classes + events
The studios at Common Street Arts provide a unique, safe, and supportive environment for creative endeavors for all ages and levels of experience. Common Street Arts is dedicated to providing a diverse array of educational experiences that enrich, engage and inspire. All of the programs at CSA are designed to reflect and promote diversity, creativity, and accessibility for the community.
For information on our current available classes, please see our list below.
CSA is pleased to provide afterschool art clubs. On Tuesdays, CSA offers unique projects for teenagers interested in developing their creative skills. On Thursdays, the afterschool art clubs are directed toward children ages 6-12 with specific projects and themes developed from semester to semester.
CSA oversees week long camps during the months of February and April and offers a series of summer camps with special themes devoted to that encourage participation and an appreciation for the creative arts.
The clay studio at CSA offers workshops, classes, and special demonstration events throughout the year. The studio has 6 wheels, a kiln, and a full range of tools and supplies.
CSA also offers life drawing classes the first Tuesday and third Tuesdays of each month.
A limited number of scholarships are available to teenagers interested in participating in teen afterschool clubs and other programs. For more information on classes, camps, clubs, or the clay studio at CSA, please call 207.872.arts or email serena@watervillecreates.org.
Drawing inspiration from the exhibition, Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan in the CSA gallery, students will create folded paper portraits. Paper quilling is a beautiful art form that we will explore for this event. Learn how to curl, fold, and otherwise alter paper to create a unique self-portrait. Teen Tuesdays are for ages 13+. Admission…
Life drawing will be held on the first Tuesdays of the month from 5:30-8:00 p.m. $5 per session Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in the life drawing program hosted by Common Street Arts. This program provides a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants…
Life drawing will be held on the first Tuesdays of the month from 5:30-8:00 p.m. $5 per session Seasoned and aspiring artists are invited to participate in the life drawing program hosted by Common Street Arts. This program provides a unique opportunity for emerging and established artists to hone their drawing skills in a supportive environment. Participants…
This six-week pottery class will teach students the basics of throwing clay on the wheel. The class will start with clay basics and expand to creating mugs, bowls, plates, and other objects based on student interest. Skills that will be develop include centering, shaping, trimming, handle making, and decoration and glazing. Students will also assist…
The fun art of paper will be explored in this after-school activity! Drawing inspiration from the exhibition, Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan in the CSA gallery, students will create folded paper portraits. Admission is $12 per session. Scholarships available. Elementary ages 7-12.
Join Waterville Creates! + Common Street Arts in their new space at the Hathaway Creative Center. The night will feature free clay demonstrations, tours of the classroom and clay studio. This open house is in conjunction with the exhibition opening of Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan. All ages welcome.
Drawing inspiration from the exhibition, Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan in the CSA gallery, students will view the portraits on view and then create their own acrylic portraits. Teen Tuesdays are for ages 13+. Admission is $12 per person.
Drawing inspiration from the exhibition, Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan in the CSA gallery, students will view portraits in the exhibition and then create their own three dimensional clay portraits. These awesome selfies made of clay will be fired and ready to pick up the following week. $15. Scholarships available.
Come try your hand at paper quilling - the art of rolling, folding, looping, overlapping, curling, and otherwise contorting paper into a unique design. For this event, we'll be practicing different techniques to craft a self-portrait! This event is in conjunction with our exhibition Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan. We will be creating unique…
Drawing inspiration from the exhibition, Face to Face: Portraits by Rabee Kiwan in the CSA gallery, students will use collected leaves to create portraits of people and animals. This unique art form is preserved with 'Mod Podge' to make the leaf colors last! Common Street Arts offers a dynamic after-school program. Each week we will have a…
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October 2018
folded paper portraits – teen tuesdays
Tue. Oct 2
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life drawing
Tue. Oct 2
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life drawing
Tue. Oct 2
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beginning wheel class- 6 week workshop
Wed. Oct 3
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folded paper portraits – after school art club
Thu. Oct 4
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open house
Thu. Oct 4
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acrylic portraits – teen tuesdays
Tue. Oct 9
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after school art club: clay portraits
Thu. Oct 11
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folded paper portraits
Sat. Oct 13
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leaf art portraits and painting – teen tuesdays
Tue. Oct 16
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