ADULT ART CLASSES
Looking for something creative and fun to do? Take an art class! Members receive a discount on all classes (
learn more). To register, contact Heather Aaronson at
haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org, call 563.326.7804 x2045 or
download registration form.
Classes supported in part by the Brand Boeshaar Foundation Fund.
Gift Certificates Available
Turn gift giving into an art form this season with a truly one-of-a-kind present: Figge studio art classes! Gift certificates are available for any amount.
Wine & Art
6-8 pm Thursday, June 7
Oil Pastels with Gloria Burlingame
$15/student; all supplies provided
Pre-registration required
Enjo
y interesting, fun studio art activities paired with a glass of wine, light hors d’oeuvres and great conversation during this summer’s Wine & Art nights at the Figge. Featuring a different art medium each month, you’ll create finished art works to display in your home in these cool, casual studio sessions. To pre-register for any of the sessions, contact Heather at 563.326.7804 x2045 or haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org.
Download a flyer to find out more about summer Wine and Art sessions.
Upcoming:
July 5 • Pop-ups and paper art with Lynn Gingras-Taylor
August 2 • Clay sculpture with Lynn Gingras-Taylor
September 6 • Mixed media drawing with Gloria Burlingame
October 4 • Multi-media cards and envelopes with Cindy Bergthold
November 1 • TBA
Studio Classes & Workshops For Adults
Create something colorful, bold, and fun this summer - take an art class! To register, contact Heather Aaronson at
haaronson@figgeartmuseum.org or 563.326.7804 x2045.
Special Discount: Register for a class with a friend, and each of you will receive a $5 discount!
SILK PAINTING & BATIK– Adventures in Color
Instructor: Mary Stringer
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, May 26
$40/members; $50/non-members
$20 materials fee payable to instructor
Supply list
**Students should bring a sack lunch
Combining age-old wax-resist techniques and fabric dyes, students will design a beautiful batik fabric piece and a fashion-fabulous painted silk scarf. Experience the unique and flowing nature of batik designs and silk painting as you experiment with a variety of wax and dye applications using brushes, tjanting wax pens, pattern overlays and more in this fabulous fabric class. Be ready for creative magic and lots of fun!
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY – Get Focused
Instructor: Cindy Bergthold
1-4 pm Saturday, June 9
$35/members; $45/non-members
Supply list
Get focused on composition in this digital camera class. Following a discussion that includes how to find and frame the best shots as well as tips and techniques for great pictures every time you point and click, students will spend some class time outside the museum taking photos and then return for an interactive class critique of the day’s pictures.
SCULPTURE – Plaster Carving
Instructor: Zach Sapato
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, June 16
$40/members; $50/non-members
$10 materials fee payable to instructor
Supply list
**Students should bring a sack lunch
Students will learn the basics of carving a 3D sculptural form in this casual, fun workshop. QC artist Zach Sapato will lead the class in an exploration of form, texture and shape as students learn to transform a prepared plaster block into a cool sculptural piece through carving, chipping and finishing techniques.
POETRY WRITING WORKSHOP
“An Intuitive Conversation with Art: Trusting Your First Thought”
Presenter: Ryan Collins
7 pm Thursday, June 21
Mary Waterman Gildehaus Community Gallery
When we enter a gallery space, we are immediately affected by the work that surrounds us—we react, we feel, we associate. When it comes to writing about the affects a work of art has on us, trusting those initial reactions, feelings and associations can be the best place to start, rather than getting self-conscious or trying over-think our words. In this workshop, we will practice a more intuitive kind of writing toward art, starting with our first thoughts and letting our creative responses grow from there. This workshop is free with Figge membership or museum admission, and does not require pre-registration. Please bring a journal and pen.
Ryan Collins is the author of a chapbook,
Complicated Weather (Rock Town Press) & an e-chapbook,
Handshake Trouble (Gold Wake Press). His recent work has appeared in
Leveler, H_NGM_N, Jellyfish, Locuspoint, Handsome, The Hover Project, Spork, DIAGRAM & the Hell Yes Press cassette anthology
21 Love Poems. He lives in the Quad Cities.
DRAWING NATURESCAPES
Offsite at Vander Veer Park
Instructor: Ralph Iaccarino
10 am-2 pm Saturday, July 14
$40/members; $50/non-members
Supply list
**Students should bring a sack lunch
Students at all skill levels, from beginner to advanced, will enjoy this open-air exercise in drawing. Whether you choose to work in black and white or color, use your favorite drawing materials or try a new medium you’d like to explore, QC artist Ralph Iaccarino will share techniques and tips that will inform your artistic abilities in this casual, interactive workshop. 15”x15” drawing boards will be provided.
ACRYLIC PAINTING FOR BEGINNERS
Instructor: Allen Holloway
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, July 28
$40/members; $50/non-members
Supply list
**Students should bring a sack lunch
QC artist Allen Holloway will lead beginning painters in an exploration of color, perspective, image composition, paint manipulation and more in this fun painting workshop. Let your inner artist take over as you paint a simple 8”x10” landscape in an impressionistic style you’ll be proud to hang in your home.
WATERCOLOR FOR BEGINNERS
Instructor: Don Heggen
10:30am-2:30pm Saturday, August 18
$40/members; $50/non-members
Wake up your watercolor skills in this lively painting workshop. QC artist Don Heggen will share his tips and techniques for glazing, textural effects, layering, washes and more that will bring beginning watercolor students up to the next level!
DRAWING – Heads and Hands
Instructor: Gloria Burlingame
10:30 am-2:30 pm Saturday, August 25
$40/members; $50/non-members
Supply list
**Students should bring a sack lunch
Using skulls, casts and photos, master the figural challenges of proportion, structure and form when drawing heads and hands. With an emphasis on line and value using graphite and pastel pencils, students at all levels will learn to create accurate, realistic figural forms.