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Adult Art Classes and Workshops
Winter 2012, Spring 2012
Legend:
W: Winter 2012
S: Spring 2012
HOW TO DRAW
Winter: Tuesdays, January 17 – March 6, 2012
Spring: Thursdays, April 19 – June 7, 2012
6:30pm - 9:00pm, 8 weeks.
$120 Members / $140 Non-Members (+HST)
Working primarily from still-life, there will be many opportunities for variation and experimentation.
Each class will end with a short group critique. Optional homework exercises will be assigned.
Please bring in any previous drawings for feedback from Eileen or the class. *Supplies Required.
Instructor: Eileen MacArthur
** NEW ** SUNDAY FIGURE PAINTING
Sundays, January 27, February 12, 26, March 11, 25, April 22, May 6, 20, 2012. $12 (HST included).
For more information please contact Richard Marvin at: dickmarvin42@gmail.com or Laurie McGaw at: lauriemcgaw@sympatico.ca
PAINTING: BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE
Winter: Thursdays, January 19 – March 8, 2012
Spring: Tuesdays, April 17 – June 5, 2012
6:30pm – 9:00pm, 8 weeks.
$130 Members / $150 Non-Members (+HST)
This course is ideal for those who have never painted before, those returning to painting and those looking to hone their skills.
Choose what you want to paint: portraits, landscape, still life, abstracts or work with suggestions from the instructor.
Learn paint handling techniques, colour theory, composition, perspective, tricks of the trade and more.
Each student will receive individual instruction weekly, helping you to develop your skill level and increase
your familiarity with your chosen medium. *Supplies Required.
Instructor: Eileen MacArthur
STUDYING FROM THE GROUP OF SEVEN
Winter: Tuesdays, January 17 - February 28, 2012
10:30am - 1:30pm, 7 weeks.
$160 Members/ $190 Non-Members (+HST)
Learn from our historical mentors, the Group of Seven Painters and realize your own creative directions through a step by step procedure. Learn how the Group structured their sketches and paintings and see how it influences how you think and execute your own paintings. Using reproductions from the Group you will be led by Richard through The processes and techniques that developed the Group of Seven’s unique vision of Canada. Study and analyze selected pieces, determining which piece to work from. Paintings of these reproductions will be created in oil or acrylics in class. Participants will share their thoughts on the process through peer critique.
*Please bring a lunch each week.
*Supplies Required: Please bring your preferred medium (watercolour, oil, acrylic) and other materials you may require. The instructor will talk to you on the first day about supports and boards.
The Centre DOES have table top and standing easels if you require them.
Instructor: Richard Nevitt, AOCA, BA, Med, Casson Teaching Award
ADULT GLEE CLUB
Wednesdays: Daytime or Evening
Winter: January 18 - March 28, 2012
Spring: April 11 - June 13, 2012
Daytime: 1:30pm - 2:30pm or Evening: 7:00pm - 8:00pm, 10 weeks.
$90 Members/ $105 Non-Members (+HST)
A Hidden Performer exists within each of us! Add a new dimension to your day be learning songs from music theatre. Present songs with presence and a dramatic flair while having fun. Breathing techniques, vocal exercises listening to different styles of music, part song singing and rhythm exercises are developed to enhance the joy of singing. A time together to share and sing!!! Just a love of song is needed. No formal experience is necessary. Instructor: Anne Thomson-King
POTTERY: BEGINNER & INTERMEDIATE
Winter: January 11 - March 7, 2012
Spring: April 4 – May 30, 2012
6:30pm - 9:30pm, 9 weeks.
$170 Members / $195 Non-members (+HST)
Students are invited to come to the mudroom and experiment, learn new skills and be inspired. Supplemented by visual resources and discussions you will find that the world of clay is bigger than you think. For beginners we will cover pinch, slab and coiling methods and introduce the potter’s wheel. If you have some experience, why not pick up where you left off.
*Clay, firing & glazes included.
Instructor: Jane Neff
BASIC PHOTO
Winter: Wednesdays, January 11, 18, 25, February 1, 2012.
Spring: Mondays, April 16, 23, April 30, May 7, 2012.
7:00pm - 9:30pm, 4 weeks.
$125 Members / $135 Non-members (+HST)
This four-night course will cover a range of topics designed for the beginning photographer, including equipment & camera settings as well as the more creative aspects of photography. Each week you will receive a practice assignment which will be (gently) critiqued the following week.
Instructor: Sylvia Galbraith
INTERMEDIATE PHOTOGRAPHY
Winter: Mondays, February 13, 20, 27, March 5, 2012
7:00pm - 9:30pm, 4 weeks.
$125 Members / $135 Non-Members (+HST)
A continuation of the Basic Photo course. This is where we begin to challenge your imagination and help you to develop your individual style. We will work with advanced camera settings including shooting in RAW, fine-tuning exposures and more. Includes practical elements, so bring your camera to each class. It is recommended that you have a SLR style camera, either film or digital.
