SPRING SESSION 2008
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Still Life Oil Painting
Katherine Ann Hartley
6 weeks / Mondays, April 28 - June 9 / 12 - 3 pm
Members: $135   Non-members: $150     All Levels
No class May 26
    This class will focus on the abstract qualities of light and shadow, and how they work together to create form and structure in a painting. The student will learn to mass shapes and forms, and see the painting emerge from dark to light on the canvas. Using only natural north light, the painter will experience the methods and excitement of the early oil painters. The methods will embue everyday objects with mystery and elegance.

Intermediate Digital Photography
Stan Godwin
6 weeks / Mondays, April 28 - June 9 / 3 - 5 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110
No class May 26
    Students with basic DSLR knowledge and/or students from Stan's previous classes are welcome. Knowledge of shooting and handling RAW images is mandatory! This will be a shooting class; assignments given weekly. Critiques of prints will be held at each class meeting except the first session. The ideal student has a photo-quality inkjet printer and PhotoShop or PhotoShop Elements on a home computer; a laptop to bring to class is encouraged. Advanced composition and visual perception will be discussed. In-class demonstrations will include: digital asset management using Adobe Lightroom, color management of inkjet printers, and archival print mounting and window matting for gallery display. Materials list: Digital SLR camera and lenses; owners manual for your camera; memory cards; charged batteries. Laptop with PhotoShop installed is optional.

In Pursuit of Creativity
Christy J. King
6 weeks / Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3 / 10 am - Noon
Members: $110   Non-members: $130   (includes $20 materials fee)
   In pursuit of creativity, artists not only produce work, but observe, listen, read, talk to others, and above all, remain open to what is new, different, challenging and spontaneous. The path is not always easy, but usually rewarding and always a learning experience. In this class, students will discover ways to look at one thing and see another; create art with unusual materials; discuss art with visiting guests; and become more attuned with their own quest for the creative spirit.

Painting Composition
J. Vincent Diggs
6 weeks / Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3 / 3 - 5 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110     All Levels
   This course will concentrate on the composition of art work. Learn to make your objective or non-objective art stronger by making better decisions based on sound fundamentals. Students should bring artworks they are creating, and an open mind.

Oil Painting
J. Vincent Diggs
6 weeks / Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110     All Levels
    Learn techniques of oil painting with a hands-on approach. Learn to paint on the form, see color relationships, learn to use intervals, line quality, speed and texture. Students need to bring their own materials. Classes will be full of conversation and critiques.

Clay Handbuilding - Functional Forms
Caitlin Nesbit
6 weeks / Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3 / 10 am - 1 pm
Members: $210   Non-members: $230   (includes $45 materials fee)
    Students will explore the versatility of clay by creating objects that are useful in everyday life. This is a class for beginners where basic techniques involved in handbuilding will be introduced. Students can create forms that fit individual needs - perhaps a decadent dessert bowl or a box for jewelry, or any objects that will enhance life!

Wheel-Thrown Pottery for High School Students
Nat Doane
6 weeks / Tuesdays, April 29 - June 3 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $155   Non-members: $175   (includes $45 materials fee)
    Specifically for high school students, this class will cover the fundamentals of using a potter's wheel. Students will learn basic visual and technical skills involving ceramic forms. With demonstrations and individual assistance, students will develop skills using the potter's wheel to create functional pieces such as vases, cups and bowls.

Water Media Painting
Karen North Wells
6 weeks / Wednesdays, April 30 - June 4 / 9:30 - 11:30 am
Members: $90   Non-members: $110    All Levels
    Spring is a good time for starting something new in painting! Trees are budding, grass is turning green and flowers are blooming. Learn the technique of watercolor painting and the principles of art by observing Karen paint demonstrations at the beginning of every class using spring flowers, or photos of landscape and seascape as subject matter. If you prefer, you can also paint in acrylic or water-based oils. Students are responsible for their own materials, plus props whether they be flowers and fruit or landscape photos. A group critique will be given at the end of the class.

