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Looking at Art in Nature
Grade K Mondays, 3:30 -5:30 pm April 11 - June 13 Exclueds April 18th & May 30th Art is everywhere! Art is everywhere around us in nature if we take the time to look. Birds, constellations, plants, rocks and minerals all come in a huge variety of sizes, colors, shapes, and textures. We will explore our local Spring landscape, as well as more exotic environments while creating works of art using paint, crayons, and colored paper. Snack 'n Track is…
Find out more »Spin Control: Ceramics
April 11- June 13, 2015 Mondays, 6:00 to 8:30 PM $300 + $50 materials Max 6 students Learn to center and throw pots on the wheel. For beginner to intermediate students. 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 we move to more sophisticated ceramic and glazing…
Find out more »Printmaking 5-5-5
Tuesdays, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm April 12 - May 17, 2016 $300 + $35 materials Max 8 students Five sessions, Five hours, Five techniques. Based on the art school model, each class meeting is a considerable block of time. 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 monotype techniques including stencils, resists, carborundum, stamps and transfer prints to…
Find out more »African Animals
Grade K Tuesday, 3:30 - 5:30 pm April 12 - June 7, 2016 Excluded April 19, 2016 What kind of animals live in Africa? We will be exploring this question in this 8 week class. Students will create and play with a variety of mediums like model magic, watercolors, recycled materials and fabric, making both 2D and 3D work about the wonderful creatures that inhabit Africa. We will begin the class by talking about and creating artwork about animals that…
Find out more »Wheelworks: Another Spin
Thursdays, 3:30-5:30pm April 14 - June 9, 2016 Excluding April 21, 2016 Work on a potter's wheel. 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 »Print and Process: Master Printers / Master Class
Saturday and Sunday April 9-10, 2016 9 am to 5 pm Adult / Teen Workshop In a continuing collaboration with the Cambridge Art Association, MMA offers a weekend of workshops in which artists can print with the guidance of Master Printers at a scale and using techniques not available in many print studios. Focusing on the synergy between technique and imagery, this workshop addresses the individual vision and work of each artist. Akua fume-free soy-based intaglio inks are versatile and formulated for…
Find out more »Cardboard Automata: Mechanical Toys
April 19, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Free, Open to the Public Cardboard Automata: Mechanical Toys Using rough and ready materials to create small kinetic sculptures that bounce, bob, spin, wiggle and wobble, this playful hands-on workshop will introduce makers to the various ways of bringing motion into 3-D design. Parents and their kids will work side by side to build simple mechanisms such as cams and levers and linkages. Learn More and Register for this FREE event... April…
Find out more »STEAM Workshops for Grades 5 to 8
April 19 to 22, 1:00 to 5:15 pm $260, includes materials Aesop’s Fabulous Machine: Design, Build, Race In this four-day workshop, young artists will design and build an animal from one of Aesop’s Fables using simple hand tools with raw and recycled materials.Youth will work collaboratively to bring their ideas to 3D form in this exciting opportunity with artist Mitch Ryerson. Project will culminate at the Community Sculpture Race in Danehy Park on Saturday, April 23. Students’ creations will be…
Find out more »The Life of Photo: Exhibit by CRLS AP Photography Students
Life Navigated: Photography Exhibit by CRLS AP Photography Students April 25 - May 13, 2016 Gallery Hours: Weekdays 9:00 am - 5:30 pm Closing reception: Thursday, May 12, 5:00 - 7:00 pm Chandler Gallery Showcases Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Photography Students High school is not often a picturesque time of life, but the students in Cambridge Rindge and Latin School’s first ever AP photography class have found many moments worth recording. According to instructor Debi Milligan, the analog and…
Find out more »Pop-Up Cards for Special Occasions
Saturday, May 7, 2016 10 am to 12 pm $10 at the door A multi-age workshop to create surprising and fun cards that transform from 2 dimensions into 3 when opened. These can be just for fun or for a special occasion or special person.
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