Programming for Adults
Click on one of the following for a quick link:
• An Introduction to Creative Arts' Adult Education
• Figure Drawing Studio Workshop
• Winter 2011 Visual Art Mini-Classes
• Winter 2011 Music Workshops
• All About the Orchestra, ages 6+ and families
• Performance Anxiety Workshop, ages 8+, including adults
Creative Arts' Adult Education
"Scientific research demonstrates that involvement in challenging participatory arts programs has a positive effect on physical health, mental health, and social functioning in older adults, regardless of their ability." - www.artsandaging.org
Creative Arts has been offering adult education in the performing and visual arts for many years. We try to accomodate schedules and needs as much as possible, so please let us know how we can better serve you! Often classes or workshops can even be tailor to meet your specific need or the specific need of a group.
In addition to being educational, our programs are also meant to be social. Beginning, intermediate and advanced students are often mixed together to encourage interaction amoung the participants. Although students are encouraged to try new and different approaches, there is also ample opportunity to share your own approach.
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Winter 2010 Mini-Classes - Now Enrolling!
Call 781.942.9600 for more information. Download the registration form here.
Figure Drawing Studio Adults & Teens 16+
Skill Level: beginner through advanced
Instructor and professional artist Dennis Hart teaches/advises drawing technique, gesture, proportion, anatomy, foreshortening, volume blocking, composition and critique through different poses by a live model.
1 Thursday, 6:00-8:30pm; Jan. 13
Instructor: Dennis Hart
Tuition: $38 (1 week / 2.5 hours)
Why is figure drawing important?
- Hones observation skills
- Improves sketching & gesture drawing
- Teaches accurate proportion
- Develops visual perception
- Focuses atention
- Encourages relaxed, organic flow to drawing
- Breaks social preconceptions
Who should take a figure class?
- Novice drawing students
- Professional Artists: 2D & 3D
- High school students creating art portfolios
- Intermediate students
- Art Teachers
- Adults who have never taken a drawing class!
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Winter 2011 Visual Art Classes - Now Enrolling!
SENIORS receive a 10% tuition discount. Call 781.942.9600 for more information.
Download the registration form here.
On the Pottery Wheel Adults & Teens 16+
Skill Level: beginner through advanced
Cut! Wedge! Pull! Shape! Learn or improve using the wheel to create functional or abstract pottery. Experience the benefits of creative expression by shaping and molding clay while meeting others in a relaxed atmosphere. Please note pottery may break in the firing process. NEW! We are sharing a kiln with a private individual and are able to use a variety of clays and glazes.
6 Wednesdays, 6:30-9:00pm; Jan. 12-Feb. 16
Instructor: Lesley King
Tuition: $160 + $5 Family Registration Fee (6 weeks / 2.5 hours)
Drawing Studio Adults & Teens 16+
Skill Level: beginner through advanced
Practice drawing techniques such as contour, line, gesture, value and composition while working from observation. Individual studio plans are tailored for returning students wanting to work independently from general class assignments.
4 Thursday, 6:00-8:30pm; Jan. 20-Feb. 10
Instructor: Dennis Hart
Tuition: $111 + $5 Family Registration Fee (4 weeks / 2.5 hours)
Private Art Lessons Ages 8-Adult
Have an up coming Art Show? Preparing a portfolio? Want to work on specific art skills?
Then one-on-one art lessons might just be for you. Lessons are scheduled with the art teacher and are six week sessions.
Some supplies provided.
Date & time to be arranged with instructor. Private lessons in low fire pottery/clay, drawing (pencil, ink, pastel, chalk) and painting (acrylic, oil, water color).
Tuition: 30 min. $195, 45 min.$283, 1 Hour $378 (6 sessions)
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Spring 2010 Music Lessons
Registration fee is $20. (Maximum registration fee per family per school year is $35.) Prices in BOLD if paying by cash or check. Non-bolded prices if paying by credit card. $CASH/$CREDIT. Call 781.942.9600 for more information.
Instruments include: piano*, violin*, viola*, guitar, bass, percussion, Hammered & Appalachian dulcimer, flute*, fiddle, clarinet, saxophone, marimba, cello, and voice.
(*Suzuki Education available on these instruments.)
Introductory Special
For new students only. Register for eight 30-minute private lessons and then decide whether to complete the year. Designed to make sure there is a good teacher-student fit. Tuition: 30 minutes / 8 weeks / $292 + $20 Family Registration Fee
Independent Study
Independent study for adults & teens (14+) will be provided at the discretion of the instructor. Lesson times and days will be arranged between the instructor and the student. A $20 Family Registration Fee does apply.
30 minutes / 16 weeks / $219
45 minutes / 16 weeks / $315.90
60 minutes / 16 weeks / $405
NEW - Semi-Private Music Lessons for ALL ages!
Get one or two of your friends or family together to share in the cost and the FUN! Participating instructors include: Andrea Loretz-Frey, voice; Joshua Jade, percussion; Mark Dante Toriano, voice and guitar; and Todd Brunel, clarinet and saxophone.
Tuition Rates for seven 30--minute lessons:
--$98 each student for 2 students
--$70 each student for 3 students
Tuition Rates for seven 60-minute lessons:
--$196 each student for 2 students
--$140 each student for 3 students
Parent Class / Instructors: TBA
This 6-week introductory parent program is required for families of beginning Suzuki students. Team-taught by the Suzuki faculty, the class topics include the philosophy and history of Suzuki Talent Education, the parent's role, choosing a musical instrument, tuning, care of instruments, practice and motivation. Parents receive literature and participate in group discussions.
60 minutes / Dates TBA / $115
All About the Orchestra Ages 6+ and families
What are the different parts of an orchestra, and what should I watch and listen for in each instrument group? This workshop explores an orchestra (instruments, musicians and etiquette) using sounds and hands-on activities. Small instrument petting zoo included! Students apply their new skills by attending* the Reading Symphony Children’s Concert on
Sunday, Jan. 16, 3pm, at Reading Memorial High School. Parents must accompany children to concert.
Instructor: Elena Raucci
Tuition: $15 Adults 13+, $10 Children (6-12) & Seniors, Household Maximum: $45
If you register by Jan 12, a concert ticket is included in workshop price. After Jan. 12 you are responsible for purchasing your own ticket.
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Performance Anxiety (and how to deal with it) Ages 8+, including adults
Nervous about playing in your recital or auditioning for orchestras and ensemble groups? This workshop is for you! We will examine what causes performance anxiety (stage fright) and why it is different for each person. Bring your instrument (or voice) and something short to perform (2 min or less). As a supportive group, we will help each other discover how to look and feel more confident, and try various methods of chasing away those proverbial butterflies!
1 Friday, Jan. 21, 4:30-6:00pm
Instructor: Elena Raucci
Tuition: $10 (1 weeks / 1.5 hours)
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For more information call the office at 781.942.9600.
