Class Content: Kick start 2024 with a deep dive into the Subconscious! Have you ever had a dream that opened your world — untangling a difficult situation, explaining a complex emotion, or pointing to a better path? Our Soul communicates with us through intuition, imagery, story, and symbols — making artwork and dreamwork treasure troves for higher guidance.

Learn how to use collage to unlock the wisdom of the subconscious mind and discover the gifts that accompany this contemplative practice. Using randomly selected images from magazines, you’ll quickly construct a series of dreamscapes loaded with personal messages and instructive symbols.

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If you can cut and paste and have a thirst for exploring your inner realm, this class is for you! No art experience is necessary. In fact, we don’t even care if our artwork is pretty, because we will be mining for meaning more than beauty. So, let loose! You will have an opportunity to produce and interpret three 5 x 8 dreamscapes.

Supply List: Bring your own scissors! I will provide the rest of the materials (substrates, glue, magazines, and protective sleeves)

Biography: I love to create with paper — cut, torn, sliced, ripped, painted, and reassembled. I am particularly drawn to the imagery and malleable nature of magazines and painted papers. Images originally meant to convey one message in a magazine can be used to communicate something entirely new in a work of art. An automobile advertisement might become part of a face. A face might become part of an abstract image. Disparate images can be used to tell a story or to extract personal meaning. Discovering hidden images embedded in collage creates a mystery that I simply can’t resist! I have been collaging for 15 years and never grow tired of it. Come explore with me.

Class Content: Beginning Drawing: If you’re finding it difficult to draw real-life objects accurately or would love to improve your drawing skills, then the “Beginning Drawing” class is tailor-made for you. This class focuses on improving your ability to draw anything in front of you with precision, proportion, and scale. You will be taught various techniques to make this process easier, and we will address composition, shading, negative/positive space, and blocking to create a more nuanced drawing. Guided instructions and practice sessions in class will help you gain the necessary skills to draw from real life with confidence.

Supply List: Students will need to bring:
1. 4 Sharpened Pencils with either good erasers on them or a separate white eraser.
2. Blending Stumps or 5 pieces of tissue paper
3. 5 sheets of Drawing paper (or more/sketchbook) – 8″ x 10″ or larger
4. a small to medium object that has meaning to you (ex: spoon, hat, broach, art tool, etc) (* this will be one of the objects we will be drawing)
5. a sack lunch
6. Other supplies will be provided and are included in the price of the class

Biography: Glenda Bowles is a native Tennessean living in Knoxville with over 30 years of experience in the Arts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and a Certificate in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary. Glenda has taught over 25 years to affluent and impoverished students, over a range of ages – from preschool to adults. Core art skills, art history, art theory, and the study of different mediums are a few of what she concentrates on while teaching in order for students to grow in their personal art skills. She has taught in classroom settings in the States and overseas, as well as Art Therapy.  

Personally, she enjoys working with almost every type of art medium. She primarily paints using watercolor, oils, and graphite, and her fine art and murals can be found in numerous locations in the US and around the world, including Greece, Belize, and Jordan. She also has exhibited her artwork in numerous settings, including the Brentwood Academy show in Nashville, Memphis College of Art, as well as several locations in Knoxville and Morristown.

Class Content: If you like to work with fabrics, fiber and a little mixed media and want to make a really fun memory book/journal using your scraps and bits then this class is for you. How often have you returned from a trip or maybe a big event like a graduation or wedding and have tons of photos on your phone and maybe a handful of event tickets, flyers, knapkins, local maps..etc… Consider making a memory pocket journal where you can collect these items, put your best photos in a provided 4×6 booklet and/or dangle a zip drive with the rest of them along with that cheesy keychain of the Eiffel tower you bought from the street vender. Every time you open this journal it will take you down memory lane back to that special time. This class is for all levels and will have fabric painting, some sewing and assemblage, lots of planning and fun.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list. Note that students need to bring their own sewing machines to this class.

Biography: Since very young, Twyla Marti has worked in the fiber medium. Being raised in a family of seamstresses and embroiderers, there were always fiber projects in the works. As she matured, she gained her own style in this medium with various ways to use fiber and fabric in her artwork. Although Twyla has never been a quilter, she is greatly influenced by how quilt artists use fabric choices to create images and patterns. Her fiber pieces illustrate all of her experiences in working with fabric and threads in a unique way.
Twyla has been working in Mixed Media and Fiber Art for over 40 years. She has had the privilege of studying with many of the top artists/ instructors in these fields and that thas helped her develop her own style. She is an avid hiker and finds her inspiration through nature, traveling, visiting art centers and galleries along with studying and exchanging ideas with other artists.

Class Content: Join me in painting a inspiring fall scene in acrylics. Learn how to create easy bush and tree textures while letting the brush do the work for you. I will help you make the painting your own with different optional tips . While I paint thinner on the canvas generally, I will show you several techniques so you can paint with more texture if you prefer that. Its about having fun and making it your own! I provide personal assistance around the room as you all create your own special Fall landscape and learn techniques to take home and try on some more paintings!

Some painting class experience will help, even if it was just a Painting with a Twist class or something like that.
Hope to see you there and we will have fun!!
If you prefer to paint bigger, you can bring a 16×20. I will provide a 11×14 canvas.

Supply List: Click here to view the supply list.

Biography: Tennessee artist Carol Robin King was born and raised in Argentina where she discovered her love for drawing at the tender age of 3. At 13, Carol advanced from drawing to painting with oils and acrylics. While in Argentina, she attended 3 years of professional Art School. She loves continuing to learn and perfect her techniques through workshops and online classes.

Art has always been a part of Carol’s life. She made extra money selling paintings as a child and painting portraits in college. Throughout the last 30 years, she has had the privilege of teaching art classes for children and teens as well as adults.

Current projects are recording online video Watercolor lessons, teaching acrylic classes and working at the shared Studio 106 located inside the Emporium in the downtown Knoxville art district. Her art can be seen at Pivot Point Gallery and various shows in the Knoxville area.

Instructor Website: www.carolrobinking.com

Class Content: This class will introduce the Art of Zentangle including its origins, supplies and the 8 step process. Zentangle is meditative drawing which uses ink, paper and learned patterns to create beautiful art and enhance relaxation and creativity in the process. Taught by Gayla D. Seale, a Certified Zentangle Instructor. Supply kits will be included and will be taken home by the participants at the end of the class.

Supply List: All supplies will be provided. The participant will be able to take home the supplies at the end of the class.

Instructor Website: gayladsealeartist.com

Biography: I am a working artist in Knoxville, Tennessee. My preferred mediums are watercolor and watercolor with ink. I have learned my art mostly through adult education and self-study. I focus on cityscapes and the patterns and designs found in architecture, plant life and textiles. I teach both watercolor painting and Zentangle (meditative pattern drawing) in my downtown studio. My studio and gallery is located in the Emporium Building at 100 South Gay Street.