CERAMICS
INTRO TO POTTERY WHEEL
Susan Beyer, instructor
Tuesdays & Thursdays
March 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20. 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm
members: $90, nonmembers: $100
Supply fee: $10 for 25# clay & one time $10 glaze fee
In this 6-session class, discover the beauty and complexity
of wheel thrown pottery. Learn how to properly prep the clay,
center the clay on the wheel, and use tools. Glazing will
be done the last week.
THROWING POTTERY 2
Susan Beyer, instructor
Tuesday & Thursdays
April 1, 3. 8, 10, 15, 17. 6:30 pm - 8:45 pm
members: $90, nonmembers: $100
Supply fee: $10 for 25# clay & one time $10 glaze fee
This class is an opportunity to work on various shapes on
the wheel. Concentrating on a variety of forms, you can “perfect”
your technique. Go into finishing your work.
HANDBUILDING WITH CLAY
Susan Beyer, instructor
April 22, 24, 29 & May 1, 6
Tuesdays & Thursdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
members: $75, nonmembers: $85
Supply fee: $10 for 25# clay & one time $10 glaze fee
Learn the basic skills and techniques of hand building with
clay.(slab, coil, and pinch techniques ) Only your imagination
will limit your possibilities! We can create functional and
decorative clay forms such as vases, boxes, ornaments, flowers,
napkin
rings, orbs, etc. until we run out of clay!!! Pieces will be
fired and glazed!
DRAWING, PAINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHY
Photoshop - ping
Patric Lewandowski, instructor
January 24th, Thursday 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
members: $15, nonmembers: $20
Adobe photoshop is the premier program for editing digital
images. This seminar will cover the basics of color correction
to more advanced concepts of mayor photo alteration. Bring
notebook and pen/pencil to take notes. This is a seminar style,
and the instructor will have his computer and projection equipment
to show the possibilities of the program. Bring questions
or issues that you may have about your program at home.
INTRODUCTION TO WATERCOLOR
David Rickert, instructor
April 15, 22, 29 & May 6, 13, 20
Tuesdays 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
members: $75, nonmembers: $85.
In this painless introduction to watercolor, exercises are
designed for learning basic use of brushes and paint -- washes,
blends, layering, etc. Prepared paint projects take students
through weekly progression from easy to more challenging.
Paper and paint sets are provided. ($20 supply fee) and high
quality brushes are loaned to use.
Other
Art forms:
BOOKBINDING, CALLIGRAPHY, COLLAGE, FOLK ART
Bookbinding Workshop
Heidi Steadman, instructor
January 19th, Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
members: $35, nonmembers: $40
supplies fee: $20
This daylong workshop is an opportunity for students to learn
bindings such as long stitch, Coptic and flag accordion binding.
These techniques can easily be translated to handmade journals,
sketchbooks and scrapbooks. Students of any experience level
are encouraged to participate. Bring an exacto blade or utility
knife with heavy duty blades, a metal straight edge and a
self healing cutting mat (highly suggested). Optional: Bring
papers, or appliqués that may be incorporated into
books. Students can make as many books as they physically
can handle!
Multi Media Books
Heidi Steadman, instructor
February 5, 12, 19th, Tuesdays 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
members: $55, nonmembers: $60
This 3 day class is a Hybrid of 3 different mediums: Ceramics,
Painting and Bookbinding. Students will have an opportunity
to use clay to create a unique, textured cover for a book
using terracotta clay, fired in a glaze of their choice in
the first 2 classes. Then they will create beautiful journal
pages (or scrapbook pages) using colored ink, watercolor and
stamping techniques the second week. Finally, they will bind
the books using the gorgeous “Coptic” binding.
Students are encouraged to bring any stamps, ink or paint
during the 2nd class. Info will be available at the first
class.
Supply List: Paper that takes paint well, paints, inks,
stamps, brushes, bonefolder ($5 from teacher).
Calligraphy
Anita Hendrickx, instructor
February 9th, Saturday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
members: $35, nonmembers: $40
Learn the basic scripts that makes Calligraphy so Beautiful.
This course is designed so that the beginning student receives
basic knowledge of the foundations of Calligraphy. Time is
allowed for practice, demos and critiques. Scripts: roman
Capital, Foundational, Uncial, Chancery Cursive, and Gothic.
Bring graph paper & calligraphy pens (ZIG markers). Some
supplies available at class; supply list available at GRAA.
Coming
Soon!
Teen Night Open Studios
Dates to be decided soon. If interested
please call or email so we can let you know of the dates.
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