Fall 2008 Classes for Adults.

Introduction to Digital Photography
Wednesdays, September 3-24, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

If you’re new to digital photography, this class is for you. Learn how to operate your camera, take good photos, load your photos onto your computer, manipulate them using your camera’s software, and create great-looking prints. Bring your digital camera and instruction manual to class.
Instructor: Bert Danielson
 

Drawing in Pen & Ink
Thursdays, September 4-25, 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Learn to draw using pen and ink. After some discussion and experimentation using pens, papers, and techniques, as well as some practice, you’ll be able to use your new skills and supplies to produce work of subjects you choose. Classes will meet at the Imagination Station, then move out of doors, weather permitting. Materials list will be provided.
Instructor: Becky Brown
 

Art Jewelry from Found Objects
Sundays, September 7 & 14, 1-5 p.m.

Personal adornment doesn’t have to be made of precious metals and jewels! Many art-jewelry makers use “found” (recycled) objects to convey their message. You’ll learn some basic metal-working skills to make your jewelry and wear your new artwork home! Materials provided by the instructor.
Instructor: Judy Pyle
$25 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.
 

Intermediate Drawing
Mondays, September 8-29, 6-8 p.m.

For those who’ve had some experience with drawing. We'll extend the basic principles involved in creating a drawing, such as adding color, and explore some different tools, such as pastels and colored pencils. We'll continue to explore the still life and also work with portrait and figure drawing. Materials list will be provided.
Instructor: Cathleen McGowan
 

Flavorful Faire: The Art of Sauces, Spices, and
“Food Stacking” at the Blue Parrot
Mondays, September 6 and 15, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Create unique taste sensations using ordinary ingredients and special techniques. You’ll learn to create spectacular sauces for a variety of dishes, including vegetables, meats, seafood – and dessert! – using simple spices you can find in your pantry. You’ll sample work at the end of the class – including a Kahlua fudge sauce made with just four ingredients. Classes will meet at the Blue Parrot Bistro, Chambersburg Street. Materials provided by the instructors.
Instructor: Darryl Jones, with Blue Parrot proprietor Alison Giles
$40 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.

 

Introduction to Watercolor Painting
Wednesdays, September 17-October 8, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Designed for beginning painters, this class will include an introduction to the materials and how to handle them. We’ll focus on completing a simple painting. Bring watercolor paper, brush, and paints to class.
Instructor: Ron Schloyer

 

Pottery: Experimenting with Color
Mondays, October 6-27, 6-8 p.m.

Learn to color stoneware and porcelain clay with oxides, then sculpt and hand-build a variety of pottery pieces. Our last class will be held at the instructor’s studio, where your question will be, “To glaze, or not to glaze?” Open to ages 11 to adult; younger children should be accompanied by an adult.
Instructor: Lori Nelson
$25 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.
 

Introduction to Acrylic Painting
Tuesdays, October 7-28, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.

Learn the basics and discover the versatility of water-based acrylics. Experiment with color mixing, brush and palette knife applications, and creating solid compositions. Material list will be provided.
Instructor: Dorothea Barrick
 

Digital Photography: A Step Further
Tuesdays, October 7-28, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

This course is a step above the introductory course and will expand on photographic technique both in the camera and at the computer. The class will introduce correction and enhancement techniques such as color balance, brightness/contrast adjustments, and sharpness filtering. Designed for those who are comfortable with their digital camera and want to improve the quality of their images.
Instructor: Bert Danielson
 

Dancing the Night Away
Wednesdays, October 8-29, 7-8 p.m.

An introduction to the American Ballroom Dance style of foxtrot, waltz, swing, and Latin dance. No experience necessary. Bring a partner! Great preparation for the Arts Council Masquerade Party, November 1, at the Gettysburg Hotel! Classes will meet at the Gettysburg Dance Center, 775 Old Harrisburg Road.
Instructor: Holly Fox
 

Introduction to Oil-Painting Techniques
Thursdays, October 9-30, 6-8 p.m.

