Newton Cultural Alliance

New Art Center online: Ceramics - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-10-20 09:30 - 12:30 (America/New_York) | 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: Painting Beyond Foundations
2020-10-20 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: Contemporary Explorations
2020-10-20 09:30 - 12:30 | United Kingdom
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: Beginning Drawing
2020-10-20 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

Newton Free Library: Early Voting
2020-10-20 08:30 - 17:00, 2020-10-19 08:30 - 17:00, 2020-10-18 10:00 - 16:00, 2020-10-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton, MA, 02459, United States
Vote Early In Person
If you are a registered voter in Newton, you can vote early in person at the Newton Free Library’s Druker Auditorium, every day starting on Saturday, October 17 until Friday, October 30, 2020. Voting will be open Monday through Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm; and Saturdays and Sundays 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Click here to check if you’re registered to vote, or view a sample ballot.

Newton Art Association: Shelter in Art
2020-10-20, 2020-10-19, 2020-10-18, 2020-10-17, 2020-10-16 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Shelter in Art is a virtual exhibition of work created by Newton Art Association members during the COVID-19 crisis. Click here to view this incredible exhibit online through October 31.

An online series on the history & nature of Jewish choral music
2020-10-20, 2020-10-19, 2020-10-18, 2020-10-17 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
These audio and video podcasts, presented by Zamir Chorale of Boston, can serve as an introduction to the field of Jewish Choral Music. But caveat lector, these are not comprehensive; they provide only an introduction to the field. Readers may follow up with the many texts and websites that are listed elsewhere in this website: https://www.jewishchoralmusic.com/podcasts

New Art Center online: Creative Construction - GR K-2
2020-10-19 16:00 - 17:30 | 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.
Young artists will explore the world of 3-D as they create sculptures and constructions using clay, cardboard, felt, found objects and other materials. They will improve fine motor skills as they manipulate, cut, bend, sculpt and balance, using creative problem solving under the guidance of a New Art instructor. Visit their website for more information.
Dates: Sep 21 – Nov 30
Details: Mondays, 9 Sessions
Times: 4:00PM – 5:30PM
Venue: Washington Park
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Post-Modern Assemblage Painting
2020-10-19 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: Watercolor Explorations
2020-10-19 12:30 - 15:00 | 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.
This course for experienced watercolor students will focus on composition, values, and wash techniques in rendering landscape, botanicals, and still life. Students may work on suggested projects or those of their choice. Demos and individual critiques included. See website for materials list.
Dates: Sep 14 – Nov 16
Details: Mondays, 8 Sessions
Times: 12:30PM – 3:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 9/28, 10/12

New Art Center online: Acrylic and Oil Painting - Intermediate/Advanced
2020-10-19 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: Painting with Color
2020-10-19 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

Amherst Early Music online:
2020-10-18 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-10-17 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Join us for AEM ONLINE classes each weekend! Register for any number of sessions – classes are $25 per session. Registration opens each Monday for the weekend classes! Click here for more information.
SCHEDULE OCTOBER 10 & 11 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Saturday, October 10
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. The Quest for Freedom with Matthias Maute, recorder
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Bowing Technique in Action with Brent Wissick
Sunday, October 11
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Unlocking the Secrets of Playing Fantastic English Country Dance Music with Emily O’Brien, recorder, and Karen Axelrod, piano
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Sixteenth-Century Cathedral Instrumentalists in Spain: Duties and Abilities as seen through the Lerma Manuscript with Douglas Kirk
SCHEDULE OCTOBER 17 & 18 (Eastern Daylight Time)
Saturday, October 17
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Shifting Gears: From 2 to 3 and Back Again with Zoe Weiss
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. An Introduction to American Shapenote Music (with emphasis on The Sacred Harp) with Temmo Korisheli and Emily Eagen
Sunday, October 18
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Härpffen, Singen: Introduction to Harp Accompaniment for Medieval Song with Nancy Thym
3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Corrette & Co. with Sally Merriman, Baroque bassoon

