Cotuit Center for the Arts – Classes & Workshops

Cotuit Center for the Arts – Classes & Workshops offers Exploring Sketching & Watercolor, Fantastic Furniture Painting, Yoga: Autumn Session, Thursday Intermediate and Advanced Wheel, Friday Night Wheel, Sunday Beginner Wheel Throwing, Word Play! 9/6, Landscape Drawing: Pencil and Ink, Sketch it Out: Drawing Fundamentals for Beginners, Art of the Portrait, and Watercolor Foundations: Loosen Up! The offerings include sketching and watercolor basics, furniture painting, wheel-throwing classes, an acting workshop, landscape drawing, beginner drawing, portrait drawing, and watercolor work.

Programs

• Exploring Sketching & Watercolor — Join this relaxing evening class to explore watercolor and sketching basics. Perfect for beginners; bring a sketchbook and watercolor paper.
• Fantastic Furniture Painting — Transform old, unwanted, or unused pieces of furniture into works of art. Taught by artist Nancy Frary.
• Yoga: Autumn Session
• Thursday Intermediate and Advanced Wheel — Expand wheel-throwing skills with advanced techniques, new forms, and creative glazing. Includes demonstrations and individual instruction.
• Friday Night Wheel — Introductory wheel-throwing class with basic skills, wedging, trimming, and glazing. No experience needed.
• Sunday Beginner Wheel Throwing — Introductory wheel-throwing class to learn clay techniques and glazing. No experience needed.
• Word Play! 9/6 — Sep 6, 6:00pm–8:30pm · A monthly acting workshop in the Art Studio.
• Landscape Drawing: Pencil and Ink — Create compelling landscapes in graphite and ink by mastering composition, perspective, value, and expressive linework through guided projects in natural, urban, and coastal scenes.
• Sketch it Out: Drawing Fundamentals for Beginners — A relaxed, beginner-friendly intro to drawing for adults in a supportive space.
• Art of the Portrait — Learn to draw expressive, lifelike portraits while mastering head structure, facial features, and the play of light and shadow.
• Watercolor Foundations: Loosen Up!

At a glance

• Facility hours: Wed–Fri: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM; Sat: 12:00 PM–4:00 PM; Sun–Tues: Closed; Summer Box Office Hours (Memorial Day–Labor Day): Wed–Fri: 10:00 AM–4:00 PM; Sat–Sun: 12:00 PM–4:00 PM; Mon & Tues: Closed

About the provider

Cotuit Center for the Arts was founded in 1993 and incorporated as a non-profit charitable organization in 1995. Its mission is: “Educate, Entertain, Illuminate, Inspire, Include. The arts are essential.” It is described as an award-winning organization that serves disabled teens and adults and incarcerated youth through outreach programs.

Cotuit Center for the Arts is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in education and employment. It does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, employment policies, scholarship and loan programs, and other Institute administered programs and activities.

Last updated September 1, 2026.