Workshops

New OPEN Acrylic Workshop
Friday, July 10 • 10am-3pm • instructor: Mary Morrison • Grant Street Art Studios • 300 E. 19th Ave. (19th & Grant St.) • Denver • $75 includes all paints and gels
This new acrylic paint system from Golden handles beautifully! It paints more like oils as it stays wet 10 times longer than regular acrylics. Great for plein air painting, portrait painting and simply slowing down and blending with wet into wet applications. And, still, no solvents! This is for every level of experience as we'll just be playing with the new paint and mediums. OPEN handles differently than standard acrylics. A lot more blending and detail work is possible as it stays wet for hours. Very cool!! I have several projects designed for you to become familiar with the working properties of the paint, Open thinner, gel and medium. Then, we'll paint a small study using OPEN. We will cover using regular fluid and heavy body acrylics with OPEN, and how best to layer the paints to take advantage of the differences in dry times. Again, all the products can be used together!
Contact Mary at morrison.mary@q.com or call (303) 863-8175 to sign-up and receive a short supply list, payment info and directions to the studio (air conditioned!).

Beginning Ink
Saturday, July 11 • 10am-3pm (lunchbreak 12-1pm) • Ink Lounge Gallery • 530 South Frontage Road in Ford Park • Belmar, Denver • $75 includes all materials + lunch) • class size: 10 people
This workshop will cover the basics of screen printing on paper. You'll learn art and film preparation, screens - mesh, emulsion, exposure, cleaning and registration. The morning session starts with some of the basics and a short demonstration of a 2-color print. Then continue by creating art, preparing the screens - break for lunch - and then come back and spend the afternoon printing single color prints. You'll walk away with a general knowledge of screen-printing, a small booklet of resources, and about 10 prints of your work.
To register go to inkloungegallery.com and click on the Upcoming Workshops info link, and then the more details link on the workshop that interests you.

Textures, Marks and Seductive Surfaces Workshop
Friday, July 17 • 10am-3pm • instructor: Mary Morrison • Grant Street Art Studios • 300 E. 19th Ave. (19th & Grant St.) • Denver • $75 includes all paints and gels
This workshop will give artists a great over view of gels, pastes and mediums. Because acrylics dry quickly they lend themselves to layering of color, texture and pattern. Learn how to incorporate this idea of layers in your work to create wonderful surfaces. We'll go into the best paint and gels for stenciling, transfer prints from found objects to create textural/patterned surfaces and which gels and pastes create the most texture. We'll also make new marks with a more "print-making" type of application. We'll work with special formulas to create the look of Encaustic painting (beeswax medium), layering gels to create images that float on top of underlying colors. See which pastes work best for embedding found objects. We'll learn the properties and use of the interference and iridescent paints to create specialty papers for collage. This workshop will help you to think more three-dimensionally in painting and how to get a more textural surface. For all levels.
Contact Mary at morrison.mary@q.com or call (303) 863-8175 to sign-up and receive a short supply list, payment info and directions to the studio (air conditioned!).

Kid's Art Saturday
Saturday, July 18, 2-4pm • instructor: TBA • CHAC (Chicano Humanities and Arts Council) • 772 Santa Fe Drive • Denver • FREE
The third Saturday of June features TBA working on TBA with the kids. Come in for a free workshop from 2 to 4 pm on July 18.
Workshop Wish List: Donations are needed for the Kid Art Workshops, any help is greatly appreciated! -acrylic paint in primary colors; large bottles for murals and small ones for other projects. -yarn. -popsicle sticks. -construction paper. -colored tissue paper. -glitter glue. -sequins. -beads. -feathers.
For more information go to chacweb.org.

