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IMPORTANT NOTES JOSLYN ART SCHOOL ART CLASSES Joslyn Members: $200; General Public: $230 Registration & Refunds (Payment plans available.) AGES 3-5 (with an adult) TEENS & ADULTS Advance registration and full payment is required for all classes except Art Adventures. Instructors: To be determined Art Adventures Drawing & Painting: Glazing in Layers Classes are subject to minimum and maximum enrollment, so please register early. Register Fridays: June 1-August 17; 10:30-11:30 am Watercolor @ Lauritzen Gardens online at www.joslyn.org or call (402) 661-3839. Joslyn’s refund policy is as follows: 50% Weeks of September 10-December 3, 2012, Sundays, June 3, 10, 17, 24; 1-3:30 pm Drop by with your preschooler to see artworks in the galleries Joslyn Members: $70; General Public: $80 Mondays: July 9, 16, 23, 30; 6-8 pm refund for cancellations made up to two weeks prior to the class start date; no refunds for continuing January 7-April 1, 2013 and to do a simple art-making activity. It’s a great way for Create several small paintings as you learn to combine drawing Joslyn & Lauritzen Members: $56; General Public: $64 cancellations made less than two weeks before a class begins. Materials are provided. This 24-week visual arts program introduces students to Joslyn’s collections and young artists to have their first Museum experiences before and painting techniques. Students will use water-soluble Explore Lauritzen’s many beautiful gardens while learning exhibitions with sequential art instruction in six media – drawing, painting, coming to art classes on their own. Student Art Display pencils on gesso to create value and mass before applying basic watercolor techniques. Experience wet-on-wet, dry Joslyn Members: $8 adult/child pair per session, The Riley Education Gallery, located near the Museum’s classrooms, features artwork by pottery, printmaking, sculpture, and fiber arts. Students explore each medium, layers of acrylic paint to better understand color theory and brush, and other techniques, while learning to use tools like $1 each additional child children and adults in Joslyn’s classes. Four times each year a selection of new work is while building art skills and concepts at age-appropriate levels. Joslyn Art optical blending. masking agents and specific brush strokes. General Public: $10 adult/child pair per session, displayed. Stop by to see what our students are doing! School’s museum setting provides a one-of-a-kind opportunity for students to Instructor: Matt Jones Instructor: Ron Sykes encounter original works of art, to experiment in related art media, and learn $2 each additional child Art Class Scholarships from a professional staff committed to providing individual challenges and Instructor: Therese Straseski Basic Digital Photography @ Lauritzen Thanks to a special fund established by Mrs. Louise Wickstrum, the family of David S. and guidance. Art School classes are from 4:30-6 pm. Home School classes are Gardens Bella Block, and the Joslyn Art Museum Association, financial assistance may be available for from 1-2:30 pm. class enrollment. If a child’s or adult’s participation is dependent upon financial aid, please AGES 5-7 Mondays: June 4, 11, 18, 25; 6-8 pm call (402) 661-3868. All requests will be held in confidence. Joslyn Members: $30 per series; General Public: $33 per series Joslyn & Lauritzen Members: $48; General Public: $56 Paint, Paint, Paint Learn the ins and outs of your digital camera and how to Photography Grades 1-2 Tuesdays Home School 1-3 Tuesdays use its functions to their fullest potential. Learn to control Joslyn will occasionally photograph students in classes for use in Grades 3-4 Wednesdays Home School 4-6 Tuesdays Saturdays: June 9, 16, 23; 10-11:30 am your shutter speed, aperture, and how to use pre-sets like promotional materials, including the Museum’s website. If you do not Masterworks in the gallery will be our guide as we learn to “pets and children” to your advantage. Students must bring Register online at Grades 5-6 Tuesdays Home School 7-9 Thursdays want you or your child to be photographed, please notify Joslyn’s Criss use watercolor, tempera, and acrylic to create masterpieces of a digital camera. Center for Education in writing. www.joslyn.org Grades 7-9 Wednesdays our own. Instructor: Jim Ferguson Instructor: Carey Hernandez Joslyn’s Criss Center for Education programs are made possible in part by Wheel-Thrown Ceramics the Joslyn Art Museum Association. Sculpture Skills Tuesdays & Thursdays: Saturdays: July 14, 21, 28; 10-11:30 am June 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28; 6-8:30 pm Trek the garden and galleries to look at sculptures from all Open Studio – Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm sides. We will talk about how sculptures are made and use Glaze Session – Tuesday: July 10; 6-8:30 pm 2200 Dodge Street (402) 342-3300 our