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Friday Session A: 2:00-3:30 pm
Friday Session A: 2:00-3:30 pm
Cray-Pen Painting
Cray-Pen Painting
Cray-Pen Painting: paint with crayons!! Using the unique tool specific to this technique of creating paintings with melted crayons
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Geiger Memorial Hall: Room 200
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Anne Aurand and Emme Worthy (Paulding County Schools)
CROCHET
CROCHET
HOW TO CROCHET
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Trustee Library
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Michael Frazer (Brenau University)
"I Carry your Heart with Me"
"I Carry your Heart with Me"
This class is a mixed media exploration of the e.e. cummings Imagist poem, "I Carry your Heart with Me". Students will work on a small piece using various media such as fabric, paint, pencil, markers, ink) to capture the mood of the work. Emphasis will be on how to take words and lines from a poetic work and creatively illustrate them.
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Fashion Lab 302
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Lyndrid Patterson (The DaVinci Academy)
Create Content with Impact and Intention
Create Content with Impact and Intention
Explore exercises and research methods to assist with developing effective content for your work. This is especially helpful to expand abstract compositions.
This workshop includes making a small Zine style book, mindfulness exercises that enhance your practice, writing exercises, and art journaling. These exercises keep the flow of creativity open so you can elevate the content of your work.
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Simmons: Mac Lab 202
Limited to 12 attendees
Taught by: Marea Haslett (Forsyth Central High School)
PAINTED SURFACE OF CERAMIC OBJECTS
PAINTED SURFACE OF CERAMIC OBJECTS
This workshop will explore ways to use underglazes to impose imagery onto ceramic surfaces and how the imagery can fit and flow with the form.
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Ceramics Studio L2
Limited to 12 attendees
Taught by: Jennifer Graff (University of North Georgia)
PERFORMANCE ART
PERFORMANCE ART
History and Contemporary Practice
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Room 200
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Diane Gregory (Kennesaw State University)
PUZZLE COLLAGE
PUZZLE COLLAGE
In this class we will create a collage using oil pastel transfer method. We will cut and assemble our collage using various papers and materials.
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Banks Recital Hall
Limited to 30 attendees per session
Taught by: Elizabeth Rojas & Allison Asberry (Heritage HS)
RAKU
RAKU
Bring your own Cone 5 Bisqueware
Bring your own Cone 5 Bisqueware
This will take both A & B sessions on Friday. You must register for both.
Workshop A & B - Friday 2:00-5:30 pm
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Ceramics Studio L1
Limited to 10 attendees
Taught by: Huy Chu (Brenau University)
REED BASKETRY
REED BASKETRY
Reed Basketry
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Print Lab 312
Limited to 10 attendees per session
Taught by: Cathy Heller (Peach County High School)
SEEDED JOURNALS
SEEDED JOURNALS
Seeded Journals: An Exploration in Mixed Media (for advanced students)
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Brenau Downtown Center: Walters Theater Lobby
Limited to 25 attendees
Taught by: Brooke Richards (Duluth HS) & Michelle Milder (Johnson HS)
SILK SCARF DYING - Acid Dying
SILK SCARF DYING - Acid Dying
Silk Scarf Acid Dying
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Art Lab 310
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Claudia Wilburn (Brenau University)
YAM FLAG DESIGN "Dream in Art"
YAM FLAG DESIGN "Dream in Art"
YAM Flag Design: Students will learn about the GAEA Youth Arts Month flag design competition. They will create their own design based on the 2024 YAM theme - Dream in Art.
*Please bring markers, colored pencils, and paint
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Brenau Downtown Center: Atrium
Limited to 50 attendees
Taught by: Tiffany Weser (Columbia Virtual Academy)
Friday Session B: 4:00-5:30 pm
Friday Session B: 4:00-5:30 pm
ARTIST TRADING CARDS
ARTIST TRADING CARDS
What’s more fun than creating miniature mixed media art works in any theme you’d like? Sharing it with others!! Join in on the FUN of ATC’s and experience the joy of trading art cards!
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Brenau Downtown Center: Atrium
Limited to 50 attendees
Taught by: Debi West (The Art of Education University)
BUTTONS FOR SOCIAL COMMENT
Buttons for Social Comment: Students will learn about Social Commentary Art, its place in the Art World and Society and the impact it can have. They will then have the opportunity to make and take, as well as trade, a 2" button which they design in support of their chosen social cause.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 pm
Brenau Downtown Center: Walters Theater Lobby
Limited to 20 attendees
Taught by: Michelle Milder (Johnson HS) & Brooke Richards (Duluth HS)
CAMERA OBSCURA
Camera Obscura: Students will create a mini camera obscura using recycled cardboard toilet paper rolls, tracing paper, foil, and masking tape. Ultimately students will be able to take a photo using their phone camera calling it a pinhole shot!!
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Room 200
Limited to 20 attendees per session
Taught by: Linn Zamora (McClure Health Science HS)
CROSS CONTOUR TO DEFINE FORM
CROSS CONTOUR TO DEFINE FORM
Using cross contour lines to define the curves in a form and offset that with a detailed background.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Geiger Memorial Hall: Room 200
Limited to 15 attendees per session
Taught by: Cathi Warren (Oconee County Schools)
DRUM LEAF BOOK BINDING
DRUM LEAF BOOK BINDING
Create a no sew "Drum Leaf" bound book in this hands-on workshop! This technique allows the book to open flat and is great to use as a journal that uses two-page spreads. It looks very similar to a sewn book and can be covered in a variety of ways.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Fashion Lab 302
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Dr. Jacqueline Ellett (Piedmont University)
PINCH POT PIGS
PINCH POT PIGS
Using pinch pots the students will make small pinch pot pigs with stoneware clay that they can take back and fire at their school. We will cover all the basics of makeing a pair of pinch pots smoothing the body and adding legs, eyes, a snout, ears and a tail. Students should have a finished 3-4 inch animal when done. We will build with stoneware clay.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Ceramics Studio L2
Limited to 12 attendees
Taught by: Barbara Swanner (St. Francis HS)
PUZZLE COLLAGE
PUZZLE COLLAGE
In this class we will create a collage using oil pastel transfer method. We will cut and assemble our collage using various papers and materials.
