September 2013 Classes

Direct Mosaic                                  

This course in direct mosaic technique is designed for beginners.   Learn the art of applying tesserae (Ceramic tile, vitreous glass tile, stained glass, broken china and pottery, glass beads, shells, pebbles, and jewelry) to an object (wood, terracotta, glass, etc – almost any non-flexible surface) to create your personalized mosaic art.  Students will be designing and creating a mosaic picture frame.  All materials will be provided – including the picture frame, stained glass, adhesive, grout and sealer.  Students are invited to bring other items to apply to their frame including flat marbles, broken dishes, jewelry, etc.

Instructor:  Michelle Masitis

Thursday Evenings  Sept 12, 19, 26,   6:30 – 8:30pm

Cost:  $60

Contact us to register.

Email us:    Bellefonte Arts

Call us:  302-762-4ART 

September 2013 Classes

Wire Wrapping Skills for Beginners and Intermediates   

                                                                                                                                                  

Wire Wrapping Pendants, Cabochons, Crystals, and other Wire Wrapped Settings

 Have you ever wanted to make your own wire wrapped jewelry? Learn basic and intermediate skills to get you started setting your own pendants and cabochons with decorative wire techniques. Find out what materials and tools to use and how to use them properly.  From start to finish, the wire wrapping process will be covered for prong setting and cabochon setting techniques, as well as other skills like weaving, finishing, and coiling that will serve you well into advanced wire wrapping.  It is beautiful and satisfying, but it is also hard work.  Materials fee will include wire material, some hand tools, and other necessary materials like tape, razor blades, finishing tools, and simple settings.  Students will be encouraged to bring their materials (stones, etc.) for setting if desired.

DATES:  Wednesday Evenings, September 11, 18, 25.  6:30 - 8:30pm 

Instructor:  Simon Hamermesh

Cost:  $60     ( Materials fee: TBD)

Summer Workshop: Creative Writing Crash Course

"Creative Writing Crash Course."


Join us for the  basics of great storytelling for any kind of writing, including poetry! Bring pen and paper and a sense of adventure.
This is a two night workshop. 
July 30, and 31. from 6:30 - 8:30pm
Cost:  $40
Call us to register:  302-762-4ART

Or email us at:   Bellefontearts@gmail.com

Summer Workshop: Phoenix Watercolors

                     

Bring what you call your “failures” out of the Ashes

There are never failures in watercolor; only learning experiences and opportunities to use what you have.  We will play with techniques, tools of all kinds (salt, brushes, sticks, toothbrushes, sponges, Q-tips, etc.) and we will experiment with mixing media (wax crayons, pastels, pen & ink).

Bring your painting supplies, one to three watercolors, an open mind and a spirit of fun!

Instructor:  Lisa Lutwyche

DATES:  

June 18,     July 9,      July 23,

TIME:  6:30 - 8:30 pm 

COST: per class $20

Call us to register:  302-762-4ART

Or email us at:   Bellefontearts@gmail.com

Summer Workshop: Get your Tie Dye on!!

Join us for one, or all three fun-filled summer evenings of tie dye!

June 26

July 10

Aug 14

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

$20.00 a session

Wear old clothes and bring washed cotton rayon or silk items to dye.
Call to register:  302-762-4ART
Email us at:  bellefontearts@gmail.com

May 2013 Classes

Writing the Body;  A Creative Writing Course for Women  

Writing the Body is a class designed to connect women to their stories, their histories, and their bodies.  Throughout the session (in a friendly, supportive, small-group setting) we will explore our relationship to memory, body image and identity, standards of beauty, self-expression and silence, nurturing, sexuality, gender dynamics, love, personal journeys, and future dreams and aspirations.  Writing the Body is for all women from professional, published writers to "non-writers" with stories to tell and an impulse to re-connect to their creativity and themselves.

Instructor:  Cathleen Mulrooney

Tuesday Evenings  May 7, 14, 21, 28,  6:30 – 8:30 pm

Cost:  $80

April 2013

Tie Dye;   Textile Dyeing Around the World               

Week One  Shibori:  This a traditional form of Japanese textile dyeing. While there are several different techniques of Shibori, we will focus on Arashi Shibori which involves wrapping fabric around a cylinder and scrunching the fabric down before dyeing it. The result is looks something like an “arashi”, the Japanese word for storm.