hands to build, mold, and carve, creating art in three Joslyn Members: $192; General Public: $220 Omaha NE 68102-1292 dimensions using clay and other materials. www.joslyn.org Use the potter’s wheel to create functional forms from hunks Instructor: To be determined of moist clay in this class held at Creighton University’s ceramic studio. Tailored instruction will allow new potters Register online at www.joslyn.org at online Register Animals on the Loose to achieve success on the wheel and encourage experienced potters to experiment with new techniques. Open studio hours Digital Photography: Off the Rails Saturdays: August 4, 11, 18; 10-11:30 am will allow you to experiment and practice at your own pace. Tuesdays: July 10, 17, 24, 31; 6-8 pm Art museums are full of animals and we will hunt down all kinds, Instructor: Andy Smith from around the world. We’ll look at a tiger’s pattern, examine a Joslyn & Durham Members: $48; General Public: $56 crocodile’s texture, and even find a puss in boots. In the studio, Go beyond the basics and begin to see the world like a we’ll create our own exotic and imaginative animals. Basic Drawing photographer in this class that will teach composition and Instructor: CaSandra Johnson Thursdays: June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12; 6-8 pm abstraction. Inspired by a collection of photographs from Union Pacific we will visit the old Union Station, now The Joslyn Members: $72; General Public $84 Durham, to shoot the impressive building and rail cars on This class will introduce basic drawing concepts and techniques display. Students must bring a digital camera. to new students and hone the skills of experienced artists. Instructor: Jim Ferguson Students will experiment with a variety of drawing tools, AGES 8-12 including graphite and charcoal, while learning to render proportion, value, and perspective. Modern Nebraska Landscapes in Oil Joslyn Members: $40 per series; General Public: $44 per series Instructor: Ron Sykes Saturdays: July 14, 21, 28, August 4, 11; 9:30 am-noon Toon Time Joslyn Members: $88; General Public: $100 Traditional Landscapes in Oil Go beyond the academic in this oil painting class that will assist Saturdays: June 2, 9, 16, 23; 1-3 pm Thursdays: June 7, 14, 21, 28, July 5, 12; 6-8 pm you in developing a landscape composition with a focus on FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS & CHILDREN FOR This class will teach the basics of drawing cartoons. We will abstraction, expression, and color. This class will combine plein Joslyn Members: $84; General Public: $96 learn to tell visual jokes and how to exaggerate physical air painting with work in the studio. Although minds-eye and & CLASSES & features to create over-the-top characters. We’ll use our Learn the basics of oil painting while you create an academic memory will be addressed, all compositions will begin from characters to create comic strips for a class funny page. landscape painting. Students will learn to compose a landscape observation while painting under a beautiful Nebraska sky – Instructor: Andy Smith composition with interest and to mix and manipulate paint at the edge of town. We’ll return to the studio to refine our using glazes and other oil painting techniques. observations. A R T C A M P S S P M A C T R A arT-SHIRTS Instructor: Tana Quincy Instructor: JK Thorsen Saturdays: July 14, 21, 28, August 4; 1-3 pm Jewelry Design Learn to design and alter t-shirts to make one-of-kind works Life Drawing Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, of art! We will use basic screen-printing techniques, stamp Saturdays: June 23, 30, July 7, 14, 21; 9:30 am-12:30 pm Thursdays: July 19, 26, August 2, 9, 16; 6-8 pm Permit No. 88 No. Permit designs using carved printing blocks, and alter our shirts by Joslyn Members: $135; General Public: $150 Joslyn Members: $70; General Public: $80 PAID cutting, stitching, or knotting. 2200 Dodge Street • Omaha NE, 68102 68102 NE, Omaha • Street Dodge 2200 This class will teach basics skills needed to create uniquely U.S. Postage Postage U.S. Learn advanced drawing techniques as you draw the figure. beaded jewelry. Skills presented in each class will build, so a Non-Profit Org. Non-Profit SUMMER 2012 SUMMER Instructor: Maranda Allbritten This class will teach sighting techniques and other skills used simple progression can be made as students learn to create to accurately render the figure while observing a nude model. JOSLYN ART MUSEUM MUSEUM ART JOSLYN fringe bracelets and peyote stitch designs. Written permission required for students under age 18. IMAGE (RIGHT): Andrew J. Russell, Promontory Trestle Work and Engine No. 2, 1869, albumen print, Union Pacific Railroad Museum Instructor: Darcy Horn Instructor: Tana Quincy ART CAMPS AGES 4-5 AGES 6–12 CAMPS FOR TEENS Four-day Camps (Monday-Thursday) Half-day Camps (Monday—Friday) - Joslyn Members: $75 per camp; General Public: $90.