The Center Charlottesville

Painting with Alcohol Ink - Level II

Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 9:30am-12:30pm

Saturday June 10, 9:30-12:30

Students who have previously taken Alcohol Ink Paint classes with Jan Settle will now learn how to create landscapes that are colorful and vibrant. Students will be using blending fluid and brushed to create textures and shapes. Material fee is $15 due to the instructor at the start of class. Prime members Free, Standard members $10, Guests $20.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Brief Bio on Instructor: Jan has been an artist since she was a child, has studied Art at VCU and has taught many classes here at The Center.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 6

Grateful Threads Quilters

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 10:00am-12:00pm

Mondays, beginning January 9, 10:00 am–12:00 pm

Share your love of quilting with this chapter of the Charlottesville Area Quilters Guild. Show and tell your latest projects, and discuss topics like spiral quilting, rotary cutters, paper piecing, and more.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Intermediate Landscape Oil Painting

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 12:30pm-3:30pm

June 5-June 26 12:30-3:30 pm (3-week Series) Will not meet on June 19

Instructor Kathleen Hutter will teach students how to compose a landscape from your inspiration. Students will learn how to play with colors and understanding when to use cool colors vs warm colors, how to edit out elements that are just distractions, what makes a good and solid landscape stand out from others, and more! See material list below. Prime Members Free, Standard Members $20, Guests $30.

In this class you will learn:

1. How to compose a landscape from your inspiration

2. What to leave out, what to add in

3. Advanced color mixing

4. How to use Notan Sketches to decide upon a working composition

5. How to use light and shadow to great effect

6. How to play with colors and understanding when to use cool colors vs warm colors

7. How to edit out elements that are just distractions

8. How to use a glazing technique and when

9. What makes a good and solid landscape stand out from others

Materials needed: • Assortment of brushes in either hog hair bristle, or synthetic - flats, rounds, fan, liner, mop, filbert; sizes 2 - 14 are helpful sizes) • Oil paint that includes both the warm and cool primaries: Quinachridone Rose, Cad Red md, Lemon Yellow, Cad yellow medium; Ultramarine Blue and cerulean blue; Titanium White; Burnt Umber or equivalent; permanent green light and dark, Naples yellow; Dioxazine purple; sap green; yellow ochre • Palette to paint from (can be paper) • Turpenoid or Gamsol and lidded container • Linseed oil • Liquin or other mediums optional • Paper towels • Surface to paint on: panels;120 lb paper, gessoed; stretched canvas; canvas panels. Size is up to the artist • Wear painting clothes

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Beginning to Intermediate Crochet - June

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 1:00pm-3:00pm

Mondays, June 5-July 3, 1-3pm (4 weeks, will not meet on June 19)

Member Jane Hermann has been crocheting since she was twelve years old and enjoys the calming creativity that comes with simple repetitive patterns. Summers here and it’s time to start making gifts for the holidays. Come learn how to crochet. For intermediate crochets learn to make Granny Squares, shawls, baskets, etc! Bring your crochet hook and yarn of choice or choose from the yarn here. You’re welcome to bring your own patterns as well. You will need to bring a crochet hook (size G or H, or 6,7,8). Prime Members, free, Standard Members $25, Guests $35.

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this course and are no longer able to attend, notify us 72 hours in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 3

Piedmont Pastelists - will not meet June 12

Monday, June 12, 2023 | 1:00pm-3:00pm

2nd Monday of each month, 1:00pm-3:00pm

Join a congenial group of artists who gather to practice their pastel painting skills. Each may bring a work in progress for a constructive group critique.

