Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Delve into the versatility of drypoint printmaking using plexiglass plates and water-based inks. Explore mark making with an etching tool on a plexiglass surface and add tones and values with different sandpaper grades to create unique compositions. Bring along your sketchbook filled with…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House to view Mabel D’Amico’s handmade jewelry cement sculptural forms Inspired by Mabel D’Amico’s cement sculptures, this workshop will focus on cast bas-relief and fully three-dimensional constructed cement sculptures. Participants will gain foundational techniques to explore abstract, representation or freeform sculpture, and a…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House to view Mabel D’Amico’s gestural mosaics Inspired by Mabel D’Amico’s gestural, mixed media mosaic artworks, this workshop will explore mosaic-making through an experimental and intuitive lens. Using wide-ranging and non-traditional materials including glass, paint, found objects and natural materials, participants will learn…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This workshop will survey the fundamentals of encaustic painting, the ancient technique of using hot wax and pigment. Explore rudimentary to complex two-dimensional methods while learning to melt, mix, and apply wax to surfaces. Discover endless possibilities of this sumptuous material…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This workshop will survey the fundamentals of encaustic painting, the ancient technique of using hot wax and pigment. Explore rudimentary to complex two-dimensional methods while learning to melt, mix, and apply wax to surfaces. Discover endless possibilities of this sumptuous material…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This hand-building clay class offers an exploration of Nerikomi, a Japanese ceramic technique that involves layering, folding and slicing different colored clays to create geometric patterns. (Hate glazing? You’ll love this!) Students will learn to create evocative abstract designs by combining…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Delve into traditional transparent watercolors with a series of set-ups, exercises, and demonstrations. A particular emphasis will be placed on observation, abstraction and color as points of inspiration. Experiment with techniques of washes, dry brush, wet-on-wet, and other water-based pigments, including gouache,…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This hand-building clay class offers an exploration of Nerikomi, a Japanese ceramic technique that involves layering, folding and slicing different colored clays to create geometric patterns. (Hate glazing? You’ll love this!) Students will learn to create evocative abstract designs by combining…