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• Open Studio Thursdays

  • Start
    30 Nov 2023
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  • End
    21 Nov 2024
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  • Schedule
    52 sessions
  • Location
    ArtrWaves
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Imagine walking into an art supply store where every canvas, brush, and pigment  beckon to you without any price tags. That's  the essence of our open studio sessions at our art community hub. Every Thursday from 5 to 8 PM and Sundays from 1 to 4 PM, our members step into a space that mirrors the boundless aisles of an art supply haven, but with one key difference – everything is free. The tables are laden with top-notch equipment, and shelves are stocked with an array of donated materials, creating an atmosphere where artistic possibilities are as limitless as one's imagination.

  In this creative sanctuary, members not only have access to a wealth of artistic resources but also to a spacious studio where they can spread out and immerse themselves in their projects. The open layout fosters a sense of community, turning the studio into a collaborative space where friendly fellow members work side by side, sharing ideas, techniques, and encouragement. It's a place where creative minds converge, turning each session into a vibrant tapestry of artistic expression.

  To enhance the experience, complimentary tea flows freely, creating a warm and inviting ambiance. As members sip on their tea, they find themselves surrounded not only by the hum of creativity but also by a supportive network of like-minded individuals. The "smarts and parts" philosophy encourages the exchange of knowledge, making this space not just a studio but a dynamic community where artistic intelligence is shared, and the necessary materials are readily available for all members. Best of all, this enriching experience comes at no cost, emphasizing our commitment to making creativity accessible and fostering a space where art is truly for everyone.

    
  

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• Open Studio Sundays

  • Start
    3 Dec 2023
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  • End
    24 Nov 2024
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  • Schedule
    51 sessions

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  Imagine walking into an art supply store where every canvas, brush, and pigment beckon to you without any price tags. That's the essence of our open studio sessions at our art community hub. Every Thursday from 5 to 8 PM and Sundays from 1 to 4 PM, our members step into a space that mirrors the boundless aisles of an art supply haven, but with one key difference – everything is free. The tables are laden with top-notch equipment, and shelves are stocked with an array of donated materials, creating an atmosphere where artistic possibilities are as limitless as one's imagination.

  In this creative sanctuary, members not only have access to a wealth of artistic resources but also to a spacious studio where they can spread out and immerse themselves in their projects. The open layout fosters a sense of community, turning the studio into a collaborative space where friendly fellow members work side by side, sharing ideas, techniques, and encouragement. It's a place where creative minds converge, turning each session into a vibrant tapestry of artistic expression.

  To enhance the experience, complimentary tea flows freely, creating a warm and inviting ambiance. As members sip on their tea, they find themselves surrounded not only by the hum of creativity but also by a supportive network of like-minded individuals. The "smarts and parts" philosophy encourages the exchange of knowledge, making this space not just a studio but a dynamic community where artistic intelligence is shared, and the necessary materials are readily available for all members. Best of all, this enriching experience comes at no cost, emphasizing our commitment to making creativity accessible and fostering a space where art is truly for everyone.

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• Zen Sitting, Zen Living: Drop-In Group 2024

  • Start
    3 Jan 2024
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  • End
    19 Jun 2024
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  • Schedule
    24 sessions
  • Location
    ArtWaves Dance Studio
  • Spaces left
    49
  • Registered
    3 registrants

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  Zen Meditation: Drop-In Group 2024

  Wednesdays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm 

  Registration is not required. Please arrive a few minutes early to park and settle in.

  The way of Zen is very simple: how one keeps one's mind, moment after moment after moment. It is not "tuning out" or creating a “blissed out” state. Instead Zen encourages us to "tune in" and realize the miracle of being alive right in this moment, whatever it holds.

  Our weekly sessions are Zen practice stripped down to the basics. There is no chanting or ritual, just seated and walking meditation, followed by a short teaching sharing the wisdom of ancient and contemporary Zen Masters (including the Buddha himself).

  All levels of experience, including none, are welcome, and instruction is enthusiastically offered to beginners. Meditation cushions and chairs are provided. (If you are new, please come a few minutes early so we can help you get set up).

  COST:

  Sessions are offered in accordance with the Buddha’s practice of dana (generosity). Donations of any amount are received with gratitude and help support the teaching and our practice space at ArtWaves.

  
  

  INSTRUCTOR BIO:

  Laura Bonyon Neal is an ordained Zen Buddhist priest, authorized  Zen teacher, and  Dharma heir of the late Most Venerable Wonji Dharma. Whether teaching, meditating, cooking, gardening, or drawing at ArtWaves, Laura holds Zen’s great question “What Is This?” at the forefront in order to keep her mind moment after moment after moment. And she really likes cats.
  

  
  

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• Which Stitch: A Circle of Needles

  • Start
    28 Jan 2024
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  • End
    19 Jan 2025
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  • Schedule
    50 sessions
  • Location
    Artwaves

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  We meet every Sunday from 1pm-4pm during open studio.  Participants can bring your current knitting, crochet, sewing, mending, handsewing, mending, embroidery, weaving, felting, needlepoint, cross stitch….. all things fiber and needle projects to work in conversation with each other.  It’s a drop in group so you don’t have to register. Special guests will introduce new techniques and demo their needlework. Artwaves is also taking donations of materials, sewing machines, sergers, yarn, fabric, etc.  Participants may bring unfinished projects or ideas for community projects such as donations of hats, mittens, blankets, shawls, etc. 
  

