MIDDLETOWN— Middletown Art Center’s (MAC) RESTORE project features Sculpting the Human Figure in Clay with Emily Scheibal this Sunday, Jan. 27 from 1 to 5 p.m. Adults and teens 12 and up of all levels of art making experience, from newbies to professionals are invited to attend this class for $10.
“We’ll cover techniques for sculpting the reclining figure from a live model in clay,” explained Scheibal. “Ideally participants, and the work they created in this class, will return to MAC for a follow up session in beginning waste mold techniques for a plaster casting in February or March.”
Pre registration is mandatory as space is limited. Visit www.middletownartcenter.org/restore, or call 707-809-8118 to register. Join Emily, build your skills, and experience sculpting the nude human form. After warm ups, work will focus on a single pose. Please bring drawing and clay tools if you have them. Those wishing to draw only are welcome to join, but priority seating will be given to sculptors following warm ups.
In the coming weeks RESTORE participants will begin to collaboratively plan a new Art Trail on Rabbit Hill. A guided tour with Naturalist Ed Dearing, and planning meeting are scheduled for Feb. 16 at 1 p.m. to inform an Art Trail design that responds to this specific site and its recovering environment. This project is part of a partnership with the Lake County Land Trust, stewards of Rabbit Hill. MAC welcomes anyone interested in joining this enriching community project to come to the clay class, and to other upcoming RESTORE classes particularly the guided walk on February 16th.
A tour of Trailside Park with Ecologist Catherine Koehler is scheduled for Feb. 9, 12 to 2 p.m. in preparation for the 2019 EcoArts Sculpture Walk. Calls for work are posted at Middletownartcenter.org/artists.
The RESTORE project provides Lake County residents with low-cost art classes and the opportunity to learn or refine skills in a variety of materials and techniques. Classes take place most Saturdays or Sundays through May 2019 and include monthly Writers Workshop, Printmaking, Sculpture and Mixed-media classes.
RESTORE offers Printmaking with Nick Hay on February 2nd from 1 to 5, and Writers Workshop with Lake County Poet Laureate Richard Schmidt on Feb. 9, from 1 to 5 p.m. A Woodworking workshop with Marcus Maria Jung will be offered on Sunday Feb.17, at MAC. Printmaking and Writers Workshop participants are invited to submit work for inclusion in MAC’s second chapbook. The first, Resilience, a community reframes disaster through art features the work of 22 poets and 17 printmakers who participated in the Resilience project last year, and is available at MAC and on the MAC website.
The RESTORE project was made possible with support from the California Arts Council, a state agency, with additional support from local organizations, businesses, and individuals. Visit www.ca.arts.gov to learn more about the California Arts Council’s work in communities and schools throughout California.
Middletown Art Center (MAC) is located at 21456 State Hwy 175 at the junction of Hwy 29. Be a part of the growing arts scene in Lake County by becoming a MAC member, by participating in classes, or by attending one of the many arts and cultural events at MAC. Visit www.middletownartcenter.org or “Like” Middletown Art Center on Facebook to stay up to date with what’s happening at MAC.
