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Posted: Tuesday, November 19, 2002
Tired of fighting crowds and shopping for holiday bargains? Why not make a few of your gifts this season! The Arts Center is offering a variety of holiday workshops over the coming weeks, in anything from candlemaking to terra cotta clay working to wreaths and much more! All of the workshops are one-day events, and are geared toward various age groups. Materials are provided by the Arts Center, and students get to take home whatever crafts they complete during the course. The schedule is as follows: Fall Wreath (Adults) Taught by Judy & Joy Pallant Wednesday, November 20, 7 - 8:30 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members The base of this wreath will be made from fresh sweet green or tansy. Students will learn how to form the wreath on a wire base. The wreath will then be decorated with a variety of dried flowers in fall colors. Each student will go home with a completed wreath just in time for Thanksgiving decorating. Materials for making extra wreaths at home will be available for purchase from the teachers. Sign up early in order to ensure a space. Terra Cotta Christmas Ornaments (Parent and child OR 1st-3rd graders) Taught by Rebecca Stowell Monday, December 2, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Create one of a kind keepsake ornament for gift giving or for yourself. Students will create several ornaments for decorating your holiday tree or wreath. Ornaments will be fired to permanency within a week of the class. Here Come the Holidays! (Adults) Taught by Debbie LaPierre Tuesday, December 3, 7 - 9 p.m. $25 Nonmembers / $22.50 Members Again this year, just in time for your 2002 holiday preparations, Debbie offers her annual holiday class - “Here Come the Holidays.” The workshop will assist you with ideas for gifts from the kitchen, decorating and gift wrap suggestions, and festive food preparation for holiday entertaining. Terra Cotta Pot with Spring Bulb for Gift Giving (Older Children / Teens) Taught by Rebecca Stowell Wednesday, December 4, 6 - 7 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members This class is perfect for the older child who would like to be able to make a one-of-a-kind pot for gift giving. Students in this class will make a hand-built clay pot in one session and the pots will be fired at the Arts Center within one week and ready to be picked up. The class also includes the bulb and potting soil to complete the gift. Gift someone the gift of spring in December. Beeswax Candles (Teen / Adult) Wednesday, December 4, 6 - 9 p.m. Taught by Claire Coulson $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Hand dip two pair of taper candles, in red tinted or natural amber beeswax. Lovely as a gift or for your own holiday décor. The fee covers instruction and all materials, including ribbon for presentation. Ribbons, Bows & Roses (Adults) Taught by Claire Coulson Thursday, December 5, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Are you mystified by a spool of ribbon? Do you have to tell people your husband or child wrapped all the gifts. Let Claire share her techniques with you and the people on your gift list will really be impressed. Learn to create beautiful and professional-looking bows. You will also learn to turn wire ribbon into beautiful roses to use on your packages or to give as gifts. Polymer Clay Gifts (Teen / Adult) Taught by Meeghan Humphrey Saturday, December 7, 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Includes all materials Make your own customized pen and bookmark set for the avid reader and writer on your gift list. The completed set will be an attractive present for almost anyone. Students will make their own millifiore cane out of polymer clay and use it to decorate a pen and a set of beads. The beads will be tied onto the ends of a gold cord to use as a bookmark. The pen and beads will be baked during class and the gifts completed before you go home. The technique looks complicated and impressive but students will find out that it is simple and inexpensive to do and can be done at home after class. Make a set for everyone on your gift list. No experience with clay is necessary. Holiday Printmaking (Ages 10 & up) Taught by Meeghan Humphrey Saturday, December 7, 10 a.m. - noon $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Students in this class will explore several methods of creating prints including: rubber stamps, stencils, block printing and more. We will use these techniques to create handmade cards, gift tags and gift wrap. Students will take home completed projects and their handmade rubber stamps and stencils. Winter Wreath (Adults) Taught by Judy & Joy Pallant Sunday, December 8, 2:30 - 4 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members This wreath will be formed on a wire base and made from fresh cut greens including juniper, pines & spruce. Students will add pine cones as embellishment. Take your completed wreath home and hang it on your door just in time for the holidays. Materials for making extra wreaths at home will be available for purchase from the teachers. It’s a Hard Candy Christmas (Children or Parent-Child) Taught by Meeghan Humphrey Monday, December 9, 6 - 8 p.m. $12 Nonmembers / $10 Members The kitchen is going to smell fabulous … peppermint, wintergreen, cinnamon, spearmint. Kids will mix up the ingredients, learn how to read a candy thermometer, cut and break the warm candy into pieces and dust in sugar. Students will take home the candy we make to give as gifts or eat themselves. If you are an adult who has always wanted to learn to make this traditional holiday treat, sign up with your child. Rubber Stamps for Wee Ones (Preschoolers ages 3 & up) taught by Meeghan Humphrey Tuesday, December 10, 1 - 1:45 p.m. $6 Nonmembers / $5 Members Little ones in this class will use the Arts Center’s collection of holiday rubber stamps to decorate cards, gift wrap and gift tags. They will be shown how to repeat designs to create interesting patterns. This is a grate, no-fail project for little hands. The ink is permanent so dress in old clothes for this class. Want to join your toddler? Sign up together. Holiday Papermaking (Adults or Parent-Child) Taught by Meeghan Humphrey Thursday, December 12, 6 - 8:00 p.m. $15 Nonmembers / $13.50 Members Students in this class will learn the techniques used in making handmade papers. We will complete several sheets to take home and use for holiday greetings or gifts. Paper making is easy (once you know how) and inexpensive. Students will be able to use the skills learned in this workshop to continue creating handmade papers at home. During the workshop, we will make papers incorporating holiday items such as pine needles, cinnamon, ribbon and cranberries. We will also learn how to emboss papers using pine cuttings. |
Posted: Wednesday, November 06, 2002
Area hunter gives up guns in favor of cameras. As a hunter, Jerry Mace was used to having to wait patiently for the perfect shot. Now that he has sidelined his rifle in favor of a camera, he still spends hours sitting silently in blinds, waiting for the lighting and wildlife to fill his lens in the manner in which he is attempting to capture. An exhibit of Mace’s wildlife and landscape photography will be on display at the Arts Center from November 8- 27. An opening reception for the artist will be held on Friday, November 15, from 7 - 8:30 p.m. A native of West Virginia, Mace began taking pictures at the age of eleven, after receiving a Roy Rodgers box camera as a gift. That gift began his process of chronicling the life of his family and friends in photograph form, and taught him some of his earliest lessons in photography. Having never taken a formal class in photography, Mace has used his own natural skills and abilities to determine correct procedures for capturing wildlife on film. He does not snap pictures haphazardly; instead, he waits for hours until the lighting and the subject matter are aligned just perfectly, even if it means an entire day is spent focusing on one particular shot. Some days this would lend to many rolls of film being used; more often than not, however, this meant heading home empty handed and returning later to try again. Mace focuses his energy on wildlife and pastoral landscapes. Among his subject matter are bears, moose, elk, snow owls, mountain goats, wolves, bobcats, mountain lions, bald eagles, ospreys and numerous other bird species. He has also photographed Amish life, farms and early morning fields, in addition to other areas of rural northeastern Ohio. Admission to the gallery is free. | |||