  This ongoing group maintains an email list for persons interested or who have attended.  If you want to be on the email list, please send an email to office@artwavesmdi.org. 

  New to all this? Artwaves will provide supplies, beginning instruction, sewing machines and materials for you to try. 

  Free to members of Artwaves, non-members by donation 

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• The Science, Magic, and Art of Color

  • Start
    17 Feb 2024
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  • End
    20 Apr 2024
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  • Schedule
    10 sessions

  
  

  Color touches on nearly every aspect of life on earth. It is used to elicit the widest range of emotions and feelings by quickly influencing cellular activity or raising or lowering blood pressure or triggering wakefulness and sleep. Color plays a vital role in mating and reproduction for most life forms and a central role in symbolizing the aspirations of nation states, corporations, and even the humble neighborhood grade school. In the realm of the visual arts color has reigned supreme since the earliest cave paintings, and in the mundane material world, color is used universally to influence the buying decisions of everything from Ferraris to Fruit Loops.
  

  A theory can be defined as a well substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment, and a mystery is defined as something that baffles our understanding and cannot be explained. Since color cannot be studied in isolation, the course will move between modern scientific color theory and the mysterious world of color interaction and application as well as an exploration of the fundamentals of two dimensional design. We will study historic and modern pigments and their uses and applications across a broad range of the visual arts and will devote substantial class time to the execution of color design problems. Class time will be divided into lecture, critique, studio exercises, and the explanation of assignments due for the following class critique.
  

  This course is designed to challenge, encourage and enlighten all levels of artistic interest and experience from beginner to working professional.

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• Yoga Dance for Families

  • Start
    2 Mar 2024
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  • End
    27 Apr 2024
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  • Schedule
    15 sessions
  • Location
    Artwaves Dance Studio

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  Parents with children between the ages of 3 and 5 (and younger siblings) will move together to music using free form and circle dance as well as yoga and qigong for expression. There is no right or wrong way to move. Let's have fun! Classes are led by Susan Sassaman.

  Please register.  Payment by donation $5 or as you wish.

  
  

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• The Art of Listening

  • Start
    23 Mar 2024
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  • End
    18 May 2024
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Dance Studio

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  The Art of Listening:

  Nervous System Restoration with Sound Current Healing and Reflective Art Praxes

  Engage in the Art of Listening to nourish your nervous system, cultivate communication skills, and build your stamina to face life’s challenges. Join others to tap into both personal and collective creative wisdom. Expect to relax, create and play.

  During each 2-hour session you will be invited to prepare for a deep relaxation where you can listen to the healing sound current of the gong. Then choose to keep resting while listening, or join in to chant a few sacred songs: the poetry of the Sikh gurus. Afterwards, a short reflective art practice that includes doodling and journaling will be offered as well as time for group sharing.

  Song sheet (with translations) will be provided. Please dress in warm layers and bring your journal and favorite writing implements. You may also want to bring a water bottle.

  

  Meet the Artist:

  Lelania Harpal Kaur Avila (she/we/tributary) builds community through healing arts. A scholar of sacred poetic languages, she extends a gentle invitation to explore restoration through sound current experiences. As a multi-media artist, she balances rest and play with work and community engagement. She’s a licensed Inner Field Trip® Navigator, certified Kundalini Yoga teacher, and creator of two books of poetry, including An Abecedarian Reflection: Parenting Through Childhood Cancer.  She playfully approaches challenges, utilizing the guidance of emotions to tune into inner wisdom. Learn more at paradisefound2020.org.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Figure Drawing - April

  • Start
    4 Apr 2024
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  • End
    25 Apr 2024
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  • Schedule
    4 sessions
  • Location
    ArtWaves

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  Thursday Figure Drawing

  Every Thursday!

  On Thursday, April 25 we will meet in the Farmhouse Studio

  12:00pm -3:00pm 

  Where the model is the star, a series of 20 minute poses with no instruction, but plenty of easels, charcoal, basic supplies, tea, and friendly fellow artists. 

  18 and over, under 18 allowed with parental attendance!

  $15 per week or Members can register with $25 per month at a significant discount! 

  
  

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• Community Campfire

  • Start
    11 Apr 2024
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  • End
    13 Jun 2024
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Artwaves Courtyard

  Join us the second Thursday of the month in the courtyard for a Community Camp Fire.

  
  

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• Thursday 5:30pm Fusion Flow Fitness

  • When
    18 Apr 2024
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    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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  This class is a braid of Yoga, Pilates, Barre and the art of not giving a crap what you look like, but how you feel.

  Move, sweat, breathe and enjoy.  

  First time or 1000 times, all are welcome and then we do the best we can.

  Thursday 5:30pm 
  

  Fusion Flow Fitness

  the instructor

   Britt’s passion for yoga, swimming, running and exploring the outdoors has been a blessing for her and all those with whom she shares a love of life. Experience, versatility, knowledge, dependability, and playfulness is what she brings to every adventure.

