Picture Framing for Beginners
Take the mystery out of picture framing! Learn to join frames, cut mats and glass, mount pictures, and finish your own framed print. The workshop will cover design, measuring for matting, and the tools needed for framing. Please bring two pictures, photos, or prints (5”x7” to 8”x10”). You will have “hands-on” experience matting both items and framing one of them. Also bring a tape measure and pencil. You may bring your own mat cutter if you have one, or you can use the cutter in class. This is a fascinating, fun, do-it-yourself workshop that includes a beautifully framed piece you can keep. A sack lunch is recommended. A $45 fee for materials is payable at the workshop. Material fee includes two mats and one 11”x14” frame.
Program fee $56
1 meeting
Saturday, June 14
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Community Center 102
1605.001
Presenter: Susan Unoura - Has been a Custom Picture Framer for over 20 years and has been teaching at local colleges for nine years
Introduction to Right Brain Drawing
Have you ever wished you could learn to draw? You can! This program, designed for people with little or no experience, will enhance your creativity and artistic confidence. Participants will discover that drawing is not based simply on “natural talent.” It is a learnable skill. You will learn to let go of preconceived (left brain) blocks and gain an understanding of the drawing skills you will need in order to draw what you see. Isn’t it time you turn your desire to express yourself through art into a reality? A materials list will be provided upon registration.
Program fee $78
7 meetings
Mondays, July 7- August 18
7 - 9 pm
Administration 214
1510.001
Presenter: Patrick Gagne - Is a local free-lance illustrator and cartoonist with over ten years of experience. He has been an art instructor for over five years and is currently an adjunct instructor at GWC.
Digital Photography Boot Camp
Digital photography is fun, fast, and less expensive than you might think. Have a digital camera, computer, printer, and Internet connection? Then you are set to “go digital”. In this beginning workshop you will learn to shoot, edit, organize, and share your digital photos. Please bring your digital camera and the owner’s manual. A $5 fee for materials is payable at the first meeting.
Program fee $89
2 meetings
Saturday & Sunday, July 26 & 27
9 am - 4 pm
Fine Arts 203
3610.001
Presenter: Sean Glumace - Is a local freelance graphic artist with over 13 years of experience. He has been a digital arts instructor for over eight years and is currently an adjunct instructor at GWC.
Gourd Decorating & Woodburning
In this fun workshop participants will learn how to clean, carve and prepare their gourd, then how to use a woodburning tool to draw, texture, shade, and create attractive designs. If you don’t know how to draw, there are plenty of designs and carbon paper provided for tracing–then you can woodburn the image! Participants will also learn how to basket weave on the rim of their gourd and embellish using beads, feathers and shells. Everyone goes home with a decorated gourd. All materials will be provided for a $15 fee payable in cash to the presenter. Wear old clothes and bring a sack lunch.
Program fee $56
1 meeting
Saturday, June 21
10 am - 3 pm
Community Center 102
1613.001
Presenter: Nadine Spier - Is an award-winning fiber artist whose work is exhibited internationally. She is breaking new ground in the realm of contemporary basketry and has been featured in many magazines, on the Discovery Channel and in 500 Baskets published in 2006.
