Come play in our art studio this summer!

Learn basic digital camera manipulation specific to portraiture. Practice choosing backgrounds, staging, posing and lighting of subjects. Computer enhancement and printing of files will also be covered. Bring your manual.

Session I: Creative Self Portraits Tuesdays June 29-July 13, 3:00-5:00pm Session II: Still Life Painting Tuesdays July 20-August 3, 3:00-5:00pm

Invigorate the pastel medium using unusual papers, surfaces, and by combining with pencil, inks, & paint. Learn layering techniques and finishing coats for richer color and texture. Enjoy outdoor sketching sessions on campus

This workshop will meet for 6 Mondays beginning July 12th from 6-9PM: Catered toward serious intermediate and advanced artists. You will explore drawing both as a finished work of art and as a prelude to painting. Workshop

Refine your skills of observation. Tuesdays, July 13-August 31, 6:00-8:30pm $144/136 BackStage Members

This is a 6 day-Thursday- workshop beginnin gon July 15th at 6-8PM Artist Eric AHansen will demonstrate an deasy and non-toxic form of printmaking all done by hand. Students will take part in the age old techniques allowing

Offering intermediate/advanced watercolor artists the opportunity to experience a unique blend of painting exercises, supportive critique, and guided activities geared to expand their art making and visibility as artists. Par

Create drawings inspired from your own photos using pen, black ink and brush. Value scale exercises will prepare participants to express strong contrasts in their work. Explore a variety of techniques.

This one-week Educators' program includes immersion in an intensive Studio taught by MIAD Professor, James Barany and an array of professional development opportunities offered through a series of workshops.

This 6 day workshop runs Tuesdays beginning July 27, 2010 from 6-8PM you will survey the visual strategies implemented by new and exciting contemporary artists as well as highlight many therretical and philosophical approach

Wednesdays July 28-September 1, 6:00-8:30pm $160/$156 BackStage Members

Go on a journey of arts adventure and discovery August 2-6, 9:00am-12:00pm $106/$98 BackStage Members

Mondays August 2-August 30, 6:00-8:30pm $98/$92 BackStage Members

Have fun making three-dimensional art with these Calder-inspired mobiles that actually move Thursdays August 5-26, 1:00-3:00pm $62/$58 Backstage Members

This class is great for children with an interest in books or visual narrative. Tuesdays, August 10-August 31, 1:00-3:00pm $64/$58 BackStage Members

Join The Circle and discover what is possible in drawing! Wednesdays, August 11-September 1, 4:00-5:30pm $48/$42 BackStage Members

The Rural Rembrandt Club of Wautoma is hosting a workshop at the Wautoma Library meeting room.

This watercolor seminar is designed for absolute beginners as well as for those who have had some experience painting with watercolor but need a refresher to start again.

Discover why no one subject is any more difficult than another to paint.