in a bare spot or to add a bit of color or whimsey?
 

 If so, then how about adding a Mushroom Character for listening, a Gargoyle or Wall Face to watch over things, and some new friends to make summertime gardening more fun.  Come to one or all five segments.

MC718: Flying Dragons

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MC719: Gnomes

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MC720: Mushroom people

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$75 

MC721: Fairies

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MC722: Wall Faces

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August 2012    
August 5 - 11, 2012 MC85
Fantasy Week
with Maureen Carlson

4:00 PM Sunday through 4:00PM on Saturday

Class Description:  If you could create anything that you wanted to from polymer clay and mixed media supplies, what would you make?  While Maureen doesn't promise that ANYTHING and EVERYTHING is possible, she does promise that this will be a week for concentrating on your dreams and visions of artistic success.  In this class, students will be encouraged to imagine, to plan, to learn ...MORE ...
September 2012    
     
September 7 - 8, 2011 Heimatfest Celebraton in Jordan  
September 11 - 18, 2011 Maureen on Retreat/Colorado  
September 21 - 23, 2012
A Three-Day Weekend
with Alice Stroppel
Sign up for one, two or all three days.

Class titles:
AS921
Millefiori Profile Face (Friday)

AS922
Cane Mapping (Saturday)

AS923
Pen and Ink on Polymer Clay (Sunday)

 

AS921: Making face canes with polymer clay may seem challenging, but Alice says she'll make it easy for you!  She's developed a simple technique  ...   MORE

 AS922: If you love mosaics and polymer clay, if you love the look of complex canes but simply don’t want to create a giant mamajama cane, if you love one of a kind pieces...  MORE

 

AS923: “But Alice, I can’t draw at all”! Alice says that she's heard this so many times, but, she says, to tell you the truth, you don’t have to be able to draw a masterpiece to create something fun and colorful and ready to wear in a day ....   MORE

 
     
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Maureen Carlson's Center for Creative Arts
102 Water Street
Jordan, MN 55352

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