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•Please register early to avoid disappointment. You may register online at www.ssac.org, call (781)383-2787
to register by phone with a credit card or see page 31 for mail-in registration.
• No classes will be held Monday, May 26, Memorial Day.
• Young adults, 15 years and older, are welcome to enroll in most adult courses with the permission of the instructor.
• Materials are included for Children/ Teen Courses and Workshops unless noted. Students must provide their own
materials for Adult Courses and Workshops unless noted.
• An asterisk (*) following a course number denotes a course eligible for one Massachusetts College of Art undergraduate
credit for $125 additional fee.
305 Blooming Marvelous
Sarah Roche
A four-week course focussing on the structure and diversity of the floral form. We will build on watercolour skills to mix hues, explore tones and effectively apply colour to create value and form. Plenty of demonstration and individual attention.
6/5–6/26 Thursday am 10:00–1:00 $115M $150NM 4 classes
305 M $115
305 NM $150
309 Colored Pencil Drawing & Painting
Ruthe Sholler
Students will learn a variety of techniques using colored pencils. They will then adapt these techniques in the creation of colorful, dynamic works of art. There will be weekly informational sheets supplied by the instructor, to be used for discussion and reference materials.
5/21–6/18 Wednesday am 9:30–12:30
$115M $150NM 5 classes
309 M $115
309 NM $150
313 Creative Landscapes in Watercolor
Becky Haletky
Learn to create unique landscapes in watercolor. Composition, light, color and perspective will be covered. Unusual weather and times of the day will be explored; rain, snow, and fog, as well as evening light. From wet into wet skies to dry brush trees, various watercolor techniques will be explored with demonstrations and lots of one-on-one encouragement. (No class May 26)
5/12–6/23 Monday pm 6:30–9:30
$145M $180NM 6 classes
313 M $145
313 NM $180
451 Mosaic Workshop
Lisa Houck
In this one-day workshop, students will learn to design a mosaic, using bold, graphic shapes. We will cut glass tiles and glue them to a panel to create a work of art which is durable, colorful, and full of lively patterns. Students will leave with all the information needed to make mosaics at home. ($25 materials fee payable to instructor)
5/18 Sunday 11:00–4:00 $95M $130NM 1 class
451 M $95
451 NM $130
501 Individual Darkroom
uninstructed for SSAC members only
Use of the darkroom by experienced persons when the Art Center is open. For black-and-white film only. A darkroom orientation is required. Reservations for the darkroom must be made 24 hours in advance.
$25 per three-hour session
300 Basic Drawing (Summer)
Judy Rossman
The ability to draw is not inherited, it is a learned skill. That ability is directly related to one’s observational skills. Being able to see the basic structure of all objects is the first step (similar to reading music). Through a series of exercises, assignments, and homework, students will strengthen their observational and drawing skills. Composition, value studies, line, texture and color will broaden their understanding of the drawing process. This class can accommodate both beginner and intermediate levels in a supportive environment with lots of one-on-one instruction. Continuing students welcome.
7/8–8/12 Tuesday pm 6:30–9:30 $155M $190NM 6 classes
301 Drawing Experience
Valerie Forte Vitali
All levels welcome in this introductory class. Students will examine the formal issues of drawing through elements of line, shape, proportion, perspective, composition, value and gesture while experimenting in new ways of mark making. Join this exciting and supportive drawing class!
7/10–8/14 Thursday am 10:00–1:00 $155M $190NM 6 classes
303 Drawing II
Margaret Bellafiore
Do you love to draw and are interested in making even better drawings? Are you willing to try some new things? Make some changes? This course is intended to encourage students to further develop their drawing ability through a variety of exercises/experiments with an emphasis on personal expression. We will draw from still life as well as the nude model. Topics will include contour drawing, positive and negative shapes, sighting for measuring proportion, mark making and collage. The class is open to students with different levels of basic drawing skills.
