Summer 2007 Session will be held July 9-August 9. The following classes are offered for adults and for children:

Classes for Youth & Teens: Pop Art in Clay, Tunnel Books, Comical Birds, Navajo Sandpainting, Field Trip to Colby College Museum of Art, Metamorphosis, Drums & Rainsticks, Origami & Kirigami, Sculptures of Figures in Action, Slab Fish, Self-Portrait in Black & White, Triad Painting (Oils & Acryclics), Key! Key! Key! Collage, Animal Portraits, 3D Nature Painting, Cartooning

Special Clay Workshop for All Ages: Helping Hands

Classes for Adults: Memory Collage, Intermediate Watercolors, Beginning Clay, Making Marks Move, Beginning Charcoal

GENERAL INFORMATION: For information on current class offerings, classroom location, instructors, and Freshwater Arts policies, return to the Freshwater Arts home page.

Art Classes for Youth & Teens

Pop Art in Clay with Kim Brennan
Students will work the imagery of several pop art artists, such as Claes Oldenburg, and learn the history of the pop art movement to use as inspiration for their clay sculptures. All students should bring from home one ordinary object taken from daily life--which will be similar to the type of items Oldenburg celebrated in his work. This object becomes the actual pop art sculpture (on a miniature scale). We will then sculpt in clay (by using hand building techniques) the item they brought from home and glaze it.
$30, Ages 6-15, Monday, July 9, 1:30-3:30pm

Tunnel Books with Heidi Pomerleau
Create a book where you can take a peek inside. Folded up, the book appears to be a collage; open the book and it gives it a new dimension. This type of book is designed similar to a diorama – the pages create the foreground, middleground and background. Students will be using a variety of media to create their books.
$30, Ages 9-12, Wednesday, July 11, 9:00am-12:00pm

Comical Birds with Heidi Pomerleau
Use your imagination! These sculptures will all have a unique personality. To construct your own comical bird, please bring in some of the following items: Plastic soda/water bottles, empty food boxes (ex. cracker or cereal boxes), and any other item that you find bright and colorful.
$30, Ages 6-12, Thursday, July 12, 1:30-3:30pm

Navajo Sandpainting with Ann Rhinehardt
The Navajo are the largest tribe of Native Americans. Students will study the tradition and symbolism of Navajo Sandpainting and then create their own sandpainting with their personal symbols.
$35, Ages 9-15, Wednesday, July 11 and Thursday, July 12, 10am-12pm (Please note this is a two-part class.)

Field Trip to Colby College Museum of Art with Pat Binette
A wonderful opportunity to expand your knowledge of art. Visiting art museums to sketch from art on exhibit is a century old method of teaching. Students will tour this spectacular museum and create a sketch in each room based on artworks of their selection. Transportation WILL NOT be provided – students must be dropped off at the museum by their parent/guardian.
$25, Ages 9-12, Tuesday, July 17, 1:30-3:30pm

Metamorphosis with Kiri Guyaz
Turn one thing into another! Discussing the importance of shape to our eyes and brains, we will explore how to draw a sequence where one thing morphs into another. Using paper divided up into 12 stages, you will slowly shift its shape, details (and color, if using color) and transform it into something else entirely. Even more fun if you can tell a story with your pictures!
$25, Ages 9-15, Wednesday, July 18, 10:00am-12:00pm 

Drums & Rainsticks with Heidi Pomerleau
Do you like to make music? Make your own percussion instruments. Paint and decorate them with bright bold designs. Then make and shake your own tune.
$30, Ages 6-12, Wednesday, July 18, 1:30-3:30pm

Origami & Kirigami with Kiri Guyaz
An introduction to the ancient Japanese disciplines of intricate folded, and cut, paper art – a mix of precision and patterns, and creativity and shape. Origami requires only folding, while kirigami includes carefully placed cutting as well. Starting simply, we will move toward more complex pieces. Regular paper or brightly colored origami paper may be used.
$25, Ages 9-15, Thursday, July 19, 10:00am-12:00pm

Sculptures of Figures in Action with Heidi Pomerleau
Create a sculpture of a person in action. These sculptures can capture the gesture of a famous sports player or the motion of your favorite musician. Learn about proportion and sculpting techniques.
$30, Ages 10-15, Thursday, July 19, 1:00-4:00pm

Slab Fish with Kim Brennan
After studying the movement of fish and making sketches, students will select their best drawings to be made in clay. Slabs will be rolled out and fish drawings used as patterns. After cutting the slabs, students will press in textures and use the slabs to build a hollow fish which can then be used in the garden for good luck! All fish will be glazed with brightly colored glazes and fired at Kim's studio in Manchester, Maine.
$30, Ages 6-15, Monday, Ju ly 23, 1:30-3:30pm 

