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Abstract Painting (Combined Fall Term) (10 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Michelle Boerio

Wednesdays, September 6 – November 8 

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Curious about abstract art? In this class, we'll explore the world of abstract painting--art that doesn't look like real life. Students will create abstract art inspired by natural objects, test out textures and experiment with mixing materials, along with other projects. Students can use either acrylic or oil paints for class.

FEE: $270

Enrile Classroom, Lower Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $60-$80 depending on medium and brand bought

Image Credit: Michelle Boerio

Beginning Acrylic Painting (Combined Fall Term) (10 sessions)

Teen- Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Michelle Boerio

Tuesdays, September 5 – November 7 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Have fun painting with acrylics, whether you’ve taken a painting class before or have never held a brush. In this class, you will learn how to use acrylic paints, mix colors accurately, and try multiple methods to create beautiful paintings. Students will learn painting techniques to begin finding their own artistic style.

FEE: $270

Enrile Classroom, Lower Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $60-$80 depending on medium and brand bought

Image Credit: Michelle Boerio

Building Confidence Through Style Workshop

(3 sessions)

Adult All Skill Level

Instructor: Courtney Smith

Wednesday -Friday, September 6-8

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Certified Personal Stylist, Courtney Smith realizes how social media messes with people’s confidence and wants to teach people how to use style to overcome those moments. Courtney will guide students through identifying their style goals and how they want to show up in life through clothing. Style is much more than clothing, it’s a way to stand out when you don’t know how to use your voice, or a way to tell a story about who you are in the world when you don’t have the words. Whether music, art, people, or books inspire you, there’s a way to harness that inspiration and turn it into how you want to dress and have fun with it. You’ll learn different strategies when it comes to putting outfits together through textures and color. You’ll be provided with tools to help guide you through the exciting world of fashion such as color wheels, fabrics, and more. Upon completion of this workshop, you’ll have a clearer picture of what your style is, develop a higher level of confidence and have fun in your closet!

FEE: $60

Savage Classroom, Lower Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $75

Clay for Kids (and their adults) (Part 1) (Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Grade 3 and Up! All Skill Levels

Instructor: Grace Bohlen

Saturdays, September 9 – October 7  

10:00am – 11:30am

Join us for some partnered hand building projects! Both kids and adults will have a chance to get their hands dirty and create some amazing cups and bowls in this studio class. We'll learn a variety of basic techniques for creating forms, plus various methods of decoration such as pattern rolling, underglaze transfers, and sgrafitto. Multiple kids and/or parents can attend the sessions within reason; each sign up is per family unit. Can be taken in tandem with Part 2 or a la carte. Contact the MAC with any questions or concerns. Dress for mess!

FEE: $115 per pair; $140 for groups of 3* Groups of 3 or more please call to enroll*

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Papermaking Workshop

(2 sessions)

Adult All Skill Level

Instructor: Yani Sheng

Thursdays,  September 21 & September 28

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Roll up your sleeves and join Yani’s fun papermaking workshop. You will learn the basics of papermaking skill in using recycled materials and colored papers. You can make multiple textures of paper, watermarking papers, or try pulp painting. Please dress for mess in this workshop, and bring an old towel for any water spills!

FEE: $45

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $10

Perennial Movement Group at the MAC

(10 sessions)

50 and Up All Skill Level

Instructor: Laura Patterson

Thursdays, September 7 – November 9

10:30am – 11:30am

Movement classes are specifically designed for adults over 50 and taught by instructor Laura Patterson. Using principles from ballet, contemporary, and improvisation dance, class exercises cultivate strength, coordination, range of motion, flexibility, and creative skills. These dance activities also challenge the brain by connecting thinking and moving, helping to maintain or enhance cognitive functions such as memory. Participants of all physical abilities, whether completely new to dance or returning after many years, experience the physical and cognitive benefits of dance alongside other older adults in a supportive community. Seated and standing movement are both welcome.

