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Tuesday, September 07, 2010 09:00 |
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LEARN.....EXPLORE.....DISCOVER.....ENGAGE.....AT THE BAIRD! FALL ART CLASSES..... REGISTER TODAY Most classes begin the week of September 20 South Orange residents with a current ID get a $10 discount from listed fees! All classes are taught by professionals in their field. Materials fee, if required, are due the instructor the first day of class. HIGH SCHOOL-ADULTS CLASSES Portfolio Development: Grade 7-Adult This class is an opportunity to develop portfolios for both college applications and/or for Advanced Placement Studio Art students. This is a hands-on art-making class with significant individualized instruction along with group projects. Possible areas of activity will be 2-D design, drawing and painting. Students will normally work in their own medium on their own ideas that they develop through critiques and guidance. Students will develop a systematic way to critique artwork through group discussions. This 10-week session will be oriented toward developing a breadth of problem solving, media and subject matter. Instructor: Larry McKim. Mondays, 4:00-6:00 p.m. Fee: $210. Materials fee: $40. Click here to register. Painting: Grade 7-Adult This class is a solid introduction to color and composition with paints. Students will learn how to handle watercolor as well as acrylic paints on both paper and canvas including stretching and gessoing preparation. They will explore a variety of painting techniques while discovering their own direction. Some drawing and monprinting techniques, a natural extension for painting, will also be explored to enhance the painting experience. Students will be introduced to historic painters and the vocabulary necessary to assess their own artwork. The class is appropriate for all levels.Instructor: Larry McKim. Thursdays, 4:00-6:00. Fee: $210. Material Fee: $40. Click here to register Silk Screen Printmaking: Grade 7-Adult This class will be an introduction to the process of silk screening. This technique became popular in the 1960's in the Pop Art movement. Since then it has developed into a mainstream printmaking technique used for both fine artwork and for printing on fabric such as t-shirts. The process is based on the use of stencils attached to a screen mesh and will explore a number of ways of creating stencils, including hand-drawn, found objects and computer-generated. This class is open to students in Grade 7 through adults.Instructor: Larry McKim. Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00. Fee: $210. Materials fee: $40. Click here to register. Jewelry-Intro to PMC Be your own jeweler designing and creating beads, pendants, earings, small sculptures...you'll be amazed at how easy it is to produce professional-looking silver pieces. In this class, you'll explore the fantastic medium of PMC (precious metal clay). This user-friendly product is a malleable substance composed of fine silver particles in an organic binder that can be sculpted and manipulated like potters clay. After firing in a kiln, the binder is burned off and your unique design is left in pure silver. All levels are welcome. Instructor, Terry Kovalcik, is a Senior Certified Instructor for the Rio Rewards Program and has won awards for his own jewelry work. This is an 8 week class that meets for 3 hours each class, Wednesdays, 6:30-9:30 pm. Please download the list of what you will need from the webite (use link). Registration Fee: $245. In addition, a materials fee of $90-100 is due to the instructor on the first day of class. Click here to register. Art with a Master Master Artist, Philip Sherrod supports students through development and technique. In this very unique class, students of all levels, in all mediums, benefit from individual attention and critiques which is the key to its success and popularity. Professional and non-professional artists work side-by-side at their own level, at their own pace, developing high level skills and vision. A long time professional artist and teacher with extensive exhibitions, Sherrod also teaches at the Art Students League and the National Academy School of Design of Fine Arts in NYC. Students may work with a model, still life or independent studies. (Classes with a model may require additional model fee. Ask instructor). Fee: $255
Drawing Plus 2/3: Grades 9-12 In this exemplary class , High School students with some drawing experience learn the basics and explore fundamentals of line, form, composition and perspective. Learning to really 'push' the materials, they use graphite, color pencils and paint to develop individual skills while enhancing and improving eye-hand coordination, necessary in drawing. The results they turn out are extraordinary. Instructor Lynne Buschman. Thursdays, 6:15-7:30. Fee: $130. Click here to register. Flamenco Dancing Join the fun with this new trend in dancing. Dancer/Instructor Toni Messina leads participants through traditional and improvisational techniques emphasizing feet, plus arm and hand movements to live guitar music. No experience is required, the class is offered for both men and women. Program includes an end-of-year fiesta. Fee: $115.
Middle Eastern Dance From the sands of the Sahara to the clubs of NYC, the timeless rhythms of bellydance are vibrant as ever. Participants will learn technique in isolations, movement and steps to a musical background of the unique melodies of Middle Eastern music. Emphasis will be on stance, hips, arms, and torso. Professional dancer/actress/instructor Morgiana Celeste.
