WORKSHOPS
NEW! MUGS! MUGS! MUGS!
Sandy Bachmann
All levels
In this workshop, students will create a mug with a handle from a slab of clay and use various textures, stamps and molds to decorate the mug desired. Once it is bisque fired, students will return to paint on the glaze and get it ready for the final firing. Students will learn how to work with a clay slab, attach handles and decorations (sprigs), and the difference between glazes and underglazes. Materials are included.
Workshop meets October 9 and 23, 2023
Mondays, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: VBMA Studio 5
#FA48 $200 (VBMA members $170)
NEW! VASE CREATION
Sandy Bachmann
All levels
In this workshop, students will create a vase from a slab of clay and use various textures, stamps and molds to decorate the vase as you wish. Once it is bisque fired, you will return to paint on the glaze and get it ready for the final firing. Students will learn how to work with a clay slab, attach decorations (sprigs), learn how to create a clay rose, and the difference between glazes and underglazes. Materials are included.
Workshop meets October 16 and 30, 2023
Mondays, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: VBMA Studio 5
#FA49 $200 (VBMA members $170)
NEW! 3-PIECE CHARCUTERIE SET
Sandy Bachmann
Beginner level
In this workshop, students will create a charcuterie tray, one or two small dishes, and a small sauce bowl by using a template for the tray and dish, and make a pinch pot for the sauce bowl. Students may use various textures, stamps, and molds to decorate the set per preference. The cup can be attached to the tray or kept separate. Once it is bisque fired, students will return to paint on the glaze and get it ready for the final firing. Students will learn how to work with a clay slab, make a pinch pot, attach decorations (sprigs), and the difference between glazes and underglazes.
Workshop meets November 6 and 20, 2023
Monday, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: VBMA Studio 5
#FA50 $200 (VBMA members $170)
NEW! SNOW PEOPLE LUMINARIES
Sandy Bachmann
All levels
In this workshop, students will create a whimsical member of the Snow family with their own personality. This luminary will be made from a slab of clay and use various textures, stamps and molds to decorate the Snow person. Once it is bisque fired, students will return to paint on the glaze and get it ready for the final firing. Students will learn how to work with a clay slab, attach decorations (sprigs) and the difference between glazes and underglazes.
Workshop meets November 13 and 27, 2023
Mondays, 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: VBMA Studio 5
#FA51 $200 (VBMA members $170)
Sandy Bachmann earned her Bachelor’s degree in advertising design at New York Institute of Technology. After 23 years working in graphic design, she moved to Florida and went back to school to receive a teaching degree in art. She has been teaching art for 15 years at the middle school and elementary school levels in Broward County and the past 4 years in Indian River County.
NEW! PHOTO FUN!
Jeremiah Jenner
Beginner level
Aspiring photographers will learn how to take better photos on their cell phones or digital cameras. The instructor will go over basic camera or cell phone settings along with varied artistic lessons such as color and composition, creative abstracts, portrait lighting, and basic editing with apps such as Photoshop and Snapseed. Each class will have a review and group critique of the previous lesson as they share creative ideas and photos with one another.
Workshop meets October 20 – 22, 2023
Friday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Location: VBMA Studios 2 and 3
#FA52 $190 (VBMA members $160)
Jeremiah Jenner’s photography students appreciate his likeable and engaging character, teaching style, and his natural calling as a teacher. His minimalistic limited editions have endeared the media as well as the serious art collector. National collectors of his photographs include Starbucks, PBS, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He has been a photography instructor for Broward County School since 2009 and has has taught multiple workshops in the area.
MIXED MEDIA
Xaque Gruber
All levels
In this fun and lively three-day workshop, students will work in watercolor, printmaking, and collage and will experiment with a wide variety of materials (fabrics, painted papers, antique pages, etc.) to create personal and unique mixed media/collages. Each student will have several new art pieces by the end of the workshop. The instructor will provide a variety of materials. Click here for recommended supply list.
Workshop meets November 17 – 19, 2023
Friday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: VBMA Studios 2 and 3
#FA53 $510 (VBMA members $430)
Xaque Gruber graduated from Pratt in 1991 with a BFA in Drawing. He earned a Masters in Art Education from Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Xaque has taught art to all ages around the country. His second graduate degree (in TV Production) from Boston University led to a career writing for TV and film. He runs Gallery Veritas & Art Library in downtown Vero and is active with local non-profit charities.
NEW! ARCHITECTURE AND THE LANDSCAPE
Joel Johnson
Intermediate to advanced levels
Students will paint a landscape with structural forms as part of that landscape. The instructor will demonstrate for the painting and will provide students with the image and a copy of the drawing. Transparent watercolor will be the medium for the work. Click here for recommended supply list.
Workshop meets December 8 – 10, 2023
Friday – Sunday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: VBMA Studios 2 and 3
#FA54 $510 (VBMA members $430)
Joel Johnson has a B.F.A. in art from Westminster College and M.F.A. in painting and art history from Utah State University. A career artist, Joel has received numerous awards, exhibited in many national shows and has been featured in many fine art galleries throughout the country. He is also an exhibiting artist at the
Prix de West in Oklahoma City at the Cowboy Heritage Museum.