Week Two  Bandhani:  In India, Bandhani is a tradition of tie dye that involves tying small knots into fabric. We will do this and use the traditional colors of yellow, red, green and black to create a beautiful final product.

Week Three  Tritik:  This is a type of textile work often found in various countries of Africa. The technique involves drawing a design on cloth and then stitching with a thick thread over the design before dyeing.

Time permitting; we will also do some “American” Tie Dyeing Everyone has seen the tie dye swirl on shirts and this is your opportunity to learn how to make one! This technique as well as others will be discussed and participants will have an opportunity to choose their own colors

Instructor:  Julie Hazzard

Tuesday Evenings April, 9, 16, 23,  6 – 8pm

Cost:  $60

April 2013

Lampwork/Hot Molten Glass                                      

During this class students will learn how to melt soft glass onto a mandrel, how to set up a small bead making studio, and how to manipulate hot glass to make beads. Students will have the opportunity to make several beads to take home. Come and experience the magic of hot molten glass.

Instructor:  Erno Keskeney

Thursday Evenings April 4, 11, 18, 25,  6:30 – 8:30pm

Cost:  $80  Materials  Fee:  TBD

April  2013 Rescheduled Dates TBA

Writing Dialogue & Character Development; Writing for stage, screen, and stories.

Why do People Say What They Say?              

Writing real Dialogue and believable Characters are essential skills for writers of all genres, not just scriptwriters.  This is a writing workshop for any writer who wants to exercise character development and to create dialogue that sounds authentic. 

Join Lisa Lutwyche (produced and published playwright) as we explore learning how to listen.

 Bring your writing supplies, ideas, an open mind, and open ears.

During the last night of class the actors of City Theater Company  in Wilmington DE will attend for anActors’ dry read and critique

Instructor:  Lisa Lutwyche

Wednesday Evenings April 3, 10, 17, 24,  6 – 8pm

Cost:  $90

Poetry Phoenix Workshop                                           

Bring what you call your failures out of the Ashes

There are never failures in Poetry; only a place to begin, to whittle or add, to distill thoughts, feelings, or images, and to craft words into something that answers the vision you had when you sat to write. Bring a poem that you had high hopes for, that tries to say something you need to say, or that attempts to paint a picture you need to share with the world.  And bring kindness and an open mind for this Saturday exploration. 

Instructor:  Lisa Lutwyche

Saturday  March 9,  12 – 2pm RESCHEDULING for April - Stay Tuned!

Cost:  $25

March 2013

Copper Foil Stained Glass                              

This beginner's course in basic stained glass copper foil technique will teach you  the art of cutting glass, foiling, soldering and finishing. Students will be creating one small piece to be able to understand and perform all parts of the process.  All materials will be provided.

Instructor:  Michelle Masitis

Tuesday Evenings  Feb 5, 12, 19, 26^, 6:30 – 8:30

Cost $80

Feb - March 2013

Drawing;  Yes, everyone can draw!

Deep down, everyone can draw, even those who say they can’t even draw a stick figure! The more one draws the better one gets.   Drawing can soothe the soul.  Experience the enjoyment of drawing and tap into the emotional expressiveness of putting pencil to paper.    Everyone could have something that makes them feel content and happy.  Maybe drawing is just that thing, and we don’t even know it.  Working from 3- dimensional objects or your own photographs and reference images, you will learn basic art concepts: space & form, composition, contour line, and shading to produce your unique representational image.

Supplies :  Drawing paper or tablet 9”x 12”or 11” x 14” or larger will be fine. 

Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B or 4B suggested but a No. 2 pencil will do.  Charcoal or charcoal pencil Plastic (white) eraser and kneaded (gray) erasers

Optional: Conte or drawing sticks in black, gray, sepia, or brown

Optional: Your choice of color media, you may already have colored pencils, watercolor or pastels. (If you wish to bring watercolor paint, please bring a brush and paper specifically made to take water media for watercolor.)

