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The Art Center will be Closed from June 29 – July 5. Please register on-line or by mail during this time. See you soon!
• Please note our non-refundable registration fee has been increased to $25.
• Please register early to avoid disappointment.To register, call (781)383-2787 to register by phone with a credit card or see registration page for mail-in information. Members receive $10 discount if registering for more than one adult class.
• No classes will be held Monday, May 25, 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.
• An asterisk (*) following a course number denotes a course eligible for one Massachusetts College of Art undergraduate credit for $125 additional fee.
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Studio Art Foundation Program
South Shore Art Center offers a new program for students looking to formalize their art studies. Upon completion of a specially designed curriculum, SSAC will award students a Certificate in Studio Art Foundation. Participants in the program will have ongoing support of Art Center faculty to evaluate work and assist in course selection. Certificate Students will have priority registration and be assisted in creating a portfolio of work from their selected courses for presentation and exhibition. They also will have the opportunity to exhibit at SSAC in Certificate Student shows. Courses must be completed within three years of registration. (One course, taken prior to January 2009 is eligible for inclusion in the Certificate Program.) Registration fee for this program is $50. Contact 781-383-2787 for more information.
First year focus:
Basic Drawing (48 hours minimum)
Color Theory (10 hours minimum)
Intro to Painting (24 hours minimum Oil, Acrylic, or Watercolor)
Elective choice (24 hours)
Second year focus:
Drawing II (24 hours minimum)
Art History (12 hours)
Painting Elective (24 hours minimum)
Elective choice (24 hours)
Elective courses
Advanced Drawing (24 hours)
Printmaking (24 hours)
Photography (16 hours)
3D ceramics (24 hours)
Sculpture (24 hours)
Visiting Art Workshops (18 hours minimum)
300 Basic Drawing—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.
300a 7/10–8/14 Friday am 10:00–1:00
300b 7/7–8/11 Tuesday pm 6:00–9:00
$175M $215NM 6 classes
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404 Make Your Own Textured Pastel Surface—Anne Heywood
Don’t be limited by those manufactured pastel grounds! Make your own textured surface for pastel painting in this morning workshop. Take home a customized granular board, with the color, paper weight, and “tooth” just the way you want, ready for painting. Supply list provided.
7/15 Wednesday am 9:30–12:30
$90M $100NM 1 class
303 Love to Draw—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 human figure. 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.
7/9–8/13 Thursday pm 6:00–9:00
$155M $190NM 6 classes
305 Blooming Marvelous—Sarah Roche Late Spring Class
Enjoy the colors and textures of spring flowers. In pencil and then watercolor we will record their texture and color, working towards an accurate plant portrait.
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.
6/1–6/22 Monday am 9:30-12:30
$115M $150NM 4 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.
7/10–8/7 Friday am 9:30–12:30
$145M $185NM 5 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.
7/11–7/12 Sat & Sun 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.
7/9–8/13 Thursday am 9:00–12:00
$175M $215NM 6 classes
313 Get Real—Realism in Watercolor—Becky Haletky
“Realism” can be loosely interpreted from photo realism to semi-abstract. Students will learn various watercolor techniques to achieve light, texture, and mood, while developing their own style. Techniques will include wet into wet, dry brush, glazing and soaking. Different subjects will be explored, from landscape and still life to portraits. There will be plenty of in-class painting in a fun and encouraging atmosphere. This class is ideal for beginner and intermediate students.
7/6–8/3 Monday pm 6:30–9:30
$145M $180NM 5 classes
417 Watercolor One Day Workshop—Lilly Cleveland
This workshop is structured for beginner/intermediate painters who would like to try the medium of watercolor. Plan to spend the day experimenting with this versatile medium. The day will begin with a demo and short lecture on set up and how to approach the subject matter in watercolor. If the weather permits, we will go outdoors and focus on landscape design and paint several small works. If indoors, we will spend the morning with a lesson and the afternoon with experimental methods in water media. We will end with critique. The work created in this class will be impressionistic. Plan to spend the day with watercolor rain or shine! Remember to bring small chair/stool, hat, bug spray, etc. if we go out. It would save time to pack a lunch too!
