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Relief Printmaking: Creative Woodcut
Adult / Teen 5 Fridays, Bi-weekly, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Dates: 4/12, 4/26, 5/10, 5/24, 6/7 Interweave processes! Experiment with layered images as they emerge from your carved block. Color, composition and texture will all be considered as you explore all the ways relief printmaking can challenge your process. Combine many blocks or work reductively from one; rotate blocks and utilize stencils to hide and reveal layers in your work. The fall schedule for this class is comprised of five…
Find out more »Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design
Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design In this 4-day architecture intensive, students will cover the basic principles of Sustainable + Environmental Urban Design. Artists will have the chance to work both in team oriented projects, as well as individually design based projects keeping in mind the principles of STEAM. Environmentally-friendly building materials. A sustainable architect typically chooses to use environmentally-friendly building materials. ... Energy and resource efficiency. ... Efficient use of space. Use of Natural Resources Note that a portion of this class will be held offsite (permission slips…
Find out more »Woodworking Intensive
Grades 3 - 5 Tuesday – Friday 1:30 – 5:30 pm April 16 – 19, 2019 Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! Join us for 4 days of woodworking with Instructor Angela Kimberk. Students will be introduced to handling woodworking tools and techniques. Woodworkers will have the opportunity during this intensive to work continuously on large scale projects through out the week. This class is designed for new and returning students. Please bring a nut-free snack for your child during…
Find out more »Dry Ice Bubble Painting
Parents/Guardians must be present with student throughout the workshop. Friday, April 19th 10am-12pm Instructor Joe Kitsch Dry Ice Bubble Painting! This exercise teaches students simple chemical reactions (can explain molecular make up of dry ice and compare it to other gasses in the atmosphere). Taught by Boston based artist, Joe Kitsch. Chunks of dry ice are dropped into water, soap added when ready. As the soap bubbles up, drops of food coloring are added to the foam. Students can let…
Find out more »Wood and Car Shop
Saturday, April 20th 11am-12:30pm Join us for a morning of working in our wood shop! Our instructor Eugene will lead our students in assembling wooden cars. Students will be introduced to handling woodworking tools and techniques.
Find out more »Paper Surface:Fold & Dye Workshop
Saturday, April 27, 2019 11am - 12:30pm Artists of all ages will have the opportunity to drop into the Maud Morgan Studios for our Paper Surface:Fold & Dye workshop. Students will practice techniques in paper folding, mixing inks and pattern making. No previous experience required, jump in and your hands dirty! Our free workshop coincides with ArtWeek Boston, see their website for more details of other events! Spots are limited, please add yourself to the waitlist if program becomes full! Parents/Guardians must…
Find out more »Writing in the Margins: Lola Baltzell, Carol Blackwell, Amy Solomon and Valerie Spain
April 29 - May 17, 2019 Reception: Thursday, May 9, 6:00 - 8:00 pm Gallery Series workshop: Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Avid readers will feel right at home in “Writing in the Margins.” The upcoming Chandler Gallery show, which features mixed media artists Lola Baltzell, Carol Blackwell, Amy Solomon and Valerie Spain, is just as much of a celebration of how readers consume as it is of text and books themselves. Baltzell explained that the title…
Find out more »Layering Light
Saturday, May 4th 10am-3pm This one-day workshop explores the color theory behind laying transparent and opaque colors. We will use stencils, inks and water-based drawing media to explore a wide range of mark making and imagery.
Find out more »Sampler Series: Intro to Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Tuesdays, 6 - 8 pm May 7 – June 4, 2019 Excludes April 16, 2019 Tailored to you! This course will introduce a number of low-tech and fun printmaking methods. Through in-class demonstrations and personalized instruction, students will learn a variety of techniques. These will include additive, reductive, and stencil monotype, drypoint, collagraph, and relief. Students will have the opportunity to experiment with these different printmaking methods while exploring their own imagery. Students are strongly encouraged experimenting…
Find out more »Gallery Series: Altered Book Making
Gallery Series: Altered Book Making Saturday, May 11th 10am-2pm This workshop will be lead by artists Lola Baltzell, Carol Blackwell, Amy Solomon and Valerie Spain. Turn an old book into a personal work of art by cutting, collaging, writing in the margins, gluing and building. We will have old books on hand for your use. Please also feel free to bring your own or other ephemera or objects that hold special meaning to you. Be inspired by the book itself,…
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