Free FamilyWorkshop Series
Scheduled to coincide with related exhibits by local artists

All Ages Welcome
Free
Reservations Required
To Reserve call 631-669 3236

Life-Sized Superhero Body Painting/Collage Workshop
Saturday July 10, 2010 1 - 4pm
Saturday July 17, 2010 1-4pm
Reception/Exhibit Sunday July 18, 2010
Instructor: Michele Amendolari
Children will create body portraits using their own figure as a base and create an image of them as a superhero.  Children will decide on the superpowers bestowed by these alternate selves (i.e. wrists that shoot webs of spaghetti, feet that stick to walls etc.) and using collage and painting materials complete images of their alternate selves.  These superhero selves can also be placed in backgrounds of the children's choice i.e. outer space, the mall, inside a banana! or anywhere else our imaginations take us...
Adults and children of all ages welcome.

Screen Printing on T shirts
Saturday July 31, 2010 1 - 4 pm
Instructor: Pat Hunsinger
Students will create silk screened prints on t shirts. This is an easy to learn the process. Participants will take home their own custom designed t shirts.
Supplies and t shirts are included.

Clay Self Portrait
Saturday, August 14, 2010, 1 - 4 pm
Instructor: Steve Ceraso
The earliest known existing portrait sculptures are Egyptian, Greek, and Roman works produced in stone and ceramic. In this project students of all ages will be shown the traditional methods of sculpting the head in clay. Students will also learn techniques for hollowing out and preparing work for bisque firing. Students will learn patina
techniques for finishing their work.

Collage
Saturday, September 11, 2010, 1 - 4 pm
Instructor: Vincent Carr
Picasso and Braque are credited with inventing collage. Students will use magazine, newspaper and photograph clippings to create original collage works. Students will be using matte medium and gesso to adhere images, and acrylics for color.

Mask Making
Saturday October 23rd, 2010 2 - 5pm
Instructor: Michele Amendolari
Students will choose an animal whose power they wish they had. They will create a paper mache mask of their face and then embellish it with paint, feathers and other found materials to make a half human and half animal mask

These projects have been partially funded by the Suffolk County Office of Cultural Arts, a grant from Suffolk County Legislator Tom Cilmi and with funds from the JP Morgan Chase Regrant Program, administred by the Huntington Arts Council, Inc.