Two-day workshop. Monday & Tuesday, February 10 & 11, 2025 from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM. Intermediate & Advanced Painters. Jan Ellen Atkielski, fine artist and popular instructor, will help you get “unstuck” in this 2-day workshop for intermediate and advanced painters who feel stuck on existing work and want to improve.
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3-session class. Tuesdays, February 11, 18 & 25, 2025 from 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM. Learn techniques for successful pastel painting. Work with an instructor experienced in the use of pastels to depict portraits and still life.
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Dr. John Della Volpe is the Director of Polling at the Harvard Kennedy School of Politics and was labeled by Time Magazine as “the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) political researcher when it comes to understanding youth in politics.”
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Two award-winning quartets bring their eloquent artistry and flawless interpretation to create a program of classic and contemporary octets that is expressively confident and beautifully composed.
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Treat your valentine to a special evening with this acclaimed 11-piece American pop band, whose unique blend of swing, jazz and rock will fill you with joy that will stay with you long after the curtain falls.
Two-day workshop. Monday & Tuesday, February 17 & 18, 2025 from 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM. The class will cover the basic principles of oil painting regarding classic seascapes. Learn how to build the wave, capture the motion of the sea, and better understand the colors in the water.
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2-day workshop. Wednesday & Thursday, February 19 & 20, 2025 from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM. As a fine art medium, colored pencil is versatile, inexpensive, and easy to master. Whether you are new to colored pencils or experienced with them, you will discover techniques for effective results.
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Dr. Jeffrey R. Henig is Professor of Political Science and Education at Columbia University Teacher’s College and the nation’s preeminent expert in the current evolution of public education.
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Among numerous awards, Ilya is the past winner of the World Piano Competition. He earned his first competition award at the age of 12 and, today, he continues to astonish and captivate audiences at major venues on three continents.
A place for inspiration! Artists generate ideas, but they need space and time to develop these ideas, and for visual artists, it all comes together in the studio. Join in during Open Studio once a month and use this time to work on your individual art projects while interacting with other artists.
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One-day class. Friday, February 21, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Students will craft a breathtaking landscape that features a tasteful gold foil embellishment. The process begins by applying a tinted gesso underpainting to a 6” x 6” canvas, followed by a sketch of the scene, then carefully applying gold foil to the areas of the sky that require reflection.
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4-day workshop. Monday, February 24 through Thursday, February 27, 2025 from 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Create texture and add depth to your paintings in this experimental workshop with Jean Pederson. Using a variety of acrylic mediums, you will learn to build up interesting surfaces and intriguing grounds that can be used within your paintings or as a base for finished work.
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