CLASSES FOR GRADES 4 THROUGH 8 Drawing Plus 1: Grades 5-8 In this popular class, participants learn drawing basics and explore fundamentals of line, form, composition and perspective. Using graphite, color pencils and paint participants develop individual skills while learning to “see”. At times, special projects or exercises add a “plus” for enhancing and developing eye-hand coordination necessary in drawing. Instructor Lynne Buschman. Thursdays, 4:45-6:00 p.m. Fee: $130. Click here to register. Comic Book Capers: Grades 4-6 Calling all comic book lovers! Design and write your OWN comic book featuring your OWN superheroes! Students will learn how to plan, draft, draw and color their own comic book with a “published” color copy to take home and share with the world. No drawing skills necessary. No writing skills necessary. Just the desire to put your own ideas into your own comic book. Instructor: Vicki Herzfeld Arlein. Mondays, 5:15-6:15. Fee: $105. Materials Fee: $20. Click here to register. Beginning Guitar Instruction: Grades 4-8 This class is an easy and encouraging way to begin guitar lessons. Participants will learn beginning acoustic and electric guitar instruction that covers notes, chords, picking and strumming with instructor Tom Morris who considers students' musical tastes. Saturdays for eight weeks, Fee: $72
Musical Theater Workshop: Ages 8-13 The Baird again hosts the musical theater-in-residence, Flying Ship Productions, an active professional touring troupe. Flying Ship offers classes in musical theater to participants ages 8 to 13. Students work and develop in all facets of musical theater including acting, singing, jazz, and improvisational skills leading to an original production in May. Classes start in Sept/Oct. with limited enrollment. Classes are held on Mondays, 4 to 6 p.m. at CLASSES FOR PRESCHOOL TO GRADE 5 Comic Book Capers: Grades 1-3 Calling all comic book lovers! Design and write your OWN comic book featuring your OWN superheroes! Students will learn how to plan, draft, draw and color their own comic book with a “published” color copy to take home and share with the world. No drawing skills necessary. No writing skills necessary. Just the desire to put your own ideas into your own comic book. Instructor: Vicki Herzfeld Arlein. Mondays, 4:00-5:00. Fee: $105. Materials Fee: $20. Click here to register. Fun with Art: Ages 2-3 with Caregivers Exploring! That's what this age is all about and we are here to help them develop that natural inclination. Its most important for children ages 2 to 3 years to simply learn through sensory driven projects. They will 'work' with pudding, rice....who knows what? to touch and discover and 'create' with objects around them. This class is not project driven, but there will be some fun things they can take home. Instructor Miriam Sumner. Fee: $105.
Art Expressions: Grades 1-5 As students begin to grow, so does their skill , knowledge, and attention. Students explore the creative process while developing skills in drawing, painting, collage, sculpture and printmaking. The results from this class have been extraordinary. Instructor, Lynne Buschman. Thursdays, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Fee: $105. Click here to register. Art Exploration: Ages 3-5 and Grades K-1 Explore....experiment....encourage....Children age 3 to Kindergarten work on age appropriate projects learning the basic principles of art. They experiment with paint, collage, clay and sculpture....with materials you would never expect! Artist/instructor Miriam Sumner. Fee $105.
Beginning Guitar Instruction: Grades 2-3 This is an easy and encouraging introduction to guitar. Participants will learn beginning acoustic and electric guitar instruction that covers notes, chords, picking and strumming with instructor Tom Morris who considers students' musical tastes. Saturdays for eight weeeks, grades 2-3, 11:00-12:00. Fee: $72. Click here to register Concocting in Clay: Grades 1-5 You can make a lot more things out of clay than simply pots. In this popular class, participants will make animals, aliens, masks and more, while learning hand-building and glazing techniques and having loads of fun! Professional artist/instructor Don Theiberger (Mr. Nose) from Platypus Pottery. Mondays, 5:00 -6:00 p.m. Fee: $105, materials fee: $35. Click here to register. Ceramics and Glass Workshop: Grades K-4 Offering a great opportunity to experience two unique areas in one classroom, students first explore clay: Forms can be combined to create vases, bowls, sculpture, etc. You can form clay coils or press balls into a mold, weave into a basket or add embellishments to create masks and other designs. They then move onto glass: students learn the foundation of glass fusing while exploring different techniques to create fun, colorful fused glass items. Projects may include night lite, sun catcher, tile, small dish or bowl, etc. Instructor Joan Tomasco. Saturdays, 9:30-10:30. Fee: $105 and $40 materials fee. Click here to register. Mosaics for Children: Grades K-4 Among other projects, students design and create their owm 8” x 10” wooden tray with an arrangement of mosaics and hand painted tile. Design, layout, placement techniques, and grouting techniques are all performed by the students to create a useful and unique piece. Instructor Joan Tomasco. Tuesdays, 5:00-6:00 pm. Fee: $105, Material fee: $40. Click here to register. Musical Theater Workshop: Ages 8-13 The Baird again hosts the musical theater-in-residence, Flying Ship Productions, an active professional touring troupe. Flying Ship offers classes in musical theater to participants ages 8 to 13. Students work and develop in all facets of musical theater including acting, singing, jazz, and improvisational skills leading to an original production in May. Classes start in Sept./Oct. with limited enrollment. Classes are held on Mondays, 4 to 6 p.m. at Rhythm Sticks: Infants to Age 4 with Caregivers Fun for caregivers and children allike, these extremely popular classes aim to enrich the tonal and rhythmic development of participants while singing, dancing, listening, exploring various musical experiences and having fun! (Please Note: Babes in arms are free when accompanying paying sibling and caregiver). Instructor Pauline Barrett. Fee: $105.
Ballet: Ages 2-7 For the budding ballerina, this is a perfect introduction to the discipline with age appropriate methods. Age appropriate classes introduce children to fundamentals including positions, steps, vocabulary, floor work and creative movement and a combination of technique, barre exercises, floor work, and more will be reviewed. Instructor Elaine D'Addezio. Fee: $105.
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