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ART STUDIO

A spaceous, well lit, well equipped environment for creative activities in a variety of media, from ceramics, to water-based oils, to cake icing. Come and see.

CLASSES and ACTIVITIES

To register or for more info, call 704-927-0774.
NOTE: Registration is not possible for a class whose meetings are listed as TBA.

For additional classes see, also, our Adult Enrichment page.
** CLASSES CAN BE PRORATED **

Click on instructor's name for instructor profiles with examples of their work.
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After-School Art Classes
KidzArt the international drawing-based program where children learn to "see" like artists and draw what they see.

           Jan.31—May.22        Tuesdays, or
           Feb.2—May.24         Thursdays
           5 – 6pm
           $264 (1/2 session of 8 classes also available)

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After-School Clay Explorations
An 8-week clay experience for artists ages 6-9 to explore various forming techniques including the potters wheel. Session includes personal projects as well as group collaborations allowing students to create and problem solve as a team.

INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Mar.2—Apr.27        Fridays
           4:15—5:30pm
           $124     ($110 for Cornwell members)

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Beginning Clay
For students who've never had formal clay instruction. Learn the basics - Pinch pots, Coil forms, slab forms as well as how to center the clay on the wheel and make forms such as mugs and bowls. Learn though projects, exploring each of the basic forming techniques.

INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Mar.5—Apr.30        Mondays
           6:30 – 8:30pm
           $165     ($150 for Cornwell members)

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Beginning Wheel
For students who've never used the potter’s wheel and students still developing their basic throwing skills. Learning the basics - how to center the clay on the wheel and make forms such as mugs, bowls, and vases - students also learn how to trim their work, add embellishments (such as handles and feet), along with decoration and glazing techniques.

INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Mar.5—Apr.30        Mondays
           6:30 – 8:30pm
           $165     ($150 for Cornwell members)

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Digital Design
Experience Photoshop as a creative tool used to create designs for production - a powerful engine to develop and enhance creative vision. Learn the ins and outs of capturing, acquiring images in a digital format to develop into personal expression. Learn to crop, clean, filter and augment images for the creative process. Continuing workshops will explore transfer techniques for multi media use as well as ready art for creating stamps and decals.

INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Room: Learning Center           (Next class TBA)
           $15 members / community

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Intermediate Wheel
For students who've completed beginning wheel class and want to improve their throwing skills. Offers students the opportunity to create more complex forms such as lidded vessels, teapots, and altered forms. Also learn dynamic glaze and surface solutions. Students should bring a notebook to class. Assumes basic clay skills and throwing cylinders.

INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Mar.5—Apr.30        Mondays
           10am—12pm
INSTRUCTOR: Celena Burnett
           Mar.7—Apr.25        Wednesdays
           10am—12pm
INSTRUCTOR: Greg Scott
           Mar.8—Apr.26        Thursdays
           6:30 – 8:30pm

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Oil Painting Fundamentals, Contemporary Impressionism
Learn the fundamentals of oil painting in a contemporary impressionistic style.   Heavy emphasis on the building blocks of composition, color and application.  Students will paint still life and landscapes and will work from life as well as photos.

INSTRUCTOR: Kelley Sanford        www.kelleysanford.com
      Month-long sessions
           SESSION 1: 10am—12:30pm        each Tuesday
           SESSION 2: 1:30—4:30pm           each Tuesday
           SESSION 3: 10am—12:30pm        each Thursday
      Eash session, $165     ($150 for Cornwell members)

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Painting with Water Soluble Oils
Explore and enjoy oils without exposure to potentially harmful solvents. This class is valuable for all levels from beginners to professional artists. Instruction is geared to individual needs.

