The Marion Art Center is now accepting registrations for its Fall 2015 classes. The Marion Art Center is located at 80 Pleasant Street (main entrance is on Main Street) in Marion. For more information, please call 508-748-1266 or to register for any of the Fall 2015 classes on-line, visit http://www.marionartcenter.org/about/register/.
Adult Classes
Watercolor Painting for Adult Beginners: Thursdays, 10:00 am to noon for eight weeks from September 24 to November 19 (Note: No class on November 5). Tuition: $180 members / $195 non-members (supplies not included). Instructor: Patricia White. Note: This course requires a minimum of five 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. Participants should bring to the first class whatever supplies they have on hand. A suggested Beginner’s Supply List will be available at the first class.
Advanced Watercolor Painting: Fridays, 10:00 am to 12:00 noon with instructor Jay Ryan. Tuition: $175 members / $190 non-members (materials not included). This course requires a minimum of five 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.
Children’s Classes
MAC’s goal is that young people develop their own unique creative voice, their imagination, and their understanding of drama and its role in society. We look forward to soaring with your young star as they experience new adventures and challenges through our performing arts offerings and take their next step as an actor and a person!
Little People’s Theater (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. Minimum of five students required for this class to run.
The deadline for registration for Fall Session 1 is September 8. In this class, students will use their bodies, voices, and found objects to create another world full of fantastic beings that are wacky and spooky and everything in between. Through storytelling, theatre games and creative play, our youngest actors will experience the joys of stretching their imaginations. 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 day of each session. Sign up with a friend and have twice the fun!
Fall 2015 Session 1 LPT: September 15, 22, 29; October 6, 13, 20
Fall 2015 Session 2 LPT: November 3, 10, 17, 24; December 1, 8
Winter 2016 Session 1 LPT: January 5, 12, 19, 26; February 2, 9
Winter 2016 Session 2 LPT: February 23; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Spring 2016 Session LPT: April 5, 12, 26, May 3, 10, 17
Young People’s Theater (Grades 4-8): Thursdays, 4:00 to 5:30 pm; Instructor: Kim Teves; Tuition: Each eight-week session is $160 for MAC members and $175 for non-members; Minimum of five students required for this class to run. The deadline for registration for Fall Session 1 is September 5.
Classes are for boys and girls in grades 4-8. The eight-week Fall Session starts September 10 and runs through October 29. Performance will be on Thursday, October 29. YPT nurtures the intellectual, artistic, and personal development of young people, helping them find their “inner light” of self-confidence, sensitivity, creativity, and leadership. Our young actors will develop acting skills while having fun and learning to interact with one another. Through acting games, improv, and small scenes, these young actors will learn theatre basics. They will learn the rules of the theatre, theatre terminology, how to project an emotion, how to start creating a character, and more. Students will learn the process of putting on a production through selection, rehearsal and production of a small show presented at the end of the session.
Fall 2015 Session YPT: September 10, 17, 24; October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Winter 2016 Session YPT: January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11, 25; March 3
Spring 2016 Session YPT: March 24, 31; April 7, 14, 21; May 5, 12, 19
MAC Dance Academy: Wednesdays, September 23 to November 11; Preschool (age 3-4) 3:30 – 4:05 pm; Kinderstep (age 4-5) 4:15 – 5:00 pm; Beginner (age 6-7) 5:15 – 6:00 pm; Intermediate (age 8-9) 6:15 – 7:00 pm; Fall 2015 Session begins on Wednesday, September 23; Instructor: Joclyne Nunes.
The Marion Art Center is now accepting registrations for its Fall 2015 Dance Academy. Classes are held on Wednesdays and run for eight 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 35 minutes and involves ballet warm-up, jazz stretches, basic mat tumbling and basic tap steps. The fee for the eight-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.)
– Kinderstep (ages 4-5) and Beginner (ages 6-7): Kinderstep and Beginner instruction are for children between the ages of 4-5 and 6-7. Class is 45 minutes and involves ballet warm-up and barre, jazz stretches, beginner mat tumbling. The fee for the eight-week session is $155 for Marion Art Center members and $170 for non-members.
– Intermediate: Intermediate instruction is for children aged 8-9. 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 eight-week session is $155 for Marion Art Center members and $170 for non-members.
Preschool Piano: Friday mornings at the Marion Art Center; Instructor: Jamie Wiksten; 25-minute private lessons for children ages 3-5 years; $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 Instruction: Piano lessons for beginners and intermediates are offered on Saturday mornings, by appointment only; Instructor: Donald Richard. To reserve a lesson time, please call Donald Richard at 781-582-6273 or email him at don@javajiveband.com.