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Learn some interesting facts about insects that lack color or stark black & white! Students get their own Black Mother of Pearl butterfly and White Scarab beetle and all materials needed to spread their own specimens in the future.
Saturday 28th :: 6:30pm
*only 4 seats available
Make Your Own Luck: Superstitions and Charms Class
Friday, September 13th :: 6:30-8:30pm
*Class Size: 13 max
Superstitions are found in every aspect of life in every culture. Even animals have been known to develop ritualistic behaviors in hopes of creating favorable circumstances for themselves. On Friday the 13th we will look at the origins of some of our more familiar superstitions and make our own charm bags. Learn to make superstition an empowering tool that helps you tune into your history and the natural world.
(Class Materials Included: copy of “A Dictionary of Superstitions” and charm bag supplies.)
Learn the basics of entomology with spreading two beautiful butterflies; learn the art of preserving, pinning, and collection specimens
*only 6 seats available - sign up soon!
Sat, June 1st, 2019
*deposit to secure seat / remainder due at class
Class Starts: 6:00 p.m.
Oracle Studio - 115 W 18th Street, KCMO 64108
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Sat, June 1st & June 2nd, 2019
*deposit to secure seat / remainder due at class
Day 1: 12-4 p.m. | Day 2: 1-5 p.m.
Oracle Studio - 115 W 18th Street, KCMO 64108
*** RESCHEDULED TO BE DETERMINED ***
Dakotah Rose is back at Oracle for yet another taxidermy filled weekend, bringing back her starling & snake taxidermy classes along with our first time ever; Taxidermy & Cocktails! For those who want to learn more about and watch the taxidermy process, along with insight into a life as a taxidermist... join us Friday evening for a drink and watching Dakotah taxidermy a FALCON! We will chat about the skinning, prepping, mounting of birds as well as discuss legalities of birds in the U.S. and migratory bird act.
Only 25 seats available, so reserve your spot now - click here!
Friday, May 31st, 2019
Open Doors: 6 p.m. | Program: 6:30 p.m. | Q&A: 9 p.m.
3rd Floor - 115 W 18th Street, KCMO 64108
Join Teri Quinn in her Wet Specimen Diorama class! Get to put together your own wet specimen potion with a little lizard and other goodies!
Thursday May 23rd :: 6-7pm
Another Scarab & Beetle Class! Sign up fast before they are all gone - great for intermediate students and collectors!
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Spring Cleaning Bundle Class
- Come build your own bundle for the intentions of your home (for the new season) and learn the basics of crystals, cleansing salts, and smoke.
Join us for this workshop taught by Witch of the Midwest! During the two hour session we will cover the basic astrology of this retrograde and how to navigate Mercury Retrograde with strength and grace along with meditation, journaling, free drawing and group discussion. The goal of this workshop is to help refocus your efforts to your soul’s purpose and how to move through any situation with mindfulness and optimism. Participants are encouraged to bring their time of birth to receive a natal chart reading. Each student will be given a zine covering the material discussed and tools for after the class is over.
Weekend -long Taxidermy Workshops
with Mickey Alice Kwapis!
Mickey is a certified taxidermist from Chicago traveling to Oracle to teach a weekend full of different taxidermy classes - so many to choose from! click the links to sign up & learn more:
11am - 4pm :: Anthropomorphic Taxidermy Class
11am - Noon :: Wet Specimen Class
1pm - 5pm :: Rabbit/Jackalope Taxidermy Class
Limited spots available! Learn how to spread and frame your very own death head moth! Click the link below for more info:
Our second edition of Bug Club Class is spreading your own spider! More info to come - stay tuned
Looking for something fun, unique, and macabre to do with your Valentine? Click the link to find out more about our Hearts in a Jar workshop!
Entry level Entomology Class
- Learn the basics of beetle preservation - Students will leave with a beetle that they have posed. More information will be posted on the class registration below:
{ Fri 28th }
-- Entomology Class - Mimics & Disguises
6:30-8:30pm
-- Come investigating three very interesting natural camouflages that occur in butterflies and insects! Students will learn how to spread two very special butterflies, owl butterflies and blue morpho, and a leaf bug - Sign up here
{ Thurs 13th }
-- Cartomancy Class 6-8pm
-- Laura's introductory class on the art of reading cards will include a complimentary pack of playing cards and a sharpie to create your own study deck as well as a copy of The Suicide King's Quick Guide to Cartomancy booklet. Reading cards is a great way to bring a sense of playfulness to your practice!
