Art Classes & Workshops

 
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SUMMER 2012

ALL SUMMER INTENSIVES ARE $160 PER WEEK.  CLASSES ARE 9 - NOON, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

2012 SUMMER MUSIC AND ART INTENSIVES AT ARTSPACE
All intensives meet M-F, 9 am to noon.  Fee is $160 per wk.
All students should bring a healthy snack each day.

July  9-13:  FACE IT! with Polly Anderson
Ages 4th grade and up
Let’s look at faces in different ways.
Students will begin by looking at their own faces (accessorized with hats) and draw portraits. Then, with oil crayons, we’ll turn into Picassos as we render faces that depict multiple views in one portrait.  Next, we’ll look at masks from different cultures and create our own with repousse (metal tooling) techniques.  By scoring paper, we’ll discover how to depict a fantasy face in paper sculpture.  The week ends with  caricature drawings in which students will take the facial features and have fun exaggerating them.

July 9-13:  Art with Rhonda Wainshilbaum
Ages 6-12
Learn the clay techniques of pinch, slab, and coil. Use air drying clay to make a clay diorama, or a room of a scene from imagination or from a favorite book. Also, make a treasure box, and a sculpture of a fantasy animal. Students will also make junk sculpture from recycled materials, a mosaic, and sculpy clay creatures and jewelry.


July 16-20  String Intensive
with Cecilia Berger, Anna Wetherby & David Tasgal 
9- noon M-F     Ages 8 - 15    
Violin, viola and cello students are invited to participate.  Students must have 3 months study experience with private teacher or 1 year of group lessons.  Participants will play in parts in large and small ensembles. Students will have fun while improving their sight-reading, rhythm and listening skills.  Students will look and sound like experienced string players by the end of the week.  Concert performance on Friday. 

July 23-27: Beginning Guitar Intensive with Karl Rausch
Ages 8 - 12
Students will learn notes and scales in first position on the guitar. Both electric and acoustic guitars are welcome. Students will learn to play melodies and strum chords. There will be a performance on Friday at 11:30.

July 23-27  Clay for Beginners with Tina Clark
Ages 6 - 9
Children will explore various clay techniques including slab work, coil, hand building and sculpture.
We will explore the sculpture work of Elizabeth Catlett and visit the studio of a local artist who specializes in clay.  We will find ways to incorporate clay into our environment, such as building fairy houses outdoors and leaving them to be a part of nature.  Children will create slab and coiled pottery.  All clay items will be painted and ready to go home by the end of class on Friday. We will be using self hardening clay that cannot be used for food.

July 30-Aug 3:  Drawing Skills with Perspective
5th grade and beyond, great for middle school and high school
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, sofas, tables, pianos, lamps, etc. (also in 3-D), and concentrate on figure drawing to fill your room with inhabitants.

July 30 - Aug. 3: Intermediate Guitar Camp with Karl Rausch  
Ages 9- 15     Fee: $160
Come learn new songs and play with other guitarists!  Learn how to read guitar tablature! Players attending should be able to strum or pick the basic chords (D, G, A, E, C, Am, Em).  Concert on Friday.


Aug. 6-10 & Aug. 13-17  Summer Art Intensive with Tina Clark
Ages 5 - 8  ($320 for 2wk course)
These two weeks of art that are nothing short of spectacular!
Students will focus on drawing techniques, explore various painting styles and mediums and work with self hardening clay to create both abstract forms and functional pieces.  During the two weeks, we will do walking field trips to the Mill Street studios of local artists.  This will give students the opportunity to see how artists work within a medium. We will take a nature walk to collect materials for our abstract clay forms and paintings.  This two week class is a wonderful chance for students to learn while
having a great time. 

Aug. 6 -10  The Moon Walk and Other Cool Stuff with Jody Scalise
There is limited enrollment for this incredible week with Jody Performance Artist, Jody Scalise.
You will learn the Moonwalk,  Hip Hop Robotics, and will learn to Juggle, and to Balance a Broom Stick on your chin.  Students will Learn to be Funny, Funny, Funny. Performance on Friday morning 11:30.

Jody Scalise starred in "Catch A Rainbow" on ABC Television.


Aug. 13-17: 2D AND BEYOND!!! with Karen Gaudette
Ages 9-13
In this class students will work on both 2D and 3D skills. Students will begin by creating drawings in graphite and pastel. We will look at images of various animals and plant life to create realistic pictures and then building these creatures using plaster bandages and other materials. Bring an observant eye and a creative spirit.

Aug. 20-24: Beginning String Camp with Anna Wetherby, Cecilia Berger and David Tasgal  
Ages 8 and older
Participants will find it easy and fun to learn to play 5 cool tunes (maybe more) on the violin  or cello by the end of the week.  Students will look and sound pretty good by the end of the week.     Each child will receive both individual and group instruction.  A kid-size violin or cello will be provided for the week at no extra charge.  Concert on Friday. This intensive is a great way to learn if you really want to play the violin or cello in the fall