Newton Cultural Alliance

New Art Center: Gesture, Color, Painting
2020-11-19 18:30 - 20:30, 2020-12-03 18:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
This exciting class will bridge the methods of gesture drawing with abstract painting. Students will investigate intuitive mark-making as the base for an abstract painting, and explore ways that color heightens the work. They will explore the relationship between line, shape and color, and look at art from the present and past to better understand the possibilities. Students will use both drawing materials and acrylic paint to create a series of works on canvas. See website for materials list.

Newton Art Association: Don't negate your own creativity!
2020-11-19 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join Beacon Gallery owner and International Society of Appraisers member Christine O’Donnell for this second of four workshops.

Come and learn from Christine O’Donnell, through her knowledge as a gallery owner and appraiser, in how to ensure that your creative enterprises do not go to (physical or digital) waste. From disorganized spaces on and offline, poorly framed works, acid burns on paper, to poorly shot digital photographs, this workshop will discuss it all: best practices in framing and hanging, how to maintain artwork for the long run, and best practices for your digital photographs and records (with a focus on those who are not adept with digital photography – this is not a workshop for those who know photoshop!). Bring questions, conundrums and ideas! Click here to register.

New Art Center: Glass Fusing - Sushi Set
2020-11-20 10:00 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Learn the basics of glass fusing techniques and play with colored glass pieces, glass powders and frits, stringers and glass beads. After a series of fun exercises, you’ll design and create two 4” x 4” plates and one 4″ x 13″ channel plate. All materials provided. Safety note: wear closed toe shoes; safety glasses provided. Visit website to register.

New Art Center online: The Collaged Landscape Workshop
2020-11-21 13:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.

Using collage can really improve your design and understanding of the landscape. It is also a wonderful way of creating a beautiful work of art using unconventional materials. Working online live with Jill Pottle, one week will focus on drawn and painted forests, and the other on collaged cities. In this 2-session workshop, students will use found materials (magazines, decorative papers and old books, etc.) for shape, value, color, and texture as they create a work of art. In addition, students will make their own collage materials to use. This class will be freeing, expressive, and fun. All levels are welcome. See website for materials list.

New Art Center Online: Painting with Color
2020-11-23 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-11-30 09:30 - 12:30 | 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.
Discover the magic of color! This class is designed to develop or strengthen your skills for all aspects of color mixing: value, warm/cool, and opposites/complementary. Students will create their own value and color charts, and use these charts to expand and explore the use of color in their oil or acrylic paintings. Excellent for all levels. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Acrylic and Oil Painting - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-11-23 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-11-30 09:30 - 12:30 | 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.
Explore the emotive, expressive and representative qualities of paint in an exciting studio environment. Focus on the painting process, how marks and color can be generated from spontaneous reactions to a subject, and learn to explore and exploit the accidental freshness of material. Use oil, acrylic or other water based paints in this course for intermediate to advanced artists. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Post-Modern Assemblage Painting
2020-11-23 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-11-30 13:00 - 16:00 | 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.
Paint, block print, or push the envelope with a postmodern approach to assemblage. Grow your practice through thoughtful critiques with attention to individual strengths. Combine your favorite forms in this creative and invigorating atmosphere. Intermediate level. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 10 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Beginning Drawing
2020-11-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-01 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-08 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-15 09:30 - 12:30 | Trio Newton, 243 Walnut Street, Unit 213, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Learn basic drawing essentials! Students will sharpen their observation skills and learn to develop accurate and expressive drawings using a variety of materials. Learning to draw provides students with an excellent foundation for additional drawing, painting, and other art explorations. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Trio Newton

New Art Center online: Contemporary Explorations
2020-11-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-01 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 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: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)

