Kids ages 8 – 12 will have fun playing on the Museum’s iPad Pros as they work on story-boarding, character design and animation in this week long summer camp. Students will also have an opportunity to explore and sketch using the iPads in the Museum’s galleries while looking for inspiration for their own work. A snack and all materials are included with registration.

Monday – Friday, June 17 -21 
9 am – noon

Instructor: Joseph Morales
Ages: 8 – 12

Intermediate and advanced level students will enjoy developing their hand building and/or wheel throwing techniques in this open studio ceramics class. Instructor will introduce students to new techniques, will encourage experimentation and will assist students with independent challenges.  Studio clay and glazes are provided.

Instructor: Lauren Gandolfo

Ages: Adult (15+) / Intermediate levels – Some experience and familiarity with hand building and wheel throwing techniques.

Tuesdays, April 9 – May 14 / 9:30 am – 12:30 pm

In this intermediate to advanced level class, students will learn the basics of natural illustration drawing with a focus on feathers and watercolor. Students will learn about feather composition, creating a three-series drawing of three chosen feathers. Some feather specimens will be provided to draw from life along with photo reference materials. *Basic understanding of watercolor is advised.

Saturday, June 15  / 10 am – 3 pm

Instructor: Sophie Banspach
Ages: Adults (15+) / Intermediate/Advanced levels

Supply List:

•    Watercolors: Cadmium Red, Cobalt or Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Chromium Oxide Green, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, Pro White. (Cotman or Van Gogh is fine; Windsor Newton is excellent)
•    Your personal watercolor pallet
•    2 HB Pencils
•    Watercolor Brushes: #0 or 1 with good point, #3, #7, #10 Round
•    9 x 12” 140lb cold press watercolor paper
•    Roll of paper towels
•    2 Plastic water containers.
•    Magnifying glass
•    Optional: Specimens or reference images from your own collection

In this intermediate to advanced level class, students will learn the basics of natural illustration drawing with a focus on flowers and watercolor. Students will learn about flower anatomy and compositions, creating a final work illustrating the flower and two chosen details on the flower. Flower specimens will be provided to draw from life, along with photo reference materials. *Basic understanding of watercolor is advised.

Sunday, May 19 / 10 am – 3 pm

Instructor: Sophie Banspach
Ages: Adults (15+) / Intermediate/Advanced levels

Supply list:

•    Watercolors: Cadmium Red, Cobalt or Ultramarine Blue, Cadmium Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Sap Green, Chromium Oxide Green, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber, Pro White. (Cotman or Van Gogh is fine; Windsor Newton is excellent)
•    Your personal watercolor pallet
•    2 HB Pencils
•    Watercolor Brushes: #0 or 1 with good point, #3, #7, #10 Round
•    9 x 12” 140lb cold press watercolor paper
•    Roll of paper towels
•    2 Plastic water containers.
•    Magnifying glass
•    Optional: Specimens or reference images from your own collection

NOTE: This class has been reschedule for Saturday, May 11. To register for the May 11 class, please click here.

Students will learn to make a hand stitched travel journal out of manila folders, reclaimed paper and discarded book covers. The finished journal will contain all the pages needed to document your next adventure, and enough pockets to store the treasures you collect along the way. By the end of the class, students will have gained the skills needed to turn any old or vintage book into a functional journal. Beginning and Intermediate students welcome. 

Saturday, May 4
10 am – 4 pm

Instructor: Bel Mils
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

• 4 File Folders, color of your choice
• Sack Lunch

The lunch sack becomes a clever journal in this new class. Students will learn the steps for transforming paper bags into a pocket-filled journal that makes a great travel notebook, nature journal, garden journal, art journal, or scrapbook. Discover how the unique structure of a paper bag can be used to create interesting layers in your journal with main pages, mini pages, and storage pockets for stashing special finds. The unique and flexible binding taught in this class can also be used to turn any collection of individual folded pages into a book. Beginner and intermediate students welcomed, including children over the age of 12.

Saturday, April 27
9 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Bel Mils
Ages: Adult (12+) / All Levels

Supply List:

• Large Button (optional, some supplies will be provided)
• Sack Lunch

Create a beautiful set of collaged cards, as well as a folded book to hold them, in this two-for-one class. Students will not only turn ordinary playing cards into mini-collages with beautiful backgrounds and layers; but they’ll also create a small book to hold the finished cards. Instruction will include the steps for producing one of book artist Hedi Kyle’s renowned folded books—no glue or stitching required! Beginning and intermediate students welcome. 

Saturday, April 20
10 am – 4 pm

Instructor: Bel Mills
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Supply List:

• 12 x 12 Patterned Paper
• Magazine / Book imagery for collage (optional)
• ¼” Ribbon, 18 inches
• Uni-ball Signo gel pen in black
• Sack lunch

Bristlecones are a wonderful subject for both realistic and impressionistic watercolors. Using paint and ink, students will learn to capture the essence of these wonders of the natural world.  Some watercolor experience is recommended. 

Thursday, April 25
9 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Carroll Charlet
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Required Supplies: 

• Basic Watercolor Kit and pallet
• Watercolor Paper, 140 lb cold press (suggest Arches or Strathmore 400 series, student choice on size) 
• No 8 or No 6 pointed watercolor brush
• Micron black ink pens 005 or 01
• Sketch Pad
• Drawing pencil and kneaded eraser
• Two water containers

For questions regarding supplies, please contact carrollcharlet@sbcglobal.net   
*Materials available at Nevada Fine Arts (mention registration for 10% discount)

Learn to carve simple, beautiful patterns or images in linoleum and print them using Japanese hand printing techniques. The images of birds we’ll be working with in this class lend themselves especially well to this versatile printmaking process. Found images can be transformed into vibrantly layered compositions using Katherine’s easy transfer and carving techniques. Everyone will leave with a small edition of prints of birds. You’ll learn all about the tools, techniques and resources you need to be begin linoleum carving and printing at home.

Thursday, May 16
10 am – 4 pm

Instructor: Katherine Case
Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels

Supply List: Pencil, 5 x 7 black and white photocopies (laser printed!) of patterns and botanical images you would like to use. Additional materials are included with registration.

Learn to carve simple, beautiful patterns or images in linoleum and print them using Japanese hand printing techniques. The botanical images we’ll be working with in this class lend themselves especially well to this versatile printmaking process. Found images can be transformed into vibrantly layered compositions using Katherine’s easy transfer and carving techniques. Everyone will leave with a small edition of botanical prints. You’ll learn all about the tools, techniques and resources you need to be begin linoleum carving and printing at home.

Friday, March 15 
10 am – 4 pm

Instructor: Katherine Case
Ages: Adults (15+) / All Levels

Supply List: Pencil, 5 x 7 black and white photocopies (laser printed!) of patterns and botanical images you would like to use. Additional materials are included with registration.