Winter 2012 Classes & Workshops

Book Arts Open Studio
Elissa Campbell
Tues:  Jan. 17; 24 & 31
5PM-7:30 PM
This experimental workshop is like a mini retreat, where students who have taken some book arts classes in the past can explore taking their artist books to a new level. Enjoy the creative environment of working with other artists – it’s like a book arts play date!
In this 3-part workshop, Elissa will show several of her one-of-a-kind artist books and provide some insights into how she created them. She will share her skills and strategies with students in order to coach students to conceive of and create their own one-of-a-kind art book. The workshop will include a discussion of the relationship between a book’s structure and content.
The use of both standard and unconventional materials will be demonstrated, along with creative ways to apply them to the book arts. A wide range of tools and materials will be available for you to try, including collage, carved block stamps, image transfer, Dremel, and paper cutting. Different binding techniques will also be explored.
Participants are encouraged to bring materials/tools for use in their books. Additional materials will be available for use during the class, some of which will be available for purchase (due to expense).
You will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use. This workshop is best-suited to someone with previous book arts experience.  Materials Fee:  $15.  Contact SPA for a suggested materials list.
Members $70/Non-Members $80
Elissa Campbell has been making books the past 16 years and sells her work professionally under the business name of Blue Roof Designs. She is a big believer in the power of using books for self-expression. Elissa is currently serving on the board of the Book Arts Guild of Vermont and is Chair of the Standards Group for the Vermont State Craft Center Overview Commission. http://www.blueroofdesigns.com  & http://www.facebook.com/blueroofdesigns

 
Explore Pastels-Session 1
Jeneane Lunn
Thurs:  Jan. 19; 26; Feb 2; 9 & 16
4:30-7:30PM
This course in pastels is appropriate for all levels of students.  Critique will be individual. We will do still life and work from photographs. The course will cover composition, basic drawing skills, the use of light and shadow to create form, how to layer pastels to create complex color and how to bring your work to completion using texture and edges.  Appropriate for beginners and for people who want to continue to hone their skills.  Contact SPA for a suggested materials list for this class.
Members $140/Non-members $160
Jeneane Lunn attended the Art Students League of New York. She has been an artist and teacher in Vermont for the last twenty five years. She has participated in many national and local art exhibitions including the Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, NYC, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Pen and Brush Club, NYC, St. John the Divine Cathedral, NYC, Shelburne Farms Exhibition, Shelburne, Vermont, and Frog Hollow Vermont State Art Center to name a few. She has created posters for Vermont Symphony and T-shirts for Farm-aid, a national organization to help farmers started by Willie Nelson.

Her work can be seen at:  http://sites.google.com/site/jeneanelunn/paintings

In-Depth Studies in Perspective
Janice Walrafen
Mon:  Jan 23; 30; & Feb. 6
4:30-6:30 PM
This is an ideal class to take your basic drawing skills to the next level.  In the first 2 classes, students will learn and practice the tricks of one- and two-point perspective and foreshortening.  During the next 2 classes, students will take the lessons outdoors and draw streetscapes, buildings, and other aspects of the man-made environment.  The class is helpful for professionals and workers who want to improve their ability to communicate plans with clients via drawings or sketches.  Bring a 9" x 12" sketchpad, a ruler, and two HB pencils.
Members $60/Non-Members $70
Janice Walrafen has been teaching and creating art and community puppet pageantry for more than 20 years in central Vermont.

Introduction to Watercolor
Kathy Ravenhorst-Adams
Sat:  Jan. 28
10AM-4:30 PM (with ½ hr break for lunch)
Students will learn the basics about painting with watercolors and strengthen their beginning skills with a series of demonstrations, paint-along activities, and hands-on lessons.  This workshop is intended to introduce students to the uses of the media and to provide confidence building activities so that they may move on to intermediate-level watercolor painting classes.  Natural objects from the fall forest or garden will be an emphasis in this workshop (if you wish, bring something to serve as your inspiration).
Members $50/Non-Members $60

Kathrena Ravenhorst-Adams’ special love is expression of nature through art.  She taught watercolor and nature journaling at the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Broadmoor Wildlife Sanctuary before moving to Vermont.  A long time member of the Paletteers, she has been painting, teaching and showing her work in the region for more than 20 years.

