Adult Art Classes
Fall Session: September 13 through November 15, 2010

Fit creativity into your busy life with Flex-Class. Sign up for a course – if you need to miss a class, or want to change your course, use remaining Flex-Class slots for other classes at the Phoenix Village Art Center.
Flex-Classes carry over from the fall to the spring session, so you can use them to make art and suit your own schedule over time. See price list below.
Click HERE for more info about our Flex-Class program.

Click HERE for the Fall 2010 Registration form.

CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

Adult Arts and Crafts Classes

A21. Book Arts with Athena Singer
Create a journal, drawing tablet, scrapbook or photo album in this class. Craft the cover, make the paper for the pages, and construct the spine. Hand-made books make perfect gifts. Participants, bring any 2D media you find interesting, such as cutouts from magazines, photographs, interesting wrapping paper, wallpaper, even fabric!
Monday evenings 7:00 to 9:00           
10 weeks: September 13 to November 15 

A10. High-Fire ClayProjects  with Roseanne D’Andrea  
www.upstairsstudioartists.com
Explore the wonderful world of ceramics! Learn hand building techniques, glazing, and a brief introduction to the potter’s wheel. Each session’s project is designed to gain experience. Understand the possibilities of clay -- get those creative juices flowing! Beginner level, but all welcome. Plus $40 fee for clay, glazes, firings.
Tuesday mornings 10:00 - 12:00       
10 weeks: September 14 to November 16

A20. Piecing Together Mosaics with Athena Singer
Create a unique mosaic using handmade and recycled tiles and objects. Learn how to cut and break tile and glass, glue and grout. Collect broken or discarded ceramic or glass objects to use and share for this class. 
Tuesday Evenings 7:00 to 9:00
10 weeks: September 14 to November 16

A14. Ceramics  with Johanna Valenti  
www.upstairsstudioartists.com
Wheel throwing in high fire (cone 6) ceramics. The class includes basics of thrown cylinders, bowls, goblets, lidded pots, pulled handles. The class is geared toward intermediate students who have already taken an intro to throwing course, but the instructor can accommodate a beginner.
Saturday mornings 10:00 - 12:00
10 weeks: September 18 to November 20  

A17. Jewelry Arts with Angela Colasanti
Enjoy an overview of the fundamentals of jewelry making: material selection; design basics; construction techniques for stringing, wire wrapping, looping earrings, necklaces, bracelets. Use glass, semi-precious gems, precious metals, freshwater pearls. All materials provided. Includes a shopping trip to Potomac Bead Co. to learn effective ways to bead shop.
Add a $75 material fee, payable to the instructor.
Saturday Mornings 9:30 - 11:30
6 weeks: September 18 to October 16

Ceramics with Pauline Schniper
10 weeks beginning September 13, 2010
Tuesday  mornings      9:30 - 11:30AM 
Thursday mornings      9:30 - 11:30AM 
Monday Evenings        6:00 - 8:00PM
Tuesday Evenings        7:00 - 9:00PM 
Wednesday Evenings   7:00 - 9:00PM
Thursday Evenings      7:00 - 9:00PM
These classes are held at the Phoenix Village Art Center. Class description, registration and payment is in cooperation with several local school district’s adult education programs. Refer to your school district’s program guide for more information.

Adult Drawing & Painting Classes

A6. Watercolor with Sandy Francella
Focus of this class is color theory, mixing colors, washes, special techniques, and textures. Bring photographs of landscapes, seascapes or garden scenes for reference to create a good composition. Some preliminary sketching is necessary. Your skills will improve with perseverance and practice.
Monday evenings 7:00 to 9:00
10 weeks: September 13 to November 15

A19. Color Theory with Kathy Bestwick
This class is for any painter who has a need to understand color mixing. Explore pigments creating secondary, tertiary, complimentary colors, tints and shades. Create palettes, color groupings and color ways. Discuss color gamuts for different pigments and print capabilities. Tuesday mornings 10:00 - 12:00
8 weeks: September 14 to November 16
(no class on 10/12 or 11/2)

A4. Acrylic Landscape Painting with Sam Wiseman
Paint with a new acrylic product called Interactive! Chroma will be supplying this class with paint. Interactive acrylics dry slowly, giving you more time to blend and rework your art. The patent-pending formulation allows even touch-dry paint to be reworked or ragged-off to blend or reveal layers. Learn landscape painting, color mixing, and brush techniques, while trying this new medium. Students must supply their own canvas.
Tuesday Evenings 7:00 to 9:00
10 weeks: September 14 to November 16

