Morning Sessions

Beginning Portrait Photography

Time: 9am - 12pm

*Dates: Tuesday, 24th & Wednesday, 25th (2 day class)

Age Range: 11 - 18

Description: Learn the basics of photography using composition, leading lines, lighting, framing your subject and more using any camera, including your everyday phone!

Price: $50 ($45 for members)

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Introduction to Mural Painting

Time: 9am - 12pm

*Dates: 24th - 27th (4 day class)

Age Range: 11 - 18

Description: Come and leave your mark on Cruces Creatives! Participants will learn about mural painting safety, design, and technical skills required. 

Price: $100 ($90 for members)

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Disassembly Activity

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 5 - 18

Description: Come find out how things are built by taking them apart! Are you curious about what's inside the household machines surrounding us every day? Would you like to open up and explore the guts of a printer? A sewing machine? A vacuum cleaner?  All the machinery, supplies, and tools will be provided. Just bring yourself and your curiosity!

Price: FREE

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Afternoon Sessions

How to Use a Camera (10 - 14 yo)

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 10 - 14

Description: Let your kids be properly introduced to the camera. Let's talk about the hows and whys of getting good images and then have a chance to go take pictures together.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Armor 101 - Dishing: Making Shoulder Protection

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Students will learn how to swing a hammer to effectively shape metal to create their own armor! This class focuses on shoulder protection. Students will have enough material to complete two shoulders, but may only finish one in class. Each student will be able to take home materials to complete the set.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Modern Alchemy: Plastics to Glass

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 8 - 18

Description: Learn the secret art of transmutation and turn the ordinary into a lasting treasure. Using single use plastic, we'll be creating flowers, animals, and other sculptures to look like glass. 

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Introduction to Weaving

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Your child will learn how to warp a loom and then play with making stripes and changing yarn colors. We will use our fingers and a tapestry needle to weave.

Price: $15 ($13.50 for members)

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Open Studio: Exploring Acrylic Media

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 14 - 18

Description: Participants will explore various acrylic media in an open, unstructured session. Participants are encouraged to share known ideas and techniques and explore new ones. No instruction, but monitor will oversee session and offer advice.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Introduction to 3D Printing

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 10 - 18 (under 10 are welcome but must have a parent of guardian in attendance)

Description: Have the chance to see into the world of 3D printing and get some hands-on experience with the programs and process it takes to get started. Along with learning some of the basics of 3D printing, students will have the chance to use 3D printing pens.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Evening Sessions

Family Memories Audio Recording Workshop

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: One family / friend / group of up to 7 people (younger than 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Learn how to set up and use the audio recording equipment at Cruces Creatives, then use that equipment to record family stories! 

Price: FREE

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Introduction to Aviation

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 8 - 12

Description: Learn about flight while making your very own tissue paper hot air balloon.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: Families (children under 14 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Come make a book together as a family!

Price: FREE

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Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 9 - 13

Description: This origami and paper-cutting / folding session is based on “Peach blossom”, a story of a Chinese girl who overcomes her family’s poverty with imagination by creating paper art to solve her problems. Students will choose one of the items in the story to create using a variety of papers that might be tossed or thrown away as well as art paper and other supplies.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Morning Sessions

Alcohol Ink Gourd Jewelry

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 6 - 18

Description: Alcohol ink is a way to create a one of kind design on a gourd. Dying the gourd scrape and gluing jewelry pieces make a beautiful pendant.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Learn to Spin with a Spindle

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: This is a small group session for youth who want to learn to make their own yarn using a spindle. Participants will work with real wool to spin about 2 ounces of yarn for personal projects.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Afternoon Sessions

How to Use a Camera (14 - 18 yo)

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 14 - 18

Description: Let your kids be properly introduced to the camera. Let's talk about the hows and whys of getting good images and then have a chance to go take pictures together.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Students will learn how to swing a hammer to effectively shape metal to create their own armor! This class focuses on shoulder protection. Students will have enough material to complete two shoulders, but may only finish one in class. Each student will be able to take home materials to complete the set.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Card Making

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 6 - 18

Description: Students make handmade cards including a 'Thank You' card, 'Thinking of You' card, and 'Easter' card. We will demonstrate how Cuddle Bug and Cricut machines work for making cards. Everyone can use these shapes along with rubber stamps. With the variety of supplies each child will create cards they will be proud to give.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Introduction to Weaving

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Your child will learn how to warp a loom and then play with making stripes and changing yarn colors. We will use our fingers and a tapestry needle to weave.

Price: $15 ($13.50 for members)

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Intro to 3D Printing

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 10 - 18 (under 10 are welcome but must have a parent of guardian in attendance)

Description: Have the chance to see into the world of 3D printing and get some hands-on experience with the programs and process it takes to get started. Along with learning some of the basics of 3D printing, students will have the chance to use 3D printing pens.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Evening Sessions

Modern Alchemy: Plastic to Glass

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 8 - 18

Description: Learn the secret art of transmutation and turn the ordinary into a lasting treasure. Using single use plastic, we'll be creating flowers, animals, and other sculptures to look like glass.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Family Memories Audio Recording Workshop

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: One family / friend / group of up to 7 people (younger than 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Learn how to set up and use the audio recording equipment at Cruces Creatives, then use that equipment to record family stories! 

