Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-3-AA17 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
A is for Art, B is for Beautiful, and C is for Create. Learn the ABC’s of art through fun art projects for drawing, exploring the color wheel, and how to create new colors and using different mediums. Make shapes and forms with paper and clay to create three-dimensional artwork to decorate with texture of recycled items.

Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-3-AA17 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
A is for Art, B is for Beautiful, and C is for Create. Learn the ABC’s of art through fun art projects for drawing, exploring the color wheel, and how to create new colors and using different mediums. Make shapes and forms with paper and clay to create three-dimensional artwork to decorate with texture of recycled items.

Doug Moulden
Section: 12-2-P05
9 Thursdays
April 12–June 7
9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Cost: $210 ($190 member)
Explore color, composition, and painting techniques with acrylics.  Work with both representational and abstract subject matter to develop your own personal style and creative strengths.

Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-3-AA26 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Get a start on learning with fun art projects! Draw pictures, make sculpture, explore the color wheel, and use different media including recycled items to create marvelous artwork.

Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-3-AA26 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Get a start on learning with fun art projects! Draw pictures, make sculpture, explore the color wheel, and use different media including recycled items to create marvelous artwork.

Rebecca Jackson
Section: 12-2-SB2 (ages 6 – 8)
April 2–6, Monday-Friday
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 members)
Let’s travel around the world one day at a time! Learn about art from different world cultures and use those elements in a variety of art projects.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA5 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Examine children’s fiction and nonfiction as illustration and text to develop an appreciation to the skill of story telling. Learn the creative process of writing and illustrating stories by using the art of children’s books as inspiration. Explore several types of media to author and illustrate a book based on your own ideas, likes and dreams. Applied skills will include art elements, design principles, brainstorming, storyboarding, and illustration.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA5 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Examine children’s fiction and nonfiction as illustration and text to develop an appreciation to the skill of story telling. Learn the creative process of writing and illustrating stories by using the art of children’s books as inspiration. Explore several types of media to author and illustrate a book based on your own ideas, likes and dreams. Applied skills will include art elements, design principles, brainstorming, storyboarding, and illustration.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA6 (ages 12-16)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Examine children’s fiction and nonfiction as illustration and text to develop an appreciation to the skill of story telling. Learn the creative process of writing and illustrating stories by using the art of children’s books as inspiration. Explore several types of media to author and illustrate a book based on your own ideas, likes and dreams. Applied skills will include art elements, design principles, brainstorming, storyboarding, and illustration.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA6 (ages 12-16)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Examine children’s fiction and nonfiction as illustration and text to develop an appreciation to the skill of story telling. Learn the creative process of writing and illustrating stories by using the art of children’s books as inspiration. Explore several types of media to author and illustrate a book based on your own ideas, likes and dreams. Applied skills will include art elements, design principles, brainstorming, storyboarding, and illustration.

Michael Netzer
Section: 12-3-AA20 (ages 7 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section: 12-3-AA20 (ages 7 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA37 (ages 7 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA37 (ages 7 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA38 (ages 7 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA38 (ages 7 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA42 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA42 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section: 12-2-W01 (ages 7 – 12)
6 Saturdays
April 14–May 19
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $140 ($120 members)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA43 (ages 12-16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects geared to the older student. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Michael Netzer
Section:  12-3-AA43 (ages 12-16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Learn the proper use of hand tools for sawing, drilling, nailing and shaping wood while completing a variety of creative projects geared to the older student. Explore different techniques to sand and finish your constructions. Woodshop orientation and safety procedures are taught during the first class.

Jan McIntyre Lamb
Section: 12-2-D01
9 Thursdays
April 12–June 7
6:30 PM–9:00 PM
Cost: $200 ($180 member)
Drawing skills are fundamental to working successfully in any medium. Explore the technical and conceptual possibilities in drawing and develop a personal visual language. Work from still life and photographs while learning to truly ‘see’ the subject in order to facilitate artistic interpretation.

