offers a painting class that dives into what makes a particular painting or artist’s work so great — then assigns exercises and a painting project to practice/mimic the concepts and techniques.
Meets Monthly on the 1st Monday of each month. Reserve your seat, or get on the waitlist

Riccardo offered an engaging multi-day exclusive sculpture workshop as part of our Portrait series of workshops. Recording of the learning experience will be available for purchase in early 2024.

You’ll find approachable, encouraging beginner’s clay classes with Joy, in 8-week long courses or an evening with cocktails.
Joy is also the Conductor of our Pottery Studio Share program and community kiln firings.

Eliza Weber’s work explores how we connect to the materials around us by using a variety of materials: clay, paper, found objects, wool and textiles.
She has a sunshine attitude, will brighten the day of students of all ages in her classes.
Look for Fall Evening classes, and long term courses this winter for Adults + Youth too!!

Deb is a facilitator, writer, artist and yoga instructor based in Helena, MT. Through her project Juicy Purusha, Deb curates gatherings that encourage us to draw from our own sources of wisdom and delight to live more closely into our life’s path. You can find a recent piece of her inspired writing here.

Deb Haliday’s winter course with other creatives will re-kindle your fire for the creative being inside yourself. In this group session you’ll experience a complementary journey to the one you take on with Julia Cameron’s best selling book: ‘The Artist’s Way’. —- Offered Winter of 2023

has been creating encaustic art for the last 7 years. Before discovering the magic of painting with hot wax, she painted in oils and acrylics. Her encaustic work has been at the former 1+1 Gallery, the Myrna Loy’s Jailhouse Gallery, and is currently displayed at On Broadway restaurant in Helena, MT.

Look for more Encaustic Wax painting workshops from Kris in late summer / early fall of 2024.

Passionate and energetic, you’ll find Nadia Jones is able to coax a bit of creativity out of even a rock.
She currently hosts of our free maker’s sessions held every Wednesday from 11-1p.

She is a community guest artist of Omerta Arts and also holds the title of pottery apprentice in the @ModernMontanaMakerie studio of Joy Kelso for the year 2024.

(2023)
Sarah Paige Ryan is a science writer and kidlit author. She writes novels and creative nonfiction that weave together wonder, humor, fantasy, the natural world, found families, and belonging. She works in nonprofit communications and shares her portfolio here.

Explore the relationship between inspiration, fascination, obsession, and creation in her 2024 course ‘FIRE’

(2023)
Kelly Rathbone Rebo,
As part of a series of offerings focused on the portrait, and in our first-ever workshop, led ten participants from across the country in a two-day creative plunge to make a 3/4 sized wall bust (summer, 2023)

(Winter 2023)
Local story telling specialist Kevin Casey leads small groups of aspiring fable crafting folks through the art of tall tale invention and performance / delivery.
Look for his pop-up storytelling sessions held around town.