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SPRING 2010

Explore your own creativity
with our expert teaching artists!
This SPRING the CAC offers a wide variety of arts instruction with something for everyone to enjoy - cartooning, ceramics, string lessons,
watercolor & painting, photography, drawing, singing, & piano.  

Come learn with us & have fun doing it!

Register Today!

770.949.2787

ADULT ACRYLIC PAINTING                         
Betty Higginbotham
Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Beginning 04/01/10
This course is designed for the seasoned artist. The class will focus on decorative painting, techniques & styles. Each month the class will complete a landscape or still life painting, as determined by the class.  
$45 for monthly ongoing sessions (materials list provided)

MOSAIC GLASS STEPPING STONES                         
Mack Porter
(Adults and advanced teens)
Mondays, 6 – 8 p.m.
4/12-5/17/10
Adults & advanced high school students learn how to design and create a glass mosaic 18” x 18” stepping stone for the garden. 
$45 for 6 sessions (materials furnished)

PRIVATE STRING LESSONS                    
Eleanor Bennett
(All ages)
Wednesdays & Thursdays only
 Beginning 04/15/10
Private lessons will include technique, music reading, music theory, practice and performance. Lessons are offered to beginners and those who are continuing their string training.
$25 for 30 minute sessions    

A GLASS & A CLASS
Workshops offered the 2nd Friday of the month
Tamara Morgan
Beginning 03/12/10 and 04/16/10
You bring your favorite beverage and have a great time!  Even if you’ve never painted before, with step by step instruction, you’ll take home a beautiful finished painting of your own!
$30 per workshop (materials fee paid to teacher)

INTRO TO CONCEPT & SEQUENTIAL ART
Design for Movies, Video Games, Animated Features & Comic Books
(Teens, adults & former students)
Joe Falligan
Tuesdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
04/13-6/1/10
Learn how to work with directors, producers, writers, developers, and engineers to develop characters, costumes, weapons, vehicles, environments, and creatures for movies, animated features, video games and even the auto industry as wel as how to create illustrations to depict a page layout, for comic books according to a script and level development for video game developers.
$95 for 8 sessions  (Materials list provided)  

INTRO TO ILLUSTRATION & STORYBOARD ART - Design for Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Medical Illustration & More
(Teens, adults & former students)
Joe Falligan
Thursdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
04/15-6/4/10
Ever wonder if you could draw?  Here’s your opportunity to explore and develop that hidden talent. Artist Joe Falligan will help you understand the basic principles, assist you with techniques and open your eyes to the artist within.                                                    
 $95 for 8 sessions (materials list available)

DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
BEGINNING & INTERMEDIATE
James Gardner
(Adults and advanced teens)
Mondays, 7 - 8 p.m.
04/13-6/1/20
The five-week course is an introduction to photography with an emphasis on digital images. Students will learn camera settings, how to use them on your camera, composition and creative styles – and about file types, basic image corrections, and printing. Learn to feel confident when it comes to file formats, understand exposure controls, and get stunning photographs from your SLR camera.
$75 for 5 sessions (limit only 4 students)

CERAMICS FOR ADULTS
Nahida Huque
(Adults and advanced teens)
Thursdays, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
4/15-5/20/10
Learn how to play with clay where everyone can be creative! Artistic talent is not required.  Pottery is fun for everyone who does not mind getting a little dirty. Remember how much fun you had in elementary school art classes? During the course, students will explore basic hand-building and surface design techniques. All work will be dinnerware safe.                             
$95 for 6 sessions (materials and firings included)

PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS                   
Nancy Whittenburger
(8 years old and up)
Beginning week of 04/12/10
Private lessons will include piano technique, music reading, music theory, practice and performance. Lessons are offered to beginners, as well as others who are continuing their piano training. 
Please call CAC for scheduling Mondays only
$25 per 30-minute session

PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS                     
Nancy Whittenburger
(7th grade through adults)
Beginning week of 04/12/10
Voice lessons will include proper use of the vocal instrument, vocal exercises, repertoire, practice and performance. These lessons would benefit individuals who are preparing for All-State Chorus auditions, literary meets, competitions, college auditions and other events. Please call CAC for scheduling Monday only.
$25 per 30-minute lesson