Self-Portrait in Black & White with Kiri Guyaz
See yourself in fun new ways while learning about values (light and dark) and shapes! Please bring a photo of you; from this, we will create a drawing that breaks the planes of the face/hair into geometric shapes. Then, from magazines, we will cut pieces of black and white into the shapes needed for your face, which we will assemble with glue on to a black and a white background to create two different views of yourself!
$25, Ages 9-15, Thursday, July 26, 9:00am-12:00pm

Triad Painting (Oils & Acrylics) with Pat Binette
Students will use the three primary colors, red, blue and yellow, to create their artwork. Mixing these colors with black and white, students will create a color chart, learn to mix multiple hues and create a painting of a subject inspired by resource materials.
$25, Ages 9+, Tuesday, July 31, 1:30-3:30pm

Key! Key! Key! Collage with Pat Binette
What does the word “key” mean to you? Have fun and let your imagination soar. Students will be given a metal key to use as a focal point for a piece of artwork. Starting with a preliminary sketch, students will use acrylic paints, canvas board and other resource materials to create an interpretive collage.
$25, Ages 9+, Tuesday, August 7, 1:30-3:30pm

Animal Portraits with Ann Rhinehardt
Everyone loves to display portraits of their favorite animals! Come and hone your seeing and drawing skills while creating a beautiful portrait. We will work with pencil, charcoal and colored pencil.
$25, Ages 6-8, Wednesday, August 8, 10:00am-12:00pm
$25, Ages 9-15, Wednesday, August 8, 1:30-3:30pm

3D Nature Painting: Fairie Houses & Pirates' Dens, Secret Gardens & Labyrinths with Ann Rhinehardt
Bring your trinkets and imaginations to this class! We will create our own special fantasy world using art materials, found objects and bits and pieces of nature, such as twigs, leaves, seeds, etc. Come join the fun!
$25, Ages 6-8, Thursday, August 9, 10:00am-12:00pm
$25, Ages 9-15, Thursday, August 9, 1:30-3:30pm

Cartooning with Liz Cole
This course is designed to help aspiring, young artists learn the art of illustrating animals in the semi-realistic “Disney” style. This is not an animation class, nor is it a manga class; however, skills learned for character design and scene illustration are applicable to other artistic fields, such as animation, storyboarding, illustration, as well as comics and manga/anime.
$96, Ages 13-17, Tuesday, July 10, 17, 24, 31, August 7, 10:00am-12:00pm 

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Special Clay Workshop for All Ages

Helping Hands with Kim Brennan
A one-day workshop for a child and a special adult (parent, grandparent, relative, nanny, etc.). The pair will create a magical memory while working together on a clay project that will be fired and picked up later. The adult and child will learn basic handbuilding techniques, and colorful glazes will be used to finish the project that day.
$30, Ages 6-Adult, Monday, July 16, 1:30-3:30pm

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Art Classes for Adults

Memory Collage for Adults with Ann Rhinehardt
Artists honor their memories and emotions when they incorporate them into the images they create. These artworks are very powerful for both the viewer and the artist. In this class we will create a mixed media collage based on personal memories of either a special event or a loved one.
$30, Thursday, July 12, 6:00-9:00pm

Intermediate Watercolors with Kiri Guyaz
For those who have had some watercolor experience and want to take it further. Develop your own watercolor style and go into more depth exploring composition, wet-into-wet techniques, glazes, and more. Please bring a landscape photo you have taken or fresh fruit or flowers to paint, your preference. Please purchase supplies before first class.
$96, Wednesday, July 18, 25, and August 1, 8, 6:00-8:00pm

Beginning Clay with Kim Brennan
A great introduction to the ceramic arts! Sign up for this four-week course and try your hand at a variety of clay techniques before you choose your focus. In this course you will learn the basic skills needed to handbuild in clay, offering you the opportunity to experiment and find your niche. The possibilities are endless! Learn the most creative ways of working with slabs, coils and pinching to create virtually any form you can dream up. Experiment with a wide range of color and texture. All clay will be fired at Kim's studio in Manchester, Maine.
$96, plus a $30 material fee, Thursday, July 19, 26 and August 2, 9, 6:00-9:00pm

Making Marks Move with Cynthia Ahlstrin
Students will focus on learning to use fluid lines and mark making to create dynamic movement in their drawings of organic forms. Then students will have fun by learning to move their marks with the use of Gamsol and brushes. This technique assists student to create broader value range, increased energy of their mark and can accentuate texture.
$30, Saturday, July 21, 10:00am-12:30pm

Beginning Charcoal with Kiri Guyaz
Like the simplicity of black & white, but the soft moods of pastels? Discover the elegance of charcoal as a medium. Experiment with values, study light and shadow, while enjoying line and shape, texture and blending, and more. Please purchase supplies before first class.
$48, Tuesday, July 31 and August 7, 6:00-8:00pm

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