Life at RDC

Series: Summer Art & Fine Craft Workshops


Our Series 2012 Summer Art & Fine Craft Workshops are designed to renew, reconnect and re-grow. From professional artists to art enthusiasts and hobbyists, we have a workshop for everyone.

Express yourself with the fine art & craft of glass blowing, ceramics, sculpting with different types of media, bronze and body casting as well as learning how to cast and make molds. We also teach the traditional arts of drawing, calligraphy, painting and modern art such as creating with textiles, making jewellery, welding sculptures, photography, and hand-crafting books.

Our daily workshops are Monday to Friday (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.) followed by a mix and mingle after each class.

Back by popular demand is our daily Open Model Session student shows as well as our Monday night Instructor Presentations where our fabulous and talented teachers showcase their art & craft.

And don’t miss  seeing the exciting exhibitions at the Red Deer and District Museum or our weekly showing of RDC’s own filmmaker Larry Reese’s thought-provoking documentary “Mapping Creativity”.

Scholarships are available for Series 2012.  For full details and to apply visit Awards and Scholarships.

NEW!

Sculptural Knives taught by Greg Lavioe has now moved to the week of JULY 30 - AUG 3.

August 6 - 10 and/or August 13 - 17

Advanced Glassblowing Begin
 

June 11 - 15 and/or June 18 - 22

Simplify the Complex in Design
 

June 25 - 29 and/or July 2 - 6

Smarter Bubbles
 

Week 1 (July 9 -13)

Beginners Drawing
Bring Three Brushes-Introduction to Watercolor
Bronze Casting
Comtemporay Painting on Glass
Drawing Foundations 1
Glass Beadmaking for Beginners
Introduction to Body Casting
Introduction to Hot Glass
Introduction to Jewellery Making
Painting With Words
Paper Clay-A Sculptural Approach
Still Life
Welding for Artists
Wheel Throwing
 

Week 2 (July 16 - 20)

Contemporary Chinese Brush Painting
Creative Jewellery Making
Explorations in Monotype
Figure Painting
Florals & Plants in Watercolor
Handmade Books
Holy Toledo!
Metal Shaping
Painting Interiors
Polymer and Mixed Media- an Exploration
Taking Your Drawing to the Third Dimension
Tart it Up: Embellishments, Inclusions and Accoutrements for Kilm-Forms Glass
 

Week 3 (July 23 - 27)

A Week with the Model
Abstracts Loose and Free
Adventures in Felting & Dyeing
Been There, Dreamt That: Watercolour Landscape through Imagination & Memory
Creative Metalsmithing for the Imaginative Artist
Drawing Conclusions: Foundations 2
Experiments in Collage
Functional Altered Vessels
Glass Casting: Taking it to the Next Level
Glass Cha Cha Cha!
Glass Extravaganza!
Introduction to Wax Casting & Lost Wax Casting
Pulse: Sculpting Life-Head to Toe
Tapestry - An Introduction
Transforming Cloth
 

Week 4 (Jul 30 - Aug 3)

Adventures in Felting & Dyeing
Color in the Landscape
Experimental Drawing
Figure at Large
Gnarly Pottery and Fancy Flasks
Sand-Casting Glass
Sculpting with Hot Glass
Sculptural Knives - Working with Damascus Steel and Cast Bronze
Seductive Surfaces
Tapestry: Beyond the Basics
The Art of Visual Journaling
The Glasscasting Workshop
Use Your Digital Camera like a Professional! Or Creatively!
Watercolour Workshop
 

Information

  403.356.4900

  continuingeducation@rdc.ab.ca

Registration

  403.357.3663

  Series 2012 Brochure

  Hot Glass 2012 Brochure

  Registration Form