Beth Carey
Section: 12-2-J01
10 Tuesdays
April 10–June 12
6:00 PM–9:00 PM
Cost: $310 ($290 member)
Learn basic jewelry-making, with tools and techniques for sterling silver and nonferrous metals to create a finished piece of jewelry.  Techniques include fabrication from metal, cutting and piercing, using a torch, texturing, soldering, jump-ring and chain making, nontoxic patinas, simple stone setting, metal forming, cold connection/rivet, and buffing. Tuition includes basic materials while supply upgrades may be purchased.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA34 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about and explore a new color each day using paint, colored pencils and crayons. Young artists will draw and color and paint and cut to create a rainbow of art projects!

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA34 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about and explore a new color each day using paint, colored pencils and crayons. Young artists will draw and color and paint and cut to create a rainbow of art projects!

Callie-Anne Badorrek
Section:  12-3-AA1 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Discover the magical qualities of clay! Make all kinds of wonderful creations while learning basic hand-forming techniques such as coil, pinch, and slab. Supply fee includes 25 pounds of clay, glazes and firing.  Students must register at least one week in advance.

Callie-Anne Badorrek
Section:  12-3-AA1 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Discover the magical qualities of clay! Make all kinds of wonderful creations while learning basic hand-forming techniques such as coil, pinch, and slab. Supply fee includes 25 pounds of clay, glazes and firing.  Students must register at least one week in advance.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA40 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Craft your own original characters, stories, and props and make animated short segments with your creations! Learn about art direction and design principles and how to write scripts, story maps, and storyboards.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA40 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Craft your own original characters, stories, and props and make animated short segments with your creations! Learn about art direction and design principles and how to write scripts, story maps, and storyboards.

Collectors Champagne Preview
& Award Judge’s Talk

Saturday, June 23 at The Delaplaine

6:00 pm, Award Judge Lori Putnam’s Talk
7:00–10:00 pm, Collectors Preview Party
8:00 pm, Prize Awards

This is a ticketed event.

Begin the evening with Award Judge Lori Putnam who will discuss plein air painting and what she looks for in a prize-winning painting.

Next, don’t miss the gala Collectors Champagne Preview where you will be among the first to see and purchase paintings completed by the 2012 Easels in Frederick artists. Enjoy champagne, wine, and canapés as you talk with the artists and mingle with friends, neighbors, and visitors to Frederick and The Delaplaine.

Limited tickets available: $50 per person Apply the full ticket price toward the purchase of one painting during the Collectors Champagne Preview. Attendees not purchasing a painting can claim $30 of the ticket price as a donation to The Delaplaine (a 501(c)(3) charitable organization).

Purchase tickets online (below)

OR

At The Delaplaine—in person or call 301-698-0656.
Download a printable reservation request and mail or deliver, with check or payment information, to The Delaplaine; 40 South Carroll Street; Frederick, MD 21701.

Please specify whether the tickets should be sent to you by mail or that you will pick them up at The Delaplaine.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA45 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Discover the expansive world of comic book stories and drawing styles! Learn the fundamental aspects of comic book creation and design, while exploring the diverse medium of traditional and contemporary comics. Create original characters and story lines and complete a three-page comic including a cover.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA45 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Discover the expansive world of comic book stories and drawing styles! Learn the fundamental aspects of comic book creation and design, while exploring the diverse medium of traditional and contemporary comics. Create original characters and story lines and complete a three-page comic including a cover.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA46 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Create your own comic book! Learn the basics of the medium, from how comics “work” to the vocabulary used by the professionals. Experiment with various techniques, from storytelling to execution, while completing a three-page comic including a cover.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA46 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Create your own comic book! Learn the basics of the medium, from how comics “work” to the vocabulary used by the professionals. Experiment with various techniques, from storytelling to execution, while completing a three-page comic including a cover.

Jan McIntyre Lamb
Section: 12-2-Y04 (ages 12 – 16)
8 Thursdays
April 12–May 31
4:00 PM–5:30 PM
Cost: $160 ($140 members)
Every artist needs a strong understanding of drawing. Develop traditional skills through innovative exercises in a variety of mediums. Explore new tools and techniques through fun and challenging exercises to expand the definition of ‘drawing’.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA4 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Experience the joy of artistic expression while learning the necessary basics of line, composition, color theory and perspective in drawing and painting.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA4 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Experience the joy of artistic expression while learning the necessary basics of line, composition, color theory and perspective in drawing and painting.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA41 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Experience the joy of artistic expression while learning the necessary basics of line, composition, color theory and perspective in drawing and painting.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA41 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Experience the joy of artistic expression while learning the necessary basics of line, composition, color theory and perspective in drawing and painting.

