Delaware County
September
3 eventsCollage Club
Rip and layer magazine clippings, ephemera, and found papers into collages at this monthly drop-in evening at Nimble Craft.
Create Your Own Fall Collage
Create a fall-themed collage by cutting and layering paper, leaves, and seasonal materials under artist Tiffaney Dattilo's guidance.
Create Your Own Moss Wall Art
Arrange preserved moss and botanical elements in a wooden frame to create a low-maintenance living wall art piece.
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October
65 eventsStart Your Costume! Workshop
Start your Halloween costume with costume artist Mae Merkle, learning to construct a base piece from fabric and basic sewing techniques.
Halloween Witch Hat Class
Sew a structured witch hat from quilted fabric, learning to cut, shape, and attach the brim and crown.
Friday Knitting/Crochet Circle with Assistance
Bring your knitting or crochet project and get expert help troubleshooting problems while connecting with other makers.
Sketch Club: Miniature Figure Drawing
Draw miniature wooden mannequins, practicing proportions and stylized figure work in a relaxed community setting.
Friday Art Jams
Drop in Friday evenings to sketch, play art games, or work on personal projects with other creatives, with pizza and supplies on hand.
Knit and Sip Night
Knit a small pumpkin decoration in this beginner-friendly evening class, BYOB and chat with other makers.
Painting with Water Mixable Oils from Photos with Beth Bathe
Paint from your own photos or Beth Bathe's prints using water mixable oils, learning her unconventional technique with squeegees, Q-tips.
Line Into Color-Not Revealing Everything with Abby Ober
Paint loose gouache and watercolor studies, leaving white paper exposed to suggest light and form inspired by masters like Cézanne and John Marin.
Jewelry: Ring in a Day with Chris Darway
Learn to saw, file, and solder metal, then set a semiprecious stone to make a finished ring you'll wear.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Leather Wallet & Coin Purse
Design and construct a leather wallet and coin purse using core techniques like cutting, punching, and assembly.
Adults! Painting with Coffee Autumn Workshop
Paint an autumn scene with coffee on watercolor paper, choosing from pre-sketched designs or sketching your own.
Intro to Mosaic Knitting – Autumn Favorite Pumpkin Washcloth
Learn mosaic knitting using slipped stitches and color changes to knit a pumpkin-patterned washcloth in just two hours.
Magic Mending with a Mini Loom Workshop
Learn to set up a mini darning loom and weave colorful patches to repair holes in your clothes, keeping the loom to use at home.
Adult Posca Marker Workshop: Fall-Themed Posca Paint Marker Techniques and Cloud Study
Paint a fall landscape with Posca acrylic markers, learning layering and blending techniques to create dramatic clouds.
Sh*tty Art Buddies
A low-pressure art club meeting twice monthly where you make wonky creations like polymer clay holders, beaded tapestries, mini lamps.
Visible Mending: Sashiko Patterns
Learn traditional sashiko stitching patterns to mend and decorate fabric with bold, geometric designs.
Makers Monday
Drop in to work on your own creative projects and get feedback from fellow makers in an intergenerational community.
Something Woolen This Way Comes
Needle felt a dimensional wool pumpkin from a core, blending custom colors and adding sculpted stem, leaves, and textured details over two hours.
Create Your Own Succulent Pumpkin With Allison Jaeger
Plant succulents into a hollowed pumpkin to create a fall centerpiece, arranging live plants into the gourd without any carving.
Knot Just Yarn!
Join a crafting circle where knitters, crocheters, sewers, and embroiderers work on personal projects alongside fellow makers.
Japanese Marbling on Paper
Float ink across water to create unique marbled paper patterns using the Japanese suminagashi technique.
Friday Knitting/Crochet Circle with Assistance
Bring your knitting or crochet project and get expert help troubleshooting problems while connecting with other makers.
Friday Art Jams
Spend Friday evenings drawing, painting, sculpting, and collaborating with other artists while enjoying pizza and creative prompts.
