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2010 Summer Class Schedule

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Larry Johnson’s Watercolor Workshop
Wednesday - Saturday, June 9 – 12, 9:00 Am – 4:30 PM (Hour Lunch break at Noon)
Tuition: $225* (4 day Workshop)

A step-by-step workshop for artists that want to learn new techniques in watercolors. Designed for the students to learn faster and retain more by an artist with 50 years of watercolor experience. Supply list available upon registration or at www.larrys-workshops.com. All levels of experience are welcome in the workshop. Cameras are allowed in class-no video cameras please.

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Beginning Handbuilding I taught by Tara Robertson
Tuesdays, JuNE 8 - 29, 6:30 - 8:30 Pm
Tuition: $ 70 Supplies Not included (4 weeks)

This class introduces handbuilding with clay. Learn through hands-on experience how to make durable functional ceramic vessels. No experience or tools necessary. Come ready to get dirty and to explore this expressive medium. This class will focus on vases and cups. There are two month-long courses offered in beginning handbuilding. Different techniques and projects will be covered in each so that they can be taken consecutively or either would be suitable for a first course.

Tara Robertson has a degree in Elementary education from the University of Utah and a background in studio art. She has created and taught after-school art programs for school districts in Idaho and Utah. Tara runs a full ceramic studio and teaches community art classes for children and adults throughout the valley. Her pottery has been exhibited locally and nationally.

Portrait Sculpture taught by Mike Call
Wednesdays, June 9 – July 14, 7:00 – 9:30 PM
Tuition: $100 + $30 Supply Fee + $20 Model Fee (6 weeks)

Learn to sculpt a portrait from this very talented artist. The focus of this class will be sculpting the human head while emphasis will be placed on proportion, modeling technique, and capturing the life and personality of the model. Class will work from a live model. For questions or more information contact instructor at: mike@mikecallfineart.com

Mike Call has a BFA in sculpture from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art and has won many awards over the last 10 years including First Place Walter Hancock Prize from the National Sculpture Society. His work is well known and can be found in several permanent collections.

Foundations in Painting - Restructured taught by Simon Winegar
Thursdays, June 10 – July 15, 6:30 - 9:15 pm
Tuition: $95 (6 weeks

Designed for the serious beginning to intermediate artist, this class will equip the artist with a solid foundation in form, value, color, edges and composition while focusing on understanding and discussing the laws and principles of representational art. Taught in the oil medium, students interested in oil or acrylic painting will benefit from this class. Restructured from previously taught classes, Simon will offer new information for the returning student and build on different principles than were previously taught. Most of this class will deal with landscape painting, but will also incorporate still life. The average class will involve a half-hour to forty-five minute lecture, demonstrations, and at least two hours of work time with ongoing critique. Students will be required to supply their own materials such as medium, paints, boards, brushes, etc. Some easels will be available for use. A supply list is available. *Minimum of 8 students for this class to run.

Simon Winegar was educated both formally and informally in art and has worked as a professional artist for the past 8 years. His work has been exhibited in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institute, the Springville Museum of Art as well as the Museum of International Masters of Contemporary Fine Arts. Simon's work has garnered appreciation through books and articles including Southwest Art, American Art Collector, and Artists Bluebook.

Beginning Handbuilding II taught by Tara Robertson
Tuesdays, JuLY 6 - 27, 6:30 - 8:30 Pm
Tuition: $70 SUPPLIES NOT INCLUDED (4 weeks)

This class introduces handbuilding with clay. Learn through hands-on experience how to make durable functional ceramic vessels. No experience or tools necessary. Come ready to get dirty and to explore this expressive medium. This class will focus on bowls and plates.

Tara Robertson has a degree in Elementary education from the University of Utah and a background in studio art. She has created and taught after-school art programs for school districts in Idaho and Utah. Tara runs a full ceramic studio and teaches community art classes for children and adults throughout the valley. Her pottery has been exhibited locally and nationally.

*Minimum of 4 registered students needed for classes to run.

