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ART CLASSES - WINTER 2012

The RMAC offers classes on a quarterly basis...

Classes for Children and Teens

Children's Clay

Classes for Children & Teen
Children's Clay
Creative Forms in Sculpture and Drawing

Weekday Classes for Adults
Clay: Colored Clays
Printmaking

Weekend Workshops for Teens & Adults
Ink and Bamboo Brush
Beginning and Intermediate...Photography
Yoga and Creative Writing Workshop
...The Next Level in Fused Glass
Self-Portraits in Landscape
Beginning Fused Glass
Papermaking: Recycle Your Garden




Section I: Dishes for Fun
Instructor: Georgene Smyth
Age: 5 & kindergarten
Wednesdays for 6 weeks
January 11 - February 15
3:30 - 4:30 pm
$45 members; $55 non-members

Section II: Color Your World with Clay
Instructor: Aria Finch
Age: first grade - 8 years, beginners and up
Tuesdays for 6 weeks
January 10 - February 14
3:30 - 4:30 pm
$45 members; $55 non-members

Section III: Color Your World with Clay
Instructor: Aria Finch
Age: 9 - Teen, beginners and up
Tuedays for 6 weeks
January 10 - February 14
4:30 - 5:30 pm
$45 members; $55 non-members

Students in Section I will create their own personal set of dishes including a plate, a bowl, a mug, a drinking glass and a napkin ring. Students in Sections II and III will coil and slab build several individualized one-of-a-kind clay pieces. Instruction will focus on creating textures, developing increased hand-eye coordination and confidence in skills that develop over time.

Creative Forms in Sculpture and Drawing

Instructors: Corwin Levi
Age: 8-12, beginners & up
Wedesdaysfor 6 weeks
January 11 - February 15
3:30 - 4:30 pm
$45 members; $55 non-members




Learn to create sculptures and then combine them with drawing in a variety of media including paper strips, laminate paper, and pipe cleaners. Learn new skills and explore the wonderful possibilities that emerge when you combine two types of artmaking.  Learn that art is most essentially about being creative.

Weekday Classes for Adults
All day Saturday workshops include a lunch break.


Clay: Colored Clays
Section I
Instructor: Aria Finch
Adult, intermediate to advanced
Tuesdays for 8 weeks
January 10 - February 28
9:00 am - 12 noon
$90 members; $115 non-members

Section II
Instructor: Aria Finch
Adult, beginners & up
Tuesdays for 8 weeks
January 10 - February 28
7:00 - 10:00 pm
$90 members; $115 non-members

Section III
Instructor: Aria Finch
Adult, beginners & up
Thursdays for 8 weeks
January 12 - March 1
9:00 am - 12 noon
$90 members; $115 non-members

Section IV
Instructor: Anna Edwards
Adult, beginners & up
Thursdays for 8 weeks
January 12 - March 1
7:00 - 10:00 pm
$90 members; $115 non-members



Students will learn to make colored clays to create drinking glasses, decorative jars, and wall forms. They will use inlay and neriage techniques to make slab and thrown constructions. Beginning clay students will be introduced to hand building through a series of functional and sculptural projects.

Printmaking

Instructors: Susan Voight &
Stephen Ackerman
Age: 15 - Adult, beginners & up
Tuesday evenings for 8 weeks
January 10 - February 28
$85 members; $95 non-members




In this session, students will learn to make monoprints and collographs. Collographs are made from handmade printing plates. Students should bring old cereal boxes, thin and thick cardboard, textured items, and materials that make lines like yarn or string. Together, the items will become the plate to be printed. Techniques that have been taught in the past will also be revisited. Some supplies are included in class fee. Additional supply list provided at registration.

Weekend Workshops for Teens & Adults
All day Saturday workshops include a lunch break.


Ink and Bamboo Brush
Gratton Fellowship Workshops

Thanks to the generosity of Lorene Johnson Gratton, a life-long supporter of our studio class program, the Roswell Museum and Art Center is able to offer a concentrated weekend workshop once per annum for adults. These workshops are designed for adults who normally might not be able to take advantage of such opportunities. Gratton Fellowships are open to 12 members of the community who demonstrate a strong art interest and financial need for scholarship assistance. They are awarded on a competitive basis. For details, contact the Education Department.