Figures in Clay
Georgia Landau
Sat & Sun
Jan. 28 10AM-3PM
Jan. 29 Noon-3PM
Learn to hand build with clay.  Create a human figure using a variety of techniques – pinching, coiling, and rolling.  We construct head, arms, leg, torso.  As the parts come together, a being emerges – ready to fire.  Materials and firing:  $20
Members $80/Non-Members $90 
Georgia Landau has been a craftsperson for over 30 years, creating figurative art in a variety of media.  She has been teacher clay and other media with adults and children for the past five years, and is one of the founders of both the Artisans Hand and Studio Place Arts.

Mixed Media Card Marathon
Elissa Campbell
Fri:  Feb. 3
10 AM – 4:30PM (with ½ hr lunch break)
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner … and aren’t there some special birthdays and anniversaries that you would like to honor?  This workshop celebrates the art of the handmade greeting!  Different materials and methods will be demonstrated to guide you as you create your own personalized cards - mixed media techniques include collage, carved block stamps, image transfer, and pop-up techniques. We’ll also be greening up our earth by using recycled materials.

The knowledge you will gain from this workshop can be applied to many other art forms. Participants are encouraged to bring materials/tools for use in their cards. Additional materials will be available for use during the class.

In this intensive workshop, each participant will leave the class with 6 - 10 completed cards. You will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use. No previous experience is required – this is a great class for a beginner.  Materials fee:  $10.  (Contact SPA for suggested materials; bring them if you have them-don’t feel obligated to buy anything.)
Members $55/Non-Members $65

See above for information on Elissa Campbell.

Sculpt Your Pet
Family Fun:  Ages 9+
Georgia Landau
Sat:  Feb. 4
9:30AM – 3PM (1/2 hr break for lunch)
Capture the charming and beautiful qualities of your furry or feathered friends in clay.  Bring a photograph or work from memory to create a realistic or funny portrait that is certain to be memorable.  Materials and firing:  $10
Members $50/Non-Members $60
Youths 9-16 yrs:  $40 

See above for information on Georgia Landau.

Loosen Up with Big Brush Watercolor
Kathy Ravenhorst-Adams
Sat:  Feb 4; 11; and 18
9:30AM-Noon
Perhaps big is better.  This workshop will show you fresh approaches to your watercolor painting.  We will use large paper sizes to enable big wet washes, flowing and mingling colors, wet-in-wet techniques, bold strokes and soft backgrounds.  A 2” watercolor brush is recommended; call for a materials list.
Members $70/Non-Members $80  

Stained Glass Workshop
Chris Jeffrey
Wed., Feb 15, 6-9 PM
Sat. & Sun., Feb 18 & 19, 10AM – 5PM
For the beginner, this class teaches the basics of stained glass.  In the first class, you’ll learn to cut glass and assemble a practice panel using the copper foil method.  In the next 2 classes you’ll make a larger piece of your own choosing, with as much design assistance from the instructor as you desire.  Materials for the demos and practice are included.  Students can buy glass for their larger pieces from the instructor or in Burlington at a discount before the second class.
Members $200/Non-Members $225
Chris Jeffrey has been working with glass for 20 years.  For the past 10 years he has maintained a full-time studio at SPA, making stained glass windows for homes and religious institutions throughout Vermont and beyond.   Recent major commissions include a window for the Hedding Methodist church in Barre, as well as a number of mausoleum windows for the Rock of Ages granite company.  Chris has many years of experience teaching complete beginners how to make beautiful stained glass pieces.  www.chrisjeffrey.com

 
Book Arts Intensive
Elissa Campbell
Mon:  Feb. 20
10AM – 4:30 PM (with ½ hr break for lunch)
This one-day, intensive workshop will provide participants with the basics for making a variety of artist books.  The workshop will emphasize the accordion book, a deceptively simple book structure. While the basic folded form is easy and quick to produce, it can be adapted into more complex and creative books. In this workshop, participants will create several books based on the accordion structure – the basic accordion, panel book, the flexagon, and the flag book. In addition, the structures will incorporate artist trading cards that will be created during the workshop.

Participants are encouraged to bring materials/tools for both decorating the book covers and creating the artist trading cards. Additional materials will be available for use during the class. In this two-day workshop, each participant will leave class with four completed books and a basic knowledge of bookbinding technique. You will receive a detailed handout and resource list for all materials we use. No previous experience required – this is a great class for a beginner.

Materials fee to the instructor: $10
Supplies: Awl, bonefolder, ruler, X-Acto knife or utility knife, cutting mat, scissors, pencil, glue brush, glue stick.  Note: Bring the the supplies if you have them – don’t feel obligated to buy anything. I'll have extras available.

