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Capturing Clouds - Afternoon Session - SOLD OUT
Saturday, February 27, 2010 1 p.m. Head up to the clouds for a sky high tour of the special exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales. Find shapes in the skies and learn to identify nimbus, cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds. Down in our studio, paint your favorite cloud formation using acrylic paint on canvas board. Don’t forget to paint the silver lining!
Capturing Clouds - SOLD OUT
Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Head up to the clouds for a sky high tour of the special exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales. Find shapes in the skies and learn to identify nimbus, cirrus, stratus, and cumulus clouds. Down in our studio, paint your favorite cloud formation using acrylic paint on canvas board. Don’t forget to paint the silver lining!
Sunrise Impressions - Afternoon Session
Saturday, March 20, 2010 1 p.m. Hurry to the special exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, to catch colorful sunrises of pink, purple, blue, and orange. Following the tour, create your own dazzling display of light in an Impressionist sunrise using watercolor ink and plant fiber paper.
Sunrise Impressions- SOLD OUT
Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Hurry to the special exhibition, Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, to catch colorful sunrises of pink, purple, blue, and orange. Following the tour, create your own dazzling display of light in an Impressionist sunrise using watercolor ink and plant fiber paper.
Family Day: Lights, Camera, Action!
Sunday, April 11, 2010 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. How do you capture a beam of light or a dancer in mid-flight? Ignite your curiosity in a world where art and invention come together at this exciting celebration for the entire family. The Corcoran invites you to participate in art-making workshops, experience the magic of illusion in our theatre, tour the special exhibitions, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change and Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, and unlock the mysteries of light and motion through dazzling performances. Family Day: Lights, Camera, Action is made possible by the generous support of The Bollerer Family.
En Plein Air Sketching
Saturday, April 24, 2010 10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Workshop for Adults Explore and discuss en plein air techniques in Turner to Cézanne: Masterpieces from the Davies Collection, National Museum Wales, an internationally acclaimed collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art. Randolph Williams, artist and Corcoran graduate, leads participants in outdoor sketching activities. Materials for this workshop are included. No prior drawing experience is necessary. Registration is required.
The Art of Inventing - Afternoon Session
Saturday, May 15, 2010 1 - 2:30 p.m. Join us on a tinkerer’s tour of the special exhibition, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change. Then in our inventor’s lab, construct your own optical illusions using special tools and templates that spin, twirl, and amaze.
The Art of Inventing - SOLD OUT
Saturday, May 15, 2010 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Join us on a tinkerer’s tour of the special exhibition, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change. Then in our inventor’s lab, construct your own optical illusions using special tools and templates that spin, twirl, and amaze.
Corcoran Artreach Presents: Expressions: Art by D.C. Youth 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010 TBA The Corcoran Gallery of Art hosts an annual ArtReach exhibition, Expressions: Art by D.C. Youth, designed to celebrate the gifts and talents of children in our community. The exhibition takes place at the Gallery each spring and opens with a reception for ArtReach students, their families, and members.
Flip It!
Saturday, June 12, 2010 10:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m. See the beginnings of motion graphics in the special exhibition, Helios: Eadweard Muybridge in a Time of Change. Observe animals in action and acrobats in mid-air. Then in our pre-production studio, bring your drawings to life by illustrating your own animated flipbook.
Pulp to Paper
Saturday, July 10, 2010 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Paint and canvas are not the only tools artists use to create. See portraits made from wood blocks, strings, and even paper pulp in the special exhibition Process and Collaboration: The Prints of Chuck Close. Following the tour, create your own hand-made paper from bits of paper pulp.
What a Relief!
Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Come face to face with the many colors and shapes that make up a portrait in the special exhibition, Process and Collaboration: The Prints of Chuck Close. Then in our printmaking studio, create an original relief print and remember to sign each edition for your friends and family!
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