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Adult Classes

  • SOLD OUT: Pressing Flowers - Making Art with Flowers
    SOLD OUT: Pressing Flowers - Making Art with Flowers
    Wed, Aug 21
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Instructor Sarajane Fellini will guide students through the process of making their own flower press and then demonstrate ways to use flower petals to create unique art. Ages 16+
  • SOLD OUT: Papermaking: "Painting" with Pulp
    SOLD OUT: Papermaking: "Painting" with Pulp
    Wed, Aug 14
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Create a small paper using a technique called esuki, where images are created using different colored pulp. Ages 16+
  • Oil Landscape Painting Workshop
    Oil Landscape Painting Workshop
    Wed, Aug 07
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Discover how to use color theory and atmospheric perspective to create paintings from photographs. Ages 16+
  • Beginning Wire-Wrapping
    Beginning Wire-Wrapping
    Thu, Aug 01
    Arts Council of White Lake
    Learn the basics of wire-wrapping! Bring your own found stone to wrap, or use one of ours. Ages 12+
  • Drawing Skills: Glass on Toned Paper
    Drawing Skills: Glass on Toned Paper
    Wed, Jul 17
    Arts Council of White Lake
    Join Laurel Geis to discover how to depict transparent or reflective surfaces with highlights and shadows. Ages 16+
  • Landscape in Pastel with Matias Brimmer
    Landscape in Pastel with Matias Brimmer
    Sat, Jul 13
    ACWL - Nuveen
    Learn how to layer and blend their pastels to create impressionistic landscapes. Ages 16+
  • SOLD OUT: Fused Glass Christmas in July
    SOLD OUT: Fused Glass Christmas in July
    Wed, Jul 10
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Make three fused glass Christmas-themed items of your choice. Ages 16+
  • SOLD OUT: Fused Glass Garden Stakes
    SOLD OUT: Fused Glass Garden Stakes
    Thu, Jun 27
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Get your groove on as you make two fused glass garden stakes for your garden. Ages 16+
  • Linocut Relief Printmaking and Chine Collé
    Linocut Relief Printmaking and Chine Collé
    Fri, Jun 14
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    In this 2-day workshop, students will explore the graphic process of relief printmaking using linoleum. June 14 & 15, 10:00am - 3:30pm Ages 16+
  • Wheel Throwing - Wednesday Evenings
    Wheel Throwing - Wednesday Evenings
    Wed, Jun 12
    Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio
    In this 6-week session, beginning to intermediate students will learn the fundamental techniques of creating pottery on a pottery wheel. Ages 18 + Wednesdays, June 12, 19, 26, & July 10, 17 & 24
  • Sous Bois, the Small Landscape in Gouache
    Sous Bois, the Small Landscape in Gouache
    Thu, Jun 06
    ACWL - Nuveen
    Explore two ideas in this 2-session class; the small spring landscape and the paint medium gouache. June 6 & 13, ages 16+
  • SOLD OUT: Fantastic Fused Fish
    SOLD OUT: Fantastic Fused Fish
    Wed, Aug 21
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Make three fused glass fish of your own design and style. Ages 16+
  • Cabochon/Advanced Wire-Wrapping
    Cabochon/Advanced Wire-Wrapping
    Thu, Aug 08
    Arts Council of White Lake
    Students will be given a cabochon and led through the techniques used to create a beautiful pendant. Ages 16+
  • Abstract Painting with Oils
    Abstract Painting with Oils
    Wed, Jul 31
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Using oil paints, explore different approaches to creating abstract paintings. Ages 16+
  • Matisse-Inspired Still Life with Goldfish
    Matisse-Inspired Still Life with Goldfish
    Wed, Jul 10
    Arts Council of White Lake-Nuveen Center
    Taking inspiration from Henri Matisse’s famous 1912 painting entitled, Goldfish, students will learn how to use acrylic paint to create their own unique still life with goldfish. Ages 16+
  • Plein Air on the Art Walk
    Plein Air on the Art Walk
    Sat, Jun 22
    Sailboat/Trees Sculpture in Covell Park
    Join us for an informal plein air event exploring the wonderful sculptures and nature along the ACWL-Nuveen Art Walk. Ages 18+
  • Wheel Throwing - Thursday Evenings
    Wheel Throwing - Thursday Evenings
    Thu, Jun 13
    Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio
    In this 6-week session, beginning to intermediate students will learn the fundamental techniques of creating pottery on a pottery wheel. Ages 18 + Thursdays, June 13, 20, 27, & July 11, 18 & 25
  • Wheel Throwing - Tuesday Afternoons
    Wheel Throwing - Tuesday Afternoons
    Tue, Jun 11
    Terrestrial Forming Pottery Studio
    In this 6-week session, beginning to intermediate students will learn the fundamental techniques of creating pottery on a pottery wheel. Ages 18+ Tuesdays, June 11, 18, 25, & July 9, 16 & 23
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The Nuveen Center is accessible to all visitors–whatever their ability. Each room is wheelchair accessible, including classrooms and restroom. Guide animals are also welcome. Feel free to call us in advance of your visit so we can accommodate any special needs. 

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Address: 106 E. Colby St.

             Whitehall, MI 49461

Email: Nuveen@artswhitelake.org

Phone: (231) 893-2524

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11am - 5:30pm

          Saturday, 11am - 3pm

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