Visual Arts

Our Visual Arts program offers a comprehensive selection of classes that provide the fundamentals of visual art disciplines ranging from ceramics, drawing, multi-media, to painting. Our faculty is dedicated to enriching the visual arts experience by fostering an appreciation for art and encouraging the student’s development.

Some classes are designed to be taken in multiple sessions to allow students to acquire the skills they need to fully realize their potential and create beautiful art. There are also opportunities throughout the year for students to participate in community cultural events such as the Beck Student Art Show and Parade the Circle. Visual arts classes are offered in two 8-week sessions.
Register for the full 16-week semester at a discounted rate!

New in Winter/Spring 2012

Take a look at these six new offerings in Visual Arts in the Winter/Spring session. These classes are designed to help you learn new skills and techniques that will energize your creative spirit.

A Zentangle Journey, Saturdays 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. Zentangle is an easy-to-learn method of creating beautiful art from repetitive patterns. Come learn the traditional practice of Zentangle and let it take you on your own creative journey. This class is taught by Launie McDevitt from 2/11 - 3/31/12.

Join published author and illustrator, Lindsay Ward in her Cut Paper Illustration class on Thursdays, 4:30 – 5:30pm for children, and 7:00 -9:00pm for adults. Using paper scraps, handmade paper and mixed media, students will learn to create cut paper illustrations of their own stories or poems or from a favorite classic.

Pat Sigmier will offer a Color Theory workshop, on Wednesdays at 10:00am for four weeks beginning 2/7/12. Pat will take students through exercises of individual color mixing to gain an understanding of how to obtain color harmonies essential to successful painting.

Silks and Paints Galore. Fiber Artist Peggy Wertheim will help you to discover, enjoy and create fine radiant art on silk using the Gutta Serti technique on Wednesdays from 6:30-9:oo p.m. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Students will create silk wall art, a silk scarf or a silk painting to frame. 2/29 - 3/31/12.

Artist Linda Zolten Wood will show you how to breathe new life into the mundane discarded objects that clutter our landfills. Upcycle: Reuse and Create will explore crafts and fine arts as you rework everyday materials into new objects with soul. This class will be held on Monday evenings 6:00 to 8:30 pm from 2/6/12 to 3/26/2012.

Savannah Farris Dugan will be teaching Intro to Interior Design on Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9:00pm. This course will teach you the principles and theory of interior design as applied to residential and commercial interior environments. Fundamentals of universal design, space planning and sustainability will also be introduced. 2/7/12 to 3/27/12.

Exhibits

Beck Center for the Arts welcomes you to enjoy our year-round exhibits by local, regional and internationally acclaimed artists in our Jean Bulicek Galleria. As always, all exhibits are free and open to the public.