Title, Instructor

Day

Time

Dates

Tuition

Description

Life Drawing Studio  

Supervised

two

Mondays monthly

3-6pm

 Mar 22,29

April  5,12

May 24,31

$8

model fee

A classic uninstructed life drawing group managed by studio directors.  Bring drawing materials and easel (if you use one), pay the fee, and improve your skills.

 1

Color Theory

with Emily Tarleton

Mon

3 days

5:30-7:30pm

Mar  1,8,15

$55

+$5 supply fee

Come find out how color can be used to create exciting and visually compelling works of art. In this 3-class series you will gain an understanding of how color can be used effectively in your own creative process through discussion and hands on activities. Create a color wheel, value charts and color-based artworks, such as collage or a small painting.  Beginners welcome. Ages: 15-up

 2

Woodcarving

with Janet Clemens

Tues

5 days

12:00-3:00pm

Mar  2, 9, 16, 23, 30

$75

Learn to carve wood from a blank or rough-out   to a finished project. Students learn how to remove wood safely. Use of woodcarving tools will be discussed. Pre-registration required. Discuss supply list w/instructor before class.

3

Art  Journals and Creative Healing

with Susan Kent

Sat, Sun

2 days

1-5pm

 Mar            6, 7

$60

Art Journaling is a safe space to explore and push beyond difficult or challenging experiences. Find tranquility while using paint, calligraphy, college, and stickers in an art journal of your personal journey. Materials supplied in tuition.

4

Realistic Style Acrylic Painting

with Jim Smith

Wed

4 days

12-2pm

Mar 10,17,24,

31

 $60

Students will learn traditional painting techniques in acrylic. Weekly exercises and demonstrations will give students tools to use in creating realistic works in class. Jim Smith is a local artist known for his realistic painting style. 

5

 Creative Mixed Media Collage

with Carolyn Pettitt

Thur

3 days

7-9pm

Mar 11,18,25

$60

Paint, cut, tear, glue and embellish. Learn to create works of art that celebrate your individuality. Your will create at least 3 complete pieces using different materials and techniques. Learn different texturing techniques as well as appropriate glues and substrates. All materials furnished.

6

Stone Sculpting     Master Class

Rhythms of Stone

Workshop

with DJ Garrity

Fri_____

Sat ,Sun

3 days

  / or

per day

5:30- 9:30pm

9:30am-4:30pm

Mar 12

13, 14

$235** 

$200/3 days or
$67 per  day

Repeat students
$140/3 days
or $47 per  day

Award winning sculptor, DJ Garrity, presents a traditional stone sculpting workshop using hand tools only. Students learn basic stone carving, three-dimensional technique and spatial context of art in the landscape. Take home a garden sculpture with the imprint of individual creativity. Included in fee is a 35-55 lb stone. Tools are provided during the workshop. Level: novice to student w/experience. Ages: 12-70+   Students are not required to lift stones in class. **  Meets Oregon state requirements for ongoing education for contractors.

Members of Big Brothers/Sisters Program 2 for 1 fee

7

Creative Mixed Media Collage

with Carolyn Pettitt

Thurs

5 days

7-9pm

April 1,8,15,22,29

$100

Paint, cut, tear, glue and embellish. Learn to create works of art that celebrate your individuality. You will create at least 3 complete pieces using different materials and techniques. Learn different texturing techniques as well as appropriate glues and substrates. All materials furnished.

8

Art  Journals and Creative Healing

with Susan Kent

Sat, Sun

2 days

1-5pm

 April 3,4

 $60

Art Journaling is a safe space to explore and push beyond difficult or challenging experiences. Find tranquility while using paint, calligraphy, college, and stickers in an art journal of your personal journey. Materials supplied in tuition.

9

Woodcarving

with Janet Clemens

Tues

5 days

12:00-3:00pm

April 6,13,20,27

$60

Learn to carve wood from a blank or rough-out   to a finished project. Students learn how to remove wood safely. Use of woodcarving tools will be discussed. Pre-registration required. Discuss supply list w/instructor before class.

10

Realistic Style Acrylic Painting

with Jim Smith

Wed

4 days

12-2pm

April 7,14,21,28

 $60

Students will learn traditional painting techniques in acrylic. Weekly exercises and demonstrations will give students tools to use in creating realistic works in class. Jim Smith is a local artist known for his realistic painting style. 

11

3-D Sculptural Mosaics

with Lynn Adamo

Wed

4 days

6:30-8:30pm

April 7,14,21,28

$125

+$10

Material fee

This class is intended for students who have experience working in mosaic. For the student who has done only 2-D mosaics, this will take your work to another level.  Build either an undulating substrate or free-standing sculptural form.  Level: Intermediate

12

Beginning Mosaic

with Lynn Adamo

Sat, Sun

2 days

Sat

10-3pm

Sun 10am-noon

April 10, 11

$85

+$10

Material

fee

This class is intended for the students who have little or no experience creating a mosaic. Students will be introduced to basic methods of cutting glass and ceramic tile, or broken pottery and china. Class project is a mosaic wall mirror.

Level: Beginning

13

“Mouth of the   

     Columbia”

Photography Workshop

with David Bardes

Tues, Sat, Tues

 3 days

Tues 7-9

Sat- All Day Field Trip

Tues 7-9

April 13,17, 27

$60

Students will attend a lecture on composition and concepts of natural lighting.  Saturday field trip includes sites at Astoria, Ft Stevens and Ft Columbia. Students meet again on a Tues to discuss and view results with an informal critique. All levels and types of cameras welcome.

14

Art  Journals and Creative Healing

with Susan Kent

Sat, Sun

2 days

1-5pm

 May 1,2

 $60

Art Journaling is a safe space to explore and push beyond difficult or challenging experiences. Find tranquility while using paint, calligraphy, college, and stickers in an art journal of your personal journey. Materials supplied in tuition.

16

MASTER CLASS

Historical Collage

with Judy Vogland

Wed-Sat

4 days

9am-4pm

May 5-8

$260

+ Material fee

-see handout

Dive into those stacks of old family photos and learn to compose and assemble clever, memorable compositions, which formalize and dramatize your personal history with family and friends. Learn to collage and combine vintage photos with newer age snapshots. Learn to incorporate interesting documents that now sit in your drawer, such as ancient love letters or family recipes. Play with black and white and color while learning to make new things old and old things fresh.   No prerequisite

17

”Oregon’s North 

        Coast”

with David Bardes

Tues,

Sat, Tues
 

Tues 7-9

Sat-All Day Field Trip

Tues 7-9

May 11,15,25

$60

Students will attend a lecture “Visualizing photographic composition in the abstract”.  Saturday field trip to Ecola State Park, Nahelam
Bay, and Garibaldi. Meet again Tues to discuss and view results with an informal critique. All levels and types of cameras welcome.

19

MASTER CLASS

Creative Process Workshop

with Sara Swink

Sun

2 days

10-5pm

May 16,23

$150

+$12 materials fee

Discover your own personal and symbolic imagery with focused explorations in collage, doodling and clay work in 2 nearly full days of exercises. Explore image, vocabulary, line, color, and shape and discuss how to make the most of your creative process. Complete and integrate the workshop experience with deeper clay exploration or by making an image journal.  
Levels: Beginner to professional