Classes
Classes for Adults
Literary Arts & Book Arts
Sonoma County Book Arts Guild
If you make books, alter books, want to learn to make books please join us. The intent is to create a group to share work, teach techniques, take field trips, invite guest artists to teach and have a show.
15-Adult
Painting/Drawing Studio
First Saturday of each month, 10am-12pm
Fee: $3-$5 donation
Contact Dena Bliss 829-1732
Ceramics
"Drop In" Open Studio
Non-instructed studio time for open-minded potters with some experience. One of the few public facilities in Sonoma County available to the public for ceramic hand-building, sculptural and wheel-work. Studio features 8 potter's wheels, slab roller, extruder, glaze and electric kilns. Fire cone 5. No production potters. For ages 14-adult with experience.
Check for any schedule changes email: CeramicsSebArts@comcast.net
Ceramics Studio
Mon, 9:30am-12:30pm
Tues, 6-8:30pm (if no one shows up by 7 pm we go home)
Wed, 12-3pm
Sat, 9:30am-12:30pm
$60 for 6-session card
$90 for 10-session card
$12 per session / $6 concurrently enrolled in SCA class.
$30 for 1 bag of clay, glaze, firing as needed. All clay must be purchased from SCA. We do not fire work created from clay purchased elsewhere.
Potter’s Wheel for ages 12 - Adult
Instructor: Randy Snyder
Use the wheel to center and raise the clay, then shape it to make plates, cups, jars and other functional pieces to glaze and fire for you to cherish at home. This class is perfect for beginners and beyond. Space limited sign up early.
Ceramic Studio
6 Thurs, 6:30-9pm, Feb 23-April 5 (no class Mar 22)
Fee $125 / $120 Member +$30 clay
Spring in to Pottery 12 - Adult
Instructor: Randy Snyder
Come play with clay. Learn to wedge, center, and pull the clay to create bowls, cups, and vases. Other techniques like pinch, slab, and coil will also be covered. Glaze and high fire finished projects. Great for beginners and seasoned potters trying to bring it to the next level. Space limited.
Ceramic Studio
6 Thurs, 6:30-9pm, April 19-May 24
Fee: $125 / $120 Member +$30 clay
Pottery and the Potter’s Wheel
Instructor: Randy Snyder
Use the potters wheel and learn to center and raise the clay; then shape to make plates, cups, jars, and other functional pieces to glaze and fire. Other techniques like pinch, slab, and coil will also be covered. This class is perfect for beginners and beyond.
Space limited sign up early and come play in clay.
12-Adult
Ceramic/Mixed Media Studio
6 Thurs, Aug. 23 - Sept. 27, 2012, 6:30pm- 9pm
Fee: Non-members $125 / members $120.00 + $30.00 materials
Pottery Class for the Holidays
Instructor: Randy Snyder
Cups, bowls and stuff. Make gifts for the giving season with your personal touch.
This class will focus on the potter’s wheel learning to wedge, center, and pull the clay to create bowls, cups, and vases. Other techniques like pinch, slab, and coil will also be covered. We will glaze and high fire our finished projects. Great for beginners, and for seasoned potters trying to take it to the next level.
Sign up early space limited
12-Adult
Ceramic/Mixed Media Studio
8 Thurs, Oct 18- Dec 13 [no class Nov 2] 6:30pm-9pm
Fee: Non-members $165 / members $160.00 + $30.00 materials
Earth Magic: Multi-Generational Ceramics*
Instructor: Meryl Juniper
See complete description listed under “Youth Classes”.
Thursdays 1 - 2:30pm or 3:30-5pm
Session 1: Jan 26-Mar 8
Session 2: Mar 29-May 10
Fee: $105+ Materials fee
10% discoumt for additional family members
Register with Meryl 823-5843 meryljuniper@yahoo.com
Pique Assiette Mosaics
Instructor: Kathy Joseph
Learn to create amazing art out of broken dishes! “Pique assiette,” is a colorful French folk art, using broken china and other interesting objects and turn them into something amazingly beautiful! All materials included: bins of china and a choice of items to use as bases: pots, trays, mirrors, picture frames, etc. Or bring a larger project if you feel ambitious.
Ceramics Studio
Ongoing Saturdays 1-4pm, Dec 10–Mar 31
Fee: $130 for 4 sessions (need not be consecutive)
Register directly with Kathy Joseph: 824-0813
Drawing/Painting/Printmaking/Papermaking
The Creative Process in Watercolor
Instructor: Jean Warren
This class explores how our unique personalities and intuition work to build creative paintings. From plein-air painting to abstraction, you’ll experience watercolor’s versatility. Using design principles and color theory, we’ll play with rhythm washes, fractured images, our art philosophy and the ‘process’ of painting. Demos and individual instruction. For all levels of watercolor experience.
Painting Studio
6 Wed, 9:30am–12:30pm
Session 2: Feb 22-Mar 28
Fee: $135/$130 Members
Contact Jean for materials list, 875-9240 or jean@jeanwarren.com
New! Drawing Nature for Beginners
Instructor: Nina Antze
Learn to draw and use colored pencils! The focus will be on Drawing Nature, learning drawing essentials using simple shapes that relate to nature along with the basics of using colored pencils. Each month we will focus on a different natural object depending on the season and use it as a way to observe, draw what we see and finally add color.
