Cultural Arts

NEW! CAPTURE THE ABSTRACT IN NATURE

Margery Theroux, faculty

Margery Theroux 19U WKS576: Thursday, Jun 13, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels This painting workshop will give you the opportunity to find the abstract elements in nature while painting out of doors. Learn to simplify what you see and find your own abstract voice. Experiment with painting techniques to bring the elements of composition, color, and shape together to explore your own responses to nature and strengthen your painting. We will paint out of doors, nearby the school.

FROM FLAMED GLASS TO BEADS

Stephanie Maddalena 19U WKS025: Saturday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $25 No senior discount or membership fee All levels Experience the magic of glass beadmaking. In this class, students explore the ancient art of Venetian “lampworking” or “flameworking” molten glass to form beads. Use enamels, silver foils, and flower decorations to create beads with your own personal style.

PAINT ON SILK

Vesselina Traptcheva 19U WKS573: Saturday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $25 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Have you ever wondered what it would be like to paint and draw on silk? This workshop gives you the opportunity to find out! While using fabric paint, you will learn how to paint and draw on silk to create silk scarves, pillowcases, and many other decorative items. Unlike dyes, this paint sets on fabric by the application of heat (ironing), so painted items can be worn or washed. The paint can be applied in washes or more opaquely depending on the item and the desired translucency - it can also be used with precision to create sharp details. Join us to discover all the possibilities!

NEW! NEEDLE FELTING - THE GARDEN GNOMES

Christine Hsiao 19U WKS662: Saturday, Jun 15, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $25 No senior discount or membership fee All levels Have you seen those jovial little men wearing pointy hats running around in your garden? They are said to bring good luck, and they may be in the midst of hiding treasures as we speak! Join us for a needle felting workshop focused on creating those crafty garden gnomes! Needle felting uses a barbed needle to repeatedly poke the wool fibers to form a condensed mass and then sculpt it into the desired shape. Will you create the sneakiest little gnomes to hide in your garden for the summer?

YOGA

Shuli Pilo 19U CUL133A: Thursdays, Jun 20-Aug 1, 9:15 AM to 10:30 AM 19U CUL133B: Thursdays, Jun 20-Aug 1, 5:30 PM to 6:45 PM No class on Jul 4. 6 sessions $85 ($90 after Jun 6) Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Students in this gentle yoga class practice a blend of asanas (postures) and pranayama (breath work) to gain balance, flexibility, and strength. Take this opportunity to energize your body while becoming more relaxed in the process! Each session offers personal attention as well as modifications to poses based on individual student needs. Please bring your own yoga mat.

NEW! LIFE IS AN ADVENTURE: THE ART OF JOURNALING

Amanda Wilson

19U WKS577: Monday, Jun 17, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Express yourself through art journaling! Learn to use different materials and techniques to create an illustrated diary that expresses your everyday life, thoughts, and feelings. An art journal allows you to be creative, work through ideas, experiment, and have fun. If you’re traveling, a journal is also a great way to connect to a place in a way that photos alone can’t capture, with travel scraps, sketches, and reflections creating a wonderful record of what you saw and how you felt. Discover the basics of art journaling and get inspired!

Marilyn Rose, faculty

URBAN SKETCHING

Marilyn Rose 19U WKS571: Monday, Jun 24, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $10 No senior discount or membership fee All levels Urban sketching has become a popular pursuit. Our area is a great place to get started; we have a variety of people and activities to watch, and beautiful architecture. We’ll use a “scribble and refine” approach to drawing, with a simple ink pen, to build confidence. Practice how to really "see" what’s in front of you, and capture it on the page, by looking at shapes, not objects. Explore the spaces and connections between things. Adding words, collage and color will help you learn to fill the page and create a visual diary of the world around you - then you’re on your way to recording the story of your life through sketches! A sketchbook and pen will be provided; feel free to bring any other supplies you might like to embellish your pages (watercolors, glue, inks, crayons, colored pencils, etcetera). No previous experience necessary.

THE ART OF SELF PORTRAITS

Vesselina Traptcheva 19U WKS563: Monday, Jul 1, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels The self portrait is a very popular subject for artists. Being one’s own model gives the artist both an insight and flexibility to experiment. This workshop will give participants the opportunity to create a self portrait from observation with traditional rendering, move on to experimentation with expressions and angles to create an expressive image, abstract the face by merging it with an unusual environment or structure, and create a symbolic self-portrait using a metaphor. Pencil and charcoal.

Fun Day Monday Workshops

NEW! DRIFTWOOD RIB BASKET

Sandra Kehoe 19U WKS663: Monday, Jul 8, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $30 No senior discount or membership fee All levels This workshop will introduce rib-style baskets with beautiful driftwood handles. In this fun freeform approach to basketmaking, we will use a variety of colors and textures to create your own unique piece. An assortment of dyed reed and seagrass will be provided. You are welcome to bring some special yarn or other weaving materials to add interest to your design.

WITHOUT A BRUSH TO BIG BRUSH PAINTING

Tenn Lu 19U WKS555: Monday, Jul 15, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material list: tasoc.org No senior discount or membership fee All levels Would you like to free yourself and loosen up your painting style? Explore and paint in unconventional way? Learn how to create vibrant, impressionist watercolor paintings without a single brush! We will start with smaller paintings and work up to larger ones using a free, easy, spontaneous style while having fun. The workshop results will amaze you, opening the door for you to explore alternative tools and techniques. Composition, dry techniques, wet-on-wet, negative painting, color mixing and other skills will be discussed. Step-by-step demos and personal attention included. Some watercolor experience is helpful. And finally, you will take out the biggest brush you own, and work step-bystep with the instructor to create a full sheet of 22“ x 30” painting.

PHOTOGRAPHING FLOWERS

Ray Turkin 19U WKS907: Monday, Jul 22, 9:15 AM to 3:15 PM 1 session $150 Material fee $10 No senior discount or membership fee All levels This workshop will address the fundamentals of photographing flowers. A classroom session will cover the basic concepts of photography, including equipment selection. The emphasis will be on the use of depth of field, composition, and lighting to create esthetically pleasing and artistically creative images. Participants will then be given the opportunity to put what they learned into practice by photographing flowers in a studio setting. Please bring your digital camera, lens and if you have a micro lens, tripod and user manual.