Art Education
The Sumter County Gallery of Art’s Elizabeth A. White School of Art is located upstairs at the Gallery. With programs and children’s exhibits running all year long, there is always something new to see or do. From free school tours to home school group programs and from Arty Parties to community outreach through involvement in events such as Accessibility, the Iris Festival, Shaw-Sumter Streetfest and a variety of other local events, we strive to bring the arts to everyone in our community. Please contact Trevor Bauknight, Art Education Director, by phone at (803) 775-0543 to register for classes or if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you at the Gallery.
Watch this space for information about upcoming art education opportunities for both children and adults, or fan us at http://www.facebook.com/sumtergallery.
Upcoming Opportunities
Children
Second Saturday
Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m. – Noon
Ages 4 – 12
$20 for Gallery members, $25 for nonmembers
Fun In The Mud
Amanda Cox
Wednesdays, March 3 – March 31, 4:30 – 6 p.m.
Ages 4 – 12
$85 for Gallery members, $95 for nonmembers
This beginner’s pottery class is perfect for enhancing and encouraging imagination through the popular medium of CLAY! Students will start with the very basics of molding clay with their hands and attaching pieces to make a variety of hand-built animals and use their problem-solving skills to combine their animals into whimsical totem poles. Other exercises will include pinch pots with handled lids and majolica-style platters and bowls. Students will learn the difference between painting and glazing and will also learn unique design techniques. Classes fill quickly and preregistration is strongly recommended.
Youth & Adults
Pottery
Laura Cardello
Thursdays 4 – 5:30 p.m., Mar 4 – Apr 8
Ages 12 – 17
$85 for Gallery members, $95 for nonmembers.
Learn the art of clay in a fully-equipped ceramic studio! Students will learn about the different types of clay and where clay comes from They will have the opportunity to create decorative and functional pieces while learning about hand-building, glazing and using the potter’s wheel. Classes tend to fill quickly and preregistration is strongly recommended.
Intermediate Pottery
Caroline Duncan
Mondays 4 – 6 p.m., Apr 12 – May 17
Ages 12 – 17
$85 for Gallery members, $95 for nonmembers.
The Gallery’s own Caroline Duncan returns to teach a six-week pottery studio for students that have some experience with ceramics. Caroline will help students hone their individual hand-building and wheel-throwing skills and will explore the variety of glazing and rub-and-buff techniques that are available.
Screen Printing
Frank McCauley
Wednesdays 6 - 8 p.m., March 10 – April 14
Ages 13-up
$100 for Gallery members, $120 for nonmembers.
Gallery Curator Frank McCauley, a working artist in the medium of screen printing, will hold a six-week workshop in that medium in which students will learn to use basic tools and techniques to produce prints on paper and fabric.
Primitive Photography
Trevor Bauknight
Thursdays 5 – 7 p.m., April 15 – May 20
Ages 13-up
$100 for Gallery members, $120 for nonmembers.
The Gallery’s Trevor Bauknight will work with students to build and use primitive pinhole cameras and a variety of early photographic techniques. Students will learn about slow photography and and a variety of other techniques that will allow them to continue to experiment with the medium.
Adults
Painting
Rose Metz
Tuesdays 4 – 6 p.m., Mar. 30 – May 4
Ages 18-up
$120 for Gallery members, $135 for nonmembers
Rose will be offering instruction in watercolor, acrylic or oil media and the student gets to choose! This is a unique opportunity to work with a talented local artist who has been recognized nationally for her work. Classes fill quickly, so we encourage you to preregister early!
Pottery
Laura Cardello
Tuesdays 6 – 8 p.m., 6-week classes starting Feb. 16, Mar. 30 and May 11
Ages 18-up
$120 for Gallery members, $135 for nonmembers.
Learn the art of clay in a fully-equipped ceramic studio! Students will learn about the different types of clay and where clay comes from They will have the opportunity to create decorative and functional pieces while learning about hand-building, glazing and using the potter’s wheel. Classes tend to fill quickly and preregistration is strongly recommended.
To Register
Call us at 803-775-0543
or come by the Gallery
during our regular hours:
Tuesday – Saturday
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday
1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Workshop Series
Beginning Basket Weaving with Georgette Sanders
When Georgette isn’t making baskets in Charleston’s city market, the McClellanville native takes time out to teach others the time-honored traditional art form of weaving baskets of sweetgrass, longleaf pine needles and other straw materials. She’ll hold a four-day beginners’ workshop, starting Friday, March 12, using longleaf pine needles. A more advanced workshop will follow in the Fall when sweetgrass becomes available.
Friday, March 12, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 13, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 18, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Friday, March 19, 4 – 6:30 p.m.
Cost is $115 ($135 for nonmembers) and ages 13 and up are welcome!
Resin Jewelry Workshop
with Caroline Duncan
We’ll explore the versatile world of poly resin beginning with the basic techniques of mold-making and casting jewelry in this two-day workshop led by the Gallery’s Caroline Duncan.
Friday, April 23, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 24, 2 – 4 p.m.
Cost is $50 ($60 for nonmembers)
and ages 13 and up are welcome!
Clay As Canvas
with Amanda Cox
Ceramic tile decoration originated in the Middle East and spread around the region hundreds of years ago. In this class we will take this ancient technique a step further and turn our clay into canvas. Students will take designs and transfer them onto slabs of clay. They will use underglazes and traditional color theory approaches to make several beautiful ceramic tiles that can be hung together as diptychs or triptychs or separately for smaller stand alone pieces of art.
Saturday, May 1, 1 – 5 p.m.
Cost is $50 ($60 for nonmembers)
ages 13 and up are welcome!
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