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Join David in designing small sculptures over a weekend. Practice cutting and basic welding techniques, while creating artwork from found objects. No experience needed.
Join David in designing small sculptures over a weekend. Practice cutting and basic welding techniques, while creating artwork from found objects. No experience needed.
Join David in designing small sculptures over a weekend. Practice cutting and basic welding techniques, while creating artwork from found objects. No experience needed.
Join David in designing small sculptures over a weekend. Practice cutting and basic welding techniques, while creating artwork from found objects. No experience needed.
Join David in designing small sculptures over a weekend. Practice cutting and basic welding techniques, while creating artwork from found objects. No experience needed.
Thermal Forming Plastic Sculptures Feb 17-18
Learn how to use thermal forming plastics and similar materials to produce your sculpture ideas. These materials can be cut into workable shapes with standard woodworking tools. By using a number of different heating sources, the materials can be bent and shaped to fit the desired sculpture you want to create. Details on how to give these thermal materials different finishes or textures will be discussed and explored.
Thermal Forming Plastic Sculptures March 16-17
Learn how to use thermal forming plastics and similar materials to produce your sculpture ideas. These materials can be cut into workable shapes with standard woodworking tools. By using a number of different heating sources, the materials can be bent and shaped to fit the desired sculpture you want to create. Details on how to give these thermal materials different finishes or textures will be discussed and explored.
Thermal Forming Plastic Sculptures March 2-3
Learn how to use thermal forming plastics and similar materials to produce your sculpture ideas. These materials can be cut into workable shapes with standard woodworking tools. By using a number of different heating sources, the materials can be bent and shaped to fit the desired sculpture you want to create. Details on how to give these thermal materials different finishes or textures will be discussed and explored.
Travel Florida Backroads to Palatka & the Historic Ravine Gardens
Discover hidden architectural, cultural and natural treasures along Highway 17 on the way to Florida's historic river town of Palatka. Located on the scenic St. Johns River, the city features the unique Ravine Gardens State Park, which was developed by the Federal Works Progress Administration in the 1930s. In addition to the historic structures, the ravine trails and the picturesque creek are lined with thousands of azaleas each winter.
Travel the Backroads to Historic Places: The Yearling Trail
***Saturday, April 13th, hours will be 8:00am – 6:00pm, Review Session will be Thursday, April 25th from 5:00 – 6:00pm***
Explore hidden architectural and cultural treasures in the landscape and the communities immortalized by legendary Florida writer Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. The workshop will provide a contemporary window into the region’s past and rich heritage. Photographic opportunities include natural and man-made landscapes, local landmarks, as well as the interior of historical buildings.
Explore a variety of mold-making techniques in creating sculpture works. Students will create molds out of clay, plaster, low temperature wax, alginate, and latex. All materials are provided.
Explore a variety of mold-making techniques in creating sculpture works. Students will create molds out of clay, plaster, low temperature wax, alginate, and latex. All materials are provided.
***Two Day Workshop meets Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14***
In this two-day relief printmaking workshop, students will learn printing techniques for linocuts. Monochromatic printing from single blocks, color printing from multiple blocks, and reduction techniques will be covered. Printing techniques will be taught on an etching press as well as small relief presses and barens. Advantages of different printmaking papers as well as water-based inks will be discussed, demonstrated and used by participants. Subject matter can be either figurative or abstract. This is a hands-on workshop so participants can expect to get their hands dirty.
Together in this action-packed workshop, we will discuss and build a nontraditional Raku kiln beginning from a hardware store barbecue grill. We will explore white crackle, luster and texture glaze surfaces. Kiln building, firing processes and post firing techniques will all be demonstrated and we will have a uniquely, creative dinner event to celebrate the end of our time together!
Precious Metal Clay Jewelry Design Workshop
Come and experience the alchemy of precious metal clay jewelry design. Step by step, you will be led through the process of transforming a piece of special fine silver clay into a work of wearable art. Explore this fun and innovative medium, manifesting your ideas from paper to reality as you roll, imprint, cut, fire, and buff a beautiful .999 fine silver pendant or earrings.
Noble Beauty: The Platinum Print
Make your photographs sing with the depth and detail of platinum prints. The most archival of all printing processes, platinum printing imbues images with unparalleled richness and timelessness. We'll first learn to make digital negative enlargements from either traditional film negatives or digital files. Then we'll explore sensitizing the paper and exposing and developing the prints. You'll come away with beautiful heirloom quality prints to treasure!
*This is a two-day workshop.
Saturday, April 13, 2-6 PM
Sunday, April 14, 10 AM – 4 PM
Metal lovers, come observe a mix of small metal projects that you could do too! In this demonstration, you will see a crash course of blacksmithing and be introduced to the tools, the techniques, and the applications of metal working as an art form and as a craft. If you are nervous about trying out metal sculpture or blacksmithing classes, consider this, see what it’s all about and be inspired!
