Digital Photography Workshop Series

Graham Stafford

3 Sat, 9:30am-4:30pm Sept. 13, 20, 27

Fee: $75

An in depth class covering many aspects of photography and the digital world. From F Stops to file resolution, white balance to ISO along with theory and hands on application as well as field experience. Class offers individual attention at a pace that allows for full digital experience. Open to all levels.

Library/Conference Room

Go Figure! Life Drawing, Painting and Photography

James Curtis

Every Mon, 12-3pm, Single 3-hour pose session- ideal for painting.
Every Wed, 7-10pm, Multiple short poses 1st hour, then twenty minute poses-suited for sketching gesture or developing ability at portraiture.

Mon Fee: $15 per session or $50 for 4 sessions.
Wed Fee: $10 per session or $35 for 4 sessions.

Ongoing, non-instructed, drop-in figure study sessions in an open, well-lit studio. Draw, paint or sculpt from a live model. All levels of experience. Bring own materials. No turpenoid or turpentine solvents! Tables, easels, sink, lighting and set up for model, etc. provided.

Painting/Drawing Studio (Upstairs)

Drawing Nature: A Colored Pencil Class

Nina Antze

4 Tues, 9-12pm July 22-Aug 12 Aug 19- Sept 9 Sept 30- Oct 21 Nov 4 - 25

Member's Fee: $84, Non-Member Fee: $89

Colored pencils are a fun, safe and portable way to express oneself artistically. Easy for the beginner and a change of pace for the experienced artist. Focus will be on basics of color theory and application while covering techniques including blending, burnishing and impressed line. Work will stem from natural objects or photographs.

Library/Conference Room

Fee: $185 Nonmember: $190

Intense and exiting! learn the fundamental of painting including materials, pigments, brushes, canvas and other basics from a professional artist. The first class will meet at an art supply store, where you will get advice on deciding what to buy according to your budget and your own preference as an artist. Two of the classes will be reserved for outdoor painting. This class is for beginners to advanced students. www.christianquintin.com

Painting/Drawing Studio

Painting for the Joy of It!

SUMMER Evening Class: 4 Tues, July 8 - July 29, 6:30-9pm
Daytime Class: 4 Frid, July 11-Aug 1, 10am-12:30
FALL Free Class: "Try it - You'll Like It" Tues, Sept. 9, 6:30-9pm
Evening Class: 8 Tues, Sept 16-Nov 4, 6:30-9:30pm
Daytime Class: Session 1: 8 Fridays, Sept 19-Nov 7, 10am-1:00pm
Weekend Workshop: Saturday/Sunday, Sept 20-21, 10-6pm

SUMMER Evening Fee: $120 (all materials included)
Daytime Fee: $120 (all materials included) Workshops: Daylong, Sun, July 27, 10-6pm Fee: $95
Evening Fee: $275 (all materials included)
Daytime Fee per session: $275 (all materials included)
Weekend Workshop Fee: $225

Unleash your inner flow of creativity in a supportive environment. Work through the blocks that keep you stuck or limited and touch the stream of creativity. All materials provided. Emphasis is entirely on the creative process, no critiquing or analysis. Absolute beginner's welcome as well as long-time artists who want to free their creativity.

Painting/Drawing Studio

To register call: (707) 824-8282

The Joy of Painting…Getting Started with Acrylics!

Tues, Sept 30-Nov 4, 12:30-5pm

Get started painting in this 6 part series.

PART 1: Materials and methods: getting to know your materials…learning and experimenting with different styles of paint, brushes, palette knives, supports and palettes.
PART 2: Color: Basic color theory with practice mixing colors and learning color relationships, transparency, temperature and the benefit of a limited palette.
PART 3: Shape: Creating dimension using value and color and light source.
PART 4: Observation, Studies & Sketches: Preparation and preliminary steps to creating a painting.
PART 5: Composition: Guidelines for landscape, still life and abstract compositions.
PART 6: Creating Paintings…finding the joy of expression. No experience is necessary but experienced painters are welcomed. Bring an apron/painting smock or wear old clothes. Hand-outs provided.

Adult Painting/Drawing

Watercolor Magic

6 Thurs, Sept 4-Oct 9, 10am-12pm

Fee: Members $90, Non-member's Fee: $95 Materials Fee: $7, to be paid to the instructor

Have fun with watercolor while you explore basic and experimental exercises to learn color magic, washes and glazing. Free yourself of watercolor myths and limitations. Begin with small abstract studies then progress to strong compositions as you build confidence. Receive plenty of personal help. Materials list provided.

Painting/Drawing Studio

Innovations in Watercolor Painting Workshop

Fee: Members $95, Non-member fee: $100 Materials list provided and required

Explore experimental techniques in your watercolor painting like pouring and masking while creating rich textures and vibrant color combinations that will bring depth to your painting. Learn new tricks and develop your own unique style. Must have an understanding of basic watercolor painting.

Painting/Drawing Studio

Studio 5 Tues, Aug 5-Sept 2, 7-10pm

Fee: $85 NonMember: $90 Material List and Model fee

This studio drawing based course for beginning drawing students will emphasize development in drawing techniques, value contrast, composition, visual perspective, design basics, drawing tools and media, still life, and drawing from the draped model.

Painting/Drawing

Summer/Fall Ceramics "Drop-In" Open Studio - July-Sept 2008

Mon, 9:30am-12:30pm Tues, 12-3pm and 6-8:30pm Wed, 12-3pm Sat, 9:30am-12:30pm

Fees:$12 per single session $60 for 6-session punch card $90 for 10-session punch card
$28 for clay, glaze, firing as needed.