  
  

  ritt’s passion for yoga, swimming, running and exploring the outdoors has been a blessing for her and all those with whom she shares a love of life. Experience, versatility, knowledge, dependability, and playfulness is what she brings to every adventure.
  

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• Mud Season Magic: Techniques for Multimedia Illustration

  • When
    20 Apr 2024
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    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Kaleidoscope Studio

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  Rekindle the joy you felt making art as a child and learn to PLAY again! Mud season has valuable lessons to teach us about the merit of mess, and the opportunities it affords us for growth. 

  This all-levels class will cover techniques for combining media such as ink, watercolor, gouache, pencil, and oil pastel for vibrantly layered compositions with rich textures and depth. Students will put color theory principles into practice by learning approaches for inverting and mixing colors in their composition, and explore innovative approaches to mark-making.

  

  The class will be structured to maximize student's time making, with an emphasis on process over the end product. We'll begin with a discussion of different techniques used by multimedia illustrators such as Eric Carle and Faith Ringgold, and talk about how aversion to making mistakes holds us back in our artistic process. Then we'll dive in with a series of explorative exercises to conquer what scares us. In the second half of the class, we'll begin longer studies, and hold group critiques to generate ideas for creatively 'resolving' our compositions. 

  
  

  Meet the Artist: Claire Loon Baldwin

  

  Claire Loon Baldwin is a Maine-based illustrator, designer, and storyteller inspired by the surreal beauty of nature. For years she worked as an environmental educator and park ranger, and in 2018 she created a centennial poster series for Grand Canyon National Park. Since then, her clients have included Down East Magazine, the Maine Audubon Society, and DK Publishing. She's a passionate hiker, and is writing and illustrating her first novel. See more at claireloonbaldwin.com.
  

  
  

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• Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

  • When
    27 Apr 2024
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6

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  Back by Popular Demand!

  Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy 

  

  In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch. 

  Meet the Artists

  

  Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at their website: https://www.stubborncowglass.com

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• Ocean Themed Stained Glass Mosaic

  • When
    3 May 2024
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    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM

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  Ocean themed stained glass mosaics for ages 8 and up.
  

  Our studio provides heaps of colors, step by step instructions, all the gear for you to learn to cut, grind, adhere, admire and possibly grout.  here is your chance to color with glass! No experience necessary 
  Think fish, mermaids, birds, boats, seals and whales or choose one of your photos.   All instruction, samples and materials are included to bring home  something for your wall or window. . 

  Younger children need to be accompanied by an adult.

  
  

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• Cyanotype Star Wars Day - May the Fourth be with you!

  • When
    4 May 2024
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    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    9

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  Stars Wars Day

  MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU!

  This will be a special workshop just for Star Wars Day! Cyanotype, also call sun-printing, is an early photographic process that produces blue and white prints. It is usually done in bright sunlight, but can also produce beautiful prints on cloudy days, and can be done indoors with a specialized UV light. You’ll have a chance to try both sunlight and artificial light.
  

  There will be a lot of movement between indoor and outdoor workstations - if you have any mobility challenges please let us know so we can accommodate you.

  While this workshop is an introduction to cyanotype, all levels of experience are welcome to come and experiment. All ages welcome, children under 14 must be with an adult. 

   

  Jennifer Booher’s cyanotype work plays with seasonal changes and the optical properties of light.  She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015, and Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation and the Kindling Fund. 

         

  
  

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• Botanicals and Beyond: Exploring Gelli Printing

  • When
    12 May 2024
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    10:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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  Botanicals and Beyond: Exploring Gelli Printing  We supply it all *and the results are stunning!

  Delve a little further into the possibilities of gelatin monoprinting on a variety of papers.  The gelatin plates pick up the intricacy of the plants and our Akua inks are vibrantly colored. Take home your own unique printed postcards, tags, booklets, in addition to matting your favorite piece to frame. Great for families! under 10 needs adult companion

  Sunday May 12 from 10 to 12pm

  $42  $32 for members)

      

              

  About the Instructor: Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building. Her artwork is expressed in a variety of media primarily oil painting, including glass, fiber and printmaking. She graduated with a B.A.in Painting from Swain School of Design including a year at Worcester Art Museum School and Boston Museum of Fine Arts and recently a Masters from Heartwood College of Art. Liz is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists, Fiber Arts Network and Maine Crafts Association.

  $42 includes all materials and a Matt for farming

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• Art Night with NextStep

  • When
    16 May 2024
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    5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves

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  Our friends from NextStep will be joining us in the studio on Thursday, May 16th. We will be creating artwork that calls attention to the fact that Abuse can happen to anyone, from any walk of life. We will discuss the impact that abuse has on a person, their loved ones, and their community, as well as dispelling some common myths about how it happens and who it happens to. This is a great opportunity for folks to come together and create art in a safe environment, for a wonderful cause. NextStep will be hosting an Art Showcase this summer, and would love to display artwork created at this event. If you aren't able to make this event, but would like to contribute to our Art Showcase, please call our helpline at 1-800-315-5579

  
  

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• Naturalist Illustration Principles: Illustrating the Seas

  • When
    19 May 2024
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    12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Fine Arts Studio

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  This course, suitable for all-levels, will invite students to learn about Naturalist Illustration, a discipline of capturing the artist’s perspective in their work, rather than strictly adhering to realism. Students will be encouraged to use their references with loose interpretation and add their own flare to their work. 