Instructors: Cate Erbaugh
Age: 15 - Adult, beginners and up
Thursday, January 19, 7:00 - 9:00 pm (ceramics entry)
Saturday, January 21, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
$50 members; $60 non-members



From the richest black to gauzy grey, black ink painting has inspired the East for centuries. Students will learn a variety of traditional brushstrokes made possible with a bamboo brush, and have the option of grinding their own ink. This is a very intuitive and quick way of painting. Unexpected, surprising results are built into the technique, depending on how the artist's focus interacts with brush, ink, and paper. Both time-honored and unorthodox subjects will be introduced. For those who wish, a word, haiku, or other writing can be incorporated into paintings. Students will also take a special look at a classic Eastern way of designing a blank sheet of paper. Weather permitting, students will spend some time painting outdoors. Wear old clothing, and bring gloves, and a coat for the Saturday session. Supplies included in class price.

Beginning and Intermediate Nature & People Photography

Instructors: Bruce Gaucher
Co-Facilitator: Kim Kafton
Age: Adult, beginner to intermediate
Saturdays for 4 weeks
January 21, 28, February 4:
1:00 - 3:00 pm (Museum) &
3:00 - 5:30 (field trip)
February 11: field trip
$75 members; $80 non-members




Students will learn to personalize their cameras and feel more comfortable with their many functions. The class will explore an array of digital techniques, such as camera flash, composition, film speed, aperture, and shutter speed. The class will visit Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge and photograph reflections, sand hill cranes, and textures of winter. They will also photograph people at various venues. Students will produce images that reflect their personal visions. The class will display these images as a final project.

Requirements: Digital or film cameras, tripod, camera manual, preparedness for outdoor activity, transportation to and from our field locations.

Yoga and Creative Writing Workshop

Instructor: Colette LaBouff
Age: 15 - Adult, beginners & up
Saturday, January 28,
1:00 - 3:00 pm
$20 members; $30 non-members



This workshop combines writing and yoga to see the amazing ways both inspire creativity, expression, and fluid movement. The workshop will feature a series of yoga postures designed to connect to short writing exercises. Participants won’t be required to share their writings, but there will be time at the end of the workshop for sharing if desired. Participants should bring a yoga mat, pencil/pen, and paper.

Composition in Design and Dimension: The Next Level in Fused Glass

Instructor: Sue Johnson
Age: 13 - Adult, intermediate
Saturday, February 4, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sundays, February 5 $ 12, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
$60 members; $70 non-members



This three-day workshop is designed to build upon previously learned skills to explore how different glasses (powders, frits, stringers, confetti, and sheets) react together to create unique jewelry and functional items including candy dishes, pictures, clocks, or magnets. Demonstrated techniques will include hammering, pressing, painting, and multi-layering—using a wide variety of colors in opaque and transparent glasses with reactive properties. Each student will design at least three pieces—each using one of the demonstrated techniques. Maximum size is 5” x 5”. (Prior approval from instructor needed for projects that exceed these measurements.) A materials cost of $20 for designated projects will be collected at the first class. Firing fee is included in class price.

Self-Portraits in Landscape: Put Yourself in the Picture (One More Time)

Instructor: Dorothy Peterson
Age: 15 - Adult, beginners & up
Saturday, February 18, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Sunday, February 19, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
$50 members; $60 non-members





Students will use pastel and watercolor to create self-portraits combined with landscape resulting in truly personalized works of art. Both first time and returning students are welcome. Supply list available at registration.

Beginning Fused Glass

Instructor: Sue Johnson
Age: 13 - Adult, beginners & up (ages 9-12 with an enrolled adult)
Saturday, March 3 , 9:00 - 4:30 pm
Sunday, March 4, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
$55 members; $65 non-members



This class is designed to teach students basic skills using a variety of tools to create original works in fused and kiln-formed glass. Instruction and hands-on practice will focus on cutting, shaping, and finishing glass pieces to make wearable, functional, and decorative pieces. Students will complete multiple projects that demonstrate the use of glass in a variety of colors, shapes, and textures. A materials cost of $15 for designated projects will be collected at the first class. Firing fee is included in class price.

Papermaking: Recycle Your Garden

Instructor: Susan Voigt
Age: 16 - Adult, beginners & up
Saturday, March 10, 9:00 am - 4:30 pm
Sunday, March 11, 1:00 - 4:30 pm
$55 members; $65 non-members





Make paper using fibers, recycled paper, and local plants. Students will experiment with natural dyes and other pigments in making colored papers. The pulp can become sheets of paper to draw on, made into books, turned into pieces of art, or molded. Please contact the teacher for additional information regarding potential local plants to be used in making paper during class. Beginning and experienced papermakers welcome. Supply list provided at registration.

