July 2021
13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »13 Ways of Looking at a Poem – Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Monday & Wednesday, July 19 & 21, andMonday & Wednesday, July 26 & 28, from 10 to 11:30 amOnline via Zoom. A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring a wide range of possibilities for creating new poems. How does poetry allow us to break through thresholds and borders? What holds us back? What moves us forward? In this two-week workshop, we will explore thirteen ways to widen our ability to open new spaces and pursue new forms as they offer consolation…
Find out more »August 2021
Summer Blooms: Explorations in the Ancient Medium of Encaustic with Hélène Farrar
This in-person class will meet at the Gamble Center on the Farnsworth campus. Whatever your relationship to flowers – an avid gardener, a giver or receiver of a bouquet, or someone with a creative eye, we are excited to bring you a playful workshop looking to summer blooms and the ancient medium of encaustic. Join Artist Hélène Farrar in exploring this hot molten wax painting medium where we will drip, pour, drag, layer, heat, and scrape! In developing a rich…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 4
Workshop 4 - Topic: Painting the Working ShorelineWednesday, August 11 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, August 12 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, August 13 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This is…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Step by Step Watercolor—Level 1 with Erica Qualey: Back by popular demand!
Tuesdays, August 17, 24, 31 and September 7 from 6 - 8 pm (ET)Online via Zoom This class is suitable for beginning watercolor painters who have perhaps picked up a brush, but don’t know where to go next. During each session, Erica provides step-by-step instructions on how to paint each beautiful scene in an easy and approachable way. Prior to the workshop, you will receive a .pdf of the underdrawing which you can trace or use as a guide to…
Find out more »Now Or Never: Poetry Writing Workshop with Kathleen Ellis
Tuesday & Thursday, August 10,12, 17, and 19 from 10 am to 12 noon, On Zoom A two-week, live ZOOM workshop exploring poems that stop you in your tracks. What have you always wanted to write? A poem beginning with an absurd or outrageous assumption? A poem that starts and ends with the same two lines? A prose poem or a poem that shocks you? In this two-week workshop, we will explore new ways to think about what a poem can…
Find out more »Step by Step Watercolor—Level 1 with Erica Qualey: Back by popular demand!
Tuesdays, August 17, 24, 31 and September 7 from 6 - 8 pm (ET)Online via Zoom This class is suitable for beginning watercolor painters who have perhaps picked up a brush, but don’t know where to go next. During each session, Erica provides step-by-step instructions on how to paint each beautiful scene in an easy and approachable way. Prior to the workshop, you will receive a .pdf of the underdrawing which you can trace or use as a guide to…
Find out more »Painting with Andrew Wyeth: A watercolor workshop with Barbara Thomas
In-person at the Gamble Education Center on the Farnsworth Campus Under the guidance of Barbara Thomas, students will look at the ways Andrew Wyeth constructed a painting, including: compositional choices, palette and color choices, paint mediums and their uses, and how he created atmosphere through technical and stylistic aspects of rendering. Students will gain an understanding of the sense of ‘place’ in an artist’s work, particularly Wyeth’s. Close observational drawing in the gallery followed by a painting session will deepen…
Find out more »Step by Step Watercolor—Level 1 with Erica Qualey: Back by popular demand!
Tuesdays, August 17, 24, 31 and September 7 from 6 - 8 pm (ET)Online via Zoom This class is suitable for beginning watercolor painters who have perhaps picked up a brush, but don’t know where to go next. During each session, Erica provides step-by-step instructions on how to paint each beautiful scene in an easy and approachable way. Prior to the workshop, you will receive a .pdf of the underdrawing which you can trace or use as a guide to…
Find out more »September 2021
Step by Step Watercolor—Level 1 with Erica Qualey: Back by popular demand!
Tuesdays, August 17, 24, 31 and September 7 from 6 - 8 pm (ET)Online via Zoom This class is suitable for beginning watercolor painters who have perhaps picked up a brush, but don’t know where to go next. During each session, Erica provides step-by-step instructions on how to paint each beautiful scene in an easy and approachable way. Prior to the workshop, you will receive a .pdf of the underdrawing which you can trace or use as a guide to…
Find out more »Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 5
Workshop 5 - Topic: Painting Among Giants… ForestscapesWednesday, September 8 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, September 9 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, September 10 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This is…
Find out more »Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »October 2021
Plein Air Painting with Watercolor Series with Erica Qualey: Workshop 6
Workshop 6 - Topic: Capturing the Colors of FallWednesday, October 6 via Zoom, 10 am to 12 pm and 1 to 3 pmThursday, October 7 on location, 8 am to 12 pmFriday, October 8 on location, 8 am to 1 pm This series consists of six intensive watercolor workshops where participants will be immersed in painting plein-air in watercolor. Each workshop can be taken individually, or as a series as each workshop has a different focus and subject matter. This…
Find out more »Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »Off the Page: A Workshop for Honing Skills for Poetry Performance with poet Martin Steingesser
Four Wednesdays, October 13, 20, 27 and November 3from 3:30 to 5 pm (ET)Online via Zoom Have you ever wanted to learn how poets read and express their works by heart? Do you love the way the intonation and lilt of the voice creates more meaning in the verse? Did you know that the word for “Ear” & “Wisdom” are the same in Sumerian! This workshop with master poet, Martin Steingesser will show you how to achieve more range, more…
Find out more »Off the Page: A Workshop for Honing Skills for Poetry Performance with poet Martin Steingesser
Four Wednesdays, October 13, 20, 27 and November 3from 3:30 to 5 pm (ET)Online via Zoom Have you ever wanted to learn how poets read and express their works by heart? Do you love the way the intonation and lilt of the voice creates more meaning in the verse? Did you know that the word for “Ear” & “Wisdom” are the same in Sumerian! This workshop with master poet, Martin Steingesser will show you how to achieve more range, more…
Find out more »Off the Page: A Workshop for Honing Skills for Poetry Performance with poet Martin Steingesser
Four Wednesdays, October 13, 20, 27 and November 3from 3:30 to 5 pm (ET)Online via Zoom Have you ever wanted to learn how poets read and express their works by heart? Do you love the way the intonation and lilt of the voice creates more meaning in the verse? Did you know that the word for “Ear” & “Wisdom” are the same in Sumerian! This workshop with master poet, Martin Steingesser will show you how to achieve more range, more…
Find out more »November 2021
Off the Page: A Workshop for Honing Skills for Poetry Performance with poet Martin Steingesser
Four Wednesdays, October 13, 20, 27 and November 3from 3:30 to 5 pm (ET)Online via Zoom Have you ever wanted to learn how poets read and express their works by heart? Do you love the way the intonation and lilt of the voice creates more meaning in the verse? Did you know that the word for “Ear” & “Wisdom” are the same in Sumerian! This workshop with master poet, Martin Steingesser will show you how to achieve more range, more…
Find out more »Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
Find out more »December 2021
Painters’ Forum with Rob Pollien
September 10, October 8, November 12, December 10, from 1 to 3 pm (ET), on Zoom Four oil or acrylic painting projects over four months with demonstrations, lectures, an online forum, discussion, and critiques! The projects will begin with palette management and color mixing exercises and progress through a series of color-related painting problems. The work of Albers, Itten, and Zorn will be referenced, examined, and incorporated in our study. This course is for experienced painters wishing to improve their…
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