Adult Art School Classes
Registration for Summer Session opens Monday, May 27 at 10am!
Whether you're just starting out or have been practicing for years, Art School at A&H is the perfect place to explore your creativity. From painting to book-making, we offer an array of learning opportunities to begin a new journey or enhance your craft. The choice is yours. Select your preferred courses from the listings below to get started.
Summer Session begins Monday, July 8. Classes run for 6 or 9 weeks. Click here for 1-2 day workshops >>
About Materials Fees and Supplies
Each course has either a supply list or a materials fee associated with it. Click the button below to view the supply list for each class. Materials fees must be paid in cash directly to the instructor, and are due on the first day of classes. No additional materials are required for classes that have a materials fee unless otherwise noted.
For questions, please call the Education Department at 407-539-2181 ext. 266 or email iriascos@artandhistory.org.
Live Figure Studio-Long Poses | 6 Weeks![Sketch of a potrait](https://artandhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sketch-club-thursdays-273x300-1-1.jpg)
Tuesdays, July 9 - August 13 | 6-8:30pm
Studio Monitor: Danielle DeGuglimo
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $90
Join us for this six-week live figure drawing studio for students of all levels and abilities looking to explore live figure drawing. During each session, a nude model will hold a single pose for students to draw, with the pose changing weekly. Model holds a long pose for entirety of session (20 min. increments with 5 min breaks). Students have the option of using their own media to use within a safe and structured classroom setting. Drawing horses and easels will be provided. This is not an instruction-based class, but rather a structured environment for observation, experimentation, and investigation of the human form. A studio monitor will oversee the session without instruction.
Finding the Form: Live Figure Drawing | 9 Weeks![Woman in a striped shit using a pencil to draw a face on paper sitting on an easel.](https://artandhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/eNews-Short-Banners-Adjustments-2023-12-1-150x150.png)
Mondays, July 8 - September 2 | 7-9pm
Instructor: Channing Gray
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $275 + supply list
Learn how to find the human form through drawing sessions of observing and making marks on paper with a live model. Sessions will include mapping the form, quick gestures, loose shapes, contour lines, close ups, adding values, putting the form in space with objects, long and short poses, and finally finding your style of drawing the human figure. The point of this course is to gain a skill in drawing people, observe the hidden and finer details of what makes us human, and appreciate other artists in their reasons for using the figure within their work. Preference to some drawing experience, but beginners are welcome to join in this fast-paced experience.
Live Figure Studio-Short Poses | 6 Weeks![Sketch of a potrait](https://artandhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/sketch-club-thursdays-273x300-1-1.jpg)
Thursdays, July 11 - August 15 | 6-8:30pm
Studio Monitor: Danielle DeGuglimo
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $90
This six-week live figure drawing studio is dedicated to a majority of shorter poses and open to all levels and abilities looking to develop quick gesture drawing practices. During each session, a nude model will do quick poses to allow artists to learn and tune in their ability in quick gesture drawings in capturing the moment. Students have the option of using their own media to use within a safe and structured classroom setting. A studio monitor will oversee the session without instruction.
Drawing for Beginners, Seeing Like an Artist | 9 Weeks
Wednesdays, July 10 - September 4 | 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Calixto O'Neill
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $275 + supply list
This is a beginning drawing class, exercises will be given to introduced and develope techniques that include, analyzing and comparing lines, shapes, distance and angles, one point and two point perspective that will assist in you understanding linear perspective to add depth to your drawings. Other topics include, contour drawing, negative space, the anatomy of the ellipse. In the end you will be creating one artwork combining what you have learned, demonstrating an understanding. You are now ready for Intermediate Drawing! Projects will include a series of curve line drawings to practice the Duplication process. Duplicating a ram to understand negative space. Blind contour drawing of hands. Drawing a round table for ellipse and perspective comprehension.
Painting with Acrylics | 9 Weeks
Wednesdays, July 10 - September 4 | 6:15-8:15pm
Instructor: PJ Svejda
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $225 + supply list
This nine-week multi-level class gives students the opportunity to explore acrylic paint and create three guided paintings, each completely different in subject and style. Students will also complete a fourth painting independently with their choice of subject. Whether you have basic skills, are already a painter, or want a refresher, this is a fun class to learn skills, techniques, and color theory!
