Artistic Activities

With Boynton Canyon as your inspiration, spend time expressing yourself through an artistic experience at our Artist Cottage. Open your mind, heart, and spirit to the energy of the canyon and the beauty of the high desert landscape. All classes have an option to pair your experience with a glass of our sommelier’s favorite wine.

Classes offered daily, 24-hour advanced reservation required.

Please contact the Artist Cottage at 928.203.8470 or dial 8179 from your guestroom phone.

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pottery throwing wheel

Wheel Thrown Pottery

Feel the clay come to life in your hands as your imagination takes shape on the wheel. Explore essential techniques from centering clay and pulling up walls in this memorable, hands-on experience with expert instruction for all skill levels. All pieces will be carefully dried and fired by our team upon completion. This class is designed for guests ages 16+.

Southwest Pottery Glazing

In this pottery glazing class, you'll explore various glazing techniques learning how to apply different colors and textures. Choose from a variety of hand thrown or molded bowls, plates, mugs and figurines.

Please note the firing process can take
from 16-24 hours to complete.

hand building clay

Creativity in Clay

Discover traditional pottery techniques—pinch pots, coils, and slabs—while shaping soft clay by hand. Along the way, you’ll explore how to personalize your creations by pressing meaningful textures into the surface, such as the intricate patterns of a local plant, a child's hand or even your pet's paw prints.

Please note, your piece will be shipped to you after the firing process is complete.

black dog, pottery class paw prints

Creativity in Clay
Paw Prints

Enjoy our Creativity in Clay class with your dog! Learn traditional pottery techniques as you shape soft clay by hand—then make it truly special by pressing your beloved furry friend’s paw into the clay to create a one-of-a-kind keepsake.

animal paintings

Spirit Animal Painting

Discover your guiding spirit animal through your choice of inspirational oracle card. Learn where they can guide you as you free flow paint their image in a colorful and stylized depiction. In this relaxing and playful class, you will work on an 8x10 wrapped canvas with acrylic paints.

cactus image, woodburning class

Wood Burning

In this hands-on wood burning class, you'll dive into the art of pyrography - the technique of using a heated tool to burn intricate designs onto wood. Let the wood guide your imagination as you create a masterpiece that's as unique as nature itself.

What Our Guests Say

  • "I so enjoyed my watercolor lesson and hope to do once again in the future when we return to Sedona. Thank you so much for making art a seamless and accessible part of my vacation. It was a highlight for me."
    -Amanda J.

Creativity in Mixed Media

Explore the many possibilities of expression through mixed media. Learn techniques to blend different mediums, creating depth, contrast, and visual interest in your work.

Watercolors

Capture the beauty of the canyon through brush strokes. Be inspired by the orange hues as the sun dips below the horizon or the many shades of green of the high desert flora.

Pastels

Explore the magic of creating art with pastels. Your instructor will guide you through various techniques to help you find your individual style, while enjoying the magic of blending and color exploration.

red rock acrylic painting on small wooden easel with paint and brushes next to it

Exploring Acrylics

An ideal class for beginning painters, allow our artist instructors to teach you how to work with this versatile, bright and bold medium. Learn beginner to advanced acrylic painting methods including underpainting, glazing and textural effects.

Couple enjoying the fall weather at Enchantment Resort

Sketching from Nature

Explore the beauty of nature from an artist’s perspective. Meander along Enchantment’s pathways to discover the elements and textures of the high desert. From the towering sandstone red rocks to cacti and juniper bark, connect to nature while building your observation and drawing skills.

painting class to decorate a gourd

Gourd Decorating

Using locally grown gourds, learn how to transform them into stunning works of art using various techniques, such as painting, staining, and embellishing. Discover how a humble gourd can become a canvas for self-expression, storytelling, and cultural exploration.

Beading

Set an intention and select a gemstone that embraces your goals and dreams. Create a beaded bracelet as a vacation keepsake and reminder of your time in the canyon.

Tree of Life

Transform copper wire and crystal and stone chips into a tree of life pendant. Explore detailed wire working skills using jewelry pliers to bend, twist and shape copper wire into intricate designs.

spools of yarn

Prayer Arrow

Creating a Prayer Arrow is a powerful and symbolic way to manifest your personal intentions and desires. In this calming and meditative creative experience, you'll join one of our Artists to craft your own intention arrow using Navajo-churro yarn, indigenous feathers, a crystal, and a willow branch.