A1. Anyone Can Draw with Lauren Acton
www.artbreak.com/lacton
Study space, composition and perspective using graphite, charcoal or pastels. Choose animals, people or the still life provided. Learn how to see so you can draw your subject using light and shadow. Just practice - anyone can draw better the more they do it! All ages and levels. Materials list provided before class begins.
Wednesday morning 10:00-12:00
10 weeks: September 15 to November 17

A3. ". . . the Art of Soul Expression" with Veronica Tronoski
www.upstairsstudioartists.com
Explore how to paint/create from beyond what the mind's eye can see. Learn about the chakra system. Each week address a different chakra, accessing & painting the energy/emotion from that particular part of your Being. Discover that part of yourself longing to be expressed. If you are feeling "stuck" or long for more "Joy" in your Life…this class is for YOU! You are invited to be present • Open your heart • Express your creative self! No rules apply. Your choice of medium.
Wednesday evenings 7:00 - 9:00
8 weeks: September 22 to November 10

A5. Oil Painting with Sandy Francella
Painting with oils Impressionist style.
Learn techniques using texture, line, and light. Learn how to illustrate reflection and shade. Make your best composition from a photograph of a seascape, landscape, or cityscape. Bring old clothes to wear, paint rags, jars with turning lids, turpinoid, oil paint brushes, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, Alizarin red, and Titanium white. Material list available at first class.
Wednesday evenings 7:00 - 9:00
10 weeks: September 15 to November 17

A2. Paint what you want! with Lauren Acton
www.artbreak.com/lacton
Beginners and intermediates. Paint with oils from a still life setup, a photo, a book or magazine image. Style and subject matter is your decision. Instructor guides you through the process of painting. Processes covered: preliminary sketching; mixing a palette of colors; painting techniques. Materials list provided before class begins.
Thursday 10:00 to 12:00
10 weeks: September 16 to November 18

A18. Intro to Oil Painting with Sam Wiseman
Everybody has Artistic Talent. Sam Wiseman offers you several different compositions and genres of painting; then step by step techniques to accomplish finished works. Develop a feel for the subject matter you prefer, and an understanding of the medium. Materials list available.
Thursday evenings 7:00 to 9:00
10 weeks: September 16 to November 18

Adult Workshops

Ceramics - Friday Night Out!
for couples or small groups with Johanna Valenti
2nd Friday of each month. Come often!
Beginner to intermediate. Workshop supplies clay & potters wheels. You have fun throwing or hand building a masterpiece. Johanna fires and glazes for you. Return at later date to pick up finished work. Bring light refreshments to share. Minimum of six needed to run each class.
Three dates available this workshop:
W8.1 Friday, September 10,  from 7:00 to 9:00    $35.00 per person
W8.2. Friday, October 8, from 7:00 to 9:00    $35.00 per person
W8.3.  Friday, November 12, from 7:00 to 9:00    $35.00 per person

Ladies Night Out
An evening of Earrings with Angela Colasanti
Have fun discussing materials/styles/design! Construction techniques taught include wire looping, & wire wrapping. Finish several pairs of earrings. Maybe a pair of crystal ear threaders, or, a post style with semi-precious beads, or, a freshwater pearl set. All sterling silver findings used. Bring light refreshments to share. All materials supplied. Minimum of six needed to run each class.
Attend one, two, or all three Ladies Night Out!
W9.1. Friday, September 17, from 7:00 to 9:00    $40.00 per person
W9.2. Friday, October 15, from 7:00 to 9:00    $40.00 per person
W9.3 Friday, November 19, from 7:00 to 9:00    $40.00 per person

Additional Programs

Click HERE for a complete printable version of the PVAC Fall 2010 course catalog.

Click HERE for the Fall 2010 Registration form.

Fees for Adult Art Classes

Use Flex-Class packs to pay for Adult Art Classes at Phoenix Village Art Center.
It’s a great way to fit creativity into your busy life!
With Flex-Classes you attend when you can, and save unused Flex-Classes for another time.
How Flex-Class works
Purchase Flex-Classes in packs good for classes or workshops of your choice.
Should you miss a class you can make it up this fall, winter or spring.

Click HERE for more info about our Flex program.

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