7/22 Wednesday 10:00–4:00
$95M $135NM 1 class
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.
7/7–7/28 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.
8/4–8/18 Tuesday 10:00–4:00
$140M $175NM 3 classes
320 Traditional Oil Painting—for Beginners—Lucy Alice Merrill
Three-dimensional oil painting is easier than you think! This class, especially for beginners, introduces the fundamentals of traditional oil painting, using a still-life set up. In ten weeks, you will create a three-dimensional finished oil painting. Learn brushwork, composition, form and shape, mixing oil colors, personal expression and design. You will understand the “language of paint” as it becomes a translation of nature’s laws—light, color, form and depth. In one class, instructor will demonstrate how the still life is conducive to learning the basics. More advanced students may use the still-life or work from imagination or photographs.
7/7–8/11 Tuesday pm 6:30–9:30
$175M $215NM 6 classes
322 Oil Painting Studio—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. Beginner and intermediate students welcome.
7/9–8/13 Thursday am 10:00–1:00
$175M $215NM 6 classes
327 Palette Knife Painting—Ruthe Sholler
This course will introduce techniques involved in the application of oil paints using primarily palette knives as creative tools. These techniques will combine with other media to create unique visual images on either canvas, panel or paper. Open to all levels.
7/8–8/5 Wednesday pm 1:00–4:00
$145M $185NM 5 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.
7/15–7/17 Wed–Fri 10:00–4:00
$175M $215NM 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 evening 7:00–10:00
$7M $9NM per session model fee payable at class
340 Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced Monoprinting—Esther Maschio
Discover the limitless possibilities of using a press for printing your work in oil and water based inks. Each class balances time spent learning methods and techniques (including the use of stencils, transparencies and embossing) with time to work independently. Individual guidance as well as group demonstrations and discussions. Emphasis on developing your own expressive style.
7/6–8/10 Monday evening 6:30–9:30
$185M $235NM (includes materials fee for inks and limited paper) 6 classes
341 Intermediate/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.
7/6–8/10 Monday 9:00–2:00
$225M $260NM (includes additional materials fee for inks) 6 classes
365 Cabinet of Curiosities Assemblage/Collage —Allison Crowe
This course will combine the art-making processes and techniques of collage,
assemblage and the found object. Beginning with plywood panels and boxes students will design the base, compose arrangements using found objects and hardware and layer surfaces with collage and paint. Light construction using saws and drills will be covered. Included with the usual collage materials will be vintage wallpapers, 19th century correspondence, textiles, and unusual objects, bits and pieces. Students are also encouraged to incorporate their own rare finds. We will examine the art and techniques of Joseph Cornell, Louise Nevelson and Max Ernst. Students will complete 1-2 assemblages ready to hang on your wall.
7/7–8/11 Tuesday am 9:30–12:30
$175M $215NM ($15 materials fee payable to the instructor) 6 classes
366 Wearable Art —Allison Crowe
Design original wearable works of art. In this course, we will explore the possibilities of clothing as art. Students will learn how to sew their designs on their own portable machines. Emphasis is on experimentation with many surfaces and construction techniques covered, to include: fabric collage, fabric painting, photo image transfer, garment reconstruction, and use of re-purposed materials and mixed media construction. Students will learn free-motion sewing, using stitchery to draw and sculpt the fabric. Most of the materials are provided however, students will be asked to bring in an assortment of their own clothing for experimenting on in class.
7/7–8/11 Tuesday pm 1:00–4:00
$175M $215NM ($30 materials fee payable to instructor) 6 classes
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.
7/18–7/19 Sat & Sun 10:00–3:00
$125M $165NM 2 classes
397 Fun Furniture Painting Techniques and Tips—Sharon Perlmutter
Get that old piece of furniture out of the dust or pick up some unfinished wood pieces and learn the techniques for transforming them into works of art. Students will learn how to prepare the surface for painting and then see what different texturing techniques are possible. We will learn how to develop and use a stencil pattern. Anything (well, almost) is possible. Come with pieces to paint and lots of ideas.