FEE: $115

Dance Studio, Lower Level

Ceramics: Teapots, Trays, Cups, and Saucers (Part 1) (Fall #1)

(5 sessions)

Age 15 - Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Marty Shuter

Thursdays, September 7- October 5

6:00pm – 9:00pm

We will explore the world of spouts and handles in a hand-building ceramic class that focuses on teapot, cups, plates and tray sets. Assignments will help you make all the parts of your teapot to work as a whole. Whether purely decorative or functional, come with any ideas you might have for form or embellishment. No experience necessary. Your first bag of clay and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee. Sign up for Part 1 or Part 2, but not necessary to take both!

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Image Credit: Marty Shuter - Teapot and Cut (Beeware Series)

Ceramics: Teapots, Trays, Cups, and Saucers (Part 2) (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Age 15 - Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Marty Shuter

Thursdays, October 12- November 9

6:00pm – 9:00pm

We will explore the world of spouts and handles in a hand-building ceramic class that focuses on teapot, cups, plates and tray sets. Assignments will help you make all the parts of your teapot to work as a whole. Whether purely decorative or functional, come with any ideas you might have for form or embellishment. No experience necessary. Your first bag of clay and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee. Sign up for Part 1 or Part 2, but not necessary to take both!

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Image Credit: Marty Shuter - Teapot and Cut (Beeware Series)

Clay for Kids (and their adults) (Part 2: Halloween) (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Grade 3 and Up! All Skill Levels

Instructor: Grace Bohlen

Saturdays, October 14 – November 11 

10:00am – 11:30am

Join us for some SPOOKY hand building projects! Both kids and adults will have a chance to get their hands dirty and make some frighteningly delightful Halloween-themed projects. This second part will focus more on sculptural work compared to the first half. Multiple kids and/or parents can attend the sessions within reason; each sign up is per family unit. Can be taken in tandem with Part 1 or a la carte.

FEE: $115 per pair; $140 for groups of 3 * Groups of 3 or more please call to enroll*

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Color: Limited Palette Unlimited Possibilities

(Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Joseph Lombardo

Tuesdays, September 5 – October 3

10:00am – 1:00pm

Discover the power of color by painting with a limited palette. Painting with a limited palette restricts, unifies, and harmonizes color. Students will gain an understanding of color and learn that good color comes from what is left out, not what is included. We will learn to control and navigate color while exploring the near endless possibilities of working in a limited palette. Each week will cover a different type of limited palette including: Triad, Split-Complementary, Tetrad, Zorn, Complementary. Students will make a new color-focused painting every week. Each lesson begins with a painting and color mixing demonstration.

FEE: $200

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $100

Image Credit:Joseph Lombardo, 6x6” Oil, Complementary Limited  Palette

Direct Painting the alla Prima Process (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Joseph Lombardo

Tuesdays, October 10 -  November 7 

10:00am – 1:00pm

Learn the technique of Direct Painting otherwise known as “Alla Prima.” Alla prima can be interpreted as 'at once' or ‘at first attempt.’ We will make a painting a day, start to finish. This immediate painting process will teach confidence in material and brushwork. Students will learn to loosen-up and paint quickly without fuss. We will explore various direct painting techniques including drawing, staining, palette knife, vignette, mark-making, large and small scale. We will study a new subject each week covering landscape, floral, interior, portrait, and architecture. These lessons will be process focused; each class will begin with a one-hour painting demonstration. FEE: $200

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $100

Image Credit: Joseph Lombardo 9x12" Oil, After the Show

Drawing Foundations Series (Fridays) (Part 1)

 (Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Anne Vega

Fridays, September 8 - October 6 

2:00pm – 5:00pm

If you like to draw but haven't had a lot of, or any, foundational instruction, this class is for you. We will be learning a series of finite skills that then have infinite applications. Through formal and individually guided instruction, the emphasis will be on the development of strong technical skills along with the development of finding one's own voice and vision for their art. We will look at the artistic principles and their applications through historical and contemporary works, to see how these consistent, underlying principles emerge regardless of stylistic differences. This class involves drawing from direct observation from still lifes and live models as well as 2D references. Created as a series to help students develop and improve their drawing skills, the first term will begin with the foundational basics and progress toward finding higher-level intention and creativity in art in the second and third terms.

