Our Recent Summer Workshops

Signups for the summer workshops at The Art Stand Gallery got off to a slow start in May, June, and early July. But then, things "picked up" and the class sizes grew slowly but steadily, ultimately providing nice-sized groups for all classes. Things have a way of working out, as in most aspects of life!

We had several new classes and teachers this summer--Sandy Kowallis taught a very inspiring watercolor class and Chieko Delgado taught a childrens' class focused on portraits and origami. Suzie Stach (pastel), Kay Owens (teaching an Oil/Acrylic class this time), Elaine Towne Lane (with a 2 session ceramics class), and Kathleen Mattox (Mixed Media) completed the staff for Summer 2009.

Some students had been with us before but many were new attendees this summer. Everyone seemed to enjoy their classes and some returned for multiple classes, saying that they "loved learning new techniques and ideas" etc. We encourage teachers and students to begin thinking about the Winter Workshops to come. Some ideas are already brewing for new class ideas. If you would like to suggest a class that you'd like to take or teach, please let us know. If you are not an Art Stand artist, but would be interested in teaching a class at the gallery, we would love to have that happen, also! Stay in touch and watch for Tiwi and Toff's beautiful flyer to announce the winter classes in the not too distant future!

Thank you, teachers, for teaching classes at the Art Stand and for your generous gift of time and talent. And thank you, students, for enrolling and attending classes at the Art Stand!

(Photos to follow very soon!)

'Tis the Season

. . . . for any kind of weather and today we had cold, wind, rain, hail, (maybe) snow! We seldom have a white Christmas here in the valley, but the mountains around us (to the east and the northeast) often do. The Art Stand building is tin-roofed and not well-insulated and a thunderstorm sounds monumental from inside the building. We will only be open 1 more day before we close for our winter break. There were quite a few visitors today and others will be surprised to see us closed for the coldest, wettest weeks of winter except for our upcoming classes. See below for information that will allow you to sign up before they are full.

Winter Classes

When we are closed for a little over a month in the winter and the summer, we offer a series of adult classes in a variety of mediums. They are usually one day classes, either 4 or 6 hours and the cost is  $30-45 per session. In the summer, we usually offer childrens' classes as well. For more information about classes or to register, please contact Elaine Towne Lane at 787-3921 or email Tiwi Wood at tswood@thegardenandthezoo.org 

A brief schedule of our January 2009 classes is as follows:

Sat. Jan. 10      "Photography: The Basics and Beyond"/Jeri Burzin (10-2)

                     

Sun. Jan. 11      "Tile Glazing for Potters and Painters"/Elaine T. Lane (10-4)

Sat. Jan. 17       "Pastel"/Kay Owens (10-2)

Sun. Jan. 18      "Pastel"/Suzie Stach (10-4)

Sat. Jan. 24       "Mixed Media: Artist Journals and Books"/K.  Mattox (10-4)

Sun. Jan. 25      "Watercolor"/Sally Delap John (10-2)

Sat. Jan. 31       "Fused Dichroic Glass Jewelry"/Kay Gaston (10-4)

Click here to download the flyer about our Winter Workshops.