Drawing Classes with Diane Keske Talmadge at Peninsula Art Academy

Have you always wished you could draw?  Thursdays, from 7-9 pm starting June 13, 2013 for 6 weeks, except July 4 week, with one make-up day if needed. (This class has been moved to evenings).  Basic drawing: value study, shading, and perspective.  Work at your own level, with individual instruction. Beginners and Intermediate, students will need to bring an inexpensive drawing tablet, aprox 16×20, assorted drawing pencils, charcoal and erasers.  Contact the instructor 330-576-6836 or learn more about her and view her work www.dktalmadgefinearts.com $90, or $81 for PAA members. Max 5 students – lots of personal attention and lots of fun too. Open to teens and adults. Registration Form

Peninsula Art Academy  Call PAA at 330-657-2248 or www.peninsulaartacademy.com

 

Gravity Hoops, Metalsmith with Kristina Malcolm – introductory level silversmithing class.

 

Gravity Hoops, Metalsmith with Kristina Malcolm – introductory level silversmithing class.  Students will complete one pair of solid sterling silver earrings, exploring traditional techniques such as soldering and wire work. Students are encouraged to bring their own hand tools (pliers, wire cutters etc.)  Questions about the workshop – contact Kristina Malcolm at email 330.696.8364  Teens and up!  Saturday, May 25th from 1-5pm. $80 or $75 for PAA Members, ($55 or $50 workshop fee plus a materials fee payable to the instructor at the beginning of class (the fee is $25). Minimum of 3 students and a max of 6.  Kristina Malcolm; silversmith, instructor, writer, lecturer , like fluxusmetalworks on facebook for the most up to date information and always www.fluxusmetalwork.com

*Ebb and Flow* opens tonight at Peninsula Art Academy

*Ebb and Flow* the movement of your life, your art, the people through our valley, the rivers of the world and so much more. The organic forces that make up our existence, what do they mean to you?  The Ebb and Flow of The Peninsula Art Academy and its members is represented in this, our first Members Show.   We welcome you as a respected part of our organization and of our future together.

Peninsula Art Academy invites to all watershed art enthusiasts to share the Opening Saturday May 18, 2013 with a meet the artists reception from 5 – 7 pm,  to meet other artists working in the Cuyahoga watershed.   A part of the Friends of the Crooked River 23^rd Annual RiverDay 2013: From Burning River to Earning River, a celebration of the benefits of a fishable, swimmable, free-flowing Cuyahoga River.  For more info about RiverDay www.cuyahogariver.net While you’re in Peninsula, a great Cuyahoga River town, plan to take time to stroll its Main Street or find a place to watch the river‘s flow in full solitude.  The exhibit will run from May 18th through June 22^nd, 2013.  link for more info Ebb and Flow Members Exhibit

“Eventually, all things merge into one, and a river runs through it.”  Norman MacLean, naturalist.

Celebrate Spring Colors in Silk, Silk painting with Gunter Schwegler, at Peninsula Art Academy

 Capture the beauty and soft colors of spring skies, wildflowers and fresh foliage in shimmering hand-painted silk using a resist method and water-based dyes that flow like watercolor. Saturday, May 4, 2013, 9:30am – 4:30pm.  Release your inner artist as you create two painted silks, either 12″x 60″ or 26″ square, while learning brush control, color mixing, shading and a bit of history. Advanced students can make one large silk. No experience necessary. Bring a bag lunch.  Cost includes all materials, $80, or $70 for PAA members.  We need 6 to host this class, you’ll need to sign up before April 27,2013.

 

Ramp Up Peninsula, today, April 20, 11-5

Ramp Up Peninsula Festival
Food Vendors, Market Vendors and Artisans!
Local information tables, live music, and nature presentations in the big tent!
Shuttle service from remote parking lots, or Ride the train to the festival!

details at www.explorepeninsula.com

Ramp Up Peninsula is an inaugural festival honoring the ramp, the wild leek, the ramson,  Allium tricoccum  also known as “little stinkers” by some folks in the Cuyahoga Valley.  The ramp is a wild herb found throughout much of northeastern United States and celebrated in Appalachia for decades.  Ramps flourish in leafy mulch in hardwood forests.  Their leaves appear briefly in spring providing much needed minerals and vitamins to foragers and appreciators alike.   Their strong garlic and onion flavor is rich, earthy, lingering and not like anything else.

Saturday, April 20, 2013, 11 am – 5 pm  Rain or Shine

$3 entry; children under 12 no charge,  All children must be accompanied by an adult

Located On the grounds of

Brandywine Country Club
5555 Akron-Peninsula Road, Peninsula, Ohio 44264
Sponsored by Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce

www.explorepeninsula.com

rampuppeninsula@gmail.com

RampUpPeninsula on Facebook

Peninsula’s Fifth Annual Plein Air Competition

call to Artists – Celebrating the importance of the Cuyahoga River and the beauty of the Cuyahoga Valley

Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) and the Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announce details of the Fifth Annual Plein Air Competition­-Along the Crooked River: 100 Years Later. This plein air event will take place in Cuyahoga Valley National Park and the Village of Peninsula, Ohio, Friday through Sunday, June 7 to 9, 2013.

