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Wheel Thrown Pottery with Isaac Snell (starting June 19)

JUNE 2013

Wheel Thrown Pottery    with Isaac Snell
Wednesdays, June 19, 26, July 3, 6:00-9:00pm | FULL!
Please register for:
$105 || Saturdays | August 10 & 17 | 12:00-4:00pm - 2 spots left!
$105 || Saturdays | September 28 & October 5 | 12:00-4:00pm
Ages 14-Adults. Snell will guide students through all the basic skills needed for wheel throwing including clay preparation, proper wedging techniques, centering clay on the wheel, throwing outer and inner walls of a vessel, and trimming and glazing. By the end of these classes, students will complete their own vessel to take home. Visit facebook.com/IsaacJudePottery for examples of Snell's pottery. No experience necessary, students should be beginners or intermediate students with fewer than 20 hours of experience. Materials included.
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Drawing Skills for Ages 10-15    with Claire Alai
Sundays, June 23 & 30, July 7 & 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Ages 10-15. Improve your line work, form, and composition styles through practice in still life, portraits, and abstraction. Expand your drawing skills and explore different drawing styles as tools for self-expression. *Registration deadline: Saturday, June 8.
SLC Arts Member Price: $57    Non-member price: $60
Please bring a set of drawing pencils, an eraser, and an 18"x24" drawing pad.
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Ink Works for Ages 10-15    with Claire Alai
Sundays, June 23 & 30, July 7 & 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Ages 10-15. We'll work on different projects which depart from traditional ink forms and explore forms of abstraction, focusing on creativity with line work. In later classes we'll focus on individualized projects. *Registration deadline: Saturday, June 8.
SLC Arts Member Price: $38    Non-member price: $40
Please bring a drawing pen, 18"x24" sketchpad, Higgins drawing ink, and various sizes of ink brushes.

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JULY 2013

Alla Prima Painting    with Isack Azaev
Thursday, July 18, 6:00-8:00pm
Ages 18 & up. Beginning and intermediate level students will learn wet-on-wet oil painting on canvas, and will focus on composition and design, and details and variations in colors. After attending these classes, students will have the skills to complete alla prima still life oil paintings independently. View examples of Isack's oil paintings at http://azaev.com/collections/50293. Registration deadline: Saturday, July 13.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.25    Non-member price: $20
Please bring: set of oil paints, turpentine, wooden pallete, pallete knives, pallete cups, set of brushes, 16”x20” canvas. Some easels will be available for use, if you have your own, please bring it to class.
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Earth Works    with Claire Alai
Sunday, July 21 (rain date: Sunday, July 28), 1:00-3:00pm
Ages 18 and up. Make the world your medium as you learn about using the natural landscape as a means to create art. Claire will help you use found objects to form a piece of artwork that collaborates with the natural world. *Registration deadline: Saturday, July 6.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19  Non-member price: $20
*Location TBA

Bitty Books    with Virginia Burnett
Saturday, July 27, 10:00-11:00am
Ages 8-12. Use paper folding techniques to create a tiny pocket-sized book which opens out into a flat sheet of paper. After you learn the Turkish Map folding technique, you can attach several books together to create a larger form.
SLC Arts Member Price: $9.50  Non-member price: $10
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Teddy Bear Camp    with Ellen MacMaster
Monday-Friday, July 29-August 2, 10:00am-12:00pm
Ages 10 and up. Sew your own teddy bear from start to finish over the course of the week! Each student will start by picking out the material, layout and cut their bear, then they will learn to sew with a sewing machine, embroider on eyes and nose, stuff and finally do a finish stitch to close up the bear. The sewing skills they learn can be applied to other future projects. Visit www.embears.com for examples of Ellen's work. Materials included, please indicate color preference when registering. *Registration deadline: Saturday, July 13.
Price: $60 (Ellen is donating half her instructional time to keep the class price low so more students can participate.)
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AUGUST 2013

Silk Painting    with Virginia Burnett
Saturday, August 10, 10:00-11:00am
Ages 8-12. Paint a silk rectangle (6"x24") for a wall banner or a scarf in your favorite colors and designs. If you finish your scarf painting early, you'll have time to create a bonus project while your scarf dries--an anklet with tribal bells and sparkly beads perfect for dancing feet.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.50  Non-member price: $20
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 COMING THIS FALL...

A Personalized Etsy Shop Make-over    with Hilary Emerson Lay
*Space is limited to 12 spots - register early!
Over this 6-week course, artists & craftspeople will be given a thorough run-down of all the ins & outs of Etsy.  Students will then have the opportunity to start, transform, tweak, and perfect their own Etsy shops through both weekly 'homework' assignments and constructive peer and teacher feedback. Suitable for those who have always wanted to start their own Etsy shop, right through those who have a shop set up but would like to increase their sales.
SLC Arts Member Price: $57 for 6 sessions    Non-member price: $60 for 6 sessions
Students should have access to the internet at home.
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