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9341 Mill Street Ben Lomond, CA 95005 831.336.3513
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GALLERY HOURS: Wed. - Sun. 12 - 6 p.m.
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***** THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:
Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County
Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County Conference & Visitors Council
Bruce Bangert
North Glass
Phoenix Ceramics
Earth Retreat Foundation
New Leaf Market Felton
Support the Arts
142 River St. (831) 423-1935
Boulder Creek Recreation & Park District
Santa Cruz Institute of Contemporary Art
***** TEACHERS Interested in teaching a class? Click HERE
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ADULT CLASSES CHILDREN'S CLASSES TEENS CLASS SURVEY
All class sizes are limited and early registration is recommended. You can register by downloading the class registration form and send it to: SCMAC, Attention Education, 9341 Mill St., Ben Lomond, CA 95005 Interested in teaching a class? Click HERE
CLASS REGISTRATION FORM Art Supplies
If you have taken a class from us and wish to offer suggestions, comments, you are most welcome to take our SURVEY. This survey will only take a minute to do, and it helps us get grants to support our programs. Thanks!
Life Drawing
Plein Air Oil & Acrylic Painting with Brenda Berg
Think Big! - Acrylic
Painting on Large Canvas
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With Jody Snyder and guest teachers Wednesdays
4 -
7
p.m.
Special guest instructor for June 2009: Nora Sarkissian
Explore the possibilities of the world of
color in clay. There will be emphasis on individual exploration &
experimentation.
$20
members drop in. |
Throwing On the Potter's Wheel - with Geoff Nicastro
Ongoing
Mondays/Wednesdays, 6 - 9 pm
Become a more efficient potter while having fun and learning new skills.
10 sessions, $140 members, $160 nonmembers.
Raku Fridays with Dale Bates
Friday nights
6 - 9 pm
Drop in sessions, $18 each, members; $20 no
Raku master Dale Bates continues to amaze and delight participants with outstanding results. Red hot pots are pulled from the fire after about 1 hour, put in to reduction chambers and quenched with water. Bring you own bisqued pots, or buy them at the Center. Cost of glazes and firing included. Weather dependent.
Check with Dale at 345-7565 a day in advance.
Thursdays, from 2:30 - 5:00 pm at the SLV High School art room, open to any junior high and high school students.
Drop in, starting again in September through May, 2010
SC MAC is pleased to offer a series of FREE after school classes for teens, supported by a grant from the Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County. Classes will take place on Thursdays, from 2:30 – 5:00 at the SLV High School art room, offering instruction in various media, taught by SC MAC teachers. All teens, middle and high school ages, are welcome.
Poster. click on the thumbnail at left to view large image.
NEW Summer Classes for Teens with Brenda Berg:
Tuesday & Wednesday, July 7 - 8, 2009
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials
This class is designed for adventuresome artists who like to experiment with materials, textures and art-making approaches. Mixing traditional art media with found objects and other non-traditional art materials, students will create their own unique works of art from zany clocks to awesome assemblages. Each day a specific art movement and mixed media artists from the period will also be introduced.
Thursday & Friday, July 9 - 10, 2009
10:30 am - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials
Explore amazing animation from concept to finished product - from storyboarding, drawing techniques, drawn and digital animated character design, to movement, timing, sound, titles and credits.
Claymation
Monday - Thursday, July 20 - 23, 2009
12 pm - 2:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $15 materials
Explore amazing clay-animation from concept to finished product—from storyboarding, drawn and clay character design, to animated movement, timing, sound, titles & credits. Students will have an opportunity to work on individual movie shorts or on a collaborative group movie.
Monday - Thursday, July 20 - 23, 2009
3 pm - 5:30 pm
$95 members / $110 non-members / $25 materials
Learn how to build, program and control a robot! Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot.
This fun class is ideal if you like to know how to make things work, crawl, roll, blink, buzz or even think! A great introduction to the world of robotics, students will have a chance to assemble and program simple to more complex robots that communicate, move and think on their own. During the week we’ll break out different types of robots including the totally fun Lego Mindstorms. Learn how to build, program and control a robot! Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot. Brenda is pleased to have Stanford engineer Ted Berg as the class mentor!
Register by calling 336-4ART or by downloading registration form and sending it via post or dropping it at the Center along with the tuition. Students must register before the first day of class.
Parents: if your child has taken a class from us and you wish to offer suggestions, comments, you are most welcome to take our SURVEY. This survey will only take a minute to do, and it helps us get grants to support our programs. Thanks!
1 Week in Spring, 3 Weeks in June - August + Quarterly Saturday Classes
Spring Break Art Camp - April 6 - 10, 2009. Save the Date!
5 Full Days: $250 members / $270 non-members - $30 materials (bring a lunch)
5 Half-days: $125 members / $135 non-members / $15 materials
Session I - Creature Features
Monday - Friday 6/22 - 6/26/20099 am - 12 pm - Clay with Jen Hennig
Come join the fun of making creature sculpture and pots with
clay this summer!
Join local clay artist, Jennifer Hennig for a wondrous ceramic experience.
