Discover how to transform fine crepe paper into lush, full peonies. We'll be working with extra-fine German crepe paper that stretches up to 130%, making it incredibly easy to shape and manipulate. You'll learn to stretch, curl, twist, and layer the paper to create realistic petals with natural-looking texture and depth.

Whether you're making a thoughtful gift or creating everlasting blooms for your own space, you'll leave with beautiful handcrafted flowers and the skills to keep making more. No experience necessary—just bring your patience for the details and enjoy the process!

Join us for our monthly produce (FREE) swap where neighbors share the bounty from their gardens and rebuild connections to local food systems.

Bring whatever's thriving in your garden—fragrant herbs, backyard citrus, that inevitable zucchini surplus, flowers or homegrown veggies—and take home something fresh in return. This is more than just swapping produce; it's about strengthening our community's food resilience and creating alternatives to corporate agriculture.

We'll have seed swaps, growing tips, and knowledge exchanges happening organically throughout the gathering. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just getting started, there's always something to learn and share.

Laced Leather Eyeglass Case

Just in time for summer sunnies! Learn three classic leather lacing techniques—whip stitch, buckstitch, and single cordovan—then choose your favorite to create a sleek, handmade eyeglass case. Select from various leather colors and lacing options to customize your case. Perfect for beginners or those wanting to add new skills to their leatherwork repertoire. All materials provided.

Your stage. Your voice. Your community. May’s Sound Sessions opens the floor to local performers, poets, singers, storytellers, and anyone with something to share. This is your chance to try out new material, share your art, or finally do that thing you’ve been thinking about doing.

Sign up for a 5-7 minute slot when you arrive. Bring your acoustic guitar, your poetry notebook, comedy set or spoken word- whatever form your creativity takes. Performing or just here to support? Either way, you’re part of creating something special!

Light snacks provided. $20\person OR $60 for 4 people (Members save 20%)

Ever been curious about wood burning? Join Vallejo's own Liberty Pierson for an introduction to pyrography—the art of drawing and designing on wood using heat.

In this 3-hour beginner-level workshop, you'll learn the fundamentals of the Walnut Hollow wood burning tool and complete two projects to take home: a 3-inch wooden trinket and a raw edge wood plaque. All materials provided. No experience necessary, just bring your curiosity and creativity!

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.

Intimidated by drawing faces? We get it. Eyes are tricky, proportions feel impossible, and somehow noses never look quite right.

Fine artist Becca Schillinger is here to change all that with her approachable method for creating stunning colored pencil portraits of your pet or favorite person. NO previous art experience required—just bring your enthusiasm and a willingness to learn something new!

Becca's step-by-step approach demystifies portrait drawing. Becca will show you photo transfer techniques, shading methods that add real depth, and how to tackle challenging features with confidence. She'll also guide you through adding vibrant colors that bring your portraits to life.

What to Bring: A printed photo of your person or pet as your reference. Images must be clearly in focus, and have a good amount of contrast between light and dark areas. Bringing in multiple images and options is highly recommended. Portraits will range in size based on your reference photo, but please make sure the image is not bigger than your 9x11in paper.

Discover the mesmerizing art of water marbling and create stunning, one-of-a-kind leather pieces! In this workshop, you'll learn the art of floating acrylic paints on water to create swirling, intricate patterns, then transfer these beautiful designs onto leather.

In class you’ll create 3 marbling baths for one-of-a-kind coasters, a small card wallet and several keychains.

No prior experience necessary—just bring your creativity and prepare to be amazed by what you can create! All materials provided.

Presented by Kaleidoscope School

Skip the book club small talk. These aren’t your average reading group meetings - they’re part seminar, part salon, part theatrical experience, and entirely engaging.

Each month, we're hosting a two-hour deep dive into literature that matters. Facilitated by John and Christine Walker of Kaleidoscope, the evening will start off with a dramatic reading, followed by historical context, close reading, and the kind of wide-ranging conversation that goes places you don't expect - from aesthetics to politics to questions you didn't know you had about the human condition.

The series will kick off with THE HORROR STORY (The Revenge of Nature) starting with a reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart" - an archetypal tale that helped define the modern horror tradition. From there, we’ll trace horror’s evolution: from Enlightenment cautionary tales designed to regulate the imagination, to 20th-century Cosmic Horror and its contemporary transformation into forms like Afrofuturism.

Questions we’ll explore: Why has horror so powerfully gripped the modern imagination? Is it therapeutic - a way of staging trauma? Are our monsters (vampires, zombies, witches, robots) manifestations of repressed social anxieties?

Bring a little green into your space with handcrafted air plant hangers that are equal parts functional and beautiful.

In this workshop, you'll learn decorative knotting techniques with leather cord around brass rings, creating geometric hanging planters perfect for air plants. The combination of warm leather, gleaming brass, and living greenery makes for a stunning pieces to display—whether it's catching light in a window or adding life to a blank wall.

