
Community Classes & Events
Whether you want to broaden your horizons or find a creative outlet, our non-credit community classes will enrich your routine activities, allow you to meet people, and explore new interests and skills.

Upcoming Classes
- Studio Ceramics
- Beginning Wheel Throwing
- Advanced Ceramics
- Mosaic Art
- Stained Glass
- Winter Solstice in the Garden Celebration
- Mindfulness and Meditation
Registrations are only accepted online at this time. If you have any questions, please call 715-365-4544 or ce@nicoletcollege.edu. Further questions can be directed to Jodi Fox Engleman, Continuing Education Specialist at 715-365-4694 or jfox@nicoletcollege.edu
School of the Arts Event
September 15 - 18, 2022
After a two-year hiatus, the School of the Arts (SOTA) will once again be held in the Northwoods. Building on the 50-year SOTA tradition, ArtStart and Nicolet College are teaming up to bring an exciting array of hands-on art workshops, demonstrations, and special events that coincide with the Project North Festival in downtown Rhinelander.
Craft Your Experience
OPTION 1
Ala carte selection of classes and events.
Thursday afternoon workshop: $50
Thursday evening panel discussion/happy hour: $25
Friday morning workshop: $75
Saturday morning workshop: $75
Sunday brunch event: $35
OPTION 2
SOTA all access pass - Includes all classes and events listed above: $225
($35 savings on all classes)
OPTION 3
SOTA all access pass + Project North Festival 2-day pass: $285
THE FULL EXPERIENCE! Truly enhance your SOTA experience with a festival of eclectic concerts, thought-provoking art and inspired food with a focus on sustainable living and practices in Downtown Rhinelander. projectnorth.org
($50 savings on cost of festival pass and all classes)
SOTA Schedule of Events
Thursday, September 15, 2022
9 am - 1 pm REPLICA MOLDS COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Nicolet College Lakeside Center (Free Event, open to community)
12 - 2 pm SOTA CHECK-IN AND WELCOME RECEPTION
Nicolet College Lakeside Center (all SOTA attendees welcome)
2 - 4 pm Various Workshops at Nicolet College
Saying a Mouthful: Food, Writing & Memory / Mixed Media Print Making/Cuttlebone Carving & Cast Metal / Outside In: Letting Nature Inspire Embodied Creation
5 - 7 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Making Art in a Post-Covid World at Holiday Acres Resort
Friday, September 16, 2022
8:30 - 8:45 am GROUND WITH GROUNDS: Coffee and Centering Practice at Nicolet College
9 am - 12 pm Various Workshops at Nicolet College
Cyanotype 101 / Mindfulness and Goal Setting / Poetry in Brief: Exploring Short Forms / Collaging and Printing with Nature / Embracing Playful Creativity Through Mindful Drawing
3 - 11:30 pm PROJECT NORTH FESTIVAL
Downtown Rhinelander (Project North Festival pass required)
Live Music, Art and EcoVillage in addition to:
7 - 10 pm Collecting Artifacts - A Harvesting of Words & Objects
9:30 - 10 pm Metal Pour Demonstration - Aluminum into Green Sand
Saturday, September 17, 2022
8:30 - 8:45 am GROUND WITH GROUNDS: Coffee and Centering Practice at Nicolet College
9 am - 12 pm Various Workshops at Nicolet College
Cyanotype 102 / Dragons from Daddy Issues: Improvising Your Way from Troubles to Fairy Tales / Kintsugi: Exploring the Art of “Golden Repair” through Clay Pot-Breaking / Poetry as Conversation / Art Journaling / Weaving the Wild - Basketry Fiber Exploration
3 - 11:30 pm PROJECT NORTH FESTIVAL
Downtown Rhinelander (Project North Festival pass required)
Live Music, Art and EcoVillage in addition to:
12 - 6 pm Community Pour
Sunday, September 18, 2022
9 - 11 am SCHOOL OF THE ARTS WRAP-UP BRUNCH at Holiday Acres Resort