Sackets Harbor Arts Center Arts Association of Northern New York Program Guide Summer 2018 REGISTRATION BEGINS MAY 1 ART SHOWS - CLASSES - SPECIAL EVENTS 119 W. Main Street Sackets Harbor, NY 13685 315 646-3502 Arts Association of Northern New York www.aanny.org
Sackets harbor arts center special events Spring Art Show May 19 June 16, 2018 Artist work pick up on June 17-18, 2018 Open House June 9, 10:00 am 5:00 pm Open to the public; free admission Demonstrations & refreshments 1 4 pm Plein Air Art Festival and Silent Auction July 26 28 (see www.aanny.org for details) Join us for a Silent Bidding Auction on Saturday Harvest Festival Artist Craft Sale October 6-7, 10:00 am 4:00 pm Open to the public; free admissions The Arts Center, Gallery & Gift Shop OPENS May 19 (Fri Sun 1-4pm) Starting July 1 st Hours: closed Mondays Tuesdays 12:00 pm 3:00 pm Wednesdays Saturdays 10:00 am 7:00 pm Sundays 1:00 pm 4:00 pm Featured Artist of the Month JULY - Gregory Trombly AUGUST - Robert Reed Class Registration: Registration begins May 1, 2018 Policies and Guidelines Please register for classes as soon as possible after May 1 as class space may be limited. Class fees are due at time of registration. There is a registration form at the bottom of this catalogue. You may also register by phone 315 646-3502. Checks may be mailed to Sackets Harbor Arts Center, PO Box 237, Sackets Harbor, NY 13685. Occasionally we need to cancel a class due to low enrollment. If a class is cancelled students will be notified and fully refunded. If a student needs to withdraw from a class they may do so and receive a full refund up to two weeks before the class begins. If a student fails to show up for a class no refund is granted. As a courtesy to our instructors who travel from all over NY State to teach at our Arts Center please follow these guidelines as closely as possible. We have a great assortment of classes this summer at Sackets Harbor Arts Center: drawing, painting using many different mediums, creative writing, and experimental processes. Please note that some classes are for all ages, others exclusively for kids or adults/teens. And also note that in some classes all supplies are included, and other classes may require the student to bring their own supplies. We have something to offer everyone this summer and look forward to seeing you at The Sackets Harbor Arts Center!
June Inked Glass! June 9, 11:00 am 1:00 pm Fee: $35 AANNY members, $45 non-members Skill Level: none required-adults/kids 11+ We will be inking candleholders/vases. PAINT EARLY SUMMER EN PLEIN AIR ALLA PRIMA Instructor: Barbara Jablonski June 12, 13, & 14, 9:00 am 3:30 pm Any medium can be used, please bring your own, demo s will be in oils. Limited easels available. Supplies provided for minimal fees. Fee: $235 AANNY members, $250 non-members This comprehensive course launches artists into the adventures of painting out of doors en plein air by teaching the techniques of alla prima plein air painting with an early summer color palette. This course will introduce the elements and techniques of plein air painting including: Composition and design Value, temperature, backlighting and colors mixing Perspective, drawing and plein air painting techniques The use of materials and equipment Inked Wall Hangings! June 16, 11:00 am 1:00 pm Fee: $45 AANNY members, $55 non-members Skill Level: none required-adults/kids 11+ We will be using alcohol ink & canned air to make 5 x 7 paintings that will be matted to an 8 x 10 so you can hang them on your walls at home. Oil Painting w/bambi Instructor: Bambi Phillips June 22, 10:00 am 2:00 pm Fee: $55 AANNY members, $65 non-members Skill Level: none required- Adults/Kids 11+ Discover the joy of painting and unleash your hidden talents! This is a design by Wilson Bickford, and I have been certified by him to teach, so come let s have some fun! Tuesday Morning Open Studio With Eileen Ditch 9:00am 12:00pm Every Tuesday June, July & August OPEN STUDIO: You supply the medium and Eileen supplies advice and ideas to improve your art. The more the merrier so make time for Open studios this summer! $5 donation
