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Exploring Sustainable Architecture & Design Workshop
Grade 5 -8 Tuesday - Friday 1:30 - 5:30 pm February 19 - 22, 2019 Explore how architects, designers and artists approach the creative process! In this 4-day architecture intensive, students in grades 5 - 8 will cover the basic principles of Sustainable Architecture and Design. Artists will have the chance to work both on team oriented projects; as well as individually design and build projects based on the principles of STEAM. Note that dates cannot be prorated or refunded…
Find out more »Woodworking Intensive
Grades 3 - 5 Tuesday – Friday 1:30 – 5:30 pm February 19 – 22, 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 »Build Your Own Monument
Join us for a creative Friday morning for our "Build Your Own Monument" workshop, led by Ian Prishwalko. MMA is enable to offer this program free of cost to our families, thank you to the grant provided by the Boston Society of Architects. Please make sure to register as we only have 20 spots available (please sign yourself up on the waitlist if spots are full)! Note that all participants under the age of 10 must be accompanied by an adult. If…
Find out more »Portrait Painting With Mia Cross
Portrait Painting With Mia Cross Adult / Teen Saturday, February 23rd 10am-3pm | 2D Studio With Instructor Mia Cross Join artist Mia Cross for a Saturday of exploring painting portraits. Artists will be asked to bring in a photograph of themselves or another person. Mia will dive into helping students see and mix colors, creating portrait forms and application techniques. Our artists will be provided all the tools they need for the workshop: Stretched canvas, drawing tools, and mix of acrylic and…
Find out more »Create Your Own Slime
Create Your Own Slime K-8/Family Saturday, February 23rd 10am-11:30pm | 3D Studio Create your own custom slime in this STEAM based workshop! Students will be creating slime mixtures with teacher Ian Prishwalko. Add glitter, bright colors and fun. Students will given small containers to bring their creations home. Note registration is per student participating.
Find out more »Small Works Salon 2019: Interior Spaces
Juror: Hilary Tait Norod March 25 - April 19, 2019 Reception: Thursday, April 4, 6 - 8 pm The spaces we inhabit are equally influential on and reflective of who we are and who we become. That becomes clear in this year’s Small Works Salon, where the theme asks artists to focus on their “Interior Spaces.” Over 110 artists applied to be in the show, and the selections by juror Hilary Tait Norod will go on display at the Chandler…
Find out more »Experimenting with Watercolors: Materials, Techniques and Ideas
Adult 5 Mondays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm April 1 - May 6, 2019 Excludes April 15, 2019 This five weeks class will introduce students to different watercolor paints, papers, brushes and techniques. We will cover different ways of working with the medium such as “wet over wet”, “wet over dry” and will use unexpected materials for creating a wide variety of surprising textures. In addition, we will use masking fluid, stenciling and gouache paints (opaque watercolors) to expend on the basics.…
Find out more »Pottery & Printmaking
Grades 6 - 8 10 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 2 - June 11, 2019 Excludes April 16, 2018 Work on a potter's wheel. Learn to advance the skills of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel. Create functional or sculptural pieces with unique patterns and designs using linocut to add texture. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Develop Your Sketchbook
Adult 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm April 3 - May 8, 2019 Excludes April 17, 2019 This 5 week class will focus on exploring variety of materials from micron pens, markers, watercolor, acrylic paints and collage. Each week will focus on a different exercise that will allow students to enjoy the process of art making while working with color, line, shapes and found images. Students are encouraged to work in their sketchbooks to create vibrant, “messy” and experimental spreads without…
Find out more »Into the Woods: Paintings by Susan Mallory Sherman
April 4 - May 4, 2019 Reception: Thursday, April 4, 6 - 8 pm Hours: Monday - Friday, 3 pm - 6 pm The work in this show explores the relationship of forest to non-forest: I am drawn by those intersititial places where forest shades into glade, field, or meadow; as well as those dramatic places when suddenly the woods you’ve been climbing through open up into a view of the wider world. Some people look at such a view…
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