Sedona Arts Center — New art class starts tomorrow

ART CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
at Sedona Arts Center

Sedona is surrounded by a magical landscape of red rock formations and high desert hills with beautiful Oak Creek meandering through it all. Come experience the Shangri-La of the Southwest, a beautiful learning environment with Art Colony roots going back nearly 100 years! Sign up for an art class or workshop today!

IN THIS EMAIL: Introduction to Silver Clay (starts tomorrow!), Creative Aging, Drawing II, Pastels Crash Course, Glazes I and II, Big Effects Pastels & Mixed Media, Canyon Color for the Painter, Painting Luminous Watercolors, iPhoneography, Repousse Metal Working, and Jewelry Casting!

STARTS TOMORROW! – LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP

Introduction to Silver Clay
with Joan Roberts
February 12 – 13: Wednesday–Thursday, 9am-1pm Joan Roberts has been creating distinct wearable art pieces with metal clay for 2 decades. She will share techniques, methods and a few secrets to successful creation of jewelry pieces. Silver Clay is a mixture of microscopic particles of silver, distilled water and a non-toxic organic binder. When fired the silver sinters into a solid piece of “fine silver.” Participants do not need past experience in metal work or other clays to be very successful.

This class is divided into two mornings so pieces can be finished and loaded into a kiln at the end of the first day and finished and polished on the second. Participants will be provided with enough clay to create up to two pairs of earrings or a pendant.

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Creative Aging: Unwind, Create, Connect
with Michael Sjostedt
February 25: Tuesday, 10am-12pm (Ages 65+)Explore the joy of artistic expression and social connection in this engaging workshop designed for adults 65+. Create one-of-a-kind bookmarks, notecards, and small art pieces using vintage magazines and ephemera. Whether you’re crafting for yourself or creating gifts for others, this hands-on session promotes creativity, skill-building, and meaningful social engagement.

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Drawing II: The Next Level
with Ed Buonvecchio
March 3-17: Mondays, 9am-4pm Drawing II: The Next Level begins where Drawing I: A Practical and Entertaining Artleaves off. If you are an absolute beginner, take Level I first, However I encourage artists with more skill to jump in and take this course. Drawing can be a useful and fun tool in your daily life taking you away from your stressful day and giving you a way to express ideas or memorialize experiences. Learning to draw and sketch can give you the skill to design something you want to make, start a painting or serve as a launchpad to exploring other forms of art or teaching others your learned drawing skills. In this three-week, day long ongoing studio class we will learn skills and tools needed to draw what you see or imagine.

We will be performing exercises in drawing to develop the necessary skills to make drawings that show confident strokes and to strive for confidence in your ability. We will draw still lifes, human figures (from photos), landscapes and delve deeper into linear perspective, value, line, shape and composition. We will practice the use of pencil, charcoal, ink pen and brush.

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Pastels: A Crash Course
with Nori Thorne
March 4: 10am-4pm Are you drawn to the beauty and versatility of pastel but don’t know where to start? This crash course is for you. We will have pastel demonstrations, exercises, and plenty of at-easel encouragement. Learn how to block in a design, underpaint using a wet wash, experiment with a variety of pastel surfaces and materials. With an emphasis on achieving correct values, colors, and shapes you will create an exciting floral still life and leave the workshop with skills to begin your pastel journey.

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Glazes I: Understanding Glazes
with John Post
March 4-April 15: Tuesdays, 1-4pm

Unleash your creativity and discover the fascinating world of glaze-making in this hands-on, in-depth course. Much like baking, glaze-making involves following recipes, measuring ingredients, and using heat to transform simple materials into beautiful, vibrant finishes. With a little patience and experimentation, you’ll learn how to control every aspect of your glazes—from surface texture to color variation—giving you the ability to create the perfect glaze for your pottery.

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GLAZES II: Exploring Glazes
with John Post
March 5-April 9: Wednesdays, 5-8pm

Ready to deepen your understanding of glaze creation? Exploring Glazes is an advanced course that builds on foundational glaze-making skills, perfect for those who’ve completed Understanding Glazes and are eager to experiment further. You’ll refine your technical knowledge, troubleshoot common issues, and gain the skills to customize glazes to suit your unique artistic style. Unlock new surface qualities and learn to bring your vision to life with the science of glaze development.

