This two-day workshop begins Saturday, March 13, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm both days. Tuition: $190. (Material fee: $10) Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONIn this two-day workshop we will create a personal shrine using a wide variety of media, including collage, painting, found objects and personal memorabilia. Participants will define a mythic journey for inspiration, then bring the shrine to life through modifying a pre-existing form, such as a box or a basket. Class size limited to 10. Materials fee: $10.
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CAROL SOTH is the founder of Myth-Informed Art Workshops, combining mythology, storytelling, personal growth and art. A member of Creative Spirit Art Co-op since 2005, she specializes in shrine making, handmade cards and collage. Currently an Artist-in-Residence at the Mendocino Art Center, she has recently created an artist book using collage and silkscreening.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $165 Member $155 Member - Register by 02/13/10 $190 Non-Member $180 Non-Member - Register by 02/13/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This three-day workshop begins Friday, March 19, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. There is an option to add a fourth day Monday, March 22, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Tuition: $300. Optional 4th Day: $100. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONJoin pro photographer Glenn Steiner to shoot and process your digital files using Adobe Bridge CS-4, while exploring the light of Mendocino. Individual attention is offered to beginners and intermediate students. We will photograph local harbors in the magical morning light and learn how to pre-visualize and shoot using MANUAL settings in various weather conditions. Critiques will be given throughout the week. Bring exposure meters and tripods (required).
GLENN STEINER has been a top assignment photographer in San Francisco for thirty-three years. He has won awards for his advertising and location photography. As a fine artist, Glenn mastered Black and White photography while attending the San Francisco Art Institute and Brooks Institute of Photography.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $275 Member $265 Member - Register by 02/18/10 $300 Non-Member $290 Non-Member - Register by 02/18/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) $100 Optional 4th Day ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This three-day workshop begins Saturday, March 20, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Model fee: Not to exceed $36. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONThis class covers the basic dynamics of rendering the live nude. Students will engage in specific practices to improve fluency in proportion, volume, shape, composition, etc. The emphasis on fundamentals optimizes results for students at all skill levels, including beginners. Model fee: Not to exceed $36.
ROBERT ROSS has been drawing and painting the nude for 50 years. Since moving to the Mendocino Coast in 1965, he's participated in scores of solo and group exhibits; has taught a variety of media; and has run figure drawing workshops and classes for three decades. He currently coordinates the on-going figure drawing drop-in open studio at the Mendocino Art Center on Wednesdays from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 02/20/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register by 02/20/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This three-day workshop begins Friday, March 26, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $265. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONWe will work on new compositions every day, starting with water-to-color blend. Learn how to create smooth blending techniques and add drama and shape. How to paint water drops on flowers will be one of many lessons included. During this three-day workshop we will go to the Botanical Gardens in Fort Bragg to take reference photos, weather and flowers permitting. Some knowledge of watercolor is helpful. Open to all skill levels, including beginners.
BIRGIT O'CONNOR is a national instructor and contributing editor to "Watercolor Artist" and "Artists Magazine" and has produced over 13 instructional programs. In March 2008 Birgit released her first book, "Watercolor in Motion," with her second book, "Watercolor Essentials," scheduled for a February 2009 release.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $240 Member $230 Member - Register by 02/26/10 $265 Non-Member $255 Non-Member - Register by 02/26/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, March 27, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm both days. Tuition: $190. Materials fee: $10. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONLearn to produce breathtaking still lifes glowing with brilliant color! Working from life, students will render their subjects using a layering technique incorporating both semi-hard and soft pastels. You'll also learn how to blend those layers in varying degrees depending on your desired result. The instructor will demo this technique and touch on color theory, as well. Students should be able to complete two to three small pieces by the end of the workshop. Materials fee: $10.
GEMA LOPEZ left a 20+ year career in the graphic design field to pursue her passion of drawing and painting, a passion first instilled in her by her grandfather, a muralist in central Mexico. The recipient of several awards, she has exhibited and led workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $165 Member $155 Member - Register by 02/27/10 $190 Non-Member $180 Non-Member - Register by 02/27/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, March 27, and meets 9:00 am - 4:00 pm both days. Tuition: $250. Materials fee: $35. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONIn this novice-intermediate workshop, students will be provided with information about tools, techniques and processes so that they can become sensitive to this exciting medium. Class demonstrations will include gutta resist, shading and blending to create form, painting backgrounds, as well as layering color to create depth. Art instruction will cover color mixing and how a painting is structured based on value. Materials fee: $35.
