Description: Artists will learn how to create their own folder of paperwork that typically is required or useful when makingapplications to art organizations and galleries. Topics will include examples of what to include in an inventory database ofone’s completed artworks, planning schedules and tracking displayed artworks, differences in writing an artist statement,personal biography, and press releases. Other topics may include keeping necessary personal records of art sales transactions, past venue experiences, etc.

Attendees are requested to bring a food item for the local food shelf.

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

Description: Landscape artists many times deliberately portray buildings in various stages of deterioration, but still needto know the basic principles of point perspective(s) in relation to artwork’s horizon in order to end up with a sensiblescene. This class will focus on methods of establishing both correct proportions of similar objects in relation to distancefrom the horizon, linear perspective, and portrayal of curved objects.

Attendees are requested to bring a food item for the local food shelf.

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

In preparation for future classes, artists will prepare the surface of a sheet of hardboard for paint applicationusing gesso and sandpapers.

Attendees are requested to bring a food item for the local food shelf.

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

Attendees will learn which, when, and how to use brushes and other applicators to easily and effectively achieve special textural effects such as rocks, tiled roofs, straw, foliage, detritus, fog or mist, snow flakes, distant groups of flowers, feathered cloud edges, etc.

Attendees will furnish 3 tubes (of their own hue choice for their own use) of water-mixable paints.

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

Learn how to accurately construct shadows and reflections in a scene and learn how light affects their colors and values.

Attendees will need to bring to class a ruler, pencil, and either a notebook or a couple sheets of unlined paper. Attendees are also requested to bring a food item for the local food shelf

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

Sometimes a painting seems problematic. Learn how to possibly rescue invested resources using tonking,water-lifting methods via brush, scraping or sanding surface paint, or changing values within portions of a painting usingover-glazing techniques.

Attendees are requested to bring a food item for the local food shelf.

Rita LeDuc is a fiscal year 2024 recipient of  Creative Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota legislature; and from a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 

Let your creativity flow in this open studio time. bring any type of project that you are currently working on or wish to begin; you might also meet new people and you will have an opportunity to learn about their creative projects and processes.

this is a free time open to everyone, the only criteria: you must be able to carry your project to and from the building and your project must not require ear protection or the use of flames, toxins, or flammable materials.

• tues-friday mornings, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm
• enter at the fourth street door (across from city park)

*Pre-registration is not required but highly reccommended.