7/10–8/14 Thursday pm 6:30–9:30 $155M $190NM 6 classes
407 Handwritten Artistry
Cynthia Henrich
If you are among a growing group committed to the preservation and promotion of handwritten communication and the fine art of beautiful writing, quality papers, colorful inks, expressively flowing lines and want your pen back for the pleasure of creating with your own hands then this course is for you. Leaving cell phones in the car, we will enter into the serene inner place of focus, attention to detail and the pride of workmanship in the writing of copperplate calligraphy, the elegant writing style of the 10th century writing masters. In a format made as simple as possible, with step-by-step instructions, you will learn all the alphabet basics using dip pen and pointed nibs. You will be amazed by the beauty of your own new writing and its application to your artistic and personal communications. No calligraphy experience necessary.
8/15, 8/16, 8/17 Fri–Sun 10:00–4:00
$200M $235NM 3 classes
309 Colored Pencil Drawing & Painting
Ruthe Sholler
Students will learn a variety of techniques using colored pencils. They will then adapt these techniques in the creation of colorful, dynamic works of art. There will be weekly informational sheets supplied by the instructor, to be used for discussion and reference materials.
7/9–8/13 Wednesday pm 1:00–4:00
$155M $190NM 6 classes
488 Color Theory Simplified Workshop
Judy Rossman
Through a series of structured sequential exercises, students will understand the basics of color mixing. This understanding will endow the student with skill and confidence in any color media he/she approaches including watercolor, oils, acrylics, oil pastels, colored pencil and gouache. A simple still life will be completed utilizing techniques experienced in previous exercises.
7/12–13 Saturday & Sunday 11:00–4:00
$110M $145NM 2 classes
310 Beginner/Intermediate Watercolor
Mary Callahan
Designed for all levels of the watercolorist, this course will first provide the fundamentals and then explore the many techniques of watercolor. Work from still life set-ups, photos or from your imagination. Emphasis will be on color and design, with the goal of creating an organized emotional statement.
310a 7/10–8/21 Thurs am 9:00–12:00
310b 7/10–8/21 Thurs pm 6:30–9:30 $175M $210NM 7 classes
310a M $175
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310a NM $210
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310b M $175
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310b NM $210
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313 Landscapes in Watercolor
Becky Haletky
Learn to create atmosphere in your landscapes by exploring different times of day or night. Different weather situations—snow, fog, rain etc. will be explored as well as various subjects from seascapes to city scenes. This class will emphasize composition, drawing, perspective, light and color. All levels welcome.
7/7–8/11 Monday pm 6:30–9:30 $145M $180NM 6 classes
315 Chinese Brush Painting: Flowers and Birds
Qingxiong Ma
This course will introduce the basics of Chinese brush painting. Students will explore birds and flowers with a combination of Chinese brush painting and Western techniques. Using freehand brushwork, the emphasis will be on expressiveness, individual interpretation and abstraction through exaggeration. Students will use ink, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic on rice paper to create wonderful visual effects.
7/8–7/29 Tuesday 10:00–4:00 $185M $220NM 4 classes
316 Chinese Brush Painting: The Landscape
Qingxiong Ma
In this course, Chinese brush students will further their painting skills, with a special emphasis on the Chinese landscape. As in “Flowers and Birds” above, students will use ink, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic on rice paper to create wonderful visual effects.
8/5–8/19 Tuesday 10:00–4:00 $140M $175NM 3 classes
500 Life Drawing and Painting Studio
uninstructed—Michael McNabb,
Coordinator
Develop your skills in drawing from the model in this ongoing class. Please call the coordinator 781-545-4991 if you plan to attend.
ongoing Monday pm 7:00–10:00
$7M $9NM per session model fee payable at class
320 Oil Painting Primer
Valerie Forte Vitali
A basic introductory class in oil painting. We will start the first week discussing and experimenting with basic supplies so that you leave with a shopping list of materials that are familiar. Each class will build on the previous week’s learning. The class will cover materials, selection of subject matter, a variety of techniques, basic color theory and focus on painting with oils in a health conscious as well as supportive environment.
7/8–8/12 Tuesday am 10:00–1:00 $145M $180NM 6 classes
421 The Sky’s the Limit
Trish Hurley
Painting outdoors is the best way to enjoy the day but sometimes there are too many distractions. By limiting your supplies, painting outdoors becomes so simple. We will start with a demonstration with the palette knife and 4 colors to simplify your vision. Value, shape, color and composition will be explored as students plan their paintings and complete a new painting each day. So lighten your load and try this, it’s easier than you think and it’s a lot of fun. Beginners are welcome.
7/21–7/23 Mon–Wed 10:00–4:00 $165M $200NM 3 classes
321 Oil Painting—Basics for Beginners
Charissa Roberts
Explore oil painting in this personalized class. Each week students will be introduced to a new subject including still life, landscape, and floral. Emphasis will be on the possibilities of the medium, color, composition and techniques. Personal goals will be discussed and supported.
7/9–7/30 Wednesday pm 6:30–9:30
$110M $145NM 4 classes
341 Advanced Monoprinting
Esther Maschio
For experienced printmakers who want to develop their personal imagery in printmaking. Emphasis on strong design, color relationships, composition and experimentation. Instructor will telephone new registrants prior to the first class to discuss level of experience, materials and supplies. For intermediate and advanced artists with recent printmaking experience.
7/7–7/28 Monday am 9:00–2:00 $185M $220NM 4 classes
(includes $15 materials fee for inks)
491 Ox-Plow Books
Esther Maschio
This is an opportunity for your unique expression to come forth. Simple no-stitch books will be made with your own creations of collage, transfer prints, gelatin prints, papers and materials, new, old, found, or purchased. All techniques used will be lo-tech. This is an opportunity to present your own writing (or some favorite quotes) in an artful way. Students will create at least two books during the workshop.
7/19 Saturday 10:00–4:00
$95M $130NM
365 Art Sampler Try It with a Friend!
Ann Conte
If you’ve always wanted to try an art class, but aren’t sure where to start: this is the class for you. Students will paint, draw, collage and sculpt their way through many different techniques used by artists. Each week will introduce a new medium such as watercolor, oil, acrylic and clay. Take an artistic journey and find your creative spirit and the medium that inspires you!
7/8–8/12 Tuesday pm 6:30–9:30 $155M $190NM 6 classes
352 Potter’s Wheel & More
Janice Bracken
This ceramic class will cover wheel techniques as well as slab, coil and handbuilding. Glaze applications will be demonstrated and independent projects are welcomed in this very supportive class. Open to all students.
7/9–8/13 Wednesday pm 6:30–9:30
$175M $210NM 6 classes
(includes materials and firing fee)
451 Tilemaking with a Slab Roller
Lisa Houck
Make a unique 12”x12” tile design from your own artwork. Tiles will be formed on a slab roller and then custom cut into unique shapes to create a “puzzle.” These tiles will be assembled after firing to make a tile mural.
8/3 Sunday 11:00–4:00
$95M $130NM 1 class
($10 materials fee payable to instructor)
452 Tiles & Platters Glazing Workshop
Jeanne Wiley
Discover the thrill when brush meets earth in a thousand year old tradition… and create your own permanent work of art to pass down through the ages. This workshop will show you how to use clay as your canvas to paint portraits, still lifes, landscapes, abstracts – wherever your inspiration takes you. We will use the Laguna Clay’s new line of glazes that not only offers the brilliance of majolica but is exceptionally versatile.
8/13 & 8/20 Wednesday pm 6:30–9:30
$35M $45NM 2 classes
(includes materials and firing fee)
453 Expressive Teapots
Debra Giller
Students will learn how to be creative with the basic components of a teapot and expand its expressive possibilities along with maintaining its function. Transform the teapot into an animal, a house, or compose inventive shapes. The first weekend will focus on building both on an off the potter’s wheel. The following Saturday will focus on glazing and decoration.
7/26, 7/27, 8/2 Sat–Sun 10:00–4:00 $175M $210NM 3 classes
(includes materials and firing fee)
478 Floral Photography
Cindy Vallino
This 2-hour workshop will cover specific techniques for photographing floral subjects with any camera type. Workshop topics: camera features that will help enhance your floral photography; creative composition tips; working with macro modes and lenses to capture details; wide-angle shooting to capture the whole garden; using indoor and outdoor lighting for floral subjects; and suggestions for processing your photos and getting beautiful prints. Participants should bring their cameras and camera manuals.
7/19 Saturday 2:00–4:00
$50M $60NM
Summer 2008 Visiting Artist Program—go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
The South Shore Art Center is pleased to offer its tenth series of visiting artist workshops. These intensive programs led by noted guest artists with outstanding experience in their media will provide a challenging and in-depth opportunity for participants to be nurtured and inspired. Students will work in our studios and on location taking advantage of our beautiful coastal landscape. Register online www.ssac.org or call 781-383-2787. Professional Development Points Available.
JULY
Josette Urso
521 Collage to Painting – Multi-media
 
This course takes a lively approach to exploring the interrelationship between collage and painting. Students will employ the historically unstructured medium of collage as a means of sketching and as a springboard for ideas in painting. Work will begin simply then become progressively more complex as students are urged to push the limits of the mediums and their ideas. As the work done in one medium assists and influences one’s vision in the other, the collaboration between process and concept will encourage the production of less planned and more unexpected images.
New York artist Josette Urso has exhibited her work extensively including Von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL; DFN Gallery, New York; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME; and Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT among many others. She is the recipient of numerous grants and awards including a Pollack-Krasner Foundation grant, Vermont Studio School full fellowship, and American Artists Abroad program. She
currently teaches at Cooper Union in New York. www.josetteurso.com
Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM (includes model fee) go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
Peter Schroth
522 Landscape Painting–The Plein Air Sketch–Oil & Acrylic
 
This course is open to painters working in oil, acrylic and watercolor and is organized around the practice of the rapid study, in which participants will produce numerous works each day. A method of working with significant historical precedent, it remains vital today as a fundamental exercise for artists at all levels, as well as an essential means of advancing one’s understanding of both subject and medium. It is especially well suited to capturing the complex and elusive qualities of shape, light and color inherent in the landscape. www.peterschroth.com
Award-winning artist Peter Schroth has become well known for the lush landscape paintings he creates on site on excursions throughout New England, and Ireland. His solo exhibitions include the Miller Block Gallery, Boston; Hammond Harkins Gallery, Columbus, Ohio; and Sears Peyton Gallery, New York. His extensive teaching experience includes Art New England workshops, Bennington, VT; Cooper Union Extended Studies Dept, New York; School of Visual Arts, New York; and Savannah College of Art & Design.
Friday, July 11 through Sunday, July 13 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
Catherine Kehoe
523 Color & Light— Oil
 
White Amaryllis and White Cup Red Plate, Catherine Kehoe
This intensive oil painting workshop will approach composition, color and light from a fundamental yet personal perspective. A large, colorful still life will be the source for our work; students may paint small sections or the whole setup. Small, quick studies will be encouraged, with the goal of seeing and stating clearly the essential form in terms of the basic elements of painting from observation: selection, angles, proportion, shape, and tonal and color relationships.
Catherine Kehoe has exhibited her work in Boston at the Howard Yezerski Gallery, the Sherman Gallery at Boston University, as well as galleries in Washington, DC, North Carolina, Dayton, OH, and New York. She is a grant recipient from the Pollack-Krasner Foundation, Berkshire Taconic Resource Trust, and was a painting finalist for a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant. She is an assistant professor at Mass College of Art and Design. www.catherinekehoe.com
Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
Rose Pellicano
505 Botanical Workshop
 
In this workshop botanical artist Rose Pellicano, through demonstration and lecture, will focus on methods to achieve a realistic portrayal of a plant or flower. Special attention will be given to composition and light and shade in order to achieve exciting three dimensional qualities in the design as well as accurate color mixing. The instructor will work individually with the students. This course is designed for students who have some experience in botanical painting.
With four other botanical artists Rose Pellicano formed a group called Art Botanica. They collaborated in several collections of paintings: Native Flora of Long Island, Flora from the Bible, The Camellias of Planting Fields Arboretum – which were exhibited extensively in the United States. Some of their work from these collections was also exhibited in England at the Royal Horticultural Society and in Kobe, Japan with another botanical artists group Green Grass.
Rose Pellicano’s work has been included in many American Society of Botanical Artists Exhibitions at the New York Horticultural Society, The Bruce Museum, Filoli Gardens Longwood Gardens, Chicago Botanic Garden, The US Botanic Garden, and most recently at the Weisman Art Museum in Minneapolis where her painting of a Pomegranate was used as the invitation and the catalog cover of the 2005 Fresh Cut Exhibition. She is a member of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society and is collaborating on documenting the plants of the Botanic Garden. Her work has also been exhibited at the 10th International Exhibition of Botanical Illustration at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation and is part of their permanent collection.
Friday, July 25 through Sunday, July 27 10:00–4:00
$295M $320NM go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
AUGUST
Kim Bernard
525 Encaustic Intensive Workshop
 
Encaustic, meaning, “to burn in” in Greek, dates back to the 5th Century BC. Used as a contemporary medium it is a versatile method of painting with a beeswax based paint kept molten on a heated palette. Participants will learn to prepare supports,
mix colors, apply wax, fuse, etch, layer, combine collage, transfer Xerox images and incorporate found objects.
Working with encaustic, both 2 dimensionally and sculpturally, Kim Bernard exhibits her work nationally. Intrigued with the phenomena that objects and places have the power to elicit an air of spirituality, her works are simultaneously archaic and contemporary, implementing contrasting materials such as wax, lead and ceramic. Bernard is represented by Arden Gallery in Boston, as well as Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Fenn Gallery, Woodbury, CT; Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL and Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL. She teaches at the Maine College of Art, New Hampshire
Institute of Art and regionally as a visiting artist. Bernard is the founding member of New England Wax, a professional association of artists working with encaustic.
www.kbernard.com
Friday, August 15 through Sunday, August 17 9:00–5:00
$295M $320NM go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
Ron Pokrasso
525 Beyond Monoprint
 
This workshop covers a wide range of techniques possible in the monotype process and continues through the use of collage, drawing, and multiple plate projects. Participants will be encouraged to pursue their artistic vision using monotype as a mark making tool in combination with whatever other techniques are efficient and available. The notion of the “artist as an inventor” will be stressed as mixed media techniques open the door to limitless opportunities. The approach is energetic and open, and each participant’s individual style will help dictate the direction of the workshop.
Using Akua waterbased intaglio inks participants will be guided in how to modify, layer, and mix color. The use and abuse of mark-making tools, exploring the limits of paper, collage, chine colle and built up surface will all be discussed. Working with drawing materials to aid in resolving imagery and solving issues after printing are also aspects of the workshop. Participants who have experience with intaglio are encouraged to bring completed Solarplates, ImageOn, and other matrices to be integrated into compositions. Some monotype and/or other printmaking experience is helpful.
Ron Pokrasso has been an exhibiting mixed-media artist and printmaker for more than 25 years. He received his MFA degree from Pratt Institute. For 11 years Pokrasso owned and directed Graphics Workshop (gifted to The College of Santa Fe in 1993). He is an originator of the printmaking event “Monothon”, as well as a winner of the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Visual Art in 2000. His teaching experience includes universities, museums, public schools and private workshops, as well as artist in residences in the U.S., Scotland, Ireland and Italy. www.ronpokrasso.com
Monday, August 18 through Friday, August 22 10:00–4:00
$495M $520NM go to the Visiting Artist Page to sign up on line.
Professional Development Points available for all workshops.
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