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Great Falls School of Art
Great Falls School of Art
1144 Walker Road, Suite D
1144 Walker Road, Suite D
Great Falls School of Art sponsors day, evening and weekend classes, workshops and special programs for adults, teens and children in fine and applied visual arts on a semester basis. Courses are planned to fit busy schedules and fuel a variety of interests and abilities. All instruction is offered at the art school's convenient Walker Road location in Leigh Corners, Great Falls.
Special Summer Programs and Events
All Summer Long!: Create Your Own Class! A New Option! You pick the dates and time and we'll teach the class! 4 student minimum. Interested? Contact Director Terri Parent at parent.terri@gmail.com.
Saturday, June 12: 2:30 - 4:30 pm. Free Drawing Session with Live Model: Teens and Adults Welcome! Great Falls School of Art. No registration required. Please bring your own supplies.
Wednesday, June 16: 7-9 pm. ArtPartners Program: "Organizing for the Creative Mind." The Artists' Atelier. These free monthly meetings provide informaitonal and networking opportunities for artists, students, teachers, collectors and enthusiasts.
Great Falls Farmers Market: Artist demonstrations, school and special event information. Come learn more about GFFFFTA! Various Saturday mornings throughout the summer. Great Falls Village Center: Walker Road and Georgetown Pike.
Summer Calendar-at-a-Glance: Register Today!
Adult Classes and Workshops
Color Mixing in Oils and Acrylics (Michela Mansuino) 9-2
Four days: June 28 - July 1
Oil Painting - All Levels (Adrienne Kralick) 9:30-12:30
Six Fridays: July 16 - August 20
Lives and Lessons of the Masters: Pierre Auguste Renoir (Adrienne Kralick) 9:30-12:30
Six Mondays: July 19 - August 23
Sketching and Painting the Town (Jill Banks) (Please register by June 20)
Five single-day sessions - Come one day or all five! Each workshop will have a unique focus:
July 17: 10-5
July 18: 10-5
July 19: 10-5
July 25: 10-4:30 (with models)
July 26: 10-4:30 (with models)
Still Life in Oils Workshop - All Levels (Jill Banks) 10-5
Three days: August 3-5
Experience Cezanne: A Still Life Painting Workshop for Teens and Adults (Michela Mansuino)
Three sessions to choose from:
August 9-13: 10-2
August 16-20: 10-2
August 23-27: 10-2
Children and Teen Classes and Workshops
Word and Form: The Art of Creative Expression (Ages 12-16) Terri Parent
Seven 3-day, 3-hour sessions to choose from:
June 29 - July 1: 3-6
July 13-15: 2-5
July 27-29: 9:30-12:30
August 10-12: 3-6
August 17-19: 3-6
August 24-26: 3-6
Drawing and Painting for Ages 7-12 (Michela Mansuino) 10-2
Four days: July 6 - July 9:
Manga Cartooning for Teens (Micheal Mansuino) 4-8
Four days: July 6 - July 9:
Colorful Colors for Ages 6-11 (Claudia Samper 9:30-12:30
Two one-week sessions to choose from:
July 12-16
July 19-23
Oil Painting for Teens and Preteens Ages 11+ (Adrienne Kralick) 3:30-5:30
Six Fridays: July 16 - August 20:
Experience Cezanne: A Still Life Painting Workshop for Teens and Adults (Michela Mansuino)
Three sessions to choose from:
August 9-13: 10-2
August 16-20: 10-2
August 23-27: 10-2
Course Details and Registration
To Download the Complete Summer Bulletin Click Here: Summer 2010 Bulletin
To Download the Registration Form, Click Here: Registration Form
To Contact Director Terri Parent, Click Here: parent.terri@gmail.com
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"Learn how to paint! I guarantee you’ll look forward to class each week! You’ll get individual attention from the instructor and support and encouragement from the other students. It feels great to create!" Mike Pahner - Amateur Painter; Former Silicon Valley Executive and Internet Company President |
Come Teach and Create in Great Falls!
Interested in teaching a class? Hoping a particular course will be offered? Please contact Terri Parent at terrikate@aol.com
Faculty Spotlight
Jill Banks: Oil portraits, figurative genre scenes and still lifes that have generated national and regional honors. Represented by Chelsea 32 Gallery in New York and Chasen Galleries in Richmond. Her studio is in the Artists' Atelier in Great Falls (www.jillbanks.com).Donna Barnako: jewelry making, specializing in intricate beading, handmade beads and sterling silver wireworking (www.jewelworx.com)
Deanna Fernandez: an artist, former preschool teacher and Early Childhood Development professional who teaches the ArtStart program to young children
Deborah Greening: Taught art at Cooper Middle School for 16 years, and at the elementary and high school levels. Holds a masters degree in education..
Kathleen Hedges: bronze sculpture
Linda Jones: acrylic, watercolor, pastel and oil paintings, specializing in landscapes (www.lindajonesart.com)
Adrienne Kralick: A professional artist and portrait painter with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Auburn University. Learned the techniques of the Old Masters and Impressionists while copying in the museum of the Art Institute of Chicago, and while studying with artists throughout the US and Europe. Her studio is in the Artists' Atelier in Great Falls (www.adrienneartist.com).
Robert Liberace: an internationally acclaimed contemporary classicist equally accomplished in drawing, painting and sculpture who was selected as one of the top twenty realist artists under the age of forty in the February 2006 issue of The Artist’s Magazine (www.robertliberace.com)
Michela Mansuino: landscape artist, with a BFA in painting and printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Previously taught middle and high school art at the American School of Recife, Brazil.
Heidi Mraz: photography and digital artistry (www.heidimraz.com)
Terri Parent: A hobby of rubber stamping turned into a design business with a collection of more than 200 stamps for this small-business owner, pre-school teacher, camp director and author.
Elicia Pierno: Original and custom work available in local boutiques and art galleries (www.shopbelladesigns.com).
Judith St. Ledger-Roty: oil paintings and portraits
Jan Watkins: A professional cartoonist and teacher who has been published in National Geographic magazine, corporate brochures and a variety of publications in New York, Boston and Washington, DC. (www.watkinscartoons.com).
Robert Liberace: an internationally acclaimed contemporary classicist equally accomplished in drawing, painting and sculpture who was selected as one of the top twenty realist artists under the age of forty in the February 2006 issue of The Artist’s Magazine (www.robertliberace.com)
Michela Mansuino: landscape artist, with a BFA in painting and printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia. Previously taught middle and high school art at the American School of Recife, Brazil.
Heidi Mraz: photography and digital artistry (www.heidimraz.com)
Terri Parent: A hobby of rubber stamping turned into a design business with a collection of more than 200 stamps for this small-business owner, pre-school teacher, camp director and author.
Elicia Pierno: Original and custom work available in local boutiques and art galleries (www.shopbelladesigns.com).
Judith St. Ledger-Roty: oil paintings and portraits
Jan Watkins: A professional cartoonist and teacher who has been published in National Geographic magazine, corporate brochures and a variety of publications in New York, Boston and Washington, DC. (www.watkinscartoons.com).