To join by Zoom, click on this link a few minutes before 1 pm

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82839488707

History

Noting the lack of a chalk pastel society in Virginia, in August 2001, Dick Carpenter invited Charlottesville regional artists in that media to meet at Michaels Arts and Crafts store at Barracks Road shopping center. Many were members of the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, which had long admitted pastel as a water compatible “mixed” medium, but not as a feature of the CVWG activities. The result of the meeting was, quite purposefully, an “un-organization” with NO membership requirements, bylaws, officers, dues, agendas, minutes, quorum, name-tags, committees, etc. Just like-minded people enjoying meeting to exchange ideas and experiences about pastel materials and techniques, constructive criticism, and “show and tell.” The format is a mutual critique -- an examination, not fault-finding. Suggestions for overcoming problems are a part of critiquing. The choice of subject and style of a painting are not topics of critique. Some elements of Critique: 1. Overall Composition - Division of space. 2. Shapes and values 3. Form –shadows-placement of each of the elements 4. Perspective- Illusion of depth 5. Color harmony 6. Paths for the viewer’s eye 7. Center of interest - 8. Principles of Design. Assuring that there is a “message”. All attending artists are active producers, serious about their work, open to criticism, willing to present “work-in-progress," and constructive in their comments and suggestions. Although pastels are the featured media, other problem-paintings may be introduced.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Paint, Drip, and Roll

Tuesday, June 13, 2023 | 1:30pm-4:30pm

May 16-June 13 1:30-4:30

Draw, paint, scrape, roll, collage, stamp, write, drip... In this 5-week class with Ann you will experiment with water-based materials and techniques to encourage curiosity, experimentation (and rule breaking). Combine medias and styles to create fascinating non-objective or abstracted representational subjects. Learn to appreciate whatever shows up within the random marks and shapes.

Prime Members free, Standard Members $30, Guests $45. Materials fee $50, payable to instructor at time of class.

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this class and are unable to attend, notify us 7 days in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Tree, Rocks, Water, Sky in Oils

Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 9:00am-12:00pm

Thursdays, May 4-June 22, (8 weeks)

Join Katie Hutter in this 8-week series open to all levels. Every two weeks, students will focus on a different subject – trees, rocks, water, and sky. Learn how to sketch and paint in oils these elements of nature. Prime Members free, Standard Members $50, Guests $80. Register, open to all.

Materials needed:

Van Gogh Oil Color Paint, 10x20ml tubes, Basic Set available here on Amazon

Artify15 Piece Brush Set, Intermediate Series avalable here on Amazon

paper towels;

canvas or primed panels - 11x14”

turpenoid

Liquin®

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Drawing Portraits with Katie

Thursday, June 15, 2023 | 1:00pm-3:00pm

Thursdays June 15-29 (3-week Class), 1:00-3:00 pm

In this class Kathleen Hutter will teach students the basic proportions of the human face, how to use the Loomis Method to sketch portraits in different positions, to measure proportions using just their pencil, and how to capture a person's likeness. Material list on web. Prime members free, Standard Members $25, Guests $35.

Materials List

Pencils: HB
B - 2, 4, 6, 8
S - 2, 4, 6, 8
Kneadable eraser
Sharpening tool
Straight edge
11x14 cold press paper for sketches and drawing
Blending stumps or Q-tips

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 6

Friday Art Group

Friday, June 16, 2023 | 9:30am-11:30am

Fridays, 9:30am-11:30am

If you like to draw or paint, you are invited to join the Friday Art Group. No matter what your skill level, you will enjoy the creative, pressure-free environment of a colorful group of novice and experienced artists. You can work from your own photos, pictures or illustrations or bring your own still life. There is no formal instruction, but plenty of help and advice from others if you need it. Please note that oil paints are not permitted as some art group members are sensitive to the chemicals used in oils. No registration necessary.

Members only.

Location: The Center

Contact: David Reynaud 434-960-9733

Intermediate Oil Painting (Fridays)

Friday, June 16, 2023 | 1:00pm-4:00pm

Fridays May 5-June 23 1-4pm

In this 8 week class, Ann Cheeks will demonstrate and teach techniques for painting expressive landscapes, encouraging participants to tap into their emotional response to their chosen subject. What is it about your chosen place that draws you to it? What do you want to convey about it to the viewer? This course will focus on simplifying forms, planning values, selecting a limited color palette and combining these and more techniques to create landscapes with expression. Students will create one or two works of art and several small studies.

Prime Members free, Standard Members $30, Guests $45. Materials fee $50, payable to instructor at time of class.

