WORKSHOPS
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In the event Five Points Arts cancels a workshop due to an inclement weather forecast every effort will be made to re-schedule the workshop. If the workshop cannot be re-scheduled, or the new date does not accommodate the registrant's schedule, that person will be offered the opportunity to apply the cancelled workshop fee toward a future workshop. If preferred, Five Points will offer a full refund instead of a rescheduling option.Every effort will be made to announce weather related cancellations 24 hours in advance; however, registrants are advised to check their e-mail on the morning of the scheduled workshop for any cancellation message.
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CREATIVE CAMARADERIE - INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
Dates: Thursdays, December 1, 2022 to May 25, 2023
12/01/2022 – 5/25/2023
Time: 10 AM to 1 PM
Members: $ 9.00
Non-Members: $ 10.00
Uninstructed painting and drawing sessions. Five Points Arts invites area artists to “Creative Camaraderie” painting and drawing sessions at the Five Points Arts Center located at 855 University Drive in Torrington. The Painting Lab will be open every Thursday from 10 am-1 pm beginning December 1, 2022, for artists of all ages and experience to develop their personal projects using their own materials and sources. There will be a still life setup and mannequins for inspiration if needed; however, “Creative Camaraderie” is uninstructed to encourage imagination and innovation among friends old and new!
Oil Painting with Edward DeVoe
Instructor: Edward Spaulding DeVoe
Dates: Thursdays on March 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
April, 6, 13, 20
Time: 1:15PM - 4:15PM
Member: $225.00
Non-Member: $250.00
This class will focus on individual specific instruction. Beginning students can grow at their own pace along side an advanced student who is finding their own voice. Participants will expand their knowledge of the materials and methods of painting and will be introduced to the color palette of the Old Masters, drawing effectively on canvases or panels, and exploring the compositional principles of the subject.
Edward Spaulding DeVoe has indepth knowledge of the techniques of the old and modern masters and uses varied examples to assist artists in their understanding of what they need to learn. As this class progresses, the instruction will focus on student-driven concepts to assist in developing own personal goals. Workshop participants will work from subjects in the studio, but are free to paint landscapes or copy from the masters.
Stained-Glass Jewelry
Instructor: Sarah Segovia
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 10 AM-2 PM
Members: $ 72.00
Non - Members: $ 80.00
Another great workshop with the fantastic Sarah Segovia!
In this workshop, participants will learn the basic steps of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering stained-glass jewelry pieces. We will work on one piece together, and then let your imaginations run wild! Many different styles and designs will be discussed.
You will come away from this workshop with, handmade by you, wearable works of art!
Explorations in Collagraph Printmaking for Kids
Instructor: Christine Mitchell
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2023
Time: 10AM - 12PM
Ages: 8- 12 years
Member: $22.50
Non - Member: $25.00
A collagraph print is made by gluing different materials to cardboard and creating a kind of collage. During the inking process the ink will rub off surfaces that are smooth or higher and stay on surfaces that hold more ink, at edges and at lower points thus creating the image.
Come learn a new technique and all the different ways you can embellish your work to make unique one of a kind art or a series of greeting cards! No experience necessary! Bring a smock and any interesting flat objects and fabrics, textures you can find!
Pastel Landscapes with Leslie Landau
Instructor: Leslie Landau
Date: Wednesday, April 5, 2023
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Members $ 58.50
Non - Members $ 65.00
This pastel drawing workshop will be appropriate for those just getting started to those with experience. Mini-lessons will demonstrate a range of drawing techniques and compositional design possibilities that address each artist’s individual goals. Participants will look at pastel drawings created by various noted pastel artists as a springboard for their own work. Leslie will provide individual critiques as you work and encourage discussions among yourselves, as you draw.
Making Better Landscapes with Paul Batch
Instructor: Paul Batch
Dates: Saturday, April 15, 2023 and Sunday, April 16, 2023
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Members $ 225.00
Non - Members $ 250.00
In this intimate workshop, Paul will spend two days providing lots of personal instruction to each student. There will be multiple demonstrations each day that you will be able to put immediately into practice at your easel. Each attendee will work at their own pace implementing concepts discussed as a group and Paul will reinforce the techniques demonstrated on an individual basis. You will leave this workshop with a better understanding of simplifying your palette, creating more dynamic compositions, how to increase the expressiveness of your brushwork and much more.