 

 

ON-GOING CLASSES

ON-GOING CLASSES for KIDS

Sculpture for Youth taught by Mike Call
Saturdays, 11:30 AM - 1:00 Pm [No classes held from July 24- August 14]
ongoing, REgister anytime
Tuition: $100 (8 weeks) Supplies not included
AGES 10-18

Students will sculpt a life sized portrait in clay, try plaster casting, and create a small animal figurine. Those students who participate in the Scouting program will be able to meet the requirements for a Sculpture Merit Badge. Students can register any time. For questions or more information contact instructor at: mike@mikecallfineart.com

Mike Call has a BFA in sculpture from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art and has won many awards over the last 10 years including First Place Walter Hancock Prize from the National Sculpture Society. His work is well known and can be found in several permanent collections.

YogaArts
Ages 6-12 taught by Connie Day
TuESDAYS, 4:15 - 5:00 PM [No classes held from July 24- August 14]
ONGOING, REGISTER ANYTIME
Tuition: $25 (5 weeks) or $7 drop in

Is your child inundated with a busy schedule full of school, activities, family, etc? Allow them unwind in this fun-filled yoga class designed to teach them how to reduce stress at a young age. They will learn techniques of breathing, yoga postures that are animals, and dabble in creative art to create their own yoga poses. They will take home a piece of art each week! Have your child bring their own yoga mats to the first day of class. Space is limited.

Connie Day, 500 HR Registered Yoga Teacher, began her yogic journey in 2002 in SLC as a stress relief from her corporate job and active lifestyle. She noticed immediate benefits to the mind, body, and spirit. In 2006 she moved to NYC where she completed 500 HR (Yoga Alliance) training with Jean Koerner and Alan Finger in the ISHTA style (Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda). With gratitude to her teachers, she now shares the abundance of yoga through teaching classes to adults, children, special needs, and at risk youth. Her classes bring attention to breath, movement, and alignment; deepening the internal journey to freedom.

ON-GOING CLASSES for ADULT & TEENS

Sculpture taught by Mike Call
Saturdays, Ongoing, 10:00 – 11:30 AM [No classes held from July 24- August 14]
Tuition: $100 (8 weeks) Supplies not included

Open to beginners through advanced students who would like to work with the instructor to develop a personalized program to meet individual needs. Beginning students who prefer to be guided will be working on 18” - 30” figures with an emphasis placed on anatomy, proportion, gesture, and drapery. Instructor will be available for consulting and critiquing for advanced students. Optional directions of study include: portraits, figures, anatomy studies, casting and mold making, and drapery. Students can register any time. For questions or more information contact instructor at: mike@mikecallfineart.com

Mike Call has a BFA in sculpture from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Art and has won many awards over the last 10 years including First Place Walter Hancock Prize from the National Sculpture Society. His work is well known and can be found in several permanent collections.

Gentle Flow Yoga taught by Connie Day
WEDNESDAYS, ONGOING, 9:15 - 10:15 AM [No classes held from July 24- August 14]
TUITION: 10 class pack $60, 5 class pack $40, drop in $8
Are you ready to free up your creative energy in this gentle class, a slow paced approach to yoga? Learn to link movement and breath, still the mind, and reduce everyday stress through gentle flowing movement. Tap into the right side of the brain, accessing the creative mind; achieving your potential! Open to all ages and abilities. Space is limited.

Connie Day, 500 HR Registered Yoga Teacher, began her yogic journey in 2002 in SLC as a stress relief from her corporate job and active lifestyle. She noticed immediate benefits to the mind, body, and spirit. In 2006 she moved to NYC where she completed 500 HR (Yoga Alliance) training with Jean Koerner and Alan Finger in the ISHTA style (Integrated Science of Hatha, Tantra, and Ayurveda). With gratitude to her teachers, she now shares the abundance of yoga through teaching classes to adults, children, special needs, and at risk youth. Her classes bring attention to breath, movement, and alignment; deepening the internal journey to freedom.

*Minimum of 4 registered students needed for classes to run.