Art Lab

Workshops

2025 Descriptions & Schedule Below

ART LAB will be located on River Street at the intersection of River, Augusta, & Main Street.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS! 

Join us at the ART LAB, hosted by the Greenville Center for Creative Arts, where art comes to life through a weekend of workshops and demonstrations led by talented GCCA member artists. Whether you want to create your own masterpiece or simply watch the artistry unfold, our schedule is packed with exciting opportunities.

From painting and printmaking to jewelry, fiber arts, and clay, the ARTlab Tent hosted by GCCA is your place to create, observe, and be inspired. Don’t miss this chance to interact with local artists, meet the GCCA team, explore new techniques, and celebrate artistry at Artisphere!

Please Note: Workshops are free hands-on, participatory sessions available on a first-come, first-served basis (no registration). Demonstrations are live artist showcases for observation only.

May 9th, 2025

PENCIL PORTRAIT WORKSHOP

Tiffany Fox

ACRYLIC PAINTING WORKSHOP

Tania Ro

OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP

Tania Ro

PAINTING WORKSHOP

Elena Hart

May 11th, 2024

WATERCOLOR FLORAL WREATH

Experience painting a floral wreath with watercolor in this one hour guided class.  We’ll practice watercolor basic techniques as your instructor leads you through painting a spring wreath.

CONTEMPORARY KINTSUGI

Kintsugi is a 400 year old Japanese tradition of repairing broken pottery using lacquer and powdered metal.  This process doesn’t hide the mended areas but highlights them making the piece more beautiful and valuable than before it was broken.  Experience a kintsugi process
using contemporary materials during this one hour workshop.

ACRYLIC ABSTRACT PIECES

Create a unique abstract painting while exploring color, line, and movement with acrylic paint. Everyone will walk away with their own 10” x 10” painted canvas.

PRINTMAKING
Here you will carve a design into the linoleum block, ink the parts that weren’t cut out, and print your block with a press. Your print will not disappoint!

PAPER EARRINGS
Create your own vibrant and lightweight earrings out of paper and chipboard! Emily will have prepared templates to choose from, or you can create your own! Students will combine textured and colored scrapbook papers and collage them onto chipboard. Emily will assist
students in cutting the earrings with a scroll saw or exacto knife, followed by varnishing and attaching them to metal findings.

WATERCOLOR CARD: BLUE BIRD
Learn some simple watercolor techniques while having some fun creating your own blue bird card from scratch.

AIR DRY CLAY WHEEL
Experience the potter’s wheel with alternative materials! Emily will assist each student while they create a unique pot on the wheel with air dry clay. After throwing, students will use heat guns to dry their pieces enough to bring home to paint at a later date! Tips for painting and
varnishing will be offered. No experience necessary.

FOUND OBJECT ASSEMBLAGE BLOCK SCULPTURE

Come and create your own block sculpture using provided materials like collage papers, buttons, and additional small trinkets. You can also bring your own small objects to include in this 5” – 10” sculpture.

May 14th, 2023

ARTISAN PENDANT

Dive into the fun of crafting your own artisan copper pendant. You will learn how to cut and shape metal to create your own statement pendant and use hammers to add texture to your metal. You will also make a leather cord necklace with an “S” clasp, so your pendant is ready to
wear.

Please bring eye magnification (readers) if needed to see detailed work.

STATEMENT EARRINGS

Join me for an hour of handcrafting fun to learn how to cut, shape and texture metal to create your own statement earrings out of copper. You will be able to take these skills to make unique statement earrings of your own design using materials and hand tools available at your local
hardware and hobby shops.

Please bring eye magnification if needed for close up work.

PRINTMAKING
Here you will carve a design into the linoleum block, ink the parts that weren’t cut out, and print your block with a press. Your print will not disappoint!

ACRYLIC ABSTRACT PAINTING
Create a unique abstract painting while exploring color, line, and movement with acrylic paint. Everyone will walk away with their own 10” x 10” painted canvas.

WATERCOLOR BOOKMARK: WATERMELON ON SUGAR

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

Friday, May 9th

12pm-1pm – Colored Pencil Portrait Workshop with Tiffany Fox (8 seats maximum)

1:15pm-2:15pm – Acrylic Painting Workshop with Tania Ro (8 seats maximum)

4pm-4:45pm – Oil Painting Workshop with Tania Ro (8 seats maximum)

5pm-5:45pm & 7pm-7:45pm – Painting Workshops with Elena Hart (8 seats maximum each)

Watch Artists at Work: Live Demonstrations

2pm-2:45pm – Oil Landscape Painting Demo by Hilarie Lambert

3pm-3:45pm – Earring Making Demo by Nancy Davis

6pm-6:45pm – Tapestry Demonstration by Anna Artz

Saturday, May 11th

10am-11:30amPastel Portrait Workshop with Christine Swann

11:45am-1pmAcrylic Painting Workshop with Tania Ro

2pm-3:15pmOil Painting Workshop with Tania Ro

6pm-6:45pmPrintmaking Workshop with Orlando Corona

Watch Artists at Work: Live Demonstrations

1:15pm-2pmTextile Demo by Selene Paschoal (live demonstration)

3pm-3:45pmClay Hand-Building Demo by Carol Ann Kronyak (live demonstration)

4pm-4:45pmFiber Art Demo by Carla Henriquez (live demonstration)

5pm-5:45pmCalligraphy Demo by Edwina Shannon (live demonstration)

7pm-7:45pmPainting Demo by Jose Romero (live demonstration)

Sunday, May 12th

1pm-2:30pm – Fiber Arts Workshop with Cecilia Ho (8 seats maximum)

3pm-4:30pm – Painting Workshop with Elena Hart (8 seats maximum)

4:45pm-5:45pm – Painting Workshop with Tania Ro (8 seats maximum)

Watch Artists at Work: Live Demonstrations

11am-11:45am – Clay/Print Demo by Fanny Guillerminet

12pm-12:45pm – Linocut & Stamping Demo by Olivia Felber