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Scheduled Workshops for 2010-11

Dates to come...	We have two workshops scheduled so far for this year. Vada Lovato will give a workshop on "Exploring Mixed Media and Alternative Surfaces" with the workshop scheduled for a Saturday in the last half of October. The second workshop will be given by Nancy White on "Wearable Art - Beginning Beaded Jewelry" scheduled for Saturday Nov 13th Details on both of these workshops will be available as we get closer to the actual dates. Remember if you have an interest in giving a workshop to be held in one of the Yavapai College classrooms you must submit your plan with photos, workshop outline and your credentials via me to the college Art Club before the next semester starts! Yes, that's now for the spring semester Workshops should not duplicate what is being offered by the college Please talk with me about your interest
	Completed Workshops 2009-2010
Sept 26, 2009 * Class will be held at Yavapai Community College, room L103 Hours:10am-4pm	Carolyn Ensley will be teaching "The draped figure and acrylic collage"There will be a model to draw from at the beginning of the workshop. Carolyn likes to give personal instruction to each student so the workshop will be limited to 15 students. Carolyn is noted for her figure paintings. In this workshop shewill combine both the figure and collage. She says that Gustav Klimt is one of her main inspiration for this kind of effort... try Googling Klimt and you'll see why. She encourages everyone who is interested to plan on bringing materials found around the house for collage use and bring a figure drawing if you have one suitable for collage. Things like handmade paper, rice paper, pieces of silk or chiffon, even pieces of used clothing no longer wanted may be used. Students will work on watercolor paper, 200 lb paper will be available for purchase at cost for $4 each, or bring your own. Carolyn prefers 300 lb paper. Complete materials list will be available. Workshop price... $50. Contact Wayne St. John at 634-7427.

Oct 17, 2009 * Class will be held at Yavapai Community College, room L103 Hours:10am-4pm	Gini Goldie will once again get your creative juices going. Her "Creativity Workshop" will show you how to use your own painted papers to make, enrich and strengthen the compositions of your paintings.

Nov 21, 2009 * Class will be held at Yavapai Community College, room L103 Hours:10am-4pm	Landscape in Soft Pastels Turn your favorite view into a pastel painting! Rita Elkins will include a short landscape demo in pastel and using your landscape shots, help you find a center of interest and then assist you in composing the elements into a harmonious whole to produce the desired statement. Bring all your pastels, and an 12” x 16” sanded paper taped to a good support. If you do not have any, or would like to try the Art Spectrum Colourfix (sanded) Painting Boards, Rita has them available for $8 apiece, and if you need to use her pastels from hard to soft, $5 more. Rita brings to this workshop observations gleaned from last May’s International Artists’ Pastel Association Conference and focused experience in plein air painting over the past year. The class is $40.00 for six hours

April 17, 2010 "Heartbreakers" Watercolor by Rose Moon	Rose Moon's "Creating Art from Your imagination" Workshop Saturday April 17, 2010 10 AM - 4 PM, $40 at Yavapai College Bldg L, Room 103 Contact Wayne St. John if interested at 634-7427. Rose Moon wrote regarding her background: I have a degree in Fine Art and Education from Texas A&M. I am a certified Clinical and Alchemical Hypnotherapist. Many of my ideas for paintings came from sessions I did with my clients. Symbols are important to this process and I encourage students find personal meaning to their own symbols and not to just take someone else's commonly assigned meaning. This will be a participatory workshop and students will go home with some techniques they can use on their own. Materials: Bring whatever materials you wish to work in. Watercolor and paper, colored pencils or collage: photos or magazines, scissors and glue. I will bring some magazines. No oil paint or complicated slow drying media. Make sure paper is at least 11x15 or larger. Also bring your sketch books. We will only be working out ideas, not trying to complete a piece of finished work.
May 1, 2010, 10 am to 4 pm	Julia Patterson's Workshop "How to Boost Your Art Sales Using Facebook, Blogs and Other Social Media". Yavapai College Bldg M, Rm 137. Julia Patterson is an artist and graphic designer. She is a Social Media Coach who built a large on-line following in a matter of weeks. As a long-time graphic designer, she has developed Web and print materials for numerous artists and art groups around the Valley. Here are some of the topics she will cover. How to create a Facebook Fan Page that will build your following. How to start an Art Blog and use it to keep in touch with prospects and patrons. How Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn can boost your visibility in the market.

* To find the class room at Yavapi College: L 103 is the building behind the YC Library. Go in the last entrance and go all the way around to the back. There is a bus stop and an "L" on the building. If you don't want to take stairs, take the elevator to the first floor that is between the L building and the Library. Room L 103 is in the middle.

Scheduled Workshops for 2010-11

Rose Moon's "Creating Art from Your imagination"