-- Click here to sign up!
In this two-hour session you will be introduced to a variety of aromatic tree resins. Jill will demonstrate several ways to incorporate them into your sensory rituals and personal care, including tinctures, infused water, loose incense methods, smoke enfleurage, and a healing salve that we will make together and everyone will take home.
Feel free to stay after the session to purchase aromatic resins that will be available at the new FSWxOracle resin bar. Jill will also stay to answer questions.
*There are a limited number of seats available. Cancellations/refunds not available except in the case of inclement weather.
Starling Class
Nov 30th :: 5pm - 9pm
-learn how to skin, flesh, repair, and groom feathers
Snake Taxidermy Class
Dec 1 & 2 :: 9am - 2pm
-learn how to skin, cast, tan & paint eyes.
Starling Class
Dec 1st :: 3pm - 7pm
-learn how to skin, flesh, repair, and groom feathers
Sat-Sun 27th-28th }
-- Halloween Bash 12-9pm
-- Sunday 12-5pm
-- Join us for an exciting fun filled weekend with dark arts, music, and spooky stories... We have Curioscape Designs coming in from Denver, some demos by our house artists, spooky art by Sweet Destructor and Cassie Allen, spooky stories by Aaron Hollingsworth, and more to come!
-- Let us know you are coming
*Join us Sunday 12-5pm for a costume contest for a chance to win 20% off coupon!
work by Sweet Destructor
work by Cassie Allen
{ Thurs 25th }
-- Entomology Class 6:30-9pm
-- It took us a while to get these specimens but get excited for a chance to get to spread your very own death head moth, variety sunset moth, and surprise ;)
Sign up here
Friday Aug 24th
6:30 - 8:30pm
Entomology 101 - learn the basics of butterfly posing with 3 different specimens! Click the link for more information
*only 6 seats available
-- Like our jawbone talismans? Want to make your own mini altar? Join us for a little jawbone talisman workshop. Go home with your very own - click here to sign up and for more info! Did we also mention it is Summer Solstice? Lets get witchy xo
-- Carrie of Sacred Psyche will be bringing her specialty back to Oracle with this astrology 101 class with a twist! Learn about the basics of Astrology but also how to use it (integrate it) into your life's intuition. I have always wondered how to use astrology for actual everyday life, career, and even art - here is your chance! Sign up here! $30
We are sorry to let you know we will be closed from Thurs June 7th - 11th due to us teaching classes and traveling to our lovely witchy sisters at Ritualcravt in Denver, CO! Come see us there - we will be teaching an Entomology Class along with doing a FREE Bone Articulation demo. Did we mention we will be traveling with For Strange Women and Rattlebone Designs? This will be epic!!
FRIDAY - 11am
Entomology Class
FRIDAY - 2pm & again at 7:30pm
Bone Articulation Demo
FRIDAY - 7pm - 10pm
Night Market @ Ritualcravt with For Strange Women & Rattlebone Design
Performance by Teri Quinn @ 8pm
SATURDAY - 4pm
Intro to Green Witch by For Strange Women
Hope to see you there Denver!!!
:: July 7 :: First Friday Art Walk - Hey Y'all! If you aren't all partied out from Tuesday, you should swing by Oracle for a 3 Card Tarot reading and a refreshment! We have new witch bundles and bat skeletons and some stunning new framed insects and butterflies to share with you!
:: July 15 :: Muse at the Museum - Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art : 7 - 11:00pm
-- We will be a part of this witchy summers eve event - offering to museum guests tarot cards and numerology by Carrie, Alessandra, and Ash
Click here for tickets for Muse at the Museum
:: July 22 :: Oracle at RitualCravt! Oracle's artists Jane Almirall, Alessandra Dzuba, and Ash Miyagawa (also illustrator for For Strange Women) will be at Ritual Cravt in Denver, CO. Come check us out and say hello: we will have original art, prints, curio boxes, framed specimens and other goodies for sale!
:: July 29 or July 30th:: @ 12pm
Cabinet of Curiosities - a Specimen Workshop with Mickey Alice Kwapis.
We are so excited to have Mickey, a Chicago-based Taxidermist, come to Oracle to teach this specimen preserving class! You will learn how to make your own wet specimen, press flowers, and learn about bones processing and identification through dissecting owl pellets. For more information or to reserve a seat for either the Saturday or Sunday class click here: http://mickeyalicekwapis.com/menu/kansascitycuriosities
Sweet Destructor + Tarot!!
