LIFE DRAWING: THE UNDRESSED
~With Gerald Lucena
Tuition: $75
Level: Open to All Levels
Why draw from life?
Throughout history, from prehistoric cave painters to Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci. Picasso, DeKooning, Diebenkorn, Lucian Freud .... artists have tried to capture the essence of the human form.
This 6 session class is open to artists of all genres and students of all ages interested in exploring their personal approach to figure drawing in a stimulating, informal setting. Every Wednesday night, motivated models provide a series of poses ranging from 2-45 minutes. Advice on materials. techniques, approaches
to drawing and individual critique will be available.
Gerald Lucena studied art at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (BFA), the State UNiversity of New York at Stony Brook. the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado. Lucena currently lives in Captain Cook and teaches for the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture. In his role as art instructor/mentor, Lucena has dedicated the past eight years developing and maintaining programs for children, teens and adults at the Donkey Mill Art Center.
CERAMICS: A Taste of the Potter's Wheel CLASS FULL Next Session in September
~With Claire Seastone
Tuition: $110
Supply Fee: $45
Level: Beginners
Come and learn the basic techniques of the potter's wheel. This class is designed for people who have not worked with clay as well as those who "took that one pottery class back in high school". If you have some experience with throwing but still need to work on centering skills and the other basic skills necessary to work on the wheel, this class is the one to take.
CERAMICS: Hand and Wheel CLASS FULL- Next Session in September
~With Claire Seastone
Tuition: $110
Supply Fee: $45
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Class will focus on developing both hand building and wheel throwing skills.
FLORAL DESIGN: Floral Extravagance
~With Scott Seymour
Tuition: $150
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Each morning students will create their own arrangement with his guidance. At the end of each class, students will receive a critique on their piece as well as learn how to critique the work of others. Learn how to make your own floral arrangements for any special occasion!
Supplies to bring:
- 2-3 containers (with wide opening for oasis foam)
- clippers and scissors
- additional flowers as accent fillers (theme appropriate)
- spray bottle
- towels or old rags
- sketchbook or notebook
THE ART OF QIGONG (Every Tuesday and Friday)
~With Wayne Chenault
Tuition: $8
Level: Open to All Levels
The art of Qigong can been seen as "the art of being". Aside from its many long lasting benefits physically, emotionally, and spiritually, it brings a sense of play and joy into your life. You will learn to use your consciousness, breath, posture and movement to affect the flow of energy within your system. As you balance the energy in your system, you balance your emotions and the way you relate to the environment. You learn to act with sensitivity and flexibility in your personal relationships, being gentler with yourself and others. You act, rather than react; expanding your awareness of your own being, and personal power. It promotes and increases the ability to be in the moment, to be more present and vital in the world. The systematic and proper use of the breath allows you to bring about a relaxed state of body and mind at will... strengthening your immune system, increasing blood and lymphatic circulation, improving digestion, sleep, and increasing muscular strength. Qigong is a dance, a play, a powerful instrument of self-healing, and a way of developing yourself as a personal work of art.
LIFE DRAWING: THE UNDRESSED
~With Gerald Lucena
Tuition: $75
Level: Open to All Levels
Why draw from life?
Throughout history, from prehistoric cave painters to Michaelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci. Picasso, DeKooning, Diebenkorn, Lucian Freud .... artists have tried to capture the essence of the human form.
This 6 session class is open to artists of all genres and students of all ages interested in exploring their personal approach to figure drawing in a stimulating, informal setting. Every Wednesday night, motivated models provide a series of poses ranging from 2-45 minutes. Advice on materials. techniques, approaches
to drawing and individual critique will be available.
Gerald Lucena studied art at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (BFA), the State UNiversity of New York at Stony Brook. the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine and at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Colorado. Lucena currently lives in Captain Cook and teaches for the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture. In his role as art instructor/mentor, Lucena has dedicated the past eight years developing and maintaining programs for children, teens and adults at the Donkey Mill Art Center.
UKULELE BUILDING
~With Sam Rosen
Tuition: $275
Supply Fee: $90
Level: Beginners
The workshop is intended for beginners; however the experienced woodworker will enjoy the challenge. Everyone will be making a tenor ukulele. Each of the makers can add a different embellishment to the instrument to make it truly their own.
FLORAL DESIGN: Floral Extravagance
~With Scott Seymour
Tuition: $150
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Each morning students will create their own arrangement with his guidance. At the end of each class, students will receive a critique on their piece as well as learn how to critique the work of others. Learn how to make your own floral arrangements for any special occasion!
Supplies to bring:
- 2-3 containers (with wide opening for oasis foam)
- clippers and scissors
- additional flowers as accent fillers (theme appropriate)
- spray bottle
- towels or old rags
- sketchbook or notebook
MOKU HANGA II
~With Hiroki Morinoue
Tuition: $225
Supply Fee: $20
Level: Intermediate
Moku hanga is the Japanese term for woodblock print (moku means wood and hanga means print).
In this class participants will rediscover the 17th Century Japanese woodblock printing process. It's delicate color and painterly applications combine with the strength and clarity of the woodcut line. This printmaking style comes with its own unique vocabulary. The use of water based materials and simple tools makes this a desirable addition to any artist's repertoire.
Morinoue will lead discussions on image making throughout the workshop. He is well known for the dedication, guidance and technical virtuosity. Projects will be done in a manageable scale to allow the participant to explore and experiment carving and inking techniques while creating a multi-color woodblock. Some relief printing experience will be helpful.
Hiroki Morinoue has shown widely in the United States and Japan. He has completed several major public art commissions, including projects at the Honolulu Public Library, and the Hawaii Convention Center. Morinoue's work is represented in the collections of The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu; The Honolulu Academy of Arts, The National Parks Collection, Maryland; Ueno No Mori Museum, Tokyo, and others.
Supply list:
Masking tape, paper towels, pencil, sketchbook, watercolors ( including thalo blue, thalo crimson, lemon yellow, titanium white), old towel, knives (mat knife, ½" gauge)
Open Studio: $10.00/day, Tuesdays & Thursdays, 10am - 1pm
Open Studio Assistant: Glenn Lawler
FLORAL DESIGN: Floral Extravagance
~With Scott Seymour
Tuition: $150
Level: Beginners - Intermediate
Each morning students will create their own arrangement with his guidance. At the end of each class, students will receive a critique on their piece as well as learn how to critique the work of others. Learn how to make your own floral arrangements for any special occasion!
Supplies to bring:
- 2-3 containers (with wide opening for oasis foam)
- clippers and scissors
- additional flowers as accent fillers (theme appropriate)
- spray bottle
- towels or old rags
- sketchbook or notebook