Want to make your own jewelry? Try glass blowing, painting or other creative arts? Or soft adventure is your thing like sky diving in Miami or learning the flying trapeze? Here are more classes you may want to try in this, Part 2. In case you missed part 1, click here.
By Yours Truly and Jan Engoren
Painting With a Twist – www.paintingwithatwist.com
Looking for a night out with the girls or guys or for a date night? BYOB – red, white or rose and come to socialize, connect with friends over a glass, have some snacks and oh, by the way – learn to paint! Started by two friends in 2007 after Hurricane Katrina as a way to build community, these events are more about the “experience” than a traditional art class. In addition, do good while having fun with their Painting with a Purpose program. Each month, their studios host a painting event to raise funds for a local or regional non-profit organization.
Two-hour classes are offered for $39 and three-hour classes for $48. Custom painting for $58. Family day classes are hosted Saturday and Sunday for $28 per person.
Painting with a Twist has multiple locations. Visit them in Coral Gables at 1566 SW 22nd Street, Miami, Florida 33145, in Miami Beach at 932 71st Street, Miami Beach, Florida 33141, in Kendall at 12582 SW 88th Street, Miami, Florida 33186 and in Miami Lakes at 15100 NW 67th Avenue, #111, Miami Lakes, Florida 33014. Tel: (786) 310-5827.
Skydiving in Miami – miamiskydivingcenter.com
If former president George Bush could jump out of a plane on his 90th birthday, you can do it, too! At the Miami Skydiving Center, you can witness the beauty of Miami’s cityscape from a bird’s eye view as you drift gently back to earth with your open parachute.
Sign up for their Accelerated Freefall Program (AFP) to prepare you for your first solo dive. Classes, which typically take 2-4 hours to complete, hold 4-8 people and include up to 30 minutes of pre-flight instruction. Instructors help you gear up and board the plane and once you are two miles up, doors open! If you can, smile for a video. Once you’ve gotten the hang of it and are ready for more advanced options, try belly flying, free flying (vertical flying), sky boarding and even donning a birdman suit.
Jumps take place at one of two locations: The Miami Homestead General Aviation Airport or the Miami Executive Airport. You will be notified within 24 hours of your jump time to let you know which location to go to. Prices range from $249 cash/person for a tandem jump. Photos and videos available for an additional $89-99.
For more information in sky diving in Miami visit: www.miamiskydivingcenter.com. They are located at the American Flying Academy, 14300 SW 129th Street, Ste. 201, Miami, Florida, 33186.
Tel: (305) 235-3483.
Hollywood Hot Glass – https://www.hollywoodhotglass.com/
Hot, Hot, Hot! Hollywood Hot Glass brings the experience of glass-blowing to South Florida in a hands-on way. With the help of a skilled instructor you shape and inflate your original glass piece in just 20 minutes. Create a colorful glass flower, a glass heart, an ornament, a bubble bowl or a vase to hold that glass flower. The studio has made it accessible for guests to create their own original glass piece, and aims to make it an unforgettable event – no experience necessary. Work with professional glass artists in a fully interactive, hands-on, safe and exciting atmosphere. Prices range from $50 to create a colorful glass paperweight to $150 to create your own ruffle bowl.
Hollywood Hot Glass is located at One Young Circle, Hollywood, Florida 33020. Tel: (954) 732-7231.
Michael’s – www.michaels.com
Offering on-line classes and events, Michael’s offers creative opportunities for crafting, painting or jewelry making and beading. From metal stamping and resin to beading and more, learn the latest in jewelry-making techniques. Free on-line courses are available or for a small fee, enroll in a small class with in-depth instruction. In June, sign up for Sara Lovecraft’s free on-line demo “Gemstone Star Earring” workshop and create your own gemstone earring design. Many locations are offering in-store classes. Visit www.michaels.com.
Jewelry Creations Workshop – jewelrycreationsworkshop.com
“Bringing ideas to life through jewelry creation,” is the motto of Jewelry Creations Workshop, where classes range from “just for fun,” to beginner and advanced. For them, making jewelry is more than learning good craftsmanship, it’s about telling stories, expressing yourself, and collaborating with a community of other creative, like-minded individuals. When you become a part of the studio, they say, you become part of their community. Their studio is fully equipped with everything you need, from tools and reference guides to lockers, wifi, music and the occasional visiting pooch for unconditional love. Additional classes are offered in soldering, stone setting, forging and metalworking, silversmithing, wire working and beading. Learn to work in copper, sterling silver and brass. Techniques used for gold will be explained upon request.
The Jewelry Creations Workshop is located at 1400 Northeast 131st Street, North Miami, Florida, 33161. Tel: (305) 610.6560.
The Flying Trapeze School
Ever dream of a career with Cirque du Soleil? Like the flying Wallendas, you, too can soar through the air on a flying trapeze. Miami’s own The Flying Trapeze School offers classes in Flying Trapeze and Circus Instructions from beginners to advanced for all ages and abilities. Sign up for their Aerial Skills and Trapeze Solo instruction and learn the essentials of the Flying Trapeze. After mastering the initial tricks, you will feel the thrill of being caught by their catcher. Each Flyer receives individual attention tailored to their own abilities. For those curious, but hesitant, sign up for their “Try’n”Fly,” to give you the chance to see if “flying” is right for you. Come with friends or family – small group classes available. All classes are by reservation only.
The Flying Trapeze School is located at1075 NE Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida 33132.
Visit them on Facebook: (20+) The Flying Trapeze School | Facebook. Tel: (786) 239-8775.
