New Art Center presents: Classical and Contemporary Mexican Smalti Mosaics Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesLearn 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
ONLINE United KingdomThe 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…
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesWe 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…
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesWe 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…
Pro Arte’s Spring Series: Salon 2
ONLINE United KingdomThe Spring Salon Series takes place entirely online. Concerts premiere at 8pm on Thursday night and are available to watch through the following Sunday. On the night of the premiere, the performance will also be followed by a live Q&A session with that night’s musicians. Tickets for each performance are $20 for an individual or $35 for families. Click here to…
New Art Center presents: Fabric Dyeing and Printing – A Mask Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesWe 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
ONLINE United KingdomJoin 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…
All Newton Music School presents: Music in May
ONLINE United KingdomMusic in May is our annual all-day recital and performance festival. Students perform with their teacher-specific recital or class. Everyone has a chance to buy tickets to win great prizes in our basket raffle. This year, on Saturday, May 22nd, the ANMS website will transform into our Virtual Music in May featuring recitals, music theater performances,…
Historic Newton presents: House Tour Enore Presentation & Panel
ONLINE United KingdomThrough talent, fearlessness, and marketing genius Maud Howard Brodrick built hundreds of homes in Newton and Wellesley in the 1920s and 1930s, when few women worked in the field. Due to popular demand, we are once again showing video tours that take you inside homes she designed. Tickets also include access to a Zoom panel…
New Art Center presents: Cubism Workshop
New Art Center 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, United StatesAt 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…