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YAA Announces Fall Workshops

Embrace Fall where the trees bursts with color and the harvest overflows with abundance!

This season, YAA invites you to dive into our BOUNTIFUL workshops and harvest the rewards of creativity and growth! With over 10 workshops, priced at $50+, all ranging from 1 - 3 days - we provide ample opportunities where you can hone your creativity!

 
 

Let's highlight a few!

 

SUNDAY-11/17, 9-4:30pm | All Levels | $150 MEM / $175 NON-MEM 


In this workshop, you'll create a beautiful 8"x8" mosaic plaque, ready to hang and showcase your creativity. Throughout the class, you'll explore:

  • Key principles of mosaic art, including selecting tesserae and understanding design fundamentals

  • Different substrate options for both indoor and outdoor mosaics

  • Hands-on techniques with basic tools like glass nippers, running pliers, and a glass grinder

  • How to choose the right glue, grout, and color to bring your mosaic to life


All materials are included in the workshop price—just bring your creativity!


Say 'Hello' to Sukey Starkey

Sukey Starkey, a retired teacher, combines her love of teaching with mosaic art. Using stained glass, river pebbles, tiles, baubles, and other tesserae she creates colorful pieces that include abstract free form works as well as more geometric designs.

 

In private workshops, Sukey teaches the processes, materials, and techniques of mosaic art. Her work is available for purchase at Purple Robin Reserve in Lititz, PA.

 

Permanent public mosaic art installations can be found in Kilmarnock, VA at the RAL Art Center; The Boys and Girls Club of the Northern Neck of VA; Burkes Jewelers and Lancaster Middle School.


 

FRI/SAT/SUN-12/13-15 | 9:30-4:00pm | Intermediate | $250 MEM / $300 NON-MEM 


How many colors do you actually need to create an engaging painting?

In this workshop we will explore creating an entire painting using a triad….just 3 colors. We will explore several different combinations of colors and mix them to create a stunning variety of colors. After we finish painting, I will show you how to display your artwork without using mats and glass.


Creating is a necessity for me.  I have always found an outlet for my creativity throughout my life.  By teaching Art, drawing, painting, weaving, sculpting, jewelry making, etc.


But retirement from teaching has given me the time and passion to devote my time to painting.  Watercolors are my passion and have been for about 10 years.  I will continue to try learning this difficult medium forever.  I love the translucent colors, the way water changes the way the paint flows and how you must plan for the next step or accept what happens. 

 

I am honored to be included in this group of amazingly talented female artists.  Each brings a different medium to show us the many different ways to view the Susquehanna River. Enjoy!

 

Donna Is on the Board of Directors for The Pennsylvania Watercolor Society (Recording Secretary and Signature member) and the Camp Hill Plein Air Committed. She is also a member of Susquehanna Valley Plein Air Painters, Philadelphia Watercolor Society and Baltimore Watercolor (Signature Member).  She has had paintings juried into several watercolor shows: Watercolor West, San Diego, Pittsburgh Watercolor Society, Mid Atlantic Watercolor Exhibition, Art of the State PA and Philadelphia Watercolor Society to name a few.


 

WEDNESDAY (11/6) 6-9pm | All Levels | $60M / $75NM


Explore the expressive potential of charcoal and eraser to create rich, painterly black-and-white drawings. This technique focuses on building deep, velvety shadows and luminous, shimmering highlights, allowing you to capture the dynamic range of light and dark in your subject. Through careful layering and subtractive methods, Chris will demonstrate how to emphasize structure, form, and geometry, bringing out the intricate details and depth that give your drawing a sculptural quality. Perfect for those looking to develop their skills in tonal contrast and three-dimensional rendering.


Welcome back Chris Bohn

Chris Bohn is an artist and musician. He works mainly in figurative drawing and painting, and he is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter. Chris attended Tyler School of Art as a painting and drawing student, where he discovered his love for portraiture and landscape. Chris also spent 10 years of his life as a professional musician, performing his own music as a singer-songwriter in the band Moon Palace. He loves teaching, as well, and he has gotten to teach both music and art workshops over the years. 

You might recognize Chris from our blog posts. Chris served as our juror for the Musical Impressions of Color Exhibition in Spring of 2024.


 

VIEW, DOWNLOAD, PRINT the FALL WORKSHOP SCHEDULE!



SEE YOU IN THE STUDIO!

 

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