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Art & art classes in Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Winter Solstice Market at Ypsi Freighthouse today (Dec 14) 'til 5pm! 30-odd vendors to help with all your Solstice (and other holiday) gift shopping! Live music, too!
December 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Art 101 @ Ypsi Art Supply!
Sat 10am-noon
Jan 17, Jan 24, Feb 21, Feb 28

Do one day or more!
$30-$35 per day
Art classes = great gifts!

Explore art w/ these standalone projects! See link for schedule. Supply kits avail for purchase @ YAS.

Sign-up by Weds before:
rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes/
November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Come visit me at Riverside Arts Center! Sat, Nov 22 'til 6pm and Sun, Nov 23 11am - 4pm. So much art, craft, shopping! Holiday Art Fair!
November 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Art 101 Online

Wanna take an art class, but can’t commit? Join on Zoom for standalone Art 101 projects!

$20-$25 (sliding scale) per date. Register by 11:59pm the day before: Lena@rhizomeartstudio.com

Nov 3: Cut Paper Collage
Nov 10: Contour Line Drawing

rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes/
November 1, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Treat yourself for Halloween - with drawing class in Nov!

Drawing Basics - Instructor: Lena Ellis-Boatman, M.F.A.
Nov 2-23, Sun 10am-12:30pm

Draw realistically from observation, starting w/ still-life & fun exercises.
At RAC in downtown Ypsi.

rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes/

$30 off: NOVART
October 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Drawing Basics
with Lena Ellis-Boatman, MFA
Nov 2-23, Sun 10am-12:30pm
Focus on drawing realistically from observation, starting w/ still-life & fun exercises. Line drawing, proportion, perspective & shading. 
At RAC in Ypsi.

rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes/

$30 off: NOVART
Scholarship? Ask.
October 28, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Come draw/paint our friend tonight, 10/27, at the Neurodiverse Artmaking Drop-In! Plus other Halloween-themed art projects. 6-8pm at Riverside Arts Center. Costumes welcome! Find all the details here: www.riversidearts.org/neurodiverse...
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Delighted to have found a local (Ypsilanti) credit union ATM that will take cash made at summer art booths and put said cash into my credit union (East Lansing) business account!
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September 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Art classes! Local folks - looking for something fun, creative, and a little bit social? Starting in Oct & Nov! Sign up by Sept 15 for Oct classes! rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes/

*all images are of past student work / student work-in-progress / students working in class
September 9, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Grow yourself some new art skills! LAST DAY to sign up for Sept classes: THIS FRIDAY, Aug 22. Classes run 4 wks. Art 101 Sampler (Sun AM) and Relief Print (Weds evening). At RAC in Ypsi. I'd love to see you there! www.rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes
Flyer among squash plants: Rhizome Studio. Lena B. Ellis-Boatman, artist & educator. Art classes for a range of ages and experience levels. Drawing, painting, printmaking, fibers, and more! Rhizomeartstudio.com, lena@rhizomeartstudio.com, IG: @rhizome.artstudio, FB: fb.com/rhizome.studio, bsky: rhizome-art-studio Flyer among squash plants: Art Classes with Rhizome Studio. Fall 2025 Schedule. Learn new things. Express yourself. Meet new people. Make art! Sound good? @Whitepine Studios in Saline and @Riverside Arts Center in Ypsi
August 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Art Classes! 4 wks each, starting Sept, Oct & Nov. Sept classes: Art 101 Sampler (Sun AM), Relief Print (Weds), Intaglio Print (Thurs)... sign-up deadline THIS FRIDAY, Aug 22! Ypsi & Saline. I'd love to see you there! www.rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes
Flyer against a green plant: Art Classes with Rhizome Studio. Fall 2025 Schedule. Learn new things. Express yourself. Meet new people. Make art! Sound good? @Whitepine Studios in Saline and @Riverside Arts Center in Ypsi Flyer against a green plant: Rhizome Studio. Lena B. Ellis-Boatman, artist & educator. Art classes for a range of ages and experience levels. Drawing, painting, printmaking, fibers, and more! Rhizomeartstudio.com, lena@rhizomeartstudio.com, IG: @rhizome.artstudio, FB: fb.com/rhizome.studio, bsky: rhizome-art-studio Rhizome Studio flyers on a rainbow flag
August 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Come make a print to take home! Stop by my booth Sat, Aug 9 all day til 5pm at Saline Summerfest on Hall St in Downtown Saline! Art for sale, info on Fall classes, and make 'n' take linocut printmaking while supplies last!

