August 10-16

Watercolor in the Japanese Style    Bill Lambert
Expand your understanding of the balance and beauty of nature in the Japanese style still life. Learn composition, color mixing, brush techniques while finding inspiration from objects you are drawn to-flower, leaf, branch, butterfly, stones. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Wood Turning    Theo Fadel
Feed your creative spirit in a practical wood turning workshop. Shape a piece on a lathe -- from simple bowls and utensils to elegant turned vessels -- and enjoy an opportunity to experiment with woods such as ash, poplar, walnut, and cherry. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Handbuilding: Say It With Clay    Amy Schusser
An anything goes handbuilding class! Explore a multitude of ceramic techniques to create functional and sculptural pieces-pinchpots, small sculptures, platters, more. A variety of surface design, such as carving, texture, slip brushwork, will be covered. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

African Batik    Gasali Adeyemo
Explore traditional batik techniques, adire, and tie dyeing, while learning about the arts and culture of the Yoruba people from a native Nigerian artist. Experiment with intricate patterns and vibrant colors, using wax, paste resist and fiber dyes. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Kiln Fired Glass: Vessels and Jewelry in Shimmering Color    Paula Williams Kochanek
This class covers all the fundamentals from fusing and slumping to surface decoration, with applications for both sculptural and functional forms. Discover the boundless potential of glass with projects ranging from panels to bowls to jewelry. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Welded Projects and  Sculpture for Home and Garden    Norman Ed
Create artwork from metal that can weather the seasons and grace your garden and home for years to come. Weathervanes, trellises, plant stands, gates, tables, and sculptures fabricated with a range of metals and techniques--endless possibilities! $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Painted Canvas Floor Cloths-Unique Art Underfoot
Traditional canvas floor cloths, integral to early New England houses, are enjoying a popular revival. Their unique colors and variety of design give a unique look to a modern room. An "A to Z" week creating original rugs, coasters and place mats. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

August 17-23

Collage: The Imaginative Use of Materials    Alexandra Sheldon
Using a smorgasbord of materials such as paper, paint, objects and cloth, we will immerse ourselves in creativity. Color, composition, imagery, texture and your imagination are the hallmarks as we make pieces that are both painterly and tactile. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

The Multi-Faceted World of Clay    Bob Green
Explore forming and firing techniques with individualized instruction on the wheel, plus handbuilding. Experience the excitement and spontaneity of Japanese raku firings and pit firings from Native American traditions. For all skill levels. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Imitative Techniques in Polymer Clay    Victoria Hughes
Using polymer clay, learn to mimic ivory, jade, amber, coral and turquoise, creating objects and adornments. The focus will be on pendants, beads and earrings, but the techniques can be used for almost anything--from the experimental to the sophisticated. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Metals & Jewelry Making: Silver and More    Abigail Heuss   
Metal has boundless versatility. It can be worked into a polished necklace, textured rings, and even small sculpture. Learn methods for forming and fabrication, soldering, and stone setting while designing personal pieces. For all skill levels. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Glass Beadmaking and More: Adventures in Flameworked Glass    Liliana Glenn
Venetian glass exemplifies flameworking's beauty. You too can make unique beads, even small sculptures, through flameworking soft glass. Easy to learn techniques...far ranging results...classic to heavily patterned pieces, all in vibrant glimmering hues. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Stained Glass: A Luminous Art    Dave Zaltzberg
Tiffany's glorious stained glass is famous, but glass has been formed into magnificent art for over 2000 years. We will cover all the bases from design and pattern making to patinas and lots of color. Grace your home with glass panels and 3-D pieces. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Digital Darkroom-Learn the Basics With  Photoshop Elements    Lia Rothstein
Whether old photographs or digital images, enhance your favorite pictures with retouching, restoration and color correction techniques using Photoshop Elements. Learn the basics, from importing images into the computer through making final prints. Elements is a user friendly program, appropriate for the novice. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