Monotype Printmaking: A New Angle
Instructor: Tony Kirk
Date: Sunday, April 16, 2023
Time: 10 AM – 4 PM
Members $ 90.00
Non - Members $ 100.00
Several years ago, as an invited Master Printer at Woodstock School of Art’s annual Monothon printmaking fundraiser, I noticed that a very tall woman was seated at a table brushing ink on to a monotype plate. The seat was too high for the table, and she looked very uncomfortable. In her own studio this artist painted standing up at an easel. It was then that I suggested affixing her monotype plate to a wall, and since then, this is her preferred approach to monotype printmaking.
This method has many advantages. While holding a brush not only can the artist work with the wrist but also can move the brush around from the shoulder. The ability to step back from the work at a distance is an added benefit especially if you turn your back to the plate and view your composition in a handheld mirror. This of course is how the plate will print.
Ziatype
Instructor: Jessica Somers
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Member $ 247.50
Non- Member $ 275.00
Ziatype, a modern alternative process, perfected in 1980 by Richard Sullivan, uses hand-painted emulsion and UV light to create a photographic image. The Ziatype process utilizes the “noble metal” palladium resulting in archival prints that yield a tonal range greater than traditional black and white papers. Additionally, Ziatype chemistry can be adjusted to create varying hues from warm brown-black to cool grey-violet. In this workshop, we will use digital negatives to print to the Ziatype process. Participants will be guided through the basics of exposing, processing, and controlling tone, hue, and contrast in the Ziatype process. At the conclusion of this workshop, students will come away with a selection of their own Ziatype prints and will also be provided with written instructions, a Ziatype supply list, and a digital curve file for printing Ziatype negatives.
Tyler Green Fossil Making Workshop
Instructor: Tyler Green
Date: Saturday, April 22, 2023
Time: 10 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 8+
Member: $ 67.50
Non- Member: $ 75
(Price includes the Dino Kidz Box )
ART + SCIENCE = FUN!
Tyler Green, creator of the Monster Kidz Box, has teamed up with Elevation Science, a nonprofit institute dedicated to science, exploration and, of course, dinosaurs, bringing you an amazing new activity to do when you’re not in the field! In this 2 hour workshop, participants get to cast, paint and learn about the Allosaurus fossil they created.
This workshop includes everything you need to make your own display claw, plus exclusive printed & online content from Elevation Science.
We may be able to get one of the institute's paleontologists to video in and let the kids ask a few questions about their most recent dig out in the field!
Creating Outside of the Box
Instructor: Stewart Wilson
Dates: Wednesdays, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 2023
Time: 10AM - 1PM
Member: $90.00
Non-Member: $100.00
Stewart Wilson is conducting four wildly whimsical classes which will set you free to discover new imaginative vistas and perspectives to your artistic processes.
In four three-hour workshops, the class will work together to explore new comprehensive understandings of art making through playful interactions, movement, music, and visual art.
Unlock that captive self within and feel your creative power. Open to all.
THE PORTRAIT: FORM, LIGHT and GESTURE
Instructor: Dean Fisher
Dates: Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 7, 2023
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Member - $ 225.00
Non - Member - $ 250.00
In this two-session workshop we will work to create expressive portrait and figure paintings by focusing on capturing the subtleties of human gesture and thinking of creating, through the illusion of paint (or pastels), how form exists in space as opposed to a highly detailed rendering of a face. We will strive to give a sense of weight to our forms as well as a sense of breathable air around our subjects. There will be extensive discussion and live demonstration on capturing the feeling of a specific temperature of light on flesh.
As always, I will attempt to de-mystify flesh color mixing through an analytical approach which avoids any kind of formulaic “flesh” mixtures with the idea in mind of capturing the specific complexion of our model, which is of primary importance in capturing a likeness.
During the second day of this workshop, all participants will have the opportunity to paint the model for a full five hours while I offer instruction as everyone’s painting unfolds.
ANTHOTYPE WORKSHOP: Forage and Print
Instructor: Anne Eder
Date: Saturday, May 6, 2023
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Member: $ 198.00
Non - Member: $ 220.00
The medium of photography is not generally environmentally friendly, but in this workshop, participants will explore the wonderful and less toxic world of plant-based printing! Anthotypes are a nineteenth century process first explored by Sir John Herschel, who also gave us cyanotypes and the word “photography”. There is not much that is more romantic or intriguing than using the natural light sensitivity of plants to create prints and seeing your images emerge from an emulsion of fragrant rose petals or nutritious chard!
