Library Arts Center, Gallery & Studio




	The Library Arts Center has ongoing art groups for adults and children. Pursue the medium of your choice. We offer individual instruction in small group settings. All continuing classes enroll by the month. If you would like to teach a class or suggest a new class call Doris Nelson, the Library Arts Center's director, at 603.863.3040. Summer Classes for Kids Class run Mondays through Thursdays Morning Sessions: 10am - 12pm Afternoon Sessions: 2pm - 4pm Click HERE for Registration Form All classes are $32.00 except the clay classes which are $64.00 as they run twice as long. Only one child per registration form. Payment should be included with registration form unless otherwise arranged, make checks payable to: The Library Arts Center. Some scholarships available. Classes fill up on a first come first served basis, so sign up quickly. Drop registration off at Library Arts Center or at the Richards Free Library if the Art Center is closed. June 30 - July 3 Puppet Making Instructors: Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages: 6 – 10 Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm We will cover everything from shadow puppets to the ever classic sock puppet! You will leave with a whole cast of characters ready to perform. Build Your Own Fort Instructors: Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages: 7 – 12 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Create your own club house, hide out or castle. Paint and wallpaper your very own huge box, then complete your fort with curtains, door bells, mail boxes and anything else imaginable. July 7 - July 10 Robot Making Instructors Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages 7 – 12 Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Ever wish R2D2 was yours? Now, you can invent an imaginative friend using recycled materials, paper maché and spray paint. Mask Making Instructors: Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages 9 – 14 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Study cultures around the world and learn about the masks they make and why they make them. Listen to related cultural music while making masks using a variety of materials from paper maché to clay. July 21 - July 24 Clay Clay Clay! Session I Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages: 7 – 11 for session I Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Work on an array of hand built projects and try your hand at the wheel. Learn techniques and experiment with clay. Instructors will guide students by providing historical and contemporary examples of clay projects while encouraging students to make their own imaginative ideas become real in clay. Paper Milkshake Instructors: Fran Huot and Kate Niboli Ages 7-13 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Make paper start to finish. . . Start by making your own unique papers with a blender as well as many other experimental decorating techniques. End by creating your own collages by ripping and cutting your papers up and combining them to make pictures. July 28 - July 31 Clay Clay Clay! Session I continued... Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages: 7 – 11 for session I Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Work on an array of hand built projects and try your hand at the wheel. Learn techniques and experiment with clay. Instructors will guide students by providing historical and contemporary examples of clay projects while encouraging students to make their own imaginative ideas become real in clay. Lets Go Fly a Kite! Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages: 8 - 13 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Learn about kites from around the world, design and build your own out of cloth we paint in class. You will leave with a unique, working kite. August 4 - August 7 Clay Clay Clay! Session II Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages: 7 – 11 for session I Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Work on an array of hand built projects and try your hand at the wheel. Learn techniques and experiment with clay. Instructors will guide students by providing historical and contemporary examples of clay projects while encouraging students to make their own imaginative ideas become real in clay. Da Vinci Instructors: Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages 7-14 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Study the great master and learn how inventively he thought. You will receive a notebook to record your own inventions. Use mirrors to try to write backward as Da Vinci did in his notebook! By the end of the week you will have created a mockup of one of your inventions using recycled materials, paper maché and paint. August 11 - August 14 Clay Clay Clay! Session II continued... Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages: 7 – 11 for session I Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Work on an array of hand built projects and try your hand at the wheel. Learn techniques and experiment with clay. Instructors will guide students by providing historical and contemporary examples of clay projects while encouraging students to make their own imaginative ideas become real in clay. Paint Like The Masters Instructors: Caitlin Mauser and Kate Niboli Ages 9 – 15 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Use canvas and acrylic on easels, as well as water color and charcoal to create your own paintings in the studio and on the library lawn. Each project will be based on the work of a famous artist but will allow you to explore your own artistic spirit. August 18 - August 21 Sculpture-O-Rama! Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages 7-12 Morning Session: 10:00am - 12:00pm Build, build, build using clay, paper mache, cardboard, found objects and recycled goods. Create a masterpiece or two and study artists who get the bug to build and just can’t stop! Fairy House Building Instructors: Erin Miley and Kate Niboli Ages 7-12 Afternoon Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm Learn folklore behind fairies, pixies and gnomes. Create beautiful and intricate homes out of an array of natural materials. Leave class with a little house fit for a magical creature, ready to be placed in your own yard. Class will be held in the studio and on the library lawn. Wednesdays The Carriage House Studio- Adult Art Group with Thor Carlson Wednesday Afternoons, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm $12 per session Ongoing, Enrollment on a monthly basis We are fortunate to have E. Thor Carlson as one of our instructors. Since graduating from Yale University and receiving a Fulbright Scholarship to Florence, Italy, he has gone on to a distinguished career in art with expertise in a wide variety of media. Individual instruction in a small group setting offers a unique opportunity for those interested in learning or improving skills in drawing, painting or sculpture. Provide your own materials, and receive guidance and critique appropriate to the medium chosen. For more information please call 603.863.3040. Thursdays Watercolor Painting with Ludmila Gayvoronsky Thursday Afternoons, 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm $15 per session Ongoing, Enrollment on a monthly basis Ages 13 - Adult Ludmila Gayvoronsky, noted regional artist, originally from Russia, will teach watercolor "Alla Prima", direct from nature. Continues on Thursday afternoons; 3:30 pm - 6:00 pm. Beginner to advanced skill levels. Bring your own materials. Join anytime. For more information please call 603.863.3040. Dark Room: The LAC studio has a darkroom maintained by the Newport Camera Club. For more information please call 603.863.3040.