Newark Museum

Arts Workshop

Everyone Has a Creative Side—Explore Yours!

Studio Programs for Adults

The place where adults go to grow and develop their artistic skills.

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Call 973.596.6607

Spring 2012 courses (PDF)

Sign up today; classes begin soon.
It is recommended to register early as the courses fill quickly.

E-mail Sue Smith for more information at ssmith@newarkmuseum.org.

This January is the 20th anniversary of the Arts Workshop Artist-in-Residence Program. For detailed information about studio visits and artist talks (January 3 through February 3), please call 973.596.6608.

Registration Options

1) E-mail registration
• Complete electronic Registration Form (PDF).
• Save the form to your computer.
• E-mail the form to ssmith@newarkmuseum.org.

2) Mail-in registration
• Complete electronic Registration Form (PDF).
• Save the form to your computer.
• Print out and mail form and payment to:

Arts Workshop
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

Spring Schedule Listing
printable Spring 2012 Schedule (PDF)

Special Workshops

+ Shodo Japanese Calligraphys

+ The Art of Traditional Korean Quilting (nubi)

+ Poetic Pastimes: Surface Design for Silk Scarves Using Japanese Imagery

+ Shibori Techniques on Cellulose Fibers

+ Vibrant Color: Combining Soy Wax and Dye for Brilliant Results

+ Japanese Folk Dolls

+ Poetic Pastimes: The Cherry Blossom Collage with Cut Papers

+ Mokuhanga, Japanese Waterbase Woodcut

Open Studios

+ Open Studio for Jewelers

+ Open Studio for Printmakers

Series Classes

+ Bookmaking: Creating a Children's Book

+ Clay: Pottery: The Wheel-Thrown Vessel

+ Digital Media: Adobe© Photoshop Elements: An Introduction to Photographic Editing

+ Fiber/Fabric/Surface Design and Knitting (various)

+ Fine Metals and Jewelry (various)

+ Mosaics: Mosaic Creations

+ Painting and Drawing (various)

One or Two Day Workshops

+ Asian Arts: Japanese Sumi-e Brush Painting

+ Beads and Beadworking: Peyote in a Day

+ Book Arts:

   • Japanese Book Binding

   • Speaking in Volumes: Artists' Books

+ Calligraphy: Italic Calligraphy: The Elegant Hand

+ Collage:

   • On the Surface: Collage and Then Some

   • Archetype Cards: Exploring Your Avatar

+ Digital Arts:

   • How to Use Photoshop Elements (Fun)damentally

   • Digital Photomontage

+ Dollmaking: Japanese Folk Paper Dolls

+ Fiber, Textiles and Surface Design (various)

+ Glass

   • Glassblowing: A Brief Introduction

   • Glassblowing: Object Making with Molten Matter

+ Metals and Jewelry (various)

+ Mosaics: The Mosaic Vessel

+ Photography (various)

+ Painting and Drawing (various)

+ Sculpture: Portraiture in Clay: The Art of the Bust in One Day

+ Printmaking: Monoprinting on a Gel Plate

+ Quilting: Embellished African Mini-Quilt

+ The Odd, the Unusual and the Different (various)

Scholarships
We also have some partial scholarships available. Please write a Letter of Request with an explanation of why you would like a scholarship:

Stephen McKenzie
The Newark Museum
49 Washington Street
Newark, NJ 07102

For more exciting programs, visit Upcoming Events.

Support for the Arts Workshop is provided by: