Art Charcuterie

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Do you want to get into art, but aren’t sure where to start? Don’t really want to get supplies without knowing if you’ll like a new medium? This is your chance to try before you buy! Each week we’ll make a project using different materials and different techniques, so that you can get a feel for what you enjoy most. Options include acrylics, abstract pouring, watercolors, dry pastels, polymer clay, resin casting, block printing, miniatures, and jewelry techniques. (Class interest will determine the specific mediums and projects that we do.)

Class space is limited.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Allison Frink

Allison has been creating since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She earned a BFA in Animation and has been teaching and organizing community art classes since 2006. She loves trying new mediums, learning new skills, and sharing that knowledge. Current favorites include watercolors, drawing, jewelry, and fiber arts.

Hand-Building Fun With Clay: 11:00 Monday Morning

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Welcome to the Clay Community at the Kish Center-a hand building class that explores the relaxing process of working with clay. This session will include slip trailing techniques on a sleek vase, incorporating underglaze in new ways, and your choice of your final project (indoor fountain, garden totem pole, or independent inspired project). Skills will be taught in a way that allows options for project outcomes so that both beginners and advanced students will enjoy. Learn something new, meet new friends, and make what your heart desires! Start your week off right and join the Clay Community at the Kish Center!

There will be no class on February 16th.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Clay Community: 7:00 Wed PM

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Welcome to the Clay Community at the Kish Center-a hand building class that explores the relaxing process of working with clay. This session will include slip trailing techniques on a sleek vase, incorporating underglaze in new ways, and your choice of your final project (indoor fountain, garden totem pole, or independent inspired project). Skills will be taught in a way that allows options for project outcomes so that both beginners and advanced students will enjoy. Learn something new, meet new friends, and make what your heart desires! Take a mid-week break and join the Clay Community at the Kish Center!

There will be no class on February 19th

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Clay Community: 7:00 Sunday

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Welcome to the Clay Community at the Kish Center-a hand building class that explores the relaxing process of working with clay. This session will include slip trailing techniques on a sleek vase, incorporating underglaze in new ways, and your choice of your final project (indoor fountain, garden totem pole, or independent inspired project). Skills will be taught in a way that allows options for project outcomes so that both beginners and advanced students will enjoy. Learn something new, meet new friends, and make what your heart desires! Start your week off with something you love and join the Clay Community at the Kish Center!

There will be no class on February 16th.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Advanced Hand Building

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Have you taken a hand building class before and are looking for your next step? Looking to try something new or be pushed a little further as an artist-this advanced class is for you! Ideal for anyone who has taken at least one prior class and enjoys open ended projects. New techniques will be taught while taking classic methods further. Students will enjoy creating a sculptural piece, a multi-step project, and a decorative piece with artistic flair. Open studio is directly after class so you can enjoy a several hour block creating! If you are considering if this class is for you, you already know it is!

There will be no class held February 20th.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Drawing Basics

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If you’ve always wanted to learn to draw, but aren’t sure where to start, this 6 week class is for you! We’ll cover basic perspective, value (shading), people and animals, and how to get your eyes and hands working together.

Supplies will be provided but if you have a sketchbook you already use feel free to bring it.

There will be no Class January 20th or February 17th

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Allison Frink

Allison has been creating since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She earned a BFA in Animation and has been teaching and organizing community art classes since 2006. She loves trying new mediums, learning new skills, and sharing that knowledge. Current favorites include watercolors, drawing, jewelry, and fiber arts.

Clay Community: 9:00 Fri AM

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Welcome to the Clay Community at the Kish Center-a hand building class that explores the relaxing process of working with clay. This session will include slip trailing techniques on a sleek vase, incorporating underglaze in new ways, and your choice of your final project (indoor fountain, garden totem pole, or independent inspired project). Skills will be taught in a way that allows options for project outcomes so that both beginners and advanced students will enjoy. Learn something new, meet new friends, and make what your heart desires! Wrap up your week with something you love and join the Clay Community at the Kish Center!

There will be no class held February 21st.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Clay Community: 11:00 Fri AM

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Welcome to the Clay Community at the Kish Center-a hand building class that explores the relaxing process of working with clay. This session will include slip trailing techniques on a sleek vase, incorporating underglaze in new ways, and your choice of your final project (indoor fountain, garden totem pole, or independent inspired project). Skills will be taught in a way that allows options for project outcomes so that both beginners and advanced students will enjoy. Learn something new, meet new friends, and make what your heart desires! Wrap up your week with something you love and join the Clay Community at the Kish Center!

There will be no class held February 21st.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Heather Stevens

Heather Stevens is an artist that loves utilizing creative objects in her work. She loves focusing on textures and combining art skills in unique ways. Teaching Ceramics brings her great joy; she loves that it provides students of all experience levels the opportunity to make impressive pieces.

When Heather isn’t staying up too late obsessing about her own art projects, she can be found working with her own Photography Company, exploring the beautiful outdoors with her family, or having fun with her children.

She has taught at Jan Dempsey Community Art Center, Jules Collins Smith Museum, and in various school systems. She loves working at, and managing, the Kish Center for Pottery and Ceramics!

Improv Fundamentals

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This class will focus on getting you excited about improv. Whether you sign up to be a performer or to just try something new, this class is designed for you. The lessons of acceptance, confident vulnerability, and collaboration that Improvisation has to teach us can make us better partners, parents, co-workers, friends and, well, people!

Please note that there will be no class on February 19th for Winter Break.

This class ends with a graduation show in the afternoon on Sunday, March 16th!

No previous experience is necessary to take this class.

MEET YOUR TEACHER

Robert Mitchell

Robert Mitchell began studying and performing Improv in 2018. He brings a variety of adult instruction experience to the classroom, from Leadership Development and Communication to teaching sailing on Allatoona Lake.

Robert is the owner of two small businesses in Woodstock. He lives in Canton with his wife, Lauren, and is the proud father of four.

Improv Level 2

Adult Improv Level 2

Characters and Relationships

Photo of Woodstock Arts Improv Troupe

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This class will work on building characters and relationships. In this class, students will focus on accessing emotion in-the-moment, building characters and relationships on emotional perspectives, and using patterns of emotional behaviors to drive scenes forward.

Please note that there will be no class on January 20th for MLK Day or during the week of February 17-21st for Cherokee County’s Spring Break.

This class ends with a graduation show in the afternoon on Sunday, March 16th!

Entrance of Level 2 class requires completion of Level 1 and/or previous experience along with director approval of admittance.

MEET YOUR TEACHER

Joe Lemmo

Joe Lemmo became the iThink Improv Director in October 2017. He is a professional educator and improv artist with over 20 years of

experience in public education and 10 years of experience in improv comedy.

Joe directs and performs with the iThink Improv Troupe. Joe also teaches adult and teen improv classes that each end in their very own graduation shows. He lives in Canton with his wife, son, daughter and cat.

Intermediate Drawing

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This intermediate drawing class is for artists who have some experience, but want to keep developing their skills in form, value, and composition. (If you’ve taken Drawing Basics, this is the next class.) We’ll mainly work in graphite and charcoal, so bring a sketchbook and your favorite supplies to class.

No Class on January 20th or February 17th.

Class space is limited.

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Allison Frink

Allison has been creating since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She earned a BFA in Animation and has been teaching and organizing community art classes since 2006. She loves trying new mediums, learning new skills, and sharing that knowledge. Current favorites include watercolors, drawing, jewelry, and fiber arts.

Pottery: Saturday 9:00am

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Learn the art of pottery on the wheel in the Woodstock Arts’ Kish Center, where creativity meets craftsmanship. This 6 week class will cater to all levels, from beginners to experienced potters, offering a fun and supportive environment to explore your creativity on the pottery wheel.

Class space is limited. Supplies will be provided but an apron is recommended.