June Acrylic Pouring June 27, 4:00 pm 5:30 pm Fee: $40 AANNY members, $50 non-members Skill Level: none required- Adults/Kids 11+ Enjoy the abstract look? Then join me in pouring paint with your favorite colors across a canvas to create a unique one of a kind piece to be framed or hung as is. Dragonfly Vase June 27, 6:00 pm 7:30 pm Fee: $20 AANNY members, $25 non-members Skill Level: none required-adults/kids 11+ Join me in painting a dragonfly on a glass vase to be displayed on your table where you can fill it with wild flowers all summer long! Watercolor Batik June 28, 1:00 pm 5:00 pm Skill Level: none required-adults/teens 14+ Watercolor Batik is a fun and exciting technique to learn. While using rice paper, pen, watercolor pigment and wax, you will experience a unique way of watercolor painting by building up richly colored layers of paint and wax to create beautiful images. Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso Tuesday Evenings Acrylic Painting For Beginners with Robert Reed 6:30pm 8:30pm Every Tuesday June, July & August Supplies provided for 1 st class. Come learn perspective and composition to get you started with learning Acrylic painting techniques and various uses of brushes, canvases, gesso, mediums etc Fee: $25
REMinderS: July Every Tuesday morning OPEN STUDIO w/ Eileen Ditch 9:00am 12:00pm Every Tuesday evening BEGINNING ACRYLIC w/ Robert Reed 6:30pm 8:30pm Elegant Ink & Watercolor July 11, 1:00 pm 2:30 pm Fee: $20 AANNY members, $25 non-members Skill Level: none required. Adults/Kids ages 8 + In this class you will create unique and wonderful designs using ink from the Elegant Ink Writer pen by Speedball. These beautiful designs come alive by just adding water or mixing in watercolor pigment. It will make watercolor seem simple and easy. Acrylic Pouring July 11, 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Fee: $40 AANNY members, $50 non-members Skill Level: none required. Adults/kids ages 11 + Enjoy the abstract look? Then join me in pouring paint with your favorite colors across a canvas to create a unique one of a kind piece. Kids Art Studio Classes Every Thursday 1:30 3:00pm During the months of July & August with Ursula Mikel Each week a Writing Your Life I Instructor: Christine Grimes different July12, 10:00 am 12:00 pm project!!! Fee: $25 AANNY members, $30 non-members Materials needed: Paper or journal and writing utensil Drawing Skill Level: beginner all welcome Write your life story! Learn how to shape your memories and life stories into creative Painting nonfiction or poetry. This prompt-based workshop will use writing exercises to help you generate ideas while learning new techniques and skills for shaping your Clay narratives. Participants will leave with several short new pieces started and/or drafted. Participants are welcome to take one or both classes. And more $20 1 child $30 2 siblings
July Beginner Watercolor Instructor: Eileen Ditch July 13, 10:00 am 1:00 pm Skill Level: beginner Students will learn a general overview of watercolor its paper, paints, brushes, and styles. All supplies will be furnished to complete a landscape painting that concentrates on rocks and trees. Draw a Backyard Bird in Graphite Pencil Instructor: Sue delearie Adair July 14-15, **2-day 10:00 am 12:30 pm Fee: $72 AANNY members, $80 non-members Skill Level: beginner to intermediate Join Sue for two mornings of drawing your favorite backyard birds. Sue will provide several references for you to choose from including Chickadees and Nuthatches. We will review basic drawing techniques and then concentrate on how to create realistic drawings of wild birds using graphite pencils. You should leave the class with a completed drawing and better knowledge of how to draw birds. Oil Painting Instructor: Wilson Bickford July 18, 10:00 am 2:00 pm Fee: $65 AANNY members, $70 non-members Skill Level: none required. Ages 8 + HOT JULY EVENING Each student takes home a completed 10 x 20 oil painting at the end of class! Writing Your Life I or II Instructor: Christine Grimes July 19, 10:00 am 12:00 pm Fee: $25 AANNY members, $30 non-members Materials needed: Paper or journal and writing utensil Skill Level: beginner all welcome Write your life story! Learn how to shape your memories and Life stories into creative nonfiction or poetry. This prompt-based workshop Will use writing exercises to help you generate ideas while learning new Techniques and skills for shaping your narratives. Participants will leave With several short new pieces started and/or drafted. Participants are Welcome to take one or both classes.
