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Wheelthrowing: Ceramic Mugs & Vases (DEC)

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Wheelthrowing: Ceramic Mugs & Vases Ages: 16 years old and up Time/Day: Mondays, 6 – 9 pm Dates: (3 weeks)  December 2 - 16 Cost: $95 includes 12.5 lbs. of clay, all glazes and firing.  Description: Students at all skill levels will learn, review and hone wheel throwing techniques.  Instructor: Jackie Comito Location: Ceramics Studio Class Limit: 7 Registration closes when the […]

$95.00

Children’s Picture Book Design and Self-publishing, ages 15+ (DEC)

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Children’s Picture Book Design and Self-publishing Ages: 15 years old and up Day/Date/Time: Saturday, December 7, 10 am – 2 pm (30 minute break at 12 pm) Cost: $135 Description: Have you always wanted to create you very own children’s book but just don’t know how to get it off the ground? Self-published children’s author […]

$135.00

Alight and Allure EMILY MINNIE

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

LOCATED IN THE COMMUNITY GALLERY (FIRST FLOOR) Artist Biography Emily Lambertsen Minnie is an artist who specializes in charcoal drawing and oil painting. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Tennessee. Emily taught art for three years […]

Contemporary Approach in Drawing (JAN/FEB)

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

Contemporary Approach in Drawing (JAN/FEB) Ages: 18 years old and up Day/Date/Time: Sundays, 12:30 – 4 pm, January 19 – February 9 (4 weeks) Cost: $250 Description: “If you can draw a triangle, you can draw this.” ~Jack Wilkes, Instructor (see photo) Using drawing techniques, value, design elements, and observational skills, participants will learn to […]

$250.00

Limens CHRISTOPHER CHIAVETTA

Octagon Center for the Arts 427 Douglas Avenue, Ames, IA, United States

LOCATED IN SWEENEY GALLERY (THIRD FLOOR) Artist Statement Limen may pertain to the sill of a doorway, the threshold itself, or the point at which a stimulus produces a physiological or psychological response. It marks a boundary of perception. The thresholds presented here explore feelings of liminality, and loss. Things emerge and divide, crystalize in time, […]