Summer Programs For All Ages At The Art Guild

Art Guild: There’s a class for everyone at The Art Guild this summer. From July through September, adults can learn everything from perspective to watercolor, silkscreen media to painting with colored pencils. For kids and teens, popular week-long summer programs have some availability and be sure to Save the Date for the Fifth Annual CreARTive experience on August 10.

Upcoming Events:

· July 13: Logical Perspective Workshop, the foundation of most art, with Howard Rose

(includes 36-page perspective workbook)

· July 17: 4-week Beginner Watercolor Class with artist & instructor Esther Marie NEW!

· July 26 - 28: Painting with Colored Pencils as Fine Art Workshop with Internationally

acclaimed colored pencil artist Cynthia Knox, CPSA

· Aug 3 - 4: Silkscreen Monotype Workshop, combining screen printing with drawing and painting

techniques with Stephanie Navon-Jacobson NEW!

· Aug 24 - 25: Bending Reality: Color Theory Workshop with artist and author, Patti Mollica

· Sept 13 - 15: Alla Prima Plein Air Painting Workshop with Robert Simone

· Sept 21 - 22: Embrace the Practice of Daily Painting with Lisa Daria Kennedy

Children’s Summer Workshops:

The Art Guild offers four and five-day workshops for children for ages 5-12. Kids are encouraged to use their imaginations as they explore different materials, techniques and concepts including drawing, painting, collage, cut shapes, printmaking, abstract art, plein air, constructions, impressionism and more. The class will often shift between projects, in a fun and supportive atmosphere. Sibling discount & a multi-week discount applied to the final bill.

AGES 5-8

- July 15-19 (5-days) • 9 am -12 pm • $240 ($275 non-members)

- July 22-25 (4-days) • 9 am-12 pm • SOLD OUT

AGES 8-12

- July 29-August 2 (5-days) • 10am-3pm • $425 ($460 non-members)

- August 5-9 (5-days) • 10am-3pm • $425 ($460 non-members)

Save the Date! On Saturday, August 10 from 1pm – 4pm, The Art Guild will hold their Fifth Annual CreARTive experience for children ages 5 and up and their families. This fun and free afternoon will include Djembe drum making, Japanese screen printing and perennial crowd-pleasing activities such as tie-dye, clay and printmaking. This event is made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor M. Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and administered by The Huntington Arts Council.

Complete details of all classes and workshops including registration is available on the website, www.TheArtGuild.org. The Art Guild is located at Elderfields Preserve, 200 Port Washington Blvd., Manhasset, NY 11030. For more information please call 516.304.5797. The Art Guild is a not-for-profit 501c3 organization.