Painted Landscape
Sat., January 6 12:30-2:00 p.m.
Ages 6-8 $10
In this class students will learn about the art of creating distance in a painting using simple one point perspective techniques.
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Painted Landscape
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Needle Felted Beach Scene
Needle Felted Beach Scene
Tues., February 7 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Ages 16+ $40 ($35 Members)
We all miss those warm Lake Michigan sunsets, learn to paint one with wool! Begin a 4 x 6 landscape using colored felt, a huge variety of wool roving and add embroidered details in this layered needle felted landscape. Daytime or sunset scene, your choice.
May 14, 2022 By
Fused Glass Forest Landscape
Fused Glass Forest Landscape
Sat., June 18 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Ages 16 to Adult
$55 ($50 Members)
Use frit, glass paint, stringers, glass slide film, and fuseable glass to create a woodland landscape. Students have a choice of flat finished or standing curved panel.
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Summer Landscape Painting with Jane Stroschin
Summer Landscape Painting with Jane Stroschin
Sat., June 11 11:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Ages 16 to Adult
$40 ($35 Members)
Gather together with friends and one fabulous artist to paint an acrylic landscape inspired by summer scenery. Students will each complete an acrylic painting on an 11” x 14” canvas.
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Aerial Landscape In Clay
Aerial Landscape In Clay
Tues., June 14 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Ages 6-8
$7
Imagine being a bird flying over a beach, a field, a town. Students will construct their own bird’s eye view landscapes from clay.
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POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE INSPIRE – Classes for Teens: Acrylic Landscape Painting
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
INSPIRE – Classes for Teens
Thursdays 3:45-5:15 p.m. Ages 12-18
Class Fee $10
These classes are funded in part by a grant from the FACF Youth Advisory Committee. These exciting and exploratory art classes are designed to give middle and high school students a chance to learn about art styles and mediums they might not get in a classroom. All materials provided.
March 26 Acrylic Landscape Painting
Learn to layer, wash and drybrush your way into creating a bold spring landscape. Acrylic on canvas.
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POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Quilt with Dr. Kruszynski! Lighthouses Landscaping with Photo Fabric
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Quilt with Dr. Kruszynski! Lighthouses Landscaping with Photo Fabric
Wednesday 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. April 22
Class Fee: $40 ($35 Members) Ages 16-Adult
Materials Kit: $40
Learn the art of collage landscaping with an inserted lighthouse picture printed on a photo fabric. Choose from Big Sable, White Lake, Muskegon, Grand Haven, or Holland. You will amaze yourself at how easy it is to create a beautiful Lake Michigan Pier seascape in fabric! Prepare to have fun! Equipment/materials list provided at registration. Dr. Susan Kruszynski – quilted landscape fabric artist and educator. Feeding her artistic nature, Susan, at age 8, began experimenting with fabrics over 50 years ago to produce colorful artistic creations. Though a long-time quilter, she began landscape fabric design in 2014. A native of Michigan, her works are often inspired by the trees and woodlands along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Susan currently divides her time between creating original fabric landscape designs, teaching the art of quilted fabric landscaping in classes in and around the state of Michigan, marketing fabric art at shows, running her Quilting Fabrics in Time business, and as a part-time adjunct of reading at Muskegon Community College. Susan uses her 40 years of K-College level teaching experiences and a PhD in Education to provide fun and easy learning experiences in classes and instruction.
February 27, 2020 By
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE Needle Felting with Olivia Johnson-Landscape with Sheep
POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Needle Felting with Olivia Johnson-Landscape with Sheep
Thursday 6:00-8:00 p.m. April 16
Class Fee: $30($25 Members) Ages 16-Adult
Now is the time to try the art of needle felting. Use wool roving and a barbed needle to form a landscape with sheep. Olivia will gently guide you through the process and even provide you will a kit to continue at home.
October 25, 2019 By
Saturday Drop-in Art for Children: Landscape with Barn
Saturday Drop-in Art for Children
November 9 Landscape with Barn
Instruction begins promptly at 11:00 a.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. $3 per child
Join us on Saturday mornings for a “make and take” art
experience. All ages are welcome; children under age 5
should be accompanied by an adult.
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Needle Felted Landscape with Olivia Johnson
Needle Felted Landscape
with Olivia Johnson
Thursday 6:00-8:00 p.m. October 10
Class Fee: $45 ($40 Members) Ages 16-Adult
Spend an evening exploring the art of needle felting. Using colorful wool roving and a barbed needle students will create a lovely little landscape. Bring a photo of a favorite landscape, maybe a fall or winter scene. At the end of the class each student will bring home a kit to keep felting at home. This is an easy and portable art form!