July Inked Ornaments! July 21, 11:00 am 1:00 pm Fee: $35 AANNY members, $45 non-members -Adults/Kids 11+ And no skill level required. We will be inking glass ornaments for your Christmas trees. Inked Glass! July 21, 2:00 pm 4:00 pm Fee: $35 AANNY members, $45 non-members Adults/Kids 11+ And no skill level required. We will be inking candleholders/vases. Watercolor Batik July 25, 1:00 pm 5:00 pm Skill Level: none required. Adults/Kids 14+ Watercolor Batik is a fun and exciting technique to learn. While using rice paper, pen, watercolor pigment and wax, you will experience a unique way of watercolor painting by building up richly colored layers of paint and wax to create beautiful images. YEARLY SACKETS HARBOR ART CENTER PLEIN AIR JULY 26, 27, & 28 Intermediate Watercolor Instructor: Eileen Ditch July 27, 9:00am - 12:00 pm Students should be familiar with watercolor. An emphasis will be placed on value studies and their importance in completing a successful painting. We ll use tracing paper to draw thumbnails, trace the original image and then paint from our value study. Special Event: July 29, A Day On The River with Artists Regular Admiralty Islands Boat tour leaves docks 11:30am 3:30pm Plein Air Artist boat leaves dock: 9:00am 3:30pm Intro to Watercolor Techniques Instructor: Paul Allen Taylor July 31, 1:00 pm 5:00 pm **Material Kits: add $15.00 This class will associate the student with the basic applications of watercolor, how to work with the medium in the fluid state and control it to act as one wishes. Textures and shapes will be the leading topic of this class where students learn to identify and create everyday shapes with watercolor. Small practice paintings will be done to illustrate these applications.
August REMinderS: Every Tuesday morning OPEN STUDIO w/ Eileen Ditch Every Tuesday evening BEGINNING ACRYLIC w/ Robert Reed Every Thursday afternoon KIDS ART STUDIO w/ Ursula Mikel 9:00am 12:00pm 6:30pm 8:30pm 1:30pm 3:00pm Watercolor & Line Instructor: Paul Allen Taylor August 1, 9:30 am 5:00 pm Fee: $85 AANNY members, $95 non-members **Material Kits: add $15.00, Instructor will provide matches, holders and the ink. This class will combine drawing on watercolor paper with ink line utilizing a whittled match stick. Afterwards, the drawing will then be painted with watercolor. This process makes working with and making a watercolor painting easier while making the line become part of the overall look. A variety of demonstrations will be given that the students then attempt to repeat. ***Check this process out on u-tube: Paul Allen Taylor Working with Matchstick and Ink An Introduction to Soft Pastels & the Art of Pastel Painting Instructor: Greg Trombly August 3, 4, & 5, (3-days) 1:00 pm 4:00 pm *** come to 1, 2 or all 3 days Fee: $45 AANNY members, $50 non-members (per day) Supply list: 1set at least 24 soft pastels (not oil Pastels), #2 drawing pencil, 14 x 16 Masonite or drawing board, masking tape or clips, good pastel paper sized 11 x 14 multiple colors are fine. Skill Level: Adult beginner This course held over 3 days is designed to be an introduction for adults to using soft pastels in creating works of art from reference photos. A demonstration will be done by instructor each day. A focus will be placed on composition, color and value. All ability levels are welcome. A relaxed approach will be used for all to discover the magic of pastels! Day 1: Landscape/Seascape, Day 2: The Sunset Sky, Day 3: The Rockscape and Vegetation. Students are encouraged to bring their own photo references. Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. Pablo Picasso
