From MATTIE Arts Center

FUN WITH ACRYLICS | March 7, March 21 | Noon to 4 p.m.                         

Instructor Cathy Clayton will lead students through the basics of acrylics. Starting on paper canvas, students will become acquainted with the use of brushes and paint mixing and will create a landscape image to take home. Cost is $30 per student. Materials included. Choose either or both dates.

 

POLYMER CLAY | March 11 | 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Love to work with clay but don’t have a kiln? Then “Polymer Clay” may be the perfect solution. Students will learn to make a couple of simple canes (Mokume Gane, Zinnia and Leaf), the different uses for them, and complete a simple project to take home. The sky’s the limit for what one can aspire to create. It’s a low-cost craft, and the tools needed are already at home. Instruction fee is $30. Materials are $6.

 

WILDLIFE OIL PAINTING | March 7, 14, 21, 28 | 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Instructor Kaye Lee Brady returns to conduct this four-part, 10-plus-hour workshop for all skill levels. From her photo library, students will select at least one wildlife subject of their choosing to complete on a 16-inch-by-20-inch stretch canvass. Depending on skill level, students may complete more than one painting. Workshop instruction fee is $70. Materials and supplies for entire workshop are $15.

 

DRAWING WORKSHOP | March 2, 9, 16, 23 | 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Kaye Lee Brady will conduct this four-part, eight-hour workshop geared to hone the skills of intermediate and advanced students in drawing, shapes, perspective, techniques, shading and highlighting. Workshop fee is $60. Workshop materials and supplies package for brand new students are $15 and include portfolio-size sketchbook and all drawing tools (pencils, gum eraser, ruler, protractor, etc.). Returning students should bring their supplies from their previous workshops to avoid materials/supplies charge.

 

MATTIE Arts Center is a nonprofit program of the Friends of Hyde County’s Historic Courthouse, a 501(c) 3 organization. The center is sponsored in part by a Grass Roots Grant from the N.C. Arts Council, administered by Arts of the Pamlico. Donations are appreciated and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Please direct email inquiries mattieartscenter@hyde1854courthouse.org, or call 252-926-ARTS (252-926-2787) Thursdays through Saturdays from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.