The Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts offers a comprehensive course schedule for artists of every level. Our internationally acclaimed faculty conducts certificate, diploma, and tutored courses in textile art, color studies, machine embroidery, paper and feltmaking, multimedia art, and dozens more. Whether you choose to visit our center in beautiful La Conner, or elect to enroll in our self-paced or mentored courses from your own home, we invite you to explore the resources we have to offer as you pursue your personal artistic goals.
News & Events
While our Center is Temporarily Closed for Classes due to the Corona Virus concerns, all of our courses are now being conducted through online meetings.
Use your at home time to learn to work effectively with color! This online course has been designed to give you access to a new way of looking at color and includes videos, slideshows, and exercises. For more info Click HERE!
New Dates start in May! Meet with Gail for 8 online sessions as you learn to paint fabric, try out hand embroidery stitches, and put it all together in a little handmade book. Great for beginners or those would like a refresher and chance to work on a mentored project with like-minded students. Powerpoint presentations, workbook PDFs and videos will also be included.
Find out more or register online here!
Free Video for Art Journaling!
Our online, self-paced Designing with Circles 1 & 2 courses are in the process of being revised and will be back soon!
Check Out our new Gallery of Graduates of the Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts!
Complex Threads Exhibition Gallery– Incredible artwork by students of the Gail Harker Center shown at the Schack Art Gallery in Everett, WA
Gift Certificates Available in any denomination!
Simply call the office, 360-466-0110 with the particulars. Gift certificates can be delivered via email directly to the recipient, or sent via USMail.
Gail Harker Center for Creative Arts featured on Create Whimsy! Read the Article Here
Color Studies: Level 1 – A short slide presentation in color adds extra information to the Color brochure.
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EDUCATIONAL TEXTILE TOURS
Our 2014 “Glories of British Textiles” brought students to explore numerous museums and meet local stitch experts for in-person study.
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