New Art Center online: Painting Beyond Foundations
2020-11-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-01 09:30 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
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.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Ceramics - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-11-24 09:30 - 12:30, 2020-12-01 09:30 - 12:30 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Students of all levels explore the creative possibilities of ceramics. Demonstrations and hands-on instruction cover wheel throwing, handbuilding, and surface treatment including glazing. Each semester includes one group project or technique and plenty of time to develop your distinctive voice. Tuition includes 25 lbs. of clay, firing and glazing. See website for supply list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 9:30AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Monotype Printing with a Press
2020-11-24 13:00 - 16:00, 2020-12-01 13:00 - 16:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
New Art Live Online Learning – Weekly online class at designated class times. New Art faculty conduct a real-time class through Zoom video meetings.
Build skills in monotype printmaking. Experiment with techniques using an etching press: additive and subtractive printing, chine colle, trace monotype, overprinting, stencils, and direct painting on a plate. Explore ways of creating texture and depth using natural and man-made objects: leaves, grasses, eggshells, mesh, foil, bubble wrap, etc. to make gorgeous prints! Excellent for all levels of experience. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 4:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center online: Painting Believable Light - "Glow"
2020-11-24 13:00 - 17:00, 2020-12-01 13:00 - 17:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
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.
Dates: Sep 15 – Dec 1
Details: Tuesdays, 12 Sessions
Times: 1:00PM – 5:00PM
Venue: Washington Park

New Art Center: Textured Glass Workshop
2020-12-04 10:00 - 12:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
Create a low relief tile out of ceramic fiber (a soft material easily cut or torn) on top of which 3 layers of glass (8” x 11”) will be kiln fired at 1500 degrees. The glass sheets will become one solid piece with the imprint of your relief. You will have the option to add bright transparent colors to your project using colored pieces of thin fusible glass. Your fired artwork with display frame will be available for pickup a few weeks after class. Students must wear closed toe shoes, and safety glasses or eyeglasses. Other materials provided. No experience necessary. Visit website to register.

Newton Art Association: Online Artists' Demos
2020-12-06 14:00 - 16:00, 2021-01-10 14:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Watch Artists Work!
The NAA hosts eight artists each year who share their media, message, and skills.
Fall and spring demos are on Thursday evenings; winter demos are on Sunday afternoons. This year some demos will be virtual. Click on the links below on each demo to get zoom link (will be provided a few days before day of demo).
UPCOMING DEMOS | CLICK ON LINK FOR MORE INFO
Thursday, November 12, 7-9 p.m. | James C. Varnum: Mixed Media
Sunday, December 6, 2-4 p.m. | Janet Schwartz: Pastel
Sunday, January 10, 2021, 2-4 p.m. | Adria Arch: Printing for Painters
All are free and open to the public.

NAA's Art Works for Good
2020-12-08 - 2021-02-14 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join the Newton Art Association (NAA) in its virtual art exhibition and help support Newton’s two food pantries. In partnership with the Centre Street Food Pantry and the Newton Food Pantry, NAA members will sell their art works and donate half of the selling price to the two pantries. .
Art works can be viewed and purchased as holiday gifts and for your home. Timely delivery will be arranged between the buyer and the artist. Explore the variety of art at www.newtonartassociation.com.
NAA’s Art Works for Good has been extended to Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2021.

New Art Center presents: A Taste of Europe – Irresistible Italy
2021-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join art historian Brendan M. Sullivan and Flora’s Wine Bar for a tasting tour of Italy from the comfort of your home! The full tour includes two bottles of wine, cheese, and accompaniments delivered to your door, a live online tasting with Flora’s wine educator, and an art history presentation from the wine’s region. Let us transport you to Italy without stress, jet lag, or COVID-restrictions! Full tour with wine and cheese (available inside the 128 loop): $175 per evening; begins at 6:00 pm. Art lecture only: $25 per evening; begins at 6:30 pm.
Full tour with wine and cheese (available inside the 128 loop): $175 per evening; begins at 6:00 pm. Ticket sales end 2 weeks before lecture.
Art lecture only: $25 per evening; begins at 6:30 pm.
January 29, 2021 Irresistible Italy: Sample wine from Veneto and Piedmont paired with complementary cheese and a selection of art. Learn about the Sacro Monte of Varallo. Brendan M. Sullivan completed his Ph.D. at the Institute of Fine Arts in 2014. He specializes in Northern European Art of the 14th and 15th centuries, in particular illuminated manuscripts.
