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March - April Open Print Studio Kelly Dupre & Jerry Riach March 29-June 28: Last Thursday of the Month: 6-8:30pm Pre-register: $8/session Drop-in: $12/session Supply Fee: Varies Do you have unfinished blocks or copper plates collecting dust? Or perhaps you have an idea you want to try but need a refresher on how to use the press. If you have some experience making relief or intaglio prints but need a little helping hand, this open studio is for you. Kelly Dupre (relief) and Jerry Riach (intaglio) will be in the studio ready to help you complete your project or move on to the next step. Still Life in Oil Neil Sherman April 3-24: 4 Tuesdays: 6-8:30pm Tuition: $95 We all have objects in our lives that have meaning. This four-week class will provide the student with a step-by-step method to capture those objects on canvas with a focus on oil painting. Steps include arranging objects, drawing out the objects, painting in shadows and color and refinement of the painting. Artist-in-Residence with Hazel Belvo Artist-in- Residence April 9-22 Join us in a spring adventure with Hazel Belvo as she undertakes a major body of large-scale work at the Art Colony. She will open the studio and her heart, intellect, and creative process to the community through public lectures and daily open houses. :::: “Dispelling the Mystery & Building Community” :::: Three community presentations on the creative process April 9: The Language: Visual Content & Meaning. An introduction of the formal visual language as a separate and strong language with a structure and vocabulary of its own and a demonstration of how that language is used in creating a composition. A discussion of the ideas around this body of work. What does it mean? April 16: The Process: Techniques. A discussion and demonstration of the beginning drawing, underpainting, mixing the palette, application of paint and the struggles and joys of working in a large scale. Why does she do it? April 20: The Critique: Community Response. Based on the language, techniques and the content that she has presented and on the opportunity to have seen the process unfold, Hazel will ask the audience to participate in a discussion of the outcome. How do you talk about art? Community Conversations: April 9 • April 16 • April 20 @ 7pm Daily Open House from 5-6:30pm Mosaic Art Tod Sylvester April 3-24: 4 Tuesdays: 6-8pm Tuition: $75 / Supply Fee: $22 Learn the basics of creating your own mosaic in this introductory four-week class. Create a picture, garden rock, deco-mirror, flowerpot or vase – you choose. We will discuss everything from your base, glues, grouts, design layout, using a tile saw, materials and more. Students will take home one finished mosaic and be ready for your own projects. Caution: Sharp Edges! Intermediate Clay Ann Ward April 17-May 22: 6 Tuesdays: 6-8pm Tuition: $115 / Supply Fee: $30 This class focuses on improving wheel-throwing techniques, while also expanding your skill set by learning how to make glazes and use the kilns. Students will focus on individual projects while receiving instructor input along with facilitated group demonstrations and discussions. This class includes 24-hour access to the clay studio during the session. Open Glass Studio Sharon Frykman April 26-May 3: 2 Thursdays: 6-8:30pm Pre-register: $10/session Drop-in: $15/session Supply Fee: Varies Do you have design questions or an unfinished stained or fused glass project that needs a little help? Need a refresher on firing a kiln? These sessions are open to address those individual projects and further creative endeavors in both cold and warm glass. Bring your own supplies or purchase directly from the instructor. The Shape of Shadows Sue Robinson April 30-May 9: Mondays & Wednesdays: 6-8pm Tuition: $75 / Supply Fee: $28 Develop your own style of personal expression in this drawing class for beginners or those who want to begin again. Instructional emphasis will be on shaping form with light and shadow and developing dynamic compositions utilizing the principles of composition. After completing a series of introductory drawing exercises that feature a variety of drawing media, students will develop and complete a complex drawing with a subject matter of their own choosing. Artist-to-Entrepreneur Joyce Yamamoto May 1-June 5: 6 Tuesdays: 6-9pm Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $30 Turn your artistic passion into profit by creating a viable, income-producing business. Using a step-by-step workbook, artists will cover: planning for success, marketing, cash flow and business operation. Learn how other artists have successfully started and operated their art businesses, network and apply fundamental business tools and practices. With this class, you will have the skills to write your own business plan. Class schedule includes four weeks of instruction, one-on-one meetings with the instructor and independent study/writing time. Tuition grants available one month or more in advance of start date. 8 www.grandmaraisartcolony.org