Explore oil-painting techniques through classical and modern methods. You’ll learn some color and composition theory, how to stretch a canvas, and the fundamentals of oil-painting prep, safety, and history. By the end of the course you’ll be painting using impasto, Dutch 7-layer glazing, and scumbling techniques. Materials list will be provided.
Instructor: Robyn Jacobs
 

Introduction to Calligraphy
Thursdays, October 30-November 20, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Learn how to use tools, ink, and paper to create beautiful lettering. You’ll learn the Foundational Hand and matching capitals, how to relate the Foundational Hand to other styles such as Gothic and Italic – and how to practice effectively. Materials provided by instructor. Classes will meet in her studio, located outside Fairfield.
Instructor: Sheila Waters
$25 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.
 

Writing the Personal
Mondays, November 3-24, 6-8 p.m.

Learn how to write what you know in a way that’s engaging and personal. Using excerpts from published memoirs, you’ll do some writing in and outside of class, exploring the process of grabbing and holding your reader’s attention through detailed and vivid writing. Designed for writers of all levels who want to explore the art of the memoir. Bring a pen and notebook to class.
Instructor: Dustin Beall Smith
 

Digital Photography: Basics of Adobe Photoshop Elements
Tuesdays, November 4-December 2, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

(No class November 11)

Learn the basics of digital photo manipulation and improve the quality of your digital photographs. You’ll explore ways to express your creativity using the photo manipulation tools provided by Adobe Photoshop Elements software. Designed for those who are comfortable with their digital camera but want to improve the quality of their images. Bring your camera to class.
Instructor: Bert Danielson
 

Learn to Knit
Wednesdays, November 5-26, 6-8 p.m.

Experience the ancient craft of knitting, from picking up two sticks and some yarn, to creating beautiful pieces of art to wear, display, and share. Geared toward those who have never picked up knitting needles, as well as those who put them down and can’t quite remember what to do, this class will have a relaxed and flexible atmosphere in which you can work at your own pace. You’ll learn to cast on, knit, purl, and bind off, as well as basic stitch patterns to create different textures. You’ll also learn the basics of reading a pattern, the different fibers you can knit with, the history of knitting, and more. Each class will introduce new skills and allow ample time for practice. You’ll finish the class with a finished – or with the skills to finish – a sampler scarf that you’ll begin in class. Bring size 7 needles and some worsted-weight yarn.
Instructor: Jessica Haines
 

Hand-Building in Earthenware for Kids & Adults
Saturdays, November 8-29, 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Learn to hand-build pottery pieces using earthenware clay. The instructor will glaze and fire the pieces at his studio using lead-free glazes that are safe to use in the home. This class is appropriate for kids ages seven and up accompanied by a parent or guardian – a great opportunity to have some fun getting your hands dirty with your kids! Materials provided by the instructor.
Instructor: Jack Handshaw
$10 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.

WEEKEND WORKSHOPS

Mask-Making
Saturday, October 4, 1-4 p.m.

Come one come all to the Adams County Arts Council’s Masquerade Party – but please join us for a mask-making workshop first! Instructor Jill Rakowicz recently attended a mask-making demonstration at the Louisiana State Museum's Presbytere in New Orleans and has plenty of creative ideas. You’ll work together to choose color schemes and develop themes as you design and construct a mask for the ball. All are welcome! Attendance at the Annual Masquerade Ball is not required – but is definitely encouraged! Wine and light refreshments will be served. Materials provided by the instructor.
Instructor: Jill Rakowicz
$25 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.
 

Art-Clay Silver Jewelry-Making
Sunday, November 9, 1-4 p.m.

Art-Clay Silver is moldable clay made of .999 percent fine silver particles. It can be shaped, textured, dried, torch- or kiln-fired, and polished. Learn basic handling of art-clay silver and create a finished jewelry component for either a pair of earrings or a pendant. Some jewelry-making experience is helpful for finishing the piece. Materials provided by instructor.
Instructor: Michelle Quattrocchi
$25 materials fee - payable to the instructor at the first session.
 

