Mother Brook Arts & Community Center Announces Fall Classes

The Mother Brooks Arts and Community Center, located in the historic Avery Schoolhouse in Dedham, is offering classes for the community this fall. The classes will be taught by local business owners, MBACC resident artists, and experienced arts instructors.

Felting
Instructor: Eileen Kelly, owner of Sheep Skate

Learn the process of working with roving wool, hot water, soap and a lot of elbow grease to create a unique bowl or vessel. Felting has been used for hundreds of years in many cultures to create clothes, shoes and even housing.  Wool is affordable, plentiful and beautiful.  It's rewarding to work with your hands in amazing colors and textures while creating a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. 

3 Mondays starting Sept 30, 6 p.m.-8 p.m. or
3 Tuesdays starting Oct 22, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
$75 Members | $90 Non-Members

Mindfulbody T’ai Chiz Ch’uan
Instructor: Dana Buck

8 Wednesdays, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Starts Oct 16
$160

IPhoneography  Workshop
Instructor: Dennis Stein

Learn about apps and techniques that can be used to reach new levels of creativity for iPhone photography. This one-day workshop includes a walking tour of the area to shoot photos, followed by an indoor session to review, edit and share your photographs on social media.  Students must have an iPhone and an iTunes account.  We will download free apps during the class.

Wednesday October 12, 1 p.m.-4p.m.
$60 Members | $75 Non-Members

Creating a Meaningful Series
Instructor: Martha Wakefield

Develop your graphic language by creating a series.  Learn how to create a comprehensive body of work that explores an idea, form, visual sensation or feeling; explore and expand on a concept through variation on a theme; develop a personal expression and signature style. We will do painting exercises to support creating a series.  Class time will allow students to paint with individual attention.  Each session ends with a critique and class discussion.  Watermedia.

6 Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Starts Oct 16
$250 Members | $300 Non-Members

Letterpress Holiday Card Workshop
Instructor: Colleen Ellse, Letter & Lark

Just in time before the hustle and bustle of the holiday season! During this letterpress workshop, students can pick from four holiday designs to letterpress print greeting cards on the Vandercook press. Students will learn to cut envelope liners to finish their festive note cards. Each student will leave this workshop with a set of 25 holiday cards to mail to family & friends.

Sunday, November 10, 12 p.m. -4 p.m.
$80

Monotype:The Painterly Print / Off Print Techniques
Instructor: Paula DeSimone 

Students will create one-of-a kind prints on rice paper. They will be introduced to the delicate methods and materials used in the hand printing process. We will work in nontoxic water-based inks on plexiglass plates to print images in black and white. We will explore both traditional and nontraditional techniques. Bring a bag lunch.

2 Wednesdays, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Starts December 4
$160 Members | $185 Non-Members

How To Use a Sewing Machine (ages 10+)
Instructor: Bettie Kilcoyne

This is a great workshop for anyone who has a sewing machine but is intimated by it. Learn how to use a sewing machine, including: threading the needle, making a bobbin, changing the needle, reading a pattern, and  proper cutting method.  Bring your own sewing machine, or rent one from the studio for a small fee. Teens & adults are welcome to attend.

2 Tuesdays 7p.m. – 9 p.m. starting  Nov. 12
$50 Members | $60 Non-Members

Multimedia Creations (ages 5-7)
Instructor: Lynda Davis Jeha

Children will draw, paint, build, collage and create a different project each week using a variety of materials. The class will have fun experimenting with different materials and create a wide variety of pieces. Possible projects include atissue paper water lily collage, a dragonfly magnet, art trading cards and more. All materials and supplies will be provided.

6 Saturdays 3 p.m-4:15 p.m
Starts Oct 26
$95 members / $110 nonmembers

Painting and Drawing (ages 8-12)
Instructor: Lynda Davis Jeha

This class is great for children who love to draw and paint. The theme will be animals and environments. Students will use watercolors in addition to materials such as oil pastels, colored pencils and markers.  This class will explore realistic and abstract approaches and experiment with color, form, line and pattern. All supplies will be provided.

6 Sundays 3 p.m-4:15 p.m.
Starts Oct 27
$95 members / $110 nonmembers

Creative Classroom (ages 2-5)
Instructor: Elizabeth McKenna, owner of Morning Playtime

The goal of the Creative Classroom is to provide a fun filled creative environment. We will provide open-ended activities focusing on the process, not the product. The materials provided will engage the children in areas of sensory play. We will have individual as well as group projects. This will be a great way to socialize, work in a group and have some fun!

 6 Thursdays 3:30 -5 p.m.
Starts Oct 17
$75 Members | $90 Non-Members

Get more information and enroll at http://motherbrookarts.org/course-listing. Send questions to education@motherbrookarts.org.  And please visit the Mother Brook Arts & Community Center during Dedham Open Studios on October 6.