Thanks to Whitepine Studios for organizing this opportunity for us artists!
August 9, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Join us TODAY (March 24) for the Neurodiverse Artmaking Drop-In! 6-8pm at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsi. This month's featured project is fiber collage. Sliding-scale donation (no one turned away).

Find all the Drop-In details here: www.riversidearts.org/neurodiverse...
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March 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The basket visits Vertex in Ypsi! Get your very own Art Class flyer from the community board when you stop in for coffee. Sign up now for Spring! Art 101 = try four types of art + quality time with your besties, parent, crush, sib, meta, partner, teen kid... rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes
March 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The basket goes to Ypsi Art Supply! Get your very own Art Class flyer when you stop in for supplies and stickers. You know you wanna. Sign up now for Spring! Art 101 = laid-back projects + quality time with your besties, parent, crush, sib, meta, partner, teen kid... rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes
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March 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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The basket goes to the park! Art classes starting March 30 and April 3. Been thinking about it? Sign up now! rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes

Happy Equinox!
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March 22, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Join us this Mon, March 24 for the Neurodiverse Artmaking Drop-In! 6-8pm at Riverside Arts Center in Ypsi. This month's featured project is fiber collage. Sliding-scale donation (no one turned away).

Find all the Drop-In details here: www.riversidearts.org/neurodiverse...
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March 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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The basket tags along to WCC campus (where I teach a Weds night class). But Rhizome Studio's Spring classes start March 30 and April 3, so sign up now! Rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes : Intro to Drawing and Art 101 Sampler. Too traditional for you? How about a zine workshop?
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March 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Visit bit.ly/ProtectLibraryFunding to tell Congress to overturn the President’s harmful order to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency tdedicated to funding library services. Eliminating IMLS would harm ALL the Americans who rely on library services.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Mid-March Mashup! The Rhizome Studio email newsletter just went out. Updates, class info, and the occasional essay. If you want to receive the next newsletter, email me to opt in: lena@rhizomeartstudio.com!
Screenshot from newsletter: Classes start March 30 & April 3! Mention GREEN for a $20 discount. Screenshot from newsletter: Neurodiverse Artmaking Drop-In at Riverside Arts Center this Mon, March 24, 6-8pm. Fiber collages. Screenshot from newsletter: Sign up now for Rhizome Studio Spring art classes! Partial image of student's relief print, B&W, with text reading: Community Means... Screenshot from newsletter: partial photo of colorful collage components; email me at lena@rhizomeartstudio.com if you missed last month's essay, What Are We Resisting?
March 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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The basket gets ice cream! Spring classes start soon... Art 101 Sampler (try 4 types of art starting on Sun, Mar 30), Intro to Drawing (starts April 3), and the Relief Printing Drop-In on Sat, April 12! Go to rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes for details and to sign up.
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March 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Happy St. Patrick's / Irish-American Heritage Day from Rhizome Studio! Spring classes start soon... Mention GREEN for a $20 discount on any Rhizome Studio course! Bonus: Correctly identify the location of these photos for an additional $5 off your course sign-up.
March 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Working on the next flyer for Spring classes! 🌱✏🖍 Intro to Drawing: 6-8pm on Thursdays starting April 3. Art 101 Sampler: 1-3pm on Sundays starting March 30. Relief Printing Drop-In: Sat, April 12, 1-4pm! Where else should I distribute flyers? Details & sign-up: rhizomeartstudio.com/new-classes
Photo of workspace where I'm doing old-school cutting and pasting to create a flyer. Photo of a bunch of my booklet flyers all stacked artfully on top of each other.
March 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM