The Marion Art Center is now accepting registrations for its Fall 2016 Adult and Teen Art Classes. Offerings include:
Beginner and Continuing Pastels for Adults (a minimum of 5 students is required): Wednesdays, 10:00 am to noon, September 21 to November 9 (8 weeks). This class is designed for those who would like to work with pastel and do not know how to begin, or have tried working with the medium, but are having trouble achieving desired results. Students will explore various painting surfaces, types of pastels, techniques and basic color theory through small-scale landscape, still-life and portrait painting. Cynthia will guide each individual to develop their own personal style and voice through the versatile medium of pastel. Participants should bring to the first class whatever supplies they have on hand.
The instructor, Cynthia Getchell, was introduced to the pastel medium in 1995 at Bridgewater State College by abstract painter and professor, Mercedes Nunez. Acting on the advice of her student advisor and Professor Nunez, Cynthia left BSC to seek advice and instruction from established artists such as New Bedford portrait painter Deborah Macy, John Borowicz of Dartmouth, and landscape painter Don Demers of Maine. Since the summer of 2000, when she began exhibiting her pastels publicly, Cynthia has participated in over 30 local, regional and national juried competitions collecting numerous awards along the way. Her work was featured for many years at the Donovan Gallery in Tiverton RI, Collyer’s Frame Design and Gallery/The Ropewalk Gallery in Mattapoisett and Art Moves in Duxbury, Ma. Since 2000, over 70 of Cynthia’s pastel paintings appear in private collections throughout the U.S. and Europe. Tuition for the class is $180 for MAC members* and $195 for non-members (supplies not included). *Current membership required for discount. The 2016-2017 Membership Year runs August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017.
Beginner Watercolor Painting for Adults – Part II (a minimum of 7 students is required): Thursdays, 10:00 am to noon, September 22 to November 17 (8 weeks). *Note: No class on November 3. This course is designed for people who would like to try watercolor painting, but do not know where to start, along with those who have had some experience. Students will explore different techniques, while working on the landscape, still life, figurative, and/or imaginative painting, in a nurturing environment. Participants should bring to the first class whatever supplies they have on hand.
The instructor, Patricia White, is an illustrator, a painter, and a Gallery Instructor Associate at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is past President of the Marion Art Center and the current President of the Bourne-Wareham Art Association. She studied Illustration and Realist Painting at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and has shown her work in numerous exhibitions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including the Marion Art Center, The Jonathan Bourne Library, The Wareham Library, Don’s Art Shop of Warren, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ArtWorks! of New Bedford, the Annual BWAA Show and Sale, and the Gift Shop of The Cape Cod Museum of Art.
Tuition for the class is $180 for MAC members* and $195 for non-members (supplies not included). *Current membership is required for discount. The 2016-2017 Membership Year runs August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017.
Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor Painting for Adults (a minimum of 5 students is required): Fridays, 10:00 am to noon, September 23 to November 11 (8 weeks). This course is a perfect “next step” for those who would like to explore watercolor painting beyond a basic understanding of color and brush strokes. Using the brilliant nature of light (and dark), we’ll “push” the medium, adding other water media, brushes, and paper surfaces, and experiment with palette color mixing to capture magic and luminosity. In each class, we will start a new painting together using landscape, still life, the figure, abstract or imaginative thought, or narrative ideas as subjects. Each class will also provide a brief and supportive group “critique.” Students will leave with expanded knowledge of technique and traditional and contemporary use of watercolor.
The instructor, Jay Ryan, is a Fairhaven painter and a Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A former K-12 public school art teacher and administrator, Jay has studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Framingham State and Lesley Universities. His work has been locally shown at the Judith Klein Gallery, ArtWorks! and Gallery X in New Bedford, and the Marion Art Center.
Tuition for the class is $180 for MAC members* and $195 for non-members (supplies not included). *Current membership is required for discount. The 2016-2017 Membership Year runs August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017.
Teen Painter: Watercolor (a minimum of 5 students is required): Thursday evenings, 7:00 – 9:00 pm, September 22 to November 10 (8 weeks). This new MAC offering for students 13 and older will explore basic drawing skills and provide instruction in introductory and advanced watercolor painting techniques. Watercolor is a vibrant and easy (yes, it really is) way to communicate in paint. During the eight weeks, we’ll explore the medium and its uses in abstract, landscape, still life, and figure/portrait painting. Supplies for the first session will be provided so that students can begin to see and understand some of the many varieties and qualities of brushes and pigments they’ll encounter in an art store. A list of basic tube colors, brushes and options for paper will be provided during the first class.
The instructor, Jay Ryan, is a Fairhaven painter and a Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A former K-12 public school art teacher and administrator, Jay has studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Framingham State and Lesley Universities. His work has been locally shown at the Judith Klein Gallery, ArtWorks! and Gallery X in New Bedford, and the Marion Art Center.
Tuition for the class is $180 for MAC members* and $195 for non-members (supplies not included). *Current membership is required for discount. The 2016-2017 Membership Year runs August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017.
Please call 508-748-1266 or stop by the Marion Art Center at 80 Pleasant Street during gallery hours (Tuesday – Friday, 1:00 – 5:00 pm and Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm) for more information. To register online, you may visit www.marionartcenter.org/classes/watercolor-painting-classes-registration-page/.