CLASSES FOR ADULTS AND OLDER TEENS
The Mill Art Center & Gallery provides an environment in which the community can express and develop their artistic abilities through instruction, observation and interaction with professional artists. Our unique blend of classroom studios and professional gallery exhibition space encourages students to immerse themselves in art, with inspiration from instructors and the art that surrounds them. Our small class sizes ensure that each student gets plenty of one on one time in every class.
Children and teen classes follow the public school calendar. Arrangements may be made with specific instructors for make-up classes. Gift certificates for art classes and art purchases are available.
Due to a generous member donation and grant funding from the Genesee Valley Council of the Arts, the Mill At Center and Gallery is excited to be able to offer sign language interpreting for classes, talks and related programs. In order to successfully schedule an interpreter, we respectfully ask that requests are made two weeks prior to an event.
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Abstract Landscape Painting Workshop
Join Connie for a day exploring the creation of spirited and compelling landscape sketches and paintings. Abstraction requires us to free up our senses, knowing the world’s lines, colors and forms in new ways. We never actually paint what we see, we translate the environment on to canvas through the medium of paint. We find new colors, forms, lines and composition, mentally cropping and tweaking, resizing, and placing it on a flat surface called a painting. We will be working with what you already know and moving toward an abstract vision.
This workshop will offer a series of hand-on exercises to broaden our seeing abilities, loosen up our brush techniques, focus our composition and lean into each of our personal visions. It’s a fun day with lots of movement, talk and companionship as we each move into new creative expressions. There will be morning and afternoon sessions with time to paint on your own in the afternoon.
Day will include:
Short overview of some abstract landscape painters
Demonstration of paint applications
Paint sketching from provided images
Discussion on distilling your vision
Applying abstraction in the plein air setting
Review of dimensional space and flat space
DEMO
The Mill Gallery will provide all painting substrates, paint and brushes. You will need to bring:
Work Apron
Your phone/camera
An open spirit of exploration
YOUR LUNCH AND BEVERAGE (the café across the street is available for coffee and takeout)
Instructor :: Connie Ehindero
Date and Time :: Saturday, June 13th in the Gallery from 9:30 – 3:30
Cost :: $165 Register here and select from Painting and Drawing dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Collagraph
Collagraph is like a printed collage. Any image can be used; abstract concepts or representational ideas can be used in collagraph. You will learn how to apply shapes made from paper and textures like lace, gauze or sandpaper that can be glued to a mat board to make your plate. We will also experiment with painterly marks made with gesso or molding paste to create interesting textures. Once your plate is ready, you will have the opportunity to print several images using an etching press. The wonderful thing is that your plate can be printed many times.
Instructor :: Barbara McPhail
Dates and Time :: Saturday, June 20th from 10am - 3:30pm
Fee :: $120 - Register here and select from the Printmaking dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
FIGURE PAINTING MARATHON
As painters, we always want to push our work into new territory: to break away from using the same few colors or to use combinations that create a richer depth of space and a fresher, less expected result. Color that is available in quantity and has a built-in structure of relationships in the mixtures can give us freedom to use it in new ways and bypass our usual decisions to arrive at a new place.
Instructional focus will include:
- looking at how various figurative artists achieved their unique color effects
- setting up an individual palette of relational colors
- small scale quick studies
- working on white and on colored ground
We will pre-mix a color palette of approx. 6 -15 colors for each day in quantity with the goal of creating a range through the elements of hue, value and intensity. 1-3 small painting studies of 20 min each will be done as warm-ups to the large paintings. The model will be clothed and will take one pose per day. The settings are planned for the Mill Gallery interior and in Rotary Park (half a mile away and reachable by car). The weather during the days of the workshop will determine the indoor and outdoor sequence. For outdoor painting, we can provide easels but you will need to bring your own chair/stool.
MATERIALS:
Your choice of medium:
oil and acrylic (list provided at sign-up)
(acrylics can also be used as under painting to oils - watercolor is not appropriate to our purposes)
1-3 large canvases or sheets of paper (acrylics only) – sizes 18”x24” or larger
2-6 small canvas boards or canvases – sizes around 9”x12”
range of brushes
solvent appropriate to oils
palette
palette knife
jars with lids for solvent
plastic containers for water
Instructor :: Lanna Pejovic
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Dates and times :: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, July 13th, 14th and15th, from 9:30am - 2:30pm
Fee :: $95.00 per day or $250 for 3 days - Please register for daily sessions by emailing Millartcenter@gmail.com - for all 3 days, please Register Here.
One Day Workshop - Studio Watercolor
This workshop is an opportunity for anyone who has taken classes with Stu Chait in the past to come back to the table for a constructive refresher. It is designed to keep that creative spirit going through the summer. So, bring what you are currently working on along with your watercolor supplies and get ready for a day of inspiration and breakthroughs. Limited to the first 10 people.