En plein air is a French expression referring to the process of painting “in the open air”. Peninsula’s competition, which has drawn participants from around the country, invites artists of two-dimensional art medium to paint at selected sites in the Village of Peninsula, as well as locations along the Cuyahoga River. The decision to highlight the river this year is in commemoration of the massive Flood of 1913 that engulfed the Cuyahoga Valley and destroyed the Ohio and Erie Canal.

Artwork must be created on site in the true impromptu plein air style. The competition is open to artists 18 years of age and there is no limit on the number of pieces of artwork produced during the competition. However, only two pieces may be submitted for judging. Prizes will be awarded. Artwork created during the competition will be displayed at Peninsula Art Academy Gallery from Saturday, June 29 through Saturday, August 10, 2013, and will be for sale.

Registration for participants is now open and will continue through the end of the event. For more information visit www.explorepeninsula.com/plein-air-competition, or contact Debra or Steve Bures at 330-657-2788.

CVNP encompasses 33,000 acres along the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Managed by the National Park Service, CVNP combines cultural, historical, recreational, and natural activities in one setting. For more information visit www.nps.gov/cuva or call 330-657-2752.

The Peninsula Area Chamber of Commerce is comprised of shops, galleries, museums, businesses, organizations, and eateries in the Valley. The Chamber works to welcome and to invite visitors to “Explore Peninsula and Experience all we have to offer”. With annual events and seasonal celebrations centered around the arts, agriculture, history and folklore, Peninsula truly offers something for everyone.

-NPS-

Printable Registration form for 2013 Plein Air,  Extended Plein Air Map 1, Plein Air Map 2 

Printable Registration form for 2013 Plein Air,  Extended Plein Air Map 1, Plein Air Map 2 

“Spring is Here, Let’s paint Flowers” with DKTalmadge at PAA

 This is a Thursday evening painting class focusing on the importance of value and color in your painting technique. For advanced beginners and intermediate oil or acrylic painters.  We’ll be painting from still life set ups, and landscapes from photographs. 6 weeks, plus one make up class beginning April 25 2013, 6:30 PM- 9:00 PM. $110.00 or $100.00 for PAA members. Call Diane Talmadge, instructor, for more info: 330-576-6836. Register at PAA or Register on-line here Small class and lots of personal attention…..plus lots of fun!  Bring your own supplies supply list  Looking for glass painting or drawing class?  Let us know!

Flex Shaft Basics by Kristina Malcolm, Ohio Jewelry and Metal Arts Guild at PAA

Flex Shaft Basics by Kristina Malcolm – Peninsula Art Academy is now hosting workshops for the Ohio Jewelry & Metal Arts Guild (OJMAG).   April 17, 2013, Weds 6pm-10pm  or  April 21, 2013, Sunday 1pm-5pm.  Unsure if you should buy a Flex Shaft? Have one and puzzled about how to use it to your best advantage?  Let Kristina Malcolm teach you not only how to properly maintain your system, but how to gain the maximum advantage for your work.  Sign up for her deeply informative, 4-hour workshop. Cost is $87 for OJMAG members and $93 for non-members.  If you are a member of the Ohio Jewelry & Metal Arts Guild (or you want to be) – click  Get more information, Register Now!   For questions about the workshop, contact Kristina Malcolm at email

Beginning Watercolor with Nicki Lanzi at PAA

Beginning Watercolor with Nicki Lanzi, Saturday, April 20 or 27, 2013,10 am – 3pm.  You don’t need much to create a beautiful painting.  I will cover many techniques and tricks of the trade with you.  Watercolor workshops are one my favorite things to attend, and over the last 25 years, I have attended many.  You will get to share the knowledge I have acquired, from taking part in these classes.  A very simple wash; a simple stroke of the brush, is a very basic step in creating a painting, which is where we will begin.  Here is a basic list of beginner supplies.  Watercolor tablet or one full sheet of paper, 22×30; Arches is one of the best to use.  A #6 round and a one or two inch flat watercolor brush, Royal brand is good to start with.  A Non porous board; a plastic cutting board works or an artist board with a clamp.  A bowl for water, and a rag, or paper towels.  Red, yellow and blue small tubes of Winsor Newton paints.  (If you buy a cheaper paint, there is more water than pigment in them, and your paintings will look very pale.)  Last but not least, a cup of coffee!  $50.00, or $45.00 for PAA members.

Introduction to Silverpoint with Elinore Korow

Essentially it’s drawing with sterling silver wire.  Permanent? Yes. Exquisite? Definitely.  Small in size?  Yes.  Silverpoint works very nicely on special surfaces 6” x 8” and smaller.  Over time the silver oxidizes, as silver will, and goes from a slivery gray to a tea colored brown.   Albrecht Durer’s “Praying Hands”, 16^th Century German, is a familiar example.  It’s done on treated paper and is easy to do.  Join us and try your hand at this exciting antique technique.  Minimum 4 students – maximum 12.  A nationally known portrait artist and former designer for American Greetings, Elinore is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Art, and currently teaches for credit at CIA.  Take advantage of this special price for PAA students!  The fee for the 8-week class is $250 or $225 for PAA members.  Registration Form  and materials list.  New!  Dates extended!!  Sunday afternoons from 1:30 – 4:30 pm, for 8 weeks, starting May 19, thru July 21, except Memorial Day weekend, May 26, and Fourth of July weekend, July 7, 2013.