Newton Cultural Alliance

New Art Center Online: Acrylic Painting - Line and Wash
2020-07-07 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-07-14 17:00 - 20:00, 2020-07-21 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Find ways to use lines and washes to develop fresh and powerful images in painting. Experiment with GAC 500 Medium and Clear Tar Gel for strong, dimensional line and nontraditional results. Best for students with some painting experience. See website for materials list and registration.
Dates: Jun 23 – Jul 28
Details: Tuesdays, 6 Sessions
Times: 5:00PM – 8:00PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Painting Foundations
2020-07-08 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-07-15 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-07-22 09:30 - 12:30
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Set your inner artist free in a studio painting class! Working from observation, beginners will complete exercises in value, color, and chroma. Advanced beginners begin to generate their own projects while absorbing instruction, critique, and healthy doses of encouragement. All will explore new techniques and painting concepts. This class provides a solid, comprehensive foundation in oil or acrylic for students intent on developing their ease, skill, and facility with paint. See website for materials list.
Dates: Jun 24 – Jul 29
Details: Wednesdays, 6 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM

New Art Center Online: Seascapes in Watercolor
2020-07-08 10:00 - 12:30, 2020-07-15 10:00 - 12:30, 2020-07-22 10:00 - 12:30
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Discover ocean motifs in watercolor in this online zoom class. We’ll cover 2 ways of developing crashing waves, develop techniques for authentic rocks and ledges, paint shimmering coves with sunset boats, and detail sandy beaches with elegant dune grasses! Refresh your perspective knowledge with charming studies of clam shacks and boat houses. Learn spattering and masking techniques to use while creating nature studies of tide pool denizens. Previous watercolor experience recommended. See website for materials list and registration.
Dates: Jun 24 – Jul 29
Details: Wednesdays, 6 Sessions
Times: 10:00AM – 12:30PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Supercharged Painting
2020-07-08 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-15 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-22 13:00 - 16:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This Zoom course begins with the notion that Jackson Pollock liberated painting and takes off from there. Students will investigate various painting media including acrylic, glazes, pigments, and collage. Both figurative and abstract approaches are encouraged in this high-energy class for those with prior painting experience. (Intermediate/advanced levels) See website for materials list.
Dates: Jul 1 – Jul 29
Details: Wednesdays, 5 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Pastel Landscapes
2020-07-09 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-16 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-23 13:00 - 16:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Capture the beauty of summer with the immediacy of pastel (oil and/or dry pastel). Working from photos, explore how to build a landscape using many layers of colors. Be ready for drawing August landscapes from life using a medium that is easy to carry! All levels welcome, but students must have at least taken one drawing class. See website for materials list.
Dates: Jul 2 – Jul 30
Details: Thursdays, 4 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Notes: No class July 23

New Art Center Online: Ceramics at Home
2020-07-13 10:00 - 11:00, 2020-07-20 10:00 - 11:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
For students who have taken at least one previous class at New Art Center: Continue to work from home for a month this summer! Pick up 25 lbs. of clay on June 22nd (time TBA), and create in your home. There will be weekly check-ins with Julie Fox via Zoom for technical assistance. Drop-off all work for bisque during the week of July 20, times TBA. Firing: 2,000 cubic inches of pottery included in class; $.04 per cubic inch for overage according to New Art Center guidelines. Glazing sessions TBA. See website for more details.
Dates: Jun 22 – Jul 23
Details: Mondays, 4 Sessions
Times: 10:00AM – 11:00AM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Painting Beyond Foundations
2020-07-14 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-07-21 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-07-28 09:30 - 12:30
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Zoom Class – Intermediate and advanced students explore and develop personal themes while pushing their skills to the limit. Demos, group exercises, color theory, advanced painting techniques with regular critique and conversation support and extend creativity and competency. See website for materials list and registration.
Dates: Jul 7 – Jul 28
Details: Tuesdays, 4 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Photo Project Development
2020-07-14 10:00 - 12:00, 2020-07-21 10:00 - 12:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This five-week Zoom course helps students develop a photography project from idea to completion. Use the supportive structure of weekly instruction and feedback to develop your own photography project. We will focus on exploration of concept, the creation curve, the editing process, critique, and presentation. The class will culminate in a slideshow of the student projects.
Students should have an understanding of the basics of photography, their cameras, and editing software, as this class is not focused on the technical elements of photography, but the ideas and concepts of photography. The instructor, Julie Williams-Krishnan, is a widely exhibited fine art photographer and teacher, and the Director of Programs at the Griffin Museum of Photography. Materials: Camera (digital or film, but you need to be able to share your images electronically), photo editing software on your computer, journal/sketchbook, a way to print images (at home or via a store/lab). See website for more info.
Dates: Jul 7 – Aug 4
Details: Tuesdays, 5 Sessions
Times: 10:00AM – 12:00PM

New Art Center Online: Photoshop
2020-07-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2020-07-21 13:00 - 15:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Explore the basics tools and manipulation methods of Adobe Photoshop in this Zoom class. We will learn to finely edit digital images, using both our own photos as well as found images. Learn to swap backgrounds, add dynamic text, manipulate faces, enhance digital images, and create a mini planet using your landscape photos. HS students GR 11-12 can register with teacher approval. Requirements: any version of Adobe Photoshop CS2-CC (teacher will use CS6); a computer mouse; a computer with attached camera, or the ability to put smart phone photos on the working computer. See website for more info.
Dates: Jul 7 – Aug 4
Details: Tuesdays, 5 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Painting Believable Light
2020-07-14 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-07-21 13:00 - 17:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
What makes a painting “glow”? What is the glowing quality that appears in the work of many master painters? How does an artist make this happen? To communicate a feeling of believable light in a painting, and to make a painting glow, artists must make certain decisions early in the painting process. This class includes a comprehensive exploration of the “glow factor.” Topics will include texture, transparency, color, and discussions about the creative process challenges. For intermediate and advanced painters. See website for materials list and registration.
Dates: Jun 23 – Jul 28
Details: Tuesdays, 6 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Notes: Zoom Class

New Art Center Online: Contemporary Explorations
2020-07-14 14:00 - 17:00, 2020-07-21 14:00 - 17:00
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This course for advanced painters offers the chance to develop individual work within a group context. Individual painting and drawing development is facilitated through one-on-one discussions with the instructor and group critiques. No oil paint or oil paint products are allowed for this class. See website for materials list.
Dates: Jul 7 – Jul 28
Details: Tuesdays, 4 Sessions
Times: 2:00PM – 5:00PM

New Art Center Online: Printing Without a Press - Gel Plates
2020-07-15 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-07-22 09:30 - 12:30
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
This introductory Zoom workshop explores the use of gel plates for making hand-pulled monotypes on paper with oil paint, and introduces R&F Blending Medium. Learn how to use stencils, color shapers, brayers, and other tools to produce vibrant and layered prints without a press. An excellent class for oil painters! See website for materials list.
Dates: Jul 15 – Jul 29
Details: Wednesdays, 3 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Notes: Zoom Class
