Info on new classes available at art center

By Hope Wallace

Happy New Year! We begin the year with the return of Tuesday night ArtNight and our first class, Silk Scarf Painting scheduled to begin today and I can’t wait! This media is quite forgiving and someone who may even consider themself a non-artist will do very well. Better yet, you’re able to wear it when you’re done.

Beginning Oil Painting for youth and adults, also begins today with Sally Geething and is available in morning and afternoon time slots. Creative use of the brush can achieve many different effects inthis painting technique.  Experiment and have fun with this re-workable paint. On Thursday, January 5, Beginning Ceramics for adults begins and runs for 4 weeks. Whether you have worked with traditional ceramics and pottery before, or you have never touched the stuff, this class will teach you some of the basic principles of working with clay. Slab-work, throwing or a simple coil pot, what you make is up to you.

Animé/Manga returns with a vengeance on Saturday mornings and afternoons. Animé/Manga I in the morning for beginners and Animé/Manga II in the afternoon for those who have taken the first class orthose who have some experience in this art genre. Matt will focus on some anatomy and additional color techniques in the second level class.

Next week, Pat Rayman and her Pastel Plus class hit the drawing boards in the morning

and Classic Acrylics in the afternoon. In Pastel Plus, additional materials are used in conjunction with soft pastels and the effects will be explored when applied to different surfaces. Classic Acrylics teaches the basics of using acrylic paint.

Our first exhibit of the year on display during the month of February will be “Walk on the Wild Side” and will feature the artists of the Indiana Wildlife Artists Association. The mission of this nationally recognized group of artists is to “encourage appreciation and understanding of wildlife among the general public and assist conservation groups with education for the benefit of wildlife.” We are very excited to work with this group and look forward to being surrounded by both paintings and sculptures of flora and fauna.

We hope your holidays were wonderful and we look forward to the long hours that winter offers us to create new and exciting things.

Contact the art center at 419.238.6837, via wassenbergdirector@embarqmail.com or visit our website at: wassenbergartcenter.org. The Wassenberg Art Center is located at 643 South Washington Street in Van Wert.