CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND OLDER TEENS
The Mill Art Center & Gallery provides an environment in which the community can express and develop their artistic abilities through instruction, observation and interaction with professional artists. Our unique blend of classroom studios and professional gallery exhibition space encourages students to immerse themselves in art, with inspiration from instructors and the art that surrounds them. Our small class sizes ensure that each student gets plenty of one on one time in every class.
Children and teen classes follow the public school calendar. Arrangements may be made with specific instructors for make-up classes. Gift certificates for art classes and art purchases are available.
Due to a generous member donation and grant funding from the Genesee Valley Council of the Arts, the Mill At Center and Gallery is excited to be able to offer sign language interpreting for classes, talks and related programs. In order to successfully schedule an interpreter, we respectfully ask that requests are made two weeks prior to an event.
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Wednesday Morning PAINTING with lanna pejovic
Lanna offers instruction for all levels in oil and acrylics. Work on projects in painting of your choice and Lanna will provide advise and support to help you develop your individual color, composition and technique. This is an ongoing class. If you are a beginner, specific projects and a basic list of materials can be provided.
Instructor :: Lanna Pejovic
Who :: Teens 18+ and Adults
Class Dates and Times :: Wednesday Mornings from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm.
Fee :: $120 for 6 classes - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Thursday Morning Painting with denise heischman
Denise offers instruction at all levels for people working with paint, pastels or dry media. Bring in your own resource materials and get ready to grow your artistic abilities with one on one guidance and support. A valued and trusted instructor of the Mill Art Center for years. This is an ongoing class.
Instructor :: Denise Heischman
Who :: Teens 18+ and Adults
Class Dates and Times :: Thursday mornings from 10 am -12:30 pm. No class between March 5th and April 9th - class resumes April 16th.
Fee :: $120 for 6 classes - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Take a couple minutes to enjoy this video created in Denise’s class in participation with the Art and Aging Institute of the University of Rochester - Click HERE
Gelli Plate Printmaking With Botanicals
Let nature be your muse! In this class we will be using “flora” gathered from your garden or yard to print with on a Gelli Plate. Gelli Plates are reusable printing plates that let you create monoprints without a press.
Please bring freshly picked leaves, flowers, soft stems, grasses, feathers, etc. The more variety, the better. You’ll be encouraged to consider the importance of color and value while printing. This medium is fun and invites experimentation, expect plenty of time to play!
Suitable for beginners and for those with some experience in Gelli printing.
You’ll need to bring to the workshop:
• freshly picked foliage, flowers, grasses etc
• a soft rubber brayer (Speedball 2.5”-3”)
• a Gelli Arts printing plate (8” x 10”) or whatever size you have
• any special papers you’d like to print on.
• an apron and something to drink.
The Mill Art Center provides paint, basic paper, paper towels and baby wipes.
Instructor :: Jean Stephens
Date and Time :: Saturday, April 25th from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm Class is Full - please join the waitlist by emailing millartcenter@gmail.com
Cost :: $100
The Spiderwick Chronicles: Creatures in Clay
Explore the art of sculpting fairies, goblins, and sprites. Step into the enchanting world of The Spiderwick Chronicles and bring its mischievous fairies and fantastical creatures to life—right at your fingertips! In this hands-on polymer clay sculpting workshop young artists will learn how to create their very own whimsical beings inspired by Arthur Spiderwick’s Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You by Holly Black and Tony DiTerlizzi.
Participants will begin by crafting sturdy wire armatures—the hidden skeletons that give their creatures life and movement. From there, they’ll explore how to knead and condition polymer clay to the perfect malleability, learn to sculpt expressive faces, delicate wings, and intricate details that make each fairy or goblin feel truly alive. With guided instruction, students will also discover how to use various sculpting tools, clay molds, found material out in nature and other art supplies to shape and refine their creations like professional creature designers.
This workshop celebrates imagination, creativity, and a touch of woodland mischief! Whether you’re a fan of fantasy worlds or just love working with your hands, you’ll leave with new sculpting skills, a finished magical creature, and a spark of wonder that makes the fairies and creatures from Spiderwick Chronicles come to life. Click HERE for the materials needed for this class.
Instructor :: Jill Spagnolo
Who :: ages 16 and older
Dates :: 3 Wednesday afternoons, May 6th, 13th, and 20th from 5 - 6:30pm
Cost :: $150 - Register here and select from the Pottery and Sculpting Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
STUDIO WATERCOLOR
Offered to all artists who want to explore watercolor regardless if it’s abstract or representational. Evolving from my prior workshops, drawing on my formal training as an architect and following my popular non-traditional watercolor approach, this studio based class for watercolor is suited for everyone from novice to experienced artist. It is offered in three 4-hour sessions over separate Saturdays.