  

  
  

  We will examine important principles such as composition, light, movement, and texture in both our references and our pieces. Students will have access to a wide range of mediums, their end product will be a small-medium sized drawing, painting, or multimedia piece with some type of ocean-dwelling creature as its subject. 

  
  

  Students will also have access to photographs and books to use as reference material, including both examples of fish and other creatures to use as reference photos and examples of naturalist illustration work to reference.

  
  

  
  

  Meet the Artist

  Kailey Lewia is an ethnobotany and illustration student based in Otter Creek, Maine, and most interested in the connections between science, art, and wellness. Her work includes linocut, gouache paintings, and various multimedia works. 

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• Felted Geodes

  • When
    23 May 2024
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    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves Kaleidoscope Studio
  • Spaces left
    22

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  The wet felting process is colorful and fun for all ages.

  This workshop has the added attraction of getting to slice it open with the oooohs and ahhs as the colorful core is exposed. Then you see the beautiful and surprising results of the geode inside!  All materials including ArtWaves amazing array of colorful fleece and gear to wet felt sheeps wool. Step by step instructions and ideas of how to use these as well.

  Special member price of $10 and the member benefit of coming on Sunday to make more as part of the OPEN STUDIO!  This is a skill you continue at ArtWaves Open Studio where materials and tools are available FREE in the studio Sundays and Thursdays for members to connect, create and continue working with fibers. 

  Not-yet-members special $20. fee. Under 11 needs an adult partner.                 

  About the instructor: Liz Cutler.com

  Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building. Her artwork is expressed in a variety of media primarily oil painting, including glass, fiber and printmaking. She graduated with a B.A.in Painting from Swain School of Design including a year at Worcester Art Museum School and Boston Museum of Fine Arts and recently a Masters from Heartwood College of Art. Liz is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists​, Fiber Arts Network and Maine Crafts Association. Liz is currently the Executive Director of ArtWaves and enjoys her studio time with students.

  If you need to cancel your registration, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.

  
  

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• Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

  • When
    25 May 2024
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    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6

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  Back by Popular Demand!

  Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy 

  

  In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch. 

  Meet the Artists

  

  Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at their website: https://www.stubborncowglass.com

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• Intermediate Cyanotype

  • When
    25 May 2024
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    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Spaces left
    7

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  Intermediate Cyanotype

  

  

  If you’ve got the basics down and want to push the materials further, here is the opportunity to try more complicated techniques like wet cyanotype, bleaching, and toning. Jennifer Booher will have a variety of papers and prints for you to experiment with.

  Prepare to get messy!

      

  

  Meet the Artist:

  Jennifer Booher’s cyanotype work plays with seasonal changes and the optical properties of light.  She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015, and Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation and the Kindling Fund. 

         

  
  

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• Lap Loom Weaving

  • When
    30 May 2024
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    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves

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  Let's get familiar with ArtWaves lap looms! Explore the possibilities  of designs, learn how to warp a loom with a heddle and use the   shuttle.  ArtWaves has acquired an incredibly colorful array of yarns so you can create a small tapestry or a simple monochromatic design for a coaster. 

  Teens/Adults welcome, younger kids get to have their adult partners in - plenty of space at ArtWaves! Use our materials or bring your own bits and bobs to embellish your piece.

  This is a special $10 members price. Members can stay until 8pm for  OPEN STUDIO time working on their looms and come in Sundays to continue weaving!  Not-yet-members also benefit from the special pricing of $20 that covers everything you need to make a small weaving- coaster or small jewelery pouch.  

   

  Lizcutler.com is the instructor

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• Rock on - Stained Glass Mosaic

  • When
    1 Jun 2024
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    1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves

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   Shoreline boulders, or cairns in Stained Glass! We have colorful piles of gorgeous glass, bins of beautiful china, and smooth stones for you to create with so you can bring home your own version of Acadia national park. Plus, you learn to cut, grind and perhaps grout a stained-glass mosaic! Use your photos as inspiration.  It’s like coloring with stained glass, no experience necessary. We supply it all from Aprons to zinc white with step by step instructions in our spacious Kaleidoscope Studio. Perhaps there is something special you have picked up to include, you are welcome to personalize your piece as you wish, for your wall or window.  Under 10 needs an adult partner. 

    instructor: Liz Cutler

  Custom workshops available for groups.    

  1-4 PM June 1.

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• Mosaic Birches

  • When
    7 Jun 2024
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    3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves

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   There is something magical about a birch grove. Maybe the sense of light, the texture, or the distinctive black and white patterns that look so good in stained glass. Here is your chance to work with our glorious assortment of colors and textures. No experience necessary. All materials are included, with step-by-step instructions and a touch of merriment. Ages 8 and up; children under 10 need an adult partner. 

      

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• Lap Loom Weaving Evening

  • When
    7 Jun 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

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  Lap Loom Weaving 
  

         Gather and be surrounded by texture, color and possibilities as we get familiar with our lap looms. The process begins with considering designing, warping a loom, using a shuttle, and trying special techniques using our incredible array of yarns, ribbon and wool roving.