 

 

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Roswell Museum and Art Center
100 West 11th Street
Roswell, NM 88201


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Registration fees for each class differ.

Materials for adult classes are normally not provided and a supply list can be obtained at registration.

Materials for children’s classes are normally provided.

Full payment must accompany registration.

Space may not be reserved prior to payment.

Class fees will only be refunded during the first two weeks of class.

Students needing special accommodations should provide advance notice to Ellen Moore, Curator of Education, well before the class starts.

Scholarships for children are available on a limited basis and funded by the Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation. Contact Ellen Moore, Curator of Education, for details: 575-624-6744, extension 22, or moore@roswellmuseum.org.

faculty

Stephen Ackerman holds a BFA degree from Tyler School of Art, and is currently a M.Ed. candidate through Lesley University. He is a 2008 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar and a 2008 National Writing Project Fellow. Stephen is currently the 3rd grade visual arts teacher for the Roswell Independent School District through the Arts Connect! Program.

Anna Edwards has been involved in the ceramics program for 12 years. She has assisted with the children’s classes and apprenticed under Aria Finch making glazes and has participated in multiple ceramics workshops at RMAC and at Santa Fe Clay. She has involved in the Raku-To-Go program with the Roswell Independent School District. She has retired from her full-time job in order to pursue her work with clay.

Cate Erbaugh is a collage artist and biological illustrator. She received her BFA degree from the University of Illinois, and is a certified art teacher. Cate has worked with Rocky Mountain and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks, Waikiki Aquarium, Galapagos National Park, and most recently with the Valles Caldera National Preserve providing drawings and paintings for interpretive programs. All these places inform her art.

Aria Finch holds a BA degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, and has attended graduate school at North Texas State University and Texas Women’s University. After seven years of teaching in public schools, she came to the Roswell Museum in 1979 where she built our ceramics program from the ground up.

Bruce Gaucher is a nature and travel photographer and a counselor. He has worked on a Fuji-sponsored photographic expedition to Oaxaca and Taxco Mexico. He has exhibited his work at the Carlsbad Museum and Arts Center, and the Museum of the American West in Ruidoso, the Roswell Fine Arts League, and the Flickinger Center in Alamogordo. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States and Canada, Peru and Patagonia. His work has been published in national journals.

Sue Johnson, a native of Roswell, has always had a love for glass art and began fusing glass in 2001. She has taken fused glass classes in Santa Fe and Portland, OR. Currently she teaches at WeCree8 Gallery in Ruidoso and at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Her work can be seen at the Roswell Museum Store, The Gallery in Roswell, WeCree8 in Ruidoso, and the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso.

Colette LaBouff is a writer and certified yoga instructor. She has an MFA degree in poetry and a Ph.D. degree in English from the University of California, Irvine. She has published poems most recently in MiPoesias, Mid-American Review, Passages North, and Burnside Review. Her essays have appeared in many publications, including Santa Monica Review, River Teeth, Seneca Review, and Los Angeles Times. She has taught workshops and courses in poetry, literature, and the personal essay/nonfiction. Most recently, she taught at University of California, Irvine, and Pitzer College. She is currently teaching yoga at the Roswell Adult Center.

Corwin Levi is a fellow with the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program. He is also a member of the art team Radio Sebastian. He shows his art, travels around the world for artist residencies, and teaches what he learns to anyone who wants to listen. He has taught a wide variety of ages, skills, and media. More information can be found at www.radiosebastian.com.

Dorothy Peterson is an award-winning artist who has maintained a studio in Roswell since 1980. She has taught painting workshops and college-level courses in painting and drawing and is a Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society and The Society of Layerists in Multi-Media.

Georgene Smyth is a potter who assists the studio program at the Roswell Museum. She is also a member and past officer of the Pecos Valley Potters Guild, and was a kindergarten teacher and librarian in the Deming Schools.

Susan Voigt has a BFA degree in painting and printmaking from the University of Nebraska and a MA degree in Art Therapy from the University of New Mexico. She also studied painting and printmaking in Virginia, New York City, and at the Banff Center for Fine Arts in Banff, Canada. She has exhibited her work in Nebraska, Virginia, New York City, Kansas City, and New Mexico. She has her own counseling business, Imaging Mental Health.