**Bring Subject Matter of your own choosing or work from the provided still life material.

Instructor: Michelle Jatko

Thursday Evenings February 28, and March 7, 14, 21 and 28, -- 6:30pm to 8:30pm.   (5 weeks)     Cost:  $100

Feb-March

Outside the Lines; a Celebration of Watercolor      

For people who have painted with watercolors for fifty years, or never…

Enter the world of the ephemeral, the timeless, the willful; of trying to comprehend how  and why water makes our color pigments behave the way they do.  Enter the world of freedom, flowing, giving way to chance, and fall in love with the poetry and the dance of Watercolor…

Instructor:  Lisa Lutwyche

Wednesday Evenings  Feb 27, March 6, 13, 20, 27,  (5 weeks) 6 – 8pm

Cost:  $100

Wire Wrapping Skills for Beginners and Intermediates                                                                                                                                                    

Wire Wrapping Pendants, Cabochons, Crystals, and other Wire Wrapped Settings

 Have you ever wanted to make your own wire wrapped jewelry? Learn basic and intermediate skills to get you started setting your own pendants and cabochons with decorative wire techniques. Find out what materials and tools to use and how to use them properly.  From start to finish, the wire wrapping process will be covered for prong setting and cabochon setting techniques, as well as other skills like weaving, finishing, and coiling that will serve you well into advanced wire wrapping.  It is beautiful and satisfying, but it is also hard work.  Materials fee will include wire material, some hand tools, and other necessary materials like tape, razor blades, finishing tools, and simple settings.  Students will be encouraged to bring their materials for setting if desired.

Friday nights  Feb 8, 15, 22 (or a weeknight if available)

Instructor:  Simon Hamermesh

Cost:  $60  Materials fee: TBD

Phoenix Workshop; Watercolors                               

Bring what you call your “failures” out of the Ashes

There are never failures in watercolor; only learning experiences and opportunities to use what you have.  We will play with techniques, tools of all kinds (salt, brushes, sticks, toothbrushes, sponges, Q-tips, etc.) and we will experiment with mixing media (wax crayons, pastels, pen & ink).

Bring your painting supplies, one to three watercolors, an open mind and a spirit of fun for this Saturday exploration.

Instructor:  Lisa Lutwyche

Saturday Feb 16^th  2-4pm  Cost:  $25

January 2013

Direct Mosaic                                   

This course in direct mosaic technique is designed for beginners.   Learn the art of applying tesserae (Ceramic tile, vitreous glass tile, stained glass, broken china and pottery, glass beads, shells, pebbles, and jewelry) to an object (wood, terracotta, glass, etc – almost any non-flexible surface) to create your personalized mosaic art.  Students will be designing and creating a mosaic picture frame.  All materials will be provided – including the picture frame, stained glass, adhesive, grout and sealer.  Students are invited to bring other items to apply to their frame including flat marbles, broken dishes, jewelry, etc.

Instructor:  Michelle Masitis

Thursday Evenings  Jan 24, 31, Feb 7, 21,   6:30 – 8:30pm

Cost:  $80

January 2013
Drawing with the Needle; the Stitches of Creative Embroidery     

This course is intended for anyone who has admired a sampler or a piece of embroidery, wondered how it was made, and would like to try to create their own, drawing with the needle. We can all design, no previous experience needed, as soon as we get over the idea that only experts can. This course gives you the simple stitches to do so.  Anyone can make a straight stitch which can turn into a wondrous creation with a little help.

Instructor:  Lois Johnson

 Wednesday Evenings  Jan 23, 30, Feb 6, 13, 20 (5 weeks)

 Cost:  $80

January 2013

Tie Dye;   Textile Dyeing Around the World                                   

Week One  Shibori:  This a traditional form of Japanese textile dyeing. While there are several different techniques of Shibori, we will focus on Arashi Shibori which involves wrapping fabric around a cylinder and scrunching the fabric down before dyeing it. The result is looks something like an “arashi”, the Japanese word for storm.

Week Two  Bandhani:  In India, Bandhani is a tradition of tie dye that involves tying small knots into fabric. We will do this and use the traditional colors of yellow, red, green and black to create a beautiful final product.

Week Three  Tritik:  This is a type of textile work often found in various countries of Africa. The technique involves drawing a design on cloth and then stitching with a thick thread over the design before dyeing.

Time permitting; we will also do some “American” Tie Dyeing.   Everyone has seen the tie dye swirl on shirts and this is your opportunity to learn how to make one! This technique as well as others will be discussed and participants will have an opportunity to choose their own colors

Instructor:  Julie Hazzard

Tuesday Evenings   Jan 15, 22, 29, 6 – 8pm

Cost:  $60