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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek Immerse yourself in the spontaneous and expressive medium of gelli printing, a mono-printing technique that uses a gelatin plate to press on paper. Explore this approachable medium through an array of materials and methods, including botanical impressions; textured prints with mark…
$350.00
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…
$400.00
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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek Through exercises and demonstrations, explore the dynamic, immediate and versatile expression of pastel. Participants will delve into the application of soft, hard, and oil pastels on assorted papers to create depth, perspective, and overall compositions. Subject material may include still life,…
$350.00
Open to all levels All supplies provided Explore visual language through drawing: line, form, composition, light and shadow, and conventional and unconventional ways of seeing. Various subject matter and approaches to drawing will be used, both traditional and contemporary. Work observationally from still life, the figure, and imagination to experiment with mark making. Students are…
$350.00
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Open to all levels, Age 16+ All supplies provided This one-day workshop will focus on self-portraiture, in its broadest sense, as a means of reflection and transformation. Moving beyond traditional self-portraiture, the goal of this workshop is to delve deeper — exploring the masks that society conditions us to wear, revealing aspects of ourselves we’ve…
$75.00
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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This workshop offers a rich immersion into the expressive potential of watercolor. Through guided demonstrations and motivational set-ups, learn or build on the foundational techniques of traditional transparent watercolor, including washes, layering, wet-on-wet, dry brush, and color mixing. Experiment on a…
$350.00
Open to all levels All supplies provided Immerse yourself in a rich investigation of the human form. Explore line, shape, color, and composition through preliminary sketches and complete paintings from the model. Oil or acrylic paints can be used, and more experienced painters are encouraged to bring their own paints and brushes. A critique will…
$350.00
Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Based on the found art constructions of Joseph Cornell to Mabel D’Amico, this class will explore Box Art constructions, an assemblage of objects and visuals affixed into a shallow box. Tell stories, create dreamy landscapes, evoke a mood, give a sense…
$400.00
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Open to all levels and ages 16+ All supplies provided In this one-day workshop, delve into the spontaneous and expressive medium of watercolor. Explore techniques of washes, blending, and layering while building confidence with brushes, color mixing, and various papers. More experienced participants may bring the watercolor supplies they have. Instructor: Jim Bergesen
$75.00
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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek This weaving workshop combines traditional loom techniques with unconventional materials — such as paper, found objects, natural elements, and fabric — to create unique and textured woven textiles. Participants learn the fundamentals of hand-weaving and loom setup, then create new woven…
$375.00
Open to all levels, but previous painting experience encouraged Bring your own paint, brushes and canvases (24” size limitation) Continuing a long tradition of landscape painting on Long Island, this workshop offers participants the opportunity to study light, composition, and color while working from the natural environment at The Art Barge and the Napeague surroundings.…
$350.00
Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek to view Mabel D’Amico’s mask artworks This class explores the art of mask-making using found objects and constructed elements. Drawing on art historical references from cultures around the world, as well as Mabel D’Amico’s dynamic collection of handmade mask artworks, participants…
$400.00
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Open to all levels and ages 16+ All supplies provided In this one-day workshop, work from observation to explore the necessary skills of drawing: line, form, proportion, shading, and tonal values. This workshop offers beginners and advanced artists a supportive environment to explore conventional and unconventional ways of seeing through a wide array of drawing…
$75.00
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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek This printmaking course introduces students to a range of printmaking techniques with an emphasis on experimentation, texture, and process. Students will create monotypes, linocuts, collagraphs, and cyanotypes, working on a press with found materials, hand-carved blocks, and light-sensitive processes. Participants will…
$400.00
Open to beginners All supplies provided Inspired by Mabel and Victor D’Amico’s innovative teaching practices, this course introduces the beginner painter to techniques and applications in tempera and acrylic paint, and elements of drawing and collage. In a supportive and energizing studio environment, participants will explore composition, color mixing, abstraction and observation to discover their…
$350.00
Open to artists with previous glass experience All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek Designed for glass artists with previous glass cutting experience, this workshop expands technical and creative approaches to glass fusing through three focused projects: One with scrap glass, one with stringers, and one with stencils and powder. Through demonstrations…
$400.00
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Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants can tour the D’Amico House midweek Discover the wonder of earth-based colors in this hands-on course. Forage natural materials to create your own inks and paints from plants and earth, then transform them through painting and printmaking. Explore monoprints, anthotypes, relief prints, painting and more, and gain…
$375.00
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