Classes
Arts Center East is a place where both children and adults can develop their artistic abilities through classes and workshops. We offer classes for everyone, from toddlers to adults. All levels of experience are welcome and encouraged.
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Painting with Watercolors
http://artscentereast.org/event/painting-watercolors-4/Arts Center East709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066Develop exciting watercolor techniques while painting subjects from nature including animals, flowers, and landscapes. Bivenne demonstrates each stage of the painting process while sharing helpful tips on composition, color, value, texture, special effects, glazing, and more. Individual attention is given to each student. A friendly critique, aimed at increasing your confidence and strengthening your ability to see with an artist’s eye, ends each class.
Note: a basic ability to draw is very helpful for this class!
Instructor Bivenne Staiger is known for her award-winning watercolor paintings of animals/birds and florals, and for her successful teaching style. She is a longtime watercolor instructor, elected member of Salmagundi Club, NYC, Vice President of Connecticut Watercolor Society, former president of Art Guild of Middletown, Charter Member of Maple & Main Gallery in Chester, CT, and has won many prestigious awards locally and nationally. Visit her website.
Painting with Watercolors
$150.00
A one-time price of $150.00 will be added to your order.
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Date: Mondays, May 1 – June 5 (Five classes) – No Class May 29
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Fee: $150.00 (10% discount for Members) Make check payable to Arts Center East or pay online.
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Painting with Acrylics - Evening Class
http://artscentereast.org/event/painting-acrylics-evening-class/Arts Center East709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066Painting with Acrylics – Evening Class
$205.00
A one-time price of $205.00 will be added to your order.- Description
This class will introduce the many ways acrylic paint can be used to create unique and expressive paintings. The course will cover color theory, composition, and the use of acrylic mediums to manipulate the paint. The goal of the class will be to expand each student's repertoire, whether they are a beginner or intermediate painter.
Instructor Elizabeth Krall has exhibited in galleries throughout Connecticut and in New York City. She has a Master's Degree from Wesleyan in Studio Arts, is a Certified Zentangle Instructor, and is an alum of Lyme Academy of Art.
Dates: Wednesdays, April 5 – May 10 (six classes)
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Fee: $175.00 + $30.00 for materials. (10% for ACE members) Make check payable to Arts Center East or pay online.
- 0303.May.Wednesday
Intro to Memoir Writing - All Levels Welcome
http://artscentereast.org/event/intro-memoir-writing-levels-welcome-2/Arts Center East709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066Intro to Memoir Writing
$125.00
A one-time price of $125.00 will be added to your order.- Description
Spring is the season of new beginnings and a perfect time to focus on your writing. Whether you want to pen family stories for you grandchildren, or record the antics of your kids as you watch them grow up, this class will help you bring life to your cast of characters, including the most important one: you! Via in-class writing prompts, you'll learn how to craft scenes, hone your voice, write believable dialogue, and choose sensory details to engage your readers. We'll also explore paths to publishing in the many venues currently available.
Instructor C. Flanagan Flynn is a writer and editor who holds a M.A.L.S. from Wesleyan University. Over the past decade, she's participated in dozens of writing conferences at Harvard University, Trinity College, Mount Holyoke College, and Bay Path University. She was recently selected to participate in The Slice Literary Conference in Brooklyn. She's edited the work of essayists, memoirists, poets, short story writers, and novelists for nearly two decades. She's been published in The New York Times Op Ed and featured in The Hartford Courant.
Dates: Wednesdays, April 26 – May 31
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fee: $125.00 (10% discount for members) Make checks payable to Arts Center East or pay online.
- 0808.May.Monday
Painting with Watercolors
http://artscentereast.org/event/painting-watercolors-4/Arts Center East709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066Develop exciting watercolor techniques while painting subjects from nature including animals, flowers, and landscapes. Bivenne demonstrates each stage of the painting process while sharing helpful tips on composition, color, value, texture, special effects, glazing, and more. Individual attention is given to each student. A friendly critique, aimed at increasing your confidence and strengthening your ability to see with an artist’s eye, ends each class.
Note: a basic ability to draw is very helpful for this class!
Instructor Bivenne Staiger is known for her award-winning watercolor paintings of animals/birds and florals, and for her successful teaching style. She is a longtime watercolor instructor, elected member of Salmagundi Club, NYC, Vice President of Connecticut Watercolor Society, former president of Art Guild of Middletown, Charter Member of Maple & Main Gallery in Chester, CT, and has won many prestigious awards locally and nationally. Visit her website.
Painting with Watercolors
$150.00 A one-time price of $150.00 will be added to your order.- Description
Date: Mondays, May 1 – June 5 (Five classes) – No Class May 29
Time: 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Fee: $150.00 (10% discount for Members) Make check payable to Arts Center East or pay online.
- 1010.May.Wednesday
Painting with Acrylics - Evening Class
http://artscentereast.org/event/painting-acrylics-evening-class/Arts Center East709 Hartford Turnpike Vernon, CT 06066Painting with Acrylics – Evening Class
$205.00 A one-time price of $205.00 will be added to your order.- Description
This class will introduce the many ways acrylic paint can be used to create unique and expressive paintings. The course will cover color theory, composition, and the use of acrylic mediums to manipulate the paint. The goal of the class will be to expand each student's repertoire, whether they are a beginner or intermediate painter.
Instructor Elizabeth Krall has exhibited in galleries throughout Connecticut and in New York City. She has a Master's Degree from Wesleyan in Studio Arts, is a Certified Zentangle Instructor, and is an alum of Lyme Academy of Art.
Dates: Wednesdays, April 5 – May 10 (six classes)
Time: 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Fee: $175.00 + $30.00 for materials. (10% for ACE members) Make check payable to Arts Center East or pay online.
