Classes & Workshops
COVID-19 Guidelines for Art Classes/Workshops:
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Please don’t come to class if you are sick, have been feeling ill, or have come in contact with an individual diagnosed with COVID-19 within the last 14 days.
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Class sizes have been reduced to allow for sufficient physical distancing. Participant work spaces will be spaced at least 6 feet apart.
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We ask you to wash or sanitize your hands upon entry.
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Masks are Required.
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To the greatest extent possible, each participant should bring or be provided their own supplies for class; any shared supplies are to be sanitized between users.
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Please check-in with instructor upon arrival, providing your name and phone number to aid with contact tracing.
Youth Scholarships Available !
GALLERY TALK with
MARY STEWART ADAMS
& Book Signing
DATE: May 20, 2021
Thursday, Noon - 1pm
*REGISTER BY: May 19
FREE to attend, Pre-Register to reserve your seat!
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
Part of our DREAM TO REALITY exhibition! Mary Stewart Adams is a Star Lore Historian and host of the weekly public radio segment and podcast “The Storyteller’s Night Sky,” designed to restore the mythic grandeur of knowing the stars. Mary leads audiences in the delightful connection between the night sky and the cultural arts such as nursery rhymes, fairy tales and mythologies. Mary will discuss her new book, Star Tales of Mother Goose, which is designed to awaken the imagination in relationship to the stars as a companion to the science of astronomy. It is wonderfully illustrated by her sister and collaborator, Patricia DeLisa. In 2011, Mary led the team that established the 9th International Dark Sky Park in the world near Mackinac Bridge.
Space is limited, Pre-Register to reserve your seat!
Maximum Capacity for this event = 25
GALLERY TALK
with KIM RICHELLE:
Dream Merging with Reality
DATE: May 27, 2021
Thursday, Noon - 1pm
*REGISTER BY: May 26
FREE to attend, Pre-Register to reserve your seat!
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
Part of our DREAM TO REALITY exhibition with Charlevoix artist Kim Richelle. Kim summarizes the experience of the dream merging with reality as examined and expressed through art and writing. She reinforces the value of continuing the quest to live lives as aware and awake and as consciously, exuberantly possible.
Space is limited, Pre-Register to reserve your seat!
Maximum Capacity for this event = 25
2021 Summer Classes...
MANDALA ROCK
PAINTING
with Janet Chambers
DATE: June 2, 2021
Wednesday
TIME: 6:30 - 7:30 pm
*REGISTER BY: June 1st
CLASS FEE: $25, all materials included
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
Mandala means circle or completion in Sanskrit.
Mandala rock painting uses special tools to create circles using acrylic paint. It is easy to learn and fun for children (suggest age 7+) and adults alike. This is a wonderful project for parents and their children. Class fee includes a set of Mandala painting tools. You will have the opportunity to paint 1-2 rocks in this class.
All materials included!
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 3
Maximum # of Participants = 9
2-Day Plein Air
Oil Painting Workshop with Scott Kenyon
DATE: June 3 - 4, 2021
Thursday & Friday
Time: 9am - 4pm each day
*REGISTER BY: May 27, 2021
CLASS FEE: $250
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
Painting the light effect with color!
This workshop is designed who wish to learn or excel their painting 'En Plein Air'. Students will focus on painting light effects of nature using color. Also learn how to mix color temperature, paint strong starts, understand edges and use different techniques of painting. You will paint a number of small landscaped color studies to develop an understanding on painting the light effect of nature.
Students bring their own materials: download/print SUPPLY LIST
ABOUT SCOTT KENYON
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 6
Maximum # of Participants = 9
CARD MAKING
WORKSHOP
with Mary Schwaderer
DATE: June 8, 2021
Tuesday
Time: 6:30 - 8 pm
*REGISTER BY: June 7
CLASS FEE: $25, all materials included
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
Card making is a fun way to be creative and make something useful. You will learn about different techniques for card making using layers, decorative elements and colored stock. This is a beginner class. All materials will be supplied to make 3 cards which you will take with you. Each student will also get one bookmark to take home. Fun for children (suggest age 7+) and adults alike!
