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Schedule of INSIDE OUT ART STUDIO Classes

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Basel Classroom workshop

Spring Classes 2012

Winter Classes 2011-2012

Spring Classes 2012  

Spring I (6 weeks): Tuesday, March 6, 2012 thru Monday, April 23, 2012; NO CLASS for Spring
Break: April 2 – 6
Save the date! Inside Out Student Showcase: Sunday, April 22, 2012, 6 – 9 p.m.

Spring II (6 weeks): Tuesday, April 24, 2012 thru Monday, June 11, 2012
NO CLASS on Memorial Day, May 28
Save the date! Inside Out Student Showcase: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 6 – 9 p.m.

Spring Classes For Children

Please note: ALL material fees for children classes are included in tuition price.

MONDAYS

    Drawing and Painting With Donna age 5 and up, 4-5:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $180 tuition)
    Learn and Develop Technical Drawing skills, Color Theory, Art History and Vocabulary while creating work that will challenge and engage artists of all ages.

WEDNESDAYS Jr. Mask Workshop

    Junior Mask Making for age 7 and up, 4:00-5:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $180 tuition)
    Learn about masks from all around the world while making exciting masks of your own to wear in acts of culture. Professional mask making secrets are revealed by master mask maker, Jeff Semmerling.

Spring Art Camp for Children

    Spring Break Art Camp
    10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
    Before and after care available,
    Age 5 & up
    April 2 to April 6
    Tuition $180 for 5 days, $115 for 3 days or $40 per day
    Imagine making fun art all day. Never more than 12 students per camp means individual attention from professional artists. Fun, Cooperative & Inspiring! Bring a sack lunch

Spring Family Special Events

    Saturday, March 3: 2012: Family Mask Making Day
    1-3p.m.

    ($30 per child; $40 per adult)
    Make a leather mask with Jeff Semmerling. All ages will enjoy learning the craft of leather maskmaking together.

    Monday, March 5, 2012 (Pulaski Day): Our Favorite Things at the Art Institute Field Trip, 10 – 2 p.m.
    ($45 per child, parents can join for free)
    Explore the Art Institute and learn all about art up-close-and-personal with Jeff and Donna Semmerling, artists who grew up with this collection. Bring a sack lunch and a sketch pad!

    Saturday, April 21, 2012: Family Mask Making Day
    1-3p.m.

    ($30 per child; $40 per adult)
    Make a leather mask with Jeff Semmerling. All ages will enjoy learning the craft of leather maskmaking together.

Spring Classes for Young Adults

MONDAYS

    Introduction to Silk Screening for Teens, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $200 tuition)
    Who needs Threadless or Etsy? Learn the necessary skills to create your own graphic t-shirts, accessories, and more with professional silk screening methods used by Andy Warhol. Students will learn various silk screening techniques including stenciling, photo emulsion, layering, and printing.

TUESDAYS

    Beginner Mask Making, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $200 tuition)
    Students learn fundamental mask construction, making masks in cardboard, Venetian style papier mache, found objects, and plaster gauze.

    Intermediate Mask Making, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $200 tuition)
    Start with casting your own face for two mask making matrices, then learn sculpting and casting your own creations in paper mache. Prerequisite: Beginner Mask Making or special permission with approved portfolio

    Mask Making Studio (Advanced Mask Making), 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $200 tuition)
    More experienced mask makers get involved with more expensive materials, develop their own tool kit, and pursue projects of their own with guidance from our resident master mask maker Jeff Semmerling. Prerequisite: Intermediate Mask Making or special permission with approved portfolio.

WEDNESDAYS

    Introduction to Impasto Painting, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
    (8 weeks, $200 tuition)
    Explore the possibilities of paint, and learn how to manipulate texture and create dramatic surfaces. Impasto technique was used by artists from Rembrandt and van Gogh to Gerhard Richter. Students will work with different painting mediums including wax medium, modeling paste, and gel medium.

Spring Classes for Adults
8 week session, (on going, join at any time)
$200 per 8 week session or $30 per class (drop-in by appointment)Ross Brown workshop

TUESDAY NIGHTS

    Beginning Mask Making, 6:30-8:30pm
    8 weeks $200 plus materials
    Students learn fundamental mask construction, making masks in cardboard, Venetian Style papier mache', found objects and plaster gauze.
    Instructor: Jeff Semmerling

    Intermediate Mask Making, 6:30-8:30pm
    8 week session ~ $200.00 plus $40 for materials
    Start with casting your own face for two mask making matrices, then learn sculpting and casting your own creations in paper mache'. You should take beginner mask making before this class. Prerequisite: Beginner Mask Making or special permission with approved portfolio

    Mask Making Studio (Advanced Mask Making), 6:30-8:30pm
    8 week session ~ $200.00 plus materials
    More experienced mask makers get involved with more expensive materials, develop their own tool kit and pursue projects of their own with guidance from our resident master Jeff Semmerling. Prerequisite: Intermediate Mask Making or special permission with approved portfolio.

Mask Making Intensive Workshops

Jeff Semmerling of Semmerling & Schaefer Mask Studios, offers workshops to get you started making Professional Masks at the Inside Out Art Studio.

    SHAPING LEATHER MASKS
    June 2 - 3 ~ 1:00PM to 4:30 PM

    Learn the Semmerling and Schaefer methods for shaping leather masks. For twenty years Jeff and Sonja have perfected the craft. You will make and finish two to three leather masks and leave with a list of sources for materials and tools.
    Tuition is $200 all materials included.

Winter Classes 2011-2012 

    WINTER CLASSES FOR CHILDREN
    TWO WINTER MINI-COURSE SESSIONS
    Two 5 week sessions, one before Winter Break in December and after Winter Break in January.

      Drawing and Painting Mini-Courses for age 5-12
      3:30-5:00PM
      5 weeks Mon. Nov. 21-Dec.19
      5 weeks Mon. Jan.9-Feb. 6
      $112

    Mask Making Intensives

    Jeff Semmerling of Semmerling & Schaefer Mask Studios, offers workshops to get you started making Professional Masks at the Inside Out Art Studios
      ADVANCED LEATHER MASK MAKING
      January 7 and 8 ~ 1:00PM to 4:30PM

      Return to the studio and learn what’s next after the “Shaping Leather “ workshop. Sculpting, Scything & New Sizing Methods will be taught. Feel free to bring projects you are working on.
      Tuition is $200.

     

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