WORKSHOPS
Intro to Digital Art with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, January 24, 1 to 4 pm
This workshop is designed to give beginning digital art students an opportunity to explore basic materials and techniques. Camille will teach basic skills and techniques in design, digital drawing and painting.
Drawing Tablets and Styluses will be provided.
All digital drawing tablets were provided through a generous grant from Hobart William Smith College in order to further expand our workshops and art camps.
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Paper Coiling with Sarah Pendry
Saturday, February 14, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a hands-on art project! Using scrapbook paper, Mod Podge, and wood hearts, participants will mix patterns, textures, and embellishments to create a personalized heart design. No experience needed—everything will be taught step by step.
Join us for a Valentine’s-themed art project where you’ll decorate a wooden heart using scrapbook paper, Mod Podge, and fun embellishments. All materials and instructions are provided—just bring your creativity.
For ages 13 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Gilding with Bernadette Bos
Saturday, February 28, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Bernadette will lead the workshop with years of experience in this art form. Gilding is the process of applying a thin layer of gold or a similar metal to a surface for decorative and protective purposes. The most common method involves applying gold leaf to a surface covered in an adhesive. Participants will be asked to bring a simple item of their own to be gilded. All other items will be provided.
For ages 15 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, March 7, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required. Registration opens February 15.
Linocut Workshop with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, March 14, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
A linocut, or lino print, is a type of block printing. At its most basic, you carve a design into a linoleum block, roll block printing ink on it, and print it on paper. Camille Santanglo will lead the class in this print technique. Participants will carve their own designs and print them on paper. All materials will be provided.
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required. Registration opens February 15.
Free Urban Sketch with Paul Cook
Saturday, March 21, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Learn to combine waterproof ink and watercolor to capture city scenes with Paul Cook. Explore your environment and your creativity as Paul leads you in friendly and positive environment.
No Experience needed!
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 14 participants.
Registration required. Registration opens February 15.
Landscape Painting with Water Mixable/soluble Oils with Tina Yannotti
Saturday, March 28, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Get rid of dangerous solvents and learn to paint with water mixable/soluble oils. This class is geared towards beginners but will be great for advanced painters who would like to try water mixable oils. We will talk about how to use these paints, the best brands and colors and how to clean brushes all while we are painting a landscape.
Beginners will learn all the terms, materials and keys to skillful landscape painting and resources to practice on their own. There will be a lot of information, but Tina will have all of it in handouts for beginners to refer to later.
For ages 18 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required. Registration opens February 15.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, April 4, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Screen Printing with Madeline Bartly
Saturday, April 11, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Maddie will host a live screen printing demonstration that builds upon a simple repeated image on paper, which will gradually cover the walls, ceiling to floor, and row by row as the event progresses. The attendees of the event will get a hands-on experience pulling the squeegee with ink over the screen, hand-printing the design onto paper. As the print dries, volunteers will hang the paper with sticky tack for a temporary display, gradually transforming the entire space over the course of an afternoon. The design will demonstrate how a mirrored image becomes the foundational element of a pattern. The event will result in a printed installation wall covering produced by participants.
Maddie Bartley began her training in fine art printmaking in 2010. Her personal work exploits the ephemeral nature of nature itself. What is permanent in a garden? Even with care and maintenance, plants grow and die, trellises break, and foundations crumble. In her art practice, she constantly utilizes the same materials and stencils in various orientations to print or hand-cut shapes for collage. As an artist, her curiosity for how structures work, how repeat patterns are made, and how craftsmanship is established through a shared hands-on experience. Through this workshop, her goal is to develop a commonly used stencil imagery into an intricate wallpaper pattern. She is interested in seeing how forming a pattern in a larger space will serve as a connection throughout her previous artworks.
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Alcohol Ink Painting with Elizabeth Lincourt
Saturday, April 18, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Elizabeth Lincourt will lead the workshop in exploring Alcohol ink paintings. Alcohol inks are intended for non-porous surfaces, and dry very quickly because they are alcohol based. We will experiment with dripping different combinations of ink on photo paper, then we will let them dry and embellish the dried papers with ink to create paintings.
For ages 15 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Birdhouse Painting with Paul Cook
Saturday, April 25, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Come paint bird houses with Paul Cook! Join Paul in painting your own birdhouse. Bird house and paint will be provided by the Dove Block.
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 12 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, May 2, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Still Life with Bernadette Bos
Saturday, May 9, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Participants will be painting a still life from props that Bernadette will provide. Alternatively, participants may bring their own props, as long as they can be painted in one sitting. All necessary painting supplies will be provided.
For ages 21 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Mothers’ Day Adult/Child Workshop with Camille Gruner
Sunday, May 10, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Art can bridge the world between generations. One adult and one child will learn and create art together in guided instruction. Works of art will be created by both the child and the adult in a guided class exploring the topic.
