Workshops

Photo of prints from Art in the City workshop
Prints from the Art in the City blockprint workshop

Contribute to PASSAGES!

I invite the community to participate in PASSAGES. Through a series of free printmaking, painting and gilding workshops, we’ll be illuminating the William Carlos Williams’ epic poem Asphodel, That Greeny Flower. —Leesa

Spring workshops will be held at Rosewood Arts Center, Printmaking Studio A, 655 Olson Drive, Kettering.

March 2024

  • Friday March 1, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday March 2, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday March 7, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday March 8, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday March 9, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday March 14, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday March 15, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday March 16, 10:30–1:30

No workshops will be held March 21,22, or 23. I will return to finish the project, say goodbye to participants, take down the exhibit, and perhaps to bind pages on March 28, 29, and 30.

February 2024

  • Thursday, February 8, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, February 9, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, February 10, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, February , 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, February 16, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, February 17, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, February 22, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, February 23, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, February 24, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, February, 5:30–8:30

No workshops will be held Feb 1, 2, or 3.

January 2024

  • Thursday, January 1, 5–8:30
  • Friday, January 5, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, January 6, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, January 6, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, January 12, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, January 13, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, January 18, 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, January 19, 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, January 20, 10:30–1:30
  • Thursday, January 5:30–8:30
  • Friday, January 1:30–4:30
  • Saturday, January 10:30–1:30

December 2023

Image of an illustrated poem

  • December 2, 11 am–3 pm
    Help illuminate a page of poetry 

    Rosewood Arts Center, 655 Olson Drive, Kettering
  • Thursday, December 14, 5–8:30 pm
    Help illuminate a page of poetry 
    Rosewood Arts Center, Printmaking Studio A, 655 Olson Drive, Kettering

November 2023

  • November 17, 12 noon
    Print, paint and gild TriArt Society
    6661 Clyo Rd., Meeting room in Kettering Health, Centerville

October 2023

  • October 3, 7 pm
    Make an initial Inspired by the Book of Kells
    Washington Centerville Library, 111 W Spring Valley Pike, Centerville
  • October 7, 10:30 am
    Make an initial Inspired by the Book of Kells
    Washington Centerville Library, 111 W Spring Valley Pike, Centerville
  • October 5, 5:30 pm
    Adapt chine coleé techniques
    Dayton Society of Artists, 48 High St., Dayton

August 2023

  • August 6, 1–7 pm
    Make an initial as part of Passages for Art in the City
    Dayton Metro Library, 215 East Third St., Dayton