Workshops: Winter 2012

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Artist Survival Skills
Teen and Adult
Jennifer Wood               

Are you an emerging or mid-career artist looking to advance your career?  This workshop provides an overview of all the components needed to be successful in today’s market. Topics include presenting your work to galleries, art consultants, and competitions and researching and targeting your best audience. Other topics include website usage; consignment and insurance; art pricing and framing; writing your curriculum vitae, artist statements and more. A review of your portfolio, website, and artist resources are also important topics of conversation. Handout packets provided.
To see Jennifer’s background and experience go to www.artadvisoryboston.com
or www.jwoodart.com

Weekend Workshop:
Saturday, January 21 10:00am-4:00pm
Sunday, January 22  12:00pm- 4:00pm
$225 M   $275 NM
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Pushing Color Pastel Workshop
All Levels
Shelly Eager

Shelly Eager’s love of pastel comes from the luminosity and vividness of the colors. Shellyshelly_eager will teach you to “push” color and put down bold confident marks to help you turn an ordinary photo into an extraordinary painting. You will work in the classroom from your own photos. Students are encouraged to remember the feelings evoked by the scene in the photograph, the energy of the place and the weather experienced. Shelly will teach you how to put those impressions down on paper, because she believes that expressing the memory is more exciting than merely reproducing a photo. Bring photos of everyday life that have special meaning to you: city scenes, country fairs, restaurant scenes, parties…whatever brings up a memory or impression that you would like to capture with pastel on paper. Students can take one day (Saturday) or both days. See Shelly’s work at www.shellyeager.com.

Weekend Workshop:
Saturday, February 11  10:00am- 2:00pm
Sunday, February 12  12:00pm-4:00pm
One Day  $100 M  $150 NM
Two Days  $175 M  $225 NM
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The Painterly Print with Acrylics
All Levels
Adria Arch

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Learn to create one-of-a-kind prints with the new, slow drying Golden OPEN acrylic paints - a wonderful complement to your painting practice. These layered color and textural effects
can enhance your approach to painting. A printing press is
not required to achieve these exciting, contemporary
surfaces. It all cleans up quickly and easily with water.
All supplies provided by Golden Paints except paper and
printing rollers.To see Adria’s work go to her website at www.adriaarch.com.


Weekend Workshop:
Saturday, February 25 10:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, February 26 12:00pm-4:00pm
$225 M     $275 NM
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Creative Marketing Plans for Creative People:
Mapping Your Creative Business Journey
All Levels
D’lynne Plummer

In this workshop, artists will learn how businesses create marketing plans and how they cand'lynne_plummer create a similar focused, objective-driven five-year plan, with their own creative flourishes. The workshop will begin by laying out the fundamentals of marketing and communication, including an overview of positioning, mission statements, segmentation, strengths and weaknesses assessments, and an artist's collateral (artist statement, bio, brochures, etc.), then proceed to explore how marketing objectives relate to career goals.  Artists will leave with a strategic plan tailored to their individual needs.

D’lynne Plummer is the Director of Professional Development for the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, sponsor of The Professional Artist Toolbox.

One Day Workshop:
Saturday, March 3
10:00am-4:00pm
$150 M  $200 NM
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MASTER PORTRAIT Workshop
Some Oil Painting Experience
Mary Minifie

This workshop will focus on painting a model from life in natural light. Emphasis will be onmary_minifie the beauty of the flesh color notes in natural light and understanding the form of the head. The workshop will begin with setting up a live model with good light and color, finding a composition with interesting clothing
and creating a small color study of the whole painting
in preparation of the finished work. One lunch session will be used to discuss business angles of the portrait business. There will be a slide lecture and final critique which can include work not done in the workshop.
To see Mary’s work go to www.maryminifie.com.

 


3 Day Workshop:
Friday, March 16, Saturday, March 17, Sunday, March 18
10:00am-3:00pm
$300 M   $350 NM (Includes $50 model fee)
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Cutting Silhouettes, Cutting Paper Shadows
Randal Thurston

Randal Thurston will teach the techniques he has developed over 20 years of cutting paperrandal_thurston silhouettes. Using paper and blade, students will develop images and create a large-scale installation based on the theme of the natural world. Randal transforms traditional ‘craft art’ into ‘fine art’ working in the cut-paper tradition.
Materials needed are an x-acto knife and blade and a small self-healing mat.

Saturday, March 24
10:00am-4:00pm
$85 M   $135 NM
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Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Printing
All Levels
Matt Brown

matt_brownThe Japanese hanga woodblock printmaking tradition uses water without a press. This exciting workshop offers an introduction to the range of wonderful Japanese tools, techniques and materials involved in the process. Everyone completes a multi-color print and engages with aspects of design, carving and printing. Matt will share tricks and techniques that can be adapted to other art-making approaches. All experience levels are welcome in this lively and intense printmaking weekend. Class is limited to 7 students and fills quickly. You can see Matt’s work at www.ooloopress.com.

3 Day Workshop:
Friday, March 30, Saturday, March 31, Sunday, April 1
9:30am-4:30pm
$325 M  $375 NM 
($60 materials fee to be paid to instructor)
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Alla Prima Watercolor Weekend
All Levels
Tom Sutherland

This workshop will teach you to paint in watercolor in the “alla prima” method. This meanstom_sutherland a painting will be created in a quick direct approach. Learn how to simplify a scene, think in a more abstract way and apply the paint in a loose spontaneous style.
All types of subject matter will be demonstrated and painted (from photographs) including landscapes, interiors, city scenes and figures. There will be plenty of
individual attention, discussion and group critiques.  Tom’s website is www.tomsutherlandart.com.

Weekend Workshop:
Saturday, April 21 10:00am-3:00pm
Sunday, April 22 12:00pm-4:00pm
$225 M   $275 NM
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Drawing and Painting from Intuition
All Levels
Dean Nimmer

What happens when an artist becomes blocked or is searching for new ideas for his or her work? Dean Nimmer draws on his 38 years as a dynamic and skilled art educator to offer new paths to overcome barriers and be dean_nimmerfully engaged in the process of making art. With innovative exercises ranging from freeform action painting, spontaneous collage compositions to studies from a moving figure and out-of-the-ordinary self-portraits, you will step beyond traditional techniques to find your own original artistic voice. This class is a rewarding exploration into the creative unknown. Check out Dean’s popular book, “Art From Intuition” and learn more at www.deannimmer.com.
 
Saturday, April 28
10:00am-3:00pm
$125 M   $175 NM
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Painterly Pastels
All Levels
Frank Federico

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Capture the poetic beauty of the Concord landscape in pastel en plein air and have fun at the same time! Frank’s unique technique of applying texture and a watercolor base to paper before applying pastels will teach you a method of creating richly layered, textured and painterly pastels. You will also learn the invaluable trick of painting upside down! Painting will be outside, weather permitting, along with a demo by Frank and a group critique at the end of each day. See Frank’s work at www.frankfederico.com.


3 Day Workshop:
Friday, May 4, Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6
10:00am-4:00pm
$325 M   $375 NM
Supply List
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