Drawing from Still Life
Michael Giaquinto
6 weeks / Wednesdays, April 30 - June 4 / 3 - 5 pm
Members: $90   Non-members $110
    This class is for those who have drawn before and want more out of a drawing class, and want to improve their drawing skills with longer time devoted to drawing still life. Learn the fundamentals and basic elements in drawing from still life by working on three major still life arrangements, rendering values and developing understanding and the use of line. Drawing ability increases as greater awareness develops. Prior drawing experience is required; matting and framing of finished work will also be discussed. Materials needed: 18" x 24" drawing pad; HB, 2B, 4Band 6B pencils; vine charcoal; gum or kneaded eraser.

Art to Start
Christy J. King
6 weeks / Wednesdays, April 30 - June 4 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $130  (includes $20 materials fee)
    This class is designed for those who would like to try art lessons, but are unsure where to begin. Learn about the fundamentals and elements of art, and discover a variety of materials used in artistic expression: pencils, charcoal, ink, watercolor and oils. Explore the wonderful possibilities of drawing and painting with basic lessons in using these mediums.

Enameling
Lois Grebe
6 weeks / Thursdays, May 1 - June 5 / 10 am - 12:30 pm
Members: $150   Non-members: $170   (includes $35 materials fee)
    Become acquainted with the ancient art of enameling-- the process of fusing powdered glass on metal. Enamels are very fine grains of colored sand that are fused to metal at about 1500 degrees Fahrenheit; many layers and firings are needed to produce rich color and depth. Students will use copper and silver to create jewelry and/or decorative pieces. Some of the techniques covered include cloisonne, sifting, stencils and sgraffito. This medium will intrigue, inspire and expand creative vision.

Printmaking: Drypoint with Chine Colle
Leslie Kramer
6 weeks / Thursdays, May 1 - June 5 / 1 - 3 pm
Members: $110   Non-members: $130   (includes $20 materials fee)
    Learn drypoint, one of the most direct printmaking methods, combined with chine colle, an elegant method of adding color to your prints without using ink. Lines will be drawn directly on plexiglass or copper plates with a pointed stylus to create the image. Japanese rice paper and found papers will be used as well as painterly techniques of monprinting to add color and texture to the prints. Students will learn how to print a small edition of work and the proper labeling of prints. Students may bring line drawings to the first class, but sketches will also be made during class time. No previous experience required.

Dry Pastels
Peter Richenburg
6 weeks / Thursdays, May 1 - June 5 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110    All Levels
    In this class you will learn the basics of pastel. Instruction will include various methods of application to achieve exciting painterly effects. How to begin, proceed and finish a painting will be covered as well as avoidance of and overcoming common problems. After initial instructions and demonstrations, students will work from their own photographs with ample personal attention from the instructor who will encourage the pursuit and development of a personal style.

Wheel-Thrown Plates and Platters
Kim Holl
6 weeks / Thursdays, May 1 - June 5 / 6 - 8 pm
Members: $155   Non-members: $175   (includes $45 materials fee)
    In this course, students will learn to use the fundamentals of throwing to create a dinner plate and platter. Through demonstration, reviewing basic throwing techniques and individual assistance, students will learn the skills to create these forms.