7/9–8/13 Thursday pm 6:00–9:00
$175M $215NM 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.
7/8–8/12 Wednesday pm 6:30–9:30
$195M $230NM (includes materials and firing fee) 6 classes FILLED
425 Encaustic Master Workshop
Kim Bernard
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.
6/13–6/14 Saturday & Sunday
9:00–5:00
$250M $275NM ($65 encaustic
materials fee—payable to instructor)
Working with encaustic, both 2 dimensionally and sculpturally, Kim Bernard exhibits her work nationally. Bernard is represented by Arden Gallery in Boston, as well as Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA. 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
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 go home with all the information needed to make mosaics at home.
7/19 Sunday 10:00–4:00
$105M $145NM ($25 materials fee payable to instructor) 1 class
370 Introduction to Digital Photography—Lindsey Buchleitner
Learn the basics: Take better pictures, download your digital images to your computer, print and share your images with friends and family. Students must have a digital camera (“point and shoot” or DSLR) and manual.
7/15–8/5 Wednesday pm 7:00–9:00
$95M $135NM 4 classes
Satellite Offering @ Notre Dame Academy, Hingham
470 Digital Photography and Photoshop for the Beginner—Lisa Marder
Learn the basics of digital photography and image editing using Adobe Photoshop CS2. In a relaxed, experimental and supportive environment, the class will cover: the rules of composition; commonly used photographic terms such as white balance, ISO, shutter speed, f-stop, resolution; and how to use your own camera to best advantage for shooting various subjects. The class will also cover the basic image processing workflow using Photoshop and techniques for digitally enhancing photos. The class will meet 4 days for 3 hours a day. Part of each class period will be spent introducing concepts, part will be taking photos, and part will be working with Photoshop. Any kind of digital camera is fine to use.
7/27–7/30 Mon–Thurs 9:30–12:30
$255M $295NM 4 classes
This class is held in the computer lab at Notre Dame Academy, 1073 Main St., Hingham, MA
Visiting Artists
Ken Auster
519 Plein Air Painting
Wednesday, October 7 through Sunday, October 11, 10:00–4:00
$550M $600NM
Ken Auster documents the reality of our times, the edge between nature and the manmade, the vitality of the city and everyday occurrences that we take for granted. Students will learn about the balance between nature made and human made form, the tension between biomorphic and geometric. The workshop will focus on Plein air painting, understanding and simplifying shapes, laying down a foundation quickly and confidently, creating focal points and developing them, balancing cool and warm colors, creating atmospheric perspective, composition, and developing an individual’s ability.
Hundreds of students share Ken’s passion for painting, traveling from around the world to attend his workshops in Laguna Beach and Carmel, CA. Ken’s work can be found in numerous corporate and museum collections including Yamaha Corporation, Japan; Shell Oil, Irvine, CA; Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA; Federal Reserve Bank, San Francisco, CA; and private collections.
www.kenauster.com
Bert Yarborough
502 Drawing Through the Figure
Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28, 10:00–4:00
$295M $320NM (model fee included)
This drawing and mixed media workshop will use the figure and its environment as a point of departure and vehicle to explore the individual participants’ personal visual language and methods of articulation. We will use a variety of materials and techniques to explore individual expression through drawing using the figure as a starting point. This workshop is about CHANGE and experimentation. Structured exercises will be given to take the participant out of their comfort zone and into new territory with their work. This work will aim at developing and expanding the individual's personal connection to drawing and one's understanding of making art.
Bert Yarborough teaches at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA; and Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH where he is an associate professor in Fine and Performing Arts. Among his many awards are a Fulbright Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is collected internationally and represented by the Artstrand in Provincetown and McGowan Fine Art in Concord, NH. Visit www.bertyarborough.com
Bonney Goldstein
520 Finding Your Voice
Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26, 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM (there will be a materials fee payable directly to the instructor)
This class is designed as an explorative journey through all the rules and voices of authority that we as painters try to follow to create "art". The aim is to try on the styles of our favorite painters and then move on to develop own methods and a personal vocabulary that expresses our own message.
