WINTER 2026 CLASSES

Path with Art Singers

TEACHING ARTIST: Malex Reed
8 sessions >> Mondays, 2/2–3/30 from 1–3pm (NO CLASS 2/16)

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

If you love to sing or have always wanted to sing, this is the group for you! We will focus on learning fundamental music skills and knowledge as well as singing and vocal technique. We will apply what we learn by using the voice as our musical instrument while learning songs and singing as a group.

Come sing with us! All experience levels welcome. You may register for this class in addition to another class.

Upcoming Spring performances at Northwest Folklife and First Thursday at Seattle Art Museum.

Carve and Print: An Introduction to Relief Printmaking

TEACHING ARTIST: SHANNON CLEERE
8 sessions>> Tuesdays, 2/3–3/31 from 11AM–1pm (no class 2/24)

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

In this class, we will take time to draw and design images for relief printmaking blocks. Whether working from still life arrangements, photographs, or imagination, participants will learn how to transfer their drawings onto blocks, experiment with carving techniques, and print with ink on paper. We will look at examples from master printmakers and briefly explore the history of relief printmaking to inspire our projects, along with plenty of dedicated work time for hands-on practice and completing individual prints.

Please note the physical manipulation of materials may require hand dexterity and may not be suitable for all. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns by emailing program@pathwithart.org. We want to support you in your access needs.

It's Called a Play for a Reason! The Joy of Playwriting

TEACHING ARTIST: NATALIE WESTGOR
8 sessions >> Tuesdays, 2/3-3/24 from 1-3pm PDT

Online

Did you ever come up with elaborate scenarios while playing with toys as a kid? Do you ever find yourself fantasizing about conversations you might have with another person? Do you like coming up with stories to entertain yourself while you’re waiting for the bus? Well, I have news for you… You’re a playwright! In this course, we will explore dialogue, narrative arc, and scene structure to write our own One-Act Play. During our sessions, you will be guided through collaborative brainstorming, be given prompts to free-write, and workshop your work to help put your wildest dreams down on paper. The course will culminate in dramatic readings of participants’ (who wish to share) short, One-Act Plays. Remember, it’s called a play for a reason, so let’s have some fun!

The Colors of Pride: Exploring the Power of Color, Narrative, and Symbolism in Art

TEACHING ARTIST: Natasha Terry
8 sessions>> Tuesdays, 2/3–3/31 from 2–4pm (no class 2/10)

ONLINE

Color is one way queer people have chosen to represent themselves in an astonishing variety of over 100 different pride flags. Each flag’s colors were carefully chosen for the feelings and symbolism they hold. Together, we’ll explore how color affects us, how it can be an ally in expressing what’s inside, and how each hue carries its own emotional and cultural resonance. Starting with a different color each week, we’ll dive into prompts and activities inspired by what that color evokes, creating both visual art and writing. Participants will use drawing and coloring materials, scissors, glue, and paper.

This class is open to participants who identify as LGBTQIA+ and allies.

Advanced Podcasting

TEACHING ARTIST: Gavin Reub
8 sessions >> Tuesdays, 2/3–3/24 from 3-5pm

KINGFM | 363 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109

Join Teaching Artist Gavin Reub and your fellow participants in learning advanced techniques for Podcasting. You will take the wheel in creating your own content in the KING FM studios, by engaging with more high-level audio editing, recording, creating, and engineering. You will also help to plan out the future of the Path With Art Podcast and form a central team working on this exciting Path With Art project! Take your audio work to the next level with Advanced Podcasting.

Prerequisite: Participants must have completed at least one podcast class at Path with Art in order to join this class, or receive a waiver to join. To request a waiver, please send an email noting any podcasting experience to program@pathwithart.org.

Learning Songs by Ear on Guitar or Ukulele

TEACHING ARTIST: Stuart Zobel
8 sessions >> Wednesdays, 2/4–3/25 from 11AM-1pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

Learn to play guitar or ukulele by trusting your ear—not written music. In this class, participants explore the foundations of intuitive musicianship through chord patterns, rhythm practice, and close listening. Stuart will guide you through how to recognize chord changes, hear melodic movement, and pick out strumming patterns simply by listening to songs you love. Each session includes call-and-response exercises, rhythm games, and learning familiar tunes step-by-step through sound and repetition. By the end of the workshop, you’ll have more experience learning new songs independently—no sheet music required! Guitars and Ukulales available for use during this class.

Writing From Life + Publishing

TEACHING ARTIST: Scott Driscoll + Jennifer McCord
8 sessions >> Wednesdays, 2/4–3/25 from 1-3pm

ONLINE

This eight-week course begins with using memories and real-life events as the foundation for stories and memoirs. We will explore how to build characters from life, first through their actions in scenes and then by examining their interior worlds and subtext. In the final weeks, we will focus on today’s publishing landscape: how to summarize a story in a premise, create an author bio, and develop the tools to approach traditional publishers or self-publish.

