DUE FRIDAY: Cats of Ballard submissions! 🙀

Give BIG!

Times are tough, and it's always hard to ask for money. We believe the free programming we provide is valuable, but for us, they aren't free. They cost us about $10,000 a year!

If you believe art should be accessible and want there to be more opportunities for artists, we'd love if you considered GIVING BIG to support our nonprofit programming. 💖

Explore collaging and zines at this month's Zine Crash Course, two excellent mediums for those who don't consider themselves artists (spoiler: everyone is an artist if they let themselves be!)! Perfect as we ramp up towards World Collage Day next week too!! ✂️

TONIGHT, April 28, 6:00 PM: Get fresh eyes on your fresh work at Fresh Look, our supportive peer critique meetup! Bring your works in progress, stuck projects, and basic ideas and get feedback from other artists and creatives -- and see what sua else is up to, too! 👀

Friday, May 1, 5:30 PM: May's Botanical Watercolors is SOLD OUT! Plan ahead for next month! 🌺

Saturday, May 2, 10:00 AM: This month's Zine Crash Course will focus on collage zines! Find inspiration in old pages and turn them into something new! Give your zine a funky cut n' paste design and see how it goes! Have fun! Zines are great! ✂️

Saturday, May 2, 1:00 PM: How?? This Book Binding Workshop STILL has TWO SPOTS LEFT!! Snap 'em up soon! We'll be making envelope keepsake books in this month's class! 📚

Saturday, May 2, 5:00 PM: Itching for a new bottle of ink? Why not make it yourself at Fountain Pen Mix & Make? Learn how fountain pen ink is made and concoct up to four (4) of your own inks to take home! 🖋️

Sunday, May 3, 7:15 PM: Stuff keeps happening and Riff Raff League does too... Find and create community, camaraderie, and hope, and figure out what actions we can take together to fight back and move forward. 🫂

NEW CLASS ALERT! Join us at Pigeons in Oils and paint a beautiful, unappreciated bird while exploring oils as a medium!

Monday, May 4, 11:00 AM: Spring has been feeling a little like summer already! Come capture some of that lingering spring beautiful at Botanical Sketching at the Locks before it's too late! 🌷

Monday, May 4, 5:30 PM: Marty is back with another Cut the Crap: A No BS Collage Workshop! He promises: no art school vibes, no perfection, no overthinking! Let's go! 📰

Tuesday, May 5, 6:00 PM: It's time again for Ballard Sketch Team at Hattie's Hat! Join us in the backroom for chill hang outs, good eats, and casual doodling! 🍻FREE MEETUP.

Wednesday, May 6, 6:00 PM: No joke, Stitch n' Bitch is always a great time! Bring your half-finished knitting, cross stitch, and other fiber arts projects and get some time in on them while hanging out with other crafty people! 🧵FREE MEETUP.

Thursday, May 7, 5:00 PM: NEW CLASS ALERT! Pigeons are everywhere, but have you ever looked closely at those regal heads and iridescent feathers? Have you ever looked at some of those fancy pigeon breeds? Learn more about this bird while diving into painting with oils at Pigeons in Oils! 🕊️

Friday, May 8, 5:00 PM: Ground your illustrations in sturdy and immutable lines will filling them in with softer, more ethereal colors -- that's the magic of combining ink and watercolor! Explore the possibilities at Ink & Watercolor Illustration! ✒️

Saturday, May 9, 10:00 AM: One of the easiest ways to understand how Risograph layering works and what makes the medium so interesting and special is to see it all laid out in pieces in front of you. No digital trickery or complicated tools, just paper and analog bits that come together. Learn more at Risograph Design on Paper! 🖨️

Saturday, May 9, 1:00 PM: It's World Collage Day! Celebrate this fun and versatile medium with Marty, collageist extraordinaire! Whether you're new to collaging or are a seasoned magazine horder eager for an excuse to get started on your next piece, join us for a fun afternoon collaging! ✂️FREE MEETUP.

Saturday, May 9, 6:00 PM: And cap off World Collage Day with the opening reception of Bits & Pieces, our group show featuring a huge variety of collage art from artists across the region! We'll have refreshments! 🧩FREE EVENT.