Jeff Greer
Section: 12-2-PH1
1 Saturday
May 19
10:00 AM–4:00 PM
(with a 30 minute lunch break)
Cost: $85 ($65 member)
Learn the basics of still photography using a digital camera. Photography fundamentals such as white balance,  shutter speed, aperture, ISO, lenses and flash will be covered. There will also be an overview and comparison of Adobe’s Photoshop Elements™, Lightroom™ and Photoshop™. No prior photography experience required. Digital SLRs or point-and-shoot cameras with manual capability recommended. Bring your camera and manual to class.

BENEFITS

* Recognition in Quarterly Catalogs.
* Recognition on the Annual Operating Fund Drive Donor Board.
* Advanced mailings on all catalogs and publications.
* Promoter Level and above receive an invitation to the Annual Donor Party.
* Grand Master and Major Underwriter Levels are entitled to use of the Margaret Gardiner Pavilion for one private event (catering not included.)
* Discounts on classes, pARTies, and exhibit entry fees.
* Member benefits for one full year (see Membership page.)

BENEFITS

* Recognition in Quarterly Catalogs.
* Recognition on the Annual Operating Fund Drive Donor Board.
* Advanced mailings on all catalogs and publications.
* Promoter Level and above receive an invitation to the Annual Donor Party.
* Grand Master and Major Underwriter Levels are entitled to use of the Margaret Gardiner Pavilion for one private event (catering not included.)
* Discounts on classes, pARTies, and exhibit entry fees.
* Member benefits for one full year (see Membership page.)

Kristen Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA15 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Have you ever looked at a drawing and thought, “I wish I could do that!” Now you can! Draw from real objects in natural situations to focus on the concepts that are vital to any artist’s education: composition, line, value and perspective. Using a variety of media, including pencils, pens, and charcoal, you will strengthen your skills through a series of projects to increase your knowledge of art and design.

Kristen Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA15 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Have you ever looked at a drawing and thought, “I wish I could do that!” Now you can! Draw from real objects in natural situations to focus on the concepts that are vital to any artist’s education: composition, line, value and perspective. Using a variety of media, including pencils, pens, and charcoal, you will strengthen your skills through a series of projects to increase your knowledge of art and design.

Robin Coffman
Section:  12-3-AA2 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Robin Coffman
Section:  12-3-AA2 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Gregory Trax
Section: 12-3-AA21 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Gregory Trax
Section: 12-3-AA21 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA52 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA52 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA52 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Love to draw? Develop your drawing skills and abilities by experimenting with different approaches, tools, materials, and techniques using a diverse range of media, from pencil, colored pencil, pen and ink, felt-tip marker, and charcoal. Create drawings from observation, imagination, and in response to the art of master artists and their peers.

Michelle Floyd
Section: 12-2-Y02 (ages 9 – 12)
6 Saturdays
April 14-May 19
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $125 ($105 members)
Perspective, color, proportion, and form – the basic building blocks of drawing and painting – are taught through intriguing and creative projects. Young artists will explore many different ways to use pencil, pastel, and paint to express themselves. Both individual and group instruction will be offered, and personal exploration will be encouraged in this informal group setting.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA53 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about Egyptian symbols and motifs. Create detailed metallic scratchboard drawings, tooled metal, Egyptian styled self-portraits, and ornate necklaces fashioned from your own handmade beads.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA53 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about Egyptian symbols and motifs. Create detailed metallic scratchboard drawings, tooled metal, Egyptian styled self-portraits, and ornate necklaces fashioned from your own handmade beads.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA54 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about Egyptian symbols and motifs. Create detailed metallic scratchboard drawings, tooled metal, Egyptian styled self-portraits, and ornate necklaces fashioned from your own handmade beads.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA54 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about Egyptian symbols and motifs. Create detailed metallic scratchboard drawings, tooled metal, Egyptian styled self-portraits, and ornate necklaces fashioned from your own handmade beads.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA54 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Learn about Egyptian symbols and motifs. Create detailed metallic scratchboard drawings, tooled metal, Egyptian styled self-portraits, and ornate necklaces fashioned from your own handmade beads.

