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Sedona Arts Center — Don’t miss these inspiring art workshops coming up at Sedona Arts Center!

by Community Contributor • March 3, 2020 • Comments Off

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Upcoming Workshops
at Sedona Arts Center

Amazing Glazing! Ceramics Workshop
March 21 – 22, 2020
Larron Lerdall

You’re invited to participate in a 2-day, hands-on workshop with Larron Lerdall, Ceramics Instructor at the Mesa Arts Center and studio potter from Mesa, AZ. On the first day, Larron will be sharing tips through demonstration on throwing and hand building. You will be making a small item or two, so, come prepared to get dirty. Day two, will be a condensed version of Larron’s 8-week glazing class where you will be glazing several items (valued at $100) which he is providing. All you’ll need to bring is a pen and paper and a sponge.

Space is limited! Clay and firing fees included.

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Honest Art
April 5 – 8, 2020
Jodie King

Honest Art.

Jodie King’s workshops are best known for being honest and fun as well as practical and informative. She openly shares her personal painting techniques and creative process; yet, her relaxed teaching style helps artists let go of fear in order to create raw, free, and honest work.

While this workshop covers such topics as composition, color, value, and mark making, the real juice comes from the teachings about the creative process and how to embrace our own intuition as an artist. Through daily demonstrations, meditation and journaling, you will leave with a better understanding of embracing freedom in art and in life.

This workshop is open to all levels. If you are a beginner, you will be given the opportunity to learn composition, color mixing, mark making and more in a welcoming environment. If you are an advanced artist, Jodie will help you create your most honest work through understanding the personal energy you bring to your art, embracing your personal mark making and how you choose the color combinations in a more intuitive way. Either way, this workshop will help you and your art advance to a new level in a judgement-free, joy-filled zone.

HONEST ART with Jodie King : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Abstracting the Landscape
April 9 – 11, 2020
Claudia Hartley

Learn to exaggerate and personalize color to create your own version of the unique modern landscape. Using photos of scenes, students will learn how to plan a good composition and how to mix beautiful clean colors. Students will learn how to take advantage of the quick drying properties of acrylics and how to create vibrancy through color combinations.

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Desert Light Plein Air Painting
April 24 – 26, 2020
Aaron Schuerr

Get ready to explore the desert with award winning artist Aaron Schuerr. Find “the story” in the landscape and paint it in a way that is direct, simple, fresh, and honest. Engage in fun exercises designed to focus on value, color, and shape. From that foundation, you’ll explore edges, atmospheric perspective, color and shape relationships, composition, and mood. Most importantly you’ll learn to paint with greater intention. Through demonstrations, group discussions, composition walks, painting exercises, and plenty of individual instruction, you will learn to approach the landscape in enthusiasm and confidence. This workshop is open to all levels in pastel and oil.

DESERT LIGHT PLEIN AIR PAINTING : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Aaron is currently featured in Plein Air Magazine! Click on the photo to read more.

Emphasizing Abstraction
April 24 – 26, 2020
Stuart Shils

Three immersive, fast paced days in the studio are focused on clarifying observation while holding the loaded brush. Working from both the model and from reproductions including older and 20th century masters, we’ll paint our way through a guided sequence of visual exercises to understand that abstraction – composition with color and shape – is THE foundation, the great engine behind all painting. Significant emphasis will also be placed on developing a deeper familiarity with drawing in concise, abstract graphic language with graphite, collage and crayon. The take away from this class is materials based and experiential and not oriented toward ‘finished’ paintings but rather, on acquiring a more comprehensive knowledge of what a painting can be in the first place. The class will have dinner together on one of the nights.

EMPHASIZING ABSTRACTION : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Permission to Play
April 24 – 26, 2020
Jennifer Mercede

In this expressive painting & drawing class we will begin with mark making exercises to get you creating outside the box. Through various guided activities, we will practice letting go of the final outcome and find that art can be a process of discovery! You will learn to let your intuition guide your artistic choices as we create abstract and representational paintings in a safe, encouraging environment. While you may walk away with a piece of art ready to hang on your wall, you may also walk away with a few pieces started & ready to inspire many more hours of creating. I work and teach very organically, so be prepared to go with the flow! In this class you have permission to play.

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48 Mixed Media Techniques
May 1 – 3, 2020
Caitlin Dundon

Are you new to mixed media art or an intermediate artist stuck in a rut wanting to learn new things? Sometimes books are just not as good as seeing the technique demonstrated and trying it for yourself. Join mixed media artist Caitlin Dundon for demonstrations and hands-on exploration of over 48 mixed media techniques including: black and white gesso techniques, acrylic painting methods, acrylic gels, stamping techniques, positive and negative stenciling, crackle gel and pastes, collage, and more. Each student will create a great set of swatches of sample techniques for reference for future projects as well as work on a full-sized artwork using newly learned techniques.

48 MIXED MEDIA TECHNIQUES : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

Wet and Wild
May 1 – 3, 2020
Julie Gilbert Pollard

Plein air to studio – Paint in the Medium of Your Choice – With Demos in Watercolor & Oil

Learn to paint water that looks wet, reflective and splashy! With stunning Oak Creek as your model, study the anatomy of a water cascade. Techniques will be demonstrated to address the various puzzles with which the artist is faced when painting this stunning, fascinating and challenging subject!

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Texture – Color – Feeling
May 4 – 6 2020
Jan Sitts

Jan’s experience and enthusiasm create an atmosphere of fun and spontaneity inspiring new directions and discovery through innovative combinations of design and materials. By combining aggressive textures and unusual mediums with various “raw” materials in the abstract painting we get surprising results. The layering method yields a magnetism that is particular to mixed media. Many techniques, materials, compositions and above all emotion, play off each other in creating the work. Part of the adventure is not knowing where you are going until you get there! You will become thrilled with possibility as you journey through this process. You will learn to let go of painting habits and gain the knowledge of layering textures, colors and feelings while executing shapes utilizing a structure of positive and negative space.

TEXTURE – COLOR – FEELING : SIGN UP / LEARN MORE

The Inspired Abstract
May 8 – 10 2020
Julie Bernstein Engelmann

Turn your life’s inspiring moments into richly beautiful abstract paintings. In this workshop you’ll gain a powerful foundation for abstract painting. Using layers, Julie will guide you to enter the painting process naturally, develop a deep and luscious visual space, and weave exquisite personal marks and forms that grow from your seed inspiration. You’ll discover the spirit in your painting and learn to gently enhance its drama, so it can shine powerfully. You’ll leave with two acrylic paintings that embody meaning, naturalness, and spatial depth and flow – qualities that lift an abstract painting from amateur to professional. Along the way, you’ll gain discernment and come to understand abstract painting much more deeply. Julie will give demonstrations, enlightening discussion, group critique, and plenty of one-on-one time. You’ll receive Julie’s valuable checklist: “Critique Points for Abstract Painting,” an essential painting-rescue kit to keep handy in your studio. All experience levels are welcome.

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Sedona Arts Center is celebrating The Year of the Woman as the theme for 2020, the centennial year of the 19th amendment recognizing women’s right to vote. We believe it is important to recognize women artists and to empower women through the arts.

Sedona Arts Center is one of Northern Arizona’s most well-established cultural organizations and serves as the creative heart of Sedona. Founded in 1958, the nonprofit organization is based at the Art Barn in Uptown and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, open daily from 10am to 5pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year. For more information, call the Gallery at 928-282-3865, the Administrative offices at 928-282-3809 or visit us online at SedonaArtsCenter.org.

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