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this class and are unable to attend, notify us 7 days in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Music in The Atrium with Deloy Moore

Friday, June 16, 2023 | 2:30pm-3:30pm

Every Friday 2:30-3:30

Live music with Deloy Moore. Moore is a multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter who will be performing folk, jazz, country, blues and alternative music.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Acrylic Basics and Color Theory

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 | 9:30am-12:30pm

June 20 and 27, 9:30-12:30

Jan Settle teaches students basic information regarding acrylic paint, brushes, and other supplies used in acrylic painting. Students will also learn other basic information regarding color theory such as mixing colors, the color wheel, and more. Material fee is $15 due to the instructor at the start of class. Prime members free, Standard Members $15, Guests $25.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Brief Bio on Instructor: Jan has been an artist since she was a child, has studied Art at VCU and has taught many classes here at The Center.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Landscape Oil Painting for Beginners

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 1:00pm-4:00pm

June 27-July 25 1:00-4:00 pm (4-week Series does not meet July 4)

In this class you will learn how to create simple, yet effective landscape paintings that are semi abstract to impressionistic. Instructor Kathleen Hutter will teach students how to make different marks with different brushes, how to see and paint the big shapes, then adding selective detail for maximum impact, and more! Material fee is $65 due to instructor at the start of class or see material list below. Prime Members Free, Standard Members $20, Guests $30.

In this class you will learn

1. How to create simple, yet effective landscape paintings that are semi abstract to impressionistic

2. How to make different marks with different brushes

3. The order of painting a landscape

4. How to see and paint the big shapes, then adding selective detail for maximum impact

5. How to play with light, shadow and color 6. How to create a pleasing composition

7. How to mix the colors needed to create the landscapes

Materials: $65.00 Or Material List is as Follows: • Assortment of brushes in either hog hair bristle, or synthetic - flats, rounds, fan, liner, mop, filbert; sizes 2 - 14 are helpful sizes) • Oil paint that includes both the warm and cool primaries: Quinachridone Red, Cad Red md, Lemon Yellow, Cad yellow medium; Ultramarine Blue and cerulean blue; Titanium White; Burnt Umber or equivalent • Palette to paint from (can be paper) • Turpenoid or Gamsol and lidded container • Linseed oil • Paper towels • Surface to paint on: panels;120 lb paper, gessoed; stretched canvas; canvas panels. Size is up to the artist • Wear painting clothes!

Email Instructor Kathleen Hutter if you wish to order through her and pay her the material fee.

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this class and are unable to attend, notify us 72 hours in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Italian Cinema Appreciation

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 | 5:00pm-6:00pm

Italian Cinema Appreciation

June 27, 5:00-6:00 pm

Filmmaker and photographer, Ricardo Preve, will have students look at some scenes from classic Italian films without dialogue. The class will find there is more to film than Hollywood, one does not need a lot of dialogue to convey a message in film and in good films, nothing is there unintentionally or by mistake – every image has a message, and a reason for being there. Free and Open to All.

For non-Italian speakers and italian speakers.

Brief Bio on Instructor: Ricardo is an Argentine filmmaker, photographer, and activist. He began his film career in the early 2000s as an associate producer on some documentaries. Since then, he has worked as a director, producer or scriptwriter in nearly thirty productions for film and television, including The Patagonian Bones and Coming Home, both of which have won awards and recognition at international festivals.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Intermediate Monotype Printmaking (Thursdays)

Thursday, June 29, 2023 | 9:30am-12:30pm

Thursdays

June 29-July 13 9:30 am-12:30 pm

For those with monotype experience, this is a chance to further your skills on 3 consecutive Thursdays. Ann Cheeks will briefly demonstrate a technique at the start of both classes, then let you do your own with support and encouragement throughout the session. Play with stencils, experiment with color, collage and add colored pencil to complete finished works of art to mat and frame. Material Fee $30 payable to the instructor at the start of class. Prime Members free, Standard members $20, Guests $35.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 3

Impressionist Painting with Acrylics

Friday, June 30, 2023 | 1:00pm-3:00pm

June 30-July 28, 1:00-3:00 pm (Will not Meet July 7)

Joanne Coleman will teach students how to use light and dark with special types of brush strokes, the use of complimentary and contrasting colors, and how to create an interesting composition with acrylics on canvas. Materials fee is $45 due to the instructor at the start of class. Prime members free, Standard Members $20, Guests $30.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 1

Jazz Jam Session

Thursday, July 6, 2023 | 6:00pm-7:00pm

Meets the first Thursday of every month

A jazz jam session is a relatively informal musical event, in which musicians, including both instrumentalists and vocalists, who have not previously rehearsed their performance together, meet to play commonly known standard jazz tunes. The arrangements are created spontaneously by the musicians during performance. There is also a strong focus on individual improvised solos. Musicians may choose to participate in only one song or all songs during the evening.