The Art of the Japanese Tea Ceremony
Saturday, November 15, 1-4 p.m.

The Japanese Tea Ceremony is an ancient ritual in which tea is ceremonially prepared and served in a peaceful setting. It’s a meditative practice during which both host and guest seek refreshment and tranquility. Learn the elements of this beautiful centuries-old ceremony and how to practice it at home.
Instructor: Hiroko Rubin
 

 

ONGOING

Writers’ Workshop
Tuesday, September 2; Thursdays, October 2, November 6, December 4, 7-9 p.m.

Love to write but have trouble making yourself sit down and put pen to paper? Working on a great story but need some feedback? Blocked and looking for a way to get your words flowing again? Join our newly forming writers’ group! Just come with four pages of your work to read to the group – any kind of writing, in draft or final form. The group will offer comments and suggestions, gently helping you improve as you learn how others respond to your work. Then it’s your turn to listen and offer your insights on others’ writing. Open to writers of all levels and genres.
Coordinator: Suzannah Smith Miles
$7 per session, payable at the door

FOR AGES 3-4
 

The Rainbow Room
Wednesday, October 15 and 22, 9:30-11 a.m.

This class focuses on the seven colors of the rainbow – and white and black. By using brush and/or fingers, we’ll explore the beauty of mixing and blending colors.
Instructor: Tony Messano
 

INSTRUCTORS

DOROTHEA BARRICK founded the art department at Mount St. Mary’s College in 1973. She has taught with Frederick County Adult Learning, Frederick Community College, Common Ground at Western Maryland College, Hoffman Homes for Youth, El Centro, HACC, and Gettysburg College. Barrick has exhibited internationally, and her work is included in numerous private and public collections. She holds a BFA and MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art.

BECKY BROWN has worked in Pen and Ink for thirty years. She has studied art throughout her life and participated in various solo and juried shows. Most recently, she has exhibited at the Adams County Arts Council’s juried shows in Gettysburg. She is intrigued by the contours of graceful plants and flowers as well as the more complex play of light and shadow on buildings.

BERT DANIELSON is a photographer focusing on scenic images and some cityscapes. His images have appeared in such regional publications as Carroll magazine and Celebrate Gettysburg. He has shown his work regionally at art shows across the eastern seaboard, and locally at Gallery 30 and the Adams County Arts Council’s fine art show. Danielson received his photographic training at Howard Community College. He shoots and processes all of his work digitally.

HOLLY FOX has performed with the Towson Ensemble Dancers, Towson University Dance Company, Meyer Dance Company, Broadway Dance Center, and the Martha Graham Dance Ensemble. Her choreography has been staged locally at the Gettysburg College Summer Theater Festival, Gettysburg Area High School, and the Gettysburg Dance Center, where she is founder and director. She holds a BFA in dance performance and education, and teaches at the Gettysburg Dance Center and Harrisburg Area Community College.

JESSICA HAINES graduated from Gettysburg College with a degree in History and is currently features editor of the Gettysburg Times. She learned to knit more than four years ago, and has taught historical knitting at Harpers Ferry National Historic Park.

JACK HANDSHAW has been a potter in Adams County since 1979 and is an active member of the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen. From his studio in the mountains outside Fairfield, he has conducted classes and workshops for many organizations. He traveled for many years selling at shows under the name of his pottery, “Hobbitt House Pottery.” He has done Raku but now works in porcelains and does some commissions in redware.

SARAH JACOBS has studied painting at Moore College of Art and Design, Tyler School of Art, and Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. She has shown her paintings at Penn State University, Piazza Donatello Painting Studio, Fuji Studios, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Moore Gallery, Tyler School of Art Gallery, The Ragged Edge Coffeehouse, Gallery 30, and the Hanover Arts Guild. She is currently showing at the ArtHouse Lounge in Harrisburg, PA. Her work can be seen online at www.jacobsportraits.com.

DARRYL JONES is Associate Director of Admissions at Gettysburg College.

