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Lowriders Blast from the Past: Illustrations by Raul the Third
September 23 - October 19, 2018 Artist Talk: Thursday, October 4, 6 - 8 pm This year Maud Morgan Arts and Chandler Gallery are proud to honor Raul Gonzalez III – one of MMA’s earliest and most popular faculty members. Raul is an award-winning artist with a focus on illustration and a passion for arts education. A commitment to introducing visual arts to youth has dominated his career. Raul is a sought-after teacher for workshops and classes at the Boston…
Find out more »Spin Control: Ceramics
Adult / Teen Mondays, 6 - 8:30 pm October 1 - December 17, 2018 Excludes October 8 & November 12 For beginner to intermediate students Relax with your hands in the mud, test your strength as you move and shape the clay. This class covers all the fundamentals of learning to use a potters wheel, and will introduce a variety of techniques for making ceramic art. Our studio is intimate enough to allow us to address each potter’s needs at their own level as…
Find out more »Art of Printmaking
Adult / Teen 10 Tuesdays, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm October 2 – December 4, 2018 Tailored to you! Raising your personal concepts and technical skills to new levels is the focus of this tutorial style class. Attention to individual needs and desires makes it a very specific, tailored experience. Exploration of a variety of processes, including relief monoprint, in experimental and exciting ways will push your work and get you thinking “out of the rectangle.” We will use Akua inks…
Find out more »Wheelworks: Another Spin
Grades 6 - 8 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm October 2 - December 4, 2018 Work on a potter's wheel. Learn to advance the skills of throwing pots on a potter’s wheel, from salt cellars to floor vases, and everything in between, from functional to sculptural. Hand-glaze your work and experience the surprises when the kiln is unloaded.
Find out more »Handbuilding & Wheelthrowing
Adult / Teen 10 Tuesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm October 2 - December 4, 2018 An Introduction to Ceramics! This class introduce a variety of techniques for making ceramic art. Learn a wide range of techniques for building with slabs, coils and molds, as well as the fundamentals of throwing on the potters wheel. Then experimental to find the perfect glaze for your work!
Find out more »Centrifugal Force
Adult / Teen 10 Wednesdays October 3 - December 12, 2018 Excludes November 21, 2018 For intermediate to advanced students. Establish your voice and style. This class will offer participants personalized instruction to develop their skills creating artwork in clay. We will provide inspiration, information and encouragement for our artists to establish a voice and style for their ceramic work. Experienced students will benefit from advanced demonstrations.
Find out more »Develop Your Sketchbook
Adult/Teen 5 Wednesdays, 6:30 - 8:30 pm October 3 - November 7, 2018 * class is not meeting on October 17 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”…
Find out more »Start with Art
Preschool & Toddler 10 Thursdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm October 4 - December 13, 2018 Excludes November 22, 2018 Play, Discover, Create Each week children and their caregivers will find a variety of age appropriate materials and techniques to explore. Children can move at their own pace between stations of process art activities. We will dive into using fine and gross motor skills, as well as sensory experiences.Projects will include a mix of messy and/or large projects with those more…
Find out more »Relief Printmaking
Adult / Teen 5 Fridays, Bi-weekly, 9:30 am – 2:30 pm Dates: 10/5, 10/19, 11/2, 11/16, 11/30 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 »Building Blocks of Architecture
Grades 6 -8 10 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm October 5 - December 14, 2018 Excludes November 23, 2018 Explore how architects, designers and artists approach the creative process! Exploring spaces through storytelling, model making and drawing. Students will craft objects and spaces, and learn the language of architectural drawing to convey big ideas to each other. Through a series of small exercises we will consider scale, material, spacial needs, and the natural environment before realizing a culminating project.
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