Jul-Sep WORKSHOPS
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, July 4, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Jewlery Making with Andrea McKinney
Saturday, July 11, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Andrea McKinney is a Jewelry designer who created a Jewelry studio and Gallery in her seaside cottage in Marblehead, Mass. She has exhibited and sold her designs throughout the North Shore of Boston and the Cape. Her Jewelry designs have frequently been spotted on the necks of news anchors at WCVB Boston.
Andrea will lead this workshop in simple jewelry design and implementation of techniques she has gained from years of excelling in her art form. Participants must be able to follow instructions closely and adhere to all safety guidelines set in place. All workshop materials will be provided.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Art History: Kandinsky, with Jeanette Nelson
Saturday, July 18, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
I will show a PowerPoint presentation on Wassily Kandinsky, one of the primary pioneers of western abstract art, decidedly moving away from objective representation. He is credited with painting the first totally abstract pictures that were pure designs, and he believed that color and form had meaning all on their own. As a musician as well as a painter, Kandinsky thought of color as music. We will be painting to classical music pieces, listening to the music for 5 to 10 minutes without doing anything else, with our eyes closed. Then we’re going to try to imagine what colors, line, and shapes can be used to show the feelings that the music creates. While listening to the music again and painting a picture of the sound, you will use line, shapes, and colors without trying to draw any particular object. Instead, you will produce an abstract design that is made up on the spot as an improvisation, created without planning or sketching ahead of time. Then I will change the music selection and you will paint again, observing the different results to different kinds of music.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Linocut Workshop with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, July 25, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
A linocut, or lino print, is a type of block printing. At its most basic, you carve a design into a linoleum block, roll block printing ink on it, and print it on paper. Camille Santanglo will lead the class in this print technique. Participants will carve their own designs and print them on paper. All materials will be provided.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, August 1, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Bleeding Tissue Paper with Elizabeth Lincourt
Saturday, August 8, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Bleeding tissue paper is a type of tissue paper specifically designed to release its color when wet. This "bleeding" effect is desirable in various art and craft projects because it creates a watercolor-like effect without the need for paints.
There are several methods for using Bleeding tissue paper, and I will demonstrate all of them.
1. Wet the paper, lay pieces of tissue paper down, and let the colors bleed onto the watercolor paper
2. place the tissue scraps on dry paper and wet them either with a sponge or a spray bottle
3. place the tissue scraps on wet paper and add additional water to create the desired effect.
The creations need to dry. Then watercolor paint, watercolor pencils, and/or ink can be applied to create a scene.
Fpr ages 15 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Sunprints with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, August 15, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
A sunprint, or cyanotype, is a cameraless photographic print created by placing objects on a light-sensitive paper and exposing it to sunlight. Camille will guide the workshop in producing sunprints during this 3 hour workshop.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Introduction to Pinhole Photography with Harold Copp
Saturday, August 22, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
This one day workshop will give the participants the basic knowledge of pinhole cameras and analog photography. The participants will learn how to photograph and develop landscape and/or objects using the information provided in the workshop, while practicing safety standards set forth by the instructor. The students will learn basic techniques and processes in developing analog photographs.
For ages 18 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
HEROES with Paul Cook
Saturday, September 12, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Create and explore what and who our heroes are! We will see who we like, who inspires us, and who we look up to. Using ideas from comics, magazines, and pictures, participants will sketch, draw, and paint images that represent their heroes!
For ages 6 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Grandparents’ Day Adult/Child Workshop with Camille Santangelo
Sunday, September 13, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Art can bridge the world between generations. One adult and one child will learn and create art together in guided instruction. Works of art will be created by both the child and the adult in a guided class exploring the topic.
For all ages. Limited to 10 adult/child pairs.
Registration required.
Western Landscape Felting with Lisa DeFrancesco
Saturday, September 19, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Students will learn techniques of two dimensional landscape felting while creating a rendition of this western landscape. No prior felting experience needed.
Lisa DeFrancesco has been felting since she was a young adult. She is inspired by nature and by other beautiful things around her as she has lived in both corners of the New York State and in Hawaii. She loves to teach and has taught classes at the Dove Block Project, the Pulteney Free Library and the Rochester Folk Art Guild.
For ages 8 and up (age 8 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult). Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Workshops are supported by generous grants from The Wyckoff Family Foundation, the Looking Out Foundation, and The Linden Shop
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