Download the full Fall 2010 Class Brochure including registration form. (PDF)
Download the Fall 2010 Class Calendar including registration form. (PDF)
PAINTING & DRAWING
Adult classes are for ages 16 and up.
All classes are available for ACT 48 credit, a $25 fee applies.
An asterisk(*) after the title indicates the class has a materials list.
Open Art Studio
Open Art Studio is available only to students currently enrolled in a drawing, painting or sculpture class. Students may work on class projects or individual work using the studio easels or props for still life displays. Hours: Mondays, 9am to 4pm, September 20 -November 15. Registration fee of $20.
TUESDAYS
Learning to Draw the Figure *
Level: Beginning, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Martin Pieczonka
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 14
End Date: November 23 (No class November 2)
Time: 10am to 12 noon
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $135 Member, $155 Non-member
Fee: $80 Model Fee, model 8 times
This class is for those who wish to focus on drawing the human figure. Using a variety of dry mediums, emphasis will be on technique and a discipline of seeing beyond the details and
establishing the fundamental structure of the head and body as a simplified, symmetrical solid form. Download materials list (PDF).
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Delve Deeper into Watercolor *
Level: Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Alice Meyer-Wallace
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: September 28
End Date: November 23 (No class November 2)
Time: 10am - 1pm
Location: Lincoln Building
Tuition: $170 Member, $190 Non-member
Paint “what you see”. Concepts of positive/negative space and the illusion of distance are covered. The importance of luminosity is stressed. Lively still life and landscape are included. Discussion of tools and various techniques, plus reviews of past watercolor artists for inspiration. Natural creativity and personal expression will be encouraged. Materials list will be available for download September 1st.
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Oil Painting Basics *
Level: Beginning, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Martin Pieczonka
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 14
End Date: November 23 (No class November 2)
Time: 12:30 - 3:30pm
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $200 Member, $220 Non-member
Students will learn about the properties and techniques of using oil paints as they study still life and the surrounding landscapes of Yellow Springs. The preparation of a good composition, the use of color, form, value and texture will be covered while allowing each student to express their individual style and creative energies. Materials list will be available for download September 1st.
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WEDNESDAYS
Acrylics Studio: Formal & Expressive Elements *
Level: Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Marianne Mitchell
Length: 7 weeks
Start Date: October 6
End Date: November 17
Time: 1 - 4pm
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $175 Member, $195 Non-member
This course addresses the issues particular to each student in creating work that communicates on levels visually and spiritually. Students will work for a balance in their created images between the formal elements - light, color, value, composition - and the expression coming from deep inside their soul. Students will gain a formal and intuitive understanding of color, light and value, composition analysis and coming to a place of resolution in the work. Materials list will be available for download September 1st.
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THURSDAYS
Drawing Basics *
Level: Beginning, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Rhona Candeloro
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 16
End Date: November 18
Time: 10am - 12 noon
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $135 Member, $155 Non-member
Students will learn basic skills and tools to aid in the mastering of structure, proportion and perspective, as well as toning and blending. By studying how light defines shape, the student will learn to view line as something that can be molded, pushed and erased. We will focus on drawing objects realistically, with the goal of using these skills as a foundation for the student to express what they find beautiful or intrigues them about a subject. Materials list will be available for download September 1st.
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Drawing to Paint *
Level: Beginning, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Rhona Candeloro
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 16
End Date: November 18
Time: 1 - 4pm
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: $200 Member, $220
Fee: $30 Model Fee, model 3 times
Studying how light defines shape and color and allowing form to emerge, will free the student to go beyond line to search for what intrigues them about their subject. Drawing from still life, the model and outdoor landscape, students will transition from the dry to wet mediums. Using memory, imagination and photos will be included. Materials list will be available for download September 1st.
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Life Drawing
Level: All levels, Limit 12 students
Monitor: Martin Pieczonka
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 16
End Date: November 18
Time: 6:45 - 9:45pm
Location: Studio Barn
Tuition: 5 week class card: $80 Member, $90 Non-member
10 week class card: $100 Member, $120 Non-member
This class presents the opportunity to draw, paint or sculpt from the human figure without formal instruction. Poses, whether croquis or extended will be determined by the group and monitor each week. Students may pre-register for a 5 or 10 week class card. Cards may be used from September 2010 through August 2011. Drop-ins are welcome at $18 member/$20 non-members per week and must pay the monitor at the beginning of each class. Cards will be distributed at first class you attend.
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FRIDAYS
Independent Study
Level: Intermediate to Advanced, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Georganna Lenssen
Length: 7 weeks
Start Date: October 8
End Date: November 19
Time: 1 - 4pm
Location: Lincoln Building
Tuition: $140 Member, $160 Non-member
This class will focus upon developing the artist’s individual style by pushing his/her abilities. Color theory, compositional structure, and paint application will be explored. Subject matter is at the student’s discretion. Still life will be available. Some painting experience preferred. This class is ideal for those who prefer to work independently but who want to take their creativity and knowledge to the next level.
