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2024 Summer Teen Art Labs
Instructors: Caleb Portfolio, Jessica Fallis, Christine Mitchell, and Madeeha Sheikh
Dates: Mondays - Thursdays, July 8 - August 15, 2024
Time: 1 PM - 4:30 PM
Thanks to the generosity of the Donald A. Pels Charitable Trust, this year's Summer Teen Art Labs may be offered at no cost to participants.
Designed to provide a dedicated arts program for teens, Five Points Arts is offering four workshops in Photography, Ceramics, Painting & Drawing, and Printmaking. This program will focus on developing skills in a variety of disciplines with a focus on creative problem solving and portfolio building.
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CREATIVE CAMARADERIE - INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS
Uninstructed
Dates: Fridays, through March 29, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Members: Free
Non-Members: $ 10.00
Five Points invites you to join Creative Camaraderie - an open studio space where creatives, makers, and artists of all levels share in their own creative processes. This is a weekly uninstructed session welcome to all those seeking an inspiring and supportive environment to create in.
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Open Figure Drawing - Individual Sessions
Uninstructed
Dates: Wednesdays, January – December
Time: 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Ages: 18+
Member: $54 to $67.50 per month / $16.20 drop-in
Non-Member: $60 to $75 per month / $18 drop-in
Practice your figure drawing skills during this weekly workshop. Each session will begin with warm up gesture drawings, and will include a variety of longer poses. No instruction is provided, and artists will need to bring their own materials. Suggested materials include: charcoal, graphite, colored pencils, pens, watercolors, and newsprint or sketchpads. All skill levels are welcome!
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Van Dyke Brown Photo Processing
Instructor: Jill Enfield
Dates: POSTPONED: Reschedule date coming soon
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $270
Non-Members: $300
Learn the chemical process to achieving platinum-like quality prints and see for yourself why Van Dyke Brown printing is a valued option for photographers. Because of its affordability and simplicity, this method allows amateurs and professionals alike to produce stunning handmade prints with rich brown tones.
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Intermediate & Advanced Ceramics
Instructor: Aaron Flynn
Dates: Mondays, June 3, 10, 17, 24 & July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $360
Non-Members: $400
Designed for intermediate and advanced potters, this workshop will focus on further developing techniques in throwing and hand building. Participants will be encouraged to challenge themselves to create complex forms and explore new possibilities. Hone your skills in trimming and experiment with shape, structure, scale, and glaze.
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Beginner Landscape Painting
Instructor: Janet Iffland
Dates: Tuesdays, June 4, 11, 18, 25, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $162
Non-Members: $180
Designed for beginners as well as those looking to refresh their skills, this workshop will introduce painting techniques in oils and acrylics. Learn the elements of composition and utilize them to create successful landscape paintings. Each week, you will create a new painting and develop your skills and confidence in color mixing, blending, and shading.
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Intro to Ceramics: Throwing Techniques
Instructor: Aaron Flynn
Dates: Wednesdays, June 5, 12, 19, 26 & July 3, 10, 17, 24, 2024
Time: 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $360
Non-Members: $400
Experience the thrill of wheel throwing in this beginner-level ceramics workshop. Learn how to center clay and throw foundational forms. The instructor will demonstrate each stage of the throwing process and provide individualized guidance. Over the course of this workshop, participants will learn how to throw bowls, yunomi cups, vases, and more.
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June Plein Air
Instructor: Janet Iffland
Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $54
Non-Members: $60
This June workshop is the first of the plein air summer series. Participants will learn how to choose a subject, and with a focal point in mind, begin laying out the foundational drawing. You will also learn how to utilize color, values, and application techniques.
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Painting with Pastels
Instructor: Suzanne Lacke
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 5 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $126
Non-Members: $140
Working from still-life, landscape, and portraiture, participants will explore color, space, and form with soft pastels. This workshop is great for anyone starting fresh, developing, or mastering their pastel painting skills. Instructor, Suzanne Lacke, will demonstrate ways in which pastels can be used similarly to paint through blending, feathering, scumbling, layering, and more.