This workshop concentrates on demonstrating various watercolor techniques (wet on wet, washes and dry glazing), representational quantities (atmospheric perspective, 1 and 2 point perspective, color choices, shade and shadow, trees, clouds, entourage), and student requests; allowing the student to bring their artwork in for discussion, as well as class time to work on their artwork… Knowing that watercolor can be a misunderstood and avoided medium, Stu teaches that there are always several options to any approach be it application, technique or style driven. When one understands that “yellow and blue doesn’t always equal green”, the individual will understand that there are several different ways to approach any problem, not just the tried and true method. Stu is of the belief that to learn, understand and appreciate representational watercolor that one must start with abstract techniques and approaches.
The Mill will provide boards for the student’s use to mount artwork on during class time. Otherwise all materials are by the student. A basic material list will be provided upon registration. Stu brings an innovative approach and unique mindfulness process to learning how to work with watercolors that he adapts to both the novice and experienced artist, such that all attendees learn from each other.
Instructor :: Stu Chait
Who :: 16 and older
Dates and Time :: New class dates - Three Saturdays, May 2, 23 and 30th from 10 am - 3 pm
Cost :: $225 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
No prerequisite coursework required. 3 people minimum.
Abstract Landscape Painting Workshop
Join Connie for a day exploring the creation of spirited and compelling landscape sketches and paintings. Abstraction requires us to free up our senses, knowing the world’s lines, colors and forms in new ways. We never actually paint what we see, we translate the environment on to canvas through the medium of paint. We find new colors, forms, lines and composition, mentally cropping and tweaking, resizing, and placing it on a flat surface called a painting. We will be working with what you already know and moving toward an abstract vision.
This workshop will offer a series of hand-on exercises to broaden our seeing abilities, loosen up our brush techniques, focus our composition and lean into each of our personal visions. It’s a fun day with lots of movement, talk and companionship as we each move into new creative expressions. There will be morning and afternoon sessions with time to paint on your own in the afternoon. Bring a lunch and an apron and your phone or camera, we will supply the rest!!
Day will include:
Short overview of some abstract landscape painters
Demonstration of paint applications
Paint sketching from provided images
Discussion on distilling your vision
Applying abstraction in the plein air setting
Review of dimensional space and flat space
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Instructor :: Connie Ehindero
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Date and Time :: Sunday May 3rd from 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
COST :: $165 Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Painting from Reference Photos
Often, we are drawn to certain photographs because there is something unique about them. It could be the composition, lighting, colors, mood, subject matter or a combination of elements. Sometimes we are inspired to paint that subject ourselves. There are challenges with creating our own paintings based on another’s work of art. First, there is no point in duplicating the photograph. That’s copying and only repeats the original artist’s work. We want to express our own vision not someone else’s. In this course we will review elements in photographs that inspire you and determine if there are ways to alter lighting, colors and composition to fit your vision. We will practice following different processes in evaluating a photograph and applying them to your paintings. Watercolor, acrylic and oil painters are welcome. Bring your own painting materials and a notebook and pen.
Instructor :: Denise Heischman
Dates and Time :: 4 Mondays, May 18th and June 1st, 8th and 15th from 1:30-4:00 pm
Cost :: $185 Cost- Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Number of Students: 4-8
***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request by 2 weeks prior to the start of each session. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!
An Introduction to Bookbinding
Interested in the art of bookbinding? Spend the morning learning the basics of this unique art and leave with two hand bound, soft cover books. This class will introduce students to paper and cover selections, thread, needles and simple closures. We will be learning a simple pamphlet stitch plus two variations. We will have tools to share, but feel free to bring along a thin awl and bone folder if you have them. Designed for beginners, but a great refresher class, too. All levels welcome.
All materials included.
Instructor :: Janet Finch-Levy
Who :: Teens and Adults
Date and Time :: Tuesday morning, May 12th from 10am-12pm
Cost :: $65 - Register here and select from Mixed Media Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
PLEIN AIR PAINTING WORKSHOP with Barbara Jablonski
Barbara Jablonski invites artists using any painting medium as well as artists who wish to learn OIL or ACRYLIC painting as a new medium to register for this plein air painting workshop.
This workshop introduces elements and techniques including:
Composition, perspective, value, temperature and design
Drawing, line, and painting techniques
The use of materials, equipment and mixing of oil and acrylic colors
Learn to paint landscapes, architecture and waterscapes.
Please contact Barbara Jablonski for registration details at bjjablons@gmail.com
Wednesday, May 13 through Friday, May 15, 2026 (3 DAYS) REGISTRATION FEE $250 AFTER April 21ST
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EARLY REGISTRATION FEE -- $235 UNTIL APRIL 21st
DRAWING PROJECTS with DENISE & LANNA
Learn methods that help you SEE and draw from observation of your environment including still life, landscape and the human figure. Denise and Lanna will guide you in exploring drawing techniques and a range of media that will enhance your ability to creatively interpret what you see.