Optional materials/tools: Collage materials (small bits of handmade paper, fabric, fibers, etc.), photos, rubber stamps and pads, markers, pens, colored pencils, and decorative scissors.  Note: These materials will be used for creating content for your books.

Members $55/Non-Members $65 

See above for information on Elissa Campbell.

 
Introduction to Pastels
Jeneane Lunn
Sat:  Mar 3 
10AM-4:30PM (with ½ hr break for lunch)
Learn the basics about creating with pastels or get better acquainted with your pastels in this workshop.  Enjoy a pastel demonstration during one-half of the morning with time to start one or two pastel still life works of your own.  Jeneane will provide a handout with detailed instructions.  Contact SPA for a suggested supply list.
Members $50/Non-Members $60 

See above for information on Jeneane Lunn.

New Approaches & Finishing Touches
Kathy Ravenhorst-Adams
Wed:  Feb. 29; Mar. 7 & 14
1-4 PM
This workshop series will explore new approaches to working with watercolors and assist participants in completing their paintings.  The sessions will include working with big brushes and working with new mediums (e.g., new surfaces, brushes and watercolor mediums).  In addition, participants are encouraged to bring in unfinished or abandoned water color paintings (we all have them!).  Learn ways to correct, improve, or add finishing touches to complete them.  Materials fee by Feb. 17 to SPA:  $15
Members $80/Non-Members $90

See above for information on Kathy Ravenhorst-Adams.

Sculpture for the Garden
Georgia Landau
Sat:  Mar 3 & 10
9:30AM – 1:30PM
Learn hand-building in clay.  You will pinch, roll, and coil to construct an imaginative sculpture for your garden.  This small class allows for individual projects.  Materials and firing:  varies with project size ($20-$30).
Members $80/Non-Members $90 

See above for information on Georgia Landau.

 A Fine Line
Jeneane Lunn
Thurs:  Mar. 8; 15; 22 & 29
5-7 PM
Use line, light and shadow to create form in this introductory class to drawing.  Learn how to draw with line, contour, and gesture; understand the value scale and how to use it to create a 3-dimensional look on paper; draw still life with charcoal using gesture, contour, and shading; and be introduced to perspective.
Members $80/Non-members $90

See above for information on Jeneane Lunn.

Introduction to Oil Painting
Armand Poulin
Sat:  Mar 10; 17; 24 & 31
9:30AM - Noon
Have you always wIanted to paint in oils but you did not know where to start?  This is the class for you.  Learn the basics about drawing, design, composition, light and color and how to put it all together with oil paints.  Students will work from a still life or may bring a photograph of their own from which to work.  Contact SPA for a materials list.
Members $95/Non-members $105
Armand Poulin studied at the University of Oregon, majoring in Fine Art.  In the early 1960’s Armand was assistant Art Director at WABI Radio, and a graphic artist at Ad Media, both in Bangor, Maine.  Armand was an employee of the State of Vermont as an illustrator from 1967-2000.

Explore Pastels-Session 2
Jeneane Lunn
Tues:  Mar 13; 20; 27; Apr. 3; 10; (skip Apr 17); & 24
5-8 PM
This course in pastels is appropriate for all levels of students.  Critique will be individual. We will do still life and work from photographs. The course will cover composition, basic drawing skills, the use of light and shadow to create form, how to layer pastels to create complex color and how to bring your work to completion using texture and edges.  Appropriate for beginners and for people who want to continue to hone their skills.  The class will not take place on April 17, as this is Spring Break week.  Contact SPA for a suggested materials list for this class.
Members $155/Non-members $175

See above for information on Jeneane Lunn.

Learn Calligraphy
Armand Poulin
6Wednesdays:
Mar. 21; 28, Apr 4, 11 & 18
4-6 PM
Calligraphy is Greek for beautiful writing.  This course is an introductory one that includes demonstrations of the basic alphabet, as well as an introduction to the methods and techniques of the art of calligraphy.  Learning to hold a pen at the proper angle allows you to produce graceful lettering with thick and thin strokes.  It is a fun hobby and there are many ways that students can use their skills:  poetry, greeting cards, announcements, awards, inspirational quotes, event invitations and much more.  What’s more, you will be able to use your new-found, fluid handwriting skills every time you write.  Contact SPA for a materials list.
Members $100/ Non-members $120 

See above for information on Armand Poulin.

