The Workshop Series is a great new way to experience learning and working with professional teachers in different mediums. Most of the Workshop Series happens on the weekends, but check out the others that are on other nights.

Full payment is due at registration.
No refunds within 3 weeks of workshop unless RGS cancels.
Materials provided unless otherwise specified.

*Workshop dates &/or times are subject to change, please check publicity or call the office at 257- 1577 for more information.

Sequencing
with Lydia Thomson
Fee: $60
Class time: Saturday June 14  11 am – 3 pm

Sequencing is an approach to painting developed by Ric Campman at the River Gallery School. It is a way to enter the process of painting at a deep and direct level.  The intent is to keep the connection between the eye, the hand and the painting as direct and non-intellectual as possible. This workshop is recommended for both novice and experienced art-makers.  Lydia Thomson is an artist and teacher at River Gallery School.  Limited to 12 participants.

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Life Drawing Marathon at River Gallery School
with RGS faculty, guest and models
Fee: $75
Class time: Saturday July 12  10 am – 10 pm  

River Gallery School will be hosting a Life Drawing Marathon with RGS faculty, guest and models. Bring your own materials if you are painting, we will supply charcoal, pencils and paper for a 12 hour long deep-dive into life drawing. It is long enough to draw yourself into a zone, long enough to get exhausted, long enough to get giddy, long enough to really start to see! Come join in the excitement and fun. Limited to 10 participants

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Finding Sounds: A Percussion Instrument Building with Ahren Ahrenholz and So Percussion
Fee: $30 for individual, $55 for 2 in family  ($25/$45 for BMAC members)
Class time: Saturday July 19  11 am to 3 pm   

Suitable for all ages, (Children under 10 yrs should come with an adult)
Anything that vibrates can make a noise - and this workshop will allow us to explore just what that might lead to. Members of the musical ensemble So Percussion, will join Ahren Ahrenholz to facilitate the building of instruments from simple to off-the-wall.  

Ahrenholz is an artist/object maker who has long been interested in the conjunction of sculpture and sound; his intriguing large-scale assemblages are part of the In The Zone exhibit. The musicians who are known for using household utensils and quirky objects as instruments will spark ideas and share their knowledge with workshop participants.  We will use a variety of found objects  to put together any description of new noise makers.

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Outdoor Pastel Painting Workshop “Rural Vermont En Plein Air”
with  Karen Baker CPS, PSA.
Fee: $235
Class time:Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, August 13, 14, 15   10 am – 3 pm
Come for 3 full days of expressive painting outdoors on location at selected sites around the Brattleboro area.  The workshop will emphasize conveying the essence of landscape, using a full-color palette and value contrasts.

We will review the basics of plein air painting and the creative process.  You will learn how to render light and shadow and create harmony and balance in artwork that reflects your unique interpretation of nature.  Some experience painting in the pastel medium is necessary.  Materials list provided.


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