Arts Center at Killingworth

Winter Sunday Workshops

Knitting - Collage Painting - Fused Glass Jewelry

Moving Right Along with Knitting Sunday, March 25, 1:30-4:30pm. $40 Yarn Over (YO) and Knit Two Together (K2tog) are demonstrated. Making a cable to the left and right and simple lace pattern are introduced. Have basic knitting skills? This session can be taken without attending the Knitting Workshops above. Materials Not Included. Kimberly Conner creates knitted handbags and accessories for Bovine Design. A professional graphic designer for 15 years, she uses her design skills to tranform yarn into couture knit accessories. She exhibits her work at Our Lady of Mercy Craft shows and at the Connecticut River Artisans Annual Holiday Show. She is a teaching artist at the Arts Center Killingworth.

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Collage Painting A New Approach to the Landscape! Sunday, March 18, 1-6pm. $80			Compose a landscape in Representation, Abstraction and Expressionism with artist Lenny Moskowitz. Investigate color, space and complimentary undertones. Cover a charcoal value study and ‘painting collage’ as preparation for the structure of future paintings. Use magazines to assemble a collage, painting the finished piece with translucent color. Acrylics, oils or watercolors. All Levels Welcome. Artist Lenny Moskowitz received a B.F.A from the Philadelphia College of Art and M.F.A. from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Lenny has participated in group and solo shows at numerous galleries throughout the U.S. and has taught classes and workshops in Connecticut, Block Island, and Nantucket. Presently he teaches at Quinnipiac University. He has been awarded several artist in residencies, such as the Anderson Center in Michigan and NISDA Foundation on Nantucket, MA. Lenny was recently awarded a residency at Weir Farm in Wilton, CT. He makes yearly painting trips to Maine, as well as frequent sojourns to the surrounding Connecticut woods to paint the landscape.

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Mary Vetel, owner of Serendipities Arts & Crafts Center, is a fused glass artist and metalsmith who works with dichroic glass, art glass, beach glass and precious metals such as copper, sterling silver and precious metal clay (PMC, fine silver). Ms. Vetel loves to share her passion by teaching. She makes it fun, easy and affordable by offering classes at the Arts Center Killingworth, at Serendipities Arts & Crafts Center in Niantic and visiting you at your home for a fun crafting party with your friends. Her glass creations include nightlights, lamps, plates, bowls and wall hangings. She also makes one of a kind jewelry mostly with dichroic and art glass but sometimes includes metals and beach glass found on the shores of Connecticut. Whenever possible, she purchases supplies locally and recycles glass bottles into whimsical serving trays. Subject matter can be abstract but also includes flowers, butterflies, landscapes, nautical and Celtic designs. Ms. Vetel has exhibited her work at Art ‘N Image Gallery in Niantic and in many festivals throughout Connecticut such as Hartford Travelers Artists & Crafters Fair, New London Celts & Churrachs and Fish Tales, Tugs & Sails. Ms. Vetel has studied fused glass, metalsmithing, pottery and PMC at the Guilford Art Center.			Fused Glass Jewelry Sunday, March 18, 1:30-4:30pm. $60 Discover the thrill of designing and assembling one-of-a-kind pendants from pre-cut fused dichroic glass (with micro layers of metal oxides) with jeweler Mary Vetel. First piece will be fired in class. Take home a beautiful necklace with cord and gift box. Materials Included.

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All Workshops are held at The Arts Center. Space is limited so please reserve your spot in advance. To register, please contact: Arts Center Killingworth 276 N. Parker Hill Road \| Killingworth, CT. 06419 (860) 663-5593 \| e-mail us at: artscenterkillingworth@gmail.com
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