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1 The Arts & Cultural Center CLASSES November December 2013 Arts & Cultural Center ArtZone P.O. Box 1126 / 117 North Water Street Georgetown, KY Call to register for classes ArtWorks at the Arts & Cultural Center with classes from A-Z in the ArtZone Studio Classroom We are happy to arrange Custom Classes for groups of 3 or more set at times convenient for you and the instructor. Pick from past or current classes and we will do our best to arrange a class for you, your family, and friends. Please register early to secure your place in class! Paper Flower Gardening: with Janice Gray Class #Paper November 2 Time: First Saturdays 1-3:00 p.m. / 3-10 students Cost: $15 Have you been admiring the flowers at the Arts & Cultural Center Gallery and ArtZone? This class is for you! Spend 2 delightful hours making paper flowers with the originator of the Red Gallery Gift Shop window gardens - go home with flowers and a green thumb. Materials provided. Landscape Painting in Acrylics: with Janice Gray Class #A November 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30, Class #A November 7, 14, 21, & 28 Time: Thursdays 11:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m. Saturdays 3:30-5:30 p.m. s / 1-4 students Cost: Thursdays $65 (*plus supplies) Saturdays $75 (*plus supplies) Call to join in a session in progress!

2 Learn the basics of acrylic painting and complete a painting in a 4 week session. This class can be taken more than once for continuing instruction. * Materials can be supplied by the instructor for use in class for $13, or if you would like to supply your own, please call or for a list. Digital Photography 1: with Keith House Class #DP November 7, 14, 21, & 28 Class #DP December 9, 16, 23, & 30 Time: Tuesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. / 3-10 students Cost: $120 Learn basic photography concepts such as aperture, shutter speed, focal length and depth of field. We will cover the difference between traditional film photography and digital technology. Additional areas that will be discussed include transferring and manipulating digital images, color spaces, printing and a look at digital retouching. Bring your Digital camera as well as some examples of photos that didn't turn out the way you had hoped. Students are responsible for any printmaking costs or CD media used to bring photos to class. (around $20-$30) Drawing from the Heart: with Annie Brady Class #D November 3, 10, 17, & 24 Class #D December 1, 8, 15, & 22 Time: Sunday 1:00-3:00 p.m. Age: 8 to ancient / 2-10 students Cost: $60 Truly a beginning, this class starts with a discussion about kinds of pencils, papers and other materials and how they affect the finished artwork. Learn about lines and form as you do exercises with the provided workbook. Still life set ups and reference photos will be available to draw from during class, with an emphasis on the artist's story-telling role and the thinking behind the work, not just mindless copying. For beginners to experienced, this class celebrates drawing for the joy of it - loosen up, turn off your inner criticizer and draw, draw, draw. Basic paper and drawing implements will be provided, but feel free to bring your own favorites. All Torn Up: with Annie Brady Class #PCollage November 3 Class #PCollage December 8 Time: Saturday 4:00-6:00 p.m. Age: 8 to ancient / 2-12 students Cost: $40

3 Listen to the story and then create pictures from torn pieces of colored paper, using a technique very similar to collage. This class offers a fun way to work off stress while using a different idea process to produce images, looking at the negative spaces and working three-dimensionally. Students will have a finished piece of artwork to take home at the end of this one-day workshop. NIA : with Beth Stone Class #NIA November 6, 13, 20, & 27 Class #NIA December 4, 11, & 18 Time: Wednesday 6:30-7:45 p.m. Age: 14 and up / 1-3 students Cost $5.00 per class NIA Blends dance, martial arts, and healing arts to create a sensory based dynamic fitness and Lifestyle practice. Come dance, kick stretch, shake, and laugh with us! "Love Your Body Love Your Life!" Group classes are ongoing. For information and to register by littlebrownbird.beth@gmail.com or call Petal Power: with Annie Brady Class #Floral November 24 Class #Floral December 28 Time: Saturday 6:00-8:00 p.m. Age: 8 to ancient / 2-12 students Cost: $60 This one day workshop in the art of designing flowers is for beginners or someone with experience who wants to brush up their skills and get feedback on their designs in a supportive setting. All materials included, but please bring your own clippers or pruners if you have a favorite, and any extra plant material you would like to use. Create your own seasonal floral arrangement! Ceramic Pottery Glaze and Clay Classes Glaze Days: Mix it up! at Primary Pottery Class #C November 7 Class #C December 5 Time: Thursday, 6-7:30 p.m. Age: Teens and up Cost: $12 per 4" tile, $16 per 6" tile, $20 per 8" tile Want to explore new ceramic glaze painting techniques? Choose 1 to 3 ideas from "Lacing", "Zentangle", "Designer Liner", "Cobblestone", and "Stenciling".