August 24-30

Landscapes: Painting and Drawing in Rural New England    Marcia Reed
Golden meadows, farms, woodlands, sunsets, brooks and ponds - New England's summer splendor is a painter's delight! For all art aficionados and lovers of nature. Work "en plein air" with your medium of choice- watercolor, pastels, acrylics or oils. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Recycled, Recovered, Rebuilt: Make A Wall Cabinet     Mark Ragonese
Using simple tools, learn to create an expressive piece of art employing unique materials. Discover how to incorporate salvaged metal, found objects and recycled materials to create a small functional cabinet for displaying your treasures. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Painting On Silk    Debbie Nathan
In this fascinating workshop, discover ways to work with dyes on silk that you never imagined possible. Working with various resists and dye consistencies, explore ways to add dimension and texture to silk painting. For wearables or wall art. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Sculptural Lampworking: Beyond Beads    Pat Bennett
Take your lampworking skills beyond beads with hollow work that is figurative and sculptural. Start with small bottles with ornate stoppers and move on to ornaments or small figures which can be worn as pendants. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Kiln Fired Glass: Vessels and Jewelry in Shimmering Color    Paula Williams Kochanek
This class covers all the fundamentals from fusing and slumping to surface decoration, with applications for both sculptural and functional forms. Discover the boundless potential of glass with projects ranging from panels to bowls to jewelry. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Basic Baskets With A Japanese Twist    Nancy Moore Bess
Some traditional Japanese baskets require only fifteen minutes and a smile. Others can consume the length of an entire workshop, no matter its length. Each example in this workshop can lead to hours of experimentation and dozens of variations. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Digital Photography: Introduction to Photoshop CS    Sean McDevitt
Build on your digital imaging skills with an introduction to Photoshop CS. Improve and refine your ability to enhance your favorite photographs with a focus on color correction, image manipulation and getting the best prints possible.
For students who have a basic knowledge of Photoshop Elements. Students will be using Emacs, but this class is appropriate for PC users as well. You will be able to apply the knowledge you acquire in this class, at home on your PC. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

September 7-13

Exploring Pastels: Explosion of Light    Sally Duback
Color is the hallmark of this week as we explore the subtle, luminous effects captured with this versatile medium. Both hard and soft pastels, metallic pigments, varied papers, surface textures and always radiant color. A lively week for all skills! $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Rustic Furniture for Home and Garden    Mark Ragonese
Here is a week of invention and imagination, each piece your personal dialogue with nature. With simple tools, transform saplings,branches,vines into functional,durable objects for your home and garden. Create benches, trellises, fences and more. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Earthenware and Majolica: Terra Cotta Pottery    Sharon Pollock
Majolica's decorative roots are in Italian and Spanish ceramics. Make, glaze and fire pots. Learn both wheel throwing and hand-building. Create tiles, wall pieces, planters, vases and dinnerware that sing with great colors and patterns. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Glass Beadmaking and More: Adventures in Flameworked Glass . . . Cynthia Saari     
Venetian glass exemplifies flameworking's beauty. You too can make unique beads, even small sculptures, through flameworking soft glass. Easy to learn techniques...far ranging results...classic to heavily patterned pieces, all in vibrant glimmering hues. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Welded Projects and Sculpture for Home and Garden     Pat Bennett  
Create artwork from metal that can weather the seasons and grace your garden and home for years to come. Weathervanes, trellises, plant stands, gates, tables, and sculptures fabricated with a range of metals and techniques--endless possibilities! $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Book Arts: Marbling for Small Books and Boxes    Dea Sasso
Learn ancient and modern marbling techniques for beautiful handmade paper. Then transform them into a variety of unique small sculptural books with their boxes. The focus is on technique and assembly. Students will complete at least two projects. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Digital Darkroom-Learn the Basics With  Photoshop Elements     Janine Norton  
Whether old photographs or digital images, enhance your favorite pictures with retouching, restoration and color correction techniques using Photoshop Elements. Learn the basics, from importing images into the computer through making final prints. Elements is a user friendly program, appropriate for the novice. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

