Watercolor Painting for Adult Beginners
Wednesdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
September 17 – November 5 (8 weeks)
Instructor: Patricia White
Tuition: $175 members / $190 non-members (materials not included)
Note: This course requires a minimum of 5 students to run
This course is designed for people who would like to try watercolor painting, but do not know where to start. Students will explore different techniques, while working on the landscape, still life, figurative, and/or imaginative painting, in a nurturing environment.
About the Instructor: Patricia White is a painter and a Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She is past President of the Marion Art Center and the current President of the Bourne-Wareham Art Association. She studied Realist Painting at the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and has shown her work in numerous exhibitions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including the Marion Art Center, The Jonathan Bourne Library, The Wareham Library, Don’s Art Shop of Warren, The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, ArtWorks! of New Bedford, the Annual BWAA Show and Sale, and the Gift Shop of The Cape Cod Museum of Art.
Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor
Thursdays, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
September 18 – November 6 (8 weeks)
Instructor: Jay Ryan
Tuition: $175 members / $190 non-members (materials not included)
Note: This course requires a minimum of 5 students to run
This course is a perfect “next step” for those who would like to explore watercolor painting beyond a basic understanding of color and brush strokes. Using the brilliant nature of light (and dark), we’ll “push” the medium, adding other water media, brushes, and paper surfaces, and experiment with palette color mixing to capture magic and luminosity. In each class, we will start a new painting together using landscape, still life, the figure, abstract or imaginative thought, or narrative ideas as subjects. Each class will also provide a brief and supportive group “critique”. Students will leave with expanded knowledge of technique and traditional and contemporary use of watercolor.
About the Instructor: Jay Ryan is a Fairhaven painter and a Gallery Instructor at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. A former K-12 public school art teacher and administrator, Jay has studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and Framingham State and Lesley Universities. His work has been locally shown at the Judith Klein Gallery, ArtWorks! and Gallery X in New Bedford, and the Marion Art Center.
Children’s Classes
Mac Dance Academy
Mondays, September 8 through November 11 (10 weeks)
Instructor: Paige Hiller
Preschool (ages 3-4): 3:00 – 3:30 pm
Beginner (ages 4-5): 3:30 – 4:15 pm
Intermediate (ages 5-6): 4:15 – 5:00 pm
Fall 2014 Session begins Monday, September 8.
The Marion Art Center is now accepting registrations for its Fall Dance Academy. Classes are held on Mondays and run for 10 weeks. Fall session is grounded in classical dance, whereas the Spring session focuses heavily on choreography and recital performance.
Preschool Dance: Preschool instruction is for children between the ages of 3-4. Class is 30 minutes and involves ballet warm-up, jazz stretches, basic mat tumbling and basic tap steps. The fee for the 10-week session is $145 for Marion Art Center members and $160 for non-members. (Child must be 3 years of age at the start of the Session.)
Beginner Dance: Beginner instruction is for children between the ages of 4-5. Class is 45 minutes and involves ballet warm-up and barre, jazz stretches, beginner mat tumbling. The fee for the 10-week session is $155 for Marion Art Center members and $170 for non-members.
Intermediate Dance: Intermediate instruction is for children aged 5-6. Class is 45 minutes and involves advanced ballet warm-up, barre and adagio, tumbling, jazz stretches and combinations and tap combinations. The fee for the 10-week session is $155 for Marion Art Center members and $170 for non-members.
Little People’s Theatre (ages 6-9)
Tuesdays, 4:30 – 5:30 pm
Instructor: Kim Teves
Tuition: Each six-week session is $80 for MAC members and $95 for non-members
Deadline for registration for Fall Session 1 is September 9.
Fall Session 1 LPT: September 9, 16, 23, 30; October 7, 14.
Fall Session 2 LPT: October 28; November 4, 18, 25; December 2, 9.
Winter Session 1 LPT: January 6, 13, 20, 27; February 3, 10.
Winter Session 2 LPT: February 24; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31.
Spring Session LPT: April 30; May 5, 12, 19, 26; June 2.
Each week the children will learn basic theater craft through drama games, readers’ theater and experience the fun of the stage while rehearsing for a small production to be performed the last week of each session.
Young People’s Theatre (ages 10-14)
Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Instructor: Kimberly Teves
Tuition: $170 for MAC members and $185 for non-members.
Deadline for registration for Fall Session YPT is September 11.
Fall Session YPT: September 11, 18, 25; October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6, 13.
Winter/Spring Session YPT: January 8, 15, 22, 29; February 5, 12, 26; March 5, 12, 19.
New! Spring 1/2 Session YPT: April 30; May 7, 14, 21, 28.
The class will meet on Thursdays from 4:00 to 5:30 pm. Classes are for boys and girls in grades 4 – 8. The 10-week Fall Session program starts September 11 and runs through November 13. Performance will be on Thursday, November 13. Students will learn basic theater craft through improvisation exercises, theater games, and the process of putting on a production through selection, rehearsal and production of a small show presented at the end of the session.
Call 508-748-1266 for more information.
Preschool Piano (age 3-5 yrs)
Fall 2014 Session: September 12 – November 14 (10 weeks)
Friday mornings at the Marion Art Center
Recital: November 14
25-minute private lessons for children ages 3-5 yrs.
$20 per lesson (includes cost of music/materials/recital)
Little Mozart’s Preschool Piano is an early music enrichment program for children ages 3 to 5. Lessons are designed to introduce children to the piano and teach basic foundation skills that will inspire an early appreciation for music. Individual lessons place an emphasis on rhythm, finger position, music vocabulary, music notation, note reading, and encourage overall fine motor development. It is offered three times per year at the Marion Art Center for 10-week sessions during the fall (Sept-Dec), winter/spring (Jan-April), and summer (July-August). Each session concludes with a short recital. Children may repeat sessions through age 5 to enhance their knowledge and performance skills.
To reserve a lesson time, contact Jamie Wiksten at jwiksten@verizon.net or 508-295-0379.
Saturday Morning Piano Lessons
Piano lessons for beginners and intermediates are offered on Saturday mornings, by appointment only, with instructor Donald Richard.
Fall 2014 Session begins September 27 and runs until December 13. Winter Session begins January 10, 2015 and runs until the end of the school year. To reserve a lesson time, please call Donald Richard at 781-582-6273 or email him at don@javajiveband.com.
About the Instructor: Donald Richard earned his Bachelor of Music from University of Lowell and has been teaching private lessons on piano and trumpet since 1980. He has substituted in the Old Rochester Regional School District since 1999 and since 2003 has assisted with the Sippican Elementary School Annual Band Blast and other events.
Registration and payment for all classes except piano can be made on line at www.marionartcenter.org.
The Marion Art Center is located at 80 Pleasant Street (main entrance is on Main Street) in Marion, MA 02738. For more information, please call 508-748-1266 or visit www.marionartcenter.org.