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The Visual Arts Department encourages creative stimulation and thought while providing an opportunity to experience the joy and satisfaction of creating works of art. A wide variety of visual arts classes and workshops are offered for students of all ages, including pottery, painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, knitting, and more. Individual instruction is available and outreach programming can also be arranged.
There will be an extra $5 fee for visual arts class/workshop registrations made within 24 hrs of the class beginning. Please register as early as possible so instructors can make sure they have enough materials purchased and prepared. Last-minute registration can result in a shortage of materials for students.
Stained Glass Mosaic
for teens/adults
with Nancy Nelson-Brotz
6 weeks beginning Jan 13
12:30-2:30 p.m.
$100 class fee, $35 materials fee
Limit of 6 students
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Learn about the tools and adhesive used in mosaic while creating a stained glass piece with your own original design, grouted on clear class.
Tuesday Ceramics: Wheel Techniques & Handbuilding
for teens & adults
with Melanie Blake
8 weeks beginning Jan 14
6-8 p.m.
$150 class fee, $25 materials fee
max of 6 students
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Create art using the oldest techniques in pottery. This class will offer the flexibility of making larger sculptures or small, intricate creations.
Crochet
for teens/adults
with Pamela Amy
8 weeks beginning Wed, Jan 15
5-6 p.m.
$56 class fee, $8 materials fee
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Woodcarving
for ages 14 & up
with Ralph Bacon
8 weeks beginning Jan 15
5-6 p.m.
$56 class fee, $8 materials fee
limit of 6 students
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We’ll use white pine to practice various whittling and carving cuts, learn how to hold a knife, and how to read wood grain directions. We’ll also discuss sharpening blades and safety. You’ll make a variety of objects and animals. Carving knives will be available for use, or you can bring your own.
Pencil Sketching
for ages 14 & up
with Ralph Bacon
8 weeks beginning Jan 15
6-7 p.m.
$56 class fee, $8 materials fee
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This class will focus on recording your subjects in a short amount of time without getting hung up on the occasional mistake. We’ll sketch objects in the classroom environment, table settings, still life, and people, paying attention to proportion, scale, perspective, contrast, values, and tones. Pencils may be used to sketch the barest of basic forms, but the emphasis will be on using pens, preferably in sketchbooks. Materials will be made available for your use, but your own sketchbook and pens (ballpoint, archival, etc) may be used as well.
Wednesday Ceramics: Wheel Techniques & Handbuilding
for teens & adults
with Melanie Blake
8 weeks beginning Jan 15
6-8 p.m.
$150 class fee, $25 materials fee
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max of 6 students
See Tuesday’s description.
Drawn Thread Embroidery
Winter Sampler
for teens/adults
with Pamela Amy
8 weeks beginning Jan 15
6-8 p.m.
$64 class fee, $8 materials fee
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We’ll create a small sampler using the drawn thread technique, replacing removed threads with beautiful lacelike patterns. Readers/magnifiers may be needed. Beginners welcome!
December Open Ceramics Studio
for adults
with Erica Ledford
3 weeks beginning Dec 5
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
$28 class fee, $12 materials fee
limit of 6 students
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This a self-led studio experience for adults who have taken ceramics class at the Arts Center. Erica will be availble for guidance. This provides students with additional time for project creation.
January Open Ceramics Studio
for adults
with Erica Ledford
8 weeks beginning Jan 16
10 a.m.-2 p.m.
$75 class fee, $30 materials fee
limit of 6 students
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Intro to Jewelry and Metalsmithing
for teens/adults
with Kacie Keefe
6 weeks beginning Jan 16
6-8 p.m.
$125 class fee, $15 materials fee
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This class will provide you with a variety of ways to manipulate metal. The techniques you’ll learn include sawing and piercing, polishing, jump ring- and chain-making, and cold connections like rivets and prong settings. You’ll use these techniques to create a piece of your choice.
No teen/adult classes in visual arts are currently scheduled on Fridays. Check the schedule for Friday workshops.
Payment
Payment is expected at the time of registration unless otherwise noted, and can be made by cash, check, or credit card (a $2 service fee will be applied to all payments made by phone). Members receive a discounted rate. Materials fees, model fees, and some other fees are excluded from this discount.
Registration
Registration is required. A minimum number of students is needed to hold a class. When necessary, a class start date may be postponed a week or a class may be cancelled 24 hours prior to the starting time. Classes and lessons are open to all, regardless of race, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, or national origin. There will be an extra $5 fee for visual arts class/workshop registrations made within 24 hrs of the class beginning. Please register as early as possible so instructors can make sure they have enough materials purchased and prepared. Last-minute registration can result in a shortage of materials for students.
Refund Policy
If a class is cancelled, appropriate refunds will be given. Persons desiring to withdraw from a class, who do so at least 24 hours before the start time of the class, will receive a full refund. If you drop a class after this deadline, but before the second meeting of the class, you will receive a refund for 75% of your tuition. There will be no refunds after the second class meeting
Financial aid is available for eligible students. FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION Rev. 1115 may be downloaded or obtained at the front desk and must be filled out and returned no later than one week prior to the start date of the class.
By registering yourself or your child for a class/workshop/music lesson/or other activity at the arts center, you hereby waive and release all rights and claims for damages you or your child may have against the arts center and its employees. The arts center will not be responsible for injuries suffered by you or your child during classes, workshops, or activities sponsored by the arts center. In addition, you also give the arts center and its employees the right to use your or your child’s image with or without you or your child’s name, for purposes such as advertising, publicity, and public presentations.
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