Experience Level: Intermediate: Some Prior Memoir Writing Experience Preferred

Mondays January 19-March 2, 6-8:00pm (No Class February 16, 6 sessions total)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating)

Join this six-session workshop to launch a memoir project or get back to writing one you’ve started!

Bring a chapter to share each week for helpful feedback, storytelling tips, and ideas for staying on track and motivated.

Simply bring your favorite note taking tools and your memories! 

Experience Level: Intermediate: Some Prior Memoir Writing Experience Preferred

Tuesdays January 20-February 10, 1-3:30pm (4 sessions total)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating)

Join this four-session workshop to launch a memoir project or get back to writing one you’ve started!

Bring a chapter to share each week for helpful feedback, storytelling tips, and ideas for staying on track and motivated.

Simply bring your favorite note taking tools and your memories! 

Experience Level: Beginner, no prior experience needed

Saturday January 24, 10am-3:30pm (1 session)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating) 

Designed for absolute beginners, this class dives into the wonderful world of watercolors.

Using introductory watercolor techniques, Anita will guide you through the elements of creating a successful painting! 

Materials to create one piece in class are included in the cost of tuition! 

Experience Level: Beginner, no prior experience needed

Saturday January 24, 10am-12:30pm (1 session)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating)

This is the perfect class for your first time exploring the pottery wheel! Get a feel for working with clay as you create a very simple vessel, with the full guidance of your instructor every step of the way!

This sampler class will touch on several topics including centering your clay on the wheel, pulling walls, creating  simple forms, and glazing.

Students will create a small simple cylinder and will underglaze paint their own designs and colors!

All materials included to create up to two pieces

*Please note that work created in this class will need to air dry and then be fired a kiln, a process that may take three to four weeks total.

The Paramount will send an email when work is ready to be collected!

Experience Level: No prior experience required

Monday January 26, 6-9pm (1 session)

Ages 18+

In this course you will take a raw piece of wood and finish it during the class and leave with a charcuterie board or cheese slicer board.

You will sand it with an orbital sander until it is smooth and then, if you wish to add handles, to drill holes to install the handles and finally oil the board.

There will also be cheese slicer boards available to make which include the hardware that you will assemble and finally add feet to the boards.

There will be a selection of wood available to choose from in various sizes, including walnut, maple, oak and cherry.

Materials are included in the cost of tuition, a tool list will be shared closer to the start of class

Experience Level: Intermediate and advanced level throwing techniques discussed in class,prior experience is required. (Must be able to center clay and throw basic cylinders)

Every Other Monday, January 26-May 18, 2026, 6-8:30pm (9 sessions total)

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating)

Students will help create their own pottery adventure as they guide the class curriculum through exploration of variety of intermediate and advanced-level pottery forms; unique throwing techniques, altering forms, and surface decoration.

On the weeks that there is no class, we welcome and encourage students to work independently in the studio to create work.

Participation in cone 10 gas kiln firings is an optional element of this class, for an additional firing fee!

Students must be able to throw basic cylinders.

Materials list for Paramount Ceramics Classes

1.) Basic Pottery Tool Kit, including:

-Needle Tool

-Wire Tool (for cutting & removing pots from the wheel)

-Wooden Kidney Tool

-Trim Tool

*Tool kits may be purchased at the Paramount or local art supply stores

2.) Item(s) for creatign texture

3.) Lock for your locker

4.) Clay: Your first bag of clay is included in the cost of tuition, but depending on the size and number of pieces you create you may need to purchase more. We have a variety to choose from, ranging in price from $15-$35 for a 25 pound bag.

Tuesday, January 27, 6-8pm

Tuition: Free *Though this is a free program, registration is required.

Please call our Box Office at (320) 259-5463 or visit
913 West St. Germain Street
St Cloud, MN 56301
Monday through Saturday 10am-2pm

Ages 18+,  **Please note this is not a supervised activity, Artist’s Care/Support Team are welcome and should remain onsite to assist artist attendees as needed. Attendee artists will need to arrange transportation to and from the Paramount.

The Paramount Center for the Arts and The ARC Minnesota are not responsible for accidents.

This activity is presented in partnership with The Arc Minnesota 

Art Club is a free creative and social activity, helping artists with disabilities and all abilities find success in artistic exploration. Artists will self-select, bring supplies, and work through their own projects, at their own pace, while benefiting from the collective creativity of others in the space. Meet other people who are interested and excited about art!

Feel free to paint, draw, sculpt, fiber arts such as sewing, knitting, crocheting, coloring, jewelry making and more! Please make sure your materials do not require additional ventilation. Artwork created onsite should be family friendly.

Our building is accessible, with door switches and elevators. Parking is available on the North side of the building in the city ramp. CLICK HERE for directions and parking information. 

Please contact us at info@paramountarts.org or call 320.259.5963 for additional information or to request accessibility needs for your visit.

Experience Level: Beginner, no prior experience required

Tuesday January 27, 6-9pm (1 sessions) 

Ages 18+ (Please contact us at dsegerstrom@paramountarts.org if you have a younger student interested in participating) 

Join us for this introductory level class, perfect for beginners, in the exciting fiber technique, new to the Paramount, of Needle Felting! 

We will create a friendly snowman as Donna guides us through the techniques needed to safely needle felt. Though we have this specific project for this class, the methods and techniques learned can easily be applied to projects you create outside of class! 

All materials needed to create one felted snowman (approximately 5" x 3") are included in the cost of tuition. Tools will be available for use in class. 

*Please note that the materials used in class include natural fibers such as wool-