 FEE: $135

Master Classroom, Main Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $70

Image Credit:Anne Vega- Sketchbook Drawing

Drawing Foundations Series (Fridays) (Part 2)

 (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Anne Vega

Fridays, October 13 – November 10 

2:00pm – 5:00pm

If you like to draw but haven't had a lot of, or any, foundational instruction, this class is for you. We will be learning a series of finite skills that then have infinite applications. Through formal and individually guided instruction, the emphasis will be on the development of strong technical skills along with the development of finding one's own voice and vision for their art. We will look at the artistic principles and their applications through historical and contemporary works, to see how these consistent, underlying principles emerge regardless of stylistic differences. This class involves drawing from direct observation from still lifes and live models as well as 2D references. Created as a series to help students develop and improve their drawing skills, the first term will begin with the foundational basics and progress toward finding higher-level intention and creativity in art in the second and third terms.

 FEE: $135

Master Classroom, Main Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $70

Image Credit:Anne Vega- Sketchbook Drawing

Drawing Foundations Series (Wednesdays) (Part 1)

 (Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Teen - Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Anne Vega

Wednesdays, September 6 - October 4 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

If you like to draw but haven't had a lot of, or any, foundational instruction, this class is for you. We will be learning a series of finite skills that then have infinite applications. Through formal and individually guided instruction, the emphasis will be on the development of strong technical skills along with the development of finding one's own voice and vision for their art. We will look at the artistic principles and their applications through historical and contemporary works, to see how these consistent, underlying principles emerge regardless of stylistic differences. This class involves drawing from direct observation from still lifes and live models as well as 2D references. Created as a series to help students develop and improve their drawing skills, the first term will begin with the foundational basics and progress toward finding higher-level intention and creativity in art in the second and third terms.

 FEE: $135

Master Classroom, Main Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $70

Image Credit:Anne Vega- Sketchbook Drawing

Drawing Foundations Series (Wednesdays) (Part 2)

 (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Teen - Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Anne Vega

Wednesdays, October 11 – November 8 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

If you like to draw but haven't had a lot of, or any, foundational instruction, this class is for you. We will be learning a series of finite skills that then have infinite applications. Through formal and individually guided instruction, the emphasis will be on the development of strong technical skills along with the development of finding one's own voice and vision for their art. We will look at the artistic principles and their applications through historical and contemporary works, to see how these consistent, underlying principles emerge regardless of stylistic differences. This class involves drawing from direct observation from still lifes and live models as well as 2D references. Created as a series to help students develop and improve their drawing skills, the first term will begin with the foundational basics and progress toward finding higher-level intention and creativity in art in the second and third terms.

 FEE: $135

Master Classroom, Main Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $70

Image Credit:Anne Vega- Sketchbook Drawing

Encaustic Workshop

(1 session)

High School-Adult Beginner

Instructor: Juliette Montague

Saturday, November 4

10:00am – 5:00pm

Learn basic encaustic collage, assemblage, and image making techniques to expand your mixed media art making! Supplies are provided by the instructor; you are welcome to bring any collage materials or embeds you would like to use in your creations. Please bring 1-2 wooden surfaces to work on.

FEE: $90

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Materials Provided by Instructor Apart from Wooden Surface to Work on

Foundations of Drawing

(Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Adult Beginner to Intermediate

Instructor: Angela Gage

Wednesdays, October 11 – November 8

2:00pm – 5:00pm

Work from still life set ups and photographs. Focus on the basics, build skills, and learn how to see as an artist, while working from your own photos, a personal still life and more. Gain confidence while experimenting with pencils, charcoal, and pen and ink.This class is geared toward students learning about drawing materials and the basics of drawing.