Adult Classes

Digital Photography-$75.00Stepping Stones-$45.00Glass & a class-$30.00Pottery Basics-$95.00Private Piano Lessons-$25.00 per LessonPrivate Voice Lessons-$25.00 per LessonString Lessons-$25.00 per LessonIntro to Concept Art-$95.00Intro to Illustration & Storyboard Art - $95.00Adult Acrylic Painting - $45.00

NOTE: If you are a CAC member, please contact the CAC to receive your discount for classes and events at 770-949-2787. Please send your registration form to cultureADMIN@earthlink.net

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NEW! PRIVATE LESSONS FOR LOW BRASS & TRUMPET                 
Asa Walker
(All ages)
(8 years old & up)
Beginning 4/15/10, Wednesdays only
Private lessons will include technique, music theory, practice and performance. Lessons are offered to beginners and those who are continuing their training. 
$25 per 30-minute session

PRIVATE STRING LESSONS                    
Eleanor Bennett
(All ages)
Violin & Viola – Beginning to Advanced Classes
Cello & Bass - Beginning Classes
Beginning 4/15/10, Wednesdays & Thursdays
Private lessons will include technique, music reading, music theory, practice and performance. Lessons are offered to beginners and those who are continuing their string training.
$25 for 30 minute sessions    

HOME SCHOOL ARTISTS                 
Wednesdays, 9-10:30 a.m.
PRE-SCHOOL ARTISTS
Wednesdays, 12-1:30 p.m.
PLANTING THE SEEDS OF ART                 
Mondays or Tuesdays, 4-5:30 p.m. (5-7 year olds)
GROWING ARTISTS I
Tuesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. (8-10 year olds)
GROWING ARTISTS II
Wednesdays, 4 - 5:30 p.m. (8-10 year olds)
GROWING ARTISTS III
Wednesdays, 6-7:30 p.m. (11 yrs & up)
Tamara Morgan
Beginning 03/29/10
Aspiring artists will learn drawing and painting techniques to increase their artistic abilities while exploring various art mediums to help them grow their skills. Through process and technique, they will lean about color and color mixing, creating form through the use of values, creating visual texture, and to really "see" in their minds what they look at with their eyes.
$60 - 4 sessions monthy, classes are ongoing
(materials $6 payable on first day of class to instructor) 

INTRO TO ILLUSTRATION & STORYBOARD ART Design for Comic Books, Graphic Novels, Medical Illustration & More
Joseph Falligan
(Teens, adults & former students)
Thursdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Starting 4/15-6/4/10
Learn how to draw, ink or color comic books or graphic novels, proposed television commercials, feature films and animated features from a script and how to provide visual representations of a story. Learn to create visual material for medical textbooks used by students and professionals, medical advertisements, professional journals, exhibits etc. using both traditional and computer-generated images.
$95 for 8 sessions (materials list provided)

INTRO TO CONCEPT & SEQUENTIAL ART - Design for Movies, Video Games, Animated Features & Comic Books  
Joseph Falligan
(Teens, adults & former students)
Tuesdays, 6 – 8 p.m.
Starting 4/13-6/1/10
Learn how to work with directors, producers, writers, developers and engineers to develop characters, costumes, weapons, vehicles, environments and creatures for movies, animated features, and even the auto industry as well as how to create illustrations to depict a page layout, for comic books according to a script and level development for video game developers.
$95 for 8 sessions (materials list provided)

CERAMICS FOR KIDS
Nahida Huque
(6-13 year olds)
Thursdays, 5 – 6:30 p.m.
4/15-5/20/10
This course will introduce children to working with clay using traditional pinching, coil, and slab building techniques. They will make a number of functional and sculptural objects during the six weeks of classes including basic surface design, clay and glazing techniques. All work will be dinnerware safe.                                                               
$95 for 6 sessions (materials and firing provided) 

PRIVATE PIANO LESSONS                   
Nancy Whittenburger
(8 years old and up)
Beginning week of 04/12/10
Private lessons will include piano technique, music reading, music theory, practice and performance. Lessons are offered to beginners, as well as others who are continuing their piano training. 
Please call CAC for scheduling Mondays only
$25 per 30-minute session