Jane Dunsmore
Section: 12-2-CE5
10 Fridays
April 13–June 15
9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Cost: $285 ($265 member)
Beginning and intermediate students alike will discover the endless versatility of clay! Learn to form anything from mugs to sculpture using hand-building techniques such as coils, pinching and slabs. Design and aesthetics from historic and current world’s cultures will be explored.
Supply fee includes 25 pounds of clay, glazes and firing. Students must register at least one week in advance.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA39 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Create your own cast of cartoon characters – make them goofy, scary, super human, talking animals, funny food – it’s your choice! Work with a wide variety of media to draw, paint and even sculpt your fantastical figures.

Gregory Trax
Section:  12-3-AA39 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Create your own cast of cartoon characters – make them goofy, scary, super human, talking animals, funny food – it’s your choice! Work with a wide variety of media to draw, paint and even sculpt your fantastical figures.

Lesa Cook
Section: 12-2-D09
8 Thursdays
April 12–May 31
6:00 PM–9:00 PM
Cost: $265 ($245 member)
Learn to create drawings based on in-class observations while drawing the human form or doing a portrait. Class provides an overview of the drawing process as a form of visual thinking in relation to rendering. Engage a variety of techniques and art-making materials including charcoal, graphite, pen and ink, and watercolor.
Students must register at least one week in advance and must be 18 or over or have written permission from a parent.

Beth Carey
Section: 12-2-Jo2
10 Thursdays
April 12–June 14
9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Cost: $310 ($290 member)
Learn basic jewelry-making, with tools and techniques for sterling silver and nonferrous metals to create a finished piece of jewelry. Techniques include fabrication from metal, cutting and piercing, using a torch, texturing, soldering, jump-ring and chain making, nontoxic patinas, simple stone setting, metal forming, cold connection/rivet, and buffing. Tuition includes basic materials while supply upgrades may be purchased.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA13 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $170 ($150 member)
Discover the endless possibilities of clay as you learn the basics of forming, glazing, and firing ceramics in a flexible studio atmosphere that encourages individual direction. Students must register at least one week in advance.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA13 (ages 12 – 16)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $170 ($150 member)
Discover the endless possibilities of clay as you learn the basics of forming, glazing, and firing ceramics in a flexible studio atmosphere that encourages individual direction. Students must register at least one week in advance.

Beth Carey
Section: 12-2-J03
10 Wednesdays
April 11–June 13
9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Cost: $310 ($290 member)
Further exploration of topics covered in Beginning Jewelry (see description). Tuition includes basic materials while supply upgrades may be purchased. Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or instructor’s approval.

Ed Ramsburg
Section: 12-2-P07
10 Tuesdays
April 10–June 12
6:30 PM–9:00 PM
Cost: $220 ($200 member)
Cast off your preconceived ideas about abstract painting. Experiment with acrylic paints while developing your own style and approach to nonrepresentational painting. Expand your artistic knowledge and improve your design and painting skills.

Ed Ramsburg
Section: 12-2-P08
10 Wednesdays
April 11–June 13
1:00 PM–3:30 PM
Cost: $220 ($200 member)
Cast off your preconceived ideas about abstract painting. Experiment with acrylic paints while developing your own style and approach to nonrepresentational painting. Expand your artistic knowledge and improve your design and painting skills.

