SPRING SEMESTER BEGINS JANUARY 30TH, 2012

Private music lessons - piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, voice & guitar - are available for all ages.  $23 a half hour.
MUSIC CLASSES FOR KIDS

String Ensembles (16 wks) ages 8-14
Saturdays, 8-9am - 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year students
          9-10 am Select Ensemble by audition
Instructor:  Anna Wetherby
Fee:  $50

Beginning Guitar (16 wks) Ages 8-12
Fridays, 4:30-5:30
Instructor: Karl Rausch
Fee: $200
Students will learn notes and scales in first position on the guitar. Both electric and acoustic guitars are welcome. We will also begin to learn chords that will open up songs that students can play together.  We will work on playing melodies and strumming chords.


ART CLASSES FOR KIDS

Early Arts Together! (8 wks)   Ages 3 to 5 with caregiver
Instructor: Sara Lyons Acton                                           
Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:30 am,  begins January 31
Fee:  $80.00
Explore different materials and techniques as you make art alongside your preschooler. Try sculpture, printmaking, painting, drawing, and collage! Each lesson aims to provide a foundation in the basic elements of art making while nurturing your young child's natural expressiveness and creativity. Class time includes viewing prints of artwork by various 20th century artists. Also, you'll take home project ideas for further arts exploration at home after each lesson.

Fundamentals of Painting (16 wks) Ages 5 – 7
Mondays, 4 to 5 p.m. begins Jan. 30
Instructor: Tina Clark
Fee: $160
Children love to paint.  This class will focus on color theory, artistic style,
material use and tapping into our imagination. Students will explore watercolor,
acrylic and tempera paints.  

Kids Clay (16 wks) Ages 6-10
Tuesdays, 4:30-6 p.m., begins Jan. 31
Instructor : Rhonda Wainshilbaum
Fee: $250  (includes materials and firings)
Kids will sink their fingers into clay and make pots, textured tiles, and sculptures using slab, pinch and coil techniques.  Students will finish projects by adding surface decorations, and under glaze colors before clay is fired. Finished pots for may be used for serving food!  Come explore real clay!

Fundamentals of Painting II, (16 wks) Ages 8 – 10
Tuesdays, 3:30 – 5, begins Jan. 31
Instructor:  Tina Clark
Fee: $240
Children love to paint.  This class will focus on color theory, artistic style,
material use and tapping into our imagination. Students will explore watercolor,
acrylic and tempera paints.  

Double Whammy! - 2D and 3D Explorations,  (16 wks) Ages 8-12
Instructor:  Karen Gaudette
Thursdays 4:30-6pm, begins Feb. 2
Fee: $240
In the first 8 weeks, students will learn basic drawing and design skills as the work from life and photos. Students will work with a variety of dry and wet media including graphite pencils, charcoal, pastel and paint. In the second half of the course, students will improve their 3D skills as they use papier-mâché and Sculpey to build sculptures. We will even create a sculpture that you can wear!
Class content will build on skills learned in fall session.  Returning students and new students welcome. 

Drawing Skills with Perspective (15 wks) Ages 10 -18
Instructor:  Polly Anderson
Fridays, 4 - 5:30, begins Feb. 3
Fee: $240
The Power of Perspective can be yours.  Be able to create the illusion of depth as the masters of the Renaissance did.  We'll work with one and two point perspective and create fantastic imaginative
cityscapes with surreal aspects such as "the attack of the giant insects".
We'll draw the interior of a room with perspective, furnish it by drawing chairs, couches, tables, pianos, lamps, etc. (also in 3-D), and concentrate on figure drawing to fill your room with inhabitants.


ART FOR ADULTS

Advanced Watercolor for Adults (16 wks)  (CLASS FULL)
Tuesdays, 10:15-12:15 – begins Jan. 31
Instructor:  Astrid Sheckels
Fee: $315

Full Color Oil Painting for Teens and Adults (14 wks)
Wednesdays,  10 - noon, begins Feb. 15
Instructor: Marcia Wise
Fee: $280
Class emphasis is on color, and through its use we will learn and experience the many elements of painting, such as perspective, value, & light effects in the same manner/language of the Impressionists. We will begin with block studies to understand the basic concepts of full color painting on flat planes, and then move on to other, more complex forms, such as rounded objects commonly used in still life compositions. Ultimately these concepts will be translated easily to portraiture and landscape painting. Students will primarily use palette knives to work on color rather than details that will come later. No matter if you are a beginner or long time painter, this class will make a difference in anyone's painting.