Feral Form Fantasies KIOSK Gallery Opening Reception
Opening night for paintings and drawings by Alex Spalding, Tulia Day, and Lindsay Kovnat Davis that turn the human figure mythical.
Carving Out the Light: Subtractive Charcoal with Claire Haik
Learn subtractive charcoal drawing with Claire Haik, covering paper in dark tones and using erasers to sculpt light from landscape photographs.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Make Your Own Leather Journal
Learn cutting, stitching, and hand-tooling techniques while constructing a leather journal with custom details that reflect your personal style.
PUNK'N CARVE 2026
Learn slip-casting basics by casting your own ceramic pumpkin, then carve, glaze, and customize it however you like.
Sunday Knitting Circle with Assistance
Bring your knitting project for expert troubleshooting and feedback while connecting with other knitters.
The Chronicles of Yarnia - Crocheting for a Cause Group
Join the monthly Chronicles of Yarnia group to crochet personal and community projects alongside experienced makers.
Pocket Library: Fall Edition
Create miniature fall-themed books and tuck them into an Altoids tin library with autumnal details.
Ecoprinting with Autumn Leaves Foliage
Arrange autumn leaves and foliage on fabric, then use two eco-printing methods to transfer their colors and shapes onto cloth.
Adult Printmaking with Gel Plates
Learn monoprinting with gel plates by applying paint, using textured materials and laser-printed images to pull vibrant one-of-a-kind prints.
Knot Just Yarn!
Join a crafting circle where knitters, crocheters, sewers, and embroiderers work on personal projects while getting peer support and learning.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Intro to Acrylic Painting
Learn fundamental acrylic techniques including color mixing and paint handling, then paint your own composition from a photo or object of your choice.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Skill Building with Botanical Watercolors
Learn six essential watercolor techniques, wet-into-wet through edge charging, then apply them to botanical studies and expressive abstractions.
Intro to Pastels
Learn to blend and layer soft pastels to create colorful landscapes and portraits.
Weaving - Intro to Weaving Class
Learn lap-loom weaving basics from Linda Ruggiero and create a small wall hanging.
DIY Date Night: Glass Fusing
Design and fuse colorful glass pieces into a suncatcher tile with a partner, learning the basics of glass fusing.
Stories We Carry: Opening Reception
Attend the opening reception of Stories We Carry, a community exhibition of photographs, recorded stories.
PUNK'N CARVE 2026 - Session 2
Slip-cast a ceramic pumpkin and carve or customize it with features like teeth, horns, spikes, or a wild glaze.
Philadelphia Water Color Society: 126th International Exhibition of Works on Paper; Reception & Awards
View works on paper across mediums, from watercolor and pastels to charcoal, graphite, and hand-pulled prints.
Sh*tty Art Buddies
A biweekly adults-only art club celebrating imperfect creativity, where you paint, bead, sculpt, and carve without worrying about the results.
My Favorite Ghost
Construct a fabric and fiber ghost and mount it in an arched frame for a whimsical Halloween display.
Makers Monday
Bring your current creative project or learn a new skill while connecting with a community of makers, artists, and crafters of all levels.
Intro to Mosaic Knitting – Autumn Favorite Pumpkin Washcloth
Learn mosaic knitting by creating a pumpkin washcloth using slipped stitches and simple color changes, one hue per row.
Ecoprinting with Autumn Leaves Foliage
Arrange autumn leaves and foliage on fabric, then use heat and moisture to transfer their natural colors and shapes onto cloth using two.
Japanese Marbling on Fabric
Create unique marbled patterns on fabric using suminagashi, the Japanese technique of floating ink on water and transferring designs onto cloth.
Craft Break
Bring a project to Cafe Isla's courtyard for a free monthly craft night with supplies provided.
Adults! Fluid Art with Flunk
Pour acrylic paint across two canvases using fluid dynamics techniques, creating cell-filled abstract pieces.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Play, Layer, Transform: An Intuitive Mixed Media Workshop
Build layered mixed media works on wood panels or paper using paint, collage, pastels, and drawing materials.
