$35/$15
$65
$45
4:00 to 6:00 PM
Wednesdays,
Jan 6,13, 20, 27
10 to teen
Priscilla Barbour
Acrylics & More
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The Isle of Wight Arts League
The Arts Center @ 319

319 Main Street in the
Smithfield Historic District

757-357-7707
To sign up for a class...
contact us, or call 757-357-7707
The Arts Center is seeking
Art Instructors and Students
with interest in varying Media.

Please call us if you are interested
in instructing or taking classes!
Contact Sheila Gwaltney at 357-7707
for further information.  
Class
Instructor
Age group /
Skill Level
Dates
Times
Member
fee
Non-Member
fee
Materials
fee
Painting / teens and adults
New --> Month 4
Lovely Acrylics           
Priscilla Barbour
Adult
Wednesdays
Feb 3, 17, 24
1:00 to 3:00 PM
$45
$65
$35/$10
An intermediate class. Students will create personalized works of art using acrylics & mediums.  Students choose their own subjects.
Materials: $35 for new students, who will receive a full material kit designed to carry them through several sessions. $5 to 10 for returning
students (or supply list available) Register by Jan 29.
New --> “Love” the
Acrylics
Priscilla Barbour
Age  10 to teen
Wednesdays
Feb 3, 17, 24
4:00 to 5:30 PM
$45
$65
$35/$10
A beginner / intermediate class. Students explore creative uses of acrylics and mediums to produce unique works of art.  Personalized
instruction and freedom of subject. Materials Fee:  $35 for new students First time students will receive a full material kit designed to carry them
through several sessions, $5 to 10 for returning students (or supply list available)  Register by January 29.
Just Three Puddles of
Color
Sheila Gwaltney
Adult
Tuesdays
Feb 2, 9, 16, 23
2:00 - 3:30 PM
$45
$65
tba
5:30 - 7:00 PM
Choice of afternoon or evening class. Students will use value study from prior class as a guide to create a colorful painting on watercolor paper
using just 3 pigments.  Students will learn how to translate color to value and how colors on the color wheel relate.  Masking methods and
pouring techniques will be used. Register by January 29th.
Prerequisite:  Taken class “Drawing as Preparation for Painting” or able to prepare value study prior to first session.
Batik for Beginners
Carolyn Jolly
Widmoyer
Age 14 to adult
Saturday
April 10
10 AM - 4 PM
$65
$85
-
Learn the ancient art medium of Batik!  With natural fiber cloth, cotton or silk as the canvas, use fabric dye and hot wax, to create 2 to 3 Batiks.  
All supplies are included.  Register by March 30th.
Jewelry / teens and adults  <-- New
Valentine Necklace -
Basic stringing
Diane Milner
Teen & Adult
Sunday, Feb 7
1:30 - 3:30
$35
$55
$26
Materials fee: Necklace kit. Beginner class. Student will learn the basic technique of stringing a necklace using beading wire, attaching a clasp,
and finishing off the closure. Necklace will feature a center pendant, Swarovski crystals, sterling silver squigles, and liquid silver beads.
Construction techniques adaptable to other necklace types. A matching earring kit will be available and time allocated for those who which to
construct.
Watches and
Interchangeable
Bands
Diane Milner
Teen & Adult
Sunday,Feb 21
1:30 - 3:30PM
$35
$55
$20
Materials fee: Watch and band kit. Student will construct a gold or silver tone round rope watch face with interchangeable band. Bands will
feature a variety of glass beads interspersed with silver or gold saucer beads, and lobster claw clasp.
Fiber art / teen and adults
Felting Fun:
Needle felted flower
Valerie Johnson
Teen & Adult
Saturday, Feb 20
10 AM - Noon
$20
$40
$10
Two hour class. Make a flower pin in this fun dry-felting class.  
Classes at the Arts Center @ 319

Classes are held if the minimum number of students specified by the instructor are enrolled; most classes also have a
maximum enrollment. So sign up early.

Class fees are due no later than the first day of class and payable to the Isle of Wight Arts League.
Materials fees are payable directly to the instructor and may not be applicable for returning students.

Parents / guardians: For safety considerations, you must accompany your child into the Arts Center at the beginning of
class and pick up you child from the Center. Children will only be released from the Center to a parent or guardian.
Isle of Wight County's "Isle be Green Artz" Workshop / for pre-teens and adults
Isle be Green Artz
Donna Drozda
9 - 12
Saturdays,
March 20 & 27
10 AM-12:30 PM
Free
Teen & adults
1:30 to 4 PM
A two-session workshop. A demonstration, by artist Donna Drozda, of a variety of green art techniques each of which will assist the student in
a spontaneous exploration of their personal environment and connection to the natural world. Through hands-on experience student artists will
perceive, synthesize, evaluate and respond aesthetically to images provided by the artist.

This process enlivens curiosity and positive interactions with the biodiversity of the region while expanding observation skills and an
appreciation of the natural environment.

What the students will produce: each student/artist will create an 'Isle Be Green Artz' Animal inspired by images, provided by the artist
presenter, of birds, reptiles or fish that would be found in the local environment.

Materials: Plastic bags, newspaper, masking tape, cereal boxes, gesso, paints...are provided.