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 3
Maximum # of Participants = 9
Watercolor Workshop
with Susan Lingg
DATE: June 12, 2021
Saturday
TIME: 1 -4 pm
*REGISTER BY: June 7.
CLASS FEE: $95, includes all materials
FORMAT: In Person
A three hour watercolor workshop for beginners and intermediate painters. Susan will be teaching you how to access your creative side through thought and breath, discuss organizing tools and supplies for greater clarity, and clearing the path for more creativity to come forward. You will be using a limited palette and exploring the laying technique with transparent glazes. Will be looking at negative shapes and blending possibilities in creating your first painting of trees in our landscape. In your second painting you will be adding the salt and splatter techniques for creating greater depth and texture in our mountain landscape study from skies and clouds to vistas.
All materials & supplies included. Come join the fun!
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 8
Maximum # of Participants = 9
FELTED FAIRY MAKING
with Mary Duggan
DATE: June 24, 2021
Thursday
TIME: 5 - 8 pm
*REGISTER BY: June 23.
CLASS FEE: $55, includes all materials
FORMAT: In Person
Part of our Wool Trunk series with Mary Duggan! No experience necessary. In this workshop students will make their own pose-able fairies, Students will learn to build a wire armature for their felt creations as well as developing needle felting skills. This class will be a little more challenging than the gnome class but the majority of people would have great results with no prior knowledge of felting.
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 3
Maximum # of Participants = 9
"Lilacs A Bloom"
Watercolor Workshop
with Megan Swoyer
DATE: July 20, 2021
Tuesday
Time: 10am - Noon
*REGISTER BY: July 16
CLASS FEE: $45
FORMAT: IN-PERSON
In this beginner Watercolor Lilacs Abloom workshop, artist Megan Swoyer will teach students how to capture an arrangement of Michigan lilacs tucked into a farmer’s market-style glass jar/vase. Megan will lead students on a fun, unique-technique watercolor journey, where they’ll be using everything from white crayon and watercolor paints to salt and paper clip edges. The layered, end result will feature lost-and-found edges, pretty and fresh washes, glass reflection and, of course, the ever-enchanting lilacs, all evoking a Michigan summer’s day.
Students bring their own materials: download/print SUPPLY LIST
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 4
Maximum # of Participants = 9
2-Day Watercolor Class with Nancy Nordloh Neville & Bruce Neville
DATE: AUGUST 11 & 12, 2021
Wednesday & Thursday
TIME: 9:30am -4pm each day.
*REGISTER BY: Aug. 6th
CLASS FEE: $300, $50 non-refundable deposit will hold your spot.
FORMAT: In Person
Paint for 2 days with nationally known watercolorists Nancy Nordloh Neville and Bruce Neville! Still life and architectural demos each day. Learn to paint with clear, clean color and with freshness and spontaneity. For beginners to intermediate painters!
Students bring their own materials: download/print SUPPLY LIST
$50 non-refundable deposit will hold your spot. Balance due at the start of class on August 11th.
ABOUT NANCY & BRUCE
Space is limited and Pre-Registration is required.
Minimum # of Participants to hold class = 5
Maximum # of Participants = 9
CANCELLATION POLICY
Weather-Related
In the event that Charlevoix Public Schools are closed due to inclement weather, classes will be cancelled. To the best of our ability, CCA will schedule a make-up class. Refunds will not be provided if the student is unable to attend a rescheduled class.
Minimum Enrollment
If a class does not have the minimum number of students enrolled, CCA will notify you prior to the first session that the class is cancelled and will offer a full refund to the student. (Credit card payments will be refunded to the same card and check & cash payments will be refunded by check.)
Student Withdrawal
Due to artist/instructor preparations and travel, we do not provide refunds.