Pre-requisite: Basic Photo Course or equivalent skills.
Instructor: Sylvia Galbraith
WORKSHOPS
CAMERA TO COMPUTER
Winter: Monday, February 6, 2012
Spring: Thursday, June 7, 2012
7:00pm - 9:30pm, 1 night workshop
$45 Members/ $55 Non-Members (+HST)
Learn different ways to upload photos from your digital camera onto your computer, how to organize files, create back-up copies of your pictures and more. Learn some basic photo editing skills and how to resize your images for email or print. This course is also valuable for artists who create digital files for gallery submissions.
Instructor: Sylvia Galbraith
CLOSE UP and MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY
Spring: Monday, June 4, 2012
7:00pm - 9:30pm, 1 night workshop
$45 Members/ $55 Non-Members (+HST)
This class is designed for SLR photographers who are fascinated by the tiny world hidden around us. We'll look at how to shoot within inches of a subject, proper lighting, focusing techniques and more! Bring your camera as we will be shooting in class and outside. You should have either a macro lens or close-up setting on your camera. Instructor: Sylvia Galbraith
COLOUR FUSION: ABSTRACT ACRYLICS
Winter: Saturday & Sunday, February 4 & 5, 2012
10:00am - 4:30pm
$140 Member / $165 Non-Member (+HST)
Expect to be open and playful with colour, texture and movement. You will become aware how your eye moves across colours, through contrasts, tones and space. Come prepared with an idea of “colour” such as: soft and warm tones and contrasting bright accents. Pictures of inspiration and reference will be provided for class. * Supplies Required.
Instructor: Kirstin Bojanowski
21st CENTURY MOSAIC AS MIXED MEDIA
Spring: Saturday & Sunday, June 9 & 10, 2012
10am - 4pm
$110 Member / $125 Non-Member (+HST)
Using a variety of design elements (colour, texture, line, shape, value etc) produce your own mosaic using new or recycled ceramics, glass, shells, stones, plastics, tiles and metals. Learn how to use your materials, cutting techniques and textures to create an inspired design. Included in the class will be suggestions on what materials work for mixed media mosaic, how to prepare your base, how to cut materials, various design options, adhering and grouting techniques. Students will produce 1-2 grouted or ungrouted mosaics over the weekend and learn a variety of mosaic methods. Suitable for beginners or those with some mosaic experience.
Please bring lunch on both days. Supplies required plus a $15 materials fee will be payable to instructor on first day of class.
Instructor: Heather Vollans
WATERCOLOUR FLORALS
Spring: Saturday & Sunday, May 26 & 27, 2012
10:00am – 4:00pm
$140 Members / $165 Non-Members (+HST)
Come and explore a vibrant, realistic flower painting in watercolours. Marianne will demonstrate step by step from a photograph, explaining the use of a variety of techniques including soft blending on petals, hard and soft edges, achieving depth, handling the background and overall colour harmony. Marianne will provide several different photos of the same flower for you to choose from. Marianne's website may be viewed at www.naturesedgestudio.ca *Supplies Required
Instructor: Marianne Broome
EVENTS
WORDFEST
Spring: Thursday, April 12, 2012
7:30pm, $6 (Includes HST)
Wordfest welcomes storytellers and writers to share their work in an evening that celebrates the spoken word. Featured readers and tellers as well as open mic participants bring a wide variety of stories, prose and poetry to the Elora Centre for the Arts. Sign up for a short segment of the program or come to listen and enjoy.
*Please contact us for more information 519-846-9698
Facilitator: Donna McCaw
THE ORDER OF THINGS with PETER SKOGGARD
This is a series which looks at super orders in the universe, especially as to how a human individual fits into the larger scheme.
$6 per person (HST included, youth free)
Fall: Thursday, November 17, 2011 7:30pm
Deborah Skoggard’s book What On Earth Do You Think You’re Doing? Is a Twenty-First Century Spiritual Order, which integrates Quantum Physics, Evolutionary Consciousness and our human experience all in a beguiling allegory.
Winter: Thursday, February 16, 2012 7:30pm
Peter Skoggard’s Bird of Perception
Picking through elements of Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, metaphysics, and psychology, Peter brings together elements to form a vision for the modern person in this philosophical tale of every person.
Spring: Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:30pm
Communication. Language and Reality
Which comes first in this metaphysical chicken/ egg question? Are we hard-wired for language before it ever developed? Why? Are the arts and music proto-languages or elaborate embellishments of it? And then, what is the difference between perception and reality? Can we ever understand outside our senses?