Painting/Drawing Studio
4 Tues, 1-3:30pm
Session 2: Feb 7-28
Session 3: Mar 6-27
Fee: $75/$70 Members
Questions? 237-7014 or antze@pcquilt.com
Drawing Nature
Instructor: Nina Antze
Colored pencils are a fun, safe and portable way to express oneself artistically. Learn the basics of using colored pencil drawing including blending, burnishing and impressed line while incorporating the techniques of botanical. Work from a variety of seasonal natural objects. All levels welcome, ongoing class. Check with Nina 237-7014 or antze@pcquilt.com for availability.
Library
4 Tues: 9am-Noon
Session 2: Feb 7-28
Session 3: Mar 6-27
Fee: $89/$84 Member
Drawing Nature Saturday Winter Workshops
Instructor: Nina Antze
Come relax and play with watercolor pencils and learn techniques for combining with colored pencils to create vibrant color and textures. Focus on the beautiful leaves of the season and any fruits, berries or seeds that we can find. Learn to create rich reds, browns and purples and lovely clear greens while practicing basic drawing skills. This is a good meditative process. All levels.
Sat, Jan 21, 10am-3pm
Fee: $55/$50 Member
Questions? 237-7014 or antze@pcquilt.com
Painters Studio
Instructor: Janet Moore
This open painting session is for experienced painters who want dedicated studio time in a friendly, productive environment, working alongside other painters. Easels and tables are provided. No formal instruction, but still life set-ups & voluntary critiques are offered each session. Sessions run weekly in two six-week sections through April 4. Limited to six students.
Painting Studio
6 Wed, 1-4pm - beginning Jan 18
Fee: $125 / $120 Member or $25 per session.
Weekend Painting Workshops
Instructor: Janet Moore
These intensive 2-day workshops are designed to get students painting immediately. Offered in a fun, non-judgmental atmosphere, students will learn both the fundamentals of painting technique plus have the chance to experiment with new materials and approaches including Janet's unique limited, transparent palette. All workshops are designed for acrylic paints due to speed of drying, but oil paints are acceptable with certain provisional use of low toxicity and low VOC materials.
WORKSHOP #1 - This workshop is full.
Getting Started: Methods and Materials
Using acrylic paints and materials supplied by the instructor you will begin painting immediately as you learn how to begin a painting, mix pigments, develop form and dimension using value, and the use of techniques such as glazing. Appropriate for inexperienced and beginning painters. Use of the instructor's materials eliminates costly supply lists.
Painting Studio
Sat & Sun, Jan 28 & 29 10am - 4pm
Fee: $225 / $220 Member includes materials.
WORKSHOP #2
Intermediate Color, Design and Composition
Color theory, mixing color from a limited palette, design and composition for landscape and still-life, intermediate techniques for brush and knife painting are taught through hands-on exercises. Also included is an introduction to the "functional critique". Appropriate for experienced painters at all levels. Limited to six students.
Sat & Sun, Feb 18 & 19 10am-4pm
Fee: $210 / $205 Member
WORKSHOP #3
Exploring a Minimalist Approach
This class suggests an approach to developing a personal style in painting, specifically one that is slightly or fully abstracted. Creating a simplified image requires interpretation and translation. Often this is more challenging than simply painting what you see. This session explores design, composition, color and imaging techniques that will help inspire your personal style. Appropriate for experienced painters. Limited to six students.
Painting Studio
Sat & Sun, March 24 & 25, 10am-4pm
Fee: $210 / $205 Member
Questions? janet@janetmoorestudio.com
Paper-Making Ancient Craft Contemporary Wisdom
Instructor: Meryl Juniper
Explore this ancient craft as we cook and beat original plant fibers form home and Asia; explore combination's of recycled fibers, pulp preparation, ancient and contemporary sheet formation, wet collage and pulp painting techniques. Evolving into discovery of what to do with all these beautiful hand made treasures. As we swim in the potential of simple book making and the integration of these papers into other fine arts mediums.
Ages teen-adult
Ceramics Studio
4 Wed, 7-9pm
Session 1: Feb 1-22
Session 2: April 4-25
Fee: $120 per session materials included
10% discount for additional family members
To register: 823-5843 or meryljuniper@yahoo.com
Go Figure!
Facilitator: James Curtis
Non-instructed drop-in, open studio figure study sessions. Draw, paint, and/or sculpt
the human figure from a live model in an open, well-lit studio. All levels of experience invited to participate. Bring your own materials. No turpenoid or turpentine solvents! Tables, easels, sink, lighting and set up for the model provided. Artists must be at least 18 years of age.
Painting/Drawing Studio
Every Wed evening, Drop-in, 7-10pm, multiple short poses 1st hour, then 20 minute poses--suited for sketching gesture or developing one's ability at caricature.
