Workshops

Donne Bitner – Experimental Acrylic

● Monday – Friday, November 8 – 12, 2010; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, November 7, 2010; 1 – 3 pm

● Medium: Acrylic

● Level: All levels of experience

● $375 Members/$425 Non-members

This is an experimental acrylic workshop that explores untraditional approaches to acrylic painting. Different surfaces such as paper, glass, illustration board, and wood will enable participants to broaden their knowledge of the painting medium. Thin washes will be enriched with a variety of mark making tools for works on paper while spackling, joint compound and gesso will build interesting textures on wood. Painting on glass in the Strappo method will push the acrylic boundaries even further. Participants will take away new ideas and methods of painting with acrylic paint. Some experience helpful but all levels welcome if open to new ideas. This workshop is an immersion in new approaches, directions and techniques that will help participants develop their own voice.

Dawn Emerson – Dancing with Pastel

● Monday – Friday, November 8 – 12, 2010; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, November 7, 2010; 3 – 5 pm

● Medium: Pastel

● Level: All levels of experience

● $475 Members/$525 Non-members

Expand your horizons with the versatile and exciting medium of pastel and learn new ways to use pastel. Classes will take place in the studio, using set ups, live models, and photographs. The focus of this class will be on learning how to see and express oneself with pastel in a painterly, non-drawing approach. There will be numerous exercises with both charcoal and pastel to help students learn to see edges as a meeting of planes and values rather than lines. Explore pastel as both a wet and dry medium and experiment with different surfaces to achieve various textures and levels of detail.

Steve Rogers – Painting Color and Light in Watercolor

● Wednesday – Saturday, January 5 – 8, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Tuesday, January 4, 2011; 3 – 5 pm

● Medium: Watercolor

● Level: All levels of experience

● $375 Members/$425 Non-members

Beginners and advanced painters alike will learn about light and color and the way watercolor behaves through “mini-demos” of paint application, “dealing with dark values in watercolor”, “secrets of painting reflections” and how these operate in full painting demonstrations. A lot of student painting time, along with personal help, is available every day. Everyone will learn a great deal, while having fun painting.

Miles Laventhall – Boot Camp for Expressionists

● Thursday – Saturday, January 6 – 8, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Medium: Water Media

● Level: All levels of experience

● $375 Members/$425 Non-members

Open a new chapter in your portfolio...transform apprehension or habit into discovery and unexpected form. “Boot Camp” is an opportunity for in-depth study in painting, drawing, collage and mixed media. There is no fear or failure in the agenda and an abundance of reference and ideas to jump-start your creativity. Opening day begins with creating effective grounds, textures and surfaces to draw and paint on...the primary layers of strong composition and design. Use your choice of medium in any realistic, figurative, impressionist, abstract or non-objective manner. Expand your perception and image making abilities with skillful color mixing, brush, palette knife and alternative painting techniques. Learn to see and empower your perception of light using layers of color and rich textures. Work from your own drawings, unfinished paintings, designs, photographic images and imagination.

Anne Abgott – Daring Color

● Monday - Wednesday, February 14 – 16, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, February 13, 2011; 3 – 5 pm

● Medium: Watercolor

● Level: All levels of experience

● $275 Members/$325 Non-members

Achieve beautiful-glowing color and rich, dynamic shadows in your paintings. Anne Abgott is a published, award-winning painter whose work has appeared in Artists Magazine among others. Learn which paints mingle, and which do not. Flood your paper with pigment in order to flood it with light. Students will use reference photos to create strong compositions. Anne approaches each class and student with equal attention and is creative and enthusiastic in her approach to teaching watercolors.

Paul Leveille – Still Life Painting in Oil/Pastel

● Monday – Friday, February 14 – 18, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, February 13, 2011; 1 – 3 pm

● Medium: Pastel/Oil

● Level: All levels of experience

● $525 Members/$575 Non-members

Experience the challenge and pleasure of creating beautiful paintings from ordinary objects. See how light is used to create form and how color can be used with strong values to create dynamic still lifes. Students may choose to work in oil or pastel. Emphasis will be placed on how to paint objects in the simplest terms to achieve a three dimensional quality — how to paint what we see rather than what we think we know.

During his demonstrations, Paul reveals how he concentrates on the big light and dark shapes rather than line, while explaining step-by-step approach towards achieving dynamic still lifes in the alla prima style. Between demonstrations, students will paint from still life setups and receive individual instruction and guidance at their easels.

Annette Gates – Functional Delicacies (Handbuilding in Porcelain)

● Monday – Friday, February 14 – 18, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Medium: Porcelain

● Level: All levels of experience

● $500 Members/$550 Non-members

Investigate working with the unique properties of porcelain. Using hand-building processes, we will work towards making delicate yet functional objects, taking advantage of the translucency of the material. Discover various strategies of surface embellishment, including incising, under-glazes and stains, and fused glass inlay. An array of forms ranging from delicate espresso cup and saucer, to lidded jars and platters will be demonstrated.

