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Adult Art Classes

Adult art classes at the T.W. Wood Gallery have been postponed due to Covid-19 until further notice. Classes will resume sometime later this year or in early 2022. The gallery is still open by appointment for guided and self-guided tours. Go to our Visit the T.W. Wood Gallery page to sign up for a gallery visit.

2020 CLASSES AT THE WOOD GALLERY
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Painting the Winter Landscape 
Robert O’Brien 
Saturday, February 22  10am -3:30pm 
Workshop Fee - $100 
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Painting the beautiful New England winter landscape in watercolor will be explored in this one-day workshop. Learn glazing techniques and layering of the subtle tints of snow. Value, composition, and painting light and shadow will be emphasized. Students will work from photo reference and learn to create a finished painting from a favorite winter subject. All levels welcome.  Materials List provided  

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​For Painting the Winter Landscape with Robert Obrien! 


 Drawing with the Masters ​
Instructor: Phillip Robertson
Saturday, March 7th – 1-3pm
Cost: $35 / $30 (members)
  ​

Using the plaster and marble sculptures from the permanent collection, students will be immersed in a classic approach to figure drawing. Basic drawing supplies provided, students also encouraged to bring their own newsprint and drawing supplies. All experience levels welcome. ​
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Calligraphy 
Instructor: Clara Geist
Sat March 21, 1pm - 3pm

Cost: $35 / $30 (members) includes materials
Come learn calligraphy with Clara Geist!
All levels welcome! 

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Lunch and Artist Talk - Iraqi Art and Culture 
Sat April 11, 1 PM
Lead by Sabah Abbas
Cost: $12-15 - sliding scale  

Join us for a traditional Iraqi meal and artist talk by Irqi-American Sabah Abbas. Abbas grew up in Baghdad, Iraq and began drawing illustrations for magazines, books, and public service projects in 1988. She illustrated four children’s book and created public posters for UNICEF campaigns in Iraq. Between 1990-1998 her work was exhibited 12 times at the prestigious Widad Orfali Art Studio in Baghdad. She was also a journalist for the Iraqi Journalist Syndicate from 1988-1999. Sabah left Iraq in 2003, moving first to Jordan, and then Syria, where she studied classic Arabic. Her family immigrated to the United States in 2014. Her painting is inspired by classic culture and history and traditional Arabic art styles.

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Iraqi Ornamental Painting 
Instructor: Sabah Abbas
​Sat, April 25, 1-3pm
Cost: $35 - Materials Provided

Sabah will lead a family friendly painting workshop. We will look at examples of traditional ornamental painting and create our own canvases. Ages seven to adult. No painting experience necessary. 

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How to Draw Everything: Observation and Expression
Instructor: Glen Coburn Hutcheson 
Sat May 2 - May 30 8am-930  (5 saturdays) 
Cost: $145 / $135 (members) 

This class is an overview of drawing from observation. Over the course of 5 one-and-a-half-hour sessions, we'll draw portraits, landscapes, still life, and the human figure. Exercises will be based on the work of contemporary or modern artists, like "the Botero game" introducing deliberate girth distortion, and "the Giacometti process" in which students follow imaginary, wandering paths over the form they're drawing. The class will focus on practice, and students will draw constantly, producing several pieces during each session, It will be serious play: fun but not easy.

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Over Dinner Series: Artists as Activists
How you can make an impact
Tuesday, May 7, 6 - 8:30pm
Cost: $25

Are you a maker? Do you have an art practice? Are you dismayed, fed up, bewildered and disgusted with the state of the world? Have you thought; “How can art impact politics? Does it enhance it? How and when is it needed?” If you have any of these questions, or similar ones, this is a conversation for you! Please join At the Root’s, Jen Berger, for a conversation, Over Dinner, about art, activism and how you can make small and big shifts in your work towards social justice.

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​Handmade Books
Instructor: Suzanne Rexford-Winston
Sat, May 16 12:30-3:30
Cost: $90/ $85 (members)
Join us for Japanese Stab Binding and Caterpillar book making. The Stab Binding is
the classic side bound book that can work as a album, a journal and more. The
Caterpillar is of a simpler construction and takes a bit less time.

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Members Critique and Potluck
Friday, May 22 - 12- 1:30pm
Free for members / $10 (non-member) 

Bring a piece of artwork and a dish to share and join us for a lively discussion about what you are making!

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Plexi Dry Point 
Instructor: Suzanne Rexford-Winston
Sat May 23 - 12:30-3:30pm

$90/ $85 (members)

Plexi dry point is a process by which you etch an image onto the surface of the
plexiglass with a pointed metal tool creating the plate. You then coat with etching ink,
wipe it, then transfer the image to paper. Time needed depends on the complexity of the
image, and the comfort level of the printmaker.

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"Making Images of Activism"
A theory and skill based workshop in Blockprinting
Instructor: Jen Berger - At the Root
​Cost: $65

Protests and creative actions often employ signs, banners, and flyers to amplify
a message and make it visible; yet there other ways to share meaning. Printmaking is an accessible and replicable way to get your ideas out there! We will discuss messaging, graphics, and brainstorm how to use print for your voice. Bring images to class that inspire you!

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Life Drawing at the Gallery ​

Join our life drawing groups-Open to artists of all levels.
$12 - $15 per artist, $6 for high school students. 
All media welcome - artists bring own materials. Easels provided.
Drop ins welcome

Short Poses
1-20 minute poses. 
Third Thursdays of every month from 7 - 9 PM.

​Contact Michelle at Michelle.Lesnak@comcast.net for more information
Long Poses 
One Pose for the entire class
All other thursdays of the month. 
Contact Ward Joyce at wardjoyce1@hotmail.com for more information



HOURS
Until further notice the gallery is open by appointment only.

Location
CENTER FOR ARTS AND LEARNING
​46 Barre Street, Montpelier, VT 05602   

Our Mission

The T.W. Wood Gallery mission is to preserve our artistic heritage and to bring the best of today's art to Central Vermont.

DIRECTOR

Margaret Coleman

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Bertil Agell, Elliott Bent, Glen Coburn-Hutcheson,
John Landy, Therese Mageau, Kyle Martell, Linda Paradee, Phillip Robertson, Tiffany Smith, and Littleton Tyler
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Contact Us

802-262-6035
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  • Exhibitions
    • Exhibits >
      • Nuquist Gallery
      • Contemporary Hall
      • T.W. Wood Gallery
      • Works Progress Act Gallery
  • Events
    • 125th Anniversary
    • Visit the T.W. Wood Gallery
    • Rent the T.W. Wood Gallery
    • Special Events 2021
  • Art Education
    • Art Camps
    • After School Arts
    • Camp Scholarship application
    • Adult Art Classes
  • Support
    • Membership
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
  • About
    • Contact & Staff
    • News and Media
    • History
    • Thomas Waterman Wood