Drop-in Art Night is back February 8, 2019 with a Mixed Media Valentines project led by Birmingham artist Ashley Wingo! Show your loved ones you care by giving them a real work of art this Valentine’s Day. All skill levels and ages are welcome!
The cost is $20, and enjoy a drink on us!
Proceeds support Space One Eleven’s year round art classes and art camps for children and youth.
Payments are accepted at the door in cash, check, or credit card.
For more information on Drop-in Art Night, please contact Kristen J. McArthur at KristenJMcArthur@SpaceOneEleven.org or by phone at (205) 328-0553 ext. 24.
February 3-24
Sundays 2-4
Space One Eleven is offering a four week figure workshop led by artist Andy Jordan. Participants will choose their preferred medium to develop methods for representing the human figure from live models. This class is for intermediate to advanced students
Age: 18+
Cost: $120
This class will focus on drawing the figure from observation. We will place the figure in relationship to its surroundings by using large abstract shapes and positive and negative spacial relationships. Softer graphite pencil will be used to make the process more painterly and enhance the form using a subtle chiaroscuro. All skill levels are welcome.
Saturday, January 12, 10am – 4pm. $145, supplies needed. $50 non-refundable, non-transferable deposit required to hold your place. Call 870-0480 to sign up!
January 5 – February 9, 2019
Saturdays 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Space One Eleven is offering a six week introductory-style printmaking workshop led by artist Paul Williamson. Invented in China nearly two thousand years ago, printmaking is still a viable and exciting art medium today. This class, for high school-aged through adults, will expose students to several types of printmaking, including monoprinting, collagