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Wheel-Thrown Ceramics
Tuesdays & Thursdays:
June 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, 27; 6-8:30 pm
Open Studio – Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm;
Glaze Session –Tuesday, July 9, 6-8:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $192; General Public: $220
This class is closed.
Use the potter’s wheel to create functional forms from hunks of moist clay in this class held at Creighton University’s ceramic studio. Tailored instruction will allow new potters to achieve success on the wheel and encourage experienced potters to experiment with new techniques. Open studio hours will allow for experimentation and practice at your own pace.
Instructor: Andy Smith
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Basic Drawing
Thursdays: June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18; 6-8 pm
Joslyn Members: $72; General Public $84
This class is full. Click here to be placed on the waiting list.
This
class will introduce basic drawing concepts and techniques to new
students and hone the skills of experienced artists. Students will
experiment with a variety of drawing tools, including graphite and
charcoal, while learning to render proportion, value, and perspective.
Instructor: Julie Schram
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Color Theory
Thursdays: June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 11, 18; 6-8 pm
Joslyn Members: $72; General Public: $84
This class is closed.
Use the exhibition Renoir to Chagall: Paris and the Allure of Color as a guide to learn the fundamentals of color theory. Create studies with pastels and watercolor to better understand the visual and emotional influence color yields within a work of art.
Instructor: Ron Sykes
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Photography: The Body in Motion
Sundays: June 9, 16, 23, 30; 1-3:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $60; General Public: $75
This class is closed.
Learn the basics of action photography. Capture images of Ballet Nebraska dancers in motion while learning framing and lighting fundamentals. The first session will be held at Joslyn to see an exhibition with paintings of dancers; all other sessions will begin at Joslyn then move to offsite locations including a dance studio, Hot Shops Art Center, and Heartland of America Park.
Instructor: Jim Ferguson
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SPECIAL PRESENTATION
7 Keys to Plein Air Painting with Todd A. Williams
Learn fundamentals of plein air oil painting and gain insight
to techniques used by Post-Impressionist artists. Your experience will begin here at Joslyn and end with a day spent
studying and painting the beauty found at Lauritzen Gardens.
Students will learn to use the 7 fundamental truths embraced by late-19th century masters to gain confiedence in plein air painting. In this workshop you will discover alla prima painting techniques by conditioning your medium to paint "thin to thick" and "wet into wet". Skills gained in building original supports will yield paintings with inherient movement and texture. Practices in squinting, value control, color control, edges, paint manipulation, variety and unity will allow you to paint will personal style.
Hands on Three-Day Workshop
Saturday-Sunday: June 15-16; 9 am-4 pm @ Joslyn
Monday, June 17; 1-8 pm @ Lauritzen Gardens
Joslyn and Lauritzen Gardens Members: $300; General Public: $325
*Lauritzen Gardens members should register through Lauritzen Gardens to receive the discount. 
One-Day Demo & Lecture
Saturday: June 15; 9 am-4 pm @ Joslyn
Joslyn and Lauritzen Gardens Members: $100; General Public: $125
*Lauritzen Gardens members should register through Lauritzen Gardens to receive the discount.
Plein air landscape painter Todd A. Williams has taught workshops across the U.S. as well as in Tuscany and Prague. He is currently creating a body of work that documents views from each Nebraska county.
Follow the links below more information about Todd A. Williams.
Todd A. Williams Fine Art
Outdoor Painter: Getting Rich Textures on Location
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Plein Air in the City
Saturdays: June 22, 29, July 6, 13, July 20; 9:30 am-12:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $88; General Public: $100
Learn the basics of plein air oil painting. Gain confidence in Joslyn’s studio and gardens, then caravan to sites in the Old Market and Heartland of America Park to paint impressionistic compositions of city life. The first three sessions will meet at Joslyn; the final two will meet off-site.
Instructor: Martie Wagner
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Garden Pastels
Sunday, July 14, 1-3 pm @ Joslyn
Mondays: July 15, 22, 29; 6-8 pm @ Lauritzen Gardens
Joslyn and Lauritzen Gardens Members: $48;General Public: $56
*Lauritzen Gardens Members should register through Lauritzen Gardens to receive discount.
Learn to create painterly drawings with pastels in this class held at Lauritzen Gardens. First visit Joslyn to view an exhibition of impressionistic paintings and pastel drawings that will provide the springboard for your own expressions of color and beauty in the garden.
Instructor: Kristin Pluhacek
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Drawing & Painting: Café Life
Sundays: July 28, August 11, 18, 25; 1-3:30 pm @ Joslyn
Sunday, August 4; 1-3:30 pm @ House of Loom
Joslyn Members: $88; General Public: $100
Experience a nontraditional approach to life drawing and figure painting that will utilize studies of nude and costumed models to better understand human proportion and mass combined. Participate in a drawing session held in the café-like setting of House of Loom, then use your studies to create an impressionistic figure painting back in Joslyn’s studio. Written permission required for students under age 18.
Instructor: Tana Quincy
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Drawing: Capturing Movement
Thursdays: July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 6-8:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $105; General Public: $120
Inspired by drawings and paintings by Degas and others, practice rendering the body for accuracy of form and proportion. Then observe live demonstrations by Ballet Nebraska dancers and create drawings with charcoal and pastels.
Instructor: Tana Quincy
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Acrylic Painting: Landscapes
Thursdays: July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; 6-8:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $105; General Public: $120
Gain confidence with the basics of acrylic painting through the creation of a landscape painting. Work from photographic observation to make a painting with qualities like landscapes in the galleries by Cezanne, Monet, and Gauguin.
Instructor: TBD
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Acrylic Effects: Painting with Plaster
Saturdays, July 27 August 3, 10, 17, 24; 1-3:30 pm
Joslyn Members: $88; General Public: $100
Create several small paintings while experimenting with new acrylic techniques. Students will learn to create layered surfaces with tinted plaster that can be highly textured or sanded to reveal the color and images beneath.
Instructor: Matt Jones
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SPECIAL TEEN WORKSHOP: AGES 16-18
Life Drawing
Saturday, August 3, 1-4 pm
Joslyn Members: $22; General Public: $25
Designed for students interested in an academic figure drawing experience, this three-hour session will introduce the fundamentals of drawing the figure with accurate portion and mass through gesture drawing and value studies. Students will draw from a nude model. Written parental permission required for anyone under age 18.
Instructor: To be determined
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Create with Whimsy: Illustrative Dinner Plates
Sundays: August 4, 11, 18, 25; 1-3:30 pm
Unload Kiln/Show & Tell: Sunday, September 8; 1-2 pm
Joslyn Members: $85; General Public: $95
Unlock your child-like imagination through free flowing sketching exercises using color and line. A collection of illustrations by Dr. Seuss will encourage students to be absurd and playful while illustrating designs onto the surface of a functional dinner plate.
Instructor: Jiliwan Bunnimit
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