Creative Classes To Try This Month In Charlotte
Stay warm while learning a new culinary or artistic skill
Don’t fall into the post-holiday blues. Create something with your own two hands with these classes in Charlotte.
PlantHouse Kokedama Workshop
Wednesday, Jan. 8, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Urban District Market.
Head to Urban District Market for this PlantHouse Charlotte workshop, which guides you through making your own Japanese-style kokedama, a plant that grows from a twine-tied, moss-covered ball of soil.
Registration: $30
Shed Brand Studio Stained Glass Class
Jan. 10-11, Shed Brand Studio.
Shaylor Knight’s parents and grandparents started what’s now Shed Brand Studio in a sheep shed in Charlotte in 1969. She’ll guide you through making a 12-by-12-inch stained glass piece using the traditional lead came method.
Registration: $325
ColsenKeane School of Leather Leather Crafting Residency
Starting Jan. 7 or 8, ColsenKeane Leather Goods & Provisions.
The artists at ColsenKeane Leather Goods & Provisions lead various leather-making workshops, including this immersive internship program, available to beginners as well as experienced leather crafters. During the 10-week program, interns advance their skills while helping with the production of small leather goods and hand-stitched satchels. Must apply to be accepted.
Registration: $295
COURTESY, Colsenkeane
SweetBloomsCo. Watercolor Lettering Workshop
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m.-noon. In-home studio.
Learn how to letter with a watercolor brush, you fancy thing, you.
Registration: $60
Sanctuary Bistro Breakfast Cooking Class
Tuesday, Jan. 28, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sanctuary Bistro.
Spend three hours cooking and eating a vegan breakfast with Chef Barry Horton of Sanctuary Bistro. Bring your own chef’s knife.
Registration: $80
McColl Center Multiple Impressions: Encaustic Collagraph Printmaking with Jeffrey Hirst
Jan. 31-Feb. 2, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. McColl Center.
Artist Jeffrey Hirst of Chicago-based Hirst Printmaking leads this three-day intensive workshop on encaustic and gel printmaking.
Registration: $635
NATIVA STUDIO Indigo Art Immersive Workshop
Select Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, Nativa Studio, Matthews.
In this cultural workshop, attendees learn a traditional Salvadoran dyeing method that uses organic indigo (añil) to make their own textile art.
Registration: $75
The Brown Sugar Collab Perfume- and Cologne-Making Experience
Various dates, The Brown Sugar Collab.
The Brown Sugar Collab founder DeAnna Allen spends an hour and a half helping attendees formulate and bottle their own fragrance.
Registration: $75
Something Bleu Charcuterie Class
Various dates, Private home.
Sign up for an in-person or virtual charcuterie class, and let Something Bleu owner Brittany Worrell Boyce guide you in making your own party-ready board.
Registration starts at $30.
Beads, Inc. Beading Basics 101 Class
Various dates, Beads, Inc.
Make a pair of wire-wrapped earrings and a bracelet using beading wire and crimps—and take new skills home. All materials and tools provided.
Registration: $32.50
Other places offering classes this month and beyond:
Central Piedmont Community College
Clayworks
Lovingly Charlotte Flower Market
The North Carolina Academy of Art
Susan’s Stained Glass Creations