Instructor :: Stu Chait
Who :: 16 and older
Date and Time :: Saturday, July 25th from 10 am - 3 pm
Cost :: $85 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
3 people minimum.
Plein Air - A Full Day intensive
For the plein air artist, nature is the ultimate teacher. With infinite designs of perfect beauty, each passing moment is a fleeting masterpiece of color, light and form. When one slows down and creates art through deep observation of this perfection, they inadvertently develop themselves by building the skill of presence. The artwork created then serves as an opportunity for the viewer: to consider a new way of seeing. Up-level your observational art skills with a full-day plein air class in your media of choice. Throughout the day your instructor Stefan Lucas Allen will guide 2 group demonstrations and support each participant individually, giving instruction that meets your skill level and chosen media. The central meeting point of this class will be Harry Allen Park in Honeye Falls. This provides everyone with great subjects to choose from being between the Honeoye Creek N Main Street.
Recommended materials:
Bring your plein air setup. Keep in mind the first demo will be done out of the sketchbook while the second demo will be done in oils. Feel free to bring what ever media you like. (Can be as simple as a sketchbook and a ballpoint pen.)
Easel/Pochade Box
Paints
Brushes
Rags/ Paper Towel
Painting Medium
Chair
Sunhat/baseball cap
Bugspray
Weather appropriate clothing
Plenty of water for hydration
“Best materials” oil painting supply list provided via email for those that want to know what Stefan has found to be most useful.
Instructor :: Stefan Lucas Allen
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Dates and Times :: Saturday, August 1st from 11 am - 7 pm (Rain date: Aug 15th)
Cost :: $150 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Collage Art Cards
Learn to make these unique cards for yourself to frame or to give as a special gift. In this class, you will use fabric scraps, origami papers and washi tapes to create 3 1/2” x 4” art collages. Plenty of threads, beads, and buttons will be available to add some touches of whimsy and flair to your collages. We mostly use glue sticks and minimal sewing is optional. Envelopes and vinyl card protectors will be provided. There will be two demonstrations teaching you the steps to create your collage cards so you can relax and just have fun! All supplies are provided and no art experience is necessary.
Instructor :: Stephanie Kelly
Who :: Ages 11 to Adults
Date :: Sunday, August 2nd from 12 - 3 PM
Cost :: $50 - Register here and select from the Mixed Media Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Soft-covered Hand-bound Bookmaking
Do you love the look and feel of a handmade book? Would you like to learn how to bind a multiple signature book complete with pocket and closure? If yes, then consider joining us at the Mill Art Center to make a soft-covered, hand-bound book with three or four sections, perfect for sketching, taking notes in or recording your summer travels.
There will be a short review of bookbinding basics before we set out to cut, fold, and bind your unique, multiple section book. All supplies included in the cost of this class.
If you have basic bookbinding tools, feel free to bring them along. Previous bookbinding experience helpful, but not necessary.
Instructor :: Janet Finch Levy
Who:: 18 and older
Date and Time :: Tuesday, August 11th from 10 am to 12 pm
Cost :: $65 - Register here and select from the Mixed Media Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Neurographic Art Class
Don’t let this scientific name scare you! Neurographic art is simple, fun and highly addictive! In this class you will learn how to create unique neurographic paintings using Sharpies, acrylic markers, watercolor paper and watercolor brush pens. There will be two demonstrations showing you first, how to create your black neurographic lines and intersections; and, second, how to paint with watercolor pens and acrylic markers, beautifully filling in and enhancing your line work. All supplies are provided. Ages 12+. No art experience is necessary.
All materials included.
Instructor :: Stephanie Kelly
Who :: Young Teens and Adults
Date and Time :: Sunday, August 23rd from 12 - 3 pm
Cost :: $50 - Register here and select from Mixed Media Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request by 2 weeks prior to the start of each session. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!
Wednesday Morning PAINTING with lanna pejovic
Lanna offers instruction for all levels in oil and acrylics. Work on projects in painting of your choice and Lanna will provide advise and support to help you develop your individual color, composition and technique. This is an ongoing class. If you are a beginner, specific projects and a basic list of materials can be provided.
Instructor :: Lanna Pejovic
Who :: Teens 18+ and Adults
Class Dates and Times :: Wednesday Mornings through July 8th from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Class will resume after a summer break on October 2nd.
Fee :: $120 for 6 classes - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Thursday Morning Painting with denise heischman
Denise offers instruction at all levels for people working with paint, pastels or dry media. Bring in your own resource materials and get ready to grow your artistic abilities with one on one guidance and support. A valued and trusted instructor of the Mill Art Center for years. This is an ongoing class.
Instructor :: Denise Heischman
Who :: Teens 18+ and Adults
Class Dates and Times :: Thursday mornings from 10 am -12:30 pm. These classes run through the summer. No class June 25th.
