Petaluma Arts Center’s Fall Art Classes and Workshops For Kids & Teens offers an impressive range of choices for the artist in all of us:

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SESSION 1 (SEPT. 1 – OCT. 18)      SESSION 2 (OCT. 10 – DEC. 6)
Intro to Printmaking
Instructor:
Ages: 7-12
Dates: Saturdays & Sundays, Sept. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15 & 16
Time: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Arts Studio
Instructor: Mark Edwards
Ages: 5 & up
Dates: Mondays, Sept. 10, 17, 24, Oct. 1, 8 & 15
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

The Art of Comics & Cartooning
Ages: 7-9
Instructor: Pete McDonnell
Dates: Tuesdays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 2, 9 & 16
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Creative Metalwork
Instructor: Griffe Griffiths (Master Metalworker)
Ages: 10-12
Dates: Wednesdays, Sept. 12, 19, 26 & Oct. 3
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Imaginative Clay
Instructor: Sueann Sher
Ages: 9-12
Dates: Thursdays, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11 & 18
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Basic Photography and Beyond
Instructor: Murray Rockowitz
Ages: 15 & up
Dates: Thursday Evenings, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11 & 18
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm

Watercolor Field Journal Workshop
Instructor: Kristin Meuser
Ages: 15 & up
Dates: Saturday, Sept. 22
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Build It: Architectural Design and Model Making
Instructor: Mary Dooley
Ages: 11-14
Dates: Mon-Fri, Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28
Time: 12:00 – 3:00 p.m

Art for Adults
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Monday Night Drawing – Drop-In
Sept. 3, Oct. 1, Nov. 5, & Dec. 3: Figure Drawing with Jewell Scanlon
Sept. 10, Oct. 8, Nov. 12, & Dec. 10: Draw on Silk Screen with Sara Bell
Sept. 17, Oct. 15, Nov. 19 & Dec. 17: Portraiture with Kathleen Deyo
Aug. 27, Sept. 24, Oct. 22, & Nov. 26 Intro to Drawing with Shannon Abbey
Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm

Introduction to Botanical Art
Instructor: Amber Turner
Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 & Nov. 6
Time: 12:00 – 3:00 pm

Wheel Thrown Tableware
Instructor: Candace Birchfield
Dates: Tuesdays, Sept. 11, 18, 25, Oct. 9,16, 23
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Handbuilt Tableware
Instructor: Candace Birchfield
Dates: Tuesdays, Oct. 30, Nov. 13, 20, 27, Dec. 11, 18
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Mud Buddies Drop-In Clay Studio
Instructor: Candace Birchfield
Dates: Wednedays, Sept. 5, 12, 19, 26, Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 12, 19
Time: 6:30 – 9:30 pm
Half price while enrolled in Wheel Thrown Tableware or  Handbuilt Tableware.

Basic Photography and Beyond
Instructor: Murray Rockowitz
Dates: Thursdays, Sept. 13, 20, 27, Oct. 4, 11, 18
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm

Crash Glass Mosaics Workshop
Instructor: Lisa Jean de Soto
Dates: Sat., Sept. 29 and Sun. Sept. 30
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Saturday, 12:00 – 3:00 pm Sunday

Pique Assiette* Mosaics Workshop
Instructor: Kathy Joseph
Dates: Thursdays, Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29 (no class Thanksgiving day)
Time: 9:30 – 11:30 am
Pique assiette is an old French folk art that incorporates pieces of broken ceramics – plates, dishes, cups, tiles – and other found objects into the design.

Watercolor Field Journal Workshop
Instructor: Kristin Meuser
Dates: Saturday, Sept. 22
Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Art Journaling
Instructor: Lynda Cochran
Dates: Thursdays, Oct. 4, 11, 18 & 25
Time: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Creative Metalwork
Instructor: Griffe Griffiths (Master Metalworker of Baulines Craft Guild)
Dates: Thursdays, November 1, 8, 15, 29 (no class Thanksgiving day)
Time: 6:00 – 8:00

Special Workshops
Digital Mixed Media – Alternative Print Workshop
Saturday August 18th-  from 9:30am – 1:00 pm
Location: Digital Grange Studio at 405 East D Street, Petaluma, across from Petaluma Arts Center.
$65 plus $10 materials Limited to ten students

In conjunction with Digital Mixed Media Exhibition Now showing at the Petaluma Arts Center through September 9 2012 Featuring work by Chuck Close, Hung liu, Guy Dieh, David Best, Enrique Chagoya, Squeak Carnwath, Mildred Howard, Don and Era Farnsworth, Joe McDonald, Bill Kane, Susan Lazzareschi, Cathy Richardson, Pamela Holmes and works selected by juror Joe Doyle

EXHIBITION SPONSORS: Digital Grange, Magnolia Editions, Karen & Scott Hess, Sprctraflow, Karole & Bruce Kurnow
PROGRAM SPONSOR: Spaulding, McCullough & Tansil LLP

“CATRINA”  Family Hat Making Workshops

Celebrate the tradition and spirit of Dia de los Muertos by creating you own Catrina hat. You will choose from a variety of basic hats and decorate and embellish  yours with fun and interesting materials . Bring small trinkets, photos, buttons, jewelry, etc. from your loved ones and you will learn to incorporate them into your design.

Instructor: Lynn Roth
Two Workshops – October 14th AND October 21     1-3 p.m.
Age: Men and Women and children of all ages
Cost :    $ 40.00  for Adults $25 for Children. Plus a material fee: $10.