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This class is designed for those interested in learning about women artists throughout history as well as improving their drawing and painting techniques. We will learn about important women artists from the Renaissance to pre 1950. Lectures will discuss their artwork techniques and their life stories.  Students will be given a few choices of...

This workshop will introduce students to the history of wood carving and its use in contemporary sculpture. The techniques used to shape the wood will be examined, the practical aspects of using and sharpening the tools, selecting the size, volume and type of wood to carve, as well as finishing of the surface of the artwork.  Students will have...

Create images rather than capture them. The cyanotype photographic process has many expressive possibilities for the adventurous image-maker. Dating from 1842, this historic Prussian blue process offers a compelling alternative to modern digital prints. Topics will include the history of photography, photograms, creating negatives, paper, and substrate...

Bas Relief should be in every artist’s inventory of skills. With this workshop, we will familiarize students in the creation of a bas relief using clay. Students should bring an object from which they would like to create a bas relief. Aspects of perspective, light, shadow, the degrees of curves, and the "poetic effect," will be examined with each...

Learn to make sophisticated prints with linocut, a variant of woodcut printmaking. By carving, inking, and impressing the linoleum block on paper you will explore the world of printmaking and create beautiful printed editions. You will learn image preparation, carving techniques, printing methods, and editioning, and will explore the long history...

Come in and learn the traditional art of shibori with indigo dye in this beginner class.  We start, learning how to begin your own indigo vat, using pre reduced indigo, and the history of indigo. 3-5 folding, tieing and binding resist techniques will be shown. Select the few you're drawn to and dye some of the plain items you have lying around...

Digital Photography III: Indoor refresher at the Museum of Natural History This 2 hour class will review ISO, aperture, shutter speed and white balance in different indoor lighting. Knowledge of manual mode highly suggested. No tripods or flash allowed. Location: Museum of Natural History. Museum ticket must be purchased separately.

The students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of the Human body, developing the perception of the body structure and shapes, and how to translate this information into a form. This course will have a live model, and examples will also provide an understanding of how the human body was seen in the context of history. While working primarily...

In this class, students will learn how to take advantage of the many qualities of water media to create a completed landscape or cityscape painting from start to finish. Students will start the first class by selecting a subject and exploring composition through drawings and sketches. In the second class, Vadnais will explain and demonstrate how...

IKEBANA, one of the most traditional artforms of Japan, represents “Appreciation of Nature” which is a unique and very sophisticated way to learn how to arrange flowers. In this class, we provide an opportunity for people of all levels to learn Ohara style Ikebana which is one of the most established Ikebana institutions in the world. Here, you...

Through demonstration, discussion, and practice, students in this in-person class will gain an understanding of how to apply structural and anatomical concepts to their figurative work. With an emphasis on gesture, proportion, perspective, and morphology, we will create a number of works from the observed life model.  Anatomical figure construction...

Make a custom leather tote bag from scratch! Leather goods have been used by humans as far back as 5,000 BCE when Egyptians crafted sandals, clothes, gloves, buckets, bottles, and burial shrouds. In this dynamic workshop, you’ll use a variety of tools and materials and join the long history of leather craftspeople by creating your very own leather...

Develop strategies, preparatory drawings and theory with artist James Sheehan. Learn from technique-based demonstrations and lectures that touch upon art history and developing concepts to help you prepare for larger paintings in the studio. Students will develop their practice through group and individual exercises. Class focuses on the importance...

Learn the traditional art of shibori dye techniques and magical indigo dye in this extended session. This is a special intensive that will meet two full days, allowing for more techniques and skills to be demonstrated and more time to accomplish them! Don't worry we break for lunch, so it won't be completely exhausting. Just wonder blue pattern creations....

Gum Bichromate is beautiful process but can be a difficult learn because of the many variables involved in making a single print. This in-person/hands-on workshop will cover the materials and methods for making full color gum bichromate prints. Through lecture, presentation, and demonstration, students will be introduced to the history of gum bichromate...