Discovering Film: Great Films That Never Found an Audience
Eric Hart
6 weeks / Thursdays, May 1 - June 5 / 6 - 8:30 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110
   For many different reasons, these seldom seen, yet extraordinary films never captured a significant audience. As a result, they have disappeared into obscurity. Participants will have the opportunity to view the films and then discuss their merits and why they never succeeded at the box office. Refreshments will be served at each class.
    Thursday, May 1
Funny Bones: Director Peter Chelsom (1998)
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian but his Las Vegas debut is a failure. He goes back to Blackpool, UK, where his father (also a comedian) started and where he spent the summers of his childhood. He starts to search for a partner, a comic relief, with whom he can be famous. Starring Jerry Lewis and Oliver Platt.
    Thursday, May 8
One False Move: Director Carl Franklin (1993)
After an L.A. drug deal leads to blood and carnage, the perpetrators end up in small town Arkansas where the leader Ray contacts his ex-girlfriend. Two L.A. detectives in pursuit soon find themselves out of sorts away from the big city. Chief Dale “Hurricane” Dixon sees his chance to impress and achieve his dream of a move to the big city, but his Hicksville approach leads to mockery and derision. Keeping important information from the two officers, he tries to play clever and capture the criminals himself. Classic neo-noir.
    Thursday, May 15
The 25th Hour: Director Spike Lee (2002)
The clock is ticking on Monty Brogan’s freedom - in 24 hours he goes to prison for seven long years. Once a king of Manhattan, Monty is about to say goodbye to the life he knew - a life that opened doors in New York’s swankiest clubs but also alienated him from the people closest to him. In his last day on the outside, Monty tries to reconnect with with his father, who has never given up on his son, and gets together with his closest friends from the old days, Jacob and Slaughtery. Also in the mix is his girlfriend, Naturelle, who might (or might not) have been the one who tipped off the cops. Monty’s not sure of much these days. But with time running out, there are a lot of choices to be made.  Powerful performances by Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Edward Norton.
    Thursday, May 22
Journey of Hope: Director Xavier Koller. (1990)
In a village in eastern Turkey, tales of the economic success of Turks in Switzerland inspire Haydar to convince his wife Meryem that they must go. He sells their livestock and small plot of land in exchange for passage for two. He wants to leave their seven children in the care of the eldest and his parents; his father advises him to take one son to be educated in Europe, as economic insurance. The three set off for Istanbul, Milan, and Switzerland, stowing away on a ship. At Lake Como, they pay the rest of their money to unprincipled men who abandon them at an Alpine pass before a blizzard. Father and son are separated from Meryem. Will anyone reach the land of promise? Academy Award Winner as Best Foreign Language Film.
    Thursday, May 29
A Passion in the Desert: Director Lavinia Currier (1998)
Young French officer Augustin Robert escorts artist Jean-Michel Venture de Paradis to Egypt during Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign. Napoleon sent de Paradis to record Egypt’s great monuments and temples that were destroyed by French soldiers in acts of barbarism. During combat, Augustin and Jean-Michel are separated from their regiment, and they start wandering through the desert fighting for their lives. In one of the canyons, Augustin meets a leopard he names Simoom and a strange bond between them occurs.
    Thursday, June 5
If Turtles Could Fly: Director Bahman Ghobadi (2005)
This film is set in Ghobadi’s native Kurdistan on the eve of the American invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old Soran is known as “Satellite,” for his installation of dishes and antennae for local villages looking for news of Saddam. He is the dynamic leader of the children, organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields, and subsequently arranging trade-ins for the unexploded mines. The industrious Satellite falls for an unlikely orphan, a sad-faced girl traveling with her brother who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance. The siblings are care-taking a three-year-old, whose connection to the pair is discovered as harsh truths are unveiled.

Wheel-Thrown Pottery
Nat Doane
6 weeks / Fridays, May 2 - June 6 / 10 am - 1 pm
Members: $210   Non-members: $230   ($45 materials fee included)
    This pottery class will cover the fundamentals of “throwing” on a potter’s wheel. Students will be introduced to the basic visual and technical issues involving ceramic forms. Through demonstrations and individual assistance, Nat will help each student develop the skills using a potter’s wheel to create functional forms such as cups, bowls and vases.

Painting Oils with Primary Colors
Lance Walker
6 weeks / Fridays, May 2 - June 6 / 1 - 4 pm
Members: $90   Non-members: $110      All Levels
    In this class, students will learn to simplify the painting experience using the three primary colors, red, blue, yellow, with white. Lessons will include setting up and maintaining an organized palette, understanding the color wheel, color temperature, mixing secondaries, brush handling, paint mediums and canvas preparation. Students will practice various elements of a landscape and incorporate those elements into a finished painting.

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