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| Our mission is to provide an opportunity for artists and professionals to share their skills and talents with the residents of Park County and the neighboring counties. We provide a location for classes, a meeting and gathering venue for educational interchange, as well as an exhibition gallery for artists' and students' work. |
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Classes for Fall |
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FALL CLASSES FOR ADULTS Registration and payment must be made in advance! Call 222-52222 or email admin@livingstoncenter.org to register!
LIFE DRAWING - These sessions are designed to provide local artists with access to live models. Artists of all skill levels are welcome to come for an evening of drawing or painting, to work on improving life drawing skills! The facilitator will schedule poses of different lengths, beginning with quick sketches and moving to long poses.
BEGINNING COUNTRY TWO-STEP - Learn to lead and follow this fun dance style that's a favorite for dancing to many local Montana bands. It's a smooth dance with lots of turns that travels around the dance floor. No experience or dance partner necessary. (5 weeks)
BEGINNING/INTERMEDIATE NIGHT CLUB TWO-STEP - Learn or build on the basics of this romantic dance that's great for night clubs and area dances. Prior dance experience recommended but not required. No partner necessary.
LIFE DRAWING CLASS - Have you always wanted to try Life Drawing but had no idea how to get started or what to do? In this class, we will go through the basics of gesture, contour, and both short and long poses. We will be working in dry media, charcoal, pencil, and conte, from a live, unclothed model. Instructor Julia Carpenter is a Bozeman artist, and her work can be viewed at www.juliacarpenterpaintings.com.
SMALL FORMAT, FINE ART, PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOP - Local artist Robert Osborn (www.robertosborn.com), whose photography retrospective was displayed at the Center in July, will instruct this intensive course. Osborn began his photography career documenting BMX races in his publications BMX Action and Freestylin', later showing his large-format fine art photography in museums and galleries, before switching gears to build Harley choppers. Several years ago, Osborn's love for photography was rekindled when he began experimenting with digital photography. In this class, Osborn will cover technical components of digital fine art photography (shutter speeds, aperture and ISO settings, exposure, depth-of-field, noise, white balance), as well as the creative side ofphotography…what raises a photo to the level of art.
INTERMEDIATE COUNTRY TWO-STEP - Go beyond the basics in this popular dance style with some cool new patterns and refining your technique. Prerequisite: Beginning class or consent of instructor. No partner required.
HOT SAMBA! - Spice up the dance floor with this exciting dance style from Brazil. Learn the foundational technique and plenty of fun patterns for social dancing. Prior Latin dance experience is recommended. No partner required.
ADULT CERAMIC PAINTING - Let your creative juices run wild on a ceramic serving bowl (12" x 2"). Yes, you can have as much fun as your kid without begging them to let you paint part of their plate. The bowl will be fired by the instructor for pick-up at a later date. Please bring a design.
BEGINNING PORTRAIT DRAWING - Do portraits give you palpitations, make you perspire with fear? Learn some key secrets to conquer those faces in no time! Julia Carpenter (www.juliacarpenterpaintings.com), is an experienced instructor and widely praised for her portraiture.
FINGER-PAINTING - Local artist, Parks Reece, was tutored in the art of finger-painting at a young age. His mother, Gwyn Reece, in collaboration with Ruth Shaw, who created modern finger-painting techniques, showed finger-paintings in collections around the world. Parks Reece will share his legacy of finger-painting in this super-fun class.
JEWELRY MAKING - Want to shine at this year's holiday party? Come make some "bling" (necklace & earrings) to show off your new outfit. Or create it for that special someone on your list. Guys can do it too!
TEEN PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP - Local photographer, Robert Osborn (www.robertosborn.com) will instruct this workshop for teens, covering the technical components of digital photography, as well as the creative side, with an emphasis on photographing people. Participants in this course will show their most successful images in a juried exhibit at the Center. Judges will select 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners, with the 1st place prize of a Nikon DSLR with a 18-200 mm Nikon lens.
CLASSES ESPECIALLY FOR KIDS:
YOUNG ARTIST SERIES: LEARN FROM THE MASTERS - Gain familiarity with a famous artist each week, and then create your own art, borrowing from their techniques! We'll take a look at the expressive, textural paintings of Van Gogh, the fantastical dream-like paintings of Marc Chagall, and the abstract sculpture of Picasso.
SUGAR SKULLS - Celebrate the Day of the Dead with this traditional Mexican craft. Decorate a sugar skull with colorful icing and other embellishments.
SUSTAINABLE FLOWERS - MSU Metalsmithing Professor, Bryan Peterson, will teach you to create a bouquet of year-round flowers from recycled materials that will withstand the elements! We will begin by making a cardstock, reusable template to get your desired flower form. We'll join the materials using cold connections such as pop rivets or handmade rivets, as well as some low temp, lead-free soldering .
NEEDLE-FELTED DOLLS - Design a soft wool doll with personality! Needle-felting is a super-fun process of using a barbed needle to agitate wool roving and bind the fibers together. Students will learn to form a head and body, attach arms and hair and even add embellishments of their choice.
KID'S CERAMIC PLATE PAINTING Decorate a 10 in. dinner plate using special ceramic glazes & your creative design. The items will be fired by the instructor for pick-up at a later date. Great for gift-giving or to start your family plates collection! Be sure to register and pay in advance, so the instructor can ortder materials.
FELTED PLACEMATS - Taking inspiration from fall colors, participants will cut shapes from wool prefelt and arrange them creatively on a felt background. Using a wet felting process, students will bind the fibers together, ending with a unique placemat in time for the holidays!
GINGERBREAD ORNAMENTS - Have fun decorating gingerbread ornaments, and help out your favorite non-profit organization at the same time!
BRACELET MAKING Using easy techniques & cool beads, make a lovely bracelet for yourself and another one for a holiday gift! This class is fun for adults too!
WRITE-ON WORKSHOP - Musician and song-writer, Ashly Holland, will lead this workshop for teens. Join other youth who share a love of music! Learn from local musicians and enjoy the opportunity to bounce ideas off your peers in a supportive environment.
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| Our regular hours are Tuesday through Friday 11 AM to 5 PM and Saturday 11 AM to 4 PM |
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| 119 South Main Street, Livingston, Montana 59047 Tel. 406.222.5222 admin@livingstoncenter.org |
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