FEE: $160

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50

Fresh Prints That You Wear

(3 sessions)

High School-Adult Beginner

Instructor: Juliette Montague

Saturdays, September 23 & September 30 & October 7 

10:00am – 2:00pm

Learn how to design and carve your own personal printing stamps to jazz up an old pair of jeans, jean jacket, tea towels, and more! Maybe you have wanted to design your own tea towels, an apron, or a yard or two of fabric to create something. Any jean, cotton or linen fabric will work. Become a designer in this fresh prints that you wear workshop series.

FEE: $125

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Some Materials Provided by Instructor

Intro to Natural Dyes (2 sessions)

High School-Adult Beginner

Instructor: Karin Weston

Thursdays, November 2 & November 9 

6:00pm – 8:30pm

For centuries, people utilized botanicals to create lasting color on cloth. Try your hand at natural dyeing as you learn about the basics, including extracting color from plant materials and prepping and dyeing natural fabrics. Participants will experiment with different types of dye on animal (protein) fabric, such as silk or wool, and plant (cellulose) fibers, such as cotton, during this two-session workshop.

FEE: $85

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials included in class fee. To help protect clothes, participants can bring an apron (optional). Plastic gloves will be provided but participants may bring their own pair of reusable plastic gloves if preferred.

Image Credit: Karin Weston

Nude Figure Drawing

(Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Angela Gage

Tuesdays, September 5 - October 3 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Practice drawing the human form while working with models. Discuss proportions of the figure and face as well as techniques and basics of drawing. Gain confidence while working with charcoal and/or pencils. Price includes model fees.

FEE: $235

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50

Oil Painting (Fall #1) (4 sessions)

Teen - Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Angela Gage

Wednesdays, September 6 - October 4  (No Class 9/20)

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Learn how to paint using oils. Start painting, mix colors, apply the paint and learn about glazing and palette knife work. This is a studio class and geared toward new students and continuing oil painting students. New students are shown materials and how to begin an oil painting. Each week we continue to learn about glazing, palette knife work etc. Returning students work on their individual paintings with instructors help if needed.

FEE: $130

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50-$75

Image Credit:Angela Gage

Oil Painting (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Teen-Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Angela Gage

Wednesdays, October 11- November 8 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Learn how to paint using oils. Start painting, mix colors, apply the paint and learn about glazing and palette knife work. This is a studio class and geared toward new students and continuing oil painting students. New students are shown materials and how to begin an oil painting. Each week we continue to learn about glazing, palette knife work etc. Returning students work on their individual paintings with instructors help if needed.

FEE: $160

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50-$75

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Fridays, September 8 – October 6

10:00am-1:00pm (Fall #1)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Fridays, October 13 – November 10

10:00am-1:00pm (Fall #2)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Thursdays, October 12 – November 9

2:00pm-5:00pm (Fall #2)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Thursdays, September 7 – October 5

6:00pm-9:00pm (Fall #1)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Thursdays, September 7 – October 5

10:00am-1:00pm(Fall #1)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Thursdays, October 12 – November 9

10:00am-1:00pm (Fall #2)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Tuesdays, October 10 -  November 7

2:00pm – 5:00pm(Fall #2)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Painting/ Drawing Open Studio

Adult All Skill Levels

No Instructor

Tuesdays, September 5 -  October 3 

2:00pm – 5:00pm (Fall #1)

Enhance your creative experience at the MAC and work independently on projects during open studio sessions. Open to all former MAC painting and drawing students; or by request with experience. Students provide their own canvas and painting supplies. No instruction will be given during open studio time.

FEE: $50

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Pastels (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Teen-Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Angela Gage

Tuesdays, October 10-  November 7 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Learn the basics of this vibrant medium and discover how to use color and line to create expressive works of art. Build upon the skills you have used and learn how to take this vibrant versatile medium and your artwork to the next level.

