AZILLION BEADS
910 NW Harriman, Ste. #100, Bend, 541-617-8854
azillionbeads@gmail.com
tawnya.knight@gmail.com
Private lessons available upon request.
ART STATION
313 SW Shevlin Hixon Dr., Bend
Register: artscentraloregon.org/artstation.php
541-617-1317
Watercolor Waterfall
Cindy Briggs
Thursday, Oct. 15, 5:30-8:30pm, $50
Enjoy creating in watermedia with teaching artist Cindy Briggs in this relaxed, fun evening class. Capture the movement and reflection of water falling, while exploring watercolor tips and tricks to make your painting realistic.
GOLDEN Photo Image Transfer & Collage
Corrine Loomis Dietz
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18
10am-4pm, $185
Photography, painting and collage collide in this very experimental workshop! Acrylics are quick drying, incredibly flexible and allow for foolproof experimentation. Discover various ways to incorporate your photos and found images to develop strong, personal artwork. All levels welcome when combined with the investigative spirit and a desire for rich, crazy fun! All paints, gels, mediums and grounds will be supplied by GOLDEN Artist Colors
Creative Juices Series
Art & Wine: Georgia O’Keeffe Drawing
Christine Elder
Thursday, Oct.22, 5:30-8:30pm, $55
Join Christine Elder for an encore of her previously sold out class. In this version, complete a drawing together using black and white charcoal on toned paper inspired by an iconic O’Keeffe image.
Fused Glass Fundamentals
Julia Christoferson
Thursday, Oct. 29, 5:30-8:30pm, $50
Explore the diverse assortment of glass types, colors and patterns while learning the fundamental concepts in this exploratory workshop. Make an 8×8” fused and slumped plate or a set of four 4×4” coasters. $50 per session + $48 materials fee payable to instructor.
EXPRESSIVE ARTS WORKSHOPS
No Previous Art Experience Necessary!
All materials are included.
Contact: Vicki Johnson MS, 541-390-3174
coachvickijohnson@gmail.com
www.vickijohnsoncoach.com
Ongoing Intuitive Painting Classes
First and third Wednesday evenings of each month 6-8:15pm, $20 each, Sagebrushers Gallery.
Using Art for Self-Discovery
October 1, 6-8:30pm $45
Learn how to find clarity & self-awareness through creative activities,The Workhouse.
The Storycatching Experience
October 8, 6-8pm $25
Through the magic of your story discover your potential, be empowered. Discover who you are at your best, Dudleys Bookstore.
Storycatching A Fun, Creative Coaching Experience
October 17, 9am-4:30pm $89
Potential, Purpose and Passion! Finding insight and
direction through stories and creative self-expression, Sagebrushers Gallery.
Strengthening Your Intuition through Creativity
Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 6-8:30pm $90
Learn simple techniques that allow your intuitive/creative side to come alive! The Workhouse.
FUSE CREATIVITY CONSULTING
Contact: Dr. Kathy Hoyt, 541-382-0800
khoyt@fusecreativityconsulting.com
www.fusecreativityconsulting.com
Fuse Creativity Consulting is creativity and career consulting firm located in Bend that helps businesses and individuals nurture the innovative brain to its highest potential to connect, imagine, expand, critique and take action.
Fuse offers workshops to help individuals, groups and business people tap into the logical and creative brain to make change easy and achieve goals with innovation and clarity.
CAREER CHANGE WORKSHOP
For career changers, budding entrepreneurs and job seekers. This small, confidential group meets every Monday from Oct. 12 thru Nov. 23 for seven sessions. This workshop will help you clarify career options that match you by revealing your values, strengths, skills, work personality traits and passion—but also factors that are blocking your way to change. Using exercises and career testing, you will develop a career plan that provides solutions to the blocks and action steps toward your dream. The group format allows you to share successes and challenges—decreasing isolation and increasing support.
Registration deadline is October 9. Register online at www.fusecreativityconsulting.com.
CREATIVE THINKING WORKSHOP
For work, business, hobbies, brain health and quality of life. This small, confidential group meets every Tuesday from Oct. 13 thru Nov. 17 for six sessions. We will cover new information about creative thinking, allowing you to practice innovative and spontaneous imagination, with time to share successes and challenges as you work towards your own specific goals for change.
Registration deadline is October 9. Register online at www.fusecreativityconsulting.com.
RESUME WORKSHOP
For job search or updating career goals so you stay on track. This workshop helps you develop your resume by clarifying your personal brand utilizing values, strengths, personality traits, skills and interests, your unique contributions to specific job positions and your goals for the future in your work. The first meeting gets you started, and then the second meeting is an editing session based on your first draft effort. The group format allows for support and celebration of the end of procrastination on this all-important tool.
Starts Nov. 4. Registration deadline is Oct. 30. Register online at www.fusecreativityconsulting.com.
LINKEDIN WORKSHOP
For the career professional, career changer, job seeker. A good, solid LinkedIn profile is a necessary tool for the career professional or anyone involved in a job search or career transition. Each of the two meetings in this workshop helps you develop your LinkedIn site by sharing current suggestions of what to place on your site, plan your profile and connect with other professionals to achieve your goals. The group format allows for support and celebration of the end of procrastination on this all-important tool.
Starts Nov. 12 Registration deadline is Nov. 6. Register online at www.fusecreativityconsulting.com.
