Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will 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…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House to view Mabel D’Amico’s handmade jewelry This introductory class on polymer clay presents an overview of polymer clay jewelry, ornaments and wearable art. Basic techniques include conditioning, basic canes, texturing, baking/curing, sanding/buffing and finishing by adding jewelry findings, wires or cording. Explore…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Through exercises and demonstrations, participants will explore the application of soft, hard and oil pastels on assorted papers to create depth, perspective, and overall compositions. Subject material may include still life, landscape, and botanicals. Participants can bring their own pastels and pastel…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Work with colored sheet glass, powder, frit, and stringers to explore techniques that build a wide range of glass fused and slump molded pieces. Specific hands-on exercises in cutting and arranging glass will lead participants to develop an understanding of the…

Open to all levels All supplies provided  Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek 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, landscape, and the figure…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek to view Mabel D’Amico’s image transfers Explore the process and possibilities of image transfer — lifting ink/toner from a color or black and white laser copier printout and affixing it to another surface. Manipulate the transferred image through elements of drawing,…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Create a small, hanging stained glass piece. Design a unique composition, then cut and solder colored glass pieces using the copper foil method. Specific hands-on exercises in cutting and arranging glass will lead participants to develop an understanding of the materials…

Open to all levels, but previous painting experience encouraged  Some materials provided; Bring your own paint and brushes  Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This course will guide the experienced painter through unique experiments and explorations in alternative approaches to painting with acrylic, oil and water-based paints. A wide range of paint surfaces, applications,…

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 as motivational inspiration, with a particular emphasis on plein air watercolor in and around the Barge landscape and at the D’Amico House, weather depending. Experiment with techniques of washes, dry…

Open to all levels All basic supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Explore the human form with air-dry sculpting clay. Translate your observations of a life model into three-dimensional artwork, in both traditional and non-traditional ways. Hand-building technique, as well as good observation, will be emphasized. A critique will be held on…

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…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek Discover the endless possibilities of 2-D application of papers and other materials to a flat surface. Through dynamic demonstrations/motivations/exercises, using a variety of paper sources, gluing mediums, and mounting surfaces, participants will explore the potential of line, shape, color, texture and space…

Open to all levels  All materials provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek This course will guide the new and experienced artist through daily exercises to inspire creativity from within. Using Mabel and Victor D’Amico’s renowned teaching practices, participants will discover and explore a continuing source of ideas through visual, auditory and sensory motivations…

Open to all levels All supplies provided Participants will tour the D’Amico House midweek to view Mabel D’Amico’s assemblage artworks Create dimensional constructions for wall pieces, standing sculptures and mobiles using natural and man-made found objects. Through demonstrations/motivations/exercises, participants will explore the possibilities of using various found object materials for creating their own artworks. Participants…