Saturdays 12:30-2:30pm

Classes will gather weekly to study, explore and understand principles and concerns inherent to the medium of collage. Discussions will review examples of how to incorporate found materials such as stamps, stencils magazine clippings, and various paper stocks along with personal artifacts such as photographs, drawings, written script, scrolls and poems. Students will be asked to consider the undertaking of a portrait (or self-portrait) using collage techniques. Assignments will reinforce concepts and theory covered during class as well as visual relationships combining color and images within the complexity and strength of collage. Class asks students to experiment, and develop a new skill set to add to their artistic toolbox. Final projects will be displayed in a  group exhibition.

Students should bring smocks, a sketch book, personal items along with specific magazine subscriptions they wish to use to collage. Class will provide acrylic paints, canvas boards and glue for class projects.

4 weeks / 8 hours
Tuition $600. +
Lab Fee $60.

6-Week, 12-Hour class / Tuition $600 /Lab Fee TBD / Student provided Materials & Supplies TBD

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Monotype Printmaking is an accessible, hands-on art form that blends the spontaneity of painting with the techniques of printmaking. In this class, you’ll explore the basics of creating unique, one-of-a-kind prints by applying ink to a smooth plate and transferring it onto paper. The process involves using additive and subtractive methods, stenciling, masking, and layering to produce bold, dynamic images with vibrant textures and colors. You’ll experiment with a variety of tools and materials—including plexiglass, stencils, and found objects—to create surprising and expressive prints. This class is perfect for beginners or experienced artists looking for a fresh approach to printmaking. You’ll learn about ink types, color theory, and composition while developing your own artistic style. The class emphasizes creativity and fun, offering a relaxed, supportive environment for you to discover your artistic voice through the monotype process. No prior experience is necessary.

6-Week, 12-Hour class / Tuition $600 /Lab Fee TBD / Student provided Materials & Supplies TBD

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This six-week course encourages a mindful, intuitive, inner exploration in the creation of mixed media artworks. Through the application of aqua media such as watercolor and India inks, together with pencil drawing and mixed media collage techniques, students will be guided through the process of intuitive art making. Rather than focusing on specific representation of the outer world, they will open to the process of mindful expressive and symbolic doodling, where rhythmic and compositional improvisation is explored, and purely decorative abstraction embraced. As students learn to quiet the mind and allow the images, symbols, colors, and forms from subconscious to become conscious, they will enjoy the process of creating art from the inside out. All experience levels are welcome! All materials will be provided.

6-Week, 12-Hour class / Tuition $600 /Lab Fee TBD / Student provided Materials & Supplies TBD

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Expressive Figure Drawing Course Description

This course explores the art of figure drawing, emphasizing gesture, anatomy, and creative interpretation. Designed for beginners and intermediate artists with basic drawing experience, students will draw from live models, photographs, and other references, using diverse materials like charcoal, pencil, and pastel.
The class introduces the fundamentals of human anatomy, proportion, and structural masses, focusing on gesture, contour, shading, expressive mark making and compositional elements. Students will study classical and contemporary approaches, experiment with media, and explore concepts of realism, abstraction, and expressionism. Through lectures, demonstrations, and critiques, students will refine technical skills and develop visual literacy.
Key topics include gesture drawing, anatomy, perspective, and value, with exercises encouraging creative experimentation. Sketchbooks, group discussions, and thematic projects inspire individual expression while deepening observational and artistic abilities. By course end, students will complete a dynamic portfolio showcasing their understanding, and unique explorations of their interpretation of the human figure through a range of expressive drawing techniques.

6-Week, 12-Hour class / Tuition $600 /Lab Fee TBD / Student provided Materials & Supplies TBD

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In this class students will explore identity, persona, and their sense of self in relation to the natural world. Using digital photography via their own cell phones or digital cameras, we will create staged self-portraits using props, costumes, sculptures, and body sculptures of their own creation. Inspired by explorations into local environments and materials found in nature, students will use sculpture, collage, painting, drawing, gesture, and movement to create an expression of the Self as an art within the environment. We will engage in exercises that sensitize us to our experience of being alive within a unique human body in relationship to a specific place within nature. Students will be invited to familiarize themselves knowledge and experience of the ecosystem of a specific place, and learn about its history and its present plant, animal, and the coastal life. In each environment we will deepen our awareness of our relationship to the elements of earth, water and air that can inspire the process of our creative work. Time will be balanced between the studio and outdoor exploration.