W2 - Invisible Ties: Assembling Memory into Presence 
Feb
10
to Mar 14

W2 - Invisible Ties: Assembling Memory into Presence 

with Bethany Cordero

Monday, 10am-12pm. Advanced Registration Required.

This class invites participants to reflect on their identity by transforming memories into layered, tactile forms through the meditative act of assemblage. Using paper, thread, wire, and needles, participants will engage in writing exercises to recall moments when they felt most like themselves. These written memories and drawings will be placed onto paper, creating fragmented pages that represent key pieces of their identity.

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W2 - BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING
Feb
11
to Mar 11

W2 - BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE DRAWING

with Jesse Howard

Tuesday, 10am - 12pm Advanced Registration Required.

Learn fundamental drawing techniques and expand existing skills in a variety of media to discover individual drawing style. The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.

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W2- BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING
Feb
12
to Mar 12

W2- BEGINNING TO ADVANCED DRAWING

with Jesse Howard

Wedesday, 7pm - 9pm Advanced Registration Required.

The focus will be on constructing composition and linear perspective with an emphasis on value plane and the use of line. Students will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to their subject matter.

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W2 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
Feb
13
to Mar 13

W2 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING

with Julie Sulzen

Thursday, 1pm - 3pm. Advanced Registration Required.

Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.

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W2 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING
Feb
13
to Mar 13

W2 - EXPLORING OIL PAINTING

with Julie Sulzen

Thursday, 6pm - 8pm. Advanced Registration Required.

Students will explore the fundamentals of oil painting with an introduction to materials and by practicing skills of observation, methods of drawing, explorations of color theory, and techniques of brushwork. Utilizing carefully designed still life arrangements, fundamentals of painting such as light, shape, value, and edges will be covered. Demonstrations and discussions are designed to encourage individual progress as well as general painting guidance.

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W2 - Basic Acrylic Painting
Feb
14
to Mar 14

W2 - Basic Acrylic Painting

with Catalina Gongora

Friday, 10am-12pm. Advanced Registration Required.

Learn the basics of Acrylic painting in this five week course. This course is designed for beginners and intermediate painters who are interested in learning the entire process of creating a work of art using acrylic paint.

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EXTENSION - Oracle Card Making with Mixed Media Workshop
Feb
15

EXTENSION - Oracle Card Making with Mixed Media Workshop

with Jackie Lakely
Saturday February 15th from 10am-4pm

This is an extension of the previous Oracle Card workshop for those who participated in December.

Oracle cards mean different things to different people, but I see them as intuitive, uplifting messages to your future self, or visual ideas/messages/thoughts that you like to have around you.

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W2 - Experimental Painting: Color, Form, and Meaning
Feb
21
to Mar 14

W2 - Experimental Painting: Color, Form, and Meaning

** THIS IS A FOUR WEEK SESSION **

with Michael Cuadrado Gonzalez

Friday, 4pm-6pm. Advanced Registration Required.

Stemming from conceptions grounded in abstraction, this course for beginning to intermediate painters will include extensive experimentation with techniques, materials, and mediums through individual painting dilemmas.

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Visual Poetics : Image Transfers & Encaustic Layering
Mar
1

Visual Poetics : Image Transfers & Encaustic Layering

Saturday March 1st 11am-2pm

In this class, participants will explore poetics in the visual language of encaustics; its haunting ability to layer and encapsulate imagery, pigment, and texture. Students will be asked to consider materials beyond the surface level, carefully examining how color, images, and mark making convey subtle meaning. This workshop will focus on basic encaustic techniques, image transfers onto wax, and studio safety.

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Kintsugi for Beginners
Mar
9

Kintsugi for Beginners

Sunday March 9th, 4pm - 6pm

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art form in which gold is used to repair broken ceramics. The practice of Kintsugi highlights the break rather than erasing it and emphasizes that the break is what makes the ceramics more valuable and beautiful. In this beginner’s workshop, participants will learn the basic technique of Kintsugi on a small porcelain plate or a small ceramic plate to understand the fundamentals of this process.

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SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Clothed Model
Dec
1

SUNDAY Figure Drawing Non-Instructional with Clothed Model

Sunday, December 1st, 10am - 1pm
Model: Coco

This figure session will be a clothed model session open to teens 12+ as well as adults.

This is the traditional OPAL Sunday figure session for drawing from a live model. These are 3-hour, non-instructional figure drawing sessions. Work on your figure-drawing skills at your own self-directed pace!

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Straight Ahead: Intro to Stop-Motion
Nov
23

Straight Ahead: Intro to Stop-Motion

With Charlotte Hong

Saturday November 23rd and Sunday November 24th

1pm - 5pm

This hands-on workshop is a primer in the production skills and principles of stop-motion animation. Students will learn to craft paper cut-out puppets, collaborate on an exquisite corpse and be introduced to a selection of techniques to create their own stop-motion animated films. 

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