Adult Classes
Adult classes can be adapted to specific groups, venues and amounts of time (usually one to three sessions; tailored to interests and needs). Classes may be offered in venues such as through community education, in a hospitality setting (brewpub or cafe), or personal venues. All classes approach the arts in both a skill-based AND a cultural, historical, and philosophical framework. Most classes will have some basic required materials and/or the option to purchase a kit of recommended supplies.
Therapeutic Journaling
How have artists used creative expression in their own lives? Explore various mediums for self-exploration, problem-solving, and overall health from an art therapy perspective.
Creativity 101
What conditions stimulate creativity? Which factors deter it? Whether you consider yourself a creative individual or not, this session explores the scientific, cultural and situational tenets of creativity, and presents practices for growing it.
Identity Self-Portrait
It’s been said that ‘the eyes are the windows to the soul’, but faces in artwork can be expressive far beyond the representation of self. Basic skills in realistic face drawing combine with expressive techniques in artmaking and wordsmithing to create an image of self that digs deep!
Team-guided with both a visual arts and a writer’s perspective.
Drawing 101
Drawing “bootcamp”; a ‘greatest hits’ of exploring where ideas come from, as well as learning tricks and tips for drawing realistic faces, figures, and space.
Painting 101
Painting “bootcamp”, a ‘greatest hits’ of exploring color scientifically and expressively, as well as experimenting with different types of paints.
Altered Books
Word and image interplay in this delightful adaptation – turn a discarded book into a reincarnated journal, event log, or photographic expression! Team-guided with both a writer’s and an artist’s perspectives.
Team-guided with both a visual arts and a writer’s perspective.
Matting, Mounting and Framing
Use your own creativity and some basic ‘rules of the road’ for matting, mounting and framing your own images, with just some very basic tools.
What is Art?
Who decides? How do we know? A fun and brain bending examination of what puzzles us the most about the labels ‘art’ and ‘artist’, from a cultural and historic perspective as well as from our own personal ideas.
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