- Practice Makes Perfect! 10 weeks of studio time with a live model - details below.The classroom monitor will manage model poses and break sessions. Poses lengths will vary. Typically, the evening will begin with shorter poses and pose length will increase throughout the session.
- Intro to Digital Photography Charles DiBartolo414.3 | Thu 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM | Room B Begins April 9 | $236 | 6 weeksLearn how to get your camera off automatic. Students will be taught about aperture, ISO, and shutter speed and how they all relate to getting the shot you desire. Properly expose your images through exposure lessons, shooting, and in-class review. Includes discussions of camera settings, sensors, lenses, and file formats. Students will learn to shoot in different lighting, objects in motion, indoor, and outdoor scenes. Various topics will be discussed about your digital camera, flash, manual settings, and editing.There will be a $20 registration fee added to your total.
- Color & Light: Painting from an Impressionist Point of ViewLinda Butti126.0 | Thu, 10:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Room FBegins April 9 | $236 | 6 weeksColor painting from an Impressionist point of view:Linda will concentrate on teaching Impressionist approaches, but students may use traditional approaches as well and Linda will fully explain both. Linda will teach theory through some power points occasionally, where the class will look at master paintings, their approaches, and ideas.This class will emphasize color theory from an impressionist point of view using oils or acrylics. The impressionists used fresh bright colors using the color wheel to mix opposite tones to get the desired effect, rather than using browns or blacks. Their colors are lively and bright and very tonal. We will work the aspects of painting- depth, space and form from color mixtures emphasizing complementary color mixtures.Students can work with any images that they prefer, and Linda will help each student get the desired effect that they want from their work. Students will learn composition, application of color principles in describing what each student wants to express in their painting. Linda will concentrate on what each student wants to express and will help each student get there!This class meets once a week for 6 weeks.There is a $20 registration fee applied to the total.
- Ceramic Open Studio - Walk in or sign up for full 10 weeks!
- How to Draw What you SeeLinda Butti125.9 | Tue, 10:30 AM - 12:30 PM | Room BBegins April 14 | $250 | 6 weeksThis is a 6-week course in which you will draw Still Life, Landscape, and Portraits! Students will be taught how to draw what they see, not what they think they see... Students will work with pencil, conte, wash, and pen & ink with varying subject matter through classic principles of line, form, and value.A $20 registration fee will be applied to total.
Process & Print: Darkroom Open Studio
Monitor: Dustin Newman-BellXXX.X | Sat, 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Room D Begins April 25 | $270 | 10 Weeks | $30 walkin/per sessionIdeal for photographers who want to work with film. Process: your film in preparation to Print: your negatives in the darkroom.A variety of sizes of negative carriers and lenses are available. This open studio can accommodate the students' darkroom needs; The monitor will help you meet your goals throughout this darkroom experience. Students must have their own film camera, or film negatives that they want to process.Meets weekly for 10 consecutive weeks. A $20 registration fee is added to the total.- Printmaking, What a Relief! Keri Sheheen153.7 | Wed, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM | Room A Begins April 29 | $262 | 6 weeks This 6 week hands-on course will explore relief printmaking techniques using linoleum blocks. Students will learn skills such as preparing materials, carving blocks, and printing methods, as well as working with multiple plates and reduction techniques. Open to printmakers of all skill levels.Class cost covers all in-house materials, such as solvents, cleaning solutions, and common printing inks.Class meets once a week for 6 weeks. A $20 Registration fee will be applied to total.Please see below for supplies list.
- Color to Canvas: Oil Painting Basics *NEW* Lynnanne O'Connor Daly128.0 | Wed, 5:30 - 8:30 PM | Room F Begins April 8 | $262 | 6 weeks remainStarting from the beginning, students will be shown the proper handling of oil paint, including set-up and clean-up best practices. This class will explore the qualities that make oil painting unique, such as the ability of painting wet on wet, dry- brush, and the importance of the brush stroke; as well as explore various painting styles and techniques, referencing artists, and looking at classical and modern qualities of art. Students will paint from life and imagination, while learning the importance of observation. Students will be taught how to mix color, how to look at proportions and see light and shadow. Students will be shown distinctions specific to oil painting. They will learn how to work in a compositional manner.This class meets once a week for 8 weeks.A $20 registration fee will be applied to the total.Must be 16 years or older to take this class.
- Ceramic Techniques Ryan MinkoffCeramic Techniques will focus on teaching the basics of sculpting with handbuilding techniques such as slabs, coils, pinch pots, and molding. Students will also learn how to use a combination of those various techniques and how to attach pieces by scoring and slipping the pieces. This class will cover everything you need to know about sculpting, wedging clay, working with tools, glaze vs. underglaze, and how to finish your piece. Each student is encouraged to come into class with their own ideas of things they would like to sculpt or they can try out some of the suggested projects that Ryan will provide for you.Great for both those who are looking for an introduction to handbuilding and those who are more experienced, looking to improve their skills, or to have dedicated studio time to work on ceramic projects.A $20 registration fee will be applied to the total.Materials: Tools and glazes are provided, but you will need your own block of clay which you can buy at Art Lab for $26.54 on your first day of class.Students that are interested in acquiring their own glazes should find low-fire glazes that fire at cone 05 or 06, not cone 5 or 6, those are mid-fire glazes which will not work for low-fire clay.
Cartooning *NEW* Julia Ricci
135.6 | Sun, 3:00 - 5:00 PM | Room A Begins April 26 | $332 | 10 WeeksStudents in this class will explore the art of cartooning, focusing on visual storytelling, character design, and dynamic action. Through exercises in anatomy, exaggeration, and movement, students will strengthen their drawing skills while developing a personal style that brings their characters and scenes to life. Using reference materials or original ideas, participants will create illustrations that capture humor, energy, and narrative. Working alongside fellow artists with similar interests will fuel creativity, inspire new ideas, and encourage engaging discussion.A $20 registration fee will be applied to your total.