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SCULPTURE
FRIDAYS
In the Sculpture Studio
Level: All levels, Limit 12 students
Instructor: Alexander Hromych
Length: 8 weeks
Start Date: October 1
End Date: November 19
Time: 10am - 2pm
Tuition: $260 Member, $280 Non-Member
Fee: $90 Model Fee, model 6 times, $50 terra cotta and firing
This course is modeled on the traditional Academy sculptor’s studio. Students will work on their own concepts and ideas, with the opportunity to work from life. The instructor will assist anyone who might need help with special methods and techniques. The primary media will be terra cotta. For those who want to work in stone or wood, you will need to provide your own materials and work outdoors. All disciplines, methods and techniques will be demonstrated.
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CERAMICS
Adult classes are for ages 16 and up.
All classes are available for ACT 48 credit, a $25 fee applies.
Tuition covers the use of the studio tools, glazes, firings and your first bag of clay. Additional clay may be purchased at CSS as follows: $20 for a 25# bag of
stoneware or terra cotta and $25 for porcelain. Tool kits are available for $20 as well as a selection of individual tools. Please bring a towel with you to the first class for all wheel throwing classes.
Open Clay Studio
Open Clay Studio is available only to students currently
enrolled in a ceramics class. Tech support is available during most open studio times; tech hours will be posted on the door. Hours: Mondays, 9am to 12 noon, Tuesdays through Saturdays, 1 - 4pm. Registration fee of $20.
Members’ Wood Firing
Level: All levels, 6-12 participants
Instructor: Monitor provided
Start Date: October 16, 10am - 3pm
End Date: October 17, 6am - 8pm
Location: Clay Studio/Wood Kiln
Cost: $75
Chester Springs Studio offers it’s members a chance to fire their work in our wood kiln. A ceramic artist with experience in wood firing will oversee the firing which takes places over a weekend. Participants are required to be there all day Saturday and sign up for a shift(s) on Sunday. Each participant will be guided in glazing suitable for the wood kiln, help load the kiln, split and stack firewood and stoke the wood kiln until it reaches temperature (cone 10). To sign up for the wood firing, please contact Heidi Brett first at hbrett@yellowsprings.org for more information. A second wood firing will be scheduled for November 13 and 14, if the first firing fills to capacity.
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MONDAYS
Hand Building: Form and Surface
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Jeanie Silver
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 13
End Date: November 15
Time: 12:30 - 3:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
Students will explore ways to hand build based on the way clay really behaves. Learning to build for strength and form includes soft slab, press molds, expanded clay and pinch and coil. Texture, inlaid clay, slip painting and carving will help students wake up the surface of their forms. Instruction is highly individualized and students will learn from each other’s work and the studio environment as well.
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Hand Building: Anything is Possible
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Jeanie Silver
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 13
End Date: November 15
Time: 7 - 10pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
Students will learn the best way to build any form. Emphasis is on individual goals, enriched by class participation. Problem solving becomes exploration and strategy, as each student learns how to integrate fascinating surfaces with strong, appealing forms, functional or sculptural.
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TUESDAYS
All About the Wheel
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Susan Bankert
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 14
End Date: November 23 (No class November 2)
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
For those new to clay, we will work on the basic skills that will allow you to create your own personal pottery. For those who have already spent some time on the wheel, we will focus on new techniques, as well as study and discuss the importance of form. The intimate class size at the Studio allows for plenty of individual attention from the instructor and the sharing of information among students.
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Throwing Concentration
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Suzanne Kent
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 14
End Date: November 23 (No class November 2)
Time: 7 - 10pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
The underlying premise of this class is to afford students, whose principal interest is the wheel, the opportunity to develop and strengthen their skills and to understand the complete throwing process. Individual instruction will be emphasized with attention given to form and function and the mechanics of trimming and glazing.
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WEDNESDAYS
The Potter’s Wheel: From the Table Up!
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Susan Bankert
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 15
End Date: November 17
Time: 7 - 10pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
We will learn to use the potter’s wheel and work on the basic skills. For those who have been in class before, we will continue to focus on individual projects. We will also work to master the glazing process by familiarizing ourselves with the cone 6 glazes. The intimate class size at the studio allows for plenty of individual attention from the instructor and the sharing of information among students.
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FRIDAYS
Pottery Basics
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Nell Hazinski
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 17
End Date: November 19
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
Making useful, handsome pots that embody the spirit of the maker is the goal of this class. Learn and explore the process and techniques of hand building and wheel throwing to allow you to bring form to your ideas. This is a comprehensive class for all skill levels.
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SATURDAYS
Morning Adult Clay Class
Level: All levels, Limit 10 students
Instructor: Nell Hazinski
Length: 10 weeks
Start Date: September 18
End Date: November 20
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Clay Studio
Tuition: $275 Member, $295 Non-member
Grab your mug of coffee and head over to Yellow Springs for our new Saturday morning class. Each week we’ll explore a different method for making pots and decorating them. The only requirement is a desire to explore this versatile material to make functional and decorative objects.
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