Macramé is a form of textile that uses knotting techniques and comes from the 13th century weavers’ word for “fringe.” This fiber art was popular in the 60s and 70s and now it is back and as popular as ever. Join artist Alyssa Foxson and embrace your inner boho goddess. Learn all the basic macramé knots needed to make a macramé wall hanging and beyond. All supplies are included and you will leave this workshop with a beautiful wall hanging ready for display.
Macramé Wall Hanging Workshop 3/9
Macramé is a form of textile that uses knotting techniques and comes from the 13th century weavers’ word for “fringe.” This fiber art was popular in the 60s and 70s and now it is back and as popular as ever. Join artist Alyssa Foxson and embrace your inner boho goddess. Learn all the basic macramé knots needed to make a macramé wall hanging and beyond. All supplies are included and you will leave this workshop with a beautiful wall hanging ready for display.
Japanese Paper Marbling and Bookbinding
In this workshop, students will learn the Japanese way of marbling paper and binding books. We will start with Sumingashi, a form ofJapanese Paper Marbling, then transform the papers created into covers for two books students will bind in a Japanese stab-binding style.
Discover how to create more expressively through self-awareness and releasing expectations. This approach of creating abstractly will allow you to trust your instincts while incorporating the organic process of abstract painting. Demos and guided exercises will help you achieve more liberating paintings. Acrylic paints only.
This class is currently full.
JOIN WAITLISTWorking from photos, students will learn how to prepare surfaces, compose their own ladnscapes, and use various oil pastel techniques to blend, layer, scrape, and soften this versatile material into creating amazingly colorful sunsets, mountains, rural landscapes, and nature's most beautiful bodies of water.
Introduction to Sumi-e: The Ancient Art Of Asian Brush Painting
In this 1-day workshop Fontaine Rodgers will teach the Ancient 3,000 year old Asian art of Sumi-e painting using ink, special brushes and rice paper. Students learn to paint by following the traditions of ancient masters of an art form that developed alongside the invention of the basic strokes of character writing. Philosophy, traditions, techniques and set-up will be covered. Familiar themes include bamboo, blossoms, plants, insects, animals and other elements of nature. This workshop is ideally suited for beginners, artists and non-artists and teachers who wish to add Sumi-e to their multicultural classroom experience. All materials provided, including 5 quality brushes for the participants to keep. Participants are welcome to bring their own brushes but not required. Participants will also receive a Sumi-e Supply Kit worth $50.00
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 3/16
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 5/4
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Inspired Words: Writing to Art 2/24
When you see a painting, what do you feel? When you look at a photograph, what memories surface? Tap into your creativity with the use of paintings, photographs, and objects as award-winning writer Elaine Person prompts you to write original stories, poems, and essays. Learn writing tools and techniques. Different genres of writing and reflection will be discussed. Short lunch break provided. Students will leave this workshop with their own written words.
Ikebana Pottery: The Japanese Art of Flower Arranging
***Workshop participants will meet February 4th and February 25th***
In this 2 day workshop, participants will learn how to create various forms out of clay specific for this style of flower arrangement. Jesus will demonstrate both hand building and wheel throwing techniques to build these Ikebana containers. Ikebana in the Japanese art of flower arrangement using simple design principles that celebrate space, movement, and form. Participants will make the container the first day of the workshop and on the second day, when the containers have been finished and fired, Jesus will demonstrate the art of Ikebana and participants will make their own arrangements using their finished containers.
Expressive Still Life Workshop with Emphasis on Flowers
Wish your paintings popped from across the room? Come learn how. Through short demonstrations and discussion, followed by plenty of one-on-one instruction – you can learn to make your paintings sing with light, depth and movement in this all from life class with a special emphasis on flowers. Gorgeous flowers and still life items will be provided for full on inspiration and visual excitement as we explore and learn through value, color, edges and composition. Prerequisites: PD103 and PD157 or similar experience
Discover the Art of Paper Marbling
In this one-day workshop, you’ll explore the ancient art of marbling while creating intricately stunning designs on water, to capture them onto a unique monoprint.
Toward the end of the workshop, you will be able to choose one of your marbled papers to decorate the cover of a handbound notebook. Silvana has studied with masters of this art form in Italy, Brazil and the USA.
Carving Styrofoam Sculptures March 16-17
Students will carve low relief and three-dimensional forms creating indoor and outdoor art. Learn how to apply a variety of surface finishes and color applications including faux finishes, dyes, and sealers. Most materials included.
Carving Styrofoam Sculptures March 2-3
Students will carve low relief and three-dimensional forms creating indoor and outdoor art. Learn how to apply a variety of surface finishes and color applications including faux finishes, dyes, and sealers. Most materials included.
Bronze Casting Workshop April 20-21
*** Bronze pour date to be announced at the workshop. ***
Bronze Casting Workshop May 18-19
***Bronze pour date to be announced at the workshop.***
Carving Styrofoam Sculptures Feb 17-18
Students will carve low relief and three-dimensional forms creating indoor and outdoor art. Learn how to apply a variety of surface finishes and color applications including faux finishes, dyes, and sealers. Most materials included.