Build your own Still Life Lantern!
Tea and Tarot, Y'all!
:: April 7th :: First Friday Art Walk - Pop Up Shop with Sweet Destructor!! Also, Alessandra will be offering Three Card Tarot Readings for $10 from 6:00pm - 8:00pm and we'll be staying open late, until 9:00pm!!
:: April 21st :: Tarot & Tea 4:00pm-7:00pm - Join us on Friday for some tea and discounted 3 card pulls (only $10!). Get some self-love and perspective on how to reach your potential! Three card pulls are great for answering questions or needing some clarity on pressing matters… or heck, even just for fun and some hot tea!
:: April 28th :: Still Life Lantern Workshop -- Friday from 6:00pm-8:00pm: Learn the tricks of the trade and create your own Still Life Assemblage Lantern - ours retail at $120 so this is quite a steal! We supply everything you will need to construct a one of a kind decorative piece that you take home after class. We provide instruction for the handling and posing of preserved butterfly specimens - additionally, we will discuss the meaning of the stones and crystals you choose, as well as the symbolism of color and the basics of composition.
The class fee includes all of the tools, insect specimens and decorative components needed for your beautiful Still Life Lantern. We have room for 8 students and classes fill up fast - sign up early, here!!
:: April 29 :: Pop-Up Shop with Gigi Moon Gems! Saturday from 1:00pm to 4:00, Artist Garnet Griebel Booth will be showcasing pieces from her New Moon jewelry launch, it's going to be a gorgeous show, y'all!
:: July 1 :: First Friday Art Walk + Wunderhub Vintage Pop Up - We will be staying open late and are hosting an excellent pop up with Wunderhub Vintage!!
Come say hi, have a cocktail and shop in our unique atmosphere!!
:: July 9 :: Insect Spreading Class 4pm-6pm - $90 - Our butterfly pinning and framing class will introduce you to the basics of spreading and preserving your own butterfly specimen! We provide two butterflies, a lovely wooden frame with glass for presentation, as well as all of the tools required - just bring yourself! Professional instruction and hands-on demonstrations for re-hydrating, posing and preserving your butterfly will be provided. You will also learn framing and display techniques for your butterfly during the first class installment.
*Because it takes a while to dry - students will need to come back to pick up their finished piece - and you leave the class with a specimen that you spread, posed and framed yourself!
Sign up here!
:: July 19 :: Numerology Happy Hour 4:30-6:30 pm - Our resident Potions Master, Carrie Parker will be offering numerology readings during the Hour of Happy! Bring your friends, It's going to be fun, y'all - come say hi, have a refreshment and get your *numerology on! You can sign up here on in person at our shop - see you there!
Sign up here!
:: July 23 :: Drawing Class 3pm-6pm - Oracle is having a Still Life Drawing Class on Saturday from 3:00pm to 6:00pm!!
The event costs $10, bring your own drawing materials and we will provide you with an excellent still life comprised from our beautiful collection of natural science specimens and oddities!
:: February 5 :: First Friday Art Walk - We stay open late and you get to party! We will be doing Tarot readings and Numerology readings and serving adult beverages - Come warm up with us!
:: February 9 :: Numerology Happy Hour - 4:30 to 6:30 pm!! Come get your Numerology readings with Intuitive Consultant (and All Around Badass) Carrie Parker! $10 per reading - don't miss out!
:: February 20 :: Still Life Drawing Class - 3:00 to 6:00 pm at Oracle, $10! Instruction provided for this fascinating class - we construct a still life using natural science ephemera from our shop's collection, and for those old enough to legally enjoy it - we supply adult refreshments!!
:: January 12 :: Numerology Happy hour --Tuesday evening from 4:30-6:30 pm you can get Numerology readings with our Potions Master Carrie Parker! $10 per reading - don't miss out!
:: January 30 :: Still Life Lantern class $90 -- Learn the tricks of the trade and create your own Still Life Assemblage Lantern - ours retail at $120 so this is quite a steal! We supply everything you will need to construct a one of a kind decorative piece that you take home after class. We provide instruction for the handling and posing of preserved butterfly specimens - additionally, we will discuss the meaning of the stones and crystals you choose, as well as the symbolism of color and the basics of composition.
The class fee includes all of the tools, insect specimens and decorative components needed for your beautiful Still Life Lantern. We have room for 8 students and classes fill up fast - sign up early!!
Class is held at Oracle in Kansas City, January 30, 2016 from 4-7pm.
130 West 18th Street, KCMO 64108.