Hand-building Techniques: "Slab Building", "Coiling" and "Modeling

"Students will move on to hand building, which is the art of crafting without the wheel. I’ll let their creativity and imagination soar. They will learn different techniques for shaping the clay, such as "pinching" and "coiling", along with how to use various tools to cut, scrape and mold the clay. Create ornaments, tiles, trays, sculptures, vases, cups, bowls, tumblers, menorahs, derides, or any object they inspired to form. They learn to relax when working with clay. Students are not given any projects, they are taught techniques so that they have a basic clay building foundation and are free to create whatever they want."

Maryam Keleshame, Instructor

Saturday, March 21, 2:00 to 4:00 PM

Fee: $18 per kid

To reserves space please send an email to: danzonart@yahoo.com

Maryam Keleshame was born in Iran,1965, and graduated in Illustration from Tehran University. She has a certificate from Iranian heritage organization in Pottery and taught art and craft to group of children,aged 7 to 12 in the British school Tehran and other organizations.

    Photo by Mark Gordon

___________________

PAST EVENTS
___________________

Printmaking for Kids
(Ages 5- 12 parents are welcome to join)

Saturday, February 21

Session I: Relief Printing
From 2:00 to 3:00 PM
Technique: participants will work with block surfaces to create stamp-like art.

Session II Screen Printing on T-shirts
From 3:00 to 4:00 PM
Technique: participants will create a 2 color design on fabric using screens as stencils.
I
Instructor: Manuel Navarrete*
Fee: $30 per person/session
Materials fee: Included

Light buffet and soft drinks for parents and kids

To reserves space please send an email to: danzonart@yahoo.com

*Manuel Navarrete, is an Adjunct Professor at the Corcoran College of Art and Design and the Catholic University of America. Mr. Navarrete is the Lead Arts Program Teacher at Centronia learning center, where he also teaches children and young adults. Manuel also teaches seminars on digital media applications for fine art printmaking projects at George Mason University and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. His recent exhibitions include group portfolio shows at Gallery K, the Library of Congress, District Fine Arts gallery and the Corcoran Museum of Art, and Kathleen Ewing Gallery in the District of Columbia.