Required supplies:
Ebony pencil, Mars Stadler white plastic eraser, and a small bottle of India ink
All other materials provide by the Mill Art Center.
Day 1 - Denise and Lanna will work as a team to guide you through drawing simple forms from observation using gesture, contour line, value and a variety of drawing media to establish a vocabulary of the drawing elements line, shape, value along with a range of drawing media.
Days 2-5 - Presenting 2 projects each over the next four sessions that will introduce you to 4 methods of creating a drawing that has a strong composition and an exciting visual presence.
Day 6 will be team teaching and time for further development of drawings based on group feedback.
Instructors :: Denise Heischman and Lanna Pejovic
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Dates and Times :: 6 Tuesdays, May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23 from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Cost :: $295 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Painting Energy: An Acrylic Painting Class
Physical matter is 99.999999999999% empty space, and the visible light spectrum is only a tiny sliver of the universes range known wavelengths. This scientific information points towards a truth which creatives have known for thousands of years. There is an invisible universe of energy that surrounds and moves through all things. Many are blind to this, yet also, many have had glimpses. In this class participants will learn how to paint energy in acrylics, a process that is both deeply intuitive and technically dynamic. A materials list is available upon request.
Instructor :: Stefan Lucas Allen
Who :: Teens and Adults
Dates and Times :: 4 Thursday Afternoons, May 21st & 28th, June 4th & 11th from 2:00-5:00PM
Cost :: $265 Register here and select from Painting and Drawing dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Linocut
Linocut printmaking is a process of using hand held cutting tools to carve a design into a linoleum plate, then rolling ink onto the surface and printing it by hand or using an etching press. Any type of design can be made with the tools. Textural areas can be made using different blades with the cutting tool. The plate can be printed in one color or spot inked in different colors using small brayers. This workshop will also offer reduction linocut. A reduction linocut uses a single block of linoleum to create a multi-colored print. The artist inks and prints the block as a solid light tone, before carving any design. The artist carves away a basic part of the design and prints on top of the first color. Additional areas of the block are carved and printed in stages, each color on top of the previous color, printing light color first and adding medium and dark tones as the process continues.
Instructor :: Barbara McPhail
Dates and Time :: Thursday, June 4th from 1pm- 4pm
Fee :: $120 - Register here and select from the Printmaking dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Neurographic Art Class
Don’t let this scientific name scare you! Neurographic art is simple, fun and highly addictive! In this class you will learn how to create unique neurographic paintings using Sharpies, acrylic markers, watercolor paper and watercolor brush pens. There will be two demonstrations showing you first, how to create your black neurographic lines and intersections; and, second, how to paint with watercolor pens and acrylic markers, beautifully filling in and enhancing your line work. All supplies are provided. Ages 12+. No art experience is necessary.
All materials included.
Instructor :: Stephanie Kelly
Who :: Young Teens and Adults
Date and Time :: Sunday, June 7th from 12 - 3 pm
Cost :: $50 - Register here and select from Mixed Media Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request by 2 weeks prior to the start of each session. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!
How to make a Bog Coat/Jacket from Up Cycled Materials
Bog Coats are created from a single piece of fabric with little waste and utilize a simple straight stitch. The pattern has appeared in every almost every culture and is named after a coat found in a bog in Scandinavia thousands of years ago. Upcycled coats today are usually created from a blanket, quilt, tablecloth or large piece of fabric. Participants will receive information on stain removal from vintage linens, make a pattern, cut out and sew a coat, add binding, trim and closures, and embellish as desired. Samples will be available for inspiration.
All materials provided - sewing machines, threads and trims, needles and pins, measuring tape and marking chalk, fabric and paper scissors, a pattern to take home, markers, and bindings. Extra tablecloths are available for purchase if you wish for a $25 fee.
Additional Materials - you may wish to bring your own machine, scissors, fabrics, threads and trims.
Instructor :: Kathleen Houser
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Date and Time :: Saturday, June 13th from 10am to 4 pm with a break for lunch
Cost :: $145 - Register here and select from Mixed Media Class dropdown menu- We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Collagraph
Collagraph is like a printed collage. Any image can be used; abstract concepts or representational ideas can be used in collagraph. You will learn how to apply shapes made from paper and textures like lace, gauze or sandpaper that can be glued to a mat board to make your plate. We will also experiment with painterly marks made with gesso or molding paste to create interesting textures. Once your plate is ready, you will have the opportunity to print several images using an etching press. The wonderful thing is that your plate can be printed many times.
Instructor :: Barbara McPhail
Dates and Time :: Saturday, June 20th from 10am - 3:30pm
Fee :: $120 - Register here and select from the Printmaking dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472