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Woodcut & Monotype: Finding a Balance
Adult / Teen 8 Fridays, 10 am – 12:30 pm April 28 – June 16, 2017 Interweave two processes! Enjoy the excitement of seeing your layered images emerge from your carved woodcut and monotype. Color, composition and texture will all be considered. Emphasis will be on woodcut while simultaneously exploring the many processes possible with all forms of relief, monotype, and monoprint and collage. The spring schedule for this class will be as follows: April 28 single class May 5 double class…
Find out more »Papermaking & Handmade Books
Grade 1-5 8 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 28 - June 16, 2017 Artwork from scratch! Create paper using recycled paper, plant fibers and whole flowers, leave some blank for your own writing and illustrations and explore paper printing techniques for end papers and book covers. Then, incorporate the papers you've made into books you'll make, of various shapes and sizes, formed to reveal your ideas of what a book can be. Age groups work together in this fun friday afternoon…
Find out more »Explore 3D Building
Grade K 8 Fridays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 28 - June 16, 2017 Art in all directions! Build simple to increasingly more complicated 3-dimensional forms using limited supplies and a lot of problem solving. The curriculum with explore different techniques and processes to help bring the student's vision to life. The class will be challenged to create in new ways while working independently and cooperatively. This course is for the student who desires to expand their creativity and try something new. Snack…
Find out more »Drawing: From Observation to Metaphor
April 29 - 30, 2017 10 am to 4 pm Adult / Teen Workshop This is a chance to work with legendary drawing teacher Bill Flynn. He describes the workshop below: “This workshop will stress finding your way of transforming the literal world into a poetic visual experience. Our goal will be developing a personal perspective toward your own art process. Throughout our time we will move from observation to discovery and transformation. We will explore the language of marks, shapes…
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Adult + Child
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other. Note: Registration…
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Grades 3-5
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Adult
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of hand-building and wheel throwing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other.
Find out more »All for Clay / Clay for All: Grades 6-8
8 Saturdays, 11 am - 1 pm April 29 - June 17, 2017 All ages and skill levels can work side by side. No matter how young or old you can be successful in clay. Employing a variety of handbuilding and wheelthrowing techniques we will have fun making functional and sculptural pieces. We will glaze and fire our work to take home and enjoy! This is a chance for all ages to work together, learn from each other, and inspire each other.
Find out more »Acrylic Mixed Media Hands-On Demo
Sunday, April 30th, 2017 10:30 am - 12:30 pm $10 per person Join local artist Adria Arch to experiment with a wide range of painting techniques using Golden Acrylic paints and mediums, including watercolor-like approaches, collage, stencils and lots more. Beginners and experienced artists are encouraged to join. Attendees will receive a sample pack of Golden Acrylic products. In collaboration with ArtWeek Boston, affordable fun for anyone with a creative sense of adventure, featuring unique and unexpected experiences that are participatory, interactive, or…
Find out more »Artist Talk: Bill Flynn
Wednesday, May 10 6:00 - 7:00 pm The Chandler Gallery 20 Sacramento St. Cambridge, MA Artist Bill Flynn has been collecting crushed gloves. He is fascinated by the way the random creases reshape each glove into a visually exciting flat piece. Flynn’s glove collection served as a major influence for his latest show at the Chandler Gallery: Each drawing borrows the techniques of folding and flattening to incorporate fortuitous rips and edges as part of the finished work. See full…
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