ADULT WORKSHOPS
December 1, 2018 / 11am-2pm
Sumi Scarf Dyeing with Jill Roberts
Registration deadline: November 24
This workshop is an interactive artisan experience in which you will create designs for a one-of-a-kind painted silk scarf using the water marbling technique, Suminagashi. Suminagashi (墨 流 し) or “floating ink” is the process of marbling plain paper with water and ink to transform it into something vibrant and colorful. The same can be done with silk.
January 5, 2019 / 11am-2pm / $65
Making a Silicone Mold and Casting with Concrete
Registration deadline: December 30, 2018
Create a one-part silicone mold (block and sock molds) and then cast into the mold using concrete. Learn how to make multiples of a sculpture or 3D object you’ve made. Design your own table top containers, coasters, or succulent planters. Workshop led by artist and mold making/casting expert Robert Bennett Jr.
March 16, 2019 / 11am-2pm / $55
Painting Fast and Slow with Amanda Hawkins
Registration deadline: March 10, 2019
An introduction to thinking, drawing and painting in an abstract manner. Pulling ques from reality, we will use the still life, surrounding landscape, and photographs as input for abstraction. Students will explore mark marking techniques, build color palettes, and trick their minds in thinking differently through a series of non-traditional drawing and painting exercises. We will study the work of Henri Matisse, David Hockney, Robert Motherwell and Raimonds Staprans.
June 8, 2019 / 10am-5pm / $110
Painting: Essence of Place with Amanda Hawkins
Registration deadline: June 2, 2019
An introduction to traditional landscape painting with an emphasis on expressive color and gestural mark. Students will explore the defining/subtle qualities of their determined place and the different ways this can be interpreted through traditional drawing, color studies, and a larger, more involved painting. We will look closely at the work of Edward Hopper, Richard Diebenkorn, Raimonds Staprans, Louisa Matthíasdóttir.