Fold & Flourish: An Accordion Adventure

TEACHING ARTIST: Mary Mac Dahlke
8 sessions >> Wednesdays, 2/4–3/25 from 3-5pm

Online

In this eight-week class, you’ll learn a range of accordion book structures, starting with a simple fold and building up to pocketed, layered, and sculptural forms. Each session includes live demonstrations, hands-on folding practice, and creative time to personalize your pages using collage, drawing, stamping, and mixed media. You’re encouraged to bring artwork you already have—prints, drawings, photos, writing—to incorporate into your books or use as inspiration for fresh creations. We’ll experiment with adding windows, hinges, hidden images, playful extensions, creative covers, and unexpected materials. By the end, you’ll have a small library of unique accordion books, the skills to continue making them independently, and a nice set of supplies to support your ongoing art practice.

Please note the physical manipulation of materials may require hand dexterity and may not be suitable for all. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns by emailing program@pathwithart.org. We want to support you in your access needs.

Center Stage: Solo Performance

TEACHING ARTIST: Taryn Collis
8 sessions >> WednesDays, 2/4–3/25 from 4–6pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

Experience all aspects of preparing to stand on stage comfortably and confidently as YOU! Through a blend of movement exercises, vocal warm-ups, breath work, and self-reflection, artists will explore both their inner emotional lives and characters completely different from themselves. Each session builds skills in presence, focus, imagination, and embodied expression, helping you understand how performers connect authentically with an audience.

Participants will prepare their own short solo performance using optional materials such as monologues, songs, original writings, or personal storytelling. Along the way, you will learn basic performance technique, how to structure a piece, and how to support fellow performers through constructive feedback and shared creative exploration. By the end of the class, each artist will have crafted and rehearsed a piece that reflects their voice, courage, and unique artistic point of view.

The Vessel and You

TEACHING ARTIST: Margery Cercado
6 sessions >> Thursdays, 2/5–3/12 from 1–4pm PDT

Yu Tang Ceramics
4019 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103

What do we carry with us? And what can’t we carry? The Vessel and You explores these questions through an 8-week journey in clay, where students create both functional pots and expressive sculptural forms. Along the way, participants learn foundational ceramic techniques such as hand-building, pinching, coiling, slab construction, surface texturing, carving, and experimenting with underglazes or slips.

Please note the physical manipulation of materials may require hand dexterity and may not be suitable for all. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns by emailing program@pathwithart.org. We want to support you in your access needs.

FILM SCHOOL

TEACHING ARTIST: Monica Peña
8 sessions >> Thursdays, 2/5–3/26 from 2–4pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

Film School invites participants into the creative process of making short films using the tools and resources they already have—phones, tablets, and accessible editing apps. In each class, we will watch and discuss film clips, break down cinematic techniques, and complete hands-on exercises in composition, sound, lighting, and storytelling. Through guided practice and collaborative exploration, participants learn how to plan, shoot, and edit their own short film, building skills in visual language, genre, and expressive experimentation. By the end of the series—whether focusing on experimental shorts, documentary, or genre study—each participant will create an original work that reflects their unique voice and perspective.

Painting with Thread

TEACHING ARTIST: Danielle Blackwell
8 sessions >> Thursdays, 2/5–3/26 from 3–5pm PDT

Online

Painting with Thread is an inviting introduction to the art of embroidery, where we’ll transform simple stitches into expressive works of art. Together we’ll learn five basic stitches through a playful group exercise, then dive into our own projects guided by a shared theme. Each artist will explore their own voice in a freeform way, whether you’re brand new to embroidery or returning to the practice, you’ll leave with skills, inspiration, and a uniquely personal piece of stitched artwork.

Please note the physical manipulation of materials may require hand dexterity and may not be suitable for all. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns by emailing program@pathwithart.org. We want to support you in your access needs.

Online Teaching Artist Workshops
Join us for two-week virtual Friday workshops led by professional teaching artists. These workshops offer structured guidance, creative exploration, and time to make art together in community. You’re welcome to sign up for either or both workshops.

Ambassador Workshops
Ambassador Workshops are participant-led gatherings where members of our leadership program share their creative skills with the PwA community. Each workshop is designed and taught by a Path with Art Ambassador, offering a chance to practice teaching, learn from peers, and create alongside fellow participant artists. You may sign up for one Ambassador-led workshop.

Online Friday WORKSHOP: Creative Training: Creativity x Wellness

TEACHING ARTIST: Monica Peña
2 sessions >> Fridays, 2/6 + 2/13 from 2–4pm

Online

Creative Training is thoughtfully designed so anyone can make their best ideas happen. Fusing insights from the arts & wellness, this workshop will strengthen your creative thinking muscles by guiding you through exercises that can be smoothly integrated into your daily routine. Together, we will learn how practices like mindfulness, poetic acts, sit spots, and more can create space for creativity in our lives, ultimately leading to deeper, more expansive living.

