Workshop and Studio Schedule - Summer 2008

To register, phone 667-6058 or drop by the Arts Underground, 305 Main Street (downstairs below Sports Life in the Hougens Centre). Please note: If you arrive for a class and the front door is locked, just ring the buzzer.

Figurative Sculpture
Instructor - Sandra Grace Storey
Sculpting: Jan 10th and 11th, 10 am to 4 pm
Surface finishing: Thursday, Jan 29th , 6 to 8 pm
$225.00 clay and model fee included
The focus of this week-end intensive will be the use of clay as a sculptural material to explore the human form. Exercises will include the exploration of proportion, movement, and gesture. Students will make a number of small figure studies and then begin a larger, hollow form piece to be completed by the end of class on Sunday. Work will be dried and fired before students return for one evening to finish the surface through the application of stains, oxides and/or glazes.
An opportunity to try sculpture, to improve skills, and a chance to explore the nature of clay and the human figure expressively. Students will work with a clothed model, photographs, mirrors and movement.

Zen of Watercolours: Art is not meant to be a struggle
Instructor: Lillian Loponen
Monday evenings, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
January 12 and 19
Location: Arts Underground, lower level Hougen Center
Cost: $110.00 (all supplies included)

Lillian Loponen carries with her 32 years of working with watercolour. In this course Lillian takes the student on an adventure of exploration in watercolour techniques, imaging and design concepts. Watercolour play is the focus used to explore the medium; gently taking the student away from
preconceived ideas of what art is and into intuitive imagining and design.
The hope is to change perspective on what creativity is. The final product is a cropped view of student work suitable for exhibition, art cards, a journal book cover, etc.

No art skills are necessary and no drawing is required.

Wheel Throwing & Hand Building for Beginners
Instructor - Patrick Royle
1st intake: Wednesday evenings, Jan 14 to Feb 26, 7 - 10 pm $255.00 clay & glazes included
2nd intake: Wednesday evenings, Mar 4 to April 15, 7 - 10 pm
Students will be introduced to wheel throwing techniques
and studio practice. After glazing and firing participants will have beautiful functional pottery or one of a kind works of art to take away. Registration
is limited to 8 students.

Color Theory Level One
Instructor - Emma Barr
Saturday, Jan 24, 10 am to 4 pm
$110.00 supplies included
Course outline:
- Learn basic properties of color
- Develop a vocabulary of color terminology
- Investigate the categories of color schemes and discord
- Mix colors and create a personal color wheel in acrylics
Please note this is a survey course, an in depth study of the above would continue in a level two class with an additional color chart to create.
This exciting course helps anyone understand how to use the powerful properties of color. The information learned could be applied in art making, the way you dress, gardening and interior design.

Moving On: Level ll Wheel Throwing
Instructor - Lynne Sofiak
Tuesday evenings, Feb 3 to Apr 14, 7 - 10 pm
$375.00 (12 classes) 1 box clay & glazes included
This 12-week course is for students who have taken at least an introductory wheel throwing course and want to focus on building their throwing skills. Students will have the opportunity to continue to work towards refining their skills while moving towards developing their personal ‘ voice’ in clay. This class provides demonstrations and instruction on more complex forms (e.g., altered forms, surface texture, multiple parts and large vessels) while exploring more advanced forms such as plates, lidded vessels and larger forms. At least 2 glaze firings will take place allowing an introduction
to slip and surface decoration and to various glaze decorating techniques.

Ceramics - Open Studio
Access to the ceramics studio (supervised by a Studio Tech)
Sunday afternoons 2:00 – 6:00 PM
Studio I. Arts Underground, lower level Hougens Centre on Main Street
Cost: $5.00/hr

This is practice time, not instructional time, so some experience working with clay is required.

Sincere thanks to the Hougen family for the ongoing contribution of the Arts Underground space and utilities!