Create a miniature pine needle basket using natural materials. Learn from the basket making tradition of Audrey Frank’s native Nevadan Washoe/Paiute culture. Explore weaving methods by combining pine needles, sinew and raffia in this one-day workshop. 

Saturday, December 1
10 am – 2 pm

Instructor: Audrey Frank 
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Required Supplies: Small sewing scissors, small hand towel/dishtowel. Instructor to provide raffia, pine needles, thread.

Sunday, November 18 / 10 am – 12:30 pm

Painting clinics are designed to offer specific instruction on a variety of techniques and painting challenges. This series is ideal for Painting: Open Studio students looking for additional instruction and help with specific topics. Join us this month as we learn to use simple and interlocking shapes and basic design motifs to improve your paintings.

Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.

Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels

Suggested Supply List:

Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:

Titanium White 

Ultramarine Blue 

Cadmium Red Medium or Light

Lemon or Cadmium Yellow 

Light Yellow Ochre 

Burnt Sienna

Selection of brushes

Pallet

Palette knife

Painting Board or Canvas

Container/jar water and brushes

Paper towels

Cheap Plastic Ruler

Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)

Sunday, October 21 / 10 am – 12:30 pm

Learn to paint and harmonize the figure in its natural surroundings by simplifying values, properly using warm/cool colors and the principles of light. Painting clinics are designed to offer specific instruction on a variety of techniques and painting challenges. This series is ideal for Painting: Open Studio students looking for additional instruction and help with specific topics. 

Students may use acrylic or oil paint. Dry media is also welcome.

Instructor: Daniel Helzer
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels

Suggested Supply List:

Color recommendations are as follows though all mediums are welcome for this open studio class:

Titanium White 

Ultramarine Blue 

Cadmium Red Medium or Light

Lemon or Cadmium Yellow 

Light Yellow Ochre 

Burnt Sienna

Selection of brushes

Pallet

Palette knife

Painting Board or Canvas

Container/jar water and brushes

Paper towels

Cheap Plastic Ruler

Gamsol mineral spirits (if working in Oil)

Saturday, December 1 / 10 am – 4 pm

Students will enjoy learning techniques to painting snow and reflections while creating a soft watercolor snow scene.  Students will explore the properties of watercolor while experimenting with impressionistic watercolor effects.  All levels are welcome, but this class is ideal for the beginner. To learn more about the art and artist, visit www.dlauren.net 

Instructor: Dana Childs
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels

Supply list: 

Preferred palette is Frank Web  — if you want to use a white ceramic dinner plate that works as well.  Small palettes are problematic, but come in handy for in the field or backpacking, etc.

Paints – tubed watercolors (Grumbacher, Academy, Daniel Smith, Holbein or Windsor Newton’s Finest is preferred)

• Permanent Rose
• Ultramarine Blue
• Antwerp Blue (sub = Prussian Blue)
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Umber
• Cadmium Yellow 

Brushes:  1-inch square sable or sablette, #8 round sable or sablette (and a #4 round if you are into detail)

140 lb cold press paper (prefer Arches, other’s ok.  Canson student grade is ok-I would avoid other brands personally)

Two water buckets (one large and one yogurt sized)

1 flat household sponge – (no soap) 

Pencils, kneaded eraser

Paper towels and tissue 

Palette rental and medium paper (student grade) available for $8 

Just the palette?  $6 – MUST RESERVE IN ADVANCE OF THE CLASS

For questions about supplies, please contact Dana at tfa.create@gmail.com 

Sunday, October 14 / 1 – 4 pm

Students will explore the fluid nature of watercolor and learn foundational techniques while exploring wet-on-wet painting techniques and basic color mixing while working in watercolor. All levels welcome, but this class is ideal for the beginner.  To learn more about the art and artist, visit www.dlauren.net 

Instructor: Dana Childs
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels

Supply list: 

Preferred palette is Frank Web  — if you want to use a white ceramic dinner plate that works as well.  Small palettes are problematic, but come in handy for in the field or backpacking, etc.