Non-instructed studio time for open-minded potters with some experience. One of the few public facilities in the County open to the public for ceramic hand-building, sculptural and wheel-work. Studio features 8 potter's wheels, slab roller, extruder, glaze making opportunities and 1 large electric kiln. Fire at cone 6. Not for production potters. Call 829-4797

Ceramic/Mixed Media Studio

$6 per session for students concurrently enrolled in SCA ceramic class. See instructor for details.

In the Treasury of Sacred Places Alter Box Making Weekend Workshop

6 Thurs, 7-9pm Session 1: Oct 2-Nov 6 Session 2: Jan 15-Mar 12 (no class Feb 15)

Alter Box Making Weekend Workshop. We will dive into our soul's delighted path, into the sacred, humorous, kind, sentimental, reflectivity of our humility. Creating an honored mantel or alter for our treasures to exist. Reconfiguring our creations within the confines of presence and meaning. Using wood, paint, found materials, fibers, photographs, writing and family collections we will find new ways to connect to the deeper origins of our soul through this expressive arts journey. Come and play!!!

Ceramic/Mixed Media Studio

Thursday Night Pottery

6 Thur, July 31-Sept.25 no class Aug 21

This class will focus on the potter's wheel learning to wedge, center, and pull the clay to create bowls, cups, and vases. Other methods like coil, slab, and pinch will also be discussed. We will fire and glaze our finished projects. Great for the beginner and intermediate. Sign up early space limited!

Ceramics/Mixed Media Studio

Wednesday Night Pottery Class

6 Weds, Oct.15-Nov 19, 6pm- 8:30pm

Don't stay home with the TV. Learn how to use the potter's wheel and others methods to make functional art with clay. We will also be glazing and firing finished pieces. Perfect for beginners and seasoned potters. Space limited sign up early!

Pique Assiette Mosaic

4 Weds, Sept 3-24, 6:30pm- 8:30pm

Fun! Fun! Fun! An old French folk art of taking broken china along with anything that looks interesting to turn it into something creative and amazingly beautiful! Drag out old flea market finds, bric-a-brac, jewelry, toys, buttons, coins, hardware, memorabilia, that old platter from Italy that arrived broken and come play!

Weave a Simple Project

5 Thurs, July 3 - July31, 9:30am - 12:30pm

For experienced students and beginners with basic skills in warping the loom and weaving who want to go to the next level. Students will plan a simple project ( a scarf, table runner, placemats, baby blanket, etc. ) and execute the process from designing to finishing. Materials not included. Looms available courtesy of the Redwood Empire Handweavers and Spinners Guild.

Painting/Drawing Studio

An opportunity to weave something challenging with guidance of an experienced teacher and to potentially have the use of a larger loom. Each student will plan and design their individual piece, measure the warp, dress the loom and weave. Students may use color, texture or an endless array of 4 or 8 harness patterns to achieve their plans. Materials costs will depend on your individual project and be discussed at the first class. Looms are available courtesy of the Redwood Empire Handweavers and Spinning Guild.

Painting/Drawing Studio

Interdisciplinary Composition Lab

Instructor: Nina Galin This ongoing workshop offers a place for adults and teens from all arts disciplines to develop their work from a base of body awareness. This is an unusual opportunity to develop artistically in community with practitioners from diverse fields. You do not have to be advanced level; the main prerequisites are commitment to developing your art, and interest in using body awareness.

Music/Movement Studio

Adult

SUMMER Fee: $100
Weekend Workshop Fee: $250
Wednesday Fee: $225
Daylong Workshop Fee: $125

Experience the joy and wisdom of the body. Discover the beauty and depth of everyday stories. Come play and create with others while unleashing your self-expression. Classes include relaxation, movement, singing, storytelling and theater games. Expect to surprise yourself, to become more playful and at ease in front of an audience, and to leave with an enhanced sense of well-being.

Music/Movement Studio

To register call: (707) 824-8282

Fee: $50 for 4 weeks. Non-members: $55 for 4 weeks

Capoeira is an energizing and joyful Brazilian martial art/dance. The art of Capoeira presents to its learners a sense of mental and physical strength that can be built upon through practice and performance. Physical endurance, personal expression, self-defense and self-confidence are just some of the lifelong skills that Capoeira offers. Students will learn the fundamentals of Capoeira and musical traditions.

Music & Movement Studio

Fee: $2-$5 donation per meeting to cover facility use

If you make books, alter books, want to learn to make books please join us at the Center for the Arts. The intent is to create a group to share work, teach techniques, take field trips, invite guest artists to teach, and have a show.

Painting/Drawing Studio

For more info, call Dena Bliss, 829-1732

Fee: $100, Non-Member Fee: $105 Material Fee: $40

This class will provide a working familiarity with the principle of electronics for the purposes of expanding the artistic media palette. This course will introduce the student to the mysteries of many electronic components such as transistors, integrated circuits, light emitting diodes, light sensors, and such things as motors and solenoids. The idea that with a basic understanding of these components the artist will be able to make art that can DO things.

Ceramics/Mixed Media Studio

Fee: $100, Non-Member Fee: $105, Material Fee: $50

Learn the fundamentals of computer-controlled kinetics by building and programming simple stepper-motor based projects. Participants are asked to bring own IBM compatible laptop, which can also be provided. These do not need to be new or fast…in fact old is good. Students will choose between building an "Eggbot" or a "Shimmibot"

Painting/Drawing Studio

Class Fee Refund Policy

Cancellation prior to one week before start of class will be refunded or transferred, minus a $15 processing fee for each transfer or cancellation. (Transfer is good for one year.) Cancellation less than one week prior to first day of class or after class begins will not receive a refund or transfer. If the Art Center cancels a class, you will receive a full refund.