Upcoming Art Workshops at Sedona Arts Center

Join us to experience new and exciting finishing techniques. This workshop is great for a first time clay experience or for the experienced potter to explore a number of new finishes. We will be using non-traditional finishes such as Raku, Sager, Obvara, and horse hair to create beautiful surface results.

We will meet on two consecutive Sunday’s: the first day to create our pieces and the second day to fire them. This workshop is open to all experience levels, from none to advanced. The potters wheel is available for those with experience. Hand building available for all. Each participant will create 4-5 pieces.

Creativity is a process of allowing. It begins with an inner spark, which you feed, develop, and actualize. Creativity must be nurtured into being. It can be both magical and astounding. But it arises when we relax enough to invite it in. Coaxing forth its flow, a wellspring of creative solutions bubble to the surface. Inner wisdom helps us initiate skillful, creative action.

Freeing the mind through meditation creates the ground for equanimity–that fertile state where brilliance breaks free.

No prior art, writing, or meditation experience is necessary – just the willingness to be more creative, more inspired, and more productive. Come if you wish to learn something lasting; something beautiful… while allowing your creativity to be nurtured.

We will learn how to paint figures in movement by working from a live model and concentrating on shapes.  Our goal will be to learn to paint a suggestion of people in landscapes, cityscapes, and interior scenes. Basic drawing skills is a must!

You’re invited to participate in a 2-day, hands-on workshop with Larron Lerdall, Ceramics Instructor at the Mesa Arts Center and studio potter from Mesa, AZ. On the first day, Larron will be sharing tips through demonstration on throwing and hand building. You will be making a small item or two, so come prepared to get dirty! Day two will be a condensed version of Larron’s 8-week glazing class where you will be glazing several items (valued at $100) which he is providing. All you’ll need to bring is a pen and paper and a sponge.

Space is limited!  Clay and firing fees included. Open to all levels.

Demonstrations will be done for the group and critiques will be conducted on an individual basis. Plenty of personal attention is the goal of the instructor.

While this workshop covers such topics as composition, color, value, and mark making, the real juice comes from the teachings about the creative process and how to embrace our own intuition as an artist. Through daily demonstrations, meditation and journaling, you will leave with a better understanding of embracing freedom in art and in life.

This workshop is open to all levels. If you are a beginner, you will be given the opportunity to learn composition, color mixing, mark making, and more in a welcoming environment. If you are an advanced artist, Jodie will help you create your most honest work through understanding the personal energy you bring to your art, embracing your personal mark making and how you choose the color combinations in a more intuitive way. Either way, this workshop will help you and your art advance to a new level in a judgement-free, joy-filled zone.

John Post is a retired K-12 art teacher whose focus in the classroom was clay and painting. He holds a Master of Arts in Ceramics from Wayne State University in Detroit. He also has a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in sculpture from Wayne State University. In retirement he works on creating functional pottery fired to cone 10 in his gas kiln in Sedona, Arizona. His favorite part of the pottery making process is creating new glazes.

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 organization is based at the Art Barn in Uptown and offers year-round classes, exhibitions, festivals, and cultural events that enhance the creative life of the Verde Valley. The Center’s Fine Art Gallery, open daily from 10am to 5pm, promotes the original works of over 100 local artists and regularly offers special assistance for collectors and art buyers, offers private studio visits, and fosters hundreds of arts education opportunities each year. For more information, call the Gallery at 928-282-3865, the Administrative offices at 928-282-3809 or visit us online at SedonaArtsCenter.org.

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