Oil Painting with Light & Color | 9 Weeks
Mondays, July 8 - September 2 | 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Calixto O'Neill
Location: Cottage at Lake Lily
Cost: $275 + supply list
Students of all levels will begin or continue to develop painting techniques in the style of classical painters. Emphasis will be given to using light and color to create emotion and realism. Composition, rule of thirds, value studies, painting thick over thin and painting dark to light will be discussed. Learn to paint with a limited color palette and use different mediums. See exciting demos on using different brushes and pallet knife to create emotion and excitement in a painting. Value, shape, atmospheric perspective, and effects of light will be developed through practice pieces. Students will be assigned projects based on their experience level, accomplish four paintings during the session, and be given a choice of subject matter for their final painting.
Luminous Watercolor Painting | 9 Weeks
Thursdays, July 11 - September 5 | 6-8:30pm
Instructor: Calixto O'Neill
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $275 + supply list
Learn how different water amounts interact with pigments and how to paint in a more impressionistic style, which is easier for a beginner. Emphasis will be given on how to create luminosity using transparent qualities and correct pigment color harmonies. Understanding light and shadow for emotional effect will be discussed and applied. We will also explore watercolor pencils, masking fluid, and the 3 most important brushes. First time I learners I will be introducing simple landscape paintings and fruit objects, it will open a whole new world of artistic beauty. For continuing students, I will present more challenging projects addressing atmosphere, light and shadow, and finally portraiture, the most challenging yet.! You will see your paintings take on a new more professional persona. At least four projects will be completed during the 9 weeks. To fully appreciate this class, a foundation in drawing is appreciated but not necessary, open to all levels.
Intro to Ceramics | 9 Weeks
Thursdays, July 11 - September 5 | 6-9pm
Senior Instructor: Jim Patterson
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 4
Cost: $270 + $45 materials fee
Students will learn the basics of pottery, including vocabulary, tools, types of clay, firing methods as well as gain hands-on experience with different hand-building techniques, use of molds, glazing, and decorating projects. Students will create their own unique designs and be guided through the process by the instructor. This class will also introduce the use of the potter’s wheel. Personal and group instruction is provided. Clay, use of tools, glazes and lockers are included with the materials fee. A ceramic project journal or notebook is required.
*Please note, due to class size restrictions, returning students should register for Open Pottery Studio. This introductory class is for new students only.
Intro to Ceramics | 9 Weeks
Mondays, July 8 - September 2 | 6-9pm
Instructor: Bert Bogdany
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 4
Cost: $270 + $45 materials fee
To provide a solid foundation for the beginning ceramic student, as well as enhance the student’s visual vocabulary through class project examples in clay. Throughout the semester we will explore basic hand building, wheel throwing, and glaze techniques to create sculptural and utilitarian forms. We will cover the following techniques in Intro to Ceramics: slab construction, pinch pots, coil construction, open form, and closed form (on the wheel). During project demonstrations I will present the proper techniques to make the project; the student will determine what to make by utilizing the parameters of the assignment, so your creativity is strongly encouraged. By the end of the semester the student will be familiar with proper studio procedures and terminology. We will be working with a cone 5 “Tan Speckled” clay. The clay we will be using is a mid-range temperature clay body that will be fired in a kiln. We will cover a variety of hand building, and wheel throwing techniques that are required for proper clay construction. Each class will usually begin with a demonstration, so please be on time for the start of class as it is to your benefit. Students will be asked to keep a journal in a bound sketchbook or 3 ring binder. Your journal should consist of notes from the projects, sketches, and glaze combinations/finishes used on your final work. By this method you will have a record of all the techniques, concepts, and experiments you will have learned from throughout the semester. Participation in the projects will reveal the diversity of this medium, so your creativity is strongly encouraged.