The styles of jazz music performed during a single jam session can range widely – from early Dixieland jazz from the 1920’s, to big band swing of the 1930’s to 1940’s, popular Broadway tunes, Latin beats, Bebop and Cool jazz of the 1950’s to 1960’s and contemporary jazz from the 1970’s through to today. The jazz jam experience is a fun and educational experience for both participants and the audience. Participants get the chance to practice their jazz improvising skills in front of a live audience and meet other musicians in the local jazz community. Musicians of all abilities and ages from beginners to professionals are welcome to join in. The audience will likely hear some familiar jazz tunes but will also certainly discover new songs performed that they have not heard before.

Steve Brecker will head up this program. He has a music degree from University of Miami and has played jazz trumpet for 50+ years in a variety of music groups. He is a member of the Charlottesville based Sentimental Journey Big Band and the Charlottesville (Municipal) Band.

Free and open to all. Not a musician? Just come and listen!

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Intermediate Oil Painting (Saturday)

Saturday, July 8, 2023 | 9:30am-12:30pm

Saturday July 8 – August 12 9:30 - 12:30pm (6 weeks)

In this 6 week class, Ann Cheeks will demonstrate and teach techniques for painting expressive oil paintings, encouraging participants to tap into their emotional response to their chosen subject. What is it about your chosen image that draws you to it? What do you want to convey about it to the viewer? You will work on simplifying forms, planning values and and finding your own "voice" in your paintings. Please bring several reference photos or drawings to choose from. You will create small studies and an 18 x 24" stretched canvas in class.

Prime Members free, Standard Members $35, Guests $50. Materials fee $45, payable to instructor at time of class.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 3

Beginner Oil Painting (July-August)

Monday, July 10, 2023 | 12:15pm-1:45pm

Beginner Oil Painting

Mondays 12:15-1:45 pm, July 10-August 21 (will not meet August 14)

Learn the fundamentals of working with the King of mediums: oil paints. Katie Hutter will lead a 6-week class on how to mix colors, how to create various basic forms, and the basics of good composition, using light and shadows! Prime Members free, Standard Members $35, Guests $45. $65 materials fee due to the instructor at the start of class or purchase your own (material list below).

Intructor email: Kathleen Hutter katielizzyhutter@gmail.com

Material List:

Oil paints: Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow medium, Lemon Yellow, Titanium White, Ivory Black

Van Gogh 10 Set Oil Paints 20 ml tubes

Brushes: Assortment of: Flats, Rounds, filberts; fan brush, mop brush, hake brush; preferably hog hair or synthetic sable; palette knife

Artify 15 Brush Piece Set

Refined Linseed oil (or equivalent)

Odorless Mineral Spirits in a lidded jar or metal canteen

Paper Towels

11x14" painting panels/canvases, one per class

Palette or Palette paper

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this class and are unable to attend, notify us 7 days in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 6

Intermediate Oil Painting (Tuesdays)

Tuesday, July 11, 2023 | 9:30am-12:30pm

Tuesday July 11 – August 1 9:30 - 12:30pm (4 weeks)

In this 4 week class, Ann Cheeks will demonstrate and teach techniques for painting expressive oil paintings, encouraging participants to tap into their emotional response to their chosen subject. What is it about your chosen image that draws you to it? What do you want to convey about it to the viewer? You will create 2 to 3 small paintings during class. Please bring several reference photos or drawings to choose from.

Prime Members free, Standard Members $30, Guests $40. Materials fee $40, payable to instructor at time of class.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Sorry, this event has sold out!

