Spend an evening immersed in design conversation and community. ARCADE Editorial Director Leah St. Lawrence will lead a panel discussion of past and present ARCADE designers for a wide-ranging conversation on the enduring voice of the journal . Our printshop and design studio will be open, and refreshments featuring our neighbors, Doe Bay Wine Co, will be on hand.

LAST SESSION OF THE SUMMER! This workshop is perfect for anyone who loves flowers, gardening, drawing, flower arranging, colorful summer fun, or all of the above! Using very special ink made just for us with flowers from Bumblebee Farm, we will make a guided drawing of freshly harvested blooms. Then we will let our imaginations take the lead as we create botanical drawings and paintings on a variety of beautiful handmade papers. In celebration of this special collaboration, each participant will take home a special edition collection of our drawing inks. 

This summer-time exclusive workshop is designed to coincide with the Phinney Farmers’ Market here on the campus of the Phinney Center. We love shopping and eating at the market on summer Fridays, and we hope you’ll visit Bumblebee Farm and the other fantastic vendors at the market before our workshop. 

No prior experience with drawing is necessary. Skills include: drawing and painting with inks, still life observation, composition.

Each student will go home with their one of a kind botanical drawings, special edition set of inks, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Ages: 13 and up

Friday, September 5, 5-7 pm

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Discover the magic of shibori pattern making using clamp resist techniques as you create your own unique set of cotton napkins. You will learn how to work with an organic indigo vat to achieve a strong, stable beautiful blue hue. To begin, we will use small squares of cotton swatches to practice a number pattern making methods using various folds and materials.  After getting comfortable with the shibori techniques we will prepare our napkins and carefully dip them in the indigo vats.

No prior experience with indigo dyeing is necessary. Skills include: patterned resist dyeing techniques and learning to work with an indigo vat.

Each student will go home with their unique set of cotton napkins, dip dye tests, cotton swatches, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle

Ages: 13 and up

Wenesday, August 20, 6-9pm

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Print a beautiful, one-of-a-kind organic cotton bandana, and explore the wonder of cyanotype! No experience is needed to enjoy this historic printmaking method. It’s easy, yet rich with creative possibilities. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gorgeous bandana to wear, or to give as a gift from the heart. You’ll also create a beautiful print on cotton watercolor paper.

No prior experience necessary. Skills include: composing a pattern, printing and harnessing the power of the sun.

Each student will take home their 100% cotton watercolor paper print, 100% organic cotton bandana and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Art. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

Ages: 13 and up

Wednesday, July 23, 6-9 pm

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This workshop is perfect for anyone who loves flowers, gardening, drawing, flower arranging, colorful summer fun, or all of the above! Using very special ink made just for us with flowers from Bumblebee Farm, we will make a guided drawing of freshly harvested blooms. Then we will let our imaginations take the lead as we create botanical drawings and paintings on a variety of beautiful handmade papers. In celebration of this special collaboration, each participant will take home a special edition collection of our drawing inks. 

This summer-time exclusive workshop is designed to coincide with the Phinney Farmers’ Market here on the campus of the Phinney Center. We love shopping and eating at the market on summer Fridays, and we hope you’ll visit Bumblebee Farm and the other fantastic vendors at the market before our workshop. 

No prior experience with drawing is necessary. Skills include: drawing and painting with inks, still life observation, composition.

Each student will go home with their one of a kind botanical drawings, special edition set of inks, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Ages: 13 and up

Friday, August 8, 6-8 pm

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The science and art of color is all around us, so it’s a good idea to know how to use it! The goal of this workshop is to become familiar with the amazing properties and principles of color. Using hands-on exercises with paper and paint, we will explore color relationships based on the foundational work of Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color. Then we’ll move on to the beautiful materials library here at Piano Nobile to play with tile, wallpaper, wood, and other materials. 

