ARTworks applies the many creative tools of The Arts to strengthen artists and to enrich audiences, collectors, and visitors through high quality arts experiences and arts education programs 365 days a year.

Workshops for Adults (16+ unless otherwise noted)

Handbuilding with Clay
Wheelthrown Pottery
Beginning photography: how to use your camera and take better pictures
Basketry Combinations & Innovations
Low Country Figurative Workshop

January - February 2012

Handbuilding with Clay
Trevor Foster, Instructor ~ 6 sessions
Thursdays January 5 - February 9, 2012
10am - Noon ~ $125 plus $25 per 25lbs of clay
Registration ~ thealligatorhunter@hotmail.com, 803-707-5961
Learn basic hand building techniques. Glazing techniques are taught during the last two sessions. Glazes and firing are included in the clay purchase.
If you missed this session, please contact the instructor as another 6 week session will begin after September 15th.

Wheelthrown Pottery
Trevor Foster, Instructor ~ 6 sessions
Thursdays January 5 - February 9, 2012
Day Class 1:15 - 3:15pm ~ Evening Class 6 - 8pm
$125 plus $25 per 25lbs of clay
Registration ~ thealligatorhunter@hotmail.com, 803-707-5961
Learn basic wheel techniques or refine your skills & explore new techniques if you have worked on a wheel previously. Glazing techniques are taught during the last two sessions. Glazes and firing are included in the clay purchase.

Beginning photography: how to use your camera and take better pictures
Paul Nurnberg, Instructor ~ 5 sessions & Optional Fieldtrip 01/11/12
Wednesdays January 11 - February , 2012
6 - 8pm
$200 per student, gift certificates are available and this would make a great gift!
Registration ~ 912-429-0189 and class@nurnbergphoto.com
Do you want to know what all those symbols and dials do on your digital camera? Do you want to learn how to make your images better than simple snapshots? Then this is the class for you. Instructor Paul Nurnberg, based in Port Royal SC, makes his living as a full time professional photographer with commercial and editorial clients across the country. His class is aimed at people who are new to photography or who want to learn how to fully utilize their cameras. This is a great class to take if you are getting a new camera as a holiday gift or to give to someone as a gift. Even if you are thinking about purchasing a new camera, this class may help you decide which model to buy, and those who use film will still benefit greatly.

The class will also cover such things as:
- ISO, f-stops, and shutter speeds
- How to improve composition
- Lenses: when to use which lens or zoom setting
- Light: what it is and how to use it
- Take better pictures of people and animals
- Techniques for better travel pictures
- Various digital file types and why some are better than others
- What to do with your files after you have taken your pictures
- Lots of fun tips and tricks and using inexpensive things you have a home to make your images better

Basketry Combinations & Innovations
Kim Keats, Instructor ~ 6 sessions
Tuesdays January 24 - February 28, 2012
$80 ($75 Tuition/$5 Materials)
Registration ~ 843-384-2435 or keatskim@yahoo.com
Participants will explore new approaches for creating both utilitarian and sculptural forms. Instructor will provide imported and locally collected indigenous materials. A variety of basketry and dye techniques will be taught along with a ceramic hand-building session led by guest artist, Jada Gray. The ceramic forms will be constructed to accommodate weaving materials. The course is great for beginning students and experienced basket makers may discover methods for developing their own original styles through the exploration of combination weaving techniques and materials.

April 2012

Low Country Figurative Workshop
Daryl Urig, Instructor
April 20 - 21, 2012; 9:30am - 3:30pm
$165 (includes model fee)
one hour lunch (please bring your own lunch and art supplies)
Registration ~ 843-379-2787

Nationally Acclaimed oil painter Daryl Urig will take you through all the steps to paint figures in a true-life Low Country setting. This comprehensive but compressed workshop will include how to use plein-air studies and photography to compose and finish a larger, more complex painting in the studio.

Many demonstrations and practical explanations will help the student to better understand color mixing of paints, creating a dynamic composition and lighting to place a model in a setting will be covered during this workshop.

All mediums welcome, demonstrations will be in oil paint and drawing with a brush and painting knife. Space is limited to ensure individual instruction.

Supply List: http://www.darylurig.com/supplylist.aspx

Daryl Urig is an adjunct Professor with the University of Cincinnati for over 10 years and created a 4-year program for the University of Cincinnati as its Academic Coordinator. He has painted all through his career while his work has hung in the Columbus Art Museum and the Toledo Art Museum. He has won major awards all across the United states including the Salmagundi Club in New York City. He is represented by many galleries in the United States including the prestigious Hilligoss Galleries of Chicago Illinois, on the Magnificent Mile. He has won awards with the Portrait Society of America and is the premier painter for the Indian Hill Historic Society in Indian Hill, Ohio. His Blog "The Adventures of an American Oil Painter is read by more than 50,000 viewers annually. His unique painting understanding and ability to teach makes him a worthwhile resource for entry level to professional artist.
View his work on the web: http://www.darylurig.com/
Read his Blog: http://www.darylurig.com/blog/