Whole Body Ink Painting
Glen Hutcheson
Fri, Mar. 23
9:30 AM-4:30 PM (1/2 hr break for lunch)
Making expressive, dynamic ink paintings (or any artwork) has a lot to do with attitude.  This one day intensive class will focus on brushwork, tonal modulation and dramatic expression in large scale work, giving even the greenest hand the confidence to paint powerfully.  To show us what we can strive for, we’ll start with some images of work by ancient and contemporary masters of style.  The bulk of our time will be spent with brush in hand, and we’ll aim to make several complete paintings each over the course of the day.  Along the way we’ll cover basic visual measurement, some psychological and physical tricks of paintings, and the beginnings of observational techniques, all building on the gestural skills at the heart of the class.  Materials fee:  $20 to SPA by Mar. 9.
Members $$60/Non-Members $70
Glen Coburn Hutcheson is a Montpelier-based artist and teacher working in drawing, painting and sculpture.  He studied at the New York Studio School (MFA Sculpture 2009) and Haverford College (BA Painting 2001).  For information and to see his work, visit www.gchfineart.com

Ukrainian Eggs
Family fun-all ages
Sofia Shatkivska
Saturday, March 24
1-4 PM
Pysamka is the process of decorating eggs, using layers of colored dyes. Create designs with wax resist or by scratching into the color. It’s fun to do, and the results seem like magic.
(Ages 7-11 may attend free with parent, ages 12 & up may attend without parent.
Members $25/ Non-members $35
Sofia Shatkivska was born in 1954 in Pochaiv and grew up in the Ukraine. She studied fine art in Lviv and graduated from the University of Lviv with high honors in 1988. Sofia has lived in central Vermont and has worked in art instruction since 1993.

Collagraphs
Lyna Lou Nordstrom
Fri & Sat
Apr. 13 & 14
1-4 PM
Like to collage & also print?  This class melds the two together!  Using textural materials such as lace, corduroy, corrugated cardboard, cutouts from chipboard, aluminum foil, you name it – we will build a composition on mat board pieces.  After sealing them with many layers of matte medium, we can ink and print them like an etching using the press.  Variable editions can be made from these “plates.”  Participants will use nontoxic Akua Intaglio inks and slightly dampened print paper.  Beginners are welcome to the workshop; also, it is a great addition to your techniques for anyone who loves printmaking.  Signing of prints and color mixing will be discussed.  Materials fee to the instructor:  $10
Members $55/ Non-Members $65
Lyna Lou Nordstrom began printmaking in 1995.  Her previous incarnation was "fabric artist."  Her colorful monotypes have won awards in juried shows throughout New England and Canada. In 2006 she received a month long Residency Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center.  She has taught classes at the high school and adult level for years and is on the Vermont Arts Council's juried artist roster. 

Sunsets and Sunrises in Pastel
Robert K. Carsten, PSA, CPS
Mon:  Apr. 16
9:30AM-4:30PM (1/2 hr break for lunch)
Explore the subtle, exquisite, poetic, and other visual qualities achieved with dramatic skies. Using bold color combinations, subtle, nuanced color temperatures, and rich, deep darks, we can create luminous, uncommonly strong and stunning visual effects using a subject that has figured prominently throughout art history. We will work from your sketches or photos. Demonstration, critique, loads of fun and lots of painting time! All levels welcome, materials list provided.
Members $80/ Non-Members $90
Robert Carsten’s paintings have garnered top awards at regional and national exhibitions.  A popular instructor, he teaches nationally and has juried numerous national art exhibitions.  Robert is a regular contributing writer for the “Artist’s Magazine” and “The Pastel Journal”.

Monoprint Collage
Jane Davies
Fri:  Apr. 20
9:30AM-4PM (with ½ hr break for lunch)
Discover a whole new world of artistic possibility when you combine collage with monoprinting techniques!  Layer colors, patterns, and images to create richly textured works of art in paper and paint.  We will use two of the most versatile types of printing plates – gel plates and scratch foam – and ink them up with ordinary acrylic paints to create extraordinary art!
Members $80/Non-Members $90

See above for information on Jane Davies.

 Art’s First
Join us at SPA for free art activities for youths on Saturday afternoons.  Be sure to call SPA (479-7069) to sign up your child by the Friday before the activity takes place.  Spaces are limited; pre-enroll your child.

FEBRUARY
Feb. 4, 1 - 3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10.

Feb. 11, 1-3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10. 

MARCH
Mar. 10, 1-3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10

 Mar. 17, 1-3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10

APRIL
Apr. 7, 1-3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10.

Apr. 21, 1-3:30 PM
Activities for youths ages 7-10.