We'll walk you through everything step by step, so no previous leatherwork or macramé experience needed. You'll leave with several finished hangers (plus an air plant for each one) and the skills to keep making more at home.

Perfect for plant lovers, craft enthusiasts, or anyone looking to add handmade charm to their space. All materials and tools included—just bring your creativity.

Join us for our monthly produce (FREE) swap where neighbors share the bounty from their gardens and rebuild connections to local food systems.

Bring whatever's thriving in your garden—fragrant herbs, backyard citrus, that inevitable zucchini surplus, flowers or homegrown veggies—and take home something fresh in return. This is more than just swapping produce; it's about strengthening our community's food resilience and creating alternatives to corporate agriculture.

We'll have seed swaps, growing tips, and knowledge exchanges happening organically throughout the gathering. Whether you're an experienced gardener or just getting started, there's always something to learn and share.

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.

Step back into the golden age of holiday crafting and create your own enchanting Easter egg diorama! This delightfully nostalgic workshop brings back the kitsch of yesteryear.

You'll start with a paper mache egg base and transform it into a whimsical miniature scene. We'll provide all the supplies you need—paints, trims, tiny Easter miniatures, and all the decorative goodies to bring your vision to life. Whether you're creating a cheerful spring scene or a tiny Easter wonderland, the possibilities are endless!

Have you mastered broomcorn? Ready for a new adventure? Let’s dive into tampico fiber brooms and brushes—where traditional craft meets refined elegance.

In this workshop, you’ll explore the unique properties of tampico fiber, a softer, more delicate material perfect for creating beautiful brushes and smaller brooms. Unlike the sturdy broomcorn you may already know, tampico offers a gentler touch, ideal for dusting delicate surfaces, cleaning keyboards, or creating decorative brushes that are as useful as they are beautiful.

Ready to brew your own delicious kombucha at home? Join us for this FREE workshop in partnership with Cultivate Community Food Co-Op and renowned Kombucha maker Ian Griffin, where Ian will guide you through everything you need to know to become a confident kombucha maker!

You'll learn the complete brewing process from start to finish, beginning with F1 (First Fermentation) where you'll learn how to brew and sweeten the tea, then Ian will demonstrate F2 (Second Fermentation) which covers bottling and flavoring techniques. Learn the advantages and limitations of both Batch and Continuous Brew methods so you can choose what works best for you. The session will also include tips for setting up a "SCOBY Hotel"* to keep your brewing going strong.

Attendees who are ready to dive in can leave with a SCOBY and starter liquid to begin their kombucha journey at home. Simply pre-order at registration (no charge) if you'd like to take one home, or Ian can supply you later when you're ready.

*A SCOBY Hotel is a glass jar where kombucha brewers store SCOBYs (Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast) and starter liquid as a backup source for new brews.

Bio:

Ian Griffin is the publisher of Booch News, where he has published over 400 articles about kombucha, and the editor of SYMBIOSIS Magazine, the Official Journal of Kombucha Brewers International. Over the past six years he has met with and interviewed dozens of commercial kombucha producers in Europe and the States. He has been an avid home brewer since 2010 and has taught classes on home brewing in San Francisco, Berkeley, and at his home in Vallejo.

Join us for a leather crafting workshop where you'll design and personalize your own valet tray. We'll provide you with a pre-formed 4" x 7" rectangular leather tray that's ready for your creative touch.

You'll learn how to use alphabet and decorative stamps to add your initials/words or eye-catching patterns to your tray. Once you've got your design down, we'll show you how to apply leather dyes to bring your piece to life with color. Whether you're going for classic and understated or bold and vibrant, you'll walk away with a one-of-a-kind tray that's perfect for corralling your everyday essentials like keys, jewelry, or pocket change.

No experience needed- this two-hour workshop includes all materials and tools, so just bring yourself and your creativity. By the end of class, you'll have a finished, functional piece of leatherwork to take home and show off!

Where activism meets intention, and change begins with honoring your own power. This monthly gathering, lead by Join Britt Sandkulla-Sinclair of Golden Thread Alchemy, explores the connection between personal practice and collective action, creating space for those who believe the two are inherently linked.

Revolutionary Witchcraft at TX: Where magic is just change with intention.

Turn those holes and tears into beautiful features that add personality and extend the life of your favorite pieces!

This workshop is all about celebrating imperfection and reducing textile waste while giving your wardrobe a fresh, personalized look. We’ll show you various techniques for repair using sashiko patterns , simple embroidery stitches and creative patching methods. We'll provide all the supplies including fabric swatches, various threads and floss, plus needles - you just bring 1-2 garments that need some love!

Perfect for anyone wanting to be more sustainable, save money, and add some handmade charm to their clothes. No sewing experience necessary - just bring your damaged garments and we'll help you fall in love with them all over again!

Join our monthly gathering of visual remixers, where we transform forgotten fragments into fresh narratives.

Whether you're a seasoned collage artist or just love the satisfaction of a good scissors session, there's space at our table for your vision.

No experience needed - just bring your imagination and join us as we turn chaos into composition.