Fruits of the Forest: A Forager Sketchbook with Margaret Saylor
Build a richly annotated sketchbook spread of autumn fungi and woodland finds using graphite, pen, and watercolor.
Terra-Sigillata Surface Decorating with Autumn McKay
Decorate tiles with terra-sigillata, an ultra-refined slip, learning from artist Autumn McKay how to layer colored surfaces and avoid common.
DIY Date Night: Clay Mugs
Build a ceramic mug using clay slabs, shaping and decorating it by hand in this workshop for two.
Fantasies in Motion: an Animation Workshop
Create pixelation animations using stuffed animals and dolls, exploring themes of femininity, animal symbolism.
Adult Natural Soapmaking with Layers
Make layered cold process bar soaps with natural ingredients, learning to pour and swirl designs with essential oils and botanicals.
Sunday Knitting Circle with Assistance
Bring your knitting project for one-on-one help with Jil while connecting with other knitters in this two-hour session.
Knitting Class - Fixing common mistakes
A drop-in clinic for knitters who need to fix dropped stitches, correct knit-purl mistakes, tink back, or frog their way out of trouble.
Adult Fall/Winter Card-Making Workshop
Create stamped and embossed fall and winter cards using ink blending, stencils, and embellishments to finish.
Adult Watercolor Workshop: Paint a Pet Portrait
Paint a watercolor portrait of your pet, learning foundational techniques like layering and color mixing.
Collage Club
Rip and arrange vintage magazines, catalogs, and found papers into collages at this monthly drop-in club.
Beading 101
Learn to crimp multi-strand beading wire and make a finished necklace or bracelet.
Adult Halloween Party
Adults gather for Halloween games, music, food, and crafts in costume or casual wear.
Fall-Inspired Cake Decorating With Jane Baked It
Decorate a 5-inch fall cake with autumn colors and your choice of two flavor pairings from Chosen Tweed's Pantry collection.
Junk Journal Jam
Assemble a junk journal from patterned paper, found objects, and recycled materials, creating a personalized memory keeper with texture and collage.
Watercolor & Ink Workshop
Paint a spooky jack-o-lantern with watercolor and ink, experimenting with both mediums on one piece.
November
27 eventsAdults! Exploration of Alcohol Inks with Nina Yocom
Explore alcohol ink techniques with Nina Yocom, applying inks to tiles, paper, and canvas using brushes and airflow to create finished pieces.
Makers Monday
Bring your own project to work on and connect with a community of makers for feedback, ideas, and creative support.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Resin & Crushed Glass Wave in a Frame
Create a resin wave artwork layered with crushed glass and optional beach treasures, leaving with a framed piece ready to hang.
Natural Printing with Japanese Elements
Print botanical designs on washi and rice paper using leaves, flowers, and wood inspired by Japanese aesthetics.
Sketch Club: Food As Inspiration
Sketch food in a still life setup at this community gathering for BIPOC artists, sharing work and connecting with other creators.
Adult Natural Soap Making: Ella's Gifts Fundraiser
Make a loaf of cold-process soap using natural ingredients, embed a butterfly design cane, and leave with approximately 10 bars.
Craft Break
Gather in Café Isla's courtyard on the last Friday of each month for an open craft session.
1-Day Basics of Stained Glass Workshop
Learn to score, cut, grind, and solder glass to create a finished stained glass suncatcher panel with a geometric or landscape design.
Making Color Sing
Learn to mix complementary colors and neutrals that harmonize in oil paintings, working with limited palettes to expand your expressive range.
Make your Holiday Sewing Workshop: Bowl Cozy
Sew a festive bowl cozy from holiday fabric, learning to cut, assemble, and finish a structured cozy perfect for holding warm dishes.
Stained Glass: Beveled Snowflake Ornament
Cut and solder beveled glass pieces into a snowflake ornament, learning stained glass basics in a beginner-friendly workshop.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Collagraph Printmaking
Glue textured materials and autumn leaves onto a plate, then print multiple images using the studio press and hand-printing techniques.
