2009 SUMMER CLASSES for ADULTS

Artist Residency & Workshop with Nancy Manter - in Belfast

Desire Lines Workshop/Project with Nancy Manter - FREE!
July 6 – 10, Monday – Friday, field work daily 2 – 6 pm, flexible schedule allowed; suitable for all ages, children under 13 need adult accompaniment; No fee, residency supported by the Davis Family Foundation. Residency culminates in an exhibition opening on July 10.
In this rich interaction with nature, participants will become co-creators in artist Nancy Manter’s special residency and exhibit for Waterfall Arts, “Desire Lines”. Desire Lines are intimate paths developed by animal or human footfall: intuitive and strategic trails through forests and fields.
Early in the week, Manter and participants will travel to beaches, grassy fields and large rock formations around Belfast where they will use feet, sticks and other non-traditional drawing tools to create linear forms and configurations, their personal kinesthetic responses to each site, their own “desire lines”. Environmental conditions, surfaces rich in texture and color, time and weather allow the individuals’ imprints and patterns to be made, photographed and enlarged on Mylar and paper.

Later in the week, Manter and the group will create a large collage installation combining these prints with drawing and painting. This collaboration, along with Manter's paintings and photos, will become “Desire Lines,” an exhibit in the Clifford Gallery from July 10 – Aug 28.

ADULT CLASSES - Art, Light and Spirit of Place

6 July – 14 Aug –all classes held at Kingdom Falls in Montville

People in Motion with Nancy Morgan Barnes
Tues/Thurs, Aug 4, 6, 11, 13, 1-4pm, Ages 15 – adult $100
Materials: your favorite drawing/painting medium from pencil to charcoal to pastel on paper. Call for suggested materials list.
The human figure is a potent and engaging image, whether swimming, sunbathing, shopping, working, or playing. Learn to paint or draw the human form, not posed, but moving naturally in a real environment that is also not contrived or staged. This outstanding teacher will guide you in how to capture people in action and create a more credible and experiential piece of art The group will start out at Kingdom Falls and travel to other sites.

Hot Glass Sculpture and Beads with Marta Bernbaum
M – F, Aug. 10 – 14, 10am – 3pm; Ages 13 – adult; $175
materials included - at Kingdom Falls site
In this class for all skill levels, we’ll explore the magic, excitement and alchemy of borosilicate glass, which changes color amazingly as it heats and cools. Under the experienced direction of this lively instructor, we’ll make beautiful beads, pendants, small sculptures, and even blown vessels.

The Illuminated Journal with Susan Newbold,
Monday through Friday Aug 10 – 14 from 10 – 1 pm, Ages 13 – adult
tuition: $100; materials, $10
A journal is a special place to work out thoughts, desires and discoveries and becomes something you and future generations will treasure. Landscape will inspire our first pages and creative use of pen, ink, watercolor, collage and printmaking will reveal interesting methods for integrating text and the page. Finally, we will assemble an artist book finished with a special binding. On this journey you will discover (or rediscover) what you love most

Casting from Nature: Recycled Paper with Kathy Levine
M-F, Aug. 10 -14, 10 – 4 pm; Ages: 13 – adult
tuition: $150, materials: $20
In this fascinating course, learn how to use recycled paper to make castings from natural subjects like sections of trees, seedpods, roots or rocks as well as arms, legs and faces. Photos taken before and during the project are then transferred to the paper castings in a simple, non-toxic process. Students integrate the whole piece through assembly and painting. The process and unique results reflect on and expand our relationship to the natural world.

Painting: Still Life with Adele Drake
M-F, Aug 10 – 14, 10 am -1pm, Ages 15 – adult
tuition: $100; materials list provided - at Kingdom Falls site
Learn the basics of painting while you explore the genre of still life. Still life objects can become metaphors for expressing your poetic visual language. Daily writing exercises and sketching will help you develop a painting style that best captures the meaning you see through paint application, composition and color choice.

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Tuesday night life drawing will continue to be held weekly through the summer from 6:30 to 9pm Drop in is $12 or you can purchase a punch card for reduced rates.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION or TO REGISTER Call Waterfall Arts at 338-2222

Drawing Outdside in Montville

Twig Built Trellis
Paul Jurutka

Nancy Manter
Beach Project

Kathy Levine

Susan Newbold