3 new Sensations Workshops coming soon:
Monday Afternoon Ceramics Class with Dr. Nash
This class will meet 6 Monday afternoons from 3:45-4:45:
March 26, April 9, 16, 23, 30 and May 7
Scheduled activities include:
March 26-- Clay/ceramics project
April 2 – NO CLASS
April 9-- Clay/ceramics project
April 16-- Clay/ceramics project
April 23-- Decorate clay/ceramics projects
April 30-- Decorate clay/ceramics project
May 7-- Finish and pack up your work to take home
Open to Grades 2 and Up.
$10 supply fee.
Fused Glass with Dr. Nash on Tuesday Mornings
This class will meet eight Tuesday mornings: March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 1, 8, and 15.
You will learn how to fuse wire to your glass to create a hanger, or use ceramic fiber cord to make a hole that runs through your glass so you can hang it that way. Note: If you are making jewelry, you will need to purchase your own findings this year (hangers, bails, earring wires, earring posts, etc.). Students will make fused glass pieces between 1/4" and 4" in size. If you want to make something larger than 4" you will need to make special arrangements with Dr. Nash or take it to Hot Flash to be fired.
Open to Grades 2 and Up.
$10 supply fee.
Wednesday Afternoon Drawing, Painting, and Collage with Dr. Nash
Students will explore the possibilities of drawing, painting, and collage, both on their own and in combination. We will create both abstract and representational images. During each class we may watch a short 3 - 8 minute demonstration video to help the students visualize and understand concepts; such as, oblique projection, 1-point perspective, isometric perspective, and 2-point perspective. Materials provided include tempera, acrylic, and watercolor paints, pastels and markers, as well as different types of surfaces. Students are encouraged to bring magazines, fabrics, ribbons, papers, and printed matter from home to supplement the selections in our collage box.
This class will meet 6 Wednesday afternoons from 3:45-4:45:
April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9, and May 16.
Open to Grades 2 and Up.
$10 supply fee.
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2nd Grade is studying the life and work of Edgar Degas
and drawing people-in-action and animals-in-action
Degas' "Dancers in the Classroom."
Here is a commentary on Degas' painting "The Milliners."
"Before the Race" -- commentary on a Degas racehorse piece
Leonardo da Vinci (b. April 15, 1452, near Vinci, Italy) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper and Mona Lisa are among the most popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a scientific inquiry and a mechanical prowess that were centuries ahead of their time.
(born April 15, 1452, Anchiano, near Vinci, Republic of Florence [now in Italy]—died May 2, 1519, Cloux [now Clos-Lucé], France) Italian painter, draftsman, sculptor, architect, and engineer whose genius, perhaps more than that of any other figure, epitomized the Renaissance humanist ideal. His Last Supper (1495–98) and Mona Lisa (c. 1503–06) are among the most widely popular and influential paintings of the Renaissance. His notebooks reveal a spirit of scientific inquiry and a mechanical inventiveness that were centuries ahead of their time.