Adult Stoneware Luminary Workshop
Hand-build a stoneware luminary from clay, choose glaze colors, and leave with a finished piece ready to glow with candlelight.
Weaving - Intro to Weaving Class
Learn lap-loom weaving techniques from Linda Ruggiero and leave with a finished wall hanging.
Quilting for Good Community Sew
Sew quilt panels for homeless families and women's shelter residents at this community sewing event.
Visiting Artist Workshop: Fall Resin Trays
Design and pour resin into a leaf-shaped wooden tray, embedding dried leaves and botanicals to create a smooth, functional piece of fall décor.
Foraged Winter Pot
Forage branches, seed pods, and grasses to compose a seasonal planter arrangement in a plastic insert you can place in any pot.
Holiday Brass Earrings
Make your own brass statement earrings using sawing, texturing, drilling, and finishing techniques.
Turkish Marbling on Paper: Ebru Marbling
Create flowing patterns on water with vibrant dyes, then transfer them onto paper using traditional Turkish Ebru marbling techniques.
Needle Felted Snowman Workshop
Needle felt a wool snowman from scratch, sculpting the body, adding details, and personalizing with colors and accessories.
Seeing The Big Picture in Landscape Painting
Learn to compose landscapes using foreground, middle ground, and background zones.
Magic Mending with a Mini Loom Workshop
Learn to use a mini darning loom with textile artist Linda Ruggiero to weave patches that repair holes in garments or add decorative mending.
Make your Holiday Sewing Workshop: Flip and Heat Microwave Basket
Sew a quilted microwave basket using cotton fabric and batting, learning to layer and stitch a functional gift you can customize with holiday prints.
Make your Holiday Sewing Workshop: Flip and Heat Microwave Basket
Sew a quilted microwave basket from fabric and batting, choosing holiday prints or year-round designs for a functional handmade gift.
Collage Club
Tear and layer magazine scraps and vintage ephemera into collages at this monthly drop-in club, with no experience required.
A Bit of the Arts
Browse handmade work from 40 local artists and makers, enjoy live music, and watch art demonstrations at this two-day holiday fine art show and sale.
December
10 eventsHoliday Brass Earrings
Saw, texture, drill, and finish brass to create a custom pair of holiday statement earrings.
Adults: Hammered Silver Stacking Rings
Learn to saw, solder, and hammer sterling silver bands with Hali MacLaren, leaving with a pair of custom-sized rings you've textured and finished.
Holiday Cards with Suminigashi & Kirigami
Create marbled papers with suminagashi, then cut and fold them using kirigami to design unique handmade holiday cards.
Made in Philadelphia, A Celebration of Contemporary Craft Preview Party & Awards
Preview and celebrate contemporary craft by Philadelphia-region artists at this opening party and awards ceremony for Made in Philadelphia.
Magic Mending with a Mini Loom Workshop
Learn to repair holes in clothing using a mini darning loom with Linda Ruggiero, creating woven patches while keeping the loom.
Made in Philadelphia, A Celebration of Contemporary Craft: Meet the Artists
Meet Philadelphia craft artists and view their contemporary work in ceramics, fiber, metal, wood, glass, and mixed media.
Make your Holiday Sewing Workshop: Pan Protectors
Sew fabric pan protectors using cotton, fusible foam, and a provided pattern, making a set for yourself or as gifts.
Holiday Fabric Painting with Japanese Elements
Paint holiday-inspired fabric using Japanese motifs and traditional design techniques, leaving with a finished piece ready to display or gift.
Weaving - Intro to Weaving Class
Learn lap-loom weaving basics with Linda Ruggiero and create a small wall hanging using yarn, fibers, and found materials.
Adult Stoneware Sweater Mug Workshop!
Hand-build a stoneware mug with sweater-inspired textures, then Terri Davis glazes and fires it for you to pick up in a few weeks.