Beth Carey
Section: 12-2-J04
10 Thursdays
April 12–June 14
6:00 PM–9:00 PM
Cost: $310 ($290 member)
Further exploration of topics covered in Beginning Jewelry (see description). Tuition includes basic materials while supply upgrades may be purchased. Prerequisite: Beginning Jewelry or instructor’s approval.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA36 (ages 12-16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
From the internet to the logos on our clothing, we live in a world that is designed for us. Learn to apply the basic art elements and design principles in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience. Use a variety of art materials to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of your ideas and message. This hands-on class doesn’t use computers but does require a love of making and doing.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA36 (ages 12-16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
From the internet to the logos on our clothing, we live in a world that is designed for us. Learn to apply the basic art elements and design principles in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience. Use a variety of art materials to create and combine words, symbols, and images to create a visual representation of your ideas and message. This hands-on class doesn’t use computers but does require a love of making and doing.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA14 (ages 12 – 16)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost:  $155 ($135 member)
Recently, computers have made it easy to create and duplicate images, but for centuries, people have relied on hands-on printmaking techniques to reproduce pictures. Learn the basics of printmaking or the process of creating multiple images on paper from one original surface while exploring various printmaking methods such as monoprints, carved relief prints, stencil prints, and dry point.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section:  12-3-AA14 (ages 12 – 16)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost:  $155 ($135 member)
Recently, computers have made it easy to create and duplicate images, but for centuries, people have relied on hands-on printmaking techniques to reproduce pictures. Learn the basics of printmaking or the process of creating multiple images on paper from one original surface while exploring various printmaking methods such as monoprints, carved relief prints, stencil prints, and dry point.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section: 12-3-AA22 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Create miniature Zen rock gardens, wood block prints, Japanese calligraphy, and paper mache based on Japanese folklore.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section: 12-3-AA22 (ages 9-12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Create miniature Zen rock gardens, wood block prints, Japanese calligraphy, and paper mache based on Japanese folklore.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section: 12-3-AA23 (ages 6-8)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Create miniature Zen rock gardens, wood block prints, Japanese calligraphy, and paper mache based on Japanese folklore.

Kathleen Willoughby
Section: 12-3-AA23 (ages 6-8)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Create miniature Zen rock gardens, wood block prints, Japanese calligraphy, and paper mache based on Japanese folklore.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA18 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Fling your own set of dinnerware, pinch pots, drape bowls and model creatures, both real and imaginary. Returning students will learn plenty of new techniques to keep imaginations engaged.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA18 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Fling your own set of dinnerware, pinch pots, drape bowls and model creatures, both real and imaginary. Returning students will learn plenty of new techniques to keep imaginations engaged.

Allison Severance
Section:  12-3-AA44 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Fling your own set of dinnerware, pinch pots, drape bowls and model creatures, both real and imaginary. Returning students will learn plenty of new techniques to keep imaginations engaged.

Allison Severance
Section:  12-3-AA44 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Fling your own set of dinnerware, pinch pots, drape bowls and model creatures, both real and imaginary. Returning students will learn plenty of new techniques to keep imaginations engaged.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA30 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Fire up your imagination! Build beautiful boxes, coil chalices, and pull Paleolithic creatures out of clay through various hand-building techniques.

Allison Severance
Section: 12-3-AA30 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $135 ($115 member)
Fire up your imagination! Build beautiful boxes, coil chalices, and pull Paleolithic creatures out of clay through various hand-building techniques.

Allison Severance
Section:  12-3-AA50 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Fire up your imagination! Build beautiful boxes, coil chalices, and pull Paleolithic creatures out of clay through various hand-building techniques.

Allison Severance
Section:  12-3-AA50 (ages 9 – 12)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $135 ($115 member)
Fire up your imagination! Build beautiful boxes, coil chalices, and pull Paleolithic creatures out of clay through various hand-building techniques.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA28 (ages 12 – 16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $130 ($110 member)
Do you like to make art that moves? Kinetic art is art that contains moving parts, powered by wind, a motor or the observer and depends on motion for its effect. Using a wide variety of overlapping techniques and styles, learn how to use tools and materials to set your wildest ideas free while exploring basic tool safety and techniques.

TBA
Section: 12-3-AA28 (ages 12 – 16)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $130 ($110 member)
Do you like to make art that moves? Kinetic art is art that contains moving parts, powered by wind, a motor or the observer and depends on motion for its effect. Using a wide variety of overlapping techniques and styles, learn how to use tools and materials to set your wildest ideas free while exploring basic tool safety and techniques.

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA49 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Cut, draw, paint, color and sculpt to make all kinds of shapes! Young artists learn about a variety of art materials and how to turn them in to fun projects using squares, circles, and more!

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA49 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Cut, draw, paint, color and sculpt to make all kinds of shapes! Young artists learn about a variety of art materials and how to turn them in to fun projects using squares, circles, and more!

Rebecca Jackson
Section:  12-3-AA49 (ages 5 – 6)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost:  $120 ($100 member)
Cut, draw, paint, color and sculpt to make all kinds of shapes! Young artists learn about a variety of art materials and how to turn them in to fun projects using squares, circles, and more!

