White Bear Center for the Arts' mission is to:
ENRICH LIVES by Celebrating Art
NOURISH IMAGINATION by Inspiring Creativity
BUILD UNDERSTANDING by Connecting People
Coralette Damme
Coralette has built a reputation as a printmaker using the moniker, The Crafty Hag. Through her two decades of printmaking experience, she has carved thousands of rubber stamps and designed hundreds of screens for printing.
She is always happy to guide students through the hands-on printmaking process.
Leslie Granbeck
Leslie is a feltmaker and instructor in Minneapolis. She loves sharing her knowledge of fibers and their magical transformation into felt. She teaches traditional wet felting, nuno felting, and her favorite: three-dimensional seamless felting.
Her classes are full of color, creativity, and adventure. When not teaching, you’ll find Leslie in her home studio working on new fiber projects.
Dallas Rising
Dallas is a yoga and meditation teacher specializing in accessible somatic approaches to mental health and wellbeing.
In addition to teaching in traditional studio settings, she’s also taught in workplaces, schools, nonprofits, community centers, outdoors, and online. She’s been a figure model for over twenty years and loves to use artistic tools to access the benefits of mindfulness.
What Visitors Are Saying:
"WBCA is such a wonderful place to participate in the art scene. You don't have to have any skills, but you are welcomed in and celebrated as an artist. The ability to have all of the resources available as part of the class is invaluable"
“Signing up for classes at WBCA is the best thing I've done for myself in decades. Thank you for providing such a wide range of class formats and a beautiful facility to utilize.”
“I am thrilled WBCA is now a consistent part of my life. Thank you for a great art center that brings creativity into so many lives.”
“It is great to have such a variety of knowledgeable instructors. I especially enjoy classes that show how art can reach so many different areas of our lives. It is always a surprise when I meet the artist within and the discovery me, expressed in multiple mediums.”