4 Creature Feature: with Annie Brady Class #C November 23 & 30 Class #C December 14 & 21 Time: Saturday 6:00-8:00 p.m. Age: 8 to ancient / 2-10 students Cost: $60 Make Creatures from your imagination, animals, anything... and learn about working in clay without a wheel. Basic hand-building techniques no prior experience needed!! Mud and fun!! Clay Days: with Janis AtLee Class #C November 23 Class #C December 21 Time: Saturday 1-3 p.m. Age: Teens and up Cost: $25 per class Want to get your hands into clay? Always wondered about how clay sculpture is made? Sign-up for one or many open studio classes beginning in September. The first 45 minutes is instruction and then you get to play in clay. Includes clay for the project of the day. Glaze Days: Landscapes at the ACC ArtZone Studio Class #C December 6, 7 Class #C December 13, 14 Class #C December 20,21 Time: Friday and Saturday, 1-3 p.m. Age: Teens and up Cost: $12 per 4" tile, $16 per 6" tile, $20 per 8" tile Learn how to paint landscapes on ceramic tile to hang as a picture, use a a trivet, or create a custom backsplash for your kitchen.

5 FUN on FRIDAY! Class: #F When: November 1 Learn to make a knitting pin cushion or doo-dad cushion. Just bring a skein of light colored, medium weight yarn and your #7 - #9 knitting needles. If you are a beginner, start with learning to make a slip knot, cast on, garter stitch, and bind off. Class: #F When: November 8 Learn to make a coffee cup coosie. Just bring a skein of light colored, medium weight yarn and your #7 - #9 knitting needles. If you are a beginner, we will start with learning to purl. Class: #F When: November 15 Learn to make boot toppers. Just bring a skein of light colored, medium weight yarn and your #7 - #9 knitting needles. If you are a beginner, we will start with learning to ribbing and to read a pattern. Class: #F When: November 22 Learn to make a cowl. Just bring a skein of light colored, medium weight yarn and your #7 - #9 knitting needles. If you are a beginner, we will start with learning to knit I the round.

6 The Arts & Cultural Center EVENTS November December 2013 Arts & Cultural Center Gallery P.O. Box 1126 / 117 North Water Street Georgetown, KY Call for information Gallery and Red Gallery Gift Shop Open noon-4 pm Tuesday- Saturday and by arrangement "Gallery & Gifts Holiday Market" November 5 - December 21 Tuesday-Saturday, noon-4 p.m. and by calling to arrange your personal visit with family and friends. Make your gift giving count this a season. Shop local, shop art to give the gift of giving to your home town economy and support both the arts center as well as the artists. The galleries are filled with incredible local and regional affordable art perfect for special gift giving this holiday season. Call to Artists for April 2014: yes that includes all artists including photographers, writers, and musicians! "Scenes of Scott County" at the Scott County Arts & Cultural Center will feature any scene your mind enjoys capturing or creating. There are home, hamlet, town and city scenes (- see John Hockensmith's North Elkhorn Creek and Dick Wier's Georgetown plein aire paintings as in "plain air" - outside sketches at City Hall-), and there are creeks (-see James Archambeault's photos of North Elkhorn Creek at the Scott County Court House-), forests, fields, barns, covered bridges...anything that you can say "this is Scott County" waiting for your imagination. Fall colors are at their peak outside, and wintery wet days provide the time to create while warm and cosy inside! In the JAILER s HOME 2013 Antiques & Art Walk: Thursday November 21, 5-7 p.m. Thank you Open House welcomes you to meet members, volunteers, and newcomers during a evening of celebration thanks giving for the goodness we find in each other and our community. "Tour of Historic Homes" December 8, Sunday 1-5 p.m. $10. Begin your tour at the Arts & Cultural Center where maps and directions await your visit, or choose any of the of homes of distinction in historic architecture to start your adventure back in time. This annual event hosted by members and volunteers of the Scott

7 County Arts Consortium is both a welcomed adventure for participants, and important fundraiser for the Scott County Arts & Cultural Center. Join us this year for the tour, and join the SCAC to provide a home for the arts. Thursday December 19, 5-7 p.m. Tie a Bow on It Open House welcomes you to find that next to last minute gift from a wide variety of affordable art work created by local and regional artists. Shop local, shop art, and give something with meaning to those who deserve something special. The Scott County Arts & Cultural Center, is managed by the Scott County Arts Consortium, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit organization that provides SCAC/ArtWorks programming for the community, a welcome center featuring local businesses, area historic, cultural, and arts attractions and events, a gallery gift shop, ongoing gallery exhibits, events, with space for meetings and receptions. Shop local, shop art, join in, and join us this year. Be a part of the future by saving the best from the past, and learning from the rest to provide a home for the arts in Scott County. New members, donations and event sponsors are welcome!