SHAC announces a series of community virtual art classes and webinars.  SHAC is presenting these classes July 12 – August 7, 2020 as part of Stay-in-Place Productions, the arts council’s response to COVID -19
 

Art Classes

Appreciating Photography
Program Description: A survey of creative photography to see how different image makers have used the camera to create meaning throughout the history of the medium.
Instructor: Benjamin Hauser

Building An Online Craft Business Using Etsy
Program Description: Etsy is a popular marketplace for selling handmade goods. Learn to open your own shop and build your online business. Topics include creating compelling listings, finding your target customers, getting found in search, branding, marketing, taking good photos, pricing strategies, and customer service. 
Instructor: Karen Koch

Class Piano
Program Description: Class Piano provides students with an exploration of the piano and beginning musical concepts such as high vs. low, piano orientation, steady beat/rhythm patterns and playing/reading music.  This exploratory course is great for students to find out if they might be interested in beginning piano lessons or for students who have already begun piano lessons.  Students will participate in a variety of games and activities in each session.
Instructor: Alex Piepenbrink

Chalk Pastel Portraits
Program Description: Chalk Pastel Portraits is a course that teaches students to use chalk pastel to render the likeness of a face. We will study the proportions from different angles of the face and techniques for blending and matching colors of skin tones and textures for hair. Students should have chalk pastels, and a recommended supply list will be provided.
Instructor: Casandra Harner

Graffiti: Text as Image
Program Description: Graffiti is ubiquitous in major cities, but more than being an eyesore, it has actually gone through it's own artistic evolution. This series will explore how graffiti artists develop letters and how the interaction between text and image can be blurred. We will learn how to draw block letters as well as using color, shape, and line to express our own personal message.
Instructor: Ki Charm John Kim

Handcrafted Paper Art
Program Description: Create a hand-crafted object out of paper, flour, water and decorate!  Paper mache can be used to build masks, wall art, pencil holders, vases, even model animals! We’ll build our frame from newspaper/circulars and small amount of flour paste. The second session we cover our creations in paper mache.  The last day we decorate the dried object using paint or materials from around the house.
Instructor: Sheela Das

Mixed Media Fun
Program Description: Create fun and funky postcards or greeting cards using materials easily found at home! Upcycle empty cracker boxes or cereal boxes along with art supplies already you have to make cheerful postcards you can send to your friends, family, and neighbors.
Instructor: Karen Koch

Poetry Sandbox
Program Description: In this workshop we will examine and experiment with a variety of poetic forms, tools and goals.  We will write during and between classes, then share and discuss our efforts.  Prior poetry writing is not required, but participants must be interested in putting pen to paper to capture and explore the human experience.
Instructor: Bill Newby

Programming for Artists using Processing
Program Description: Using the Processing Language (a free and open source language based on Java), students will learn the basics of programming as applied to programming graphic images and shapes.Depending on time, we will touch on programming animation of these shapes and graphics.
Instructor: Steven Gutierrez

Free Webinars

How I Got to Perform with an Oscar Winner: Tips on Building Your Acting Career
Program Description: During the one hour session, Peter Lawson Jones will provide guidance on how you, as a Cleveland-based actor, can build an acting career; share stories of his evolution as an actor; and, most importantly, answer your questions. Peter is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.
Instructor: Peter Lawson Jones

Metheny Weir Signature Finishes
Program Description: Join us as we demonstrate our most popular finishes. Start by learning the step by step basics of painting furniture and cabinets. Next, we will show you how to simulate a wood grain on a table top.  Lastly, we will walk through our elegant “Severance Finish” for walls and furniture. 
Instructor: Kim Metheny and Sue Weir