Register Today for Art Classes for All Ages at Arts Guild NJ

Registration is open for Winter art classes for adults, teens (ages 12-16), and children (ages 7–11) at Arts Guild New Jersey. Winter one-day Adult Workshop registration is also now open. Winter classes begin the week of January 18th, 2016, including several exciting new options, in addition to many familiar favorites. Classes meet once a week for eight weeks. Whether students are challenging themselves by taking their skills to the next level, or trying a new technique for the first time, there is something for everyone at Arts Guild New Jersey.

Adult classes, with both morning and evening options, include diverse and multi-level offerings in drawing, painting (oils, acrylics, and watercolor), and stained glass. Teen and kids classes meet after school or on Saturdays. Teen classes include drawing, oil painting, and Anime/Manga; and for kids, sculpture, drawing, pastel painting and cartooning.

For complete course descriptions and class schedules, access the online course catalog at www.agnj.org (Art Classes page) or call (732) 381-7511 to request a printed flyer. You will notice class locations specified next to each class description: either 1670 Irving for our traditional Arts Guild New Jersey building on Irving Street, or Senior Center Annex, 125 W. Milton Avenue, for the Annex space on Milton Avenue.

Registration is accepted online (www.agnj.org) where you can pay by credit card, in-person, or by mail. To register in person, visit the office at 1670 Irving Street in Rahway, Monday – Thursday, from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM or Friday 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM (please use parking lot entrance). Cash and check payments are accepted in person or by mail; credit card payments are accepted online only. Payment must be received before the class begins to complete registration. We do not recommend sending payment via mail within one week of when classes begin.

All class space is limited, so early registration is encouraged to ensure enrollment. Members receive a $15 discount on adult classes and a $10 discount for kids and teens classes. To become a member, or to get more information on membership, visit www.agnj.org and click on the Membership link.

For more extensive information about Winter 2016 classes and workshops please see the following details:

Daytime adult classes include:

Drawing from Life & Photos (Tues.) an introduction to the fundamentals of composition, perspective, proportion, positive/negative space, value, and texture, using still life and reference materials

Expressive Watercolor (Wed.) an exploration of this colorful medium including the basics of color mixing, blending paint, and studies in light and shading to create vibrant paintings in your own personal style

Oil Painting: Basics & Beyond (Thurs.) a focus on composition/design, under-painting, color theory and color mixing, and the use of transparent glazes.

Evening adult classes include:

Drawing the Human Figure (Tues.) a class for artists who want to improve observational drawing skills and understand the basic anatomy and proportions of the human figure by working from a live model.

Watercolor (Wed.) teaches students to create vivid, original works of art with an emphasis on color, blending, composition, precision, form, light, shade and the use of brushes.

Painting with Oils or Acrylics (Wed.) is a study of technical, formal, and creative aspects of painting original artworks with oils from still life displays, landscape, and other inspirational sources.

Stained Glass (Thurs.) emphasize the skills of glass-cutting, foil wrapping, soldering and finishing techniques to make lampshades, stained glass window panels or even stained glass sculptural pieces and holiday ornaments.

Portrait Painting (Thurs.) focuses on capturing the likeness and personality of an individual by painting from photos, master copies and life in an intensive but fun approach.

Drawing Principles (Thurs.) a class for artists of every level to broaden understanding of visual organization, from concepts of form and color to more complex issues of perspective.

For adult classes, students are responsible for their own materials. Supply lists are distributed upon registration. Most evening classes run for 2.5 hours weekly, for eight weeks.

Teen classes at Arts Guild New Jersey include Drawing for Teens (Thurs), with a curriculum designed to build skills in drawing still life objects, portraiture, landscape, and abstraction with an emphasis on exploring the variety of ways that objects can be represented, and Japanese Anime/Manga Style Cartooning (Sat), where students learn the techniques of this popular cartooning and animation style to make their own comic art. All teen classes include materials. A new addition to the Winter, Oil Painting will provide students with instruction in all basic methods of oil painting in a format designed for teen students: Color/ Color Mixing, Design, Composition, Variety of techniques for painting: traditional and contemporary, Tonal studies, glazing, ‘blocking In’ etc.

Kids classes include: Drawing Exploration(Tues), which builds students’ skills in drawing realistic and imaginary objects, people and landscapes, while tapping into their creativity and imagination; Sculpture for Kids (Thurs), where students build three-dimensional objects out of cardboard, paper maché, wire, modeling clay and other materials; Cartooning (Sat), where students tell a simple story in pictures, creating a comic panel or comic strip page; and Pastel Painting (Sat), is a class where students learn to create colorful artworks by drawing/ painting with soft and hard chalk pastels.

For all kids and teen classes, students in most cases are provided with materials. Most kids/teen classes run for 1.5 hours weekly for eight weeks

ABOUT ARTS GUILD NEW JERSEY

Arts Guild New Jersey is a non-profit multi-disciplinary arts center located in the downtown Arts District in the City of Rahway, with a mission to provide quality arts programs for the benefit of the Northern and Central New Jersey area. Each year the Guild presents: a fine art exhibition series; multi-week art class sessions in the winter, spring and fall for adults, teens, and children; an on-going series of adult art workshops; summer art workshops for kids; and a variety of other cultural events and activities. Arts Guild New Jersey is accessible from the Garden State Parkway, NJ Turnpike, Routes 1 & 9, Saint Georges Avenue, and NJ Transit via the Northeast Corridor and Jersey Shore lines.

Sponsors of this program include The Merck Foundation & Northfield Bank Foundation. This program is made possible in part by a grant from the NJ State Council on the Arts, Department of State, a sister agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.