Beginners Chinese Brush Painting

Saturday, July 15, 2023 | 12:45pm-1:45pm

Saturdays July 15-August 5, 12:45-1:45pm

During this 4-week course with artist Nga Katz you will begin learning a style of painting called Sumi-é (ink, brushes painter) which strives to capture the essence of the beauty of our planet. During this class you will learn how to apply this technique through brush, movement and use of ink/ color and apply these new skills to draw Bamboo, Orchids, Plum Blossoms, and other lovely traditional flowers. Prime Members: free, Standard Members 30.00 and Guests, $45.00. Materials fee for all supplies $50, payable to instructor at the first class.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 7

Chinese Brush Painting (July/August)

Thursday, July 20, 2023 | 3:30pm-5:30pm

Thursdays 3:30-5:30 pm, July 20-August 24

During this 6-week course with artist Nga Katz you will begin learning a style of painting called Sumi-é (ink, brushes painter) which strives to capture the essence of the beauty of our planet. During this class you will learn how to apply this technique through brush, movement and use of ink/ color and apply these new skills to draw Bamboo, Orchids, Plum Blossoms, and other lovely traditional flowers. Cost for the entire course: Prime Members: free, Standard Members 35.00 and Guests, $50.00. Materials fee for all - supplies $50, payable to instructor at the first class

Nga Katz is a Chinese Brush Painting Artist. Her work is displayed at McGuffey Art Center and at C’ville Art Gallery. Over the past 30 years, Nga has exhibited her work world-wide and refers to herself as a ‘Nature Painter’.”

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 7

Portraits in Pastel II

Monday, July 24, 2023 | 2:00pm-4:00pm

Mondays 2:00-4:00 pm July 24-August 28

The class will be using soft pastels to create portraits of people and animals. Students will focus on drawing what they see. Human proportions and animal proportions will be taught. Instructor, Desmond Cormier, will have you working with soft pastels to gain understanding of its unique characteristics. Prime members free, Standard Members $50, Guests $65.

Material List:

A set of soft pastels

A set of pastel pencils

kneaded erasor

paper blender different sizes

Pastel paper(various colors)

Artist Latex gloves

Saran Wrap

Drawing pencils

As a courtesy to program leaders and participants, if you register for this class and are unable to attend, notify us 7 days in advance by emailing programs@thecentercville.org

Brief Bio on Instructor: Desmond has instructed two classes at The Center. From 1995-2018 Desmond was an Art Teacher at CHS and Buford Middle School, teaching in the gifted program. Desmond has shown at galleries and has been collected by private individuals.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 1

Representational Landscape Oils

Tuesday, August 1, 2023 | 1:00pm-4:00pm

Tuesdays 1:00-4:00 pm, August 1-September 26 (will not meet August 15) 8-week series

In this 8-week Advanced Beginner series, Kathleen Hutter will have students learn from the great masters like Albert Bierstadt, Claude Monet, Edwin Church, Vincent Van Gogh, John Constable, Sanford Gifford. Learn the poetry and music of their paintings and how to recreate your own version of these beautiful masterpieces! Prime Members Free, Standard Members $45, Guests $60. Material fee is $15 due to instructor at the start of the class. Additionally, required material list is below.

Students Must Bring These Required Materials to Class:

Oil paints: Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow medium, Lemon Yellow, Titanium White, Ivory Black

Van Gogh 10 Set Oil Paints 20 ml tubes

Brushes: Assortment of: Flats, Rounds, filberts; fan brush, mop brush, hake brush; preferably hog hair or synthetic sable; palette knife

Artify 15 Brush Piece Set

Refined Linseed oil (or equivalent)

Odorless Mineral Spirits in a lidded jar or metal canteen

Paper Towels

11x14" painting panels/canvases, one per class

Palette or Palette paper

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 2

Painting Animals

Friday, August 4, 2023 | 12:00pm-3:00pm

Fridays 12:00-3:00 pm, August 4-September 29 (will not meet on August 11) 8-week series

Do you love animals and want to learn how to paint and draw them? Come along with Katie Hutter and learn how to develop your skills to draw 6 different animals! All levels welcome, no experience required. Prime Members Free, Standard Members $45, Guests $60. Material fee is $15 for prints due to instructor at the start of the class. Additionally, the required material list is below.

