FRIDAY FIRE, FUN with CLAY
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
January 10 - Lisa Filer
January 24 - Raye Tobin
February 7 - Lisa Filer
February 21 - Raye Tobin
Who is this class for? Anyone who wants to work with clay and have a unique and fun night out.
What is it? Come spend a few hours creating your own piece of pottery. Students will be taught a project step by step and create their own original project. This class is relaxed and timed to complete a project. Completed pieces will be fired and glazed and ready for pickup in approximately 3 weeks. The instructor will contact students when they are done.
Note: Each class is unique and different projects are offered each session.
Cost: $40 GVA Member / $46 Non-Member
No experience required. All materials included.
SATURDAY STUDIO:
Find the Joy in Printmaking
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4
1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Learn the basics of printmaking from our local expert, Nancy Muldowney.
Join us for this 1.5 hour introductory class for children and adults.
Ages 8 +
We will introduce you to basic methods of printmaking; cut out shapes, create stamps, transfer objects and so much more.
Printmaking can be messy so aprons are needed. If you have latex gloves, bring them along.
We will provide all the materials.
COST: $25
CLOUDS & REFLECTIONS WORKSHOP - 1 Day
SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
One-Day winter workshop – Clouds & Reflections
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Broadus
MEDIUM: Oil or Acrylic
LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced
By popular demand, this one-day workshop emphasizes the art of painting cloud formations – both daylight and sunset.
First half of the workshop we will work on cloud techniques and tricks.
The second half of the workshop focuses on successfully painting water reflections.
GVA will supply an easel, worktable, chair, and apron.
Box lunch will be served. Sandwich, side, and cookie.
COST: $170 GVA Members / $190 Non-Members
A HISTORICAL ART JOURNEY: EVOLUTION OF MODERN ART 1900-1960
TUESDAYS, FEBRUARY 11 & 18
7:00 p.m to 8:00 p.m.
Two-part lecture series, Tuesday night over two weeks
INSTRUCTOR: Jennifer Broadus
This provocative 2-night lecture begins in post impressionism and journeys into what critics call, “the evolution of twentieth century modern art”.
February 11 Our first lecture begins in 1900 with the end of post impressionism traveling into ground breaking movements including Cubism, Art Nouveau, Fauvism, Dadaism and Symbolism. Artists include Picasso, Matisse, Braque, Derain, Metzinger, Duchamp, and others, with parallel movements in Russia including Malevich.
February 18 This lecture takes us further into the twentieth century beginning around 1930 with global movements into Surrealism, Bauhaus, Art Deco, Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop-art and Neo-expressionism. Artists will include: Dali, Kandinsky, Pollock, Rothko, Warhol, Kahlo, O’Keefe, Mondrian, Lichtenstein, De Kooning, Hopper and others.
COST: $90 GVA Member / $102 Non-Member
Kathy Rennell Forbes at Driftwood Beach
Protecting the Dunes
PAINTING THE GOLDEN ISLES with Kathy Rennell Forbes
APRIL 24 - 26
Thursday & Friday
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 26
9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We will spend two days on beautiful St. Simons Island.
Each day, Kathy will begin with a watercolor demo and then offer individual assistance.
One day we will focus on marshes and trees. Another day painting structures on the island. We will start with thumbnail sketches, learning how to simplify the scene and capture the light.
The final day we will paint on Jekyll Island.
COST: $425 GVA Members / $470 Non-Members
Individual Day Rate: $150
Kathy was an invited Master Artist for Olmstead Plein Air Invitational and all 6 Olmsted Georgia Color Plein Air competitions. She has taught numerous workshops in Georgia, the USA and abroad. Learn more about Kathy at rennellforbes.com.