Art Workshops And Open House Will Help

Launch The New Spring Term At Silvermine

NEW CANAAN — Forty-six different art workshops ranging from one to five days will be offered by the end of January which will offer students many opportunities to open new horizons in 2001 at Silvermine School of Art.

All prospective and returning students are invited to attend an open house on Sunday, January 14, from 1 to 4 pm, where they can meet the faculty, see artist demonstrations, visit the studios and register for classes. Nearly 100 courses are offered for adults and youth of all ages and levels of ability, including painting, drawing, printmaking, photography, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry making, creative writing, computer arts and video editing.

Creative writing courses include “Writing Beyond Writer’s Block” on January 13 with Lisa Fugard, whose articles have been published in many national publications.

In computer arts, Gerard O’Brien will teach “Adobe Photoshop” workshops on January 12 and January 26. Guild artist Dave Burke’s three-day “Video Editing” workshop, January 19-21, is for adults and youth age 15 and older, and no experience is necessary.

Drawing courses include “Figure Studies in Light and Dark” with Camille Eskell on January 16, where students will be working in charcoal from a nude model. Students in David Dunlop’s January 16 painting workshop will paint from Leonardo Da Vinci’s notebooks in oil, learning Renaissance glazing and the famous concepts of the master.

Visiting Artist Mary Beth McKenzie will teach a three-day workshop January 17-19. “A Painterly Approach” will allow students to work in oil or pastel, using live models, and beginners are welcome.

Sculpture workshops include “Mixed Media and Found Object Sculpture” with Jessica Hutchins on January 20, which is for all levels of artists who wish to explore three-dimensional ideas through different materials. “Basic Moldmaking and Casting” will be taught by Jennifer Cohen, also on January 20.

Seven youth workshops for various age groups between five and 17 years. The workshops offer a sampling of the vast array of 12-week courses available in the spring term, which will run January 22 to April 14.

Youth workshops subjects this month include “Photography Printing” with Bruce Dunbar, for ages 13 to 17; “Junior Monotype” with Nancy McTague-Stock, for ages 10 to 13; “Creating a Fantasy Animal,” ages 7 to 9; “Visual Story Telling,” ages 9 to 12, with Lisa Arnold; and “Junior Sculpture” and “Painting and Printmaking,” both for ages 5 to 8, with Marta Kot, a teacher at the school’s summer art camp.

Several additional workshops are scheduled in February and March with subjects ranging from paper lithography, wax working and encaustic to jewelry making and color theory and use in painting. For further information and a free workshop brochure or spring term catalogue, call Silvermine School of Art at 203/966-9700, extension 2.