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Sedona Arts Center — Studio Tour with Stuart Shils Friday, June 19, 2020

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Studio Tour with Stuart Shils
Friday, June 19, 2020
Join us on Facebook Friday, June 19th at 4:00pm for a free Studio Tour with Stuart Shils. He’ll be interviewed by Chuck Spence, Vice President of our Board of Directors. We will be looking at how Stuart’s work has evolved from the past into the present and discussing the unique content that he brings to his popular workshops. Stuart will be teaching a virtual workshop “Re-framing the Ordinary” July 17th and 18th. Watch for more information coming soon here and on our website.Emphasizing Abstraction
Master Class Intensive with Stuart Shils
November 13 – 15, 2020

Note: Class will start with a digital presentation November 12, 2020 at 7 pm

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.
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School of the Arts NOW OPEN
at Sedona Arts Center
Enrollment levels will be strictly limited with working stations in the studio set up to accommodate social distancing protocols and face masks will be worn by students and faculty while in the Classrooms.
Classes
Painting for all Levels
with Gretchen Lopez
June 19, 2020
10am – 4:30pm at Sedona Arts CenterGain the confidence to be a painter!

From the beginning to the experienced student, this one-day class in oil or acrylic will guide and teach students how to approach the painting process with confidence, while exploring the basics of value-pattern, composition and color. Students may work from life and/or photos. Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided. Students should take a drawing class prior to attempting painting.
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Drawing Crash Course
with Vince Fazio
June 23 – July 2, 2020
5 – 8pm at Sedona Arts CenterTuesdays & Thursdays  |  5-8pm  |  4 Class Sessions

Vince Fazio offers you the chance to take an intensive course that provides all the tools you need to learn to draw from life.  Whether you are interested in a refresher course or drawing for the first time, this course will provide you with the foundations you need in the language of drawing.  Learning to see in terms of lines, shapes, and value pattern is the essential skill required to translate the three-dimensional world to any two-dimensional surface – regardless of the medium you ultimately wish to explore.  As well as learning to draw, you will learn the most essential thing in all the visual arts: how to see, the foundation of all art.

All materials included!
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The Inspired Abstract Online Workshop
with Julie Bernstein Engelmann
July 11, 12, and 18, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterThis three-day workshop gives you a powerful foundation for abstract painting. Using layers, you’ll be guided to enter the painting process naturally, develop a deep and luscious visual space, and weave into it exquisite brush-marks that grow from a personally meaningful inspiration. You’ll learn to see the spirit in your painting and gently enhance it, so it can shine powerfully.

A focus of this workshop is to find ease in bringing your mid-process “beautiful abstract mess” to completion. You’ll create two acrylic paintings that embody meaning, naturalness, and spatial depth and flow – qualities that lift an abstract painting from amateur to professional.
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Fall Workshops
Zen Creativity: A Brush with Emptiness
with Alok Hsu Kwang-han
October 3 – 4, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterThis is a fun workshop. We explore Zen creativity by being “present, available, playful and not knowing”. All the while, we honor and make friends with a set of 3 brushes Alok designed and had made in the best traditional brush factory in China, 250 g. of very good Yidege liquid ink, plenty of “raw” Xuan paper, and a piece of 100% black wool felt Alok had imported from India to lay beneath each painting essential for reflecting the subtle or bold ink/water patterns back into the absorbent paper. You get to keep all these ‘friends’ with you beyond the conclusion of this workshop on Zen Creativity.
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Loosen Up with Aquamedia Painting
with Robert Burridge
October 5 – 7, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterBurridge’s popular “Loosen Up!” workshops nurture individual success and personal enrichment with a big emphasis on daily painting projects at your own pace. It is stress-free, but be warned; you could end up with too much enthusiasm for painting. This Burridge flagship workshop offers a variety of painting subjects for everyone. Designed for the professional painter who is stuck in a style as well as for the novice who wants to conquer their fear of painting.

Starting each day with multiple, small “warm-up painting exercises” and up to larger-format paintings, Burridge’s positive approach towards the act of painting will inspire you to loosen up, have fun again and paint more! Expect an intense, concentrated and lively workshop where you will create many works of art using spontaneity for maximum effect. This workshop has become a must for artists who want the confidence and permission to paint the way they have always wanted to paint.
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Abstract Figurative 3-Day Workshop
with Robert Burridge
October 9 – 11, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterThis workshop pushes you out of your safe zone and into a brand new, looser, abstract direction drawing, painting and collaging the contemporary nude. You will learn expressive painting techniques for the modern painter. If you ever wanted to learn how to paint the freestyle abstract figure, this workshop is for you. Color is explained and explored. You will learn the 12 Design Compositions for a successful painting. Your “drawing the nude” skills are not a prerequisite.

Classes will include a variety of poses with the nude, draped and partially draped model, lots of paint sketching, gestural drawing and finger painting techniques. Be prepared to paint looser, bolder, freer, lighter and more intuitively. Plenty of time for action-filled painting exercises, demos and personalized attention. All water soluble paints are welcomed. Materials list provided. No photography, please. Handouts provided.
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Silverpoint Drawing
with Koo Schadler
November 6 – 8, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterThe traditional technique of metalpoint (also known as silverpoint; i.e. drawing with a piece of silver) is increasingly popular. This workshop offers students the opportunity to draw with a variety of metal tips including silver, brass, and copper. Koo Schadler will demonstrate and explain all aspects of the medium: types of surfaces to work on, how to increase abrasion in a ground, adding highlights and color to a drawing, and how to speed up the tarnishing process. Students will make for themselves several different drawing surfaces starting from scratch. Each students goes home with Koo’s in-depth, metalpoint instruction booklet and a complete metalpoint kit to continue working in the medium. Open to all levels, from beginning to experienced draftsmen.
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Inks & Etching on Scratchboard
with Justine Mantor-Waldie
November 7 – 8, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterCreate stunning atmospheric perspective by applying watercolor wet on wet techniques using the unique properties of ink. Capture foreground details with etching and pointillist textures to achieve multiple, layered paintings. Justine will demonstrate color mixing for transparent and opaque colors, etching techniques, and compositional considerations for these exciting paintings.

This unique workshop includes all materials allowing students to explore a new medium without investing in a studio of supplies! You only need to bring images that you would like to work from!
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Abstracting the Landscape
with Claudia Hartley
November 12 – 14, 2020
at Sedona Arts CenterLearn 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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Loving Bowls
Sedona Arts Center proudly presents its annual Loving Bowls charity fundraiser in a new way this year. $10 Loving Bowls and special $50 Salad Bowls are available in the Fine Art Gallery on an ongoing basis starting June 5, 2020. Over 1500 bowls will be made and lovingly glazed in a variety of finishes by professional volunteer potters. Proceeds from this ongoing event will go to the Sedona Food Bank, Sedona Community Center, Humane Society of Sedona, Verde Valley Santuary, and educational programs at Sedona Arts Center.
The Fine Art Gallery at the Sedona Arts Center is currently open Friday–Sunday from 10am to 5pm
New Work in the Online Gallery
Over 250 works are now on display in the recently expanded Online Gallery. Among them Al Brown’s beautifully composed photo of the Washer Woman formation in Monument Valley pictured above. Browse by category and Artist to explore the diversity of our professional member artists work HERE
SHOP THE ONLINE GALLERY!
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