Art in the Gardens
Wednesdays, July 22, August 12 and September 9 • 9am-3pm • instructor: Cheryl St. John • Betty Ford Alpine Gardens • 530 South Frontage Road in Ford Park • Vail • $50 each class or $160 all four classes (paid in advance)
Spend the day painting the beautiful gardens that are full of color each and every month in the Summer and the temperature is much cooler than Denver, so you are sure to have an enjoyable day painting to your heart's content! The varieties of flowers are endless, some you may have never seen before, come and explore the possibilities. The class will concentrate on composition, color and technique. Classes fill up fast so register early.
To register for classes or any questions, call Cheryl St. John at (303) 425-8820 or email cheryl@cherylstjohn.com. A supply list will be sent upon registration.

Landscape Oil Painting
July 23-25 • 9am-4pm • instructor: Mark Pettit • Weehawken Creative Arts • Ridgway Community Church • 685 W. Sherman • Ridgway • $335 WCA member / $406 non-member
This will be an indoor oil painting workshop with instruction on all aspects of landscape painting from a photograph in a controlled environment. Photos will be provided from Mark's collection of local scenery, but students may also bring photos of their own to work from if they wish.
For complete information or to enroll, visit our website at weehawkenarts.org or call Ashley at (970) 318-0150.

Fabric Ink
Saturday, August 15 • 10am-3pm (lunchbreak 12-1pm) • Ink Lounge Gallery • 530 South Frontage Road in Ford Park • Belmar, Denver • $75 includes most materials, fabric not included + lunch) • class size: 6 people
This workshop is structured to print a 2-color piece of art on whatever fabric you choose to bring. It might be t-shirts, tea towels, totebags, pillow cases - anything flat and light colored. You may bring up to 10 pieces that will use the same art and colors to print. Spend a fun morning participating in a printing demonstration to learn how to register your art for 2-color printing on fabric. We will then go over preparing your art and screens. During lunch we will also burn the screens. In the afternoon we will work in pairs to print both persons art. If there is time we may also "play" with paper and mix screens and colors.
To register go to inkloungegallery.com and click on the Upcoming Workshops info link, and then the more details link on the workshop that interests you.

Kid's Drop-In Summer Workshops
Every Friday from June 5 to August 7 • 1-2pm • Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys • 1880 Gaylord St.•Denver • Ages 5 and up • $7 per workshop or 10 Pass Punch Card for $52.80
-July 3, Recycled Creations: Turn junk into robots, cars, tiny towns, anything you can imagine.
-July 10, Paper Dolls and Puppets: Use collage techniques to create paper dolls and puppets.
-July 17, Dioramas: Create a tiny scene of anything you can imagine from a nature scene or a street corner to a place in your favorite book or movie. Please bring a shoe box.
-July 24, Wind Powered Toys: Make kites, pinwheels and paper boats, which all run on wind power.
-July 31, Game Day: Play a game that you make yourself.
-August 7, Miniature Rooms: Design a room in your dream house. Learn basics about scale and miniature making as you use household items to create a tiny room. Please bring a shoe box.
···Reservations not required but greatly appreciated!···
For more information go to Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys, contact Jillian at education@dmmdt.org or (303) 322-1053.

Expressive Color + Impressionist Texture
July 13-17 or August 10-14 • Mon.-Fri. 9am-5pm • Instructor: Cathy Carey • Santa Fe, NM • $500
Make your work more personal by controlling the language of color, creating focal points and tuning in to your unique creative voice with this 5-day workshop by Cathy Carey. For more information contact cathy@artstudiosandiego.com, call (760) 489-9109 or visit the website.

The Complete Colored Pencil
Days, Evenings and Saturdays / Spring and Summer Workshops featuring Colored Pencil, Watercolor Pencil, Solvents & Tools
The colored pencil has come a long way since the days of scratching around on ruled note pad with a pencil so hard and lacking of pigment it would wear holes in the paper. Explore the combination of mixing colored pencil and watercolor pencil, use solvents to get a rich saturation equal to paint yet maintain the ability to keep tight control over your work. Pencil’s have found their way back into the fine art world due to lightfast standards, pigment concentration and the precision of a dry media. Experience the most affordable and portable medium in the world for artist of all levels. ** No supplies needed ** For more information on dates, times and locations, click the "workshops" link at: www.pivotalstudios.com or contact Robert (303) 202-9951.