  We will guide you through a few different weaving techniques and patterns to help you create a gorgeous piece of art! Bring your own yarn if you have some that you love or use our selection.  All is included.  $50 non members,  members receive a $10 discount

  No experience necessary, and fun for anyone over the age of 8.you can create a pictorial tapestry or a simple monochromatic design. 
  
  

    

  
  

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• Intro to Basics of Monochromatic MonoPrinting

  • When
    13 Jun 2024
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    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves Kaleidoscope Studio
  • Spaces left
    12

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  Basics of Monochromatic MonoPrinting

  The possibilities of reductive gelatin monoprinting are astounding, and are very easy for non artists!  Here is an hour to work on some scenes or abstractions just using black ink,  fun tools to create come value patterns on a variety of papers. The step by step instructions makes this one of those wow workshops that some stray marks become the wow- actually best part of the print! 

  Take home your own unique printed cards, gift tags, a booklet, in addition to matting your favorite piece to frame. We supply it all, aprons, inks, brayers, and ooohhhs and ahhhs.

  Our Special Member price is $10,  which means after the 1 hour workshop, members can stay and continue until 8pm.

   Not-yet-Members enjoy the special $20   Want to join? Easy Beans.  $60 a Year-   https://www.artwavesmdi.org/join-us Then stay and print away at Open Studio!

  
  

  
  

  Liz is a founder of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building. Her artwork is expressed in a variety of media primarily oil painting, including glass, fiber and printmaking. She graduated with a B.A.in Painting from Swain School of Design including a year at Worcester Art Museum School and Boston Museum of Fine Arts and recently a Masters from Heartwood College of Art. Liz is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists​, Fiber Arts Network and Maine Crafts Association. You can reach Liz at Liz Cutler.com 

  If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!

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• Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

  • When
    22 Jun 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    8

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  Back by Popular Demand!

  Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy 

  

  In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch. 

  Meet the Artists

  

  Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at their website: https://www.stubborncowglass.com

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• Batik Painting: Ancient Art, New Twist

  • When
    26 Jun 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6
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  Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist with Gloria Avner 

  Use your photographs or mine. Transfer reality to artistry with ink, wax and watercolor on delicate rice-paper. Learn ancient techniques, play with layering color and go home with two wonderful paintings. All materials and step by step instructions are provided at the spacious ArtWaves Studio in Town Hill.

  Teens/Adults of all skill levels. The class is equally effective for beginners, professional artists and those taking the course multiple times.
  

  $95 ($85 for members) 10-2

    

  About the instructor: Gloria Avner has been creating and teaching art professionally for over twenty years. She is well known for specializing in painting BATIK Style. Both beginners and professional artists like to take her courses more than once. Ms. Avner has traveled the world and ran an art gallery in Town Hill for 35 years (Aquarius Artifacts). Her paintings are in Florida Galleries and collections across the country, and she is also well known for her Pet Portraits. See her work on Facebook, IG (@gloriavner), and Fineartamerica.com.

  If you need to cancel your registration, please email office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.

  If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!

  
  

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• Mosaic Candle Cups

  • When
    27 Jun 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves Kaleidoscope Studio
  • Spaces left
    25

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  Making a stained glass mosaic candle cup is an opportunity to create with a unique hands-on medium. It’s like coloring with stained glass! Participants will learn how to design, nip,  and arrange ArtWaves extensive supply of glass, tiles, natural materials, and colorful pottery bits to create whatever mosaic pattern or image they like. All materials and instruction are provided, just bring your imagination.  You are welcome to bring in wee tiny objects to enhance your one of a kind jar or mirror! The jars are wonderful to hold your  special objects as well!

  
  

  Special member price with discount - just $10 , yet to be members is $20.

  This is a skill you continue at ArtWaves Open Studio where materials and tools are available FREE in the studio for members to continue working with glass-( who would want to do this at home?)  

  Here's the membership details - after all we are a community arts center!  https://artwavesmdi.org/join-us 

  
  

  Instructor Liz Cutler- ArtWaves founder and merriment coordinator

  lizcutler.com

  
  

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• Painting with Fleece

  • When
    2 Jul 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

  Register

  Needle felting is a simple needling technique like tattooing with small barbed needles to decorate a wool surface. Here’s where you  ‘paint’ with a barbed needle using ArtWaves amazing array of dyed wool, silk fibers and other embellishments. Needle felting in our spacious studios can be a  meditative experience - it’s like coloring with sheep's fleece. There will be plenty of designs to choose from that are perfect for people who just want to sample this technique or you can get more complex in your design by using your own photos and more tapping.  Along the way, you get to gain skills, gain design experience and experiment with all the colors and textures in ArtWaves abundant stash.  No skill or experience required for this wow workshop. All materials included to make a few coasters or a framable tapestry. $46 ($36 for members)

  Under 10  welcome with a double digit partner.

    

  About the instructor: Liz Cutler.com My paintings are inspired by a spark, something that wows me or quietly invites me to linger. I love capturing what transports me to being right there, to share and return to spectacular moments.

  Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building.  Liz is currently theVice president of the Board and throughly  enjoys her studio time with students.

  
  

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• Stained Glass Mosaics - Magnets, Mirrors & and More

  • When
    2 Jul 2024
  •  
    2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Register

  Stained Glass Mosaics - Magnets, Mirrors & and More

  If you are a beginner this is the workshop for you!, learn to Cut and Color with Stained glass~ Let your light shine- learn to design, cut glass and  Make and take home some unique mosaic pieces. We include it all Anyone over 5 can work with our heaps of colored glass to create shimmery light filled gifts, ornaments.  

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• Introduction to Cyanotype

  • When
    6 Jul 2024
  •  
    12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
  • Spaces left
    10

  Register

  Introduction to Cyanotype

  

  Cyanotype, also called sun-printing, is an early photographic process that produces blue and white prints. It is usually done in bright sunlight, but can also produce beautiful prints on cloudy days, and can be done indoors with a specialized UV light. You’ll have a chance to try both sunlight and artificial light.

  
  

  We will use seasonal plants including meadow flowers, ferns, feathers, crystal dishes, lace, and 19th century illustrations to make spring and summer landscape notecards.

  
  

  

  There will be a lot of movement between indoor and out door workstations - if you have any mobility challenges please let us know so we can accommodate you.

  While this workshop is an introduction to cyanotype, all levels of experience are welcome to come and experiment.

  
  

  Meet the Artist:    
  

  Jennifer Booher’s cyanotype work plays with seasonal changes and the optical properties of light.  She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015, and Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation and the Kindling Fund. 

        

  
  

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• Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist

  • When
    10 Jul 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    10
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist with Gloria Avner

  Use your photographs or mine. Transfer reality to artistry with ink, wax and watercolor on delicate rice-paper. Learn ancient techniques, play with layering color and go home with two wonderful paintings. All materials and step by step instructions are provided at the spacious ArtWaves Studio in Town Hill.

  Teens/Adults of all skill levels. The class is equally effective for beginners, professional artists and those taking the course multiple times.
  

  $95 ($85 for members) 10-2

    

  About the instructor: Gloria Avner has been creating and teaching art professionally for over twenty years. She is well known for specializing in painting BATIK Style. Both beginners and professional artists like to take her courses more than once. Ms. Avner has traveled the world and ran an art gallery in Town Hill for 35 years (Aquarius Artifacts). Her paintings are in Florida Galleries and collections across the country, and she is also well known for her Pet Portraits. See her work on Facebook, IG (@gloriavner), and Fineartamerica.com.

  If you need to cancel your registration, please email office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.

  If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!

  
  

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• Intro to Needlefelting - Magnets

  • When
    11 Jul 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    24

  Register

  Needle felting is a simple needling technique like tattooing with small barbed needles to decorate a wool surface. 

  Here’s where you  ‘paint’ with a barbed needle using ArtWaves amazing array of dyed wool, silk fibers and other embellishments. Needle felting in our spacious studios can bea  meditative experience - it’s like coloring with sheep's fleece. 

  This 1 hour workshop is perfect for people who just want to sample this technique  No skill or experience required for this wow workshop. All materials included to make 1 or 2 magnets, with a touch of merriment..

  Special member price of $10 and the member benefit of staying till 8 to make more as part of the OPEN STUDIO!  

  Not yet members get a discounted $20. fee. Under 11 needs an adult partner present. Special member price with discount - just $10 ,

  yet-to-be-members are $20.
  

  This is a skill you continue at ArtWaves Open Studio where materials and tools are available FREE in the studio for members to continue working with fleece.

  

                    

  About the instructor: Liz Cutler.com

  Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building.  Liz is currently the Vice president of the Board and throughly  enjoys her studio time with students.

  
  

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• Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

  • When
    20 Jul 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    8

  Register

  Back by Popular Demand!

  Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy 

  

  In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch. 

  Meet the Artists

  

  Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at their website: https://www.stubborncowglass.com

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• Painting a Masterpiece in Fiber

  • When
    2 Aug 2024
  •  
    9:30 AM - 11:30 AM

  Register

   Learn the basics of needle-felting and re-create a masterpiece using your own images of Acadia or one of the iconic ones. It's like coloring with wool . ArtWaves has an amazing array of dyed fleece, embellish with spun wool and frayed silk saris. Not only will you leave with a wonderful felted piece but you leave saying "I felt great" - 

  No art experience necessary, samples and step by step instructions with  all materials included. Under 9 needs a double digit partner. 
  

  45 non member   35- members.  Perfect for a custom group workshop at a time convenient for you contact office@artwavesmdi.org 

      

  
  

  
  

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• Mosaic Mirror Workshop

  • When
    2 Aug 2024
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM

  Register

  Mosaic Mirror Workshop 
  

  

  It’s like coloring with stained glass! 

  

  Making a stained-glass mosaic mirror is an opportunity to create with a unique hands-on medium. Participants will learn how to cut, grind, glue, and grout if desired using ArtWaves extensive supply of glass, tiles, natural materials, and pottery to create whatever mosaic pattern or image they like surrounding a round or rectangular mirror.

