Instructor: Teddy Schmedeke Lee

10 Weeks, 25 contact hours. Interested in take one of the multitudes of uninstructed Life Drawing Sessions offered around town...but don't have a clue how to draw the human form? Life Drawing: Fully Loaded is an instructed life drawing class that will teach you all you want and need to know about drawing the human figure, including understanding the skeleton, muscles, skin and figure in action. In this class, you will learn the importance of gesture drawing and experiment with different media such as ink & wash and watercolor to discover how a simple addition of value and limited color can accentuate the beauty in a human form.

Date: October 1 - December 17, 2008
No class October 8 or November 26
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
February 4 - April 8, 2009
Location: Rude 102
$220 - general public Register Now >>
$165 - membership discount Register Now >>
$75 model fee

Guest Artist: Marie Frances Quinn

8 Weeks, 20 contact hours. Imagine an art form that is multidimensional, wearable and requiring only simple tools! This class introduces you to the art of jewelry making, teaching ageless techniques to create four completed pieces. Learn to prepare, drill, pierce, file, solder, patina and polish silver through demonstrations, personal instruction and hands on practice.

Date: October 2 - November 20, 2008
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Location: Boiler Room 101
$176 - general public Register Now >>
$132 - member discount Register Now >>
$40 - Supply Fee (covers some supplies that are not easily available to students)

Bronze Casting: Creating Sculpture in Bronze

4 day workshop, 24 contact hours. Guest Artists: Yoshitomo Saito and Amy Laugesen. In this exciting and unique workshop, you will learn the basics of bronze casting taking home in the end your very own bronze sculpture. You will begin by creating an original small wax sculpture that will be cast in bronze using the lost wax bronze investment casting method. As the creator of your sculpture, you will be involved in all parts of the casting and finishing process of your small sculpture. Due to the nature of the workshop, class is limited to 8-10 people.

Date: October 9 - 12, 2008
Thursday - Sunday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Neusteter 101 (Thursday and Friday)
Tar Factory Studio/Foundry (Saturday)
Boiler Room 101 (Sunday)
$550 - general public Register Now >>
$413 - Membership discount Register Now >>
$75 - Foundry fee & supply fee

Dialogues and Demos: A Weekend Workshop with Kevin Weckbach

Guest Artist: Kevin Weckbach 2 day workshop - 12 contact hours.

Open to students of all levels, media and style of visual painting. This two day workshop will guide you through an exciting exploration and dialogue on painting with Kevin Weckbach. The workshop will begin with a lecture and move into dialogue and discussion on painting, the theories and principles that make a painting work both academically and philosophically. Kevin will give demonstrations that will cover ideas and concepts that are discussed. Come with questions and explore in depth Kevin's artistic process and learn the how-to's of painting! With this workshop, it doesn't matter where you are with your level of skill, what medium or the style you prefer, you will come away with valuable knowledge that you can use the next time you paint.

Date: November 15 & 16
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Shore 103
$225 - general public Register Now >>
$169 - membership discount Register Now >>

Shape, Value, Edge and Color: Finding Your Way

Guest Artist: Dan Beck, 1 day workshop - 6 contact hours. Spend the day painting and exploring some of the elements and principles of art and design with professional artist, Dan Beck. In this workshop you will use the basic elements: shape, value, edge and color to simplify the intent of your painting and learn how this simplification can give both direction and its reason "to be". Explore the questions, "what is your painting about?" Is it graphic or atmospheric" Is it about the light, the shapes or the color? By answering these questions and focusing on these simple elements you will learn to find your way through the painting process.

Date: December 6, 2008
Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Shore 104
$150 - general public Register Now >>
$113 - membership discount Register Now >>
$40 model fee

Portraiture in Oil - Sculpted with a Brush

2 day workshop - 12 contact hours. Guest Artist: Evelyn Valdez Martinez.

For a portrait painting to be successful, you need a strongly painted image. You must make decisive and confident decisions. You must first start with a 'great drawing' that captures a good likeness, and a good composition. You must bring in beautiful skin tones that can radiate both warmth and coolness. All this can be captured in paint as you create a three dimensional form, as if sculpting with a brush. In this two day workshop, guest artist, Evelyn Valdez Martinez will review the basics that go into making a great drawing. You will also learn about color temperatures and how to paint beautiful skin tones that are essential for realistic, life like portraits. Evelyn will provide an in-depth demonstration of her painting technique of sculpting with a brush, in oil paint. This workshop is a great follow-up workshop for those students who took the December workshop: Shape, Value, Edge and Color: Finding Your Way!