Loveland Art Academy
Opportunity & Instruction for Art Makers • 183 SW 12th Street • Loveland
-Quick Sketch with Kim English, November 13-15, 10am-4pm. Medium: Oil, Acrylic. Level: Beginner-Advanced. Tuition: $595 + $18 model fee.
All sessions/classes/workshops are held at the Loveland Art Academy or call (970) 663-1915.

Rocky Mountain Nature Association 2009
through November • Rocky Mountain National Park • near Estes Park
Most field seminars are field-based, hands-on learning experiences in Rocky Mountain National Park. A wide range of topics are available and include wildflowers, mammals, birds, cultural history, outdoor skills, photography, painting and writing. You can see a tentative schedule and learn more about specific seminars by clicking on the word syllabus. To enroll in the seminar, please click on the seminar title. If you have any questions, would like to talk with a person at the Field Seminar Center, or experience technical difficulties, please call (970) 586-3262. Many of our seminars fill up, so please register early. We look forward to seeing you in a field seminar this year. RMNA membership discounts are available for intergenerational, single and multi-day classes.
For more information go to rmna.org/seminars_calendar.html.

Classes

Art Students League Classes & Workshops
Art Students League of Denver • 200 Grant Street • Denver
Most Ongoing Classes meet once or twice a week from September through May and are designed to provide students the opportunity to learn in an open, individualized studio environment. The League encourages students who do not have a strong art foundation to participate in the Fundamentals of Art and Introduction to Art Media classes before pursuing an Ongoing Class. To further master a specific art form or skill, specialty workshops and seminars are offered throughout the year for students of all abilities. Visit www.asld.org or call (303) 778-6990 to register.

Artful Journey School of Fine Arts Classes and Workshops
Artful Journey School of Fine Arts • 3721 Evergreen Parkway • Evergreen
Teaching the process of making art for over 14 years to Evergreen and the surrounding mountain communities, Artful Journey offers children, teens and adults fine art, performing arts, photography and workshops year round in our vibrant classrooms and studio. All classes are set in supportive, lively, funfilled, non-competitive environments that allow students to explore their creativity while providing enough structure to ensure skill development. Mentorship programs, apprenticeships and exhibition programs are also in place to enhance a students journey through their course of learning at the school. Visit www.artfuljourneyschool.com or call (303) 674-0446 to register.

Artist Trading Cards
CORE Gallery • 2nd Saturday of every Month • 10am-Noon •
900 Santa Fe Drive • Denver
Artist Trading Cards are cool little miracles of miniature art. They are originals, small editions created by artists and artist wanna-a-bees. The idea is that you trade them with other people who produce cards, either at trading sessions or wherever you meet another ATC trader in person. For more information about trading cards at CORE contact: Victoria Regina at veregina_coeli@hotmail.com. To find out more about CORE Gallery go to www.corenewartspace.com or call (303) 297-8428.

Classical Art Academy
Art Workspace • 2810 Wilderness Place • Boulder
Ongoing classes in the classical atelier style with monthly registration. Classes include Drawing Fundamentals, Oil Painting Foundation, Masters Painting Techniques, Alla Prima Portrait with Model, and Figure Drawing with Model. Class sizes are small, never more than 10 students per class. For more information, please visit classicalartacademy.com or call (303) 443-5251. The website has times, driving directions, class descriptions, and tuition policies.

Evergreen Arts Center Art Classes
Evergreen Arts Center • 32003 Ellingwood TRL • Evergreen
The Arts Center has three classrooms on the top level and publish a new class schedule three times per year featuring classes and workshops for adults, teens and children. Classes are in partnership with the Evergreen Park and Recreation District. For more information visit evergreenarts.org or call (303) 674-0056.

Foothills Arts Center Classes & Workshops
Foothills Arts Center • 809 Fifteenth Street • Golden
Foothills Arts Center offers a variety of workshops and classes for students at all skill levels in painting, crafts, creative writing and the business of art. Instructors including Steve Tracy, Carolyn Campbell and Kathy Beekman are available to help tap the creative potential in their students. Registration is required; go to www.foothillsartcenter.org/calendar/cal.php for a current calendar of events. For more information visit foothillsartcenter.org or call (303) 279-3299.