Kristin Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA24 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Make your own mask! Make it funny or scary – it’s up to you. Learn how to construct a three-dimensional mask using found objects, plaster, and papier-mâché while being introduced to many types of mask from different cultures. Paint and embellish it with found objects to create a unique work of art.

Kristin Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA24 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Make your own mask! Make it funny or scary – it’s up to you. Learn how to construct a three-dimensional mask using found objects, plaster, and papier-mâché while being introduced to many types of mask from different cultures. Paint and embellish it with found objects to create a unique work of art.

Kristin Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA25 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Make your own mask! Make it funny or scary – it’s up to you. Learn how to construct a three-dimensional mask using found objects, plaster, and papier-mâché while being introduced to many types of mask from different cultures. Paint and embellish it with found objects to create a unique work of art.

Kristin Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA25 (ages 9 – 12)
1:00 PM–3:00 PM
Cost: $120 ($100 member)
Make your own mask! Make it funny or scary – it’s up to you. Learn how to construct a three-dimensional mask using found objects, plaster, and papier-mâché while being introduced to many types of mask from different cultures. Paint and embellish it with found objects to create a unique work of art.

John Kachik
Section: 12-2-D05
9 Fridays
April 13–June 8
9:30 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $220 ($200 member)
Take a break from color and explore the bold contrast of black and white! Experiment with a wide variety of traditional black and white drawing techniques including pencil and watercolor wash, scratchboard, charcoal, and ink.

BENEFITS
* Discounts on classes, exhibit entry or proposal fees, pARTies, workshops, and commission rates.
* Opportunities to apply to sell artwork in The Delaplaine’s Gift Gallery.
* Opportunities to exhibit in The Delaplaine’s members’ exhibitions.
* And one FREE “Artist at Work: t-shirt, coffee mug, OR tote bag.

Robin Coffman
Section: 12-3-AA11 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Have you ever wanted to use weird, wild, fun, and even ridiculous things to create artwork? Dare to mix it up and find out why so many contemporary artists are using unusual media in their work. Use found objects such as plastic bottles, artificial flowers, plates, string, and foam, to create fantastic, one-of-a-kind compositions in both 2- and 3D.

Robin Coffman
Section: 12-3-AA11 (ages 6 – 8)
10:00 AM–12:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Have you ever wanted to use weird, wild, fun, and even ridiculous things to create artwork? Dare to mix it up and find out why so many contemporary artists are using unusual media in their work. Use found objects such as plastic bottles, artificial flowers, plates, string, and foam, to create fantastic, one-of-a-kind compositions in both 2- and 3D.

Robin Coffman
Section: 12-3-AA12 (ages 9-12)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Have you ever wanted to use weird, wild, fun, and even ridiculous things to create artwork? Dare to mix it up and find out why so many contemporary artists are using unusual media in their work. Use found objects such as plastic bottles, artificial flowers, plates, string, and foam, to create fantastic, one-of-a-kind compositions in both 2- and 3D.

Robin Coffman
Section: 12-3-AA12 (ages 9-12)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Have you ever wanted to use weird, wild, fun, and even ridiculous things to create artwork? Dare to mix it up and find out why so many contemporary artists are using unusual media in their work. Use found objects such as plastic bottles, artificial flowers, plates, string, and foam, to create fantastic, one-of-a-kind compositions in both 2- and 3D.

Mark Brockman
Section: 12-2-P01
8 Tuesdays
April 10–May 29
9:30 AM–12:30 PM
Cost: $210 ($190 member)
Whether you are a novice or experienced painter, this studio provides an excellent opportunity to expand your painting skills.  Explore composition, color usage, and other aspects of painting in oils.  Work on a still life or subject of your choice. Technique demonstrations and individual attention allow participants to advance at their own pace.

Kristen Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA10 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Share the joy of learning while exploring a variety of painting media! Make creative projects while learning basic painting concepts like color theory and composition, as well as a variety of fun painting techniques.

Kristen Bohlander
Section: 12-3-AA10 (ages 6 – 8)
1:00–3:00 PM
Cost: $155 ($135 member)
Share the joy of learning while exploring a variety of painting media! Make creative projects while learning basic painting concepts like color theory and composition, as well as a variety of fun painting techniques.