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Charcoal & Acrylic by Isack Azaev (class on May 30)

Dancing for First-Timers: Rhumba    with Todd Moe
Friday, May 17th from 6:30-7:30pm

Learn some vintage moves for the dance floor!
SLC Arts Member Price: $19 per couple    Non-member price: $20 per couple
Downtown Snell Hall Dance Studio (Room 230) Directions 

Special Arts for Special Needs    with Tracy Wanamaker
Thank you to the Knights of Columbus Sarto Council #1059, Rotary Club of Potsdam, and the Sweetgrass Foundation for sponsoring this series.
Tuesday, May 21, 10:30am-12:00pm - Ages 21+
Tuesday, May 21, 3:30-5:00pm - Ages 11-20
Join music therapist, Tracy Wanamaker, MT-BC for fun-filled hours of music and arts exploration.  This group provides an opportunity for middle schoolers and teens with special needs including cognitive disabilities, autism and severe learning disabilities, to participate in a supportive and therapeutic group activity. Group members will be encouraged to participate in a variety of activities including singing, movement, dancing, playing instruments, creating, painting, and other arts exploration designed to stimulate the senses, encourage creativity and increase socialization.
SLC Arts Member Price: $10   Non-member price: $12
Downtown Snell Hall Dance & Crafts Studios (room 229 & 230) Directions

Clay Bunnies!    with Sara Lynch
Saturday, May 25, 3:00-5:30pm
All ages welcome; children under 7 need an adult to stay and help them. Students will learn two different ways to form rabbits out of clay. First they will do a warm up slab project and then a solid sculpture. Both are tons of fun and help teach the basic skills required to work with clay. Students are welcome to bring any pictures of rabbits they like for inspiration; supplies included!
SLC Arts Member Price: $28.75    Non-member price: $30
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Charcoal Drawing    with Isack Azaev
Thursdays,  May 30 & June 6, 6:00-7:30pm
Ages 18 & up. Beginning and intermediate level students will learn charcoal drawing techniques and focus on composition and design, perspective, and details and variation in tone. After attending these classes, students will have the skills to complete still life charcoal drawings independently. View examples of Isack's drawing work at http://azaev.com/collections/50291. *Registration deadline: Saturday, May 25.
SLC Arts Member Price: $28.50   Non-member price: $30
Please bring: paper designed for charcoal ("stonehenge" is good), charcoal (willow, wine, and compressed), erasers, and a chip brush.
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (room 229) Directions

JUNE 2013

Paper Marbling    with Virginia Burnett
Saturday, June 1, 10:00-11:00am
Teens & Adults. Messy fun with floating color! Burnett will teach the basics of paper marbling, and students will go home with a collection of their own handmarbled papers as well as recipes & resources to make more at home. The finished papers can be used to make notecards, mini-books, bookmarks, or scrapbooking projects. Materials provided.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.50   Non-member price: $20
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Advanced Printmaking    with Cheryl Mirer
Mondays, June 3, 10, 17, 6:00-9:00pm
*Registration deadline: Tuesday, May 28. Watch for more details.
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (room 229)

Intro to Acting    with Rich Tenace
Wednesday, June 5th, 6:30-8:00pm
Teens-Adults. Learn the basics of character development and how to place that character into scenes. Expand your funny bone by delving into improvisational acting skills through improv games. Rich Tenace is a graduate of The Players Workshop from The Second City in Chicago, a school which specializes in sketch comedy and improvisation.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.25    Non-member price: $20
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Saturday, June 15

