Painting and Ceramic Workshops
Enrollment is limited. All workshops are at John Natsoulas Gallery.
EFFECTIVE 2/17: Participants will need to bring their own paints, canvas and tools to painting workshops; clay will be provided for ceramics. All workshop cancellations must be made within 24 hours of event for credit (credits are towards future workshops only).
Deladier Almeida
Saturday, August 9th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
One of the finest figure and portrait painters in the country will hold an optional demonstration from 9am-12pm. After a small break, Almeida will hold his workshop to teach you how to paint figures from a clothed live model, especially how to do a close-up of a head. Every person will also receive a free signed poster! Please bring two of your own small to mid-sized canvases, paint, and easel. There will be a few easels available.
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Boyd Gavin
Saturday, September 13th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
This workshop will begin with a brief slide lecture. Then students will paint from a live nude model, focusing on the effective methods of rendering the human form in painting. Particular emphasis will be placed on the structural use of color. We will have a few easels available upon request, but please bring you own, in addition to one canvas of your preference.
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Artist Career & Portfolio Workshop
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
This workshop is part one of two, with a more in depth attention on how one can get their career started. Bring one piece of art of any medium for critique. Photographer Michael Trask will be demonstrating how to photograph one's work, as Lauren Collette goes over the production of the postcard for mailing purposes. All artists will learn to market their art and promote themselves, as well as how to choose which exhibitions to enter. Sign up early for this very popular workshop.
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Gay Powers
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $65
As a world-renowned film documentarian, as well as an expert on the life and works of Lee Krasner, this workshop will be a monoprint marathon. As an educator and artist, Powers has the extraordinary ability to show artists how to produce enough monoprints to do a show in one day. Participants do not need to bring anything except for brushes and everyone will leave with a minimum of four monoprints each. Due to material costs, this is a $65 workshop.
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Lisa Reinertson
Saturday, October 11th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
Learn hands on how to transform a small maquette into a larger sculpture. Workshop will give you a clear understanding of how to sculpt a figure. Bring your own ceramic tools. Everything else is provided.
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Yoshio Taylor
Saturday, October 18th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
Learn hands on how to transform a small maquette into a larger sculpture. Workshop will give you a clear understanding of how to sculpt a figure. Bring your own ceramic tools. Everything else is provided.
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Chella
Saturday, October 25th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
One of the greatest plein aire painters of our time, Chella, will be teaching a workshop on the rooftop of the John Natsoulas Center for the Arts to teach the basics of plein aire painting. During this four hour workshop, everyone will complete two or three works. Bring 2 or 3 small canvas boards or small canvases, paint, and an easel. We will have a few easels available upon request.
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Brian Baker
Saturday, November 1st, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
Discover the possibilities of building raw and learn how to create a large scale clay sculptures and murals without using a kiln. Learn what cob is and why it is relevant into today's art word Learn hands on how to effectively use cob, covering all aspects of the building process. This workshop will also include how to make you own clay paints, clay plasters, and weather resistant finishes.
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Pat Mahony
Saturday, November 22st, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
Mahony will teach a workshop on how to create still lifes, breaking down avenues of composition, perspective, light, and color.
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Cynthia Charters
Saturday, November 29st, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
Titled as "Notan-the Artist's Visual Music," this workshop will focus on the creation on black and white designs in 2D artwork, especially concentrating on compositional development
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Stephen Braun
Saturday, December 6th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $50
This workshop will focus on a demonstration and hands on experience with raku, Bring one piece of work to learn famous and unorthodox technique of raku that Braun developed himself.
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Greg Kondos
Saturday, December 10th, 2008 1pm - 5pm - $100
Greg Kondos will be teaching this workshop on drawing. Kondos will show you how to make a great painting from your drawings. Please bring several of your own drawings, as well as pencils, paper, and charcoals.
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