SUSAN LOUISE MOYER is an author and educator who teaches art and design through her medium. Her latest book, the revised edition of "SILK PAINTING FOR FASHION AND FINE ART," has been well-received both nationally and internationally. Susan's surface design experience includes creating collections for the fashion houses in New York and Hawaii and she has exhibited her fine art in galleries in the United States and Europe.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $225 Member $215 Member - Register by 02/27/10 $250 Non-Members $240 Non-Members - Register by 02/27/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This four-day workshop begins Thursday, April 8, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $320. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONUsing ink with watercolor adds wonderful dimension to your art. Explore the creativity that ink provides as we add line to our art with various applications of permanent and water-soluble ink. Discover the potential to create spontaneous, quick imagery and find this technique perfect for capturing the essence of your subject. Plan to have fun as we experiment with the excitement of ink and watercolor.
ED FENENDAEL, a native of Wisconsin, continues to be inspired by the great pastoral scenes of the world. Ed is on the visiting faculty of the Kansas City Art Institute and conducts workshops throughout the US, Europe and in Mexico. His paintings can be found at the Watergate Gallery in Washington, DC, Morning Mist Studio in Door County, WI, in numerous private and corporate collections and online.
This workshop is no longer available for registration.: ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This one-day workshop is scheduled Saturday, April 10, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Tuition: $95. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONWith today's incredible digital cameras, anyone is capable of creating great images. This course gives the novice to the digital world the opportunity to become familiar with the capabilities that exist beyond "point and shoot." Other areas covered will be setting up your camera for picture taking, photo formats, shooting modes, ISO, white balance, histograms, digital versus optical zooming, among many more. Then you will get to practice and see the results.
LARRY WAGNER has been a photographer since he was eleven years old and a fan of computer technology since the seventies. Digital photography and Photoshop became Larry's passion at their onset. Larry has recently published two volumes of "Artists of the Mendocino Coast," and the Mendocino Art Center 50th Anniversary 2010 Exotic Calendar.
Class Full: This class is no longer available for registration. Please call 707-937-5818 to be placed on the waiting list ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, April 17, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm each day. Tuition: $190. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONOK, here's your chance for all you wanna-be watercolor artists! Renowned watercolorist Nancy Collins is doing an "absolute beginning" watercolor class. She will teach you all the techniques, tools and tricks to start you on your way to becoming the watercolor artist you have always wanted to be. Don't put off today what you have always longed to do! Not only will you pick up more than you ever thought possible, but you will have loads of fun while you are learning.
NANCY COLLINS is a full-time watercolorist. She has been a featured artist in "American Artist" magazine as well as "Watercolor Magic," April 2008. Her work has hung abroad in the "Art in the Embassy Program" as well as a one-woman show at Stanford University.
Select and click your class fee (+ registration fee if applicable): $165 Member $155 Member - Register by 03/17/10 $190 Non-Member $180 Non-Member - Register by 03/17/10 $15 One-time per calendar year registration fee (non-members only) ( To Register - Please Choose Member or Non-member )
This two-day workshop begins Saturday, April 17, and meets 9:30 am - 4:30 pm both days. Tuition: $190. Current members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Early Bird Discount: Register for your workshop at least one month in advance of the workshop start date and enjoy $10 off the price of tuition. There is a non-refundable registration fee of $15 for non-members. Please be sure to add this one time per calendar year fee to your shopping cart. Or better yet, become a MAC member!
WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONUnravel the mystery of the circle arts and make magical mandalas to access your inner powers. Free of traditional perspective and drawing upon ancient art rituals, we will draw and paint mandalas using a variety of media. Well begin with a slide/music presentation revealing the radiant symmetry in nature, integrated with sacred art traditions of the world. Participants will receive a copy of their astrological natal chart with a mini-reading to inspire a personal mandala painting. Please submit the exact time, date, and place of birth when you register.
SUSAN ST. THOMAS, MA, has been an exhibiting fine artist and educator for 35 years. She has led Transformative Arts workshops at colleges, museums, wellness and art centers, internationally. Her unique paintings have been published in several books. Susan is the director of the Schoolhouse Gallery/Studio in Occidental, CA, and maintains a private astrological counseling practice.
