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Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Art Unlimited: Tips & Tricks with Linda Harrison-Parsons
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Experiment in drawing/painting techniques starting with gesture, contour, and moving into color observation as seen in Impressionist works.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Art of Chinese Calligraphy: Theory and Practice with Yuli Wang
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Discover the art of Chinese calligraphy and learn its connections to traditional Chinese painting and culture.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Beginning or Refresher Knitting with Nancy McKenzie
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Knit a simple dishcloth and gain the skills to knit other projects.
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Braided: Intricate Hair Designs with Carly Ferguson
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the history and importance of braiding in different cultures, as well the basics of creating different types of braids.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Colored Pencil Illustration with Kelsey Wailes
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn the techniques to create a wide variety of illustration types, from cartoonish to realistic.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Creating Fine Art Imagery on your iPhone with Cary Wolfson
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Take your cell phone images beyond good photography and into the realm of fine art.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Dine-Style Tapestry Weaving with Tyrrell Tapaha
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
From wool processing to spinning to dyeing, learn all the skills to prepare and weave in the Diné (Navajo) style!
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Drawing Fundamentals with Lee Newman
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn to draw accurately from observation of such subjects as animal skulls, vegetables, flowers, and other organic objects.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Egg Baskets Plus with Sharon Schaeffer
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Weave your own ribbed egg basket.
Evening Events
Class Spans
Gallery Talks
Available:
- Week 1
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Gallery Talks: Monday through Friday at 6:30 PM ET ~ Artist talks on various art forms. FREE
Week 1: Streaming on the Common Ground on the Hill YouTube Channel
Week 2: In Person AND Virtual! Gallery Talks at Rice Gallery, Peterson Hall
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Indigo Magic with Kibibi Ajanku
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn natural indigo dyeing methods
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Intro to Hand-Carved Signs with Adam Willie
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to hand carve a wooden sign.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Knot a Rya Rug: Design and Make Your Own with Melinda Byrd
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Design and make your own knotted shag rug, a Nordic tradition!
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Making Hats from Anything with Tatiana Rakhmanina
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to make an outstanding hat or fascinator, or both.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Native American Ceramics and Dreamcatchers with Jeremy Wright
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Create a dream catcher, crafting beads and a hand worked form to be decorated with incised details.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Needle Felting a 3-D Sheep & Lamb with Gayle Mathues
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Learn to sculpt a 3-D sheep and lamb from wool
Period 4
Class Spans
2 Periods
Old World Cooking with FIRE
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Cooking over fire
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Open Road Photography with Phil Grout
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to use your smartphone for photography in outdoor locations.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Photoshop 101 with Don Elmes
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Beginner
Learn to use the many features of Photoshop, including layers, layer masks, selection tools and more.
Period 5
Class Spans
1 Period
Plants Speak in Life and Art with Robert Pullen
Available:
- Week 1
Skill Level:
N/A
Robert Pullen (Mskoke) and presenters from different cultures will guide students through interactions to find inspirations from plants.
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Plein-Air Painting with Pat Brodowski
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn to paint in the great outdoors!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Reticulation: Torch and Hammer with Linda Van Hart
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Try painting with a torch!
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Sculptural Wood Carving with Clifton Santiago
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Students will learn design and carving of wood relief
Period 3
Class Spans
2 Periods
Silkscreen Printing from Chinese Papercut Patterns with Irene Chan
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
Create a papercutting design and apply it as a template onto silkscreens to print in colors.
Period 1
Class Spans
2 Periods
Southwest Mosaics with Rich Ramirez
Available:
- Week 2
Skill Level:
N/A
All Levels
Learn mosaic techniques while creating a piece inspired by designs of the Sonoran Desert.
Something For Everyone
Schedule a week or two, or three! Or, just sprinkle some classes in between other commitments.