Fee :: $120 for 6 classes - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Take a couple minutes to enjoy this video created in Denise’s class in participation with the Art and Aging Institute of the University of Rochester - Click HERE
STUDIO WATERCOLOR
Offered to all artists who want to explore watercolor regardless if it’s abstract or representational. Evolving from my prior workshops, drawing on my formal training as an architect and following my popular non-traditional watercolor approach, this studio based class for watercolor is suited for everyone from novice to experienced artist. It is offered in three 4-hour sessions over separate Saturdays.
This workshop concentrates on demonstrating various watercolor techniques (wet on wet, washes and dry glazing), representational quantities (atmospheric perspective, 1 and 2 point perspective, color choices, shade and shadow, trees, clouds, entourage), and student requests; allowing the student to bring their artwork in for discussion, as well as class time to work on their artwork… Knowing that watercolor can be a misunderstood and avoided medium, Stu teaches that there are always several options to any approach be it application, technique or style driven. When one understands that “yellow and blue doesn’t always equal green”, the individual will understand that there are several different ways to approach any problem, not just the tried and true method. Stu is of the belief that to learn, understand and appreciate representational watercolor that one must start with abstract techniques and approaches.
The Mill will provide boards for the student’s use to mount artwork on during class time. Otherwise all materials are by the student. A basic material list will be provided upon registration. Stu brings an innovative approach and unique mindfulness process to learning how to work with watercolors that he adapts to both the novice and experienced artist, such that all attendees learn from each other.
Instructor :: Stu Chait
Who :: 16 and older
Dates and Time :: 3 Saturdays, September 12th, 19th and 26th fro 10 am - 3 pm
Cost :: $225 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
No prerequisite coursework required. 3 people minimum.
Painting from Reference Photos
Often, we are drawn to certain photographs because there is something unique about them. It could be the composition, lighting, colors, mood, subject matter or a combination of elements. Sometimes we are inspired to paint that subject ourselves. There are challenges with creating our own paintings based on another’s work of art. First, there is no point in duplicating the photograph. That’s copying and only repeats the original artist’s work. We want to express our own vision not someone else’s. In this course we will review elements in photographs that inspire you and determine if there are ways to alter lighting, colors and composition to fit your vision. We will practice following different processes in evaluating a photograph and applying them to your paintings. Watercolor, acrylic and oil painters are welcome. Bring your own painting materials and a notebook and pen.
Instructor :: Denise Heischman
Dates and Time :: stay tuned for new dates
Cost :: $185 Cost- Register here and select from Painting and Drawing Class dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472
Number of Students: 4-8
***Sign Language interpreting for this class is available upon request by 2 weeks prior to the start of each session. Please indicate your request when completing the registration form. If you have questions email us at millartcenter@gmail.com. Efforts will be made to accommodate last-minute requests but cannot guaranteed !!!
Registration and Cancellation Information
In order to reserve a space in a class or workshop at The Mill Art Center you must pay in full. You may do this by registering online or by mailing us a check made out to the Mill Art Center; Our mailing address is 61 N. Main St Honeoye Falls, NY 14472.
Our Prorated Fee Policy
The Mill Art Center will prorate a class fee only if the instructor is in agreement. The prorated fee is such that 50% of the cost of the missed class will be paid for by the student. For example: if a 3 day class costs $300, and a student plans to attend two days, the tuition cost is prorated to $250.
Our cancellation policy is such that a 15% fee will be deducted from any refund given up to one week prior to the start of the class or workshop. NO Refund will be given for a cancellation made the week prior to the start of the class or workshop.
in the event that you have registered for a class or workshop and it is cancelled, you will be reimbursed fully.
DRAWING PROJECTS with DENISE & LANNA
Learn methods that help you SEE and draw from observation of your environment including still life, landscape and the human figure. Denise and Lanna will guide you in exploring drawing techniques and a range of media that will enhance your ability to creatively interpret what you see.
Required supplies:
Ebony pencil, Mars Stadler white plastic eraser, and a small bottle of India ink
All other materials provide by the Mill Art Center.
Day 1 - Denise and Lanna will work as a team to guide you through drawing simple forms from observation using gesture, contour line, value and a variety of drawing media to establish a vocabulary of the drawing elements line, shape, value along with a range of drawing media.
Days 2-5 - Presenting 2 projects each over the next four sessions that will introduce you to 4 methods of creating a drawing that has a strong composition and an exciting visual presence.
Day 6 will be team teaching and time for further development of drawings based on group feedback.
Instructors :: Denise Heischman and Lanna Pejovic
Who :: Older Teens and Adults
Dates and Times :: 6 Sessions coming this Fall
Cost :: $295 - Register here and select from Painting and Drawing dropdown menu - We accept PayPal, Cash or Check made out to Mill Art Center. Our address is 61 N Main St. Honeoye Falls, NY 14472