  Friday August 2  from 5:30pm to 8:00pm

  $50 ($40 for members)

  Teens and Adults of all skill levels, younger needs a double digit partner

  Liz gives step-by-step instructions, demonstrations, suggestions and guides you to complete your mosaic mirror ready to hang. No prior experience necessary and ArtWaves provides it all.

  
  

   
  

  About the instructor: Liz Cutler.com My paintings are inspired by a spark, something that wows me or quietly invites me to linger. I love capturing what transports me to being right there, to share and return to spectacular moments.

  Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building. Her artwork is expressed in a variety of media primarily oil painting, including glass, fiber and printmaking. She graduated with a B.A.in Painting from Swain School of Design including a year at Worcester Art Museum School and Boston Museum of Fine Arts and recently a Masters from Heartwood College of Art. Liz is a member of the American Society of Marine Artists​, Fiber Arts Network and Maine Crafts Association. Liz is the founder of ArtWaves and enjoys her studio time with students.

  
  

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• Gel Plate Printing into Simple Pop-Up Accordion Cards

  • When
    7 Aug 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Fine Arts Studio

  Gel Plate Printing into Simple Pop-Up Accordion Cards with Anna Low

  Gel plate printing is a fun, immediate, accessible printmaking process that does not need a press. In this workshop we’ll explore using found objects, plants, stencils and layering to make colorful, playful, surprisingly detailed prints. After a brief break for drying, we’ll use our prints to make accordion cards with simple pop-up structures.

  
  

  Anna Low is a Maine-based bookbinder and book artist and the one-woman creator behind Purplebean Bindery. www.PurplebeanBindery.com

  
  

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• Rustic Leather Sketchbooks with Anna Low

  • When
    8 Aug 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Fine Arts Studio

  Rustic Leather Sketchbooks with Anna Low

  
  

  Learn a decorative, accessible and infinitely varied book binding stitch, the long stitch, and make a rustic leather sketchbook. The long stitch a great binding technique to learn and master both for beginning bookbinders and experienced book artists. It can be used to bind books with paper, felted wool, cloth or just about any durable material. In this class we will focus on constructing a blank book from folding pages to punching the leather cover and binding. Students will leave class with their own bound book in addition to instructions and tools to continue making books at home.

  
  

  Anna Low is a Maine-based bookbinder and book artist and the one-woman creator behind Purplebean Bindery. www.PurplebeanBindery.com

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• 2024 En Plein Air with Christine Lafuente

  • Start
    12 Aug 2024
  •  
    8:30 AM
  • End
    15 Aug 2024
  •  
    12:30 PM
  • Location
    Mount Desert Island
  • Spaces left
    9

  Register

  Join Christine Lafuente, our August Guest Artist- August 12-15

  Experience the magic of Mount Desert Island as you paint En Plein Air. A basic review of outdoor set-up, palette organization, composition, and atmospheric color theory will be covered; however, most of the time spent together will be “hands-on” in the field with individual instruction at four select locations on the Island’s beautiful coves and shores.   
  
  The half-day sessions provide you the opportunity to work in the mornings with the instructor, leaving you the afternoons to continue to work independently and process the day’s lesson.

  Pack a lunch and paint all day!

   

  Misty Cove and Tiger Lilies 11x14 oil on linen 

  View Christine's Website
  

  
  

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• Batik Painting: Ancient Art, New Twist

  • When
    14 Aug 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist with Gloria Avner

  Use your photographs or mine. Transfer reality to artistry with ink, wax and watercolor on delicate rice-paper. Learn ancient techniques, play with layering color and go home with two wonderful paintings. All materials and step by step instructions are provided at the spacious ArtWaves Studio in Town Hill.

  Teens/Adults of all skill levels. The class is equally effective for beginners, professional artists and those taking the course multiple times.
  

  $95 ($85 for members) 10-2

    

  About the instructor: Gloria Avner has been creating and teaching art professionally for over twenty years. She is well known for specializing in painting BATIK Style. Both beginners and professional artists like to take her courses more than once. Ms. Avner has traveled the world and ran an art gallery in Town Hill for 35 years (Aquarius Artifacts). Her paintings are in Florida Galleries and collections across the country, and she is also well known for her Pet Portraits. See her work on Facebook, IG (@gloriavner), and Fineartamerica.com.

  If you need to cancel your registration, please email office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.

  If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!

  
  

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• Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy

  • When
    24 Aug 2024
  •  
    9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    8

  Register

  Back by Popular Demand!

  Stained Glass for Beginners with Dave and Lisa Roy 

  

  In this beginner’s class, participants will learn all of the techniques used in making a full sized, copper foiled stained glass panel, but in a smaller context. Steps include pattern cutting, glass selection and cutting, grinding, foiling, soldering, and finishing with patina and wax. Please bring a packed lunch. 

  Meet the Artists

  

  Dave and Lisa Roy have been stained glass artisans for over 20 years. For 10 years, they owned and operated a full service stained glass studio in Bucksport.  Their work can be seen in hospitals, churches, and many private residences across the world. You can see more of their work at their website: https://www.stubborncowglass.com

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• Celestial Felting -Dark Sky

  • When
    6 Sep 2024
  •  
    2:30 PM - 4:30 PM

  Register

   Celestial Felting  
  

   2:30-4:30 Friday September 6

  Here’s where you  ‘paint’ with a barbed needle using ArtWaves amazing array of dyed wool, silk fibers and other embellishments. Needle felting in our spacious studios can be a  meditative experience - it’s like coloring with sheep's fleece. Under 9 needs a double digit partner.