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Monotypes With & Without a Press
Instructor: Tony Kirk
Date: Sunday, June 23, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $108
Non-Members: $120
Throughout history, artists such as Maurice Prendergast would hand burnish Japanese paper in order to transfer their inked image without a press. In this printmaking workshop, participants will learn how to print by hand and operate an etching press in the Robert Dente Printmaking Lab.
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July Plein Air
Instructor: Janet Iffland
Date: Saturday, July 13, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $54
Non-Members: $60
This July workshop is the second of the plein air summer series. Participants will learn how to choose a subject, and with a focal point in mind, begin laying out the foundational drawing. You will also learn to utilize color, values, and application techniques.
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Printmaking: Chiaroscuro Etching
Instructor: Mark Zunino
Dates: Saturdays, July 20 & 27, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 5 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $247.50
Non-Members: $275
Take drawing and mark making to a new level in this chiaroscuro etching workshop. Learn how to etch copper plates with a variety of mark making applications that will expand your understanding of printmaking. Designed for curious beginners and experienced etchers, Instructor, Mark Zunino, will demonstrate various etching techniques and guide participants through each step of the process.
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Ancient Pottery Techniques Made Modern
Instructor: Matin Malikzada
Dates: Saturdays, July 27 & August 10, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $112.50
Non-Members: $125
Master the art of centering and throwing large-scale pieces. Designed for advanced wheel throwers, participants will work with internationally recognized, 7th-generation Afghan master potter, Matin Malikzada, to create one large ceramic piece over the course of two sessions. Matin will lead demonstrations on centuries-old techniques that live on through his work and guide students in this two-part skill-building workshop.
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Exploring Texture in Ceramics
Instructor: Aaron Flynn
Dates: Wednesdays, August 7, 14, 21, 28 & September 4, 11, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 1 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $270
Non-Members: $300
Designed for intermediate and advanced potters, this workshop will focus on creating texture using found objects and a variety of mark making tools. Participants will use both throwing and hand building techniques to build a series of two-part vessels. Over the course of six weeks, you will be encouraged to experiment with texture, form, and shape.
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August Plein Air
Instructor: Janet Iffland
Date: Saturday, August 10, 2024
Time: 9 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $54
Non-Members: $60
This August workshop is the final of the plein air summer series. Participants will learn how to choose a subject, and with a focal point in mind, begin laying out the foundational drawing. You will also learn to utilize color, values, and application techniques.
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Layered Color Woodcut/Monoprint Workshop
Instructor Name: Jim Lee
*POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
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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- All Workshops
- Kids & Teens
- Mixed Media & Collage
- Painting & Drawing
- Photography & Alternative Processing
- Printmaking & Book Arts
- Fibers
- Ceramics
Developing Your Practice In and Out of the Studio
Instructor: Richard Pasquarelli
Dates: Saturdays, March 9, April 13, May 11, June 8, July 13, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 12 PM
Ages: 18+
Members: $90
Non-Members: $100
Artists looking for ways to expand on their creative practices in artmaking, career building, and exhibiting work are invited to join instructor, Richard Pasquarelli, in a series of monthly meetings to address ways in which artmakers can navigate the artworld. Pulling from over 30 years of experience practicing, exhibiting, and lecturing in the U.S. and abroad, Richard can advise artists in each stage of their practice
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Intro to Ceramics: Throwing Techniques
Instructor: Delores Coan
Dates: Fridays, April 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, 2024
Time: 10 AM – 1 PM
Ages: 14+
Members: $360
Non-Members: $400
Experience the thrill of wheel throwing in this beginner-level ceramics workshop! Learn the art of centering a lump of clay, throwing a variety of forms, and finishing your work with trimming and glazing. Develop your techniques by exploring the endless possibilities of shape and form.
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Screenprinting 101
Instructor: Brooke Toczylowski
Dates: Saturdays, May 4, May 11, 2024
Time: 10 AM - 4 PM
Ages: 16+
Members: $193.50
Non-Members: $215
Ink, flood, print, repeat! Explore the technical process and endless possibilities of screenprinting in this introductory workshop. Participants will design an image in Photoshop or by hand and learn how to print an edition of single-layer screenprints.
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