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2009 Classes

 

 

Acrylic Painting: Golden OPEN Acrylics with Philip Frey

April 18th & 19th (9am-4pm each day).  $210 members $235 for non members

Work with professional artist Philip Frey in a two day workshop, learning to use the new GOLDEN OPEN acrylics. They are a true departure from all other acrylics and remain wet far longer than other acrylics. We will focus on still life and/or landscape painting (if weather allows) as the subject of our exploration with this versatile paint. Students should have prior experience with acrylics, oils or other water media. Philip is represented by The Firehouse Gallery. You can see his work at www.philipfrey.com or check out his

Blog: http://philipfreydailypaintings.blogspot.com/

Make Funky Earrings  with Stephanie Sersich

Saturday, April 4 10 am-6 pm  $105 members  $120 nonmembers

Join Stephanie for this one-day workshop and learn how to make several different styles of fabulous earrings. We’ll start the day by making simple stacked-bead drops. Then we’ll start to incorporate more wirework so that the parts of the earrings move and swing, and by the end of the day, you will be incorporating fibers and making fun pieces uniquely your own.

Bring your bead collection or pick from Stephanie’s stash, and she’ll help you turn beads, fibers and wire into earrings you will wear or give proudly. Beginners are welcome and long-time beaders will find new inspiration. We’ll only work with beads, waxed linen, sterling wire and commercially available findings, so you’ll be able to recreate all the styles again on your own. She’ll share her sources for findings and beads. Meet other fun, beady-people.

Pysanki Egg Decorating Class–with Sandra Leinonen Dunn

Sun., April 5th 1pm-3pm Class limited to 10 – $45/members $55/nonmembers

Come and learn how to make Pysanki, Ukrainian Easter eggs! Experience first-hand this ancient folk art which uses traditional design motifs and a wax resist method.  Make a beautiful, hand decorated egg just in time for Easter.  No previous experience or knowledge is necessary.  All tools and materials will be provided.  Pysanki are beautiful works of art which will last forever (if not broken!) and will add beauty to any Easter basket for years to come!
Open to adults, and children over 12 (use of a candle flame is required) www.dunnstudio.com

 

Punch Needle Rug Hooking

Fridays April 10th, 17th, 24th and May 1^st 10 AM -12:30 PM

Punch Needle rug hooking is easy to learn and fun to do. With a punch needle (provided for use during class time) and colorful wool rug yarns, you can create a 12″-14″ chair pad/pillow top of your own design. This type of rug hooking also known as “New England Style” has been around for about 150 years. Yarn is threaded through a punch needle and poked through the backing material to form loops of yarn. The technique is different but the end result is similar to traditional rug hooking.

 

 

 

Animation Workshop for kids      April 20, 21, 22     9-3

with Deb Vendetti  Limited to 6 students. Reserve your space early. $130 for the 3-day workshop

 

An animation workshop for children who love to draw and enjoy creating magic with art materials.

Children will be introduced to 2-D and 3-D animation materials and techniques and create their own characters and backgrounds for a short, cut-paper, animated film which they will take through each step of the production process including frame-by-frame image capture.  Daily film screenings include the history of animation and short films by international animators.

Workshop participants will have the opportunity to create “moving pictures” and explore the concept that “Animation is Art in motion”.   Animation will be filmed using traditional frame-by-frame techniques with the Sony VX1000a modern, digital video, animation capable camera.

All art materials provided.  A copy of the animated film will be available on the Monday following the workshop.

Drawing the Figure – with Kelly Rathbone

Tuesdays 3-5 for 3 weeks – Starting April 28th – for ages 17 and up       $135 me mbers $150 nonmem bers – per 3-week session Plus model costs $10/class

A class to gain experience and draw from the nude for beginners to advanced. We will do short sketches and longer poses. Kelly will teach techniques on capturing gesture, proportion, will discuss some anatomy and line-quality. Recommended materials would be: vine charcoal, HB charcoal, soft pencils, kneaded eraser –   Any other DRAWING tools welcome….. as well as pen and ink. Kelly has studied at the Parsons School of Design, Art Institute of Chicago, The Florence Academy of Art and currently is an Artist in Residence at Watershed Center for Ceramics.