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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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Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating an original piece of theatre as an ensemble. Specifically tailored to the interests of the students, this class is an excellent opportunity for young performers…
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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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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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Newton Free Library presents: Fall Hiking Tips from the Appalachian Mountain Club
Newton Free Library presents: Fall Hiking Tips from the Appalachian Mountain Club
Join the Appalachian Mountain Club's Bill Cannon and Sue Svelnis for an introduction to the wonderful world of hiking! From a gentle stroll through the woods to a challenging workout with lots of hills, there are so many ways to enjoy nature and so many great places to begin close to home. The AMC will…
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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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Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating an original piece of theatre as an ensemble. Specifically tailored to the interests of the students, this class is an excellent opportunity for young performers…
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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…
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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…
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…
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Newton Free Library presents: 13 Moons and 12,000 Years – Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Newton Free Library presents: 13 Moons and 12,000 Years – Honoring Indigenous Peoples’ Day
In recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day, join Tim Turner, an Indigenous Educator from the Plimoth Pawtuxet Museums, for a unique conversation that explores 12,000 years of Wampanoag history and how communities past and present have adapted and sustained their seasonal, 13-moon lifecycles amid changing natural, social and political landscapes. He will also touch on tribal history specific to the Newton…
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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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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…
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating an original piece of theatre as an ensemble. Specifically tailored to the interests of the students, this class is an excellent opportunity for young performers…
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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…
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Scandinavian Cultural Center Book Talk: “We Share the Same Sky” with Rachael Cerrotti
Scandinavian Cultural Center Book Talk: “We Share the Same Sky” with Rachael Cerrotti
Join us for a talk with author Rachael Cerrotti about her book We Share the Same Sky: A Memoir of Memory & Migration. It is the story of a granddaughter’s decade-long journey to retrace her grandmother’s wartime escape and weave together the thin threads of family history. In 2009, Rachael Cerrotti, a college student pursuing a…
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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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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 Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating an original piece of theatre as an ensemble. Specifically tailored to the interests of the students, this class is an excellent opportunity for young performers…
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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: 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,…
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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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Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Newton Theatre Kids presents: Fall Classes – Devising Ensemble
Join NTK’s all new Devising Ensemble! Our first program for middle schoolers gives participants the opportunity to explore new forms of performance and hone their artistic skills, all while creating an original piece of theatre as an ensemble. Specifically tailored to the interests of the students, this class is an excellent opportunity for young performers…
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…