August Creating Atmosphere in Your Watercolors Instructor: Joan Applebaum August 8-9, 10:00 am 1:00 pm ** 2-day course Fee: $67 AANNY members, $75 non-members Skill level: Intermediate (some Watercolor required) Adults/Teen 14+ Stormy skies, soft misty mornings and shimmering sunlight on the water are all effects that you will learn in this class geared for students with some previous Watercolor experience. Color temperature and the push/pull of warm and cool colors as well as some experimental techniques will be explored as students work with Watercolor on various smooth and textured surfaces. Students are encouraged to bring a snack as we will have a short break halfway through the class. All supplies provided. Intermediate Watercolor w/rice Paper Instructor: Eileen Ditch August 10, 9:00am - 12:00 pm Students will learn the beauty of using rice paper to create a textured watercolor. We'll wrinkle and crinkle, then paint. Actual painting will be done on rice paper/watercolor paper that's supplied for the days class. Subject matter can be flowers or landscapes. Inked Tiles! August 11, 11:00 am 1:00 pm Fee: $35 AANNY members, $45 non-members Skill Level: knowledge of inking Adults/Kids 11+ We will be learning to ink 6x6 tiles with a pretty scene and then using epoxy to put on hangers. Then we will cork the back of it so you can hang it on the wall. Inked Glass! Aug 11, 2:00 pm 4:00 pm Fee: $35 AANNY members, $45 non-members And no skill level required. We will be inking candleholders/vases. Adults/Kids 11+ Oil Painting w/ Jerry Instructor: Jerry Merrill ** 2-days Aug 12, 2:00pm 5:00pm and Aug 16, 6:00pm 9:00pm Fee: $30 AANNY members, $40 non-members Learn to mix colors and compare values while painting a landscape. Students can start a painting on Aug 12 and either finish or start another painting on Aug 16.
August Elegant Ink & Watercolor - Disney characters! August 15, 1:00 pm 2:30 pm Fee: $20 AANNY members, $25 non-members No skill level Adults/Kids 8+ In this class you will create unique and wonderful designs using ink from the Elegant Ink Writer pen by Speedball. These beautiful designs come alive by just adding water or mixing in watercolor pigment. It will make watercolor seem simple and easy. Acrylic Pouring August 15, 3:30 pm 5:00 pm Fee: $40 AANNY members, $50 non-members Skill Level: none required. Adults/Kids 11 + Enjoy the abstract look? Then join me in pouring paint with your favorite colors across a canvas to create a unique one of a kind piece to be hung with or without a frame. Oil Painting Instructor: Wilson Bickford August 22, 10:00 am 2:00 pm Fee: $65 AANNY members, $70 non-members Skill Level: none required. Ages 8 + Each student takes home a completed 10 x 20 oil painting at the end of class! REGISTRATION FORM Please fill out one form for each class you are registering for Name Parent Name (if child is under 18) Address State Zip code Phone Email Class Title Instructor Date & Time Fee AANNY Member Non-member BEGINNING MAY 1, 2018 Registration forms can be mailed to PO Box 237, Sackets Harbor NY 13685. After May 20 registrations and payments can be dropped off at the Sackets Harbor Arts Center 119 W. Main St, Sackets Harbor. Checks can be made payable to the Arts Association of Northern New York (AANNY). Cash and credit payments can be made at the Sackets Harbor Arts Center; mailed registrations require a check. Class fees are due at the time of registration (see Registration Guidelines and Policies on page 2). The Arts Center, Gallery and Gift Shop open on May 19, 2018.