Fee: $15 per session or $50 for 4-prepaid sessions
Photography and/or sketching ONLY on occasional Friday or Saturday evenings 7-9 PM
Contact Jim at 332-7877 or e-mail: jcurt@sonic.net
Tuesday Morning Drawing Group
Meets from 9am to Noon, with a live model and no instructor. $45 per month or $15 per session drop in. For questions, email joycebobart@aol.com or call Joyce at 707.577.8218.
Drawing the Human Form from Life
Instructor: James Vogel
Draw from a live model. Emphasis will be seeing the form though preconceptions. Practice using negative space, mass, contour and erasure drawing to discover the human form. All levels welcome, beginners encouraged. Students must bring: large drawing board with clips, large newsprint pad, large quality pad or substitute smooth paper, vine charcoal, graphite , chamois and various erasers. Min 8 students.
Painting/Drawing Studio
6 Tues, 6:30-9:30pm
Session1: Jan 24–Feb 28
Session 2: Mar 20–April 24 Fee: $130/$125 Member
Questions? 765-1341 or jim4334@yahoo.com
The Creative Quest Workshop
Instructor: Shelley Rae
Re/Invention: Collage and Mixed Media
Instructor: Shelley Rae
Combine collage materials (found objects, photos, personal mementos, natural materials, decorative paper, etc.) with paint, pastels, and colored pencils. Through the process of gathering images and objects, cutting and tearing, re-arranging and attaching we re-invent ourselves and discover new possibilities in our lives. Class includes demonstrations and design principles. Books on the work of some past and contemporary collage artists will be available for inspiration. Some materials provided; materials list available email srae@sonic.net.
Painting Studio
Sat, Mar 17, 10am-4 pm
Fee: $80+$15 materials
Intro to Encaustic Painting
Instructor: Susan Stover
Learn all the basics of starting with encaustics, including: safety, studio setup, preparing surfaces and grounds, mixing medium and paint, and fusing. Explore several techniques including layering, scraping, incising, and collage. Painting/Drawing Studio
Sat, Jan 21, 10-3:30 pm
Fee: $150 Register: info@susanstover.com
Encaustic on Paper
Instructor: Susan Stover
Typically, encaustic painting is done on a rigid surface, but this class breaks the rules and works with wax on paper. Experiment with painting and collage techniques as well as three dimensional possibilities. Some experience with encaustics helpful.
Painting/Drawing Studio
Sun, Jan 22, 10am-3:30pm
Fee: $150
Register: info@susanstover.com
Encaustic Book Workshop
Instructor: Susan Stover
Explore encaustic painting and collage in a book format. Choose a basic book layout and explore how to work with a central theme on multiple pages. Examine many options for creating text and images in encaustic. Some experience with encaustics helpful.
Painting/Drawing Studio
Sat & Sun, Mar 10-11, 10am-3:30pm
Fee: $275
Register: info@susanstover.com
Fiberart: Weaving
Beginning Weaving & Exploring Textured Structures
Instructor: Marta Shannon
A mixed level class. New weavers learn to measure a warp, dress the loom and weave a sampler using basic threading and treadling patterns. More advanced students first weave a sampler using honeycomb or waffle weaves, finishing with a project of your choice. Materials fee for samplers $5. Project costs will vary. Looms courtesy of the Redwood Empire Handweavers & Spinners Guild. Ages16-adult or permission of instructor
Painting Studio
8 Thurs, Jan 19-Mar 18
9:30am–12:30pm
Fee: $185/$180 Members
Photography
The Photography of Connection, A Soul-full Photography Workshop
Instructor: Dianne Monroe
Explore the connection between inner and outer worlds with your camera. Learn how photography speaks the language of metaphor, myth, and mystery. Open your creativity to see and experience the world in different ways. Not a photography “how-to” class. For new and experienced photographers. Dianne Monroe is an Expressive Arts Facilitator, mentor, writer and photographer who blends Expressive Arts and nature for personal, social and planetary transformation. Material needed: Camera, notebook or journal.
Library/Conference Room
Sat. Feb. 11, 10am – 4pm
Fee: $85/$80 Members
Questions: dianne@diannemonroe.com, www.diannemonroe.comJewelry
Jewelry
Earring Workshop
Instructor: Paula Bailey Brent
Make beautiful gifts or saleable adornments - and have fun! Explore the pleasures and challenges of the Ancient Art of the Earring.
Work with silver, copper, brass, semiprecious gems; learn coldworking construction, wire forming links, sheet metal shapes/form hammering and assemblage. Minimum 5 students.
Library
Saturdays, 10am-4pm, call 707.829.4797 for available next date
Bring a lunch
$70 Non Member / $65 Member+ Materials $15 fee
Other Music, Movement & Personal Development Classes
See complete descriptions
Songwriting from the Soul
Explore processes for writing free form songs, deepening the connecton with body/mind/spirit. Complete description.
Tian Gong Qi Gong
Ongoing practices for strengthening the physica, energy and soul bodies. Complete description.
Body Tales Group
Creative and healing practice integrates movement, voice and personal storytelling. Complete description
Authentic Movement for Women
Explore and expand your innate capacity to move and be moved, see and be seen, and articulate and integrate your experiences. Complete description.
