Creative Arts Workshop
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Book Arts
Decorative Arts
Design
Drawing & Painting
Fiber
Jewelry
Photography
Pottery
Printmaking
Sculpture
Young People's Program
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CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Creative Arts Workshop employs over 55 professional artists part-time to teach + classes and workshops to nearly 2,000 adults and 1,000 Young People each year. Classes are available for students at all levels of experience and are kept small to ensure that individual attention can be given to everyone. Students learnin a supportive environment and are encouraged to fully explore their creativity and strive for excellence. Advanced students and professional artists come to the Workshop to learn new techniques and to take advantage of open studio sessions with access to equipment, live models and critique sessions.

CAW also offers a wide array of WORKSHOPS, perfect for beginning students looking to try out an art class or advanced students looking to focus on a specific area or develop a new skill.

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CAW periodically documents classes through still photography and video for publicity purposes. These images are used in the course brochure, advertisements and other publicity materials for the benefit of the Workshop. Registration in a course at CAW includes permission to photograph you and/or your artwork, and to use your image in its publicity materials unless you inform the photographer that you do not wish to have your photograph taken. If you do not want to allow CAW to photograph your child for publicity purposes, please notify us at the time of registration.


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Spring 2008 Index
March 17 - June 7

ADULT CLASSES

Book Arts

  • Advanced Hand Bookbinding
  • Edible Book Tea
  • Four Books and a Box
  • How to Make a Photograph Album Workshop 
  • Open Bindery Studio
  • The Casebound Book
  • Variations on the Case Binding

Decorative Arts

  • Bonsai Adventures
  • Stained Glass
  • The Art of Bonsai Lecture
  • The Basic Techniques of Decorative Painting

Design

  • Calligraphic Tune Up
  • Japanese Lampmaking Workshop
  • Calligraphy: Roundhand Script

Drawing and Painting

  • An Introduction to Color
  • An Introduction to Drawing
  • Basic Drawing Continued
  • Beginning Painting
  • Beginning Watercolor
  • Continuing to Paint
  • Creative Watercolor
  • Drawing from Nature @ the Peabody
  • Enriching Your Watercolors
  • Intensive Figure Painting Workshop
  • Intermediate Watercolor
  • Interpreting the Figure in Watercolor & Ink Wash
  • Interpreting the Figure through Drawing
  • Introduction to Figure Painting
  • Painting from Within/Abstract Painting
  • Painting with Acrylic
  • Springtime Awakening in Color
  • The Figure: Drawing Into Painting
  • Watercolor: Childrenís Book Illustration
  • Working from a Model
  • Working in a Series
  • Working with Color 

Fiber

  • Baskets: Building on Basics
  • Floor Loom Weaving
  • New to Knitting
  • Painting with Felt Workshop
  • Ribbed Baskets

Jewelry

  • Basics of Classical Jewelry Making
  • Metalsmithing/Jewelry
  • Discover PMC- Workshop
  • Working with PMC + Paper-Sheet

Photography

  • A Concise History of Photography
  • Basis Digital Photography
  • Black and White Digital Photography
  • Dynamic Digitals Workshop
  • Intermediate Digital Photography
  • Introduction to Color Photography
  • Photo III
  • Sun Prints from Digital Negatives
  • The Photographic Narrative
  • Transforming Images with Photoshop
  • Weekly Critique for Artists

Pottery

  • Advanced Pottery
  • Beginning and Intermediate Pottery
  • Intermediate and Advanced Pottery
  • Intermediate Pottery
  • One of a Kind Forms Pottery Workshop
  • Open Pottery Workshop
  • Pottery: All Levels

Printmaking

  • Advanced Printmaking
  • Beginning and Intermediate Printmaking Sampler
  • Classic Etching
  • Monotype/Monoprint
  • Non-Toxic Silkscreen
  • Open Printmaking Week
  • Printmaking Lab
  • Waterbased Printmaking
  • Waxing Poetic: The Art Encaustic

Sculpture

  • Advanced Sculpture for the Outdoor Environment
  • Fanciful Flights Workshop
  • Intro to Sculpture for the Outdoor Environment
  • Metal Sculpture
  • SculptureñCarving
  • Study of the Figure
  • Wonderful World of Epoxy

Young People's Classes

Workshops for adults & young people

  • How to Make a Photography Album
  • Discover PMC- Workshop
  • Dynamic Digitals
  • Licensing 101
  • Fifth Annual Edible Book Tea
  • Wonderful World of Epoxy
  • Lampmaking Workshop
  • Working with PMC + Paper-Sheet
  • Painting with Felt
  • Fanciful Flights Workshop
  • Lampmaking Workshop
  • Sun Prints from Digital Negatives
  • The Art Bonsai: The Beauty of
    Miniature Trees
  • Bonsai Adventures!
  • Intensive Figure Painting Workshop
  • Open Printmaking Week
  • Alien Art!
  • Mobile Making
  • A Heartfelt Collaboration!
  • Stained Glass
  • Collage with Junk Mail