ONE DAY, DONE: PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY FOR ARTISTS 1 sessions
Saturday, March 3, 10 - 4p
Amy Lithimane

Learn the basics of product photography to showcase your best artwork and craftwork for online use. Basic lighting and camera settings will be explained, and students will learn how to make a DIY lighting style setup for when a studio isn't available. Basic photo editing using adjustment layers in Adobe Photoshop will be taught as well as the best ways to output and save images to use for the web.

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$100

ONE DAY, DONE: ETSY FOR ARTISTS 1 sessions
Saturday, March 17, 10 - 4p
Elise Towle Snow

Learn to sell your fine art or handmade goods outside of a gallery! Elise Towle Snow, Alumni of Montserrat and organizer for Boston's Bazaar Bizarre, offers tips for artists and creative professionals on using personal websites, Etsy, craft fairs and social media to sell your work. Practical details like packaging, shipping and customer service will also be covered in this introductory course.

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$100

ONE DAY, DONE: WEBSITES FOR ARTISTS 1 sessions
Saturday, March 31, 10 - 4p
Chelsea Sams

Tackle the daunting task of creating your portfolio website with Instructor Chelsea Sams. Using the website service Other People's Pixels, you can launch your own, personalized portfolio website in a single day! Students should arrive prepared with images of their work; basic image editing for the web will be covered.

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$100

WK049 WATERCOLOR LANDSCAPES 3 sessions
Saturdays, March 17 - 31, 10 - 3p
Robin Samiljan

Follow instructor Robin Samiljan as she demonstrates watercolor techniques in a liberal, free-flowing approach to the practice of painting ranging from washes, ruffles, spatters, and glazes. These techniques combined with the natural flow of the watercolor media will lead to individual, self-reflective styles. Subject matter will focus on landscape painting.

$300

WK110 DRAWING ON THE WILD SIDE OF THE BRAIN 2 sessions
Saturdays, February 25 & March 3 , 10 - 3p
Jim Falck

Experience two fun days of large scale drawing and painting with Jim Falck. This workshop encourages you to break out of minimal thinking and explore beyond your ordinary patterns of expression. Students respond with line, shape, color, and texture to create abstract and representational images in a playful environment of colorful still life objects, upbeat music, and a model (2^nd Sat). Surprise, whimsy, happy accident, freedom and beauty happen when you let yourself draw from the “wild” side of your brain! Supplies are included; students are welcome to bring their favorite materials if they choose. Open to all!

$175

WK174 INTRO TO LETTERPRESS 2 sessions
Saturday & Sunday, February 25 & 26, 10 - 4p
Sarah Smith

  Learn the fundamentals of hand typesetting and letterpress printing. This course consists of lecture, demonstrations and studio time in Montserrat's letterpress shop. The first project will be a group broadside to help you familiarize yourselves with the basic tools and concepts of letterpress printing.  The second project will be a greeting or postcard.  You will create cards using type, printer's cuts and concepts of your choosing and whim.

$175

WK176 BASIC BLOCK PRINTING 1 sessions
Saturday, March 10, 10 - 4p
Christopher Stepler

Learn how to make quick and easy relief prints at home!  Block printing is an easy way to create a graphic image for decorating paper, fabric, or just about anything else you can think of. Learn the basics of planning, carving, and printing firsthand.  Come prepared with an image and you will head home with a finished print at the end of the day!

$100

WK185 BOOKMAKING FOR THE BEGINNER 2 sessions
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 10 - 4p
Sarah Smith

Whether you’re interested in making books as art, making blank journals or just curious about bookbinding, this course will help you understand the basic principles of a book’s construction and function. Topics to be covered in discussion and with hands on work are: paper – how to choose and work with different kinds (folding, cutting, determining grain direction etc); adhesives – what different adhesives do as well as when and how to use them; sewing – choosing threads and needles as well as various sewing techniques and tips; structure – how the structures work, their weaknesses and how to decide on a structure which complements the book’s content; and proportion – page size, shape, and thickness of book.
You will construct models of these basic binding structures: one sheet fold-up (aka flutter book or ox-plow), other simple folded structures, accordion, single section pamphlet, two section pamphlet and chain link stitch, multi section book.

$175

WK212 INTRO TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 2 sessions
Saturday & Sunday, March 10 & 11 , 9 - 3p
Amy Lithimane

 Adobe Photoshop™ can be intimidating; but with the proper guidance, any artist can use it to their benefit!  Students will gain a basic understanding of Photoshop™ and the techniques artists use to edit and crop their images: the principles of sizing and resolutions, the difference between file formats, contrast and color corrections, retouching, adjustment layers, managing color, printing procedures and the basic principles of file management.  We will also introduce the creative side of Photoshop and how to make perfect selections, create your very own cutting edge photo effects and produce professional finishing touches to all your photos.

$175

WK272 LETTERPRESS OPEN STUDIO 2 sessions
Saturday & Sunday, March 24 & 25, 10 - 4p
Sarah Smith

This course serves as an extension of Intro to Letterpress. Students will gain access to the letterpress facilities and Sarah Smith's expertise, but the format is open for students to work independently on their own projects. Open to students that have taken a letterpress course in the past.

$175

WK275 DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY 2 sessions
Saturday & Sunday, April 28 & 29, 10 - 3p
Amy Lithimane

You will be guided through the steps necessary to take and make great images. This introduction to styles of photography will cover subect matter ranging from portraits to night photography. From framing compositionally interesting shots to digitally manipulating your finished images, learn the basics to maximize your camera's potential.

$175

WK338 MIXED MEDIA PAINTING 8 sessions
Saturdays, March 10 - April 28 , 10 - 1p
Maria Malatesta

Through the use of a variety of traditional and nontraditional media, this class encourages the expression of personal ideas and vision. Students explore the use of many collage materials including paper, photographs, books, maps and found objects. Experiment with tar, shylac, modeling paste and learn the process of encaustic wax and xerox transfer. Water based paints will be used.  This class includes demonstrations of materials, slides and discussion of contemporary artists. Experimentation and trusting one's process will be encouraged.

$300