Loveland Art Academy Classes & Workshops
Loveland Art Academy • 183 SW 12th Street • Loveland
Life Drawing Sessions:
-Saturday morning sessions, 9am-Noon • Quick pose, uninstructed, drop-in • Artist model • $10/session
-Saturday afternoon sessions, beginning April 4, 2009 • Quick sketch, uninstructed, drop-in • Costumed model • $15/session
-Tuesday afternoon sessions, 1-4pm • Long pose, uninstructed, drop-in • Costumed/portrait model • $15/session
For more information visit lovelandartacademy.org or call (970) 663-1915.

Mizel Museum Classes/Lectures/Workshops
Mizel Museum • 400 South Kearney Street • Denver
The Mizel Museum provides programs in the visual, performing and literary arts to the Jewish community and the community at large. The work of the Mizel Museum is based on a belief in the importance of the arts as an expression of the human spirit and as a key to the creative, spiritual and historical identity of the individual and the community. Programs expose the community to the rich cultural heritage and history of the Jewish people and serve as a catalyst for exploring diversity and understanding among the multiplicity of cultures. Inherent in all program initiatives is a commitment to professional excellence, high artistic standards, educational value and accessibility. Go to www.mizelmuseum.org/adultart.html or call (303) 316-6360 for more information. The Mizel Museum also provides art education for kids, Visit www.mizelmuseum.org/art.html or call (303) 316-6319 for more information.

The Other Side Arts
1644 Platte Street • Denver
1400 Dallas Street • Aurora
A nonprofit dedicated to encouraging personal expression, building community, creating dialogue, and increasing tolerance through art. TOSA provides arts instruction and exhibition opportunities to historically underserved populations, youth, artists, and the general public. TOSA creates an exploratory environment that emphasizes inclusion and inherent worth. For more information visit theothersidearts.org.

Open Studios School of Art
Open Studios • 3020 Carbon Place #100 • Boulder
In response to the public interest in pursuing the creative arts, Open Studios School of Art offers classes taught primarily by Open Studios artists as well as other talented and professional instructors. Classes include a variety of mediums, with a variety of skill levels addressed; and in a spirit of exploration and mutual support, will lead students to a new or renewed creative experience. The Open Studios School of Art is an exciting and stimulating artistic venture for Boulder and beyond. For more information and to download class calendars visit Open Studios School of Art online, email artschool@openstudios.org or call (303) 442-4754.

Pivotal Studios Art Instruction
Pivotal Studios • 7625 W. 5th Ave., Suite 202E • Lakewood
Children and adult professional art instruction, Everyone advances at their own rate with "individual curricula". Using an emphasis on drawing skills, form, shape, weight and direction we build structure for our artwork to follow, no matter what medium we use. Forging a good foundation is the key to having success in our artistic endeavors. Learning to see the image as we complete the level of detail, use of color, texture and contrast are all pivotal to the production of the final image. If you are just getting started as an artist or you are an established artist wanting to explore different techniques, we can address your specific needs through "individual curricula".
For ongoing class schedule and pricing information visit www.pivotalstudios.com/classes.html

Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference Center Education and Classes
Sangre de Cristo Arts & Conference • 210 N. Santa Fe Avenue • Pueblo
Education is an integral part of the Arts Center’s mission, and our three building complex provides a variety of studio and classroom spaces. Over 100 arts and leisure classes are offered per quarter for adults and children. These classes span from single day workshops to several weeks of learning in a vast range of topics and skills. The Arts Center also offers a variety of courses for educators. A copy of our current class schedule can be accessed online, or to propose teaching a class, please contact our Curator of Education at (719) 295-7210.

