For the first time the Shaker Arts Council is sponsoring art related classes offered through the Shaker Heights Recreation Department. Registration for the Fall begins August 1. Click here to register for classes.
Program Description: This course sparks imaginative thinking and processing through creative expression. Classes will focus on identifying and developing each individual students' creative energy, allowing them the stage to express that creativity through artistic options. Each class will focus on a selected medium, such as paint, pastels, markers, watercolor paint and color pencils. An additional materials fee of $25 is payable to instructor at first class.
Program Description: Transform epoxy resin into a unique jewelry medium using coloring agents and collage materials. We will explore this medium by making a broach in our first project. No jewelry skills required. An additional materials fee beginning at $18 must be payable to instructor at first class (fee varies depending on selection of base jewelry).
artwork. The voices of participants telling stories contained in the objects will be displayed and shared to the whole community when the audience touches the plaster hand sculptures. Additional $30 materials fee payable to instructor at first class.
Program Description: This course entails learning how to paint with pastels using traditional and contemporary methods, including sketching, field trips to local sites, learning how to handle and care for pigments, brushes, pencils, and instruction in contemporary materials safely. Find the joy and pleasure of translating what you see into a picture on paper and fabric.
Patricia Fallon has taught drawing, painting, and printmaking at Ursuline College for 34 years, retiring in June 2016. A gifted teacher and contemporary artist whose work is shown in the US, Europe and Latin America, she shares the joys of image making. Visit .patfallon.com to view her artwork, philosophy, resume, CV and awards earned.
Program Description: You will learn how to paint a portrait using oil, paint, achieving realism in sharp detail and color accuracy. An additional materials fee of $25 is payable to instructor at first class.
Thomas Hudson is an artist specializing in pencil and oil paint media, drawing and painting realistically. He is a graduate of Cleveland's Cooper School of Art. His clients include the American Cancer Society, United Way, Harcourt Brace & Company, The Cleveland Playhouse, University Hospitals, and Holt, Rinehart & Winston. Visit his website: thomashudsonart.com.
Class has been canceled due to low enrollment.
Ages 18+. Transform epoxy resin into a unique jewelry medium using coloring agents and collage materials. We will explore this medium by making a brooch in our first project. No jewelry skills required. An additional materials fee beginning at $18 must be payable to instructor at first class (this fee varies depending on selection of base jewelry).
forms, students will learn how to structure their sketches and how to compose what they are exploring.
A Catalan artist. Maria Balcells graduated from hhe University of Barcelona with a degree in fine arts and has more than 3o years of exhibition work. Her latest drawing exhibition was held in Barcelona in 2015.