ONSITE: Encaustic Painting for All Levels (B)
Explore encaustic painting for the first time or return to expand your skills. You will work with opaque and transparent colors, layering, using stencils and creating patterns using hot wax.
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ONSITE: Next Level Letterpress (This class is only offered a few times each year!)
Take your letterpress skills to the next level with multiple-color prints. We'll use the Platen and Challenge presses and explore other advanced typesetting methods. You’ll receive lots of guidance as you work on your own individual projects.
read moreONSITE: Weaving on Playful-Shaped Metal Frames
Create your own whimsical-shaped woven art! We will cover warping a metal frame loom into fun, playful shapes and basic weaving stitches to create texture and interest.
read moreONSITE: Poems, Prose + Pictures
Explore the relationship between words and pictures in a collaborative setting. We’ll use a wide range of visual images (including, but not limited to: photographs, paintings, postcards, and comics) to prompt new creative writing, in the style and genre of your choosing.
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Digital Photography (A)
Learn what all the buttons on your digital camera actually do. You’ll learn about things like white balance, resolution and megapixels. We’ll discuss how to capture an image, ensure proper exposure and create an effective composition. Weekly assignments coupled with in-class discussions will help you troubleshoot problems and develop a creative eye.
read moreONSITE: Creating a Landscape with Soft Pastel
Learn methods of using soft pastels for landscape subjects from conception to completion. We'll cover application methods, color mixing techniques, and blending processes for drawing the landscape. Various methods and techniques will be discussed based on the papers and materials chosen by each student. We'll go over principles of composition based on format variation including […]
read moreONSITE: Summoning Ghosts + Writing Their Stories
What do ghosts and the things that haunt us tell us about ourselves and our society? In this class, we will take a deep dive into writing and reading ghost stories, all while learning more about key craft elements such as character, setting, theme, and conflict. By the end of the 4 weeks, every student […]
read moreONSITE: Screenwriting
Experiment with or continue developing screenwriting for film through exercises and workshops. Students will work towards completing a short screenplay or TV pilot ready for production or begin/continue working on a feature length screenplay. This class is suitable for writers of any level and can be repeated.
read moreONSITE: Stained Glass (A)
Learn the basics of glass cutting, foiling, soldering and framing in order to embellish your home with stained glass panels, decorative mirrors or handmade lampshades. By the end of the class, beginners will have learned the fundamentals and completed a panel. Returning students will be able to explore more advanced techniques.
read moreONSITE: Animating on Your iPad
Students will learn several types of basic animation in Procreate for the iPad. This is a more specific look at the animation abilities of this program. The basics of drawing are expected as a prerequisite. We will learn simple boil animation gifs, how to animate motion, and finally create a looping .gif.
read moreONSITE: Watercolor Landscapes
Use watercolor to paint landscapes while exploring basic watercolor skills, materials and techniques. Watercolor can be both fun and frustrating, dynamic and meditative. You will learn to use color to make simple watercolor washes and layering techniques while exploring the history, materials, tricks and ways to capture light as you paint and sketch using this […]
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Glass Fusing + Slumping (A)
Students will work on fused and slumped glass projects to create functional and narrative pieces. We will be creating with glass sheet, frits, powders, stringers and rod.
read moreONSITE: Sewing for the Table
Learn how to sew a set of custom linens for your table. You'll have the choice of sewing either a 72-inch long runner and four napkins or four placemats and four napkins. You will also receive the patterns and knowledge to make more at home. You do not need to have any extensive sewing experience […]
read moreONSITE: Free Motion Quilting: Drawing with Your Sewing Machine
The simplest piece of fabric can be turned into beautiful and unique art through the addition of quilted lines. This fast-paced workshop introduces the various ways to use your sewing machine to draw on fabric. Both free motion and conventional quilting methods will be explored. Participants will produce several samples during the class suitable for […]
read moreONSITE: Introduction to Digital Photography (B)
Learn what all the buttons on your digital camera actually do. You’ll learn about things like white balance, resolution and megapixels. We’ll discuss how to capture an image, ensure proper exposure and create an effective composition. Weekly assignments coupled with in-class discussions will help you troubleshoot problems and develop a creative eye.
read moreONSITE: Intermediate Darkroom Photography (Only offered a few times a year!)
For students with previous experience in the darkroom, this is an opportunity to explore more in-depth darkroom printing processes and gain new tools for experimentations and creativity. Students will cover a variety of skills, from how to fine-tune contrast in printing, mastering multiple exposure techniques, solarization, and more. Option to learn print toning, spotting, and […]
read moreONLINE: Introduction to Digital Photography (B)
Learn how to effectively and creatively use your digital camera and leave the auto button behind! You’ll learn the fundaments of photography and image capture, including aperture, shutter speed, ISO, white balance, and composition. We'll also cover tips and tricks like choosing the right lens for your image. Weekly assignments, critiques and discussions will help […]
read moreONSITE: Miniature Art Quilts with Painted Panels
Are you curious about making an art quilt but don't know where to start? In this class, you will make a miniature art quilt. First, you will prepare muslin for painting, then draw an image with pencil on paper and trace your image with fabric markers onto the muslin using a light table. Students will […]
read moreONSITE: Drawing Horror (only offered once a year!)
Do you like drawing monsters, demons, and all things creepy? Bring your scary ideas to life! We will look at some of the best artists of horror, studying the techniques used to make the most gripping and disturbing drawings. Then we'll develop your own ideas into finished pieces. Study experimental comics of the past and […]
read moreONSITE: Anticlastic Forming: Convex + Concave Forms
In this introductory workshop, you will earn how to create convex and concave forms using hammers and special (sinusoidal) forming stakes. We will practice using sheet copper to create forms to make rings or bracelets.
read moreONSITE: Plein Air Drawing at Maymont Park
Post up and draw in front of the beautiful scenery at Richmond’s Fabulous Maymont Park! Everyone knows Richmond can be a spooky town, why not draw outside during THE spookiest month?! If you love fall and being outside let’s get out our watercolor kits and pencils and capture the changing color of the leaves and […]
read moreONSITE: Book Making: Sketchbooks
Having trouble finding the perfect sketchbook? The one with perfectly thick pages and just the right amount of drawing space? Well, in this class, we’ll explore a variety of bookmaking techniques while you design your perfect set of hand-made sketch books!
read moreONSITE: Crafting Strong Artist Applications
This workshop will focus on preparing applications for artist opportunities such as residencies, graduate school, and exhibitions. Students will learn how to improve their Curriculum Vitae, Artist Resume, Artist Statements, Portfolios, Project Narratives, and Documentation of Artwork.
read moreONSITE: Drawing with Colored Pencils
Learn colored pencil drawing techniques and explore the use of underpainting and solvents.
read moreONSITE: Drawing Fundamentals (A)
Learn the basic tenets of drawing and composition. We’ll cover line, shape, space and value. Hone your observation skills and use charcoal to translate what you see to paper.
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