Clay Garden Art Joan Farnam May 3-24: 4 Thursdays: 6-8pm Tuition: $75 / Supply Fee: $25 Make colorful ceramics for your home & garden in this four-week class. We’ll use the potter’s wheel as well as hand-building to make pots, containers and garden art. Students will explore various glazing techniques. Beginners as well as experienced potters will have fun in this spring class, which includes 24-hour access to the clay studio during the session. Oil Landscapes Neil Sherman May 4-6: 3 days Tuition: $225 Painting in the studio is an important extension to outdoor painting. This oil painting class will focus on how to start a studio painting by simplifying the landscape to its basic elements: atmospheric progression of sunlight and shadow. Emphasis will be placed on translating the elements of painting such as drawing, color, value, shape and composition from a small reference source to a large-scale format. Students are welcome to work from original reference material and/or photographic references. Writing our Stories Mary Ellen Ashcroft May 17-June 14: 5 Thursdays: 6-8:30pm Tuition: $120 / Supply Fee: $6 As human beings we depend on stories to understand our lives— to come to terms with the past, to make meaning in the present and even to shape a future. As we look over our lives, what stories need to be told and retold? Using questions, prompts, and brief selections from great nonfiction writers, we will write toward understanding. Since most of us draw inspiration from deadlines and an audience, we will share our writing within the class. Creative Genius: Mixed Watermedia & Collage Jeanne Larson May 26-27: 2 days Tuition: $190 / Supply Fee: Varies Working from found images, memories and literary references, students will learn to combine disparate elements into a cohesive work of art. Students will receive step-by-step instruction on technique and design, handouts and demonstrations to unravel the maze of adhesives, mediums, and surfaces for watermedia painting and collage. Experience a fun and experimental way of painting that will strengthen your understanding of working on a multilayered surface. Torch-working Glass Dan Neff May 26-27: 2 days Tuition: $150 / Supply Fee: $33 Torch-working is a form of glassblowing utilizing a torch to melt the glass. This class will focus on this technique and borosilicate glass, which has a higher melting point than other art glass. Students will learn a brief history of torch-working, safety issues, tool and equipment use, as well as beginner techniques that will allow the student to leave the class with multiple small projects such as pendants, icicles and marbles. Highly detailed demonstrations and explanations will be given as well as individual attention to troubleshooting. Play with Clay Joan Farnam May 31-June 28: 5 Thursdays: 6-8pm Tuition: $100 / Supply Fee: $25 Have you always wanted to learn to work with clay or throw on a pottery wheel? Here’s your chance in this five-week basic class with local potter Joan Farnam. Class will cover hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques while making cool stuff for your garden, home, friends and family. Students will be working with stoneware clay and beautiful Cone 6 glazes. This class includes 24-hour access to the clay studio during the session. Felting as Artistic Expression Linda Bauer June 4-25: 4 Mondays: 6-8:30pm Tuition: $95 / Supply Fee: $28 Soft Pastel Painting Laurie Toth June 1-3: 3 days Tuition: $225 / Supply Fee: $20 May - June If you have always wanted to try soft pastels, this threeday class is for you. Discover how a colorful support can add depth and vibrancy to your soft pastel paintings. Use of color values, texture, and how to build layers will be taught. Each student will work on projects of their own choice with individual attention, class demonstrations and discussion. Students of all levels will gain new techniques from this class. Take the craft of felting into the realm of artistic expression. Students will create two pieces: an exploratory flat piece to learn the basics of wet and dry felting and a 3-D vessel. Natural fiber rovings and basic graphic principles will be the foundation of your work, to which you will add pictorial design via thread, roving, beads, buttons and other embellishments. Students will walk away empowered to create their own designs using this flexible and versatile medium. Coming in June: Exhibit, Workshop, Gallery Talk & Documentary “Minnesota Potters: Sharing the Fire” Traveling exhibit coming to the Art Colony in June. “Sharing the Fire” will provide a view into the lives and work of four pairs of artists whose unique relationships celebrate some of the many ways that knowledge, experience and spirit are passed from person to person in this field. The Exhibition. Minnesota Potters: Sharing the Fire, includes works by Robert Briscoe, Jason Trebs, Linda Christianson, Jil Franke, Warren MacKenzie and Guillermo Cuellar. The Documentary. Produced by Kathleen Laughlin, it tracks the amazing sphere of these potters' stories with each other - exposing the challenge of becoming and subsisting as a practicing potter. The Workshop & Gallery Talk. Lead by Robert Briscoe and Jason Trebs will be held in conjunction with the exhibition. Anoka-Ramsey Community College is a fiscal year 2012 recipient of an Arts Tour Minnesota grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is funded, in part, by the arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the Legacy Amendment vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008 (218) 387-2737 arts@boreal.org 9
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