September 21-27

Nature in Watercolor    Bill Lambert
Using natural shapes for inspiration, learn to capture the heart of nature through new and exciting approaches with watercolor. You will be guided individually and by demonstrations on brush technique, use of color, light, contrast and composition. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Woodworking Basics    Mark Ragonese
Learn basic woodworking skills through the design and construction of small projects, such as a box, small wall cabinet, cutting board. Learn hand tool and machine methods-how to join, shape, finish. Emphasis is on sampling a variety of ways to work in wood. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Sculpting The Human Figure    Judith Abraham
Look for inspiration from the masters as you sculpt the human figure "in the round". Working in clay, explore form, space and composition through the complexity of the human anatomy. Learn human proportions and basic clay sculpting techniques. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Fiber Art of the Far East: Shibori, Indigo and More     Nicole St. Piere
Explore the magical combination of traditional Japanese textile dyeing with indigo and other dyes. Stitch, wrap, fold and clamp fabric to create wonderful patterns, textures. Take home unique textiles for sewing into garments or craft projects. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Beaded Jewelry    Sally Chaffee Moran
Using off-loom weaving techniques and gloriously colored seed beads, create an array of wearable art-bracelets, chains, earrings. Learn the four basic seed bead stitches and bead weaving techniques while exploring color, texture and composition. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Matting and Framing
A thorough introduction to the world of framing and matting. Topics covered will include moldings, joining, finishing, mat cutting, glass cutting, final fitting and assembly. Expect to complete two framed and matted pieces. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Basic Forging    John Boyd
Explore the craft of the blacksmith while using traditional tools and techniques to create decorative, functional wrought iron accessories for your home. From hooks and plant hangers to toolmaking, the possibilities are limited only by your imagination. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

October 13-19

Fall Landscapes: Painting and Drawing in Rural New England    Bill Regan
Foliage, golden meadows, farms, woodlands, brooks and ponds-New England's autumn splendor is a painter's delight. For all art aficionados and lovers of nature. Work "en plein air" with your medium of choice-charcoal, watercolors, pastels or oils. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Mosaics: Ancient Art Form With 21st Century Applications    Christine Kenneally
Ancient Greeks and Romans made mosaics from a mélange of materials diverse as glass, ceramic shard, stone and bone. Learn to create durable mortar-set mosaic assemblages (tiles, vases, planters, even sculpture) to adorn your home and garden. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Ceramic Tile Making: From Trivets To Floors    Amy Schusser
Italy, Spain, Portugal have long produced glorious tiles. Here's a chance to do the same. Learn ceramic design and decorating techniques-texturing, inlay, glazing, brushwork and installation information. Create pieces for walls, murals and more. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Quilting: Traditional and Contemporary    Judith Griggs
In this workshop, each student will create their own special full sized quilt. Learn piecing, cutting, sewing, hand quilting and design skills. An informational discussion on fabric and the history of quilting will be included.
Students will choose from three pattern options. An optional field trip for fabric selection will be available. Students must bring their own sewing machine; for those who can't, Snow Farm will have a limited number of machines for use. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Stained Glass: A Luminous Art    Dave Zaltzberg
Tiffany's glorious stained glass is famous, but glass has been formed into magnificent art for over 2000 years. We will cover all the bases from design and pattern making to patinas and lots of color. Grace your home with glass panels and 3-D pieces. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Glass Beadmaking and More: Adventures in Flameworked Glass    Liliana Glenn   
Venetian glass exemplifies flameworking's beauty. You too can make unique beads, even small sculptures, through flameworking soft glass. Easy to learn techniques...far ranging results...classic to heavily patterned pieces, all in vibrant glimmering hues. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Glassblowing   Ryan Bunk
In this exciting workshop, students will explore the fundamentals of manipulating this fascinating molten medium. Instruction is one-on-one giving you an opportunity to complete several pieces and to work at your own pace and level. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