CATHLEEN MCGOWAN is a certified art educator who has taught art school students as well as adults. She has taught drawing, painting, pottery, sculpture, printmaking, design, and 3-D computer animation. McGowan holds an MA in education from Loyola College (MD) and has studied art at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Catonsville Community College, and Bowie State University.

ANTHONY MESSANO is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, where he majored in advertising. He has taught kindergarten and high school art and creates commissioned murals and art work locally.

SUZANNAH SMITH MILES is the author of 12 books and is a regular magazine contributor. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, her focus is history, although humor finds its way into her published works with regularity. Her background includes work in publishing and advertising with a 10-year period as writer-producer for public television. She is currently working with the Adams County Arts Council and is the coordinator of the Imagination Station.

LORI NELSON received her fine arts degree from Messiah College in 1988, concentrating in clay, sculpture, and textile design. She taught art to home-school students for five years, teaches fine arts at Camp Nawakwa, and was recipient of an art award for WITF’s Art Auction. She has been a working artist since 1987 and continues to work in her Gardners studio, Nelson Pottery, and sells her work wholesale.

JUDY PYLE began her teaching career in Philadelphia, where she graduated from Moore College of Art. She continued her career as an art teacher at Gettysburg High School until her retirement in 2001. She is currently an instructor at Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, where she has taught jewelry-making in the Continuing Studies Program since 2003. Her jewelry and small metal sculpture has been in juried exhibitions in Philadelphia, Baltimore, St. Louis, and Harrisburg, where her work was judged First in Craft in the Art of the State 2006 exhibit at the Pennsylvania Museum. She was a finalist in the 2007 NICHE Awards in two categories.

MICHELE QUATTROCCHI works in a variety of artistic media to create works in precious metals, natural materials, and glass for jewelry, stained-glass pieces, and art objects. She is a graduate of the Pensacola Christian College and holds a senior level certification in Art Clay Silver.

JILL RAKOWICZ teaches art in the Littlestown Area School District. A graduate of Shippensburg University and Kutztown University, she has exhibited widely throughout Cumberland and Adams counties.

HIROKO RUBIN grew up in Shizuoka prefecture, Japan, surrounded by traditional Japanese culture. Her grandmother was an artist, and her mother is an accomplished craftsperson. Rubin’s love of the traditional beauty of Japanese culture was instilled in her by her mother, who remains the biggest influence in her work. She attended the University of North Carolina-Charlotte and has studied under masters of various disciplines to learn the art of the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, and doll making.

RON SCHLOYER traces his love of watercolor to an Andrew Wyeth exhibition he saw as a young adult; he has been painting with watercolor ever since. He has studied at the Schuler School of Fine Arts, McDaniel College, and in many workshops. An award-winning member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and the Baltimore Watercolor Society, Schloyer has also received awards from the WITF-TV Art Auction, the York Art Association, the Adams County Arts Council, and the Hanover Area Arts Guild.

DUSTIN BEALL SMITH received his MFA from Columbia University. He has taught in the Columbia University Artist-as-Teacher program, lectured at Claremont-Pomona College, and was recently a visiting writer at the University of Scranton. His book, Key Grip, A Memoir of Endless Consequences, is forthcoming in the spring, and is the recipient of the 2007 Katharine Bakeless Nason Book Prize in nonfiction. His essays have appeared or are forthcoming in Alaska Quarterly Review, the New York Times Magazine, and The Gettysburg Review, among others. He teaches creative writing at Gettysburg College.

SHEILA WATERS was born in England and studied calligraphy at the Medway College of Art and the Royal College of Art. A fellow of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators and the first president of the Washington Calligraphers Guild, she has completed commissions and projects for royalty, museums, corporations, and collectors. Her best-known works are the illuminated manuscript of Dylan Thomas’ “Under Milk Wood” (now owned by Sir J. Paul Getty, Jr., of Oxford, UK) and the Roundel of the Seasons. Her textbook Foundations of Calligraphy was published in 2006.