The Taos Art School Workshops and Expeditions
Taos, New Mexico
Art Workshops, calligraphy, Navajo art, pottery, work shops, Frida Kahlo, Canyon de Chelly, Art Expeditions, tours and painting, in the Heart of the Southwest. For more information visit us at taosartschool.org, email tas@laplaza.org or call (575) 758-0350.

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Figure Drawing Class
Lakewood Cultural Center • Thursday Nights • 6:30-9:30pm • $7.00 per class
The Lakewood Cultural Center is located at 480 S. Allison Pkwy, Lakewood, CO 80226. Call (303) 987-5436, visit www.lakewood.org or click here for more information.

Life Drawing Classes
1400 Dallas Street, Aurora • Monday & Wednesday Nights •
7-10pm • $10.00 per class
Artist-run, drop-in, non-instructed, great atmosphere, the longest running life-drawing sessions in the Denver area, 15 years! Located at The Other Side Arts Building in Aurora. Artists and models may contact Rene at (303) 837-0667.

Life Drawing Circle
Blue Sky Collective • 2nd & 4th Sundays, 1-3pm • $5.00 for 1 drop in session, optional gratuity for model
We are building an inclusive artistic community focused on sharing creativity and ideas on an energetic and personal level. ***All skill levels welcome.*** This is not an instructional class, but an open drawing circle with live models. Please bring your own drawing supplies, a respectful attitude and $5 class fee. (Optional gratuity for the nude model is always appreciated but never required.) Always seeking reliable models!
Contact David at davecab2000@hotmail.com or (303) 856-8410 for more information. Blue Sky Collective is located at 9635 W. Colfax Ave in Lakewood, CO one block east of Kipling on Colfax, (303) 238-0959.

Face Painting and Body Art Jam
Blue Sky Collective • every 4th Sunday, 5:30-7:30pm • $5.00 suggested donation
Bring your face/body paints and a friend/canvas and join us as we create living art. No experience necessary, just the desire to try something new and a willingness to share your creative juices with the group. Going out to the club? Need additions to your portfolio? Models always welcome, please tip your painter.
Contact Kathy at mkatnutt@hotmail.com or David at davecab2000@hotmail.com or (303) 856-8410 for more information. Blue Sky Collective is located at 9635 W. Colfax Ave in Lakewood, CO one block east of Kipling on Colfax, (303) 238-0959

Societies

Colorado Calligraphers Guild
CCG dues $30 per year
The Colorado Calligraphers' Guild was formed to promote the study, practice and appreciation of calligraphy in all its historical and present day applications, to encourage individual excellence and foster a deeper understanding of calligraphy.

Colorado Watercolor Society
Meetings: First Plymouth Congregational Church, 3501 So. Colorado Blvd., Englewood • 3rd Tuesday of every month, except July, Aug., Dec. • 7pm • CWS dues $35 per year
The Colorado Watercolor Society is an organization dedicated to uphold the highest standards and principles of art and to promote, encourage and foster an interest in fine art in all media, especially watercolor. The Society sponsors two annual juried shows, which include the State Watermedia Exhibition at the Colorado History Museum and the Botanic Gardens Show. In 1997 the CWS became a member of the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, thus allowing our members to enter its annual show. We shall in turn host the WFS exhibition in the year 2007. Other shows are held throughout the metro area and occasionally in other communities within the State. A juror's workshop is held each year during the State Exhibition.

Colored Pencil Society of America: Colorado Chapter 220
Meetings: Rocky Mountain PBS, 1089 Bannock St., Denver • 2nd Saturday of every month • 10am-Noon • Chapter dues $15 per year • CPSA dues $40 per year
The Colorado Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America (CPSA) invites you to become a part of its steadily growing statewide and beyond membership. There are no qualifying criteria for becoming a CPSA member, except that you must be 18 or older, though you must be a member of CPSA to join Colorado Chapter 220. As a member of CPSA 220, you'll get an opportunity to exhibit your artwork and share with others who have the same interest and passion for the colored pencil medium. Chapter 220 meets the second Saturday of most every month and also keeps you informed through a monthly newsletter. For more information about the Colorado chapter email denver-dc220@cpsa.org.

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