Pastel Studio with Becky Clark  (12 wks)   
Teens and Adults
Thursdays, 1- 3 p.m. –  Begins Feb. 2
Fee: $260
This class is for those who have taken a pastel course before, either at Artspace or elsewhere, or for those who have been working in the medium.  We will be a small, motivated group who will meet weekly and will work on our own pastel drawings with guidance from the instructor, Becky Clark.  There will be ample time for critiquing work and for discussions, questions and answers, and there will be more formal instruction as needed.    Materials are provided, as are suitable objects or images for subjects. If you have your own materials please bring them along for you to use. Come and join us as we strive to master the brilliance, flexibility and immediacy of this much loved medium.

 
Beginning Pastel with Becky Clark  (12 wks)
Teens and Adults
Thursdays, 10-noon, begins Feb. 2
Fee: $260
Becky will introduce you to the immediate gratification of pastel. This class will allow you to explore subjects while building skill and confidence in your handling of the medium. For beginners and those with drawing experience, the sessions will include drawing exercises and opportunities to create finished artworks. The class is an open environment of sharing knowledge and posing questions with individual attention. Topics for class discussions include composition, value ranges, perspective, color and light.  If you work from photographs or already have sketches or objects you wish to work with please bring those along, and if you have your own materials you're welcome to use those.


Photo Assignments (8wks)
Mondays, 6:30 -8:30  begins Jan. 30.
Instructor:  Beth Reynolds
Fee: $185
This class will range from weekly assignments to be created outside of class, in class critiques and hands on shooting and tech help. Students will bring in images on a flash drive for crits. Topics will challenge your vision, keep you photographing, and provide a supportive environment to experiment with your photography. All levels welcome. Tripod helpful.


Basic Point & Shoot Photography for Teens and Adults (16 wks)
Mondays, 10-noon, begins Jan. 30
Instructor:  Beth Reynolds
Fee: $315
This is a beginning class to learn the technical and creative aspects of photography through discussions, demonstrations and hands-on guidance with your camera. Using your own digital camera you learn to take better photos of your family and events, email and store your photographs and preserve your memories. Get creative and discover the endless possibilities with your photographs - from making a small book to your own greeting


Stamp Making for Textiles, Teens and Adults (6wks)
Tuesdays, 9:30 - noon, begins Jan. 31
Instructor:  Cheryl Rezendes
Fee: $180 (includes materials)
Students will be exposed to a variety of traditional and unconventional ways to make their own stamps to use for printing on textiles and paper, including hand carving. We will discuss and experiment with paints, ink pads and glue.

Batik Basics with Soy Wax and Textile Paints -Teens and Adults (6 wks)
Mondays, 12:30-3 pm begins Jan. 30
Instructor: Cheryl Rezendes
Fee: $180
Soy wax, originally developed to make candles, is extremely user friendly and makes batiking easier.  There are no fumes, and the wax is water-soluble and can be removed by ironing or washing it out.  Students will need to bring to class  ten fabric pieces 18”x21” --light cotton and/or silk.
 

Our Life Stories, Mixed Media (15 wks)
Wednesdays, 1-3 pm, begins Feb. 8
Instructor: Marcia Wise
Fee: $300
Using mixed media participants will create an art book of life memories. Participants are required to bring to class their or a family member's, memorabilia, photographs, favorite material (textiles), found objects, shells, buttons, beads, old postcards or cards, etc. Using paints, pastels, watercolor, colored pencils, drawing tools, stamping, collage, sewing, transfers, typography, and more, students will create a visual journal of a life story. (Copies of photographs can be used in lieu of originals. Please make copies to bring to the first class.)