Students Must Bring These Required Materials to Class:

Oil paints: Ultramarine Blue, Cerulean blue, Quinacridone Magenta, Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Yellow medium, Lemon Yellow, Titanium White, Ivory Black

Van Gogh 10 Set Oil Paints 20 ml tubes

Brushes: Assortment of: Flats, Rounds, filberts; fan brush, mop brush, hake brush; preferably hog hair or synthetic sable; palette knife

Artify 15 Brush Piece Set

Refined Linseed oil (or equivalent)

Odorless Mineral Spirits in a lidded jar or metal canteen

Paper Towels

11x14" painting panels/canvases, one per class

Palette or Palette paper

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 7

Pop-Up Art Show

Saturday, August 5, 2023 | 9:00am-2:00pm

Saturday, August 5 - One Day Only

The Center is hosting a Pop-Up Art Show full of different arts and crafts items for sale by artists and artisans 18 years old and up. Come support your community and admire the local art that will be coating our auditorium. Free and Open to all.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Art as Play

Tuesday, August 8, 2023 | 9:00am-12:00pm

No Rules!

August 8-29, Tuesdays 9-12am

Draw, paint, scrape, collage, write, drip... play! This class is for people new to art making and those looking to loosen up their current practice. Using acrylic paint, markers, tissue paper and multiple techniques. Ann Cheeks will encourage curiosity, experimentation and rule breaking. Combine medias and styles to create fascinating non-objective or abstracted representational subjects. Learn to appreciate whatever shows up within the random marks and shapes. Materials fee $40 due to instructor at the start of class. Prime members free, Standard Members $30, Guests $40.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 8

Quilling With Cory - August

Tuesday, August 22, 2023 | 1:00pm-3:00pm

Tuesday, August 22, 1:00-3:00 pm - Registration is due by 4:00 pm, August 11th

Students will learn the history of Quilling and how to use the formed shapes to create a completed design. Cory Ryan will be instructing students on Quilling note cards. This class will provide attendees with the knowledge and tools to create many more Quilling art pieces of their own. No experience is necessary. Prime Members free, Standard Members $15, Guests $25. Materials fee is $20 for all and due to the instructor at the start of class. Registration is due by 4:00 pm, August 11th

Instructor Bio: Cory Ryan is a self-confessed "craft-a-holic." She has been crafting for over 40 years in painting, gourd art, pine needle basketry, and quilling. Cory teaches at Qute Scraps Handmade Boutique in Ruckersville and the Open Doors adult education program with Albemarle County Public Schools.

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

Open to all.

Location: The Center

Seats available: 15

Fine Arts

Painting with Alcohol Ink - Level II

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Grateful Threads Quilters

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Intermediate Landscape Oil Painting

Beginning to Intermediate Crochet - June

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Piedmont Pastelists - will not meet June 12

Paint, Drip, and Roll

Tree, Rocks, Water, Sky in Oils

Drawing Portraits with Katie

Materials List

Pencils: HB B - 2, 4, 6, 8 S - 2, 4, 6, 8 Kneadable eraser Sharpening tool Straight edge 11x14 cold press paper for sketches and drawing Blending stumps or Q-tips

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Friday Art Group

Intermediate Oil Painting (Fridays)

Music in The Atrium with Deloy Moore

Acrylic Basics and Color Theory

Landscape Oil Painting for Beginners

Italian Cinema Appreciation

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Intermediate Monotype Printmaking (Thursdays)

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Impressionist Painting with Acrylics

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Jazz Jam Session

Intermediate Oil Painting (Saturday)

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Beginner Oil Painting (July-August)

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Intermediate Oil Painting (Tuesdays)

Beginners Chinese Brush Painting

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Chinese Brush Painting (July/August)

Thursdays 3:30-5:30 pm, July 20-August 24

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

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Portraits in Pastel II

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Representational Landscape Oils

Cancellation Policy: If you cannot attend this class after registering, please let us know. Due to the need to purchase supplies in advance, cancellations with fewer than 7 days' notice will be charged the materials fee.

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Painting Animals

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Pop-Up Art Show

Art as Play

No Rules!

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Quilling With Cory - August

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Fine Arts this Week

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Pencils: HB
B - 2, 4, 6, 8
S - 2, 4, 6, 8
Kneadable eraser
Sharpening tool
Straight edge
11x14 cold press paper for sketches and drawing
Blending stumps or Q-tips