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The Center offers a multitude of art classes and seminars for all ages and learning levels. Both short and long term classes in varied forms of art and crafts will be offered throughout the year. You can obtain more information by contacting Jenni Kirby at 804-278-8950 or email: jkirby@crossroadsartcenter.com. You may also use the contact form at the bottom of this page.

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"TILE ONE ON" MOSAICS
Instructor: Jennifer Kirby, Email: jennikirby@crossroadsartcenter.com
Classes fill quickly so don’t wait!!
3 DAY-BASIC MOSAIC ART CLASS
Wednesday, August 4th, 11th,& 18th 6pm - 8:30pm

DAY CLASS!!!
3 DAY-BASIC MOSAIC ART CLASS
Friday, August 6th, 13th and 20th 10am - 1pm

Learn basic tile setting and grouting techniques. Become familiar with different types of tile, glazes, adhesives, grouts and additives. You will leave with your very own finished Mosaic. No art or mosaic experience necessary. All materials will be supplied. Enrollment is limited to ensure a more personalized class. Tuition is $105 when working on a FLOWER POT & $120 when working on a TRAY
PLEASE TELL JENNI IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO WORK ON A FLOWER POT OR TRAY WHEN SIGNING UP FOR CLASS.

Summer Classes with Christaphora Robeers
Open Studio Classes –
Just show up!
No Registration Needed!
$25 per class
Take a class with Christaphora this summer!! Here is your chance -- usually her Fall - Spring classes are full -- so this is it! No advance registration needed! Take one or take all summer!!

Tuesday - 1pm - 4pm,
Wednesday 10am - 1pm,
Thursday 10am - 1pm

Introduction to Drawing and Painting - 10 weeks
Instructor: Kay Goldsby
Learn the basics of drawing and painting in two 10-week semesters. There will be lots of demos and hands on experience.
Instructor's supplies can be used for a fee: First Semester - $45 supply fee
Second Semester - $65 supply fee
Student can purchase supplies:
Approximate cost for first semester supplies if purchased is $95
Approximate costs for second semester supplies if purchased are: Watercolor supplies - $105, acrylic supplies - $95, pastel supplies - $80, oil supplies - $145.
These costs are based on the price of student grade paints and are subject to change. A supply list will be provided.
First Sessions:
First semester covers the basics of drawing, and color theory and mixing.
Sept 8 - Nov 19: Wednesday evenings 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sept 9 - Nov 20: Thursday Mornings 10:30a.m - 1 p.m.
Cost $265 per student plus $45 supply fee
Second Sessions:
The second semester gives you a taste of painting in watercolor, pastels, oils and acrylics
Feb 1, 2011 - April 5, 2011 Wednesday evenings 6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Feb 2, 2011 - April 6, 2011 Thursday mornings 10;30 - 1 P.M.
Cost $265 per student plus $65 supply fee

Introduction to Pastels
Instructor: Kay Goldsby
Explore the exciting medium of soft pastels and learn how to get them to work for you in fun and supportive environment. Learn the tool needed, types of pastels available, use of different papers to create different effects and how to fix the finished masterpiece. You will have instructor demonstrations and lots of individual attention
Starting Thursday September 9th – October 28th 2:00pm – 4:30pm 8 week class
Cost $195

Watercolors with Greg Youngs
Mondays 2:00pm – 4:30pm
September 13th - October 18th
6-week sessions at $160
Class in Back Classroom Studio
Beginning watercolor is for those with some drawing experience who would like to add color dimension to their work. Instructions will include color mixing, principles of design, watercolor techniques and special effects. Still life setups will be provided or bring your own subject matter to paint. Each class will begin with a discussion of various aspects of watercolor followed by an exercise and open studio. -- A materials list will be provided.

"TILE ONE ON" MOSAICS
Instructor: Jennifer Kirby, Email: jennikirby@crossroadsartcenter.com
Classes fill quickly so don’t wait!!
3-day Night Class – All are 6pm – 8:30pm
Tuesday, September 7th, 14th,& 21st
Monday, October 4th, 11th, 18th
Monday, November 1st, 8th, 15th
Learn basic tile setting and grouting techniques. Become familiar with different types of tile, glazes, adhesives, grouts and additives. You will leave with your very own finished Mosaic. No art or mosaic experience necessary. All materials will be supplied. Enrollment is limited to ensure a more personalized class. Tuition is $105 when working on a FLOWER POT & $120 when working on a TRAY.

DAY CLASS!!!- Holiday Ball Class
Saturday, November 6th 10am – 1pm
Sunday, November 7th 12:30pm – 2:30pm
Cost: $35
In this class you will learn how to make Holiday Balls that can hang or be put on a stick for plant decorations indoor or out. Decorate your tree, your windows, any place you want to make fun and joyful!
See Picture Below

Photoshop Elements: An Easy Beginner Class
David Everett, a long-standing professional photographer, and Christopher Wynn, a Richmond-based watercolorist and art director, will jointly be teaching a Photoshop Elements class. Between the two of them, they have well over 25 years professional experience in the Adobe Photoshop realm. The class is focused for those who wish to learn the rudiments of using, and manipulating, their digital images. This will be a fun, supportive, casually paced forum. Students will need to bring a laptop (either a PC or Mac) with Photoshop Elements software (preferably already loaded) that can easily be purchased at Costco for around $79.00 to the first class.
Class Schedule: September 15th – October 27th 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Costs: $165.00
Contact: Crossroads Art Center or Christopher Wynn; 804.747.3446. email: Christopherwynnart@yahoo.com

Intermediate Watercolor Class
Day Class
Christopher Wynn is offering classes to intermediate watercolor artists in transparent watercolor. This 8-week, two and a half hour course will offer instruction in drawing, masking, color mixing and application with hard and soft edges as relates to watercolor painting in the classical method: sans opaque paint. He will clearly demonstrate his method of kinetic painting, or mixing and rolling the color on paper to achieve realistic painting results. Christopher maintains a hands-on approach by personally demonstracting various other watercolor techniques in his class, as well as one-on-one attention to students. Class Schedule: Wednesday afternoons, 2:00 to 4:30 Dates: Eight weeks, Starting September 8th to October, 27th Cost: $200.00 Contact: Crossroads Art Center or Christopher Wynn; 804.747.3446. email: Christopherwynnart@yahoo.com

Evening Class
Christopher Wynn is offering classes to intermediate watercolor artists in transparent watercolor. This 8-week, two and a half hour course will offer instruction in drawing, masking, color mixing and application with hard and soft edges as relates to watercolor painting in the classical method: sans opaque paint. He will clearly demonstrate his method of kinetic painting, or mixing and rolling the color on paper to achieve realistic painting results. Christopher maintains a hands-on approach by personally demonstracting various other watercolor techniques in his class, as well as one-on-one attention to students. Class Schedule: Thursday evenings, 6:00 to 8:30 Dates: Eight weeks, Starting September 9th to October, 28th Cost: $200.00 Contact: Crossroads Art Center or Christopher Wynn; 804.747.3446. email: Christopherwynnart@yahoo.com Christopher Wynn 804.747.3446
www.wynncreative.com

Register Now for Digital Photography Classes at Crossroads this Fall
Join Victoria Dye for 3 workshops to improve your photographic and computer skills:
• Intermediate Photography: Getting the Most our of your SLR camera
• Beginning Lightroom
• Composition & Critique and Marketing Your Photography

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Intermediate Photography: Getting the Most out of Your SLR Camera
Saturday September 25th 10a-5p
Want to gain more control over your photography? Learn to use your camera in the manual modes. Join me to demystify apertures and shutter speeds. Learn to use aperture priority to gain control over your depth of field. Understand shutter priority and when to use it. Finally understand the manual mode and how to make correct exposure decisions. After I explain the concept with lecture, each student will practice various shooting exercises to reinforce the concepts. Learn hands on to gain more control over your camera. This class is for digital SLR camera users only.
The class comes with a detailed hand out. There will be several short breaks and a 30 minute lunch break. I recommend bringing a bag lunch but there are some fast food places in the area. The cost is $125 payable to Victoria Dye in advance. Contact Victoria at 434-962-7212 or victoria@victoriasimages.com to register.
I will need a minimum of 5 students to run the class with a maximum of 12 students. If there are less than 5 students your money will be refunded and the class rescheduled.

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Beginning Adobe Lightroom 3.0
Saturday October 16th 10a-5p
Learn how to use this powerful tool to organize, edit and output your photography. Adobe’s latest product combines the best aspects of Bridge and Photoshop’s common editing tools into one program. We will explore each module so the student can efficiently navigate the program. In the Library learn to import images, organize them with keywords, add captions and more. Then we’ll explore the versatile Develop module to edit images. Finally we’ll look at the output modules for Slideshow, Print and Web so you can effectively present your images. This class requires the student to have basic proficiency on the computer. The class consists of lecture and hands on practice time with the instructor present. A laptop with the latest version of Lightroom installed is highly recommended so you can work on the program during class. I will be using Lightroom 3.0 to teach but versions of 2.0 are welcome.
The class comes with detailed hand outs. There will be several short breaks and a 30 minute lunch break. I recommend bringing a bag lunch but there are some fast food places in the area. The cost is $125 payable to Victoria Dye in advance. Contact Victoria at 434-962-7212 or victoria@victoriasimages.com to register. I will need a minimum of 5 students to run the class with a maximum of 12 students. If there are less than 5 students your money will be refunded and the class rescheduled.

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Composition & Critique and Marketing Your Photography
Saturday November 13th 10a-4p
Learn to use your digital camera. You have the basics of camera operation down, now let’s make beautiful images! Join me to learn photographic composition. Learn what elements to include and exclude, where to place elements in the image, use lines, lighting and much more. Composition is a keystone of photography regardless of your technical ability. Bring out the photographic artist in you! After lecture we will critique student images. Students should bring 10 images for critique. I will evaluate your images and give you constructive feedback. Show me your great images and your problems. Learn from your experiences as well as those of your classmates. This is a great opportunity to get the most out of your digital camera!

This class requires a working knowledge of your camera or my Getting to Know Your digital camera class. Bring images for critique on a jump drive in jpeg format. Please name images with your first name and numbered in the order you want critiqued, ie: Victoria1, Victoria2, etc…

After the composition class we will spend some time on Marketing Your Photography. What to make some money with all of the images you have? It’s a tough market but photography is everywhere from magazines to newspapers, as fine art, in calendars and cards and more. This 2 hour class will give you an overview of the various markets open to the aspiring photographer.
The class comes with a detailed hand out. There will be several short breaks and a 30 minute lunch break. I recommend bringing a bag lunch but there are some fast food places in the area. The cost is $105 payable to Victoria Dye in advance. Contact Victoria at 434-962-7212 434-962-7212 or victoria@victoriasimages.com to register. I will need a minimum of 5 students to run the class with a maximum of 12 students. If there are less than 5 students your money will be refunded and the class rescheduled.

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Victoria is owner of Victoria Dye Photography. A fine art nature photographer, she switched from film to digital 6 years ago. She has been teaching her digital photography series for several years in Charlottesville and Richmond. Visit www.digiphotoclass.com for testimonials and more info on her classes. Visit www.victoriasimages.com to see her work. To sign up for classes at Crossroads email Victoria at victoria@victoriasimages.com

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Contact Information
email: victoria@victoriasimages.com
web: www.victoriasimages.com

Rob Vander Zee
3 Day Seminar October 1 - 3, 2010

Day One (6 hrs): Painting Techniques and Skills Class
Using the Nine Elements * Galzes * Alla prima * Materials
         The possibilities of the painted surface are almost unlimited. Using his philosophy of painting, The Nine Elements of Masterful Painting, Rob will demonstrate different techniques for the students. He will teach them how to create exciting, dynamic surfaces by demonstrating glazing techniques, alla-prima painting techniques, grisaille gesso painting, and palette knife techniques. Students will leave this demonstration absolutely excited to get back to their studios to start trying out these various techniques on their own!

Day Two (6 hrs): Creation Day
Painting * One-on-one Discussions * Group Critique
         Students will bring their supplies and canvases to class. Rob will “make the rounds,” working with each student to help them see how they can make their paintings better by using the Nine Elements philosophy. Students should bring one completed piece, one piece they are currently working on, and two blank canvases (stretched canvas, board, or paper are all acceptable surfaces). The class will end with a group sharing session. Rob will give a critique for each student, helping them understand how they can progress and grow to a new level.

Day Three (6 hrs): Artist Talk & Discussion Day
         Exploration of The Artist’s Path, as a Career and a Passion
Rob will lead a series of discussions using his new book, “Letters to an Aspiring Artist.” Topics will range from “How to Write an Artist’s Statement” to “How to Create a Solid Career Plan.” He will explore the two paths – regional and national/international – an artist can take, and what an individual needs to do to follow each path. Rob will explore the subject “How do I View Myself as an Artist?” As well as “How Do I Present Myself Professionally?” Samples of good resumes, biographies, and artist’s statements will be distributed.

Cost: $285 per person

Call the Crossroads Art Center to register – 804-278-8950

You won’t want to miss this energetic and fun three-day seminar! Students who have taken this seminar before have been transformed by the information they received and have quickly gone on to create better paintings within weeks! This seminar is group-involved, meaning, YOU WON’T be BORED! Rob will engage you and draw you into the discussions with his charismatic personality.

Rob Vander Zee
105 South Lee Street, Alexandria, VA 22314
rmvanderzee@aol.com         www.vanderzeegallery.com
202-907-5386

CLASSES TAUGHT OUTSIDE CROSSROADS
by Our Artists

Betsy Kellum's Fall Classes
Oil and/or Pastel
.Thursdays Sept 9th - October 28th
a.m. 9:30-12:30pm or 1:30pm-4:30pm
Betsy's home studio: Eastern Powhatan, 10 mins. from 288
Tuition: $200
Emphasis this session: From field to studio: painting from photographs
This fall we will be taking a non-class day to go out for a photo shoot/sketching session early in the morning, and perhaps also at sunset. One site will be on the reservoir in Chesterfield County where still water, boats and occasional people come by. This is optional: as always, students can work on their own individual projects. Classes are filling quickly, so call or email Betsy at: 804 598-8545 Email: betsykellum@gmail.com
Your $50.00 deposit reserves your spot in the class. You're invited to visit my web at: www.betsykellum.com

Acrylic Painting with Adele Castillo
Acrylic and Color at Crossroads Art Center:
Monday nights, 6 -9 p.m. The first class session is 8 weeks @ $190. September 13 - November 8
2nd class session will be 6 weeks @ $142. November 15 - December 20.
Beginners as well as experienced students are welcome. Work on your own subject matter, explore color, learn how to deal with acrylic paint and enjoy the camaraderie of like-minded souls.
Contact Adele at 550-7201 or adele@adelecastillo.com for information and supply list.

Rosewood Pottery

Rosewood Pottery Studio
4118 Fitzhugh Ave., Richmond, VA, 23230
(804) 915-9640
Rosewood Pottery Studio is a full service pottery studio featuring classes, open studio and shared studio space. Rosewood Pottery Studio is a full service pottery studio featuring classes, open studio and shared studio space.
Hours: Mon - Fri 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.,
Sat & Sun 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Visit the website at www.rosewoodpottery.com

Crossroads Art Center Classes

The Center offers a multitude of art classes and seminars for all ages and learning levels. Both short and long term classes in varied forms of art and crafts will be offered throughout the year. You can obtain more information by contacting Jenni Kirby at 804-278-8950 or email: jkirby@crossroadsartcenter.com. You may also use the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Class guidelines and cancellations policies

Registration Guidelines

• Classes without sufficient enrollment five to seven days prior to the first class will be canceled.
  
• Late registrations are welcome with space available and instructor's permission.
  
• Full payment must accompany registration.
  
• Class fees will not be pro-rated for any reason.
  
• Payment may be made by cash, check, or charge card (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, American Express).
  
• Unless otherwise noted, classes are open to ages 16 and above.

Cancellations and Refunds

• The Crossroads Art Center reserves the right to cancel any class with insufficient enrollment. Fees are 100 percent refundable if the class is canceled by the Crossroads Art Center.
  
• Fifty percent of class fees are refunded if withdrawal notice is received seven days or more prior to the first class.
  
• No refunds will be made if withdrawal notice is received less than seven days prior to the first class meeting.
  
• The Crossroads Art Center does not issue credit vouchers for class withdrawals.

The Crossroads Art Center may on occasion need to substitute an instructor for a course. This is done with the recommendation of the scheduled instructor and does not diminish the quality of instruction

Looking for Teachers to Expand our Class Offerings –
Crossroads Art Center Classes

The Center offers a multitude of art classes and seminars for all ages and learning levels. Both short and long term classes in varied forms of art and crafts will be offered throughout the year. You can obtain more information by contacting Jenni Kirby at 804-278-8950 or email: jkirby@crossroadsartcenter.com. You may also use the contact form at the bottom of this page.

Art classes have been held at the Crossroads Art Center since it opened almost 5 years ago. Most of the art programs and classes have been run by the art teacher for each class and not by Crossroads. Crossroads has always helped the teacher fill the classes by placing class information on the website, by handing out flyers for the class and by creating and sending out emails to our mailing lists.

The scoop --
We will have space for 40 classes (2.5 hours each) a week.
We would like to schedule classes in 6 or 10 week sessions.
We will pay the teachers $25 an hour.
We will need a minimum of 6 people per class for the class to make.
We will have a maximum of 10 students in Gallery 1 and a maximum of 12 students in Gallery 2 unless the teacher has other requirements.
Class Times would run:
Mon. – Thurs. 10am – 12:30, 1pm – 3:30pm, 4pm – 6pm, 6:30pm – 9pm
Fri.& Sat. 10am – 12:30pm, 1pm – 3:30pm
Sunday – 1pm – 3:30pm, 4pm – 6pm
We will also look at teaching weekend workshops – tell us what you are thinking.
If you have more ideas let us know ---

Contact us for teaching the following media –
Beginning Drawing
Intermediate/Advanced Drawing
Introduction to Watercolor
Introduction to Acrylics and Oils
Introduction to Pastels
Intermediate/Advanced Watercolor
Intermediate/Advanced Acrylics and Oils
Intermediate/Advanced Pastels
All Media Painting & Drawing – All Levels
Photography
Faux Finishing
Fiber Art
Knitting
Rug Hooking
Silk Scarf Painting
Jewelry – Wire Crochet with Glass Beads, Precious Metal Clay, Rope
Faux Finishing
Writing – Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Dance – Yoga, Salsa, Belly Dancing, Swing, Ballroom
Self-Defense Classes
Creating classes for Home Schooled Kids
Creating Classes for Pre-School – K (Age 2 –4) – 45 minute classes

We will need a resume, an artist statement and a list of classes you have taught and where those classes were taught. Please feel free to pass this on to anyone you may think who would like to teach or take classes.

If you wish to rent a classroom for a workshop or other purpose the information is at this link: Classroom Rental Information and Rates

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