INSTRUCTOR: Kevin Brown        www.KEBrownFineArt.com
           (Next class TBA)
           $165     ($150 for Cornwell members)

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Painting in Acrylic - Beginning and Intermediate
Covers all the stages of developing a painting. Included is valuable instruction on composition, perspective, color mixing, contrast, and material usage. Students will be guided on how to complete satisfying paintings. Instruction by demonstration as well as with individual attention.  Beginner and intermediate students will benefit from this class. Materials list available at Cornwell front desk or by calling 704-927-0774.

INSTRUCTOR: Ráed Al-Rawi        www.raedalrawi.com
           Feb.8—29        Wednesdays
           6:00—8:30pm
           $165     ($150 for Cornwell members)

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** CLASSES CAN BE PRORATED **

INSTRUCTOR PROFILES

  Art Studio Coordinator - Greg Scott
        "Born in Macon Georgia in 1969, I came to Charlotte in 1980. As a child I worked with my Grandmother who was a ceramic craftsperson in Lizella Georgia. My exposure to the arts and culture in Charlotte through school programs and museum visits was the catalyst for my interest in painting and sculpture. After graduating from South Mecklenburg high school I attended CPCC and transferred to East Carolina University School of Art.
        "Upon Graduating from ECU with a BFA in painting in 1994 I returned to Charlotte to practice my disciplines and work for Paramount Parks as a scenic painter and eventually a designer. I’m now raising my family in Charlotte with my wife, Adrienne Dellinger also a working artist, with our two children Grace and Quinn.  I am seeking more gallery representation and enjoying longer studio sessions producing new work in painting and clay. I have never stopped my explorations in clay and have been teaching ceramics for various non-profit organizations for over 12 years along with my studio work in clay, paint and digital art.

        "I have experience as a painter, ceramic artist and designer. I am an emerging artist and in the past five years I have had the opportunity to complete 4 public art installations. The most recent was the Central Avenue Streetscape project installed in late September 2009, a collaboration with the community of Merry Oaks, Arts and Science Council and the Public Art Commission."


Pottery Instructor - Celena Burnett
        "My focus on making pots has always been on function- and the everyday use of them. The handmade vessel has a life or personality of it's own and brings a more meaningful experience to the user.
        "We prepare and eat food everyday - mealtime is a communal experience, and using hand crafted pottery can enrich that experience. The food nourishes us, as does the art in which it is served. I think that today it is very important to have hand made objects in our home, and in our kitchens, to use, because in today's times there is too much plastic and mold-made lifeless objects. It is crucial to keep beauty and art in our lives."


Painting Instructor - Kelley Sanford
        An award winning oil painter, this Charlotte-based artist has been painting for over 10 years and teaching for the last 4.  Founding member of the daily painter site, www.kelleysanford.blogspot.com,she has taught numerous workshops.Well versed in still life, figurative and landscapes she is represented by galleries in NC & SC. www.kelleysanford.com.


Painting Instructor - Kevin E. Brown
        Charlotte, North Carolina artist Kevin E. Brown paints serene landscapes with oils, pastels and acrylics. His profound love of nature, rural America and our national parks is depicted in images that may look like photographs from a distance but on closer inspection reveal themselves to be painterly brushstrokes or intriguing shapes of color. Brown teaches adult painting classes and workshops in Charlotte. He is currently represented by Crossnore Fine Arts Gallery in Crossnore, NC.


Painting Instructor - Ráed Al-Rawi
        Local artist Ráed exhibits his paintings nationally and internationally. A 2002 affiliate artist at McColl Center for the Arts, he has worked as art director and a graphic designer in North Carolina since 1983. www.raedalrawi.com

 

STUDIO RENTAL and FEES

Private Lessons available in Drawing, Painting and Ceramics.
Individual lessons are $65/hr for the community.
Contact Art Programming Coordinator for scheduling. Greg Scott, 704-996-9869

Daily Art Studio rental: $15 (not including clay).
Monthly Art Studio rental:  Cornwell Members $85, Non-members: $110   
Bag of Clay: $15
Tools: $17

  • To register or for more info, please call the Cornwell Center
    at 704-927-0774. 

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