CLASSES & WORKSHOPS

Classes are the core of the Beverley Street Studio School education program. Weekend workshops support the intent of the classes, while allowing the student to more intensely focus on a particular medium or technique. A variety of classes are offered during the fall, winter and spring quarters, and workshops are offered throughout the year.

GIFT CERTIFICATES

Contact our school and give an artist a wonderful gift. You can either offer the total or partial fee for an art class, a workshop, or a travel/study trip.

SPRING 2010 CLASSES

Ron Boehmer - Theory and Practice of Painting:

Plein air landscape painting Intermediate / Advanced Location: Lodge Hall Nine (9) Wed, 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12, 19, 26, Jun 2
Tuition: $460 member, $490 non-member
Half Day option: 9:30 AM - 12Noon (Must have approval of the instructor)
Tuition: $320 member $350 non-member

This course involves study in the structure and nature of painting, with special focus on issues and process pertinent to plein air landscape painting. Instruction emphasizes personal development through individual and group assignments, projects and critique. Class is open only to students with previous experience and/or instruction in painting or drawing. Beginner level students are accepted only on special approval of the instructor. Participants may work in any painting and/or drawing medium. Class will meet outdoors whenever weather permits.

Please call/email if you are interested in a Workshop(s) regarding “The Essentials” by Ron Boehmer to be offered at a later date.

Mary Echols - Art History and Appreciation

Nine (9) Mondays, 10:30 AM - 12 NOON
Location: BSSS Gallery Tuition: Free to members Join today !
Mar 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10, 17, 24

Join a great group of BSSS members in looking at and discussing art and how it works. Whether you have a lot of art knowledge or not, whether you think that you like art or not, through sharing different ideas and discussions, you will find enjoyment and beauty in art more than you ever thought before. Slides / discussion.

Dymphna de Wild - Printmaking

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Five (5) Sundays, 12 Noon - 3 PM
Location: Printmaking Studio, 3rd Floor BSSS
Feb 28, Mar 7, 14, 21, 28
Tuition: $165 members, $195 non-members

Focus will be on making monotypes, using textures, image transfers and chine colle, as well as an introduction to solar plate etching. Returning students will be encouraged to work on individual printmaking projects.

Frances Dowdy - Basic SLR Photography

Beginner Location: Studio 10 Bring your camera and its manual
Apr 7, 14, 21, 28, May 5, 12
Six (6) Wed, 6:30 - 9 PM Tuition $165 members, $195 non-members

Get the creative and technical results you want by learning basic photography skills and essential camera functions. Included are metering/exposure control, shutter speeds/motion, aperture/depth of field, ISO, resolution, and more. For fully manual digital single lens reflex(SLR) cameras with interchangeable lenses. (Not for compact or point and shoot cameras.)

Janly Jaggard - Drawing and Painting

Beginner / Intermediate Medium: All Location: Lodge Hall
Nine (9) Sessions, Tuesdays 1:30 - 4:00 PM and
Sat (May 8) - 9:30-4:30, Sun (May 9) - 9:30-3:30 (w/lunch break)
Mar 30, Apr 6, 13, 20, May 4, 8+9, 11, 18
Tuition $224 members, $254 non-members

Students are guided from the beginning with basic skills and move at their own pace, using medium of their choice. Every student is given individual attention in order to develop skills and techniques as appropriate. Teaching is based on observational drawing and painting.

Janly Jaggard - The Art of Vitreous Enamel 101/102 Foil and Flux

Winter Class Beginner / Intermediate
Location: 34 Deer Run Lane, Staunton
Seven (7) Wednesdays 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM (w/lunch break)
Mar 31, Apr 7, 14, 21, May 5, 12, 19
Tuition $240 members, $270 non-members + Studio/materials fee $30

Students taking class for the first time will be introduced to basic tools and techniques of using enamel as a medium for wall work. The main theme of the class will concentrate on copper surface using sheet metal and foil. Image and color will be created by focusing on use of fluxes.

Cleveland Morris - Intro to Drawing

Beginner Location: Studio 10 Six(6) Mon, 10 AM-12:30 PM
Mar 29, Apr 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3
Tuition: $175 member, $195 non-member, discounted

An understanding of drawing is not only essential for further artistic pursuits, it just plain makes life more interesting! Anyone can learn to draw. All it takes is a grasp of line, shading, perspective (and these skills can be taught) . . . and plenty of practice. Let us provide you with an intro to the basics in an enjoyable, non-threatening environment, and you’ll start filling in the rest in no time!

Cleveland Morris - Portrait Drawing

Janly Jaggard Intermediate / Advanced Location: Studio 10
Eight (8) Thursdays, 10 AM - 12:30 PM
Apr 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20
Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member, plus model fee

Perhaps no subject offers such endless fascination for the artist as the human face. In this class, we will explore the fundamentals of drawing portraits - starting with the shape of the skull, progressing to basic proportions and individual features, and concluding with character and likeness. Whether your goal is quick sketches or finished portraits, this class will get you started.

Jeffery Stockberger - Still Life Oil Painting

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced
Eight (8) Thursdays, 1:30 - 4:30 PM Location: Lodge Hall
Apr 8, 15, 22, 29, May 6, 13, 20, 27
Tuition $216 members, $246 non-members

This class will explore the concept of indirect painting. Working from the still life, students will concentrate on developing a painting’s composition and color palette by responding to and building on marks made on the canvas. Through group and individual critiques, you will work on establishing good painting habits and technique.

