Add a bit of glow to your painting! 🌟

Rejoyce! Our VAPORWAVE set of dayglo, glow-in-the-dark, blacklight-reactive watercolor paints are BACK! Available both as a set and as individual caps!!

Need some inspiration? Portland artist Arin Rae uses these paints on some of her original paintings, but recently started hand-embellishing prints with them as well! The effect is awesome! 🌟🌟🌟

TONIGHT, October 20, 6:00 PM: It's time again for Ballard Sketch Team! Grab your sketchbook and meet us in the back room of Hattie's Hat for chill art vibes!  🎩FREE MEETUP.

Wednesday, October 21, 3:30 PM: Give your teen an artistic outlet and some light mentorship! Our Teen Art After School program is FREE/pay-what-you-can. This semester's open studio course allows students to decide what they want to work on while providing materials and access to professional feedback! 🔔

Wednesday, October 21, 6:00 PM: Our regular Drawing Techniques class this month will cover using references! What's the best way to use photo reference? What's the grid method and how is it helpful? All this and more at our beginner-focused drawing class! ✏️ THREE SPOTS LFET!

Thursday, October 22, 6:00 PM: Come Make Your Own Stamps and learn how to block print on the smallest size block! It's a great, low stakes way to get into the medium while making something you can use in journals, notebooks, and more! ⏹️ TWO SPOTS LEFT!

Saturday, October 24, 10:00 AM: Learn how to make jewelry and other trinkets with this easy-to-use resin, which cures when exposed to UV light, giving you plenty of time to perfect your art before it dries. Join us at Intro to UV Resin Jewelry! It's a super fun way to make things, and all materials are provided! 💍

Saturday, October 24, 3:00 PM: Paint a portrait of a fuzzy, feathery, or scaley friend at Watercolor Pet Portraits! Get some practice in with watercolors while learning techniques to capture the essence of your best friend and/or familiar. :) Your resulting portrait might also make a nice gift! 🐶

Sunday, October 25, 11:00 AM: Poetry is for everyone. You don't have to follow any rules, and that doesn't make the poetry less worthy or good! At Visual Poetry, break down the barriers of expectation and explore different ways to find words that resonate with you. ✂️

Sunday, October 25, 2:00 PM: This month's Gouache Critters will cover BATS! These are so many different kinds and they're all so cute!! Come learn about and get some practice in with gouache while also learning about and nerding out about bats! 🦇🦇🦇

Issue 1 features the work of: Mannie Murphy (featured artist), Emilia McKenzie/Emix Regulus, Margaret Ashford-Trotter, Aaron Zonka, David Lasky, Shani Theoret, Dale G. Davis, David Woyo, Mia Weixler, Kelly Froh. Published and designed by Michael Elton Crye!

Tuesday, October 27, 6:00 PM: What are you working on? What are you stuck on? Bring your WIPs to Fresh Look and get a second or third opinion! See what everyone else is working on! It's always fun and inspiring to see in-progress work, isn't it? 👀 FREE MEETUP.

Wednesday, October 28, 3:30 PM: Our Teen Art After School program provides a free/low cost way for teens to express and explore their creativity, access art materials, and get feedback and mentorship from a professional artist. Be sure to register ahead of time though! No drop-ins! 🏫

Wednesday, October 28, 6:00 PM: This month's Watercolor Landscapes is SOLD OUT!! November's class will feature a bountiful harvest scene, so sign up early if you're interested! 🌾

Thursday, October 29, 5:00 PM: Halloween draws near! Want to add a little extra oomph to your costume! Join us for Magic Wand Circuit Craft and make a beautiful, unique magic wand with a functional LED light to help you find your way in the Big Dark!! A great little project for adults and kids alike! 🪄

Friday, October 30, 6:00 PM: Find some time to relax on the eve of All Hallow's Eve! Cozy up inside with fellow artistic queers and work on whatever at QU-ART! 🏳️‍🌈 FREE MEETUP.

Friday, October 31, 10:00 AM: Get your hands dirty with some learning before a night full of shenanigans! Bring stuff to print on and join us for DIY Screen Printing!! 👕

Friday, October 31, 3:00 PM: Spend the last few hours before darkness exploring personal zines at Zine Crash Course! Our lives are rich with beautiful mundanities, silly moments, eternal struggles, dark secrets, stupid in-jokes and more! What do you want to share with the world?

Sunday, November 1, 7:15 PM: The midterm elections are nigh... come commiserate n' stress out with company at Riff Raff League. With some luck, we can focus our energies into making something to move forward with, no matter what the results end up being. 🗳️