PRIVATE VOICE LESSONS                     
Nancy Whittenburger
(7th grade through adults)
Beginning week of 04/12/10
Voice lessons will include proper use of the vocal instrument, vocal exercises, repertoire, practice and performance. These lessons would benefit individuals who are preparing for All-State Chorus auditions, literary meets, competitions, college auditions and other events. Please call CAC for scheduling Monday only.
$25 per 30-minute lesson  

Children's Classes

Home School Artists-$60.00 Pre-School Artists-$60.00 Planting the Seeds of Art(5-7 yrs)-$60.00 Brass Lessons-$25.00 per Lesson Growing Artists I (8-10 yrs) - $60.00 Growing Artists II (8-10) - $60.00 Growing Artists III (11 & up) - $60.00 Ceramics for Kids-$95.00 Private Piano Lessons-$25.00 per Lesson String Lessons-$25.00 per Lesson Intro to Concept Art-$95.00 Private Voice Lessons-$25.00 per Lesson

NOTE: If you are a CAC member, please contact the CAC to receive your discount for classes and events at 770-949-2787. Please send your registration form to cultureOM@earthlink.net

OUR TEACHING ARTISTS

Our new violin and strings teacher, Eleanor Bennett started playing violin at the age of ten and has been studying music ever since. A trained Suzuki Method teacher and a member of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, she has performed with the Atlanta Community Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra.

One of our most popular teaching artists, Joe Falligan was trained as a medical illustrator, but his life is dedicated to working with young people and  teaching them how to enjoy and learn from their own creativity in the visual arts, especially comic book art.  Falligan currently works as a medical illustrator for the Staten Island Hospital in New York as well as a cartoon illustrator for Tuner’s Cartoon Network.

Tamara Morgan began painting about 30 years ago; trying out about every medium she could get her hands on.  Through the years I have also taught classes in decorative painting, acrylic, oils and watercolor It never ceases to amaze me what people can achieve when they have the tools, guidance and inspiration to learn to paint!

Nahida R. Huque,our new ceramics instructor, graduated with a B.F.A. degree in Graphic Design from the Corcoran College of Art and Design. She exclusively makes hand-built pieces of functional and decorative pottery. Her work has been exhibited at the Druid Hills Artist Market, Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, the pottery sale for “Save the Children Fund,” and the Brighten Academy fundraiser.

Asa Walker, Conductor of the West Side Winds, began the study of Music at age 8. He received his post secondary education at Morris Brown College where he majored in Music Education. He has composed 18 original works. He is the founder and president of Asa Music Production, Inc. a non-profit corporation that provides a forum for unpublished composers in the Atlanta area to have their compositions performed.

Teaching artist Mack Porter has designed stained glass since 1960. His glass and mirror company Mirror Maxx worked with designers, architects and custom home builders in Detroit for hundreds of commercial projects and private homes. He restored the front doors of the Cultural Arts Center in Douglasville and exhibits regularly in our community.

Nancy Whittenburger has been a music educator for 37 years. Her teaching experience has ranged from kindergarten age through college. She retired from the Douglas County School System in 2006, where she served as Elementary Music Resource Teacher. She was selected as the Douglas County Teacher of the Year in 1991 and 2004.

Nancy is an adjudicator for the Georgia Music Educators' Association. She received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Music Education from Georgia State University, with concentrations in voice and piano.She currently serves as a field supervisor for the teacher's education program at Mercer University. Her hobby as a puppeteer has entertained many students and adults through the years!

ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS

Berry College Dance Troupe
November 2009
4th & 5th grades Dance performance linked to curriculum goals. Last year’s theme was “Nightmares & Daydreams.”

Lee Bryan
January 2010
Pre-K - 3rd grade
Atlanta-based puppeteer, Lee Bryan or "That Puppet Guy" is nationally recognized touring artists who combines live vocal characterizations and songs with innovative puppet designs.

Laughing Matters
February 2010
9th & 10th grades Improvisational comedy workshops & performances

Georgia Shakespeare Festival
February 2010 11th grade
Dramatic performance with question & answer with the players. The host high school will also be offered a free workshop for an advanced drama class. Last years performance was "Romeo & Juliet."

Cowboy Poets
March 2010
3rd – 5th grades
Cowboy poetry, stories, ballads and music with school-wide student participation Schedule performances by contacting the CAC, 770-949.2787