Zanesville Art Center

Classes
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Printmaking Workshop	Misty Johnson
Saturday July 18, 2009; 9:00am – 11:30am; Ages 12 – Adult (Limit 10 students) Workshop fee: Members: $15, Non-members: $20. Preregistration required. Discover the fun and endless possibilities of relief block printing; where you create one design, but produce many different finished pieces! Each student will be given an easy-to-carve printing block on which to create an image. From that one block, you can produce countless variations of your image with different colors of ink and paper. All materials are provided. Wear an old shirt, ink will stain clothing. Come with ideas for your image!

Children’s Poetry and Painting Class	Misty Johnson
Saturday July 25, 9:30am-Noon; Ages 7 – 14 (Limit 10 students) Workshop fee: Members: $10, Non-members: $15. Preregistration required. Come and explore our display of American places and themes and then paint a scene of your own surroundings! This class will focus on where you live and your community. Learn how to tell a story and include details in your art. Have fun discovering the connection between poetry and the visual arts. Take your artwork home to share with your family. We will be using acrylic paint, so wear old clothing. It WILL stain! If you have ideas of what you want to paint, bring in pictures or other objects to use as a reference. All other materials are provided.

Plein Air Painting	Christopher Leeper
Friday – Sunday, July 31 – August 2, 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.; (Limit 10 students) Workshop fee: Members: $125, Non-members: $145. Preregistration required. Leeper is an award-winning Ohio artist, illustrator, author of Realism in Watermedia, 2005, and officer in the Ohio Watercolor Society. His workshops at the Art Center have been popular and always fill early. Through demonstration and one-on-one instruction, this workshop will focus on open air painting techniques in oils or acrylics with a simplified “shape to form” process painting. Class will meet the first day in the Art Center parking lot and then travel to our first location. Come prepared for outdoor painting-sunscreen, bug spray, etc.

We are currently restructuring our classes and workshops. We are also continually looking for qualified teachers of all mediums, for teaching children from ages 5 and up, and adults. If you would like more information on teaching opportunites, please contact Steven Dressler, Education Coordinator, at 740-452-0741 or e-mail stevendressler@zanesvillesartcenter.org .

Cancellations and refunds: There are classes that sometimes have to be cancelled due to insufficient enrollment. In such cases, the Art Center will notify students no later than 24 hours before the class begins and the full class fee will be refunded.