Ceramics: Open Studio | 9 Weeks
Tuesdays or Wednesdays, July 9 - September 4 | 6-9pm
Senior Instructor: Jim Patterson
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 4
Cost: $270 + $45 materials fee
Experienced pottery students may work independently on advanced hand-building and wheel throwing. Personal instruction is provided as needed on advanced finishing techniques like satins, underglazes, and colored slips as well as alternative firings such as raku, horsehair raku, and saggar. Clay, use of tools, glazes and lockers are included with the materials fee. A ceramic project journal or notebook is required.
*Prerequisite: Introduction to Pottery or equivalent experience in the use of the potter's wheel, hand building, and glazing.
Intro to Functional Pottery | 9 Weeks![Unbaked white pot with lid and handles sitting on a yellow wooden table.](https://artandhistory1.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/Calendar-Photos-Standardized-1-300x251.jpg)
Saturdays, July 13 - September 7 | 11am-2pm
Instructor: Bert Bogdany
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 4
Cost: $270 + $45 materials fee
This class is designed for students that would like to create utilitarian forms designed for functionality such as: bowls, cups, vases, lidded vessels, and plate ware. Although previous experience in ceramics in either hand building, or wheel throwing is welcome, no previous experience is required for this class. Through visual demonstration the student will be introduced to a variety of wheel throwing and hand building techniques that can be applied in a variety of ways to further explore the functional form in clay. The project demonstrations are techniques rather than work descriptions, so the student is encouraged to apply these concepts in their own unique way. This class is designed to provide a positive learning environment that will encourage the student to explore the various possibilities of form in the medium of clay. The materials fee will include clay, firing, glazes, the use of our in-house tools, and storage for your works in progress. In addition to traditional glazes, students will also have the option to use a variety of finishes to complete their work such as slips, underglazes, and Raku firing. Students will be asked to keep a journal in a bound sketchbook or 3 ring binder. Your journal should consist of notes from the projects, sketches, and glaze combinations/finishes used on your final work. By this method you will have a record of all the techniques, concepts, and experiments you will have learned from throughout the semester.
Inspired: The Art & Science of Creativity | 6 Weeks![Line black and white portrait of a woman.](https://artandhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Untitled-design-300x300.jpg)
Saturdays, July 27 - August 31 | 10am-1pm
Instructor: Kim Morrow
Location: Maitland Art Center Studio 10
Cost: $185 + $18 materials fee
Open to all levels—no art skills or knowledge needed! Embrace this opportunity to unlock the full potential of your innate creative superpowers (whether you're an artist or not). Join us as we explore the science behind thinking and problem-solving, learn ways to boost our brain's abilities, enjoy and discuss spectacular artwork in the museum, connect with a diverse group of fascinating people, and get those neurons firing with fun, creativity-boosting activities. You'll be provided with everything you need; just show up, be yourself, and get ready to try something new.
Introduction to Sculpting, Mold Making & Casting | 6 Weeks![Hands of a sculpture using a brush to help smooth a ceramic face .](https://artandhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/Picture1-150x150.jpg)
Sundays July 14 - August 18 | 6-8pm
Instructor: Brian Angeloff
Location: Cottage at Lake Lilly
Cost: $250 + $50 materials fee
In this course students will learn about the varieties of clay, and sculpting techniques with basic sculpting tools. Each class will start with a fun warm-up consisting of a five-minute speed sculpture on a picked subject, such as animals, or simple objects. Each student can create up to 3 different relief sculptures. They will then pick their favorite one to mold, make proper mold walls, and mix silicone properly. By the end of the course the students will have their own mold and casting to take home.
Refund Policy
Classes & Workshops:
- Class registration ends Wednesday, July 3 2024, at 5PM. Registration for workshops is ongoing and closes the Wednesday prior to the scheduled workshop date. If space is available, late registration may be available before the start of the first class, subject to a $35 late registration fee.
- Classes & workshops in duration of one week or less are not refundable.
- Exchanges or refunds must be requested 7 days before the first class meeting and subject to a $25 administrative fee.
- Withdrawals are available the week of and before the second class for 50% of refund.
- After the second class, refunds are not available, and classes are not prorated for students who are not able to attend the entire semester.
- A&H reserves the right to cancel classes for unforeseen circumstances.
- Classes with insufficient enrollment may be canceled. Students will be notified in advance and full refunds will be issued.