Online Friday WORKSHOP: Design and Build Your own Website

TEACHING ARTIST: Sarah Baik
2 sessions >> Fridays, 2/27 + 3/6 From 3-5PM

Online

In this two-session workshop, Sarah will introduce key considerations for creating your own website and guide participants through how to begin shaping an online presence that feels authentic and intentional. Through lecture, examples, and discussion, we’ll explore topics such as visual identity, layout choices, accessibility, and organizing your content so it supports your artistic or personal goals. Participants will also learn about accessible, beginner-friendly tools and platforms to help them get started—no coding or prior web experience required.

Ambassador-Led Workshop: Still Life Through Your Lens: An Exploration of Identity

TEACHING ARTIST: Melody Recktenwald
1 session >> Tuesday, 1/27 from 11AM–1pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

In this immersive, hands-on photography workshop, we’ll use the tradition of still life as a powerful tool for personal expression. Participants are invited to bring meaningful objects—items that hold memory, emotion, or symbolism—and learn how arrangement, lighting, and perspective can shape the story a still life tells.

Through gentle guidance and demonstration, you’ll explore how everyday objects can reflect identity, history, and personal narrative. By the end of the workshop, each participant will create a still-life photograph that speaks to their own lived experience and artistic voice.

No prior photography experience needed. DSLR cameras provided.

Ambassador-Led Workshop: Abstract Photography

TEACHING ARTIST: Tarali Dunn
1 session >> Tuesday, 1/27 from 2–4pm PDT

Online

In this playful, exploratory workshop, participants will discover the creative freedom of abstract photography. Through guided prompts and hands-on experimentation, you’ll practice releasing expectations, embracing spontaneity, and engaging with the world in new visual ways. Together we’ll explore alternative compositional approaches and move beyond common photography subjects to find unexpected patterns, colors, textures, and forms.

This workshop encourages a shift away from perfectionism and “success/failure” thinking, creating space for joy, curiosity, and artistic risk-taking. No photography experience is required—just a willingness to look closely, play boldly, and let the creative process unfold. Please come ready to this online workshop with your smartphone, digital camera, or DSLR (cameras not provided). Saran wrap, or aluminum foil are suggested but not required.

Ambassador-Led Workshop: Poetic Self-Expression through Painting

TEACHING ARTIST: Tim Bridge
1 session >> Wednesday, 1/28 from 1–3pm PDT

Online

In this workshop, participants will share self-expression through poetic painting. People can use paint, pencil, and paper to work in any style they choose. Come ready with your supplies to make in this open-studio style workshop. We will start with introductions, then have independent work time with music to inspire us and have an optional sharing of work at the end.

Goal Crafting Party: Build the Plan That Gets You There

TEACHING ARTIST: Patricia DeHart
1 session >> Wednesday, 1/28 from 3–5pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

This energizing, community-centered workshop turns goal-setting into a creative celebration. Together we’ll transform big dreams into clear, manageable steps through interactive exercises, reflective prompts, and collaborative conversation. You will explore supportive mindset tools that help sustain motivation and reduce overwhelm, cultivating a sense of empowerment and possibility.

With music, movement, and a joyful atmosphere, this session is designed to make planning feel fun—not intimidating. You’ll leave with a personalized action roadmap and renewed confidence to carry your vision forward.

Warrior Nurse: PTSD and Healing

TEACHING ARTIST: Sarah Blum
1 session >> Thursday, 1/29 from 1–3pm PDT

ArtHome | 200 Mercer St, Seattle, WA 98109

In this powerful and compassionate workshop, author and veteran Sarah Blum shares her lived experiences as an operating room nurse in Vietnam through photographs and storytelling. Sarah will also share the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) at the beginning and end of the workshop, offering participants practical calming skills they can use both during the presentation and in daily life. This workshop provides a meaningful opportunity to deepen understanding of military and wartime experiences while learning tools for resilience, healing, and self-support.

American Sign Language: Beginning in Basic Skills

TEACHING ARTIST: Paula Sebree
1 session >> Tuesday, 1/29 from 3–5pm PDT

Online

This welcoming introductory workshop offers a hands-on introduction to American Sign Language (ASL). Participants will learn some basic skills, which may include the ASL alphabet, numbers, or everyday conversational signs. While we won't master all of this in one-session, you’ll begin building confidence in expressive and receptive signing while gaining insight into Deaf culture and communication. We encourage you to continue developing your sign skills beyond this workshop!

No prior experience is needed—just curiosity and a willingness to learn a new language with your hands, face, and body. Please note this workshop requires hand dexterity and may not be suitable for all. Please reach out if you have any questions or concerns by emailing program@pathwithart.org. We want to support you in your access needs.