2004 - 2005 Workshop Details Released

      

Brenda Neumann has announced several workshops for the coming year.

USING THE COMPUTER AS AN ART TOOL - NOVEMBER, 13 2004

Gayle McCarty, head of the Art Department at HInds Community College at Raymond, will conduct this workshop. She will do a demonstration using Adobe Photoshop and also Freehand by Macromedia using Apple Computers. The class will bring photographs or drawings to manipulate using the computers.

The class will take place on Saturday, November 13, 2004 from 10 AM until 3 PM. We need a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 12. The fee will be $40 for members and $5 for nonmembers



BEGINNING CLAY WORKSHOP - JANUARY & FEBRUARY, 2005

The VAA's Janet Akers of Cherry Street Studio and the Mississippi Craftsman's Guild will serve as teacher. This workshop will be conducted on 4 Thursday nights: January 20th & 27 and February 3rd & 10th, 2005. Each session will run from 7 PM until 9:30 PM. Several different forms of handbuilding will be presented including pinch pots, coils, and slabs. Cost will be $60 for members and $65 for nonmembers. An additional fee of $10 to $15 will be charged for supplies (clay, glazes, firing, etc.). Limited to 12 participants.

MIXED MEDIA (LARGE) - MARCH 5th & 6th, 2005

Ron Alexander, retired professor of art at LSU Monroe, will lead this interesting use of many mediums to create art from inexpensive leftover items. Large cardboard boxes will be cut to provide a base. Collaging found items and using varied materials such as acrylics, Elmer's Glue, watercolors, oil base paint, alcohol, and polyurethane will be explored. Cardboard, denim, canvas, matboard, watercolor paper, print papers may be used. This workshop will spark the participants imagination to use most anything found in low relief or something made into an image not normally considered for a form. Participants will learn how to seal the finished pieces with polymer medium to make them permanent and inexpensive frame making techniques for the project will be included.

Mr. Alexander will be presenting a program on this method at our January meeting. This workshop will take place on March 5th & 6th, 2005. Seven to eleven participants will be required for the workshop to meet. Cost will be $65 for members and $70 for nonmembers.

For more information or to sign up for any of these workshops call Brenda Neumann - Home: 601 638 8426, Cell: 601 529 0448, Cherry Street Studios: 601 638 1810.