Class Info

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COVID Safety Modifications to Classes include:

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• Spaced seating to meet social distancing guidelines.

 

• No more than 10 persons will be allowed in the classroom at any one time.

 

• Surfaces disinfected before each class.

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• All students and instructors are required to wear a mask at all times.

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• Read more about specific mask requirements for class attendees HERE.

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All classes require students to preregister. Walk-in registrations cannot be accommodated. Payment for the class must be received to reserve a spot. 

 

Each class has a predetermined minimum and maximum enrollment. LowellArts reserves the right to cancel a class if the minimum enrollment has not been met. In the event of cancellation, students will receive a full refund.

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Teen Class: Create a Monkey!

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Thursday, May 13

4:00pm – 5:30pm

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Create a monkey using Chinese painting techniques. Learn how to use deliberate brushstrokes and simplicity to create an expressive monkey character. Experiment with different kinds of Chinese brushes and rice paper.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create Penguins!

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Saturday, May 15

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a penguin in action using tempera paint. Learn how to show action in painting with penguins sliding on ice and snow. Learn to mix values and how to create a three-dimensional penguin body.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Teen Class: Create Penguins!

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Saturday, May 15

1:00pm – 2:30pm

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Create penguins using watercolor. Learn watercolor painting techniques to create different values and how to blend colors.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth/Teen Theater Class: On with the show!

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Auditions: Saturday, July 10, 10:00-11:00am

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Rehearsals: July 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, and 21, 6:00-7:30pm

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Performance: Thursday, July 22 at 7:00pm

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Ever want to know what it’s like to perform on stage? Or maybe you’ve performed before and want to gain some more experience? Brent Alles and Rob Freund will take you through the experience of putting on a show, from auditioning to blocking to performing!

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The theme of this show is “Kid Superheroes”. The parts in this one act production will be given out during an “audition” and then the actors will rehearse, leading up to a final performance for friends and family!

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Brent and Rob have experience in writing, acting, and directing in many theatrical productions, and they're excited to lead you through a theatrical experience of your very own!

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Sign-up deadline: June 25.

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Ages 7 to 18 | Instructors: Brent Alles and Rob Freund from the LowellArts Players

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Class Fee: $90 ($88 for LowellArts Members).

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Teen Class: Create a Leopard!

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Thursday, May 20

4:00pm – 5:30pm

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Create a drawing of a leopard using black markers. Learn to draw correct proportions. Discover details and the anatomy of the leopard to create realism.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Giraffe!

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Saturday, May 22

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a giraffe drawing with crayon resist. Learn to use oil pastels first and then do a watercolor wash over the oil pastels, revealing the interesting pattern on the giraffe.

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Ages 7 to 10. | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Teen Class: Create a Giraffe!

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Saturday, May 22

1:00pm – 2:30pm

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Create a realistic drawing of a giraffe with pencil. Discover the unique pattern on the body of the giraffe and how to create form. Practice shading and creating values with pencil.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Horse!

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Thursday, June 24

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a drawing of a horse using pencil. Learn to draw the correct proportions of a horse and how to use pencil to create values.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Teen Class: Create a Horse!

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Thursday, June 24

1:00pm – 2:30pm

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Create a horse portrait using charcoal drawing techniques. Learn how to create values and blend charcoal to create realism.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Monkey!

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Saturday, June 26

3:00pm – 4:30pm

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Create a monkey using basic Chinese brushstrokes. Learn how to handle Chinese brushes using minimal strokes.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Rabbit!

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Thursday, July 1

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a realistic drawing of a rabbit using colored pencils. Fur and texture will be created like the artist Albrecht Durer.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Teen Class: Create a Rabbit!

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Thursday, July 1

1:00pm – 2:30pm

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Create a realistic drawing of a rabbit using scratchboard tools. Fur and texture will be created like the artist Albrecht Durer.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Rooster!

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Thursday, July 8

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a colorful rooster with paint. Learn how to use water-based paint to create a very colorful rooster with fantastic feathers.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Teen Class: Create Roosters!

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Thursday, July 8

1:00pm – 2:30pm

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Create a rooster using Chinese brushstroke techniques with watercolor. Learn how to use only a few brushstrokes to create form. Experiment with different kinds of Chinese brushes and rice paper.

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Ages 11 to 18 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Youth Class: Create a Leopard!

 

Saturday, July 10

10:30am – 12:00pm

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Create a drawing of a snow leopard using charcoal. Learn about shading and proportion and how to use charcoal pencils.

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Ages 7 to 10 | Instructor: Sharon Brandner

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Class Fee: $17 ($15 for LowellArts Members). Fee includes materials.

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Instructor Bio

 

Sharon Brandner

Sharon has an art education degree from Northern Illinois University, and also took graduate classes at Northern Michigan University in painting. She has a masters degree in education from Cornerstone University. She has taught many art classes including: classes at Homewood Flossmoor High School, private art lessons, adult education, and gifted art classes.

 

Sharon received a ZA endorsement to teach early childhood from Northern Michigan University. Since moving to Lowell, she has taught art for 15 years at New Branches School in Grand Rapids. She currently teaches K-8 art classes at Innocademy in Zeeland. In addition to teaching summer art classes at LowellArts, she also teaches art classes in Menominee, MI, for a collaborative program she started with 4H and Menominee County Mental Health.

 

She has had her work in ArtPrize for the past 5 years, and has been in several exhibitions at LowellArts.

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