For all ages. Limited to 10 Adult/Child pairs.
Registration required.
Introduction to Pinhole Photography with Harold Copp
Saturday, May 16, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
This one day workshop will give the participants the basic knowledge of pinhole cameras and analog photography. The participants will learn how to photograph and develop landscape and/or objects using the information provided in the workshop, while practicing safety standards set forth by the instructor. The students will learn basic techniques and processes in developing analog photographs.
For ages 18 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Teabag Art with Anne Lahr
Saturday, May 23, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Eleanor Roosevelt said “a woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she’s in hot water.” Like this little life lesson, teabags can also be the base for little art lessons. Participants can learn how to create little works of art on used and prepped teabags using mixed media, painting or collage.
For ages 8 and up (age 8 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult). Limited to 12 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, June 6, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Neurographic Drawing: Florals and Meditation with Elizabeth Lincourt
Saturday, June 13, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Neurographic drawing involves drawing lines and shapes to connect with the subconscious mind, promote relaxation, and facilitate emotional processing. The process often involves smoothing out sharp angles and adding colors to create aesthetically pleasing and personally meaningful artwork.
For ages 15 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Paper Coiling with Sarah Pendry
Saturday, June 20, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Tailored for both adults and teens, this workshop will introduce participants to the art of coiling, guiding them through the process of creating beautiful and intricate designs using simple materials. The workshop will be designed to accommodate beginners, while also offering more advanced techniques for those who may already have some experience with paper crafting.
For ages 13 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Fathers' Day Adult/Child Workshop with Camille Gruner
Sunday, June 21, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Art can bridge the world between generations. One Adult and One Child will learn and create art together in guided instruction. Works of art will be created by both the child and adult in a guided class exploring the topic.
For all ages. Limited to 10 adult/child pairs.
Registration required.
Urban Free Sketching with Paul Cook
Saturday, June 27, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In this free urban sketch workshop, participants will learn to combine waterproof ink and watercolor to capture city scenes in a friendly, three-hour session.
No experience needed!
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 14 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, July 4, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Jewlery Making with Andrea McKinney
Saturday, July 11, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Andrea McKinney is a Jewelry designer who created a Jewelry studio and Gallery in her seaside cottage in Marblehead, Mass. She has exhibited and sold her designs throughout the North Shore of Boston and the Cape. Her Jewelry designs have frequently been spotted on the necks of news anchors at WCVB Boston.
Andrea will lead this workshop in simple jewelry design and implementation of techniques she has gained from years of excelling in her art form. Participants must be able to follow instructions closely and adhere to all safety guidelines set in place. All workshop materials will be provided.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Art History: Kandinsky, with Jeanette Nelson
Saturday, July 18, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
I will show a PowerPoint presentation on Wassily Kandinsky, one of the primary pioneers of western abstract art, decidedly moving away from objective representation. He is credited with painting the first totally abstract pictures that were pure designs, and he believed that color and form had meaning all on their own. As a musician as well as a painter, Kandinsky thought of color as music. We will be painting to classical music pieces, listening to the music for 5 to 10 minutes without doing anything else, with our eyes closed. Then we’re going to try to imagine what colors, line, and shapes can be used to show the feelings that the music creates. While listening to the music again and painting a picture of the sound, you will use line, shapes, and colors without trying to draw any particular object. Instead, you will produce an abstract design that is made up on the spot as an improvisation, created without planning or sketching ahead of time. Then I will change the music selection and you will paint again, observing the different results to different kinds of music.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Linocut Workshop with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, July 25, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
A linocut, or lino print, is a type of block printing. At its most basic, you carve a design into a linoleum block, roll block printing ink on it, and print it on paper. Camille Santanglo will lead the class in this print technique. Participants will carve their own designs and print them on paper. All materials will be provided.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, August 1, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Bleeding Tissue Paper with Elizabeth Lincourt
Saturday, August 8, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Bleeding tissue paper is a type of tissue paper specifically designed to release its color when wet. This "bleeding" effect is desirable in various art and craft projects because it creates a watercolor-like effect without the need for paints.
There are several methods for using Bleeding tissue paper, and I will demonstrate all of them.
1. Wet the paper, lay pieces of tissue paper down, and let the colors bleed onto the watercolor paper
2. place the tissue scraps on dry paper and wet them either with a sponge or a spray bottle
3. place the tissue scraps on wet paper and add additional water to create the desired effect.
The creations need to dry. Then watercolor paint, watercolor pencils, and/or ink can be applied to create a scene.
Fpr ages 15 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Sunprints with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, August 15, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
A sunprint, or cyanotype, is a cameraless photographic print created by placing objects on a light-sensitive paper and exposing it to sunlight. Camille will guide the workshop in producing sunprints during this 3 hour workshop.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Introduction to Pinhole Photography with Harold Copp
Saturday, August 22, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
This one day workshop will give the participants the basic knowledge of pinhole cameras and analog photography. The participants will learn how to photograph and develop landscape and/or objects using the information provided in the workshop, while practicing safety standards set forth by the instructor. The students will learn basic techniques and processes in developing analog photographs.
