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New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but…
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New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
Improvise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
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New Art Center’s “Creative Process” Closing Reception
New Art Center’s “Creative Process” Closing Reception
Please join the New Art Center and our community of faculty and students as we celebrate the closing of Creative Process The Andrew & Jean Dibner Annual Student and Faculty Show 2020. This long-delayed exhibition will be ending October 1. Enjoy a drink and light hors d’oeuvres while exploring our in-person exhibition and virtual display of…
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New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
Craft your reality in the world of comics and sequential storytelling with cartoonist LJ-Baptiste! Learn the tools of the trade for making your own cast of characters, stories, and gags! In this workshop for grades 3-5, we focus on the art of crafting original character-driven comics and cartoons, while also studying the work of pros…
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1 event,
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
Improvise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
Travel back to 1860s France while sipping a cocktail from the comfort of your own home. This art history course will explain the origins of Modern Art starting with Manet to Gauguin. Each course is paired with a signature cocktail recipe that participants can enjoy while learning about some of the world’s most famous artists…
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1 event,
New Art Center presents: Madhubani Folk Painting
New Art Center presents: Madhubani Folk Painting
Learn about the origin, history, and significance of Madhubani folk art, a style of painting from the Mithila region of Bihar state in India. This beautiful and highly intricate painting is known for its geometric patterns and features figures, nature scenes, deities, and special events. Anjana Bhargava is a Madhubani painter, folk artist, and Ayurvedic…
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Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Rosemaling Workshop
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Rosemaling Workshop
The Scandinavian Cultural Center welcomes back master artist Linda Miller for a two-day workshop dedicated to rosemaling. This 2-day class will focus on centuries old art of Rosemaling; flora rose painting and acanthus ornament. Linda will have projects for sale however special projects are welcome provided by students and approved by instructor. All projects will…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Spoon Making Workshop
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Spoon Making Workshop
Al Miller will teach first time beginner students how to carve and decorate wooden spoons that can be used as an eating or cooking utensil. The class instruction will focus on the safe way to use hand and machine tools. The decorating and finishing of the spoons will be included. Teaching methods include; showing samples…
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
Craft your reality in the world of comics and sequential storytelling with cartoonist LJ-Baptiste! Learn the tools of the trade for making your own cast of characters, stories, and gags! In this workshop for grades 3-5, we focus on the art of crafting original character-driven comics and cartoons, while also studying the work of pros…
2 events,
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Rosemaling Workshop
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Rosemaling Workshop
The Scandinavian Cultural Center welcomes back master artist Linda Miller for a two-day workshop dedicated to rosemaling. This 2-day class will focus on centuries old art of Rosemaling; flora rose painting and acanthus ornament. Linda will have projects for sale however special projects are welcome provided by students and approved by instructor. All projects will…
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Spoon Making Workshop
Scandinavian Cultural Center presents: Spoon Making Workshop
Al Miller will teach first time beginner students how to carve and decorate wooden spoons that can be used as an eating or cooking utensil. The class instruction will focus on the safe way to use hand and machine tools. The decorating and finishing of the spoons will be included. Teaching methods include; showing samples…
2 events,
Indigenous Peoples Day with Historic Newton
Indigenous Peoples Day with Historic Newton
This ceremonial celebration spotlights and celebrates the music, dance, poetry, and the visual art of diverse Native artists that currently live in the Northeast. It will be an outdoor, daytime, family-oriented cultural and spiritual celebration that is open, accessible, and welcoming to all Newton residents and neighboring towns. Stop by Historic Newton’s booth for information…
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
Improvise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
Travel back to 1860s France while sipping a cocktail from the comfort of your own home. This art history course will explain the origins of Modern Art starting with Manet to Gauguin. Each course is paired with a signature cocktail recipe that participants can enjoy while learning about some of the world’s most famous artists…
1 event,
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Angela Alés
Newton Art Association presents: Demo with Angela Alés
Angela Alés is an artist born in Barranquilla, Colombia, of Andalusian and Lebanese descent. Alés moved to the United States in 1984 and graduated from Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, in New York City. She received her MFA from the Miami International University of Art and Design. She has participated in…
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New Art Center presents: Dripped Wax Resist with Watercolor
New Art Center presents: Dripped Wax Resist with Watercolor
Explore the exciting possibilities of combining melted wax with watercolor. We will drip and draw gestural lines with liquefied beeswax. Then we will develop our artwork with watercolor glazes.The wax dries quickly to offers a graceful resist for your watercolors, combining an important textural element with a fluid medium. The beeswax and the specialized melted…
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
