Our outreach to teens and adults includes classes, workshops, demonstrations, panel discussions, and artist presentations related to the exhibits. Participating artists share their processes and ideas with community members to bring deeper meaning to the exhibit experience. Painting, drawing, printmaking, calligraphy and mixed media are taught by local and visiting artists.
Open figure drawing & painting classes are held on a drop-in basis. Each class has a facilitator who arranges for the model, sets up an environment and times poses. There is no instruction, but participants may stay for an optional critique or discussion if time permits. These classes are appropriate for all levels, beginners through advanced. Classes are open to adults or teens with parental consent.
Check out the "Frances Senska Pottery Studio" on the second floor of the Annex, Room #290. The space is filled with natural light and we have kick wheels, electric wheels, a slab-roller, and a tile press. Local potters and visiting ceramic artists offer classes and workshops in wheel-thrown and handbuilding techniques in terracotta, mid-range porcelain and stoneware and high-fire stoneware. Surface treatments such as carving, underglazing and glazing are also taught. Ceramic sculpture, primitive firing, and raku processes are other exciting options. Students currently enrolled in an Emerson pottery class also have access to the pottery studio during open studio hours for a small fee, to work on projects outside of class time.
Click here to view the current education classes.