No prior experience with painting or design is necessary. Skills include: watercolor painting, color mixing, collage. Each student will go home with a one of a kind colorful sketchbook, and one or more painting. Snacks and beverages will be provided

Wednesday, August 6, 6-9pm

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Learn the basics of working with oil pastels as you create a set of mini oil pastel drawings on fine art papers. Oils pastels are a rich and luscious medium, perfect for exploring bold color, varied textures, and painterly effects - without using water or paint. In this workshop, we will dive into the basics of color composition, blending and mixing, and expressive mark making unique oil pastels. You’ll also learn about different paper options and fixatives. Using landscape photographs as our inspiration, we’ll experiment with both realistic and abstract compositions.

Guest instructor Teresa Stern

Ages: 13 and up

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This workshop is perfect for anyone who loves flowers, gardening, drawing, flower arranging, colorful summer fun, or all of the above! Using very special ink made just for us with flowers from Bumblebee Farm, we will make a guided drawing of freshly harvested blooms. Then we will let our imaginations take the lead as we create botanical drawings and paintings on a variety of beautiful handmade papers. In celebration of this special collaboration, each participant will take home a special edition collection of our drawing inks. 

This summer-time exclusive workshop is designed to coincide with the Phinney Farmers’ Market here on the campus of the Phinney Center. We love shopping and eating at the market on summer Fridays, and we hope you’ll visit Bumblebee Farm and the other fantastic vendors at the market before our workshop. 

No prior experience with drawing is necessary. Skills include: drawing and painting with inks, still life observation, composition.

Each student will go home with their one of a kind botanical drawings, special edition set of inks, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Ages: 13 and up

Friday, July 25, 6-8 pm

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Print a beautiful, one-of-a-kind organic cotton bandana, and explore the wonder of cyanotype! No experience is needed to enjoy this historic printmaking method. It’s easy, yet rich with creative possibilities. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gorgeous bandana to wear, or to give as a gift from the heart. You’ll also create a beautiful print on cotton watercolor paper.

No prior experience necessary. Skills include: composing a pattern, printing and harnessing the power of the sun.

Each student will take home their 100% cotton watercolor paper print, 100% organic cotton bandana and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Art. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

Ages: 13 and up

Wednesday, July 23, 6-9 pm

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Join us, during the Phinneywood Art Walk, for a Studio Sale!

In addition to our summer art exhibit, we will have local artists participating in our studio during the Art Walk.

Including:

Command Knitwear

JCB Concepts Stationary

History + Industry Jewelry

Phoebe Muth Jewelry

Whalefern Arts Prints

And of course Piano Nobile Textiles

Celebrate the vibrant arts community of Phinney Ridge and Greenwood at this two-day event, featuring local artists and makers in a unique, neighborhood-wide art walk. Explore participating businesses, meet the artist, and immerse yourself in the creativity that defines our community.

In our Gallery we will have local artists:

Irene Wood

Teresa Stern

Jessica Bone

Eleanor Doughty

Isabelle Grizzard Robertson

We will also be featuring a Studio Sale including:

Command Knitwear

JCB Concepts

History + Industry Jewelry

Piano Nobile Textiles

WhaleFern Arts Prints

Phoebe Muth Jewlery

Join us, during the Phinneywood Art Walk, for a Studio Sale!

In addition to our summer art exhibit, we will have local artists participating in our studio during the Art Walk.

Including:

Command Knitwear

JCB Concepts Stationary

History + Industry Jewelry

Phoebe Muth Jewelry

Whalefern Arts Prints

And of course Piano Nobile Textiles

Join us for a celebration of our guest artists during Phinney/Greenwood’s annual summer Art Walk.

Celebrate the vibrant arts community of Phinney Ridge and Greenwood at this two-day event, featuring local artists and makers in a unique, neighborhood-wide art walk. Explore participating businesses, meet the artist, and immerse yourself in the creativity that defines our community.

In our Gallery we will have local artists:

Irene Wood

Teresa Stern

Jessica Bone

Eleanor Doughty

Isabelle Grizzard Robertson

We will also be featuring a Studio Sale including:

Command Knitwear

JCB Concepts

History + Industry Jewelry

Piano Nobile Textiles

WhaleFern Arts Prints

Phoebe Muth Jewelry

Discover the magic of shibori pattern making using clamp resist techniques as you create your own unique set of cotton napkins. You will learn how to work with an organic indigo vat to achieve a strong, stable beautiful blue hue. To begin, we will use small squares of cotton swatches to practice a number pattern making methods using various folds and materials.  After getting comfortable with the shibori techniques we will prepare our napkins and carefully dip them in the indigo vats.

No prior experience with indigo dyeing is necessary. Skills include: patterned resist dyeing techniques and learning to work with an indigo vat.

Each student will go home with their unique set of cotton napkins, dip dye tests, cotton swatches, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle

Ages: 13 and up

Wednesday, June 25, 6-9pm

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Discover the creativity of over 80 local artisans at the PhinneyWood Summer Arts Festival. Your destination for original crafts, art, and unique finds from the talented hands of local artisans.

Dive into creative workshops for all ages, find treasures in the artist marketplace, unwind and enjoy local beer in the beer garden, live music, children activities, and more.

Along with having a booth we will be hosting two family sessions of our WILD FLOWERS WILD INK WORKSHOP in our studio!

SESSION 1 : 12 - 1pm (ages 4+ , with adult) SIGN UP HERE

SESSION 2 : 3 - 4pm (ages 4+, with adult) SIGN UP HERE

This workshop is perfect for anyone who loves flowers, gardening, drawing, flower arranging, colorful summer fun, or all of the above! Using very special ink made just for us with flowers from Bumblebee Farm, we will make a guided drawing of freshly harvested blooms. Then we will let our imaginations take the lead as we create botanical drawings and paintings on a variety of beautiful handmade papers. In celebration of this special collaboration, each participant will take home a special edition collection of our drawing inks. 

This summer-time exclusive workshop is designed to coincide with the Phinney Farmers’ Market here on the campus of the Phinney Center. We love shopping and eating at the market on summer Fridays, and we hope you’ll visit Bumblebee Farm and the other fantastic vendors at the market before our workshop. 

No prior experience with drawing is necessary. Skills include: drawing and painting with inks, still life observation, composition.

Each student will go home with their one of a kind botanical drawings, special edition set of inks, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Ages: 13 and up

Friday, June 6, 6-8 pm

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Draw and paint our local vernacular architecture, from classic Craftsman-style porches to lush terraced gardens that define the Seattle landscape. Eleanor will share strategies for drawing buildings in perspective, as well as tips for simplifying overwhelming details to more clearly show the character of our subjects. After creating a few drawings of local scenes around Greenwood Ave, we’ll use watercolor to add life to our sketches.

Guest Teacher: Eleanor Doughty is a Seattle-based freelance illustrator. Imbuing realistic subjects with character & significance.

Ages: 13 and up

Sunday, May 25, 1-4pm

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Learn the basics of textile design as you create your own repeating pattern and print it on a premium organic cotton tote bag. Together we will construct a repeating pattern made of hand-drawn elements before turning it into a block print. We will practice printing on paper and fabric, exploring different layouts and colors, then we will print on our tote bags.

No prior experience with printmaking is necessary.

Skills include: pattern design, block carving, printmaking on fabric. Each student will go home with their one of a kind tote bag, reusable printing block, paper and fabric prints, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Ages: 13 and up

Wednesday, May 14, 6-9pm

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Print a unique shimmering blue silk scarf, and explore the wonder of cyanotype! No experience is needed to enjoy this historic printmaking method. It’s easy, yet rich with creative possibilities. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gorgeous one-of-a-kind silk scarf to wear, or to give as a gift from the heart. You’ll also create a beautiful print on cotton watercolor paper.