October 19-25

Collage: The Imaginative Use of Materials     Alexandra Sheldon  
Using a smorgasbord of materials such as paper, paint, objects and cloth, we will immerse ourselves in creativity. Color, composition, imagery, texture and your imagination are the hallmarks as we make pieces that are both painterly and tactile. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Wood Turning    Mark Ragonese
Feed your creative spirit in a practical wood turning workshop. Shape a piece on a lathe -- from simple bowls and utensils to elegant turned vessels -- and enjoy an opportunity to experiment with woods such as ash, poplar, walnut, and cherry. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Painting With Fire: Native American Firing Techniques and More    Bob Green
These exciting unglazed firing techniques can produce many beautiful effects similar to watercolor painting on pottery. The week begins with wheel throwing and hand building, and culminates with ancient and contemporary firing techniques. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Knitting Therapy: Beyond Scarves    Wendy Sinton
Exciting new yarns have reinvented needlework. Learn the skills you need to knit a sweater-patterns, shaping, finishing and more or learn how to make a felted bag. Take a trip to a 5000 square foot yarn store to explore all the new designer yarns. $655(includes tuition, room and meals)   $480 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Five Pendants or Pins in Five Days: Jewelry and Silversmithing    Joy Raskin
The ultimate, multifaceted course in how to make pins that convert into pendants. Cover a range of techniques using various metals and materials. Learn methods for forming and fabrication, soldering, and stone setting while designing personal pieces. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Kiln Fired Glass: Vessels and Jewelry in Shimmering Color    Paula Williams Kochanek
This class covers all the fundamentals from fusing and slumping to surface decoration, with applications for both sculptural and functional forms. Discover the boundless potential of glass with projects ranging from panels to bowls to jewelry. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Digital Darkroom-Learn the Basics With  Photoshop Elements     Janine Norton  
Whether old photographs or digital images, enhance your favorite pictures with retouching, restoration and color correction techniques using Photoshop Elements. Learn the basics, from importing images into the computer through making final prints. Elements is a user friendly program, appropriate for the novice. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

 

October 26-November 1

Figures & Portraits: Art and Soul in Drawing and Painting    Elizabeth Stone
"Getting a likeness" always involves an element of mystery. A week exploring that mystery and giving all levels the skills, techniques to paint and draw with confidence. An animated class, choosing the medium you enjoy--watercolors, oils, pastels. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Sculpture: Carving in Wood    Gail Whitsitt-Lynch
Using simple tools, learn to direct carve "from the log". Carve a sculpture from wood of your choice-capture the liveliness and movement of an animal, delicacy of a plant or the refinement of the human face. Your imagination is your only boundary. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Precious Metal Clay & Polymer Clay: Double Your Pleasure, Double Your Fun   Marcia Herson
Polymer clay and PMC together-the perfect fit. Learn cross-over techniques including molds, stamps, and inlay while exploring texture, color and design. Combine these two unique mediums to create jewelry of color and sophistication. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Glass Beadmaking and More: Adventures in Flameworked Glass     Nancy Tobey  
Venetian glass exemplifies flameworking's beauty. You too can make unique beads, even small sculptures, through flameworking soft glass. Easy to learn techniques...far ranging results...classic to heavily patterned pieces, all in vibrant glimmering hues. $665(includes tuition, room and meals)   $490 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Decorative Painting and Faux Finishes: For Furniture and More    Becca Wheeler
A how-to week. All you need to know on how to bring a new look to furniture, accessories (boxes, frames) even walls, floors with decorative painting. From faux marble and granite-like finishes to stenciling and more-explore your creative potential. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Digital Photography: Introduction to Photoshop CS   
Build on your digital imaging skills with an introduction to Photoshop CS. Improve and refine your ability to enhance your favorite photographs with a focus on color correction, image manipulation and getting the best prints possible.
For students who have a basic knowledge of Photoshop Elements. Students will be using Emacs, but this class is appropriate for PC users as well. You will be able to apply the knowledge you acquire in this class, at home on your PC. $755(includes tuition, room and meals)   $580 Commuter tuition includes lunches

Weaving: Warp and Weave On a Four- Harness Loom    Kate Jenkins
Explore the fundamentals of weaving-how colors combine, how to choose from the wide variety of new designer yarns, how to draft a weaving pattern that suits your project. After weaving a sampler, design and weave your own scarves, shawls, place mats. $645(includes tuition, room and meals)   $470 Commuter tuition includes lunches