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NEW Art workshops at Sedona Arts Center

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Painting For All Levels: ONLINE!
with Gretchen Lopez
May 6, 2022
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.
PAINTING FOR ALL LEVELS ONLINE WORKSHOP : SIGN UP
Grand Canyon: Painting from the South Rim
ONLY ONE SPACE LEFT!
with Bill Cramer
April 26–28, 2022
Nothing really compares to painting at the edge of the Grand Canyon. This three-day intensive offers: master instruction, the support of the Grand Canyon Conservancy Field Institute (GCCFI) and coordination through the Sedona Arts Center.

Bill Cramer teaches various approaches to working on-site and how to efficiently compose and complete plein air paintings. Emphasis will be placed on how to effectively translate the often complex three dimensional landscape onto a two dimensional plane using thumbnail sketches, limited palettes and the thoughtful use of colors, values, shapes, edges and textures. Further emphasis will be placed on the creative process to make paintings that are more than strict representations of the landscape we see. Multiple demonstrations will be complemented by individual attention and group learning.
GRAND CANYON PAINTING FROM THE SOUTH RIM : SIGN UP
Paper Paintings: Mixed Media Airmail Art
with Elizabeth St Hilaire
April 22 – 24, 2022
This workshop focuses on techniques and processes for mixed media with anchor elements being the US Mail; old letters, envelopes, postage stamps, vintage postcards. We will cover creating unique combinations and effects with mail elements that can stand on their own as abstract collage OR become ephemera backgrounds for my favorite collage subject, simple songbirds.

We will be creating three 10×10 pieces that will work together as a series. This series will be a body of mixed media artwork with common themes in US Mail ephemera backgrounds, vintage post marks, size and format, and bird imagery to re-enforce the travel and flight of letters.
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Art Journaling
ONLY ONE SPACE LEFT!
with Jesse Petersen
May 5 – 7, 2022
Jesse Petersen is an art instructor at Let’s Make Art. She has a passion for teaching and a love of art journaling. She believes that there is an artist inside each of us, and she’s on a mission to empower all of us to create. In this in-person workshop, Jesse will be sharing how she creates more calm in her daily life through art journaling. She’s chosen a tranquil color palette and will provide insightful prompts and helpful techniques to get you creating and feeling the benefits of making art. Join Jesse and dive into art journaling as she leads you through a soul-enriching, art-making experience. Whether you are a true beginner or a seasoned artist, we think you’ll find art journaling in this way to be an expansive and rejuvenating experience.
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Fun With Boxes: Ceramic Hand-building
with Suzy Allan
May 8 & 15, 2022 (Two Sundays)
Join Suzy Allan, ceramic artist and instructor, for a FUN two-day ceramic box-making workshop.  She will demonstrate and help you create your one-of-a-kind ceramic box.  The Sedona Arts Center has lots of embellishing stamps, textures and tools, or you can bring your own.  Suzy will share several of the tricks she learned to make your box look professional.  Firing and glazing will be done at a later date to be discussed in the workshop. Upon completion of the workshop and after the final firing, you will have a finished box.
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Texture – Color – Feeling
with Jan Sitts
May 13 – 15, 2022
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.
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Mosaic / Collage Pendants
with Michelle Sales
May 21, 2022 
This one day class will incorporate beads and/or found objects to create two beautiful and unique pendants. Participants will learn how to utilize a non-toxic epoxy clay to embed objects and beads into a metal pendant tray. Proper placement of beads, design, and composition will be explored. Several examples of finished pendants and necklaces will be provided for reference.  This is a fun and inspirational class that can be used as a spring board for the creation of many types of jewelry and collage work. The class is appropriate for all skill levels.
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Mixed Media Transfer Techniques
with Michelle Sales
May 26 – 28, 2022 
Artists from the past and present have often used images taken from existing materials such as magazines, postcards, old books, photocopies, and more to enhance their artwork. There now exists a multitude of transfer techniques available to artists. In this three-day workshop you will learn to transfer existing images onto a variety of surfaces including wood, paper, metal, foil, canvas, and fabric. Methods include specialized techniques using acrylic gel medium, magazine pages and laser prints to create an image on a substrate. Many of the transfers created in this workshop can stand alone or be incorporated into other images.  We will explore various methods of layering images using acrylic paint, stamps, and other mixed media to create three dimensional effects. This class is appropriate for all levels of skills or experience.
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Scholarships at Sedona Arts Center
Scholarship awards will pay 50% towards any Class or Workshop tuition. Scholarships are not available for international Field Expeditions or Painting in the Grand Canyon. The Sedona Arts Center awards scholarships to students only when funds are available.
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