*Only 2 spots left!
Wheel Thrown Pottery    with Isaac Snell
Wednesdays, June 19, 26, July 3, 6:00-9:00pm
Ages 14-Adults. Snell will guide students through all the basic skills needed for wheel throwing including clay preparation, proper wedging techniques, centering clay on the wheel, throwing outer and inner walls of a vessel, and trimming and glazing. By the end of these classes, students will complete their own vessel to take home. Visit facebook.com/IsaacJudePottery for examples of Snell's pottery. No experience necessary, students should be beginners or intermediate students with fewer than 20 hours of experience. Materials included.
SLC Arts Member Price: $110.50    Non-member price: $115
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Drawing Skills for Ages 10-15    with Claire Alai
Sundays, June 23 & 30, July 7 & 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Ages 10-15. Improve your line work, form, and composition styles through practice in still life, portraits, and abstraction. Expand your drawing skills and explore different drawing styles as tools for self-expression. *Registration deadline: Saturday, June 8.
SLC Arts Member Price: $57    Non-member price: $60
Please bring a set of drawing pencils, an eraser, and an 18"x24" drawing pad.
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Ink Works for Ages 10-15    with Claire Alai
Sundays, June 23 & 30, July 7 & 14, 12:30-2:00pm
Ages 10-15. We'll work on different projects which depart from traditional ink forms and explore forms of abstraction, focusing on creativity with line work. In later classes we'll focus on individualized projects. *Registration deadline: Saturday, June 8.
SLC Arts Member Price: $38    Non-member price: $40
Please bring a drawing pen, 18"x24" sketchpad, Higgins drawing ink, and various sizes of ink brushes.

Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

JULY 2013

Alla Prima Painting    with Isack Azaev
Thursday, July 18, 6:00-8:00pm
Ages 18 & up. Beginning and intermediate level students will learn wet-on-wet oil painting on canvas, and will focus on composition and design, and details and variations in colors. After attending these classes, students will have the skills to complete alla prima still life oil paintings independently. View examples of Isack's oil paintings at http://azaev.com/collections/50293. Registration deadline: Saturday, July 13.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.25    Non-member price: $20
Please bring: set of oil paints, turpentine, wooden pallete, pallete knives, pallete cups, set of brushes, 16”x20” canvas. Some easels will be available for use, if you have your own, please bring it to class.
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Earth Works    with Claire Alai
Sunday, July 21 (rain date: Sunday, July 28), 1:00-3:00pm
Ages 18 and up. Make the world your medium as you learn about using the natural landscape as a means to create art. Claire will help you use found objects to form a piece of artwork that collaborates with the natural world. *Registration deadline: Saturday, July 6.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19  Non-member price: $20
*Location TBA

Bitty Books    with Virginia Burnett
Saturday, July 27, 10:00-11:00am
Ages 8-12. Use paper folding techniques to create a tiny pocket-sized book which opens out into a flat sheet of paper. After you learn the Turkish Map folding technique, you can attach several books together to create a larger form.
SLC Arts Member Price: $9.50  Non-member price: $10
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

Teddy Bear Camp    with Ellen MacMaster
Monday-Friday, July 29-August 2, 10:00am-12:00pm
Ages 10 and up. Sew your own teddy bear from start to finish over the course of the week! Each student will start by picking out the material, layout and cut their bear, then they will learn to sew with a sewing machine, embroider on eyes and nose, stuff and finally do a finish stitch to close up the bear. The sewing skills they learn can be applied to other future projects. Visit www.embears.com for examples of Ellen's work. Materials included, please indicate color preference when registering. *Registration deadline: Saturday, July 13.
Price: $60 (Ellen is donating half her instructional time to keep the class price low so more students can participate.)
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

AUGUST 2013

Silk Painting    with Virginia Burnett
Saturday, August 10, 10:00-11:00am
Ages 8-12. Paint a silk rectangle (6"x24") for a wall banner or a scarf in your favorite colors and designs. If you finish your scarf painting early, you'll have time to create a bonus project while your scarf dries--an anklet with tribal bells and sparkly beads perfect for dancing feet.
SLC Arts Member Price: $19.50  Non-member price: $20
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions

*Space is limited to 12 spots - register early!
A Personalized Etsy Shop Make-over    with Hilary Emerson Lay
Over this 6-week course, artists & craftspeople will be given a thorough run-down of all the ins & outs of Etsy.  Students will then have the opportunity to start, transform, tweak, and perfect their own Etsy shops through both weekly 'homework' assignments and constructive peer and teacher feedback. Suitable for those who have always wanted to start their own Etsy shop, right through those who have a shop set up but would like to increase their sales.
SLC Arts Member Price: $57 for 6 sessions    Non-member price: $60 for 6 sessions
Students should have access to the internet at home.
Downtown Snell Hall Crafts Studio (Room 229) Directions