Programming for Adults
Click on one of the following for a quick link:
• An Introduction to Creative Arts' Adult Education
• April Visual Art Workshop - "Figure Drawing Lab"
• Spring 2010 Visual Art Classes
• Spring Music Lessons
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.
Stay tuned for details about a new grant-supported senior program.
[top]
April 2010 Workshops - Now Enrolling!
Call 781.942.9600 for more information.
Download the registration form here.
NEW! Figure Drawing Lab - Adults & Teens, 16+
NEW! Instructor & professional artist, Dennis Hart, teaches/advises drawing technique, gesture, proportion, anatomy, foreshortening, volume blocking, composition and critique through different poses by a live model.
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!
JOIN US for this NEW Figure Drawing Lab!
Instructor: Dennis Hart
Day/time: Thursday, April 22, 6-8:30pm (Pre-registration is required)
Tuition: $42 (ask about our senior and RAA discounts!)
[top]
Spring 2010 Visual Art Classes - Now Enrolling!
Check each class for start date. One time $15 Family Registration fee applies to Spring 2010 Classes. SENIORS receive a 10% tuition discount. Register for more than one Spring 2010 class and receive $5 off additional enrollments. 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.
Download the registration form here.
Drawing & Painting Studio (Adult) Adults & Teens 16+
Perfect for beginner through advanced students! Learn or practice different drawing techniques such as line, value and composition before moving into color studies and wet medium (acrylic, oil, watercolor) of your choice. Work from still life to hone your skills! Individual studio plans are tailored for returning students wanting to work independently from general class assignments. (If you want to work with non water-based oils, please remove all of your materials after each class.)
Thursdays, 6:30-9:00pm; Begins 2/25/10; Minimum: 4, Maximum: 8
Instructor: Dennis Hart
Tuition: $185/$195 (10 weeks / 2.5 hours)
Sculpt with Clay Adults & Teens 16+
Explore your creative spirit by transforming a lump of clay into unique sculptures using traditional hand building techniques. Learn pinch and coil methods practiced by potters before the invention of the pottery wheel. A great class for the experienced or novice potter! Please note pottery may break in the firing process.
CALL 781.942.9600 to express interest in a WORKSHOP!
Instructor: Lesley King
Tuition: TBA
Wheel Throwing Basics Adults & Teens 16+
Center! Open! Pull! Trim! Glaze! Learn or improve using the wheel to create functional or abstract pottery. Explore the benefits of creative expression by sculpting, shaping and molding clay while meeting others in a relaxed atmosphere. Please note pottery may break in the firing process.
DAY/TIME CHANGE TO: Wednesdays, 6:45-9:15pm; Begins 2/24/10; Minimum: 4, Maximum: 8
Instructor: Lesley King
Tuition: $185/$195 + $40 materials fee (10 weeks / 2.5 hours)
Private Art Lessons Ages 8-Adult
Have 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/$200, 45 min. $283/$298, 1 Hour $378/$393 (6 sessions)
[top]
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. Registration fees do apply.
Tuition: 30 minutes / 8 weeks / $292/$302
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. Registration fees do apply.
30 minutes / 16 weeks / $219/$229
45 minutes / 16 weeks / $315.90/$330.90
60 minutes / 16 weeks / $405/$425
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/$120
[top]
For more information call the office at 781.942.9600.
