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Summer, fall art classes at The Bascom

art bascomA wide array of adult art classes and workshops are now open to those interested at The Bascom in Highlands.

The classes/workshops are as follows:

Ceramics Workshops

• Muddy Mondays Wine and Wheel Throwing, through August

• Figurative Ceramics with Nancy Kubale, June

• Designing Your Personal Tableware with Tena Payne, June

• Atmospheric Effects for Electric Firing with Steven Hill, June

• Demystifying Form: Fong Choo, Clay Play and The Teapot, July

• Storied Pots with Emily Reason, July

• Roll With It with Liz Zlot Summerfield, August

• Appalachian Folk Pottery with Rodney Leftwich, August

• Empty Bowl-a-thon in Highlands, Rob Withrow, August

• The Three Ceramic Artists, September (Free)

• Anatomy Studies in Clay with Wesley Wofford, September

• Selfies in Clay with Ungerglaze Bonus with Kelly Thiel, September

• Rapid Fire Raku with Rick Berman, Oct. 3-4

• Witches and Saints with Colette Clark, October

Painting

• Ease and Flow Paint a la Prima with Nancy Franke, Session 1: Aug. 14-15 

• Ease and Flow Paint a la Prima with Nancy Franke, Session 2: Aug. 21-22

• Encaustics with Sue Fazio, Aug. 31-Sept. 2

• Landscapes in the Plein Air Style with John Guernsey, June

• Oil and Cold Wax Painting: Beneath the Surface with Dianne Martia, August

• Oil and Pastels: Inside Out Workshop with Debra Nadelhoffer, June

• Painting Flowers in Watercolor with Pat Fiorello, August

• Painting the Still Life in the Classical Realist Tradition with Suzanne Hughes Sullivan, July

• Pet Portraiture with Shari Erickson, September

• Practical Solutions for Painting Anything with Armand Cabrera, June

• Sip and Stroke, July through December

Drawing

• Graphite Portrait Drawing with Nick Raynolds, July

• Adult Open Studio, Studio B

• Drawing for Painters with Andrew Rose, Aug. 10-11

Journaling

• Creative Writing: A Day of Journaling with Betty Holt, June

Photography

• Introduction to DSLR Photography with John MacLean, June

• Photography Software Series: Lightroom 101, 201, and 301 with Bob Willson, July

• Highlands Landscape Photography with Benjamin Dimmitt, July

• Adult Open Studio, Studio B

• Photography A to Z with Greg Newington, August

Sculpture

• Wet-Carved Concrete with Elder Jones, July

• Introduction to Metal Sculpture with Sarah Fonzi, August

• Sculpting in Relief with Tom Player, Sept. 22-25

Special Workshops

• “Hypertufa” Garden Planters with Les Williams, June, July, August and September

• Professional Development Marketing for Artists with Pat Fiorello, August

For more information on class dates, times, cost, and more, click on www.thebascom.org or call 828.526.4949.

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