Keep the creativity flowing through the summer with this weekly drop-in art club for ages 8-18! Kids can work on their own projects, get help with a certain skill, or experiment with the many materials in the Bridge Studio. Parents/guardians must come in and fill out a sign up form at drop-off (only the first time) or fill out the online form below before first drop-off. Kids can drop $8 into the jar when they arrive, or visits can be prepaid online or in the office. Headphones are allowed, but we ask that cellphones be used just for calls to parents…

This workshop is about getting out of the studio and into the landscape. Painting outdoors, with your subject facing you with every turn of the head, is unique. It’s immediate, ever-changing, meditative, and a remote cousin of the studio experience. In the words of one artist, it’s a living and vibrant, moment-to-moment transformation of your observations - with its shifts, permutations and deviations - all orchestrated by the passing of the day. With attention to color, method and materials, we’ll spend full days painting small works, with the idea a completing one or more paintings each session. It’s about LIGHT…

This class will explore watercolor's transparent qualities. Students will learn about washes, gradations, tonal values, manipulating and controlling the medium while being open to it's endless surprises.   Watercolor with Lesia Sochor August 2 - 4 Wednesday - Friday, 9:00AM - 12:00PM $95 + $10 materials Age: 15+ Members receive class discounts! Check out our membership program here.    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Lesia Sochor is a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Art. Sochor is a dedicated and enthusiastic teacher who believes "anyone has the ability" to create. Sochor has lived, painted,exhibited and taught in Maine for 30 years. She…

This class gives students the opportunity to learn how to use multiple color graphic designs to print using the silkscreen process. Learn how to separate a color image into a graphic screen printing through examples and screen print demonstrations. All students will leave with a 2 color screen print of their design. Experience with screen printing not required but recommended.   Screen printing with Shawn Brewer Saturday, August 5 10:00am - 3:00pm $65 + $15 materials fee Age: 15+ Members receive class discounts! Check out our membership program here.   ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Shawn Brewer is a printmaker based out…

GELATIN PRINT with ABBIE READ Friday, August 11 9:00am - 12:00pm $30 + $10 materials Members receive class discounts! Check out our membership program here.    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Abbie Read has taught a variety of art disciplines for many years – including printmaking, bookbinding, assemblage and painting. She has been working in abstract collage for decades, and loves the freedom to invent compositions and play around with the visual elements of shape, color and line.   Register by filling out the form below or calling the office at (207) 338-2222. Enroll early to ensure a spot!

Learn all about gilding with master artisan Joe Ascrizzi! Students will learn how to make gesso and all the processes related to the art form. Each student will be supplied with gold leaf, a gilder’s tip, gesso, rabbit skin glue, two panels (one already gessoed and one plain, to be gessoed), and a picture frame to fit the panel, which will be gessoed, decorated, and gold leafed.   Introduction to Gilding with Joe Ascrizzi August 12 & 13 Saturday & Sunday, 9:00AM - 5:00PM $275 + $75 materials fee Age: 15+ Members receive class discounts! Check out our membership program…

Eco-print uses locally sourced plant materials to capture impressions on cloth and paper. In this workshop we will explore the basics of printing with both silk and paper. Specially prepared papers and fibers are bundled, stacked and steamed, and the results are like unwrapping gifts- one never can be quite certain of the outcome, but the natural world provides us with amazing colors and patterns- from distinct plant images to abstract color effects. Susan Smith teaches in the Intermedia MFA program at the University of Maine-Orono, and uses multi-media in her own art practice, which focuses on unconventional materials and…

Participants will have the opportunity to handbuild vessels or throw on the wheel, then experience the exciting process of firing their pottery outdoors in a raku kiln. The first 3 classes will be for creating and glazing. Firing will take place during the final class.   Raku Clay with Linda Stec August 15, 17, 22, 25 Tues, Thurs, Tues, Fri 5:00PM - 7:00PM $60 + $10 materials Age: 15+ Members receive class discounts! Check out our membership program here.    ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Linda Stec has been teaching clay at Waterfall Arts for over a decade. She has a degree…