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Workshop Schedule

Acrylic: Palette Knife Techniques - Melanie Morris

Dates: September 22,23,24, 2008

Times: 9:00am - 3:30pm

Price: $250

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Join award-winning artist Melanie Morris in a three day workshop as she shares her techniques on how to make your acrylic paintings look like oil. Melanie painted for several years in oil and loved the medium but had to quit due to allergies. A palette knife painter, she now works exclusively with Golden acrylic paints, gels and retarders to achieve her rich, colorful paintings that are often mistaken for oils. Students will also learn helpful palette knife techniques as well as how to see still lifes in a new, more colorful light.

Primitve Clay Workshop - Daniel Noll

Dates: October 4(Sat.), 5 (Sun.), and 12 (Sun.), 2008

Times: 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Price: $89 for all 3 days

Creating a Spirit Stone - Day 1 - Using the simplist clay forming technique you will create two pinch pots from a ball of clay, then assemble them into a ball and form them into your own special Sprirt Stone. You will add little balls of clay to make it rattle and “stir your spirit” and add a written statement, it might be a “thank you” for blessings received or a wish, hope, dream or desire you want to have brought into your life. Day 2 - You will decorate the Spirit Stone, burnish its surface with a stone till it shines and commit it to the fire. What comes out of the fire will be a beautiful one-of-a-kind object that has a special meaning that you gave it, a small reminder of blessings received and blessings to come. Day 3 - This will be when you fire your final piece.

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All Painting Media: Expand Your Art Knowledge - Wayne Spradley

Dates: October 27,28,29, 2008

Times: 9:00am - 3:30pm

Price: $300

Join Wayne for three days of independent study in your favorite media. He will assist you in adding life to your paintings and sharing the secrets to his success as one of the nation's well respected artists. Wayne will demonstrate in watercolor but will share his experience in all medias.

Weekly Classes

Oil & Acrylic Class - Les Yarbrough

Every Wednesday, Starting September 10, 2008

Times: 9:00am - 12:00pm or 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Price: $150 for 6 weeks

Mixed Media: Colorscapes - Cynthia Massey Parsons

Cynthia will be having classes every Thursday afternoon from 1 PM to 4 PM during September 18 to October 23. They will be held at the Birmingham Museum of Art, please click here for more info.

Acrylic: Art in the City - Cynthia Massey Parsons

Every Wednesday

Times: 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Price: $30 per session

SUPPLIES INCLUDED!

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Watercolor: Art, Wine, and Unwind - Cynthia Massey Parsons

Every Thursday

Times: 5:30pm - 8:00pm

Price: $105 for 3 weeks or $38 per session

SUPPLIES INCLUDED!

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Watercolor or Acrylic: Open Studio - Cynthia Massey Parsons

Every Thursday

Times: 9:00am - 12:00pm, Thursdays

Price: $150 for 4 weeks or $38.50 per session

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Watercolor or Acrylic: Open Studio - Cynthia Massey Parsons

Every Thursday

Times: 1:00pm - 4:00pm, Thursdays

Price: $150 for 4 weeks or $38.50 per session

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Classes are held in our studio/classroom located next to our store at 2237 Magnolia Avenue. Parking is reserved on Magnolia Ave. for 8 cars on first come basis. Participants should not park in the Alabama Art lot, but on 23rd Street up the hill from the store. Lunch is on your own. If you bring your lunch, there is coffee, soft drinks, a microwave oven and refrigerator for your convenience. If you leave for lunch there is ample parking after lunch hour on 23rd Street. All classes are subject to change, check our store or web site for the most current schedule! Questions? Call Alabama Art Supply in Birmingham, Mon-Fri 9am-5:30pm & Sat 10am-5pm at (205)322-4741 or 1 (800) 749-4741.