Raleigh Parks Winter-Spring 2024 Leisure Ledger

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Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $126 Instructor: Michelle Miolla Jan 9-Feb 20 Tu

will le 10:00am-2:30pm Pottery - Beginning Handbuilding Age: 16-99 yrs. Expand your possibilities with clay! If you can imagine it, you can build it with clay. In this class, students arn the basics of handbuilding with clay. Course will include an introduction to the slab roller, extruder, and other handbuilding tools. Students purchase clay and tools from Pullen Arts Center’s store (approximately $29 for clay; tool kit available for $15 or students may buy individual tools). Please arrive 20 minutes early to the first class to purchase materials. This class qualifies students for a pottery studio membership upon completion of the class and studio orientation. 7 sessions. requires that you have taken at least one paper making class with Sarah Ann or an override from her to join the class. Class-size is limited to ensure a comfortable community learning atmosphere. Participants will have access to her critter beater, press, and other equipment necessary. Please bring 12 to each class for pulp and other aterials. Register for each monthly ession in February, March, & April. Feel ree to email the instructor at sarah@ arahannaustin.com instructor: Sarah nn Austin ertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $58 eb 18 Su 12:00-4:30pm ar 17 Su 12:00-4:30pm $ m s f s A S F M Apr 21 Su 12:00-4:30pm Photography - The Art of Capturing Shadows: Cyanotype Printing Age: 15-99 yrs. Enjoy making cyanotype photography from plants in this rewarding, educational, and playful workshop. Sarah Ann has been offering workshops and university courses in cyanotype printing for over 8 years. This one-day class on creating cyanotype photography with plants and light offers a fun, easy, and rewarding experience in printmaking using the cyanotype technique as well as an introduction to getting the supplies on your own. You’ll make your own cyanotypes and go home with your very own, usually frame-worthy, cyanotype art! The cyanotype process, also known as the blueprint process because of its deep color, was first introduced in the 1800s. For artists and scientists, cyanotype workshop is rewarding. rimentation is encouraged, no akes are possible in cyanotype art! xperience required. $5 supply fee o the instructor at the start of will cover the cost of cyanotype icals. All other supplies included. 1 ion. Instructor: Sarah Ann Austin. ma Arts Center – Course Fee: $75 blue early this Expe mist No e due t class chem sess Serto Apr 6 Sa

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Age: 16-99 yrs. Experience the joy of watercolor in a casual environment at Sertoma Arts Center. We will explore traditional techniques as well as some experimental techniques. Janie will demonstrate in the morning. We will break for lunch (bring your own) and we will have both of the afternoons to explore and enjoy art. Bring lots of photos, ideas and enthusiasm. Supply list available on Sertoma’s webpage. 2 sessions. Instructor: Janie Johnson. Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $120 Jan 20-Jan 21 Sa & Su 9:45am-3:30pm Feb 17-Feb 18 Sa & Su 9:45am-3:30pm Mar 16-Mar 17 Sa & Su 9:45am-3:30pm Apr 13-Apr 14 Sa & Su 9:45am-3:30pm Papermaking - Eastern Papermaking Techniques Age: 15-99 yrs. Eastern paper, often identified as washi, is characterized by its both thin and strong properties and is commonly made from the inner bark of the mulberry bush. The method we will use, although Japanese, is applicable to most plant bast fibers. This class will go over all the steps in making paper in this method, starting with pulp preparation: cooking and scraping the fibers clean and then beating them into pulp. We will then form sheets using the nagashizuki method with flexible screens as it is practiced in Japan. We will make as many sheets as time allows from both abaca (known as either Manila Hemp or banana fibers) and NC kozo (mulberry fibers). All supplies included. 3 sessions. Instructor: Sarah Ann Austin. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $136 Feb 28-Mar 13 W 6:00-9:00pm Papermaking - Eastern Papermaking: Intermediate and Advanced Age: 16-99 yrs. Now that you’ve made paper and you loved it, research the nuances between different fibers. All participants must have some plant/bark papermaking experience and will come with a fiber of their choosing to make paper with. A variety of sugetta sizes will be available for participants to use and $12 materials fee to instructor will cover the cost of supplemental fiber. Please email the instructor for pre class instructions. Sarah@sarahannaustin.com. 2 Sessions. Instructor: Sarah Ann Austin Sertoma Arts Center – Course Fee: $95 Papermaking - Professional Papermaking Open Studio Age: 15-99 yrs. Come join professional Papermaker, Sarah Ann Austin, in a monthly open studio where you can come with a project to work on, a problem to solve, or just come to have fun with a friend making paper. This class Apr 18-Apr 25 Th 6:00-9:00pm

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Instructor: Patty Merrell Jan 22-Mar 4 M

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Pottery - Beginning Wheel Age: 16-99 yrs. Beginning Wheel is one of our most popular classes! Demonstrations will focus on the fundamentals of wheel-thrown pottery. Projects will teach skills such as wedging, sticking, and centering clay on the wheel, the use of throwing tools, and basic glazing techniques. Instructors offer individualized attention as skill progression is unique to each person. Students purchase clay and tools from Pullen Arts Center’s store (approximately $29 for clay; tool kit available for $15 or students may buy individual tools). Please arrive 20 minutes early to the first class to purchase materials. This class qualifies students for a pottery studio membership upon completion of the class and studio orientation. 7 sessions. Pullen Arts Center – Course Fee: $126 Instructor: Olivia Martinez Jan 8-Feb 26 M 6:00-8:30pm Instructor: Doug DeBastiani Jan 9-Feb 20 Tu 3:30-6:00pm Jan 9-Feb 20 Tu 6:30-9:00pm

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Instructor: Kay Parks Jan 10-Feb 21 W Instructor: Doug DeBastiani Jan 10-Feb 21 W Instructor: Doug DeBastiani Jan 10-Feb 21 W Instructor: Lauren Wellborn Jan 18-Feb 29 Th Instructor: Emily Malpass Jan 25-Mar 7 Th Instructor: Doug DeBastiani Mar 12-Apr 23 Tu Mar 12-Apr 23 Tu Instructor: Kay Parks Mar 13-Apr 24 W

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Pottery - Ceramic Saturdays Age: 16-99 yrs. Explore the world of clay with these project focused workshops on the second Saturday of each month! Each workshop will have a different themed project that can be completed e sitting. Projects will be great for ners or experienced potters looking ew ideas to explore. Projects will be y for pick-up about 2 weeks after in on begin for n read the workshop. No experience required. All supplies included. 1 session. Instructor:

Ashley Bonner. Pullen Arts Center Paint Palettes and Water Cups Jan 13 Sa

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Game Boards Feb 10 Mini Altars Mar 9 Textures in Clay Apr 13

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