Date: January 10 & 11, 2009
Saturday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Shore 104
$225 - general public Register Now >>
$169 - membership discount Register Now >>
$60 - model fee

Instructor: Teddy Schmedeke Lee

10 Weeks, 25 contact hours

Interested in take one of the multitudes of uninstructed Life Drawing Sessions offered around town...but don't have a clue how to draw the human form? Life Drawing: Fully Loaded is an instructed life drawing class that will teach you all you want and need to know about drawing the human figure, including understanding the skeleton, muscles, skin and figure in action. In this class, you will learn the importance of gesture drawing and experiment with different media such as ink & wash and watercolor to discover how a simple addition of value and limited color can accentuate the beauty in a human form.

Date: February 4 - April 8, 2009
Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Location: Rude 102
$220 - general public Register Now >>
$165 - membership discount Register Now >>
$75 model fee

Guest Artist: Marie Frances Quinn

8 Weeks, 20 contact hoursImagine an art form that is multidimensional, wearable and requiring only simple tools! This class introduces you to the art of jewelry making, teaching ageless techniques to create four completed pieces. Learn to prepare, drill, pierce, file, solder, patina and polish silver through demonstrations, personal instruction and hands on practice.

Date: February 5 - March 26, 2009
Thursday, 7:00 - 9:30 pm
Location: Boiler Room 101
$176 - general public Register Now >>
$132 - member discount Register Now >>
$40 - Supply Fee (covers some supplies that are not easily available to students)

1 day workshop - 6 contact hours. Guest Artist: Michelle Torrez

This workshop focuses on getting more expression into your artwork. Working quickly from live models, you will tap into your intuition and your imagination. Hands - on exercises include exploring the dialogue of brushstrokes and color as a means of expression. All levels and mediums are welcome, however you must be competent with your medium and materials.

Date: February 7, 2009
Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Shore 104
$150 - general public Register Now >>
$113 - membership discount Register Now >>
$40 Model Fee

2 day workshop - 12 contact hours, Guest Artist: Mitch Caster

How can you catch good gesture, likeness, proportion, value and color when working with the figure? Using charcoal, pastel or oil, Mitch Caster will show you techniques that will help you solve many of the figure challenges that elude you!

Date: March 14 & 15, 2009
Location: Shore 104
$225 - general public Register Now >>
$169 - Membership discount Register Now >>
$60 - model fee

3 day workshop - 18 contact hours. Guest Artist: Andi Mascarenas

Focus on the drama of composition, the beauty of form and bringing sculpture to life with guest artist Andi Mascarenas. Great sculpture is like a poem, simplifying form, and finding the essence to make an exciting statement. In this workshop, you will be working with simple armature construction and exploring the wonderful world of water base clay. Working from a live model, Andi will encourage and inspire you to sculpt your own perception of movement and gesture. Study of anatomy is not required but some knowledge is helpful. You will do a head study one day with the remaining two days focusing on the full figure.

Date: April 10, 11 and 12, 2009
Friday - Sunday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Neusteter 101
$300 - general public Register Now >>
$225 - membership discount Register Now >>
$75 - model fee

Non-Credit - 6 contact hours. The Art of the Oil Sketch: Plein Air Painting with Kim English

Painting in the open air and using a model, you will learn to paint spontaneously in this workshop! With Kim English's guidance you will learn to make quick sketches and develop your skills at capturing the moment. Kim will help you to paint quickly and accurately using his techniques in oil sketching.

Dates: May 2, 2009
Saturday 9:00 - 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Shore 104 (initial meeting point - the rest of the day will be outside)
$150 - general public Register Now >>
$113 - membership discount Register Now >>
$40 Model Fee

4 day Retreat - 24 contact hours.

Plein Air Painting with Tim Deibler: Artists & Educators Summer Retreat

Explore the entire process of oil painting from the initial concept to the finished work with, Tim Deibler, nationally recognized landscape artist and author of "Land & Light Workshop: Capturing the Seasons in Oils". In this retreat, you will look at the important elements of drawing, color theory, values, subject selection and paint application. Tim will do several short painting demonstrations to emphasize these various points. In addition you will highlight individual objects in the landscape such as trees, rocks and water, paying special attention to the way sunlight reveals its form and color.

Dates: June 22 - 25, 2009
Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm with a 1 hour break for lunch
Location: Shore 104 (initial meeting point - the rest of the day will be outside)
$550 - general public Register Now >>
$413 - membership discount Register Now >>