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New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
Learn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
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New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Chanel Thervil
New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Chanel Thervil
Join us on Zoom for our spring Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work explores community and public spaces. Many pieces make the whole and more often the not, artists are attentive to details that unify. Chanel Thervil is a Haitian American artist and educator that uses varying combinations of abstraction and portraiture to…
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New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
Learn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
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New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
At about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was new. Cubism was invented, in part, as a way of examining and painting stationary objects to incorporate what the object…
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New Art Center presents: Mother’s Day Bouquet
Show the special maternal figure in your life how much you care with a gift of blossoms and art appreciation! A beautiful spring bouquet from Centre Pieces Design Flower Shop in Newtonville will be delivered to the recipient’s door on Mother’s Day (May 9th), and a pre-recorded talk from art historian and educator Brendan Sullivan…
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New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
Learn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
At about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was new. Cubism was invented, in part, as a way of examining and painting stationary objects to incorporate what the object…
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Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Katherine Miller
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Katherine Miller
Join us on Zoom for our spring Artist Talk Series featuring contemporary artists whose work explores community and public spaces. For Katherine Miller, painting is the most intuitive and effective form of communication. She believes that beauty lies in minimal complexity. She creates freedom within structure. Everything about nature and the landscape inspires Miller’s imagery.…
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New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
Learn the materials and methods to create your own original beautiful Mexican smalti mosaic. Mexican smalti is a high-quality handmade glass mosaic in a square to rectangular module that offers a broad range of colors from subtle skin tones to vibrant primaries. Students will bring a design for your choice for a 9” square. In…
Newton Free Library: The Asian American Experience – Reflections of an Historian and an Artist
Newton Free Library: The Asian American Experience – Reflections of an Historian and an Artist
The session will deepen our understanding of the Asian American experience through an interactive dialogue Lisong Liu and Wen-ti Tsen. They will cover: The historical perspective of Asian immigrants The complexities of the Asian-American experience Asian cultural heritage, community activism against racism and the cross-racial solidarity through art Lisong Liu is professor of history at Massachusetts…
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New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
We have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will…
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New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
We have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will…
2 events,
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
We have all been wearing masks for a year now, but is your mask a beautiful handmade work of art? Design and create a fabric mask in this three-day workshop. In session one, students will explore dyeing techniques such as tie-dye and Japanese Shibori. Once students have chosen the colors for their fabrics, they will…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Swedish Coaster Making with Pat Olski
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Swedish Coaster Making with Pat Olski
Join us for a virtual workshop with needlecraft expert Pat Olski. Learn to make a daisy coaster design made especially for the SCC by Pat. Perfect for your midsummer celebration! Fabric, thread and needle included in the workshop fee. Friday, May 21st | 7pm | $25; $15 for Members. Register here. ABOUT PAT: Pat Olski is…
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New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
At about the same time as the invention of Cubism, Einstein was publishing his early papers on relativity; masks, artifacts and ritual objects from Africa were first exhibited in Paris, and the Eiffel Tower was new. Cubism was invented, in part, as a way of examining and painting stationary objects to incorporate what the object…
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New Art Center presents: Glass Mosaic Jewelry Workshop
New Art Center presents: Glass Mosaic Jewelry Workshop
Using a wide selection of precut colored glass pieces, beads, iridized and dichroic glass, create a mini mosaic inside a pendant/necklace. Once the glass pieces are glued to the metal, grout your pendants with one of the many colored grouts available and clean your pieces. Voila! You’ll be provided a black leather cord necklace for…