All Newton Music School: Broadway Bound Online Class
2020-10-17 13:45 - 14:30, 2020-10-17 13:00 - 13:45 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
Actors will spend the Semester creating and exploring imaginative characters, learning choreography, and proper singing technique with director, composer, and playwright Kelvyn Koning; an experienced musical theatre educator.
Broadway Bound will allow each actor to sing, dance, deliver lines, and be part of a virtual theatrical ensemble which builds presence and self-confidence.
Creative and engaging instructor Mr. Kelvyn will work with the young actors ideas to compose original music and scenes for each class as they prepare a virtual world premiere production!
Before filming, the student will be provided with a Broadway Bound “Backstage” Box with all the costume pieces and props needed to film their scenes, songs, and choreography with flair!
Click here for registration.
Ages 5-7 years
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturdays: 1:00 – 1:45 pm
Ages 8-10 years
Sept. 10 to Jan. 7 – Thursday: 5:00 – 5:45 pm
Sept. 12 to Jan. 16 – Saturday: 1:45 – 2:30 pm

Historic Newton: 2020 Newton House Tour
2020-10-17 10:00 - 2020-10-18 15:00 | ZOOM
Historic Newton’s 2020 Tour Goes Virtual with a Special Edition!
Through talent, fearlessness, and marketing genius, Maud Brodrick managed to build hundreds of homes in Newton and Wellesley in the 1920s and 1930s, when few women worked in the field. Uncover this amazing, barely known story through a look inside the homes she designed and learn about her lasting legacy in our special video tour and panel discussion about her groundbreaking work and how modern homeowners have preserved her vision.
Tickets are on sale now. Click here. The video tour and accompanying booklet to read online or download will be released to ticketholders on Saturday, October 17 at 10 a.m. and the videos may be viewed anytime (and tickets may still be purchased) until the panel discussion takes place Sunday, October 18 at 3 p.m. on Zoom.
Details: Tour videos will be released at 10 a.m. on Saturday, October 17, and available to view only through Sunday, October 18. Ticket sales end on Sunday, October 18 at noon. Panel discussion takes place at 3 p.m. on October 18.
Questions About the Tour? Reach Historic Newton at 617-796-1450.
Proceeds from the Tour support the work of Historic Newton, encouraging exploration of Newton and the surrounding region within the broad context of American history, through educational programs, historical archives, and storytelling.

New Art Center: Intuitive Painting Workshop
2020-10-17 10:00 - 14:00 | New Art Center, 61 Washington Park, Newton, MA, 02460, United States
This workshop is for anyone/everyone. Starting with exercises to help free up creative energy, we will dive into painting on large paper (~5’ x 5’) and explore the creative process, creating individual and collaborative artworks. You will learn to listen to your intuition as you work in a supportive and comfortable space. All materials included. Please bring your lunch, and wear your painting clothes. Visit website to register.

New Art Center online: Drawing, Painting, Collage GR 6-8
2020-10-16 16:30 - 18:00 | 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.

Longer class! Explore techniques of drawing, painting and collage. The focus this semester will be on form and space – learning to make your work look 3-D and to show distance. Experiment with color, shape and composition, and learn how to use different art materials individually and together to create more sophisticated artworks. This class is excellent for all levels of experience.
Dates: Sep 25 – Dec 18
Details: Fridays, 10 Sessions
Times: 4:30PM – 6:00PM
Venue: Live Online Learning (Zoom)
Notes: No class 11/27

Newton Free Library presents: ELL Twentieth Century Women - Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers
2020-10-16 13:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, United Kingdom, E16 2DQ
ELL Twentieth Century Women: Bridging Cultures/Breaking Barriers is a free conversation group on Zoom for high intermediate to advanced adult English learners. In this class, we will examine and discuss the lives of 20th (and 21st) century women who challenged societal barriers in their pursuit of careers in fields as varied as athletics, business, government and law, humanities, medicine, and the sciences.
The group meets on 8 Friday afternoons, beginning on October 2, 2020.
Limited to 8 students. Online registration (required) begins September 10 at 9:00 am.
When you register, you sign up for all 8 Friday afternoon sessions.
Click here to register.
