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This is an intense course for students who have a basic understanding and experience with the color wheel and the three properties of COLOR——HUE, SATURATION AND VALUE and a working knowledge of how to create palettes and know ways of communicating with color. You will learn: How to use color to effectively capture and hold the attention of...

Are you passionate about a project, an art vision or a new habit? Do you find you don't quite have the motivation or stamina to get it going, or you are halfway through and losing steam? You'll learn skills to support all of the stages of working through a complete cycle of the creative process.

Join us for a panel discussion of artists, former students, and those who worked with Joan Brown. Image: Joan Brown, Model with Foot on Table, Acrylic, graphite, and ink on paper, 1973. Courtesy of the Estate of Joan Brown

Every craftsperson and artist uses color, even if instinctively! Refresh your craft practice by learning a more systematic approach to color.  Master the basic concepts of hue, value, and saturation;  explore ranges of true neutrals and chromatic greys;  experiment with traditional and innovative color schemes;  and apply...

This is the first of two exciting day-long workshops in which you will learn abstract acrylic painting techniques to make your paintings more exciting.  For all levels but especially good for people who have had some painting experience.  Building a painting takes into account the structure, the methods and the tools. When you know ways...

Get the tools to tackle the complexities of understanding color and color mixing. We will be attempting to understand how we see color by using two approaches, as both a logical system as developed by Albert Munsell and as the dynamic viewing experience as shown by Josef Albers. We will be exploring color through discussion, demonstrations, and exercises...

Express your Wild Creativity: 4-day Abstract Art Intensive “Cut Loose!  Get Bold!  Find Your Marks!” Go wild with us! Bring your courage, your curiosity, your love of creating for this 4-day intensive abstract acrylic workshop. This workshop is chock full of learning, exploring, delving, trusting, getting wildly creative. You will be...

Explore color screen printing through a variety of layered image making processes. Learn methods for color juxtaposition, creating additional color through overlapping shape and texture, and create simple photographic halftones using the computer. This class is intended for students with basic screen printing experience to expand their image making...

Valar Dohaeris, Nerds. Have you read 'Game of Thrones' so many times that you broke the book's spine? Does your loved one keep saying "The night is dark and full of terrors" and you just don't get it? Did you not read past 'Game of Thrones' because you got immediately suspicious that we don't know the difference between 'Game of Thrones' and 'A Song...

Do you love glass marbles and pendants? Wonder how they are made? Now you can learn the fundamentals of glass torch work and make them yourself! Topics include a brief history of beads and glass technology, small sculptural items, safety procedures, tools and techniques.

This course introduces you to the key concepts of fine art. Each lesson starts with explanation and examples from the art history.​ Even a complete beginner by the end of this course will be able to paint a portrait and create a composition with one or several human figures from scratch. Recommended for beginners and for art lovers who'd like to...

Join us for a panel of exhibiting artists whose work is in relationship to the environment. Image: Chester Arnold, Histories, 2010, Oil on linen

A one-day symposium on the history of California textile art and current trends, innovations and happenings.  Box lunch included: Tom's Turkey sandwich, Tuna Salad sandwich, or Vegetarian sandwich.

Learn to approach ceramic hand-building techniques through the lens of art history. Each week we'll learn about a different 20th or 21st Century ceramicist who made innovative, celebrated work in her time. We'll then sketch a favorite piece made by the artist and learn a technique to recreate or re-imagine the artist's original piece. Materials will...

Learn the history of jewelry mold making, and current low tech methods. Learn how rubber molds are made with the “Vulcanizer”and how they are cut. Instead of the same old printed jewelry, there are several other low tech ways to repeat the waxes. The wax finished products can be sent off site to be cast for a fee dependent on the metal's current...