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Encaustic Painting Workshop with Trent Thomas
When: Three Tuesdays! Mar 2nd, 9th & 16th
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Cost: $150
Supplies: Included
Trent's class serves as introduction to the practice of encaustic painting: creating luminous images with hot beeswax. The class will cover the basics of manipulating the wax for painterly effects, plus methods of introducing other media into the images.
Trent Thomas is an artist living in Birmingham, AL. His work focuses on the role of the individual in society, and society in the individual. He explores these ideas in acrylic, watercolor, screenprinting, collage, encaustic, books and music. See more of Trent's work at: http://mexicanreagan.blogspot.com/ |
Painterly Figure Drawing Workshopwith Marian Blair When: Wednesdays in February! Feb 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th
Time: 6pm – 800pm
Cost: $90 - *$20 discount for students & past ARTfix! Figure Drawing students!
Supplies: Not Included, please bring charcoal & paper (suggested supplies listed below) Every class students will have to opportunity to draw the figure with numerous materials and poses. You will be introduced to new materials like powdered charcoal and graphite and taught to paint with drawing tools. This class is for all levels and is guaranteed to loosen you up and help you practices your observational drawing skills. Supply list: Powdered charcoal, powdered graphite, pencils, charcoal, newsprint drawing paper and your favorite nice paper
Marian will do a supplies demonstration and provide an optional supply list. Marian Blair is the Project Assistant at Space One Eleven. She recently graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with degree in Illustration and Art History. |
 Alternative Practices Workshop
with Jason Burgess When: Wednesdays in February! Feb 3rd, 10th, 17th & 24th
Time: 6pm – 800pm
Cost: $60! Supplies: Students will need digital camera with video capacity or video camera.
Alternative Practices will be an investigation and experiment with innovative techniques developed from the 1960's to today. The classes will focus on four interconnected aspects of artistic production and how they can be used; mail art, book binding, public art, and video as performance. The mail art session will demonstrate concepts and techniques artists have employed to transform the concept of what mail is, and everyone will create and send their own mail art piece. Book binding will cover traditional binding methods, d.i.y. zine self distribution, and unorthodox book strategies. The public art session will demonstrate guerilla procedures such as wheat pasting, stenciling, alternative public sculpture, and other methods of creating and displaying art in the public space. Video as performance will be interwoven throughout the classes and culminate in a presentation and discussion of everyone's performance pieces in the last class. Every session will place importance on the background of these practices, discussing artists and ideas that have shaped the development and creation of progressive art with these avant-garde tactics. Students will be encouraged to use each technique in their own personal approach and to expand their ideas of how, why, and what to use when making art. Born in 1984, Jason Burgess studied Art and Science at UAB and PUC Santiago. He has exhibited in Alabama, Georgia, and California. www.ordinaryconstructs.com |
 Octopus Bank Clay Workshop
with Carolyn Wass
When: February 1st & February 22nd (pick-up date)
Time: 6pm – 830pm
Cost: $150
Supplies: Included
Join ceramic artist Carolyn Wass for a one day hand-building workshop. Each student will make their very own funky functional octopus money bank. All skill levels and ages are welcome. Clay and firing are included in the price. Pieces will be available for pick-up three weeks after the workshop.
Carolyn Wass is a local artist living with her husband, daughter, and band of misfit animals in Mt. Olive. She holds a BFA from the University of Montevallo and has participated in many juried art shows as well as a national museum show at the Ohr' O'Keefe museum in Biloxi. She divides her time between motherhood, artwork, and teaching children's art classes. Her work is inspired by prehistoric imagery as well as modern movie special effects. Her recent colorful clay work combines her love of sculpting and painting. Find Melissa's work at Naked Art Gallery in Forest Park. www.thisthatandtheotter.com
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