Paints – tubed watercolors (Grumbacher, Academy, Daniel Smith, Holbein or Windsor Newton’s Finest is preferred)

• Permanent Rose
• Ultramarine Blue
• Antwerp Blue (sub = Prussian Blue)
• Raw Sienna
• Burnt Umber
• Cadmium Yellow 

Brushes:  1-inch square sable or sablette, #8 round sable or sablette (and a #4 round if you are into detail)

140 lb cold press paper (prefer Arches, other’s ok.  Canson student grade is ok-I would avoid other brands personally)

Two water buckets (one large and one yogurt sized)

1 flat household sponge – (no soap) 

Pencils, kneaded eraser

Paper towels and tissue 

Palette rental and medium paper (student grade) available for $8 

Just the palette?  $6 – MUST RESERVE IN ADVANCE OF THE CLASS

For questions about supplies, please contact Dana at tfa.create@gmail.com 

This week-long intensive drawing class will focus on the foundational drawing techniques for rendering the female figure, inspired by the photographs in the exhibition “Anne Brigman: A Visionary in Modern Photography”. Students will draw the model in a variety of poses exploring the influences of Brigman’s art, such as the PreRaphaelites and the Arts and Craft philosophy. Attention will be given to the importance of line, tonal value, contrast and texture to express life and atmosphere. The class will start with short poses and get longer towards the end of the week so as to enable students to work in more depth on a final project.

Monday – Friday, December 10 – 14
9 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Zoe Bray
Ages: Adult (15+) / All levels

Supply list: 

• Charcoal Pencils or Sticks 2B-6B Soft & Medium, 1 White Charcoal Pencil
• Graphite Pencils HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B
• Pencil Sharpener  
• Kneaded Eraser, Pink Eraser 
• Paper Blending Dowels (Various Sizes)
• Newsprint Pad
• Heavyweight White Drawing Paper 14×17″
• Optional: Drawing Board

Students will enjoy this week-long intensive course designed to introduce basic drawing techniques including line, tonal value, contrast, form and texture.  The course is designed to provide a foundation for drawing, teaching students how to realistically draw objects and the human figure. Each class will focus on different drawing techniques, beginning with rendering and shading objects in perspective to drawing a live model. 

Monday – Friday, November 26 – 30
9 am – 12 pm

Instructor: Zoe Bray
Ages:  Adult (15+) / All levels

Supply list: 

• Graphite Pencils HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B

• Pencil Sharpener  

• Charcoal Sticks Soft & Medium, 

• 1 White Piece of Chalk

• Kneaded Eraser

• Paper Blending Dowels (Various Sizes)

• Heavyweight White Drawing Paper 14×17″

• Optional: Drawing Board

Monday – Friday, October 1 – 5 / 1:30 – 4:30 pm

Teens ages 13 – 18 will have fun exploring the tactile nature of clay.  Instruction will encompass basic hand building, throwing on the wheel, and sculpture.  In this 5 day intensive for teens, students will learn about the basics of pottery, glazing and the transformation of their pieces from the heat of kiln. This will be a fun and educational class.  All works will be fired in the Museums’ kiln. All materials are included.

Instructor: Karen Vetter
Ages: 13 – 18 / All levels

Tuesday – Thursday, September 25 – 27 / 1:30 – 4:30 pm

This three-session course will focus on the importance of value and depth in landscape paintings. The subject of lavender fields will first be explored in a monochromatic painting, focusing on value as well as wet-on-wet and wet-on-dry watercolor techniques. In the following sessions students will explore color mixing and will apply the value lessons learned from monochromatic study to full color spectrum paintings.

Instructor: Iva Neveux
Ages: Adult (15+) / Beginners welcome!

Supply list: 

• Watercolor paper: 140 lb, cold press (professional grade such as Arches or Daler-Rowney Langton Prestige suggested)
• Brushes: 1/2 or 1 flat brush, round brushes # 4 and 10 (or any smaller and larger round brush with a point)
• Palette that includes Cerulean Blue, Permanent Rose, Cadmium Yellow, Cadmium Red, Sap Green, Burned Sienna, Indigo
• HB pencil
• Kneaded eraser
• Paper towels
• 2 containers for water
• Old ice cube tray or small containers for mixing colors

Saturday, September 22 / 10 am – 2 pm

Create a miniature pine needle basket using natural materials. Learn from the basket making tradition of Audrey Frank’s native Nevadan Washoe/Paiute culture. Explore weaving methods by combining pine needles, sinew and raffia in this one-day workshop. 

Instructor: Audrey Frank 
Ages: Adult (15+) / All Levels

Required Supplies: Small sewing scissors, small hand towel/dishtowel. Instructor to provide raffia, pine needles, thread.