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Bare Essentials: Life Drawing
Mondays, 6:15 - 8:45 pm Weekly, Year-round Excludes July, August and Monday holidays Weekly drop-in drawing session Hone your figure drawing skills in this open session with a live model. Participating artists choose the poses by consensus. Because life drawing sessions include a nude model, participants must be 18 or over or bring a consent letter signed by a parent/guardian. Artist may drop-in and pay cash or purchase ticket blocks online.
Find out more »Printmaking 5-5-5
Adult / Teen Tuesdays, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm September 27 - November 29, 2016 Five sessions, five hours, five techniques. Based on the art school model, each class meeting is extended, meeting five weeks, every other week, with an instructor and having five weeks of independent class time during the other weeks. Classes begin with a demonstration or thematic discussion and the "extended class format" gives students the opportunity to dive deeply into the process. We will explore a variety of…
Find out more »Start with Art: Tuesdays
Preschool & Toddler Tuesdays, 10:30 - 12:00 pm September 27 - November 29, 2016 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. The focus will be on having fun while doing and experiencing a variety of gross and fine motor activities.Projects will include a mix of messy and/or large projects with those more easily repeated at home. Note:…
Find out more »On & Off the Wheel
Grade 3 - 5 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 September 27 - November 29, 2016 Create your own work out of clay! Learn the different stages clay goes through to become an ice cream bowl or a cool sculpture for your room. Learn to build abstract sculptures in clay, or center on the wheel to make useful pots. We will talk about form, function and aesthetics to make your visions come to life. You will glaze your work in beautiful colors to…
Find out more »Woodworking Projects
Grades 1 - 2 Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 27 - November 29, 2016 Use a drill, a saw, and a hammer! Students will learn techniques for using hand tools as they make projects of their own design. This class is designed for new and returning students. Projects will be based on prompts; for example, how to use a drill followed by discussing something one might build with wheels or a lesson looking at a variety of wooden shapes and…
Find out more »Animals in Art
Grade K Tuesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 27 - November 29, 2016 Do you have a favorite animal? Explore favorite animals in art from around the world. Then, create unique animals of your own using clay, paint, found objects, and more! Students will get take home their fun projects. Snack 'n Track is available for students who are registering for this class.
Find out more »Contact Earth: Ceramics
Adult / Teen Tuesdays, 6 - 8:30 pm September 27 - November 29, 2016 For beginner to intermediate students. Whether you have previous experience or none, students can pursue individual projects with help from the instructor. Students will learn basic hand-building construction processes such as coils, slabs, and pinching as well as basics to throwing and trimming on the wheel. There will also be instruction on the variety of decorative and finishing techniques using underglazes and mid range glazes.
Find out more »Incisive Discussions: Critique Seminar
September - May 8 Weeks on Wednesdays 10 am to 1 pm Acclaimed educator and artist Julie Graham is brilliant when it comes to evaluating your artwork and helping you to discuss it incisively. Challenge yourself to grow as an artist. Use this seminar series to “see” your work through other eyes, and to develop goals for progress. Test ideas on the group, practice speaking about your work, and develop a coherent artist’s statement. This seminar is equivalent to a…
Find out more »Color Intensive: Draw / Paint
Grade 6 - 8 Wednesday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 28 - December 14, 2016 Excludes October 12 & November 23, 2016 Imagination and Observation! Expressive imagination and close observation come into play through exploring a wide variety of media in works on paper. People, animals, and objects in nature, dreams, fantasies and abstract lines and forms will be suggested as stimulating and challenging subjects. Tempera paint, oil pastels, watercolor, pencil and charcoal are all possible materials. We will look at examples of…
Find out more »Little Fingers Shaping Clay
Grade K Wednesdays, 3:30 - 5:30 pm September 28 - December 14, 2016 Excludes October 12 & November 23, 2016 How many shapes can you make? The sensory pleasure of clay is unsurpassed, particularly for little fingers just starting to explore the world. Because clay can be shaped into anything, it simultaneously stimulates the imagination, and builds fine motor coordination. Snack 'n Track is available for students who are registering for this class.
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