New Art Center presents: Xscape Into Comix
Craft your reality in the world of comics and sequential storytelling with cartoonist LJ-Baptiste! Learn the tools of the trade for making your own cast of characters, stories, and gags! In this workshop for grades 3-5, we focus on the art of crafting original character-driven comics and cartoons, while also studying the work of pros…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
This 4 week workshop focuses on how to keep a sketchbook as a visual journal to develop ideas and practice drawing by recording the world around you. This fun and supportive class is suitable for emerging artists as well as seasoned sketch-bookers. Students will be introduced to a variety of methods and materials. Experimentation is…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
New Art Center presents: Site Specific Dance – For All Movers, Artists, and Dancers
Improvise and make dances (all levels are invited) live, and, in-person, inspired by the world around you: your kitchen, your car, a skyscraper, a park bench. You will receive prompts one week in advance of class to inspire you to create a short movement piece. These short dances (~1 min) can provide a jumping-off point…
3 events,
New Art Center presents: Teen Zine – GR 9-12
New Art Center presents: Teen Zine – GR 9-12
In this 6-week course students will print and produce their own zine – a small circulation of self-published work using a combination of both text and imagery. Students will develop their own short stories and/or poems and use these pieces to create visual imagery to support their writing. By the end the of the course …
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
Travel back to 1860s France while sipping a cocktail from the comfort of your own home. This art history course will explain the origins of Modern Art starting with Manet to Gauguin. Each course is paired with a signature cocktail recipe that participants can enjoy while learning about some of the world’s most famous artists…
Newton Art Association presents: “Thing Big” Reception
Newton Art Association presents: “Thing Big” Reception
THINK BIG is an exhibit for artists who work large, or those itching to expand their repertoire into large pieces. Click here for more information. Dates: Reception - Friday, October 20, 2021 at 7p.m. on Zoom Call for Art – Monday, August 2–Sunday, Sept. 6 at midnight. Drop-Off: Sunday, Oct. 4, 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Pick-Up:…
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New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Julie Beck
New Art Center presents: Artist Talk with Julie Beck
In an unlikely turn of events, Julie Beck became an artist. Starting with a less than mediocre natural artistic ability, a degree in mathematics and a career in design/video editing, a life completely centered around art and painting seemed unlikely. And yet, this talk will prove otherwise. This is a Cinderella story with less gowns…
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1 event,
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
This 4 week workshop focuses on how to keep a sketchbook as a visual journal to develop ideas and practice drawing by recording the world around you. This fun and supportive class is suitable for emerging artists as well as seasoned sketch-bookers. Students will be introduced to a variety of methods and materials. Experimentation is…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
New Art Center presents: Pastel Landscapes
Capture the beauty of the seasons with the immediacy of dry pastel in this Zoom class. Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. After taking this class, you will be ready to draw landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but…
1 event,
New Art Center presents: Creativity Lab – Adult Improv and Art-Making Workshop
New Art Center presents: Creativity Lab – Adult Improv and Art-Making Workshop
Energize your artist! Begin with a fresh canvas, a fresh mind, a fresh approach. All artists are welcome, and, all artistic genres are welcome. During our first hour of class, we collaborate on works of art, and, improvise inspired by a theme. The second hour, we work individually on our own creations (sculpt, paint, collage,…
2 events,
New Art Center presents: Teen Zine – GR 9-12
New Art Center presents: Teen Zine – GR 9-12
In this 6-week course students will print and produce their own zine – a small circulation of self-published work using a combination of both text and imagery. Students will develop their own short stories and/or poems and use these pieces to create visual imagery to support their writing. By the end the of the course …
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
New Art Center presents: Paris Impressionists and Cocktail Obsessionists
Travel back to 1860s France while sipping a cocktail from the comfort of your own home. This art history course will explain the origins of Modern Art starting with Manet to Gauguin. Each course is paired with a signature cocktail recipe that participants can enjoy while learning about some of the world’s most famous artists…
1 event,
Newton Art Association presents: Demystifying the Business of Art
Newton Art Association presents: Demystifying the Business of Art
Demystifying the Business of Art is the subject of the NAA’s first professional workshop of the year led by Susan Kurtzman, owner of JOBI POTTERY & Truro Fine Art Gallery in Truro. A former museum curator, Kurtzman is both a ceramics designer and a business owner, with a 20-year background in direct marketing advertising in New York and…
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New Art Center presents: Altares de Dia de los Muertos
New Art Center presents: Altares de Dia de los Muertos
New Art Center proudly introduces Zaira Meneses & Friends as they present: Altares de Dia de los Muertos. This event will include: Altar & Paper Cut Making. View all the work October 31, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM with a special Son Jarocho Music & Day of Dead Celebration starting at 3:00 PM. New Art Center in…
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
New Art Center presents: Visual Journaling
This 4 week workshop focuses on how to keep a sketchbook as a visual journal to develop ideas and practice drawing by recording the world around you. This fun and supportive class is suitable for emerging artists as well as seasoned sketch-bookers. Students will be introduced to a variety of methods and materials. Experimentation is…