The class will meet for a short presentation and create digital transparencies for the anthotype process. Participants will forage material from the many beautiful acres surrounding Five Points, then come back and make plant sensitizers by extracting juice from the plants and coating papers. These take long exposures, so anthotypes will be exposed and completed at home. Participants will meet the following week over zoom to discuss the results.
Introduction to Silverpoint Drawing
Instructor: Banjie Getsinger Nicholas
Date: Saturday, May 20, 2023
Time: 10 AM - 3 PM
Member: $ 76.50
Non-Member: $ 85.00
This introductory workshop will include brief background and history of silverpoint technique and discussion of the distinctive aspects and materials of the medium.
For convenience artists will be working on heavy paper - minimum 140 lb - but other substrates will be discussed for future interest. Artists will prepare a variety of grounds on which to draw. Benefits and drawbacks of tinting the grounds will be considered and either or both can be experimented with. Paper and grounds will be provided with a silverpoint stylus on loan from the instructor. A stylus can be purchased if desired.
Inner Art - Painting from the Inside Out
Instructor: Pamela Hochstetter
Dates: Fridays, June 9, 16, 23, 30, 2023
Time: 1:30PM - 4:30PM
Member: $98.00
Non-Member: $120.00
What if someone gave you a pile of materials and permission to make a colorful mess? Allow your 4 year-old creative self to reemerge to simply play. Find yourself in a judgment-free zone. Leave your own inner judges outside the door. Pamela will assist in escorting them if necessary. What could possibly happen? Relaxation? Spontaneity? Joy? If you’re ready to retreat from inner and outer expectations, give “Expressive Art” a whirl. What do you have to lose? Tension? Fixed ideas? The Blahs? One has nothing more valuable to gain than a window on the view of one's creative potential!
Paint Creatively with Photographs
Instructor: Souby Boski
Date: Saturday, June 17, 2023
Time: 11 AM - 3 PM
Member: $ 76.50
Non - Member: $ 85.00
Most artists use source photos in some capacity when they work, whether to jog their memory of a particular place and time or to record specific visual details to incorporate in later pieces. In this workshop students will learn to paint in a creative, personal, and expressive way using reference photographs - freeing them from copying. Learn to dismiss the sense of obligation to show exactly what is depicted in the photo and feel free and inspired to manipulate the composition, assuring vitality and making the painting your personal creation.
Painting the Organic Still Life with Grace DeVito
Instructor: Grace DeVito
Dates: Saturday and Sunday, June 24 & 25, 2023
Time: 9 AM-4 PM
Members $ 225.00
Non - Members $ 250.00
Join nationally acclaimed artist Grace DeVito for a 2-day oil painting workshop “Painting the Organic Still Life". Learn her process of multi layered still life painting by lecture, demonstration and critiques. Focus will be given to paint application and creating form. Individual instruction will be given throughout the workshop. For Intermediate and advanced painters. There will be various curated set ups to work from or bring your own favorite organic elements. Workshop format: 9:00-12:00 Demo and lecture 12:00-1:00 Lunch break 1:00-4:00 pm. Students paint as Grace gives individual critiques. Day one will cover the block in and first layer. Day two will be focused on refinement.
Intro to Linocut
Instructor: Sydney Samele
Dates: Saturday, June 24 and Sunday, June 25
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Members: $ 108.00
Non-Members: $ 120.00
Artists will design a black and white image that will be drawn, carved, and printed through an etching press. Students will be taught how to use and maintain their carving tools. They will be guided through preliminary drawings, mark making, and printing editions. Participants will complete this workshop with an edition of 4 identical black and white prints.
Layered Color Woodcut/Monoprint Workshop
Instructor Name: Jim Lee
*POSTPONED UNTIL SUMMER 2023
This course will examine the bold and direct capabilities of woodcut and monotype in combination. It will take the student from preliminary sketches to the carving of blocks, using the multiple block technique together with monotype techniques. By printing multiple layers of transparent inks, images will develop with lush color relationships and luminous surfaces. We will work with carving using hand and power tools, color ink mixing, color registration and printing, and stencils. Monotype techniques will be introduced and will be combined with the carved blocks. During the workshop students first develop a key block, and transfer that image to back-up blocks, including a monotype block. These can over-print more layers, so students can explore multiple color variations. Students should plan to arrive with several simple worked out compositions, either representational or abstract.
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