INSTRUCTOR BIOS
KIRSTIN BOJANOWSKI completed her studies in Media and Information Techno-culture at the UWO, and completed a graduate program at Advertising Account Management at Centennial College. She worked as an advertising professional for many years and is now focusing on teaching abstract painting. Kirstin leads workshops from her home studio and for various art groups in the York Region area while contributing to art events and organizing an annual Studio Art Show in Newmarket and Prince Edward County. Selected works are represented by Koyman Galleries in Ottawa. www.kirstinbojanowski.com
MARIANNE BROOME Marianne was born in England but spent much of her childhood in Malaysia. The stunning scenery and abundance of exotic animals and plants heightened her love of nature and keen interest in drawing and painting. Marianne settled in Canada in 1980 and lives in the beautiful countryside near king City, Ontario. Marianne is a full time artist and a sought after art instructor. Her stunning paintings of flowers, landscapes and wildlife have been exhibited in many juried exhibitions in which she has received numerous awards. Her work can be found in private and corporate collections in Canada, U.S., England, Australia and Malaysia. WEBSITE: www.naturesedgestudio.ca
SYLVIA GALBRAITH is a recognized professional photographer whose work sells worldwide. She has taught photography to all age groups in many locations, including the University of Toronto, Humber College, and the University of Brandon, MB, as well as locally. She has won many awards and occasionally shows at various venues; Insights 2007, '08 & '09 at the Wellington County Museum, Summer Sensations Art walk in Fergus and most recently at the Centre’s Art in the Yard ‘09, where Sylvia won the “Jurors Choice Award”. She has also recently published a book of images from the area titled "A Living River by the Door". www.silvercreekphoto.ca
EILEEN MACARTHUR completed her Masters in Painting at the University of Guelph and received a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Eileen has had exhibitions in Halifax, Calgary, Toronto, Buffalo N.Y, Chongqing, China and Guelph's MacDonald Stewart Art Centre. Eileen has taught classes at the University of Guelph, the Elora Centre for the Arts and the Guelph School of Art. In 2009 her work was included in the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery biennial, "Some Kind of Wonderful". Recently she received special mention as a finalist for the 2009 Kingston Prize National Portrait Competition. www.eileenmacarthur.com
JANE NEFF has a Bachelor of Architecture from Carleton University. She has experience in earthenware, Raku and functional stoneware. Combining wheel and hand building techniques is of special interest, and has shared her techniques in workshops for other potters, as well as, high school students. Her award winning work has been exhibited in group shows, retail venues and galleries, such as the Elora Fergus Studio Tour, Art in the Yard, Arcadia Community Gallery, The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery and the Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art in Toronto.
RICHARD B. NEVITT has been instructing art students for over forty years at a number of postsecondary institutions, the Ontario College of Art and Design and more recently the McMichael Gallery. With a deep love of the Caledon Landscape, Richard devotes a detailed drawing a day in his sketchbook and has recently published a delightful book highlighting this love and sketches.
PETER SKOGGARD is a teacher, composer, poet, and playwright living ecstatically in Elora, Ontario. Peter comes from a family of artists, which is being highlighted as a Gallery Show January 2011. He has had many commissions and presentations of his work at the ECFTA, the Gorge Cinema, Sensational Elora, The River Run Centre, David Earle’s Temple Studios, The CBC, Ontario Universities and many more. To see family artwork go to: http://jeanskoggard.artspan.com, http://rskoggard.artspan.com .
JANICE MASON STEEVES has been a painter for over twenty-five years. Graduating with an M.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Manitoba, she held Clinical and School Psychology positions in Manitoba and Ontario before leaving the field to focus on painting. Further studies were completed at the Ontario College of Art and Design where she graduated with an Honours Diploma in Drawing and Painting and was the recipient of the Nora E. Vaughan Award. Janice exhibits her work annually in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and in the U.S. Her work is included in numerous corporate and public collections both in Canada and internationally, including among others, The Government of Ontario Art Collection; The Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto, ON; CIBC World Markets, London, UK; First Gulf; Intrawest Corporation and the Senvest Collection, Montreal. www.janicemasonsteeves.com
ANNE THOMSON KING graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Music with an ARCT in voice performance. At Wilfrid Laurier University she participated in classes of vocal coaching and music therapy. Choral groups including the Festival Singers of Canada and the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir were a start to her professional career in music. From there she performed in classical recitals, Scottish concerts and with Operatic companies. To add to her eclectic interest, she had lead roles in musicals, including My Fair Lady, Showboat, Brigadoon and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. Her love of many forms of vocal music gives a varied approach to the musical experience.
She has conducted children’s choirs, directed children’s shows and pageants. She has sung on a Celtic TV show and performed on Polka Dot Door. Having a varied career in vocal music, she wants to give her enthusiasm to young minds so that they will grow sharing with each other in music.
HEATHER VOLLANS Heather’s passion is producing art from salvaged materials. As a child she collected frivolous and useless things – or so others said. This collecting exercise is one Heather has not outgrown : collections now include textural plastics, wood, aluminum, tire rubber, asphalt, building materials- aluminum, ceramics, wood, stone, copper, interesting metals – in fact anything which appeals for its texture, color, shape etc and that can be saved from landfill. Her aim is to take those fragments, that “garbage” and make a new reality. The journey is the most powerful and important process: the results, sometimes surprising, but a bonus! www.dawningdecorstudio.com
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