WE DON’T KNOW THE EXACT MOVING DATE YET….
but SOON!!!
but SOON!!!
Artsplace will be moving this Spring to Ball & Socket Arts (Building 2) at 493 West Main Street, Cheshire. The Cheshire Town Council unanimously voted to accept a 20-year lease agreement June 2023, after a year of designing, budgeting and term negotiations between the entities. Artsplace and Ball & Socket are thrilled to move forward with this partnership! Together we plan to create an innovative, dynamic arts destination. Artsplace looks forward to sharing our new space in a historic setting with artists, educators, students and YOU! To find out when our move will take place or to register for classes, please subscribe below to receive emails.
Kid's Summer Classes and Workshops
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Stained Glass
with Sarah Segovia
Sunday, April 28 (1 day)
9:30 am-12:00 pm or 12:30-3:00 pm
with Sarah Segovia
Sunday, April 28 (1 day)
9:30 am-12:00 pm or 12:30-3:00 pm
This beginning course will teach you the basic steps of cutting, grinding, foiling and soldering your very own stained glass project. Students will choose from one of the designs below and create from a colorful selection of glass.
Fee: $45 for Residents or $50 for Non-residents per workshop
Fee: $45 for Residents or $50 for Non-residents per workshop
Atmospheric Oil Painting
with Will McCarthy
Saturday, June 22, 10 am-4 pm
Sunday, June 23, 10 am-3 pm
with Will McCarthy
Saturday, June 22, 10 am-4 pm
Sunday, June 23, 10 am-3 pm
ARTSPLACE is pleased to offer this special workshop which includes two 35-minute videos in addition to the two class sessions! Watching the videos in advance will save valuable classroom time, allowing more time for student painting. Onsite, students will paint from the same reference photo that Will demonstrated in the videos. Additional onsite exercises will provide more confidence in oil painting
VIDEO 1 “DISCUSSION ON SUPPLIES & MATERIALS” Followed by Will’s landscape painting demonstration. Get comfortable with what you will be painting yourself! VIDEO 2 “FINISH YOUR LANDSCAPE PAINTING!” The technique of dry brush will be demonstrated, followed by glazing tips. Cropping and framing of artwork will be discussed. ALL LEVELS (TEENS/ADULTS) ARE WELCOME! Students will be emailed a link to the videos prior to onsite classes. This workshop is also a great refresher for students with prior oil experience. SUPPLIES are included with the exception of paper towels. If you have a favorite palette or brushes, feel free to bring them. Bring a bag lunch. Fee: $295 for Residents or $305 for Non-residents per workshop |
Amazing Zines
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 6:30-8:00 pm or
Monday-Friday, August 19-23, 6:30-8:00 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, June 24-28, 6:30-8:00 pm or
Monday-Friday, August 19-23, 6:30-8:00 pm
“Zines” – short for FANzines – are handcrafted and copier-printed publications that explore current or ongoing trends. For this class, we’ll self-publish our own personal Zines, dabbling in collage, comics, found poetry, and essays. We’ll experiment with a variety of Zine forms. We’ll even try Collaborative Zines with classmates and trade with each other at the conclusion.
Fee: $85 for Residents or $90 for Non-residents
Fee: $85 for Residents or $90 for Non-residents
Classical Watercolor
with Eugene Teixeira
Saturdays, June 29-July 27, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
with Eugene Teixeira
Saturdays, June 29-July 27, 10:00 am-12:00 pm
Learn the foundations of classical watercolor in this four week class. Beginner students will work from an image provided by the instructor. Continuing students should bring a color image of their choice to work on. Students will work on sheets of quality watercolor paper, learning both “wet” and “dry” techniques. Drawing experience is preferable. Personal help is provided to each student. The class goal is for each student to produce a lovely painting in a relaxing art experience. All supplies are included, except for paper towels.
Fee: $100 for Residents or $110 for Non-residents |
Discover Your Drawing Style
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, July 15-19, 6:30-8:00 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, July 15-19, 6:30-8:00 pm
Students will use a broad range of drawing games and challenges to act as springboards for longer drawing experiments, where we’ll play with different drawing tools and different modes of drawing. The goals are: to “see” better, to draw more boldly and confidently, to free ourselves from our drawing hang-ups and to discover the ways of drawing that invigorate us, all serving to unlock our individual drawing style.
Fee: $85 for Residents or $90 for Non-residents
Fee: $85 for Residents or $90 for Non-residents
Graphic Memoir
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, July 8-12, 6:30-8:00 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, July 8-12, 6:30-8:00 pm
Students will employ both words and pictures to create simple cartoon “avatars” as stand-ins for ourselves and others and use them in 4-panel comics to tell stories from childhood, school days and first jobs. We’ll examine the work of cartoonists who’ve written graphic memoirs, to understand how they use pacing and lettering and how they make their pages pop through line work, areas of solid black and color.
Fee: $95 for Residents or $100 for Non-residents
Fee: $95 for Residents or $100 for Non-residents
Graphic Novel Illustration
with Megan Jeffery
Tuesday, July 2, 5:30-8:00 pm or
Tuesday, August 15, 12:00-2:30 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Tuesday, July 2, 5:30-8:00 pm or
Tuesday, August 15, 12:00-2:30 pm
Students will create an original character (autobiographical, animal, sci-fi, etc.), brainstorming about the character’s physicality and personality; who they are and what they want. This idea-gathering will suggest a narrative, the main scene of which will be depicted in the final art: a graphic novel cover that will be created with illustration markers and Micron pens.
Fee: $35 for Residents or $40 for Non-residents per workshop |
Junk Journaling
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, August 12-16, 6:00-8:00 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Monday-Friday, August 12-16, 6:00-8:00 pm
Join us as we construct an easy and very adaptable junk journal, making use of junk mail, packaging and more. We’ll set to filling pages up with reminiscences (drawing, doodling, writing), creating beautiful art pieces that simultaneously document the important and ordinary days of our lives. Additionally, how to get involved in online junk journaling groups and where to get junk journaling “prompts” will be discussed.
Fee: $115 for Residents or $125 for Non-residents
Fee: $115 for Residents or $125 for Non-residents
Manga Model Sheets
with Megan Jeffery
Monday, July 1, 5:30-8:00 pm or
Tuesday, August 13, 12:00-2:30 pm
with Megan Jeffery
Monday, July 1, 5:30-8:00 pm or
Tuesday, August 13, 12:00-2:30 pm
Students will create a model sheet of an original manga or cartoon character. First students will learn how illustrators and cartoonists use this important tool, then they’ll brainstorm ideas, considering aspects of their character’s identity, personality and background. The final art will be of the front and side views of their character, along with several angles of the character’s face, with varying expressions.
Fee: $35 for Residents or $40 for Non-residents per workshop
Fee: $35 for Residents or $40 for Non-residents per workshop
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2023 Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship Winners
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
2022 Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship Winners
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
2021 Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship Winners
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
2020 Cheshire Performing & Fine Arts Committee Scholarship Winners
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad
in Memory of Richard W. Conrad