Every Monday - West African & Caribbean drum and song classes with Aimee Gelinas M.ED at the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield. Beginner class at 5:30 pm; advanced class at 6:30 pm advanced. Registration required for all new students.
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Capturing the beauty of the many warm and cool whites of snow as the sun and shade shift, we will learn to use a myriad of different white or neutral slips, underglaze, terra sigillata, and glaze for our surface effects. Patchwork texture and an emphasis on the seams, created in the making process, will give […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
This course will focus on the investigation of form for the soda firing process. Altering utilitarian wheel thrown forms with the intention of creating surfaces that will emphasize the firing technique. Students will develop wheel throwing skills while learning to consider the depth that can be created through sculptural additions and layering of slips and […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
In this class we will cover the basics of throwing on the potter's wheel. We'll get to know the various stages of the pottery-making process, and build skills to help you start your creative journey in clay. This class is meant for completely new folks, as well as beginners with some experience who would like […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Learn how to form and join small hand made clay components to create a larger, complex pot. Using hand made templates, we will make various smaller forms that will be joined at the leather hard stage in order to build bigger pots with repetitive shape: the results will be a dynamic creative and joyful form! […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
On Wednesdays in July and August, the Clark Art Institute presents a free series of Works on Paper Highlights Talks in the Manton Study Center for Works on Paper, which houses the Clark's collection of more than 6,500 prints, drawings, and photographs. Each week, discover a unique selection of rarely exhibited works on paper with […]
Arts and Culture, Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
This four-week course, taught by Jenna O’Brien, will teach the skills required for beautiful and successful container gardens. Get to know the plants that thrive in containers and how to care for them, and consider container selection, siting, planting, growing, and maintaining moveable gardens. This class will cover practical aspects of gardening in containers with […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
A five class series focused on using watercolor to capture the beauty of landscapes. Learn how to use watercolor to paint light, texture, and space to depict vistas and scenes. Each week will cover a different skill or approach to watercolor landscape painting. The workshop will balance instructor demonstrations and independent student application. No class […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios, Outdoor Event
Whether you are an amateur or professional horticulturist, you are a steward of the landscape, and probably spend more time than anyone among the flowers, shrubs and trees. This course taught by Tom Ingersoll, is designed for those who might not necessarily be first to climb 100 feet up a northern red oak or wrangle […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
Join artist Warren Prindle at The Norman Rockwell Museum for a drawing workshop with a professional model dressed as a Jazz Age flapper. Guided exercises will unlock solid proportions, expressive gestures, and the rhythmic flow of the human form. We’ll explore both linear and tonal approaches—starting loose, building structure, and then bringing your drawing to life. No […]
Class, Workshop, and Open Studios