FEE: $160

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50-$75

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, a Mixed Media Exploration Creating Collographs and Mono Prints

(Fall #2) (5 sessions)

Adult Beginner

Instructor: Cody F. Miller

Wednesdays, October 11 – November 8

10:00am – 1:00pm

Explore mixed media through the printing techniques of collagraphy and mono prints. The images/prints stand on their own yet also yield the possibility for further exploration with various mediums.Studio assignments will be given to develop a basic understanding of mono prints, and collographs. Each assignment will be in response to a quote from the book "Pilgrim At Tinker Creek.

FEE: $135

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $135

Image Credit:Julie Miller

Portrait Practice

(Fall #1) (5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Angela Gage

Wednesdays, September 6 – October 4

2:00pm – 5:00pm

We will explore all aspects of portraiture. Learn proportions of the face, mix flesh tones, capture a like-ness as we draw and paint from photographs and clothed models.

FEE: $190

Painting/Drawing Studio, 2^nd Level

Approx. Cost of Materials: $50-$75

Image Credit:Angela Gage

Model on Weeks 2 & 3

Wheel Thrown Ceramics (Tuesdays)(Fall #1) (5 sessions)

High School-Adult Beginner

Instructor: Stacey Besst

Tuesdays, September 5 - October 3 

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Students will learn to develop skills and techniques in ceramics utilizing the pottery wheel. Students will focus on creating functional form including but not limited to: cylinders, bowls, plates, cups, vases, teapots, etc. Students will also learn ceramic decorating techniques such as carving, slip design, staining, underglaze and glazing. Your first bag of clay, studio glazes, and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee.

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Wheel Thrown Ceramics (Fall #2) (5 sessions)

High School-Adult Beginner

Instructor: Stacey Besst

Tuesdays, October 10-  November 7

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Students will learn to develop skills and techniques in ceramics utilizing the pottery wheel. Students will focus on creating functional form including but not limited to: cylinders, bowls, plates, cups, vases, teapots, etc. Students will also learn ceramic decorating techniques such as carving, slip design, staining, underglaze and glazing. Your first bag of clay, studio glazes, and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee.

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Wheel Thrown Ceramics (Fall Session #1)

(5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Beth Dekker

Wednesdays, September 6 - October 4

10:00am – 1:00pm

Students will learn to develop skills and techniques in ceramics utilizing the pottery wheel. Students will focus on creating functional form including but not limited to: cylinders, bowls, plates, cups, vases, etc. Students will also learn ceramic decorating techniques such as carving, slip design, staining, underglaze and glazing. Your first bag of clay, studio glazes, and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee.

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Wheel Thrown Ceramics (Fall Session #2)

(5 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Beth Dekker

Wednesdays, October 11 - November 8

10:00am – 1:00pm

Students will learn to develop skills and techniques in ceramics utilizing the pottery wheel. Students will focus on creating functional form including but not limited to: cylinders, bowls, plates, cups, vases, etc. Students will also learn ceramic decorating techniques such as carving, slip design, staining, underglaze and glazing. Your first bag of clay, studio glazes, and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class fee.

FEE: $170

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level

Wheel Thrown Ceramics (Combined Fall Session) (8 sessions)

Adult All Skill Levels

Instructor: Anne Vasser

Wednesdays, September 20- November 8

6:00pm – 9:00pm

Join us for the fun while we explore the basics of wheel thrown pottery and how it is made. Pottery forms will be demonstrated, discussed and produced. New students will acquire a basic understanding of the potter's wheel, surface decorations, and glazing processes. Continuing students will refine their wheel throwing techniques; explore advanced forms, surface decorations and glazing techniques. Studio clean-up and safety rules will be discussed. Your first bag of clay and 20 hours of studio time outside of class is included in class.

FEE: $270

Ceramics Studio, Lower Level