Art From Scratch - Free workshops for grown ups!
Art From Scratch - Framing & Matting
Art from Scratch is a series of four free art workshops and showcase for folks in the East Bay and beyond. We encourage novice and intermediate level creatives to learn the basics of artistic mediums taught by professional artists. Registration is required for all four workshops and all materials needed to participate will be provided. This will be an opportunity to get to know other creatives and improve your skills in a casual and welcoming environment!
This free program was made possible thanks to the generous grant funding from the Rhode Island Foundation and support from Makers. Please email sally@thecollaborative02885.org with any questions about the program.
Instructor Matt Slobogan
The Preservation Framer is a family-owned, small business, specializing in design solutions for custom picture framing and presentation. We opened in 2008 in the suburb of North Attleboro, a once-thriving jewelry town. Drawn to the historic aesthetic of the post-industrial architecture we were able to bring the tin ceilings, brick walls, and hardwood floors of our beautiful showroom and gallery back to life. The Preservation Framer is focused on serving the community, supporting the arts, and providing unparalleled design services for custom picture framing, digital photo restoration, and printing.
Matt opened The Preservation Framer in 2008. The economy wasn’t strong and businesses were leaving, not coming into town. Matt had a vision and most importantly had the passion and drive to support it. His wife, Annie, was there to fuel his passion with support at home. Since opening over thirteen years ago, the business has grown. The business moved and expanded in 2018. Annie is more involved with the business, and together they continue to offer more to their community through products, classes, events, art, and music. They are very involved in their community. They started a local business owners group for networking, sharing experiences and giving back to the community.
Sunday, January 21 from 2-5pm Art from Scratch: Printmaking
Sunday, January 28 from 2-5pm Art from Scratch: Drawing
Sunday, February 4th from 2-5pm Art from Scratch: Painting
Sunday: February 11th from 2-5pm Art from Scratch: Framing & Matting
Art From Scratch - Free workshops for grown ups!
Art from Scratch - Painting
Art from Scratch is a series of four free art workshops and showcase for folks in the East Bay and beyond. We encourage novice and intermediate level creatives to learn the basics of artistic mediums taught by professional artists. Registration is required for all four workshops and all materials needed to participate will be provided. This will be an opportunity to get to know other creatives and improve your skills in a casual and welcoming environment!
This free program was made possible thanks to the generous grant funding from the Rhode Island Foundation and support from Makers. Please email sally@thecollaborative02885.org with any questions about the program.
Instructor Kristin DiVona
Kristin is a visual storyteller who spends her nights wrestling with gouache, creating paintings about light, small moments and hidden figures. By day, Kristin is a visual information specialist for NASA’s Chandra X-Ray.
Kristin is one of our artist collaborators. You can view her work at The Collaborative Gallery at 4 Market St.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: PRINTMAKING
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: DRAWING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: PAINTING
SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 11TH FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: FRAMING & MATTING
Art From Scratch - Free workshops for grown ups!
Art from Scratch - Drawing
Art from Scratch is a series of four free art workshops and showcase for folks in the East Bay and beyond. We encourage novice and intermediate level creatives to learn the basics of artistic mediums taught by professional artists. Registration is required for all four workshops and all materials needed to participate will be provided. This will be an opportunity to get to know other creatives and improve your skills in a casual and welcoming environment!
In the Drawing workshop with Melanie, students will increase drawing skills through gesture drawing, contour drawing, and studying the human figure. Students can expect to spend time doing quick gesture drawings as well as drawings that will last from 10-20 minutes. Melanie will offer students tips and techniques to improve and/or practice their drawing skills.
This free program was made possible thanks to the generous grant funding from the Rhode Island Foundation and support from Makers. Please email sally@thecollaborative02885.org with any questions about the program.
Instructor Melanie Ducharme
Ducharme’s work is as much about a theme as it is about an exploration of color. Her work uses vibrant, sometimes contrasting colors. Each piece is an exploration of how color affects the overall tone of the work.
Melanie Ducharme has been exhibiting her work since 2001. She is a former member of Gallery X, a cooperative art gallery in New Bedford, MA. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a concentration in graphic design and letterform from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and her Masters in Art Education from Rhode Island College.
Currently, she lives in Rhode Island working as a visual artist and as an art teacher. Her work can be viewed @melducharme on Instagram.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21 FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: PRINTMAKING
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28 FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: DRAWING
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4TH FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: PAINTING
SUNDAY: FEBRUARY 11TH FROM 2-5PM ART FROM SCRATCH: FRAMING & MATTING
Art From Scratch - Free workshops for grown ups!
Art from Scratch - Printmaking
Art from Scratch is a series of four free art workshops and showcase for folks in the East Bay and beyond. We encourage novice and intermediate level creatives to learn the basics of artistic mediums taught by professional artists. Registration is required for all four workshops and all materials needed to participate will be provided. This will be an opportunity to get to know other creatives and improve your skills in a casual and welcoming environment!
In the Printmaking workshop with Erin, students will learn how to carve, ink and print your own edition of linocut/relief prints. You will learn to create an image that is well-suited for relief printing, practice carving techniques and inking modifications to get the best results.
We will also go over how to register layers for more intricate multicolor prints, as well as making “puzzle-block” multicolor prints and incorporating texture and monotype modifications.
Each participant will leave with a group of prints from the class and their own block to make more.
This free program was made possible thanks to the generous grant funding from the Rhode Island Foundation and support from Makers. Please email gaby@thecollaborative02885.org with any questions about the program.
Instructor Erin Lobb Mason
Erin Lobb Mason is an artist and musician working in a variety of media including watercolor, ceramics and printmaking. She is passionate about relief and monotype printmaking processes, and loves to share the healing power and community building potential of printmaking.
Born and raised in Kentucky, she now lives full time in Rhode Island. Her work in all media is grounded in a strong sense of place and draws inspiration from the natural world as well as Appalachian music and culture.
Find Erin on Instagram at @erinlobbmason.