  Complete a piece ready to hang and the knowledge to continue needle felting as it is oh so satisfying to work with all the colors.  We provide all materials with step by step instructions. Custom needle felting workshops available for groups as well!

    

  About the instructor: Liz Cutler.com My paintings are inspired by a spark, something that wows me or quietly invites me to linger. I love capturing what transports me to being right there, to share and return to spectacular moments.

  Liz is a founder (2013) of ArtWaves, where she continues her practice through figure drawing, teaching, workshops, conversational critiques and working in her personal studio at the Bar Harbor Municipal building.  Liz is currently theVice president of the Board and throughly  enjoys her studio time with students.

         

  
  

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• Batik from Photographs-a new Twist!

  • When
    11 Sep 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6

  Register

  

  Back by popular demand-

  Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist --

  Use your photographs or Gloria's. Transfer reality to artistry with ink, wax and watercolor on delicate rice-paper. Learn ancient techniques, play with layering color and go home with two wonderful paintings.

  For those who have taken her workshop before, here is the opportunity to bring pieces from previous classes to to the studio to deepen, improve or add to it.
  

  All materials and step by step instructions are provided. 

  Teens/Adults of all skill levels. The class is equally effective for beginners, professional artists and those taking the course multiple times.  

  If you want a custom group batik workshop at a time convenient to you,  contact office@artwavesmdi.org

  About the instructor: Gloria Avner has been creating and teaching art professionally for over twenty years. She is well known for specializing in painting BATIK Style. Both beginners and professional artists like to take her courses more than once. Ms. Avner has traveled the world and ran an art gallery in Town Hill for 35 years (Aquarius Artifacts). Her paintings are in Florida Galleries and collections across the country, and she is also well known for her Pet Portraits. See her work on Facebook, IG (@gloriavner), and Fineartamerica.com.

  

  So much fun!

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• Introduction to Cyanotype

  • When
    14 Sep 2024
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    10

  Register

  Introduction to Cyanotype

  

  Cyanotype, also called sun-printing, is an early photographic process that produces blue and white prints. It is usually done in bright sunlight, but can also produce beautiful prints on cloudy days, and can be done indoors with a specialized UV light. You’ll have a chance to try both sunlight and artificial light.

  
  

  We will use seasonal plants including meadow flowers, ferns, feathers, crystal dishes, lace, and 19th century illustrations to make spring and summer landscape notecards.

  
  

  

  There will be a lot of movement between indoor and out door workstations - if you have any mobility challenges please let us know so we can accommodate you.

  While this workshop is an introduction to cyanotype, all levels of experience are welcome to come and experiment.

  
  

  Meet the Artist:    
  

  Jennifer Booher’s cyanotype work plays with seasonal changes and the optical properties of light.  She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015, and Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation and the Kindling Fund. 

        

  
  

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• Batik Painting: Ancient Art, New Twist

  • When
    2 Oct 2024
  •  
    10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    ArtWaves
  • Spaces left
    6
  • Registered
    Be the first

  Register

  Batik: Ancient Art, New Twist with Gloria Avner

  Use your photographs or mine. Transfer reality to artistry with ink, wax and watercolor on delicate rice-paper. Learn ancient techniques, play with layering color and go home with two wonderful paintings. All materials and step by step instructions are provided at the spacious ArtWaves Studio in Town Hill.

  Teens/Adults of all skill levels. The class is equally effective for beginners, professional artists and those taking the course multiple times.
  

  $95 ($85 for members) 10-2

    

  About the instructor: Gloria Avner has been creating and teaching art professionally for over twenty years. She is well known for specializing in painting BATIK Style. Both beginners and professional artists like to take her courses more than once. Ms. Avner has traveled the world and ran an art gallery in Town Hill for 35 years (Aquarius Artifacts). Her paintings are in Florida Galleries and collections across the country, and she is also well known for her Pet Portraits. See her work on Facebook, IG (@gloriavner), and Fineartamerica.com.

  If you need to cancel your registration, please email office@artwavesmdi.org. Your account will then reflect a credit that may be used toward future classes.

  If you already have a credit and would like to apply it to this class, please contact office@artwavesmdi.org before registering!

  
  

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• Intermediate Cyanotype

  • When
    5 Oct 2024
  •  
    10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Spaces left
    7

  Register

  If you’ve got the basics down and want to push the materials further, here is the opportunity to try more complicated techniques like wet cyanotype, bleaching, and toning. Jennifer Booher will have a variety of papers and prints for you to experiment with.

  Prepare to get messy!

       
  

  Jennifer Booher’s cyanotype work plays with seasonal changes and the optical properties of light.  She has been a Resident Artist with Acadia National Park since 2015, and Artist-in-Residence with the Mount Desert Island Historical Society since 2018. Ms. Booher is the recipient of grants from the Maine Arts Commission, the Puffin Foundation and the Kindling Fund. 

         

  
  

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