The Arts Center in Orange

The Arts Center in Orange announces its lineup of spring classes. To register, contact The Arts Center In Orange located at 129 East Main Street in Orange, phone: 672-7311 or email: theartsorange@aol.com. Hours are Monday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Adult classes

SP1 Acrylic Painting
Students will have the opportunity to explore acrylics through a variety of painting exercises which address color, composition, value and style. One-on-one guidance makes this an appropriate class for a wide range of students.
Dates: April, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17
Time: Mondays, 7:15-9:15pm
Instructor: Ed King
Fee: $90, supply list available upon registration

SP2 Basic Drawing I
This is an introduction to drawing. Learn in a relaxing and pressure-free environment using a variety of techniques and exercises.
Dates: April 13, 20, 27, May 4
Time: Tuesdays, 9-12 p.m.
Instructor: Anna Marie DeMio Dowen
Fee: $90, $15 supply fee, plus supply list available upon registration

SP3 Basic Drawing II
A continuation of Basic Drawing I.
Dates: May 11, 18, 25, June 1
Time: Tuesdays, 9-12pm
Instructor: Anna Marie DeMio Dowen
Fee: $90, $15 supply fee, plus supply list available upon registration

SP4 Watercolor for Young Adults
Learn all the basic techniques of watercolor painting in a series of classes where students will gain competence and have fun discovering their unique style with careful one-on-one attention from the instructor.
Dates: April 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18, 25
Time: Tuesdays, 4:30-6 p.m.
Instructor: Maria Pace
Fee: $60, $15 supply fee

Advanced Clay
For students with basic hand building and wheel throwing skills - this class is designed for those ready to pursue more complex forms and concepts, instructor will provide advanced demonstrations and individual consultations to assist students in exploring their own clay project goals.
Session I - SP5
Dates: April 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
Session II - SP6
Dates: May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Time: Wednesdays, 6-8p.m.
Instructor: Aimee Hunt
Fee: $90/session, $25 supply fee

Thursday Adult Beginner Clay
Adults learn the basics and brush up existing skills. This class will teach the potters wheel and hand building techniques. You will create cylinder, cup and bowl forms, as well as other creations.
Session I - SP7
Dates: April 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13
Session II - SP8
Date: May 20, 27, June 3, 10, 17, 24
Time: Thursdays, 6-8 p.m.
Instructor: Shari Jacobs
Fee: $90/session, $25 supply fee

Saturday Adult Beginner Clay
Adults learn the basics and brush up existing skills. This class will teach the potters wheel and hand building techniques. You will create cylinder, cup and bowl forms, as well as other creations.
Session I - SP9
Dates: April 10, 17, 24, May 8, 15, 22
Session II - SP10
Date: May 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26, July-10
Time: Saturday, 1-3 p.m.
Instructor: Shari Jacobs
Fee: $90/session, $25 supply fee

SP11 Drawing Animals for Teens & Adults
Our four legged friends offer plenty of opportunity to draw challenging subjects. In this course we will use foundational skills to create drawings and portraits of animals. Since they do not stay still for very long, it would be advisable to draw from photographs. This course will also cover the art of the quick study and gesture drawing, so do come with a sketchbook. We will be using graphite and other dry media dependant on student interest.
Dates: April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: Thursdays, 4-6 p.m.
Instructor: Michelle Powell
Fee: $90, supply list upon registration

SP12 Beginner Oil Painting
Painting in oils is what many of us think of when we hear the term "fine art". It can also be the next step up on your way to becoming a fully rounded artist. The course will include color theory, color mixing, basic techniques from the bare canvas to the finished product. We will also create oil studies from still life. Time/weather permitting we will venture outdoors for some plein aire experience.
Dates: April 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27
Time: Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Instructor: Michelle Powell
Fee: $90, supply list available upon registration

Adult workshops

Wire Wrapped Ring Making
Beautiful rings to adorn your fingers, or someone else's. A wire wrapping technique will be used to create two rings. One in copper for practice, the second in sterling silver with a 6 mm faceted stone.
Date: April 24
SP13 - Time: Saturday, 12:30-2:30
SP14 - Time: Saturday, 3-5 p.m.
Instructor: Trish Shornagel
Fee: $20, $10 supply fee

SP15 Oil Painting and Pastel Workshop
Join award winning artist Elaine Hurst for a two-day workshop in oil painting and pastel painting, their differences and similarities. Obviously one is dry, one is wet, but many of the techniques are surprisingly alike. Students should have at least a basic level of drawing.
Date: May 15, 16
Time: Saturday, Sunday, 12-4 (each day)
Instructor: Elaine Hurst
Fee: $75, supply list upon registration

SP16 Colored Pencil For Dummies
Beginners, join artist Kitty Dodd for a fun introduction to the colored pencil - an environmentally safe, portable and convenient media made with the same fine pigments as artist quality paints. This is an opportunity to learn the basics and build on existing skills.
Date: May-22
Time: Saturday, 10am-2pm
Instructor: Kitty Dodd
Fee: $50, $15 supply fee, plus supply list upon registration

SP17 Oil Painting and Pastel Workshop
Join award winning artist Elaine Hurst for a two-day workshop in oil painting and pastel painting, their differences and similarities. Obviously one is dry, one is wet, but many of the techniques are surprisingly alike.
Date: June 12, 13
Time: Saturday, Sunday, 12-4 (each day)
Instructor: Elaine Hurst
Fee: $75, supply list upon registration

SP18 Drawing and Watercolor Workshop
Learn to create drawings as studies for finished art works and how to use watercolor as an immediate record of an inspiration. Beginners may chose to simply learn how to draw what they see. More advanced students may push their parameters in watercolor with the help of instructor Michelle Powell's expert eye. Depending on the weather, we will address the Virginia countryside directly or work indoors from photographs.
Date: June 5
Time: Saturday, 10-3 p.m.
Instructor: Michelle Powell
Fee: $50, supply list available upon registration

Just for Kids

SP19 KIDS! Decorative Farm Egg Workshop
Make your own beautiful Easter eggs! Blow fresh eggs, paint the shells with your own unique designs and thread with ribbon for ornaments you can keep for years, or dye boiled eggs with natural dyes made from beetroot and onion skins and distinguish them with wax designs.
Date: March 27
Time: Saturday, 12:30-2:30
Instructor: Maria Pace
Fee: $15, $5 supply fee

SP20 KIDS! Broccoli Pre-K
Time flies and before you know it that little one is all grown up! So take your child, grandchild, niece or nephew by the hand and, shoulder to shoulder, explore painting, sculpture, collage, clay and more in this process, not product oriented program.
Date: April 13, 20, 27, May 4, 11, 18
Time: Tuesdays, 1-2 p.m.
Instructor: Anna Marie DeMio Dowen
Fee: $45, $15 supply fee

SP21 KIDS! Homeschool Mixed Media Class
Explore painting, collage, printmaking, clay and more.
Date: April 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19
Time: Wednesdays, 1-2:30
Instructor: Anna Marie DeMio Dowen
Fee: $80, $15 supply fee