Students can work with the medium that they would normally work with, but try different surfaces and different techniques in hope of overcoming that little voice in your head that is always pointing out right from wrong. We will work on many small pieces over short periods of time and develop our own elements that mark our work as unique and individualistic. This class will also include an introduction to different oil paint mediums, such as marble dust, oil based gesso, cold wax and alkyds.
New Hampshire artist Bonney Goldstein has been a painter for over 40 years working in oil on canvas, wood and paper. She studied at the Arts Student League in New York and Denver. Her work can be found in galleries in New York, Colorado, New Hampshire, Iowa, Maine and Massachusetts. Visit www.bonneygoldstein.com
Josette Urso 521
Collage to Painting
Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2, 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM
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 in NYC, at the Drawing Center, DFN Gallery, Julie Saul Gallery, lyonswier Gallery, and Metaphor Contemporary; in Maine at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport; and in Florida at the Von Liebig Art Center in Naples. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including, in 2009 Yaddo and in 2008, a second Pollock-Krasner Foundation award and a residency at the Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus in Germany. She traveled to Taiwan for a residency at STOCK20 in 2006 and to Cambodia with the AIEP American Artist’s Abroad program in 2004. Other awards include those from the NEA, Art Matters, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, and Ucross. She currently teaches at Cooper Union in New York. www.josetteurso.com
Peter Schroth 522
Landscape Painting – The Plein Air Sketch - Oil/Acrylic
Friday, July 31 through Sunday, August 2, 10:00–4:00
$275M $300NM
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.
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. Visit www.peterschroth.com
Gretchen Halpert
505 Field Sketching/Nature Journaling
Thursday, August 6 through Sunday, August 9, 10:00–4:00
$345M $370NM
Drawing on-site serves many purposes. Observing subjects in their natural environment offers greater understanding of nature and its creatures. Drawing them increases observation and illustration skills and allows time to connect with nature, relax, and enjoy the outdoors. It is also a way of collecting information to take back to the studio for more “finished” drawings.
In this four-day workshop, we will work outdoors in a variety of habitats and learn various methods for capturing nature. In case of inclement weather, we will bring the outdoors into the studio. Both black and white and color techniques will be taught, as well as composition and writing. Published and personal nature journals as well as nature itself will serve as inspiration and instruction. If you enjoy the outdoors and you like to draw and learn, this workshop is for you. Open to all skill levels
Gretchen Halpert completed a degree in Botany, graduate work in biological illustration and a certificate in scientific and technical illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design/CE where she taught for fourteen years. Halpert has taught extensively, at RISD/CE, Brown U. and Wheaton College and has offered workshops around the US and abroad.
Halpert is on the executive board of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (GNSI) as past-president, is on the advisory board of the Guild of Asian Botanical Artists and is a member of the American Society of Botanical Artists. Her drawings have appeared in books, journals and scientific publications, at zoos and nature preserves. She currently resides in the southern Finger Lakes of New York.
Antonia Ramis Miguel
529 Portrait Workshop
Wednesday, August 12 through Friday, August 14, 10:00–4:00
$295M $320NM (model fee included)
In this workshop, students will experience the excitement of working with three different styles of portraiture: abstract, expressionism, and realism. The class will begin working from photographs and will finish with models. Through quick sketches, breaking down features to get the fundamental lines that form a face, students will use the sketches for the abstract work. Bold colours and brushwork will be used to experiment with expressionism. Students will work in a style of realism in which they will observe realistic skin tones, volume, proportions, light and shadow to get a true likeness of the model. There will be individual attention as well as directions for the class as a whole. All levels are welcome.
Trained in Europe, Antonia Ramis Miguel has been painting for more than 20 years. Her work has been shown in her native Spain, in Vienna ( Austria), Washington, D.C . , and in London, where she currently lives. www.antoniaramismiguel.com
Professional Development Points available for all workshops.
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