Making Creative Connections
Join us for an adult play-day, a free community event for individuals 16 years and older. All classes are free, and supplies will be provided. A great girls-day-out or family event. Registration is free. Because classes are limited in size, please only register if you intend to attend. All classes are at NWPassage Gallery, 7417 N. Bass Lake Road, Danbury, WI.
Mindful Doodling
by Laurel McMullen
Our thoughts and feelings can be expressed through lines and shapes on paper. By engaging in this process, you can tap into your subconscious mind, release tension, and experience a sense of calm and well-being.
Class limit: 10
All supplies are provided.
Coordinator: Laurel McMullen
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 10 am -11 am
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class limit: 10
Meditation Session
by Rosemary Hultman
Rosemary will be leading an introduction to breathwork and meditation. She is a Senior International faculty with the Art of Living Foundation with over 30 years’ experience teaching adults, children and veterans. Join her for a guided mediation and learn a breathing practice to increase life force energy.
Class limit: 20
All supplies are provided.
Coordinator: Rosemary Hultman
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 11 am - noon
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class limit: 20
Contour Line Drawing
by Cynthia Starkweather-Nelson
Mindful contour line drawing can be an effective technique for reducing anxiety by promoting focus, present moment awareness, and a sense of calm. By concentrating on the continuous line and the visual details of the subject, the mind is shifted away from anxious thoughts and towards the sensory experience of drawing.
Cynthia is a fine artist working in acrylics, water color, and other mediums with a focus on lakes and prairies in northern Wisconsin. Reflections, light, and shadows are key elements in her art.
Class limit: 10
All supplies are provided.
Coordinator: Cynthia Starkweather-Nelson
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: Noon -1:00 pm
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class Limit: 10
Tongue Drum
by Merilee Thorstad
Learn about the steel tongue drum, how it is used for relaxation and soul. Merilee Thorstad finds a creative connection in making music, and encourages others to explore the benefits that making one's own music brings to mind, body, and soul relaxation, and have the opportunity to try playing one!
Class limit: 10
Coordinator: Merilee Thorstad
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 1 pm -1:30 pm
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class Limit: 10
Art Journal
by Deb Norling
Take your first steps into bookbinding. We will be creating a journal you can use to write, sketch, paint….whatever makes your heart sing. You will be decorating the inside and outside cover with watercolors, markers and colored pencils, then folding and stitching the pages into the cover. Come prepared to create and have fun.
Deb creates art with fibers, textiles, and threads to create a variety of works inspired by life around her. Class Limit: 10
All supplies are provided.
Coordinator: Deb Norling
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 1 pm -2:30 pm
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class Limit: 10
Playing with paint
by Carol Johnson
Join Carol as she guides you through feeding your soul by going back to kindergarten and playing with color, and texture and exploring the senses of sight, sound, touch.
Carol is a watercolor, acrylic, and mixed-media artist. Her works are often abstract with a touch of the unexpected.
Class Limit: 10
All supplies are provided.
Coordinator: Carol Johnson
Date: Saturday, August 16, 2025
Time: 2:30 pm -4:00 pm
Free.
Ages 16 and older
Class Limit: 10
