Event List

Craft a timeless centerpiece to brighten your home.

This program requires finger dexterity to thread a needle, sew, and twist wire.

Have a project that you want to think through? Want to know about all the things that the Arts Council has on the horizon? Meet with Program Director, Rebekah Moore, during in-person office hours. 

Craft a timeless centerpiece to brighten your home.

This program requires finger dexterity to thread a needle, sew, and twist wire.

Use one of the Collaboratory’s sewing machines to make a fabric carrier for transporting pies to your upcoming events. No prior sewing experience required. 

Use one of the Collaboratory’s sewing machines to make a fabric carrier for transporting pies to your upcoming events. No prior sewing experience required. 

Grades 6-12 | Registration required

Create an analog mood board using single-color (monochrome) painting techniques. No painting experience required.

Get started designing your own laser cutter projects using CorelDRAW software. Participants will make a basic wood project. Prior computer experience is recommended.

This class will go over how to use Silhouette Studio, the software used to create custom designs for the Silhouette vinyl cutting machines.

Do you need dedicated one-on-one help with a graphics project? Our talented volunteer, Kate, will help you use Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, or Photoshop to turn your vision into reality.

Join us at one of our fun, festive, eco-friendly wrapping parties this holiday season! You are invited to drop by the Collaboratory on Monday nights between 6:30-8:30 pm to wrap gifts in the company of your fellow crafters.

Do you like to sew? Join people who enjoy quilting and sewing at a casual “drop in” program anytime from 6:00 to 8:30pm in the Collaboratory the first Tuesday evening of each month. Bring your unfinished projects, either hand sewing or machine.

Create a realistic life-sized polymer clay poinsettia flower just in time for your holiday giving or entertaining. Each participant will create one flower.

Learn paper quilling, the art of rolling and shaping thin strips of paper into different 3D designs, to create a holiday card.

Learn paper quilling, the art of rolling and shaping thin strips of paper into different 3D designs, to create a holiday card.

Gather with fellow fiber arts enthusiasts on the first Thursday of the month! Whether you knit, crochet, embroider, cross-stitch, macrame, or create any other type of textile art, there's a place for you here.

The Wallingford Public Library is delighted to support local graduates of our Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship workshops and local published adult and children's book authors.

The Wallingford Public Library is delighted to support local graduates of our Etsy Craft Entrepreneurship workshops and local published adult and children's book authors.

Create a mosaic using buttons. Trace a shape of your choosing and sew buttons onto your “canvas” for this personalized creation!

Ever wonder exactly what is in the Collaboratory (or what the Collaboratory even is)? Come to this class and learn about each and every thing in there!

Create your very own Krampus from clay! Krampus is a European legend, a mythical creature that appears around the holidays. 

Join us at one of our fun, festive, eco-friendly wrapping parties this holiday season! You are invited to drop by the Collaboratory on Monday nights between 6:30-8:30 pm to wrap gifts in the company of your fellow crafters.