SAGEBRUSHERS ART SOCIETY
sagebrushersartofbend.com, 541-617-0900
rkliot@msn.com.
All classes held at SageBrushers
117 SW Roosevelt
THE WORK HOUSE
www.theworkhousebend.com
50 SE Scott Street Suite #6, Cari Dolyniuk
347-564-9080
FIGURE DRAWING SALON
Every Tuesday drop-in, 8-10pm
$15 per drop-in
Develop your skills at our Live Model Figure Drawing Salon hosted by Workhouse studio members Christian Brown and Abney Wallace. This drop-in salon features a live nude model and will be open every Tuesday evening from 8-10pm throughout the summer. The salon is open to all levels. Newsprint will be available but participants are encouraged to bring their own easel and materials.
CREATIVE EXPRESSION FOR SELF-DISCOVERY
Thursday, Oct. 1, 6-8:30 pm $45.
Learn how to use collaging and other creative activities for self-discovery from an experienced art therapist and certified life coach. No art experience necessary. Find out who you are under all the layers of life’s expectations. Start the journey of creating the life you want. Did you know research shows that change is more effective and longer lasting when we create what we want rather than fix what we do not want? Self-Discovery is the first step. All materials provided. Bring a paint shirt.
PHOTO TIPS AND TRICKS – LEARN TO USE NATURAL LIGHT CREATIVELY II
Sunday, Oct. 4, 1-3:30pm $60.
Join professional photographer, Maria Bay, on outdoor photography excursions in our local parks. Maria will share her best tips and tricks to help you create intentional and creative images in natural light with your DSLR camera. Photo Tips and Tricks workshops can be taken as a series or as individual stand-alone workshops.
BLANK PAGES: A WRITING WORKSHOP TO GET YOU STARTED
Saturday, Oct. 10 and 24, 6-8pm $25.
Created in partnership with residents and graduates of the OSU Cascades MFA in Writing program these workshops encompass the breadth of writing possibilities. Topics TBD. Please email theworkhousbend.com for details.
CHARCOAL PORTRAITURE
Sunday, Oct. 11, 3-7pm $45.
The Charcoal Portrait Workshop will cover basic beginning steps to advance finishing techniques needed to create a portrait in a contemporary realist style. Students will learn how to use fundamental elements such as light, value, composition, edge and drawing to create realistic portraits. The class will cover many different charcoal materials that can be used to achieve varying textures and depth as well as the methods to handle them. Rodney will help guide students through a brief demonstration then work with each individual as they draw from a live model.
ENCAUSTIC COLLAGE
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 6-9pm $70.
In an afternoon you’ll learn the basics of how to collage using encaustic (wax) instead of glue.
You will learn how to: prepare your surface, fuse encaustic, layer photographs & paper, image transfer, create surface texture, achieve a high-gloss finish
The workshop includes all wax and encaustic media and two 8×8 inch deep cradled wood panels. We will provide you a variety of papers, magazines and images to play with but feel free to bring your own too! At the end of the day you will go home with up to two encaustic collage artworks.
No experience is necessary for this class, all you need is the desire to learn something new and have fun.
RECYCLE IN STYLE
Thursday, Oct. 15, 6-9pm $60.
Turn junk to gems with artist Marianne Prodehl. Marianne creates her entire line of jewelry from reworking pieces of found metal objects. Explore the endless possibilities of repurposing scrap metal by learning techniques of cutting, sculpting and refining metal from silver and brass trays, recycled copper and copper electrical wire, old necklaces and a plethora of other found objects. You will gain knowledge of the properties of different kinds of metals and ways of connecting pieces together to create striking compositions that can be made into earrings, pendants, broaches, etc. Before you leave class you will have a pair of one of a kind earrings that you have made! Supplies included and no experience necessary!
ENCAUSTIC MIXED MEDIA
Sunday, Oct. 18, 11am-4pm $125.
In an afternoon you’ll learn the basics of how to create single artworks that incorporate both collage and paint using encaustic (wax) instead of glue or other paint medium.
The workshop includes all wax and encaustic media and two 8×8 inch deep cradled wood panels. We will provide you a variety of papers, magazines and images to play with but feel free to bring your own too! At the end of the day you will go home with up to two encaustic mixed media artworks.
No experience is necessary for this class, all you need is the desire to learn something new and have fun.
ENCAUSTIC PAINTING
Wednesday, October 28, 6-9pm $70.00.
Learn the basics of working with encaustic in a hands-on exploration of this ancient wax art form. Encaustic is composed of beeswax, resin and pigment, applied hot, and fused to produce works that are translucent, sculptural and rich.
The goal of this one-day workshop is to become comfortable with encaustic and finish one or two pieces of artwork. The workshop includes all wax and encaustic media and two 8×8 inch deep cradled wood panels. If you have always wanted to try encaustic this introduction is a great way to get started! No experience is necessary for this class, all you need is the desire to learn something new and have fun.
STRENGTHENING YOUR INTUITION THROUGH CREATIVITY
Thursday Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 6-8:30pm $90.
Come play with your intuition! In this two part class we will paint and collage spontaneously using simple techniques that allow our intuitive/creative side to take over. What is intuition? Why is it important? How does intuition express itself? How can we discern intuition from our ego or fear? These questions can best be answered by personally experiencing your intuition in action. No art experience necessary. We are all beginners when it comes to painting intuitively. Bring a paint shirt. All materials included.