We will be exploring a variety of techniques in creating with clay as well
as glazing. This class is for kids who have or haven't had prior
experience in clay. With the variety of experience in our students, we
know how to make it fun and interesting for everyone! Come with a
creative craving, questions and open minds and always remember:
practice makes perfect!12 pm - 3 pm - 2D with Anouk Johanna
In these 5 fun-filled days w will draw, paint, collage and print all sorts of fantasy
creatures on boxes, cards, puzzles, art journals and other creative projects.
Meanwhile we will learn about composition, design, pen & ink, color mixing and
perspective. At the end of each day we will have a beautiful art project to take
home.Session II - Secret Garden
Monday - Friday 7/13 - 7/17/20099 am - 12 pm - 2D with Lori Wilson
A garden-themed mixed media class using paper mache and plaster. We’ll make
sun gods, flowers and masks.12 pm - 3 pm – Clay with Nora Sarkissian
Learn through various clay techniques such as pinch, coil, sculpt
to create your own special 3-D Secret Gardens.
What would you hold true for you in your own secret garden? Other
projects will be explored as time allows, such as pots for planting &
animal companions. Enhance your kinesthetic skills through the use of
clay & 3-D.
Session III - Magic & Myth
Monday - Friday 7/27 - 7/31/20099 am - 12 pm – 2D with Anouk Johanna Clay with Nora Sarkissian
Come make magic for a week! We will paint, draw, collage, print and construct
magical animals, objects and a very special magic wand.
We’ll put t he images on paper, boards, boxes, plexi plates and books. You will
make many cool art objects to give away as presents.12 pm - 3 pm – Clay with Nora Sarkissian
Through learning a variety of clay techniques, such as, pinch,
coil, sculpt You will create your own special creatures, fantasy or
realistic, large & small.
Creatures are always with us. In this class you can let your imagination
go wild as your creatures would like. As time allows other projects may
be explored, such as pots, picture frames, self portrait.
Session IV - Art Planet
Monday - Friday 8/10 - 8/14/20099 am - 12 pm – 2D with Lori Wilson
Let’s draw, paint and play with fun art materials! Learn to draw animals, flowers
and plants.12 pm - 3 pm – Clay with Jen Hennig
Come join the fun of making one-of-a-kind sculpture and pots
with clay this summer!
Join local clay artist, Jennifer Hennig for a wondrous ceramic
experience. We will be exploring a variety of techniques in
creating with clay as well as glazing. This class is for kids who
have or haven't had prior experience in clay. With the variety of
experience in our students, we know how to make it fun and
interesting for everyone! Come with a creative craving,
questions and open minds and always remember: practice makes
perfect!
Art Saturdays Series of 4 Saturdays, October through May.
OTHER CLASSES
Robotics with Brenda Berg 3rd grade - High School
July 20 - 23 - Monday - Thursday 3 - 5:30 p.m.
$95 Members, $110 non-members, $25 materials fee (robots, software, tools)
Pre-Registration encouraged.
Learn how to build, program and control a robot! Each student will build and keep one simple introductory robot. This fun class is ideal if you like to know how to make things work, crawl, roll, blink, buzz or even think! A great introduction to the world of robotics, students will have a chance to assemble and program simple to more complex robots that communicate, move and think on their own. During the week we’ll break out different types of robots including the totally fun Lego Mindstorms. Brenda is pleased to have Stanford engineer Ted Berg as the class mentor! Pre-registration is encouraged.
(robotics lab experiences include working with basic robotics building and programming, Lego's Mindstorms® Robotics, and a simple robot project that each student will keep)
Claymation 3rd - 8th grades with Brenda Berg
July 20 - 23, 12 - 2:30 p.m. Monday - Thursday
$95 members / $110 non-members, $15 materials fee (clay-animated character, software, tools)
To contact Brenda by email for information, click HERE
For more images of Brenda's work, click HERE.
Design and create a movie with clay animation just like Wallace and Gromit! The entire class will be part of the movie crew: storyboard artists and writers, set painters, and clay animation sculptors. The class will then digitally shoot the stop-motion frames and load them into a computer video program where the final claymation movie will be burned to a DVD. Each student will have a copy of their very own claymation movie (about 1-4 minutes in length) with additional footage of the class progressively building the actual movie! Students will have an opportunity to work on individual movie shorts or on a collaborative movie project.
Mommy/Daddy & Me Clay Class
Dates to be determined call 336-4ART to let us know your interest in this class
10 am - 11 amWith Jennifer Hennig
A class for toddlers ages 1-5 with adult
$65 members / $75 non-members / $10 materials
This class is for very young children who want to get gooey with clay and maybe make something too. Moms or Dads need to come to facilitate the process and have some fun too. Looking for a fun “to-do” class with your little one who’s getting cabin fever? Come get their ya-yas out with some squishy clay and maybe make something too. Each class is gauged by the group so the entire process is facilitated to the majority; individual needs are met as well by Mom or Dad being there too.
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If you are interested in teaching a class at the Art Center, please review the following documents:
Teacher's Checklist, Teacher's Guidelines, Teacher's Application, and Teacher's Contract
If you have any questions, please contact the Art Center (831) 336-4ART or eMail us.