CLASSES
The Holland Arts Council offers a variety of adult classes designed to stimulate creativity and personal growth. From painting and drawing to pottery and photography, the council has something for everyone regardless of skill level. The classes are taught by experienced artists who are passionate about their craft and dedicated to helping students develop their skills and reach their full potential. Whether you're looking to pick up a new hobby, meet new people, or just try something different, the adult classes at the Holland Arts Council are the perfect place to start.
Creative Sewing - Apparel Artistry
Instructor: Veronica Morgan
Ages 16+
Description: Stretch your creative sewing skills! In this class the garment becomes your artist palette. With a focus on fashion design, students will create wearable art apparel. Spend six weeks exploring textile embellishment techniques and other artistic approaches to apparel design and incorporate them to your personal style. Your imagination is your only limitation as you transform plain yardage into free form works of art! This is NOT a beginner sewing class therefore intermediate sewing and garment construction knowledge is strongly encouraged. Single needle sewing machines will be needed for almost all classes except the first night. Plan on bringing your machine to each class, starting week 2. Machines will be discussed during the first class. Inability to provide your own machine does not prevent you from signing up for the class. Call the instructor ahead of time to discuss. There will be up to 3 extra machines available.
Tuesdays March 7 - April 11
5:30pm-7:30pm
Price: $165
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Sound Meditation
Instructor: Jenn Gietzen
Ages 13+
Jenn from Monarch Music, LLC is a Music therapist and Sound therapist who will guide you on an inner journey using sound and guided visualization. This session will help calm your nervous system which will bring you into the parasympathetic state (the rest and digest state). It will invite you into the awareness of the present moment and help quiet the mind. Sound therapy can also support you in releasing some stuck emotional baggage while connecting with the quiet voice within. Jenn will play various instruments such as drums, gongs, crystal bowls, Himalayan singing bowls, chimes and her voice to support your deeply relaxed state.
What to bring: Yoga mat, a blanket or 2, a small pillow, an eye pillow if you have one (Jenn will have some to borrow and purchase), weighted blanket if desired. Wear comfy clothes.
Thursday, March 23
6pm-7:30pm
Price: $45
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Watercolor II
Instructor: Elizabeth Kattie Page
Ages 16+
Take your skills to the next level with this advanced course! Learn how to paint still life and landscape watercolor paintings while understanding basic principles of composition, color, and lighting! Supplies included in price.
Tuesdays - 6 Weeks
April 4- May 9
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Price: $265
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Watercolor Basics Workshop
Instructor: Elizabeth Kattie Page
Ages 16+
Interested in learning watercolor? Never picked up a brush before? This class is for you! Learn about color mixing, brush control, and white space in this beginner course!
Thursday, April 6
5:00pm-7:00pm
Price: $60
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Altered Book/Mixed Media
Instructor: JoAnne Laudolff
Ages 16+
In this project we will use a vintage book and alter or embellish the pages to make a unique piece of art. We will begin by creating papers to incorporate into each book. Solvents will be used on National Geographic pages to create a marbled effect, we will stain tissue paper and rubber stamps and other mark making tools will be used to create designs. Gesso and acrylic paints can be applied to the pages to mask or add color. Folding, cutting and adhering papers will also be done in addition to journaling and hand drawing if desired. The possibilities are endless with this project as students will be encouraged to pick a theme and carry out the ideas with their particular ideas!
Saturdays
April 15, April 22, and April 29
11:00am - 2:00pm
Price: $100
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Creative Sewing Workshop: Upcycle Denim & Fashion Industry Scraps into Zero Waste Garments and Accessories
Instructor: Veronica Morgan
Ages 16+
Denim is one of the most polluting fabrics in the fashion industry, but it is also one of the most durable, which makes it the perfect fabric to upcycle.
This Workshop will help you give old denim a new purpose. Design garments from existing fabrics to create original and sustainable pieces. Some basic patterns will be available for the basis of your designs. All denim and fabric scraps will be supplied although you are welcome to bring (and share) your own.
Bring your single needle sewing machine, relevant tools and supplies, although you will not need a sewing machine in the first class.
Tuesdays
April 18-May 23
5:30pm-7:30pm
Price: $160
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Personal Growth and Healing with Sound Therapy
Instructor: Jenn Geitzen
Ages 16+
This workshop will focus on how to use sound therapy tools for personal growth and healing. Jenn Gietzen from Monarch Music, LLC will teach participants what sound therapy is and it can be integrated into daily life to promote a greater sense of well being and vitality and feel a deeper sense of connection to ourselves and each other. She will incorporate breathing exercises, mindfulness tips and meditation techniques into this workshop. You will learn how to play different sound healing instruments such as the crystal singing bowls, frame drum, himalayan singing bowls, gongs, chimes and your voice to find which ones resonate with you personally. You will learn about why specific instruments are used and when it might be best to use them depending on what is needed at that time. There will be a sound meditation in the last part of the workshop so you can experience the effects of sound therapy in an immersive experience.
No experience with sound healing, meditation or playing of instruments required. What to bring: Yoga mat, a blanket or 2, a small pillow, an eye pillow if you have one (Jenn will have some to borrow and purchase), weighted blanket if desired. Wear comfy clothes.
Saturday, April 29
10:30am - 12:30pm
Price: $60
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Mixed Media on Cradled Board
Instructor: JoAnne Laudolff
Ages 16+
This project incorporates many aspects of Mixed Media and adapts it to a piece that can be displayed on the wall. We will blend together different types of papers, book pages, image transfers, rubber stamps, found objects and much more. This is a fun class where the student can express themselves according to their skill sets and produce a unique piece. All Supplies included!
Saturday, May 13
10:30am-2:00pm
Price: $65
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Flowers In Watercolor
Instructor: Elizabeth Kattie Page
Ages 16+
April showers bring May flowers in this class! Learn how to paint various flowers in watercolor while understanding composition and color palettes. Participate in class critiques and guided assignments to allow your watercolor skills to bloom! Supplies included in price.
Tuesdays - 6 Weeks
May 16 - June 20
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Price: $250
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Everything You Want to Know About Pastel
Instructor: Larry Blovits
Ages 18+
Master pastelist, Larry Blovits will discuss and demonstrate all the unique characteristics of hard and soft pastel sticks and pencils, and the painting surfaces of different papers and canvases. The opacity of the medium requires different thinking regarding the procedure applications on the part of the artist. He will also discuss using the texture of the paper by applying different stroke pressure to create both optical and physical blending. Larry will demonstrate a start-to-finish landscape painting that will serve to enlighten the student as to the gradual buildup by establishing the contours of color values working dark to light.
The students will then start their own pastel drawings working from their landscape source images. A critique of the work-in-progress and personal instruction will be given to every student regardless of their pastel knowledge. Advice and assistance will be given to beginners to patiently build their painting, and understand the reason for doing so. The same assistance will be given to the advanced students to test and question their up-to-date knowledge and expertise.
At the beginning of each session, Larry will demonstrate on another different painting surface so that the student will be aware of the requirements and procedures unique to that surface.
Instructional print outs will be distributed during each session. Pertinent Keynote programs will be shown to further clarify the step-by-step process of producing a pastel landscape.
Instructor Larry Blovits, a former Aquinas College professor, is the author of "Pastel for the Serious Beginner" published by Watson-Guptill, and been featured in a number of books on pastel. He has exhibited and won numerous awards for his pastel portraits and landscape, and has an international reputation for teaching as a workshop instructor. Beginning in 1975, he has taught workshops every year locally and nationally around the states, and abroad in England, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, and Australia.
Saturdays
May 20-June 10
10:00am-1:30pm
Price: $200
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.
Oil and Cold Wax
Instructor: JoAnne Laudolff
Ages 16+
Come and learn the basics of working with oil paint mixed with Gamblin Cold Wax Medium. The wax gives the paint a fluidity that helps it move across the board or Oil Paper. Squeegees and other tools are used to move the paint and create abstract and painterly images. Representational work can be incorporated or the scene can remain ethereal. Other mediums can be included: pastels, pigment powders, oil sticks and other mark making tools are introduced. This medium can be adapted to whatever style the artist wishes to express.
Thursdays
June 15-June 29
5:00pm - 7:00pm
Price: $85
Please call (616) 396-3278 to register.