*Prerequisite: Completion of Understanding Glazes

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Big Effects: Pastels and Mixed Media ONLINE
with Jude Valentine
March 5–26, 2025
Wednesdays, 12–2pm AZ TimeCreate a portfolio of mixed media ideas by experimenting with combining pastel with acrylic, watercolor or gouache. We’ll use various approaches and media to discover visually interesting textures and applications. Each week we’ll explore a new combination to produce stunning effects. Students will use supplied sketches to map our their paintings and we’ll work in class on application of color effects.

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Canyon Color for the Painter: A Plein Air Workshop
with Carol Douglas
March 10-14, 2025Transform your plein air painting skills in this unique week-long oil, acrylic, pastel and watercolor workshop. You’ll focus on color from every angle and apply advanced color concepts to your work. Color theory is not just a collection of good ideas; it’s the cornerstone of your toolbox. Using practical lessons and exercises, you’ll take what you’ve learned about color and use it to enhance your artistic vision.

Discover shortcuts to save you time and effort in the studio or field.
Learn how to lead with color and create a color strategy before you pick up a brush.
Choose the most effective color system for your purpose and master its application.

This painting class is open to all mediums. Basic painting experience is required.

CANYON COLOR FOR THE PAINTER: A PLEIN AIR WORKSHOP

Painting Luminous Watercolors with Impressionistic Brushwork
with Betty Carr
March 15-17, 2025Learn to capture the beauty of light in this three-day workshop! Betty Carr teaches students to accurately portray the effect of light on any subject in watercolor. Students will explore a variety of locations in beautiful Sedona.

During her workshop Betty begins each day with a demonstration/ lecture covering tools, techniques, brushwork, problems and solutions. Emphasis throughout the workshop is on organization and simplification of darks and lights, value and color relationships, edges, movement and mass to create a dynamic, coherent composition.

PAINTING LUMINOUS WATERCOLORS WITH BETTY CARR

iPhoneography – In-Person and Online
with Kelli Klymenko
March 21, 2025, 9am–2pm Arizona TimeIn today’s technological world, even professional photographers and artists are recognizing the iPhone as a useful (and even practical) photographic tool. Join photographer artist, Kelli Klymenko in his one-day class for beginner and advanced students and you’ll go beyond the basics and learn to shoot professional quality photographs with your iPhone.

You will learn how to shoot, edit and share remarkable landscapes, portraits and the macro world around you using only your iPhone. Kelli will guide you through simple tips and tricks that will take your photography to the next level. Discover how to capture the essence of a place and your subjects rather than just taking a picture. You will also learn basic video and video editing techniques for use on social media.

This is a HYBRID class – Kelli will be teaching in-person AND online.

iPHONEOGRAPHY WITH KELLI KLYMENKO : IN-PERSON MAR 21

iPHONEOGRAPHY WITH KELLI KLYMENKO : ONLINE MARCH 21

Introduction to Repousse Metal Working
with Kristine Mills
March 22-23, 2025 Repouse is a bas relief process that turns flat, softened metal into 3-dimensional imagery. Although it is a basic class in repouse it requires some drawing skills and patience (not strength) to push metal within its annealed capacity to move. Each participant will create a finished piece of formed metal jewelry.

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Jewelry Casting with Natural Materials
with Kristine Mills
March 24-25, 2025 This class is an “accidental process” involving natural found materials, and the negative space hollows between them as space for molten silver to flow, and create marvelous natural forms akin to sediments and fossils. This two day intensive workshop will then introduce you to the basics of soldering to attach bails for a pendant or pin backs. Students will go home with a finished piece.

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Scholarships Are Available!
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Scholarships are an important part of Sedona Arts Center. It has a long history in providing students in need of financial assistance, the ability to hone their skills and creative talents. Art classes and workshops also allow an emotional break from daily life and offer social interaction with fellow lovers of art. We are proud to offer our scholarship program, with the help of The Kling Family Foundation and the Debbie Winslow Scholarship Fund, which allow us to continue this long standing opportunity.

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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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