This five day hands-on workshop is intended to gain familiarity with porcelain and take advantage of its inherent properties through building with slabs. The focus will be to make a series of forms that are visually integrated, while learning tricks to master the material. Slab construction will serve to unify the group, and a variety of alteration techniques will be employed to develop and repeat functional pieces. The unique properties of cone 6 porcelain will be experienced first-hand, and activating the surface and finishing will be covered as well.

Claudine Hellmuth – Collage Discovery Intensive

● Thursday – Saturday, February 17 – 19, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Medium: Collage/Mixed Media

● Level: All levels of experience

● $375 Members/$425 Non-members

Bring an open mind and willingness to share and explore in this supportive and encouraging environment. The week begins with a focus on color mixing and expanding color palettes and moves on to a concentration on composition and design principles. Students will learn a combination of painterly collage techniques, which will enhance the surfaces of collage artworks. Experiment with printmaking and transfer methods and other experimental methods of working. A variety of idea generation tools will be covered to help students “dig deeper” into the meaning of our collage artworks. Work will be paced to allow for personal artistic discovery as well as studio time for working on collage artworks. Students will be embarking on this creative journey with a kindred group of artists and making artistic discoveries that will stay with them for a lifetime.

Miles Laventhall – Landscape & Abstraction, Beyond the Horizon

● Friday – Sunday, March 18 – 20, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Medium: Water Media

● Level: All levels of experience

● $375 Members/$425 Non-members

Landscapes can have literal appearance or take figurative and abstract form. They can be “mindscapes” of imagination, made of smooth, transparent washes or richly textured. Atmospheric perspective with visual depth, studying effects of light and shadow, applying layers of engaging composition, and practicing essential brush and palette skills are the core of our study. Work from your own drawings, designs, photographic images or imagination, and in the media you prefer (acrylics, oils, watercolors, pastels or mixed media). The colors and brushstrokes you use become your signature. The success of this studio experience is supported with individual attention, critiques and demonstrations from your instructor, and slide presentations of landscapes from traditional and contemporary masters.

Doug Dawson – Exploring Color with Pastel

● Monday – Friday, March 28 – April 1, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, March 27, 2011; 1 – 3 pm

● Medium: Pastel

● Level: All levels of experience

● $625 Members/$675 Non-members

As a well published artist and teacher, Doug will share with you the importance of composition development as well as personality development. Doug’s concepts and theories are well communicated in the classroom. Doug shares his love of the outdoors through emotion-filled landscapes which range in focus from intimate rural scenes to sweeping vistas. Come create a dynamic piece of artwork.

Janet Rogers – Watercolor Rhythm, Flowers and People

● Monday – Friday, March 28 – April 1, 2011; 9 am – 4 pm

● Demo: Sunday, March 27, 2011; 3 – 5 pm

● Medium: Watercolor

● Level: All levels of experience

● $460 Members/$510 Non-members

Fresh flowers in the studio will be the inspiration for the beginning of this dynamic workshop – progressing to the portrait and figure. Through a series of “fun” painting exercises, students will develop a more loose and natural approach – giving them an opportunity to be more spontaneous and expressive in their paintings. A few drawing exercises will be included for the portrait. We will work with photographs and progress to the model. Janet will demonstrate her intuitive approach throughout the workshop and work individually with each student, as well as class instruction. Our goals will be to “see” in new ways – bringing “life” and interpretation to flowers and the portrait/figure, and to discover intuitive color and design.

DEMOS: Open to the public $15 per demo. (Those registered for a workshop attend at no additional charge)

Workshop Refund Policy:

CANCELLATION POLICY: We understand that circumstances arise causing changes in your plans. We sympathize when such situations occur, however, we must adhere to policies as our financial and contractual commitment for each workshop has been finalized. If you need to cancel your reservation, the Center for the Arts must be notified by phone or mail.

The policy is as follows:

● $100 deposit is required to hold your space in any workshop.

● Balance is due no later than 35 days prior to the first day of workshop.

● 35+ Days prior to a workshop: Full refund of tuition, less a $75.00 cancellation fee.

● 34 Days prior to a workshop: If balance of workshop is not received 29 days prior to the first day of workshop the Center for the Arts reserves the right to cancel student's reservation and fill space with student from the wait list. A fees credit, minus $75 cancellation fee will be placed on canceled student's account.

● 34 - 17 Days prior to a workshop: If cancellation occurs 34-17 days prior to workshop, a fees credit, minus $150 cancellation fee will be placed on canceled student's account.

● 16 Days or less prior to workshop: If cancellation occurs 16 days or less prior to workshop, full workshop fees are forfeited. No refunds or transfers.