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Banks Recital Hall
Limited to 30 attendees per session
Taught by: Elizabeth Rojas & Allison Asberry (Heritage HS)
REED BASKETRY
REED BASKETRY
Reed Basketry
Workshop A - Friday 2:00-3:30 pm
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Print Lab 312
Limited to 10 attendees per session
Taught by: Cathy Heller (Peach County High School)
RELIEF PRINTING
RELIEF PRINTING
Relief Printing
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Art Lab 310
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Claudia Wilburn (Brenau University)
SHAVING CREAM REFLECTIONS
SHAVING CREAM REFLECTIONS
Students will work with photographing shaving cream and food coloring, and then create digital reflections along with digital recoloring techniques.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Mac Lab 202
Limited to 12 attendees
Taught by: Tiffany Weser (Columbia Virtual Academy)
ZINE
ZINE
History and Book Making
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Trustee Library
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Michael Frazer (Brenau University)
Saturday Session C: 9:00-11:00 am
Saturday Session C: 9:00-11:00 am
ANIME: OBSCURED ORIGINS
ANIME: OBSCURED ORIGINS
"Anime: Obscured Origins - Localization, Hybridity, and transnational flow in Japanese and American popular culture" - This class explores localization practices, cultural hybridity, and the transnational flow of culture through an examination of anime and Japanese cultural products in the American media landscape. Key examples are explored as these concepts are examined historically and contemporaneously.
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Interior Design Studio L3
Limited to 20 attendees
Taught by: Ian Peters (Brenau University)
ART OF ANATOMY
ART OF ANATOMY
When direct observation, mixed media and skeletal bones come together, amazing art is created! This lesson is a great way to reinforce drawing skills, explore media and collage and then deconstruct to reconstruct a cool piece of art!!
* Please Bring graphite, sharpies, oil pastels, art stix, and markers
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Brenau Downtown Center: Atrium
Limited to 30 attendees
Taught by: Debi West (The Art of Education University)
BUTTONS FOR SOCIAL COMMENT
Buttons for Social Comment: Students will learn about Social Commentary Art, its place in the Art World and Society and the impact it can have. They will then have the opportunity to make and take, as well as trade, a 2" button which they design in support of their chosen social cause.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 pm
Brenau Downtown Center: Walters Theater Lobby
Limited to 20 attendees
Taught by: Michelle Milder (Johnson HS) & Brooke Richards (Duluth HS)
CAMERA OBSCURA
Camera Obscura: Students will create a mini camera obscura using recycled cardboard toilet paper rolls, tracing paper, foil, and masking tape. Ultimately students will be able to take a photo using their phone camera calling it a pinhole shot!!
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Room 200
Limited to 20 attendees per session
Taught by: Linn Zamora (McClure Health Science HS)
Color Theory and Observation with Gouche
Color Theory and Observation with Gouche
Students will work with gouache (and/or watercolor) to create an artwork from observation that explores color theory/mixing etc.
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Geiger Memorial Hall: Room 200
Limited to 15 attendees per session
Taught by: Erin McIntosh (Associate Professor of Art - UNG)
CROSS CONTOUR TO DEFINE FORM
CROSS CONTOUR TO DEFINE FORM
Using cross contour lines to define the curves in a form and offset that with a detailed background.
Workshop B - Friday 4:00-5:30 pm
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Geiger Memorial Hall: Room 200
Limited to 15 attendees per session
Taught by: Cathi Warren (Oconee County Schools)
FELTING Fun and Furry Creatures
FELTING Fun and Furry Creatures
Felting Fun and Furry Creatures
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Fashion Lab 302
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Claudia Wilburn (Brenau University)
MIXED MEDIA MAGIC
MIXED MEDIA MAGIC
Mixed media magic: Students will explore different media through paper weaving, embroidery, and collage. Experimentation and creativity are encouraged as students create a 9x12 mixed media work using exemplars from contemporary artists.
*Students can bring items to collage with if they want. Otherwise all materials will be supplied.
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Art Lab 310
Limited to 15 attendees
Taught by: Lauren Phillips (Gwinnett School of Math, Science, and Technology)
PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
PHOTO SCAVENGER HUNT
Workshop detail to come...
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Lobby
Limited to 20 attendees
Taught by: Dallas Gillespie (North Gwinnett HS)
SKATEBOARD DECK DESIGN
SKATEBOARD DECK DESIGN
Skateboard Design Lesson Students will create a skateboard deck design using cardboard and acrylic paint. This project goes over basic design strategies. Students take their own interests and create a visually appealing design. Students incorporate traditional skate art such as graffiti.
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Burd Center for Performing Arts: Banks Recital Hall
Limited to 30 attendees
Taught by: Clay Sayre & Wendy Huerta (Gainesville City Schools)
SOUTHERN FACE JUGS
SOUTHERN FACE JUGS
Make your own Southern Face Jug!
Workshop C - Saturday 9:00-11:00 am
Simmons Visual Arts Center: Ceramics Studio L1
Limited to 12 attendees
Taught by: Dr. Jacqueline Ellett (Piedmont University)
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