Robert Stuart - Painting Critique

Robert Stuart Intermediate / Advanced
Five (5) Tuesdays, 10 AM - 12 Noon Location: Studio 10
Mar 23, 30, Apr 6, 20, May 25
Tuition: $150 member, $180 non-member

Students bring new work in any painting medium to class for constructive criticism. The goal is forward development through discernment of strengths, challenges, and direction in one’s work.

A smaller amount of class time will be used to discuss current major exhibitions, reviews or other topics in art to broaden students’ awareness of issues in contemporary art.

SPRING 2010 WORKSHOPS

Janly Jaggard - Drawing and Painting

Beginner / IntermediateLocation: Lodge Hall
Mar 13 - 14 Sat + Sun 9:30 AM - 4 PM (w/lunch break)
Tuition: $165 member, $195 non-member

This workshop is for the absolute beginner who feels intimidated about drawing but really wants to get started. You will be shown how to use simple tools and simple methods to help you draw. The workshop is also for those who cannot attend a regular daytime class or just wants more time to continue honing skills and making progress with the medium of your choice.

Shay Clanton - Beginning and Intermediate Watercolor

All Levels, helpful to have some drawing experience
Location: Lodge Hall Mar 26 - 28
Fri 7 - 8 PM Presentation in BSSS Gallery
Sat 9 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 4 PM (w/lunch break)
Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

In this workshop we will explore the medium of watercolor, emphasizing the basics of working with this beautiful and varied medium in which so much is possible. We will experiment with mixing color, watercolor washes, texture and basic sketching techniques. We will also work with some mixed media as watercolor combines well with other mediums such as pastel and charcoal. We will make some larger experimental paintings as well as more finished paintings with subjects drawn from the environment of the studio and the surrounding landscape or from still life. The class is geared toward beginners but also appropriate for those with more experience. Workshop size allows each person to receive individual attention no matter the experience level.

Frances Dowdy and Ellen Martin - Getting to Know Your Digital Camera

Winter Class Beginner Location: Studio 10 Apr 10
Two sessions: #1 10 - 11:30 AM or #2 11:30 - 1:00 PM
Tuition: $10 member, $20 non-member

This introductory workshop offers small group instruction to help you become familiar with your camera and its functions. Bring your digital point and shoot or SLR camera. Please be sure to bring your instruction manual, a card for your camera and a fully charged battery.

Liz Geiger - Still Life Boot Camp

Beginner / Intermediate / Advanced    Location: Lodge Hall
(with some drawing & painting experience preferred)
Apr 23 - 25       Fri - 7 - 8 PM Presentation in BSSS Gallery
Sat   9 AM - 5 PM,   Sun 9 AM - 4 PM, (w/lunch break)
Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

We will work from multiple set ups focusing on the use of tone and color to make light, simplification of objects into masses of forms, and lost edges to help create space and atmosphere. Paintings will be done quickly on paper starting with 45 minute studies and moving up to 2-3 hour paintings. Medium: Oil, Acrylic

Barbara Quackenbush - Acrylic Collage

Workshop Intermediate / Advanced Location: Lodge Hall May 21 - 23
Fri - 6:30 - 8 PM Presentation/Introduction in BSSS Gallery
Sat 9 AM - 5 PM, Sun 9 AM - 4 PM, (w/lunch break)
Tuition: $200 member, $230 non-member

Students will learn to make collages using acrylic gels, watercolor and colored gessoes on paper or canvas. In the introductory session (Fri evening) students will prepare surfaces for collage. On following days, instruction will focus on design and color as students develop collage methods and techniques.

GENERAL INFORMATION

MEMBERSHIP - BSSS one year membership is available at a cost of $30 per person, $50 per family, and $20 per young adult (13 to 25). Your membership entitles you to a $30 discount on each class/workshop, as well as other offers made throughout the year.

CHARGES and PAYMENTS:

BSSS does not accept partial payments for classes and/or workshops.
MasterCard, Visa, Personal Checks and Cash are accepted for payment for all classes and workshops. (Personal check or cash is preferred.)
There is a $15 administration charge which is charged one time per quarter for class registrants. (This does not apply to workshop participants.)
Pro-rated tuition - Consistent with other educational institutions, BSSS does not pro-rate tuition for missed classes. Full tuition must be paid regardless of the number of classes attended.

CANCELLATION / CHANGES POLICIES:

Teaching WEATHER - When the Augusta County Schools are closed because of inclement weather, BSSS is also closed. Please listen to your local stations or contact BSSS at 540/886-8636.

CLASSES / WORKSHOPS - are subject to minimum enrollment standards. If the minimum is not met, your class/workshop may be cancelled. In this event, your tuition will be fully refunded.

SCHEDULE CHANGE - You will be notified should a necessary schedule change occur.

PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE: If there is not sufficient registration, a class may be cancelled one(1) week prior to start, and a workshop ten(10) days prior to start. This policy is to allow instructors ample time to plan and prep for upcoming classes/workshops. Registration taken within one week of a class/workshop will not be eligible for the member discount rate.

NON-REFUNDABLE CHARGE: A $25 non-refundable charge will be made on all cancellations up to one week prior to the start of a class and 10 days prior to the start of a workshop. There will be no refund or transfer if registrant cancels within these time frames.

Beverley Street Studio School Office Administrator: Joyce Sobczak

24 W. Beverley St, Staunton, VA 24401 540-886-8636 OFFICE HOURS: Tues - Fri 10 - 2