Meet Your Instructor

Meral Yalcinkaya

Hello! I’m Meral. I was born and raised in Istanbul. I graduated with a double major. Interior design and ceramic art in Marmara University fine Art faculity. I have undertaken many projects around the world. The idea of leaving a piece of myself to these projects sounded very enjoyable. I have attended many symposiums and workshops around the world. I trained my sweet students in the workshop we established in Istanbul. Now, I have been giving ceramics training in my own workshop for about 1 year. And I created my own ceramic brand. It calls Lori Ceramic. We are trying to grow now. I started producing personalized vases, lighting and furniture. I also design dinnerware. And I argue that details make our lives unique. You may come across my artworks in some galleries in Atlanta! For my artwork, check my instagram account! @Lori.ceramic

Pottery: Saturday 11:00am

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Learn the art of pottery on the wheel in the Woodstock Arts’ Kish Center, where creativity meets craftsmanship. This 6 week class will cater to all levels, from beginners to experienced potters, offering a fun and supportive environment to explore your creativity.

Class space is limited. Supplies will be provided but an apron is recomended.

Meet Your Instructor

Meral Yalcinkaya

Hello! I’m Meral. I was born and raised in Istanbul. I graduated with a double major. Interior design and ceramic art in Marmara University fine Art faculity. I have undertaken many projects around the world. The idea of leaving a piece of myself to these projects sounded very enjoyable. I have attended many symposiums and workshops around the world. I trained my sweet students in the workshop we established in Istanbul. Now, I have been giving ceramics training in my own workshop for about 1 year. And I created my own ceramic brand. It calls Lori Ceramic. We are trying to grow now. I started producing personalized vases, lighting and furniture. I also design dinnerware. And I argue that details make our lives unique. You may come across my artworks in some galleries in Atlanta! For my artwork, check my instagram account! @Lori.ceramic

Watercolor Landscapes

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Learn to paint landscapes in watercolor! We’ll discuss different techniques and approaches for natural features – like foliage, water, rocks, and distance — plus basic perspective for including buildings in your work. For most projects we’ll work from reference photos, and on days with good weather we might paint outdoors. Students are encouraged to keep their supply kit lightweight and fast to set up. Zero experience, some experience, and intermediate experience levels are all welcome!

Class space is limited.

Recommended Art Supplies:

a small block of watercolor paper

– cold-press paper is a good choice if you want to focus on painting

– hot-press paper is a good choice if you want to draw with ink and then paint

– smaller sizes like 5”x7”or 8”x10” are best for painting fast

a pigment ink pen

– single-width 0.5 (or larger) – Sakura Pigma Micron or Faber-Castell Pitt Pens are good choices

a small watercolor set

– pans are easier to transport, but tubs offer more options

Watercolor Brushes

– a reservoir brush with water in the handle is really convenient – but regular short-handle watercolor brushes are also great!

a mechanical pencil

a paper towel (or an old washcloth)

Optional Art Supplies:

artist or painters’ tape

a binder clip (or bulldog clip)

a compact travel easel (if you like to work upright)

INSTRUCTOR

Allison Frink

Allison has been creating since she was old enough to hold a crayon. She earned a BFA in Animation and has been teaching and organizing community art classes since 2006. She loves trying new mediums, learning new skills, and sharing that knowledge. Current favorites include watercolors, drawing, jewelry, and fiber arts.

Wheel Throwing – Monday

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This 8 week class is designed for you to get comfortable at the pottery wheel. Goals for this class will range from mug-making to larger vessels such as vases, so that students of all experience levels can expand their knowledge. Beginner students will learn all of the basic steps of creating a piece including wedging, centering, trimming, and glazing. For intermediate students, we will work towards your goals with the wheel, whether that’s creating larger pieces or more advanced forms. Students will be encouraged to create at their heart’s desire and above all, value their creativity. The ultimate goal for this class is for you to feel knowledgeable about wheel throwing and to create work that makes you happy. Aprons are recommended, but not required

There will be no class held on February 17th.

Class space is limited. Supplies will be provided.

Meet Your Instructor

Megan Yacoub

Megan Yacoub grew her passion for ceramics while at school, and has her BFA from Georgia College. Her philosophy behind ceramics is that it should be a fun, creative outlet to express yourself through physical work. Megan’s work focuses mostly on functional tableware, however she loves to add fun and funky twists to traditional wares. She sees her time in the studio as an environment that brings joy and a sense of community.

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Drawing Basics

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