For ages 18 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
HEROES with Paul Cook
Saturday, September 12, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Create and explore what and who our heroes are! We will see who we like, who inspires us, and who we look up to. Using ideas from comics, magazines, and pictures, participants will sketch, draw, and paint images that represent their heroes!
For ages 6 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Grandparents’ Day Adult/Child Workshop with Camille Santangelo
Sunday, September 13, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Art can bridge the world between generations. One adult and one child will learn and create art together in guided instruction. Works of art will be created by both the child and the adult in a guided class exploring the topic.
For all ages. Limited to 10 adult/child pairs.
Registration required.
Western Landscape Felting with Lisa DeFrancesco
Saturday, September 19, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Students will learn techniques of two dimensional landscape felting while creating a rendition of this western landscape. No prior felting experience needed.
Lisa DeFrancesco has been felting since she was a young adult. She is inspired by nature and by other beautiful things around her as she has lived in both corners of the New York State and in Hawaii. She loves to teach and has taught classes at the Dove Block Project, the Pulteney Free Library and the Rochester Folk Art Guild.
For ages 8 and up (age 8 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult). Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, October 3, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Making Flowers from Leaves with Laila Woody
Saturday, October 10, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
During the workshop, for the first 30 minutes, the participants and myself will be walking around town gathering fallen leaves to make flowers with. When we return, for the rest of the time, we will coat the leaves with Modge Podge. Once dried, I'll have participants hot glue their leaves in layers, creating a beautiful flower.
For ages 10 and up. (10 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult.) Limited to 14 participants.
Registration required.
Screen Printing with Camille Santangelo
Saturday, October 17, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
This workshop is a hands-on 3 hour class where you learn to design, prepare, and print images onto surfaces like fabric or paper using a screen and other items provided. Only basic drawing and cutting skills are required to master this very simple technique. The Dove has screens, a single color printing press, and various colors of ink to help you achieve your envisioned designs.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Felted Ornaments with Lisa Defrancesco
Saturday, October 24, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Lisa will lead the class in a needle felted ornament project. Students will create holiday ornaments using a dryer ball as our blank canvas. No prior felting experience needed.
Lisa DeFrancesco has been felting since she was a young adult. She is inspired by nature and by other beautiful things around her as she has lived in both corners of the New York State and in Hawaii. She loves to teach and has taught classes at the Dove Block Project, the Pulteney Free Library and the Rochester Folk Art Guild
For ages 8 and up. (8 to 14 must be accompanied by an adult.) Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, November 7, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Watercolor with Bernadette Bos
Saturday, November 14, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Learn to paint with watercolors. All materials will be provided, but participants can also bring their own small watercolor kits.
For ages 15 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Making Dreamcatchers with Jeanette Hernández
Saturday, November 21, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Join Jeanette Hernandez in a workshop exploring the art of dreamcatcher making using every day householditems. All workshop items will be provided.
Participants must know how to tie knots. Children who can’t tie must be accompanied an adult.
For ages 10 and up. Limited to 12 participants.
Registration required.
Jewelry Making with Andrea McKinney
Saturday, November 28, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Andrea McKinney is a Jewelry designer who created a Jewelry studio and Gallery in her seaside cottage in Marblehead Mass. She exhibited and sold her designs throughout the North Shore of Boston and the Cape. Her Jewelry designs were frequently spotted on the necks of news anchors at WCVB Boston.
Andrea will leading the workshop in simple jewelry design and implementation of techniques she's gained from years of excelling in her art form. Participants must have be able to follow instructions closely and adhere to all safety guidelines set in place.
All workshop items will be provided.
For ages 8 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Acrylic Saturday with Steve Duprey
Saturday, December 5, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
In his Saturday acrylic painting workshops throughout the year, Steve Duprey will lead his students, step-by-step over the course of three hours, through the process of creating a variety of landscape and still life paintings. Each student will receive close personal attention as they create the painting. Particular attention will be shown to creating the sense of light in each painting.
For ages 16 and up. Limited to 10 participants.
Registration required.
Paper Coiling with Sarah Pendry
Saturday, December 12, 12:30 to 3:30 pm
Tailored for both adults and teens, this workshop will introduce participants to the art of coiling, guiding them through the process of creating beautiful and intricate designs using simple materials. The workshop will be designed to accommodate beginners, while also offering more advanced techniques for those who may already have some experience withpaper crafting.
For ages 13 and up. Limited to 15 participants.
Registration required.
Workshops are supported by generous grants from The Wyckoff Family Foundation, the Looking Out Foundation, and The Linden Shop
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