Sedona Arts Center — Check out these new Art Workshops and Classes!

DON’T MISS THESE UPCOMING ART WORKSHOPS in Sedona, Arizona

Paper Paintings: Fabulous Florals
with Elizabeth St. Hilaire
April 19–21 : Fri, 10am – 5pm, Sat & Sun, 9am – 4pmWe will be drawing florals from a still life setup and modifying it to create a compelling, FUN composition. We’ll cover how to paint your life drawing with a full range of fun, bright colors and shading. You will then learn how to hand-paint your own collage papers through a series of gel plate mono printing techniques in the color palette from your under-painting. Once you have created your paper palette you’ll follow along and learn how to rip and glue and apply your papers in a painterly manner over the top of your underpainting. Elizabeth will cover how to tear with and without white edges, how to keep your pieces perfectly flat without cockling, and how to vary your paper brush marks in size and shape.

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Waxing Poetic: Cold Wax & Oil Painting
with Lori Roll
April 26–27 : Friday & Saturday, 11am – 4pmWe will explore the expressive nature of oil paint mixed with cold wax medium to create layers, textures, mark making and personal expressions. Work can be abstract or representational.

Lori will provide all paint, wax medium and multi-media supplies and reference materials – there is a $40 materials fee payable directly to the instructor on the first day. Students may bring additional supplies if they wish. Click on the Materials List tab above for more complete information.

After the introduction and demonstration, students will have plenty of time to explore and paint! On day-two we will come back to our work with fresh perspectives to edit or create new work. An understanding of design and color mixing is helpful and creative problem solving is encouraged. This dynamic class is limited to 12 participants to allow for one-on-one attention. At the end of each day we will share our experiences and pieces with the class.

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Painting a Bold, Colorful, Arizona Landscape
with Joe A. Oakes
May 4 : Saturday, 10am – 4pmJoin award-winning artist Joe A. Oakes for a fun, info-packed, painting experience. Learn to take an ordinary image and transform it into an extraordinary, finished, VIBRANT painting. Valuable art principles and important acrylic painting techniques will be discussed while we work through and complete a finished piece. All painting styles and skill levels are welcome. Also open to oil and pastel painters.

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The Poetry of Healing
with Jodie Hollander
May 11 : Saturday, 10am – 1pmFor centuries, creating art, and writing poetry in particular, has served as a form of healing for pain and grief. In this workshop, we’ll discuss examples of celebrated poems that tackle these difficult topics and study effective techniques for channeling our challenges into poetry. Then, through a series of writing prompts, we’ll delve into our own experiences and turn them into powerful, effective poems. This workshop is for anyone who is interested in the incredible transformative power of poetry to heal our wounds, whether emotional or physical.

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ONLINE WORKSHOP

ONLINE: Abstract Figurative Workshop
with Robert Burridge
April 19–21 : Friday–Sunday, 9am – 4pm California TimeThis workshop pushes you out of your safe zone and into a brand new, looser, abstract direction drawing and painting 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.

The second day of the workshop will include working directly with the live model in a variety of undraped, partially draped and nude poses. You will do lots of paint sketching, gestural drawing and finger painting techniques.

The third day – be prepared to paint looser, bolder, freer, lighter and more intuitively. The model will transform into one of Burridge’s “Lounge Ladies” with imaginative sets and playful costumes!

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ONLINE: It’s All About Your Brushes
with Gretchen Lopez
May 10 : Friday, 9:30am – 2:30pm Arizona TimeGet to know what your brushes can do in this one session course.

Your brushes are an extension of you. Gain more confidence in your paintings by understanding all the techniques which go into the handling of your brushes!

Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided. This class is online – enrolled students will receive an email invitation with a link to join the Zoom meeting platform from Gretchen Lopez a day or two before the class.

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UPCOMING ART CLASSES

Painting: Anatomy of Flowers in Still-Life
with Gretchen Lopez
May 9 : Thursday, 10am – 4:30pmLearn the structure, values and shapes to build gorgeous flowers in your paintings. We’ll take this in a step-by step approach, as we mix color and learn to compose.Instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention provided.

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Watercolor Crash Course:
Capturing Luminous Light
with Betty Carr
May 13–14 : Monday & Tuesday, 10am – 3pmThis class welcomes beginners who have some drawing experience and want to learn how to paint with watercolor, as well as the more experienced painters who want to learn more watercolor techniques.

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.

WATERCOLOR CRASH COURSE : CAPTURING LUMINOUS LIGHT

Watercolor and Ink for the Traveler
with Casey Cheuvront
May 29 : Wednesday, 11am – 4:30pmWatercolor is a popular, flexible medium, and suitable for anyone that travels and would like to capture the beauty of their surroundings. In this workshop we will explore watercolor basics, using a journaling/sketchbook approach. We’ll cover the basics of composition, value, brushwork and color relationships, experiment with color mixing and ink drawing, and finish by working with the living landscape to create sketchbook paintings that can stand on their own or serve as inspirational notes for later studio works. At the end of the workshop, you should have begun a sketchbook of your own that you can carry virtually anywhere, which will allow you to record your travels, and your progress in this medium. Suitable for beginners and more experienced painters alike.

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Ceramics Department

Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, students will learn to throw a variety of forms on the potter’s wheel or techniques to create hand-built works. Slab roller, extruder and forms are also available to create functional and decorative pieces. Class sessions are 6-weeks long and meet once/week.

Sedona Arts Center’s ceramics instructors are all highly skilled artists and experienced teachers!

Neil Kennedy – Instructor

Ceramics – Pottery Wheel for Beginners
April 13–May 18 : Saturdays from 9am to 12pm
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Ceramics – Hand Building
May 21–June 18 : Tuesdays from 1 to 4pm
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Dennis Ott, Instructor and Head of the Ceramics Dept

Ceramics – Advanced
May 20–June 17 : Mondays from 4 to 7pm
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Ceramics – All Levels
May 21–June 18 : Tuesdays from 9am to 12pm
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Ceramics – All Levels
May 22–June 19 : Wednesdays from 9am to 12pm
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Lolo Aileen – Instructor

Ceramics – All Levels
May 23–June 20 : Thursdays from 4 to 7pm
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FIELD EXPEDITIONS:

Nature & Art Journaling
at the Grand Canyon
with Julie Richard & Ed Buonvecchio
May 31 – June 1
Friday – Saturday

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Grand Canyon:
Painting From the South Rim
with Bill Cramer
June 4 – 6
Thuesday – Thursday

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Circles, Symmetry and Symbols – An Art Journaling Workshop with Printmaking Techniques in Alaska
with Jesse Petersen
July 15 – 19

ART JOURNALING WITH PRINTMAKING IN ALASKA : LEARN MORE

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Our mission is to connect, enrich, educate and lead through the inspiring power of the arts and creative discovery.

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 is based in Uptown Sedona and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley.

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