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

Ages: 13 and up

Saturday,May 10, 6-9pm

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Print a unique shimmering blue silk scarf, and explore the wonder of cyanotype! No experience is needed to enjoy this historic printmaking method. It’s easy, yet rich with creative possibilities. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gorgeous one-of-a-kind silk scarf to wear, or to give as a gift from the heart. You’ll also create a beautiful print on cotton watercolor paper.

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

Ages: 13 and up

Friday, April 25, 6-9pm

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Learn how to create beautiful patterns and shades using natural dyes with different mordants. Together we’ll explore techniques for surface patterning and color modification. We’ll practice printing and painting with stencils, stamps, and natural materials. Skills include: stencil making, painting and printmaking on fabric, botanical dyeing with flowers. Each student will take home their own reusable stencil, paper and fabric prints, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Amy White of Bumblebee Farm.

Beginner friendly, no prior experience necessary.

Wednesday, 4/23/25 6-8 pm

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Learn how to create beautiful patterns and shades using natural dyes with different mordants. Together we’ll explore techniques for surface patterning and color modification. We’ll practice printing and painting with stencils, stamps, and natural materials. Skills include: stencil making, painting and printmaking on fabric, botanical dyeing with flowers. Each student will take home their own reusable stencil, paper and fabric prints, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Amy White of Bumblebee Farm.

Beginner friendly, no prior experience necessary.

Saturday, 4/12/25 1-3 pm

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The science and art of color is all around us, so it’s a good idea to know how to use it! The goal of this workshop is to become familiar with the amazing properties and principles of color. Using hands-on exercises with paper and paint, we will explore color relationships based on the foundational work of Josef Albers’ Interaction of Color. Then we’ll move on to the beautiful materials library here at Piano Nobile to play with tile, wallpaper, wood, and other materials. 

No prior experience with painting or design is necessary. Skills include: watercolor painting, color mixing, collage. Each student will go home with a one of a kind colorful sketchbook, and one or more painting. Snacks and beverages will be provided

Saturday, April 5, 1-4pm

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We are thrilled to feature two distinctive visual artists in our gallery this spring. Both prolific and adventurous, their work embodies the physical experience of drawing on site: alive and lively, fleeting and fleet-footed, timely and temporal. Please join us for the Opening Reception.

Jessica Bone

Eleanor Doughty

Local Brilliance brings you an assortment of the best artists and creators in the NW. It is held in the best little gourmet grocery store in town that answers the question “What’s for dinner"?” This is your chance to support small local business and artists. We hope you can make it! Snacks, beverages and live cooking demo all by Kitchen & Market.

Learn more about Local Brilliance here

Print a unique shimmering blue silk scarf, and explore the wonder of cyanotype! No experience is needed to enjoy this historic printmaking method. It’s easy, yet rich with creative possibilities. At the end of the workshop, you’ll have a gorgeous one-of-a-kind silk scarf to wear, or to give as a gift from the heart. You’ll also create a beautiful print on cotton watercolor paper.

Guest Instructor: Ollie Levy of Whalefern Arts. Seattle based painter, printmaker and nature photographer.

Ages: 13 and up

Thursday, March 27, 6-9pm

Sign up here!

Discover the magic of shibori pattern making using clamp resist techniques as you create your own unique set of cotton napkins. You will learn how to work with an organic indigo vat to achieve a strong, stable beautiful blue hue. To begin, we will use small squares of cotton swatches to practice a number pattern making methods using various folds and materials.  After getting comfortable with the shibori techniques we will prepare our napkins and carefully dip them in the indigo vats.

No prior experience with indigo dyeing is necessary. Skills include: patterned resist dyeing techniques and learning to work with an indigo vat.

Each student will go home with their unique set of cotton napkins, dip dye tests, cotton swatches, and notebook. Snacks and beverages will be provided.

Guest Instructor: Christine Dennett of COMMAND knitwear, a naturally dyed fashion brand based in Seattle

Ages: 13 and up

Saturday, March 22, 1-4pm

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