Sedona Arts Center — Art Classes and Workshops Coming Up!

Nothing really compares to painting at the edge of the Grand Canyon. This three-day intensive offers: master instruction with professional artist and instructor Bill Cramer .He 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 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.

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This workshop is a wonderful opportunity to gather info from your oil studies and drawings done in plein air. I will show you how to capture the vitality of what you see with oil sketches, so you can create larger paintings in your home studio and also keep the experience and memories of your visit to Mexico alive and vibrant.  With daily demonstrations, learn to compose, find your focal point and mix color from a limited palette.

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As we explore the theme of “Baggage Claim” together as a class, Jesse will offer creative prompts paired with mixed media techniques to help you access your own personal stories and inner wisdom as you expand your skills as an artist. Through these creative prompts we consider all that we are carrying, what we want to let go and what we’d like to claim for our future adventures ahead. Jesse will act as your creative guide. This process will work for a totally new beginner or a seasoned artist looking for fresh inspiration. She will meet you where you are and take you on your own creative journey.

This workshop is being offered online only via Zoom. You will need to have Zoom installed in your device.

Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.  Additional bags of clay may be purchased during class for $35 per bag which includes glazing & firing fees.  Enrolled students may also participate in one open studio session per week.

June 12 – July 17, Mondays — Advanced (FULL – WAIT LIST ONLY)
July 24 – August 28, Mondays – Advanced

June 13 – July 18, Tuesdays — All Levels
July 25 – August 29, Tuesdays – All Levels

June 14 – July 19, Wednesdays – All Levels
July 26 – August 30, Wednesdays – All Levels

*Note that the Monday class is reserved for experienced ceramicists! Beginners are welcome in Dennis Ott’s Tuesday or Wednesday classes. See more classes with Dennis Ott by clicking the button below.

This six-week course focuses on developing, strengthening and advancing one’s skills using the potters wheel, as well as understanding the properties of clay in order to expand one’s potential to architecturally create a version of what one envisions. Have fun, gain knowledge and confidence.

Small class size ensures that each student receives personalized, one-on-one instruction and encouragement. Open for ages 12 through adult. Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.  Additional bags of clay may be purchased during class for $35 per bag which includes glazing & firing fees. Enrolled students may also participate in one open studio session per week.

June 15 – July 20, Thursdays – All Levels
July 27 – August 31, Thursdays – All Levels

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The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free from the constraints of grades and benefits from the talents of its ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to offer flexible and diverse programming in both traditional and contemporary techniques.

Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.  Additional bags of clay may be purchased during class for $35 per bag which includes glazing & firing fees. Enrolled students may also participate in one open studio session per week.

June 13 – July 18, Tuesdays – Hand Building (FULL – Wait List Only)
July 25 – August 29, Tuesdays – Hand Building

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The Sedona Arts Center’s ceramic department operates free from the constraints of grades and benefits from the talents of its ceramic faculty and assistants as well as nationally recognized guest instructors. This combination allows our department to offer flexible and diverse programming in both traditional and contemporary techniques.

Tuition includes the first 25-pound bag of clay, firings and glazes, and one open studio session per week.  Additional bags of clay may be purchased during class for $35 per bag which includes glazing & firing fees. Enrolled students may also participate in one open studio session per week.

June 17 – July 22, Saturdays – Pottery Wheel for Beginners
July 29 – September 2, Saturdays – Pottery Wheel for Beginners

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With materials included, all barriers have been removed so that you can explore the fun of painting! All you bring is yourself and clothing that you could get some paint on!

• Ages 9 – 12 years old
• July 17 – 21, 2023  |  Monday – Friday  |  1:00 – 4:00 pm
• All art materials are provided.
• No experience is necessary – just the student’s willingness to learn to paint with watercolors & ink.

Kids will learn and have fun exploring the many techniques of watercolors and ink to create their own unique paintings. Each student will leave with a fun body of work and knowledge of watercolors.

Sign up early as class is limited to 10 participants.

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 Click here for more painting classes with Gretchen Lopez.

Our class will focus on the “how to’s” of brushes, mediums, paper, seeing and painting light on form, understanding temperatures of light and shadow, and working with edges in painting a variety of subjects. I’ll be demonstrating exciting ways to create effects in watercolor using impressionistic, painterly brushwork. How to paint in watercolor using glazing and textural techniques, incorporating frisket (don’t worry if you don’t know what that is – you will find out and it’s fun), and applying a value sketch will be covered. When completed, we will all have painted some exciting and beautiful watercolors.

With materials included, all barriers have been removed so that you can explore the fun of painting! All you bring is yourself, a lunch or snack, and clothing that you can get some paint on!