Price: FREE

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Family Memories Book Making Workshop

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: Families (children under 14 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Come make a book together as a family!

Price: FREE

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Open Studio: Exploring Acrylic Media

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 14 - 18

Description: Participants will explore various acrylic media in an open, unstructured session. Participants are encouraged to share known ideas and techniques and explore new ones. No instruction, but monitor will oversee session and offer advice.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Thursday, March 26th Activities

Morning Sessions

Beginning Portrait Photography

Time: 9am - 12pm

*Date: Thursday, 26th & Friday, 27th (2 day class)

Age Range: 11- 18

Description: Learn the basics of photography using composition, leading lines, lighting, framing your subject and more using any camera, including your everyday phone!

Price: $50 ($45 for members)

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Armor 102 - Joint Articulation: Making Knee Protection

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Students will learn how to swing a hammer to effectively shape metal to create their own armor! This class focuses on knee protection. Students will have enough material to complete two knee guards but may only finish one in class. Each student will be able to take home enough materials to complete the project.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 5 - 18

Description: Fabric ornament class. We are going to take folded scraps of material and pin them on a Styrofoam ball to make beautiful geometric shapes.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Afternoon Sessions

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 8 - 18

Description: Learn the secret art of transmutation and turn the ordinary into a lasting treasure. Using single use plastic, we'll be creating flowers, animals, and other sculptures to look like glass. 

Price: $25 ($22.50)

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Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 6 - 13

Description: These monochromatic sun sculptures are inspired by the African Bushmen creation tale leading into discussion of the sun and inspiration into creating sun sculptures to be spray painted with gold paint once completed. 

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 5 - 18

Description: Come find out how things are built by taking them apart! Are you curious about what's inside the household machines surrounding us every day? Would you like to open up and explore the guts of a printer? A sewing machine? A vacuum cleaner?  All the machinery, supplies, and tools will be provided. Just bring yourself and your curiosity!

Price: FREE

Register Here

Intro to 3D Printing 

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 10 - 18 (under 10 are welcome but must have a parent of guardian in attendance)

Description: Have the chance to see into the world of 3D printing and get some hands-on experience with the programs and process it takes to get started. Along with learning some of the basics of 3D printing, students will have the chance to use 3D printing pens.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

Register Here

Evening Sessions

Family Memories Audio Recording Workshop

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: One family / friend / group of up to 7 people (younger than 14 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Learn how to set up and use the audio recording equipment at Cruces Creatives, then use that equipment to record family stories! 

Price: FREE

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Intro to Aviation

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 8 - 12

Description: Learn about flight while making your very own tissue paper hot air balloon.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Family Memories Book Making Workshop

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: Families (children under 14 should be accompanied by a parent or guardian)

Description: Come make a book together as a family!

Price: FREE

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Open Studio: Drawing

Time: 5:30pm - 8:30pm

Age Range: 14 - 18

Description: Participants will explore art media in an open, unstructured session. Participants are encouraged to share known ideas and techniques and explore new ones. No instructions, but monitor will oversee session and offer advice.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Friday, March 27th Activities

Morning Sessions

Armor 102 - Joint Articulation: Making Knee Protection

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Students will learn how to swing a hammer to effectively shape metal to create their own armor! This class focuses on knee protection. Students will have enough material to complete two knee guards but may only finish one in class. Each student will be able to take home enough materials to complete the project.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Knitting Machine Basics - Making your Hobby Knitting Machine Work for You 

Time: 9am - 12pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: This is a class for knitters who own a single bed knitting machine that is not (YET!) easy for them to use. We'll deal with the frustrations of tension and other basic maneuvers to get your machine doing the work of knitting quickly and smoothly.

Price: $25 ($22.50)

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Afternoon Sessions

Trash to Treasure: Vases and Flowers

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 9 - 13

Description: This crafting class, combined with informative video and a discussion of plant life, focuses on making vases with crafted flowers. Materials used will include bottles covered with tissue and clear sprayed with painted yucca and tissue blossoms on creosote branches added to the vases.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Open Studio: Drawing

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 14 - 18

Description: Participants will explore art media in an open, unstructured session. Participants are encouraged to share known ideas and techniques and explore new ones. No instructions, but monitor will oversee session and offer advice.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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Armor 103 - Taking Measurements: Making a Crusader Helmet

Time: 1pm - 4pm

Age Range: 12 - 18

Description: Students will learn how to swing a hammer to effectively shape metal to create their own armor! This class focuses on helmet making. Students will measure out and begin their own helmet.

Price: $25 ($22.50 for members)

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