• Classes & Workshops

    ARTventures for Ages 9-12

    Peninsula Fine Arts Center

    June 17-May 29, 2008

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    June 17-20: Waterworld
    Join our fantastic marine adventure as we create all things aquatic – fish, crabs, coral wondrous sailing vessels. Enjoy your adventures through painting, collage and sculpture. Amanda Wallace

    June 24-27: Clay: Potters Wheel
    Explore form by making work on the wheel and finishing with handles, lids and decorative attachments. Students will explore clay as never before—“dress for mess.” Beth Turbeville

    July 8-11: Watercolor & Pastel
    Get in-depth experience with drawing, painting and color in this fun-filled adventure. Along the way, we’ll look at the work of a few artists who mastered watercolor and pastel. Juli Schuszler

    July 15-18: Painted Clay
    Imagine transferring your favorite images (photo, art, ad, souvenir, etc.) to clay and then creating objects such as boxes, vases, cups, plates, or sculptures! Explore the world of image transfer and use of ceramic materials to immortalize your artistic visions in clay. Bring a favorite image no larger than 8 ½ x 11 inches to the first class. Diane Kroniess

    July 22-25: Clay Homekinz
    Make cute clay critters to use around the house, like a soap dish, toothbrush holder, trivet, desk organizer, planter, coin bank, flowerpot buddies, even a cup or mug. You can even make something for your own Kinz to use! Susan Yager

    July 29-August 1: Going Green
    Experience art by “Going Green” – focusing on using natural and recycled materials through a new connection between art and nature. Amanda Wallace

    August 5-8: Art in Nature
    Experience the beauty of nature firsthand. We’ll work in the studio from flowers and natural materials, and then experience the landscape directly by working out of doors adjacent to the arts center. Juli Schuszler

    August 12-15: Family, Friends & Favorites in Clay
    Create a relief wall-hanging and a 3D sculpture of people, pets, places and things from clay. We’ll focus on representation of subjects using shape and texture. Finished work will be fired without glaze. Susan Yager

    August 19-22: Asian Adventures
    Practice the arts of a variety of Asian cultures in several different mediums. You’ll learn about traditional Chinese and Japanese art forms, along with the arts of other exotic locales. Lee Gerry Wertheimer

    August 26-29: 4 x 4
    Explore a different medium each day—pastels, collage and monotypes, plus a surprise. This is a great introduction to find what you like best. Julie Williams & staff
     

    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: $90 members / $100 non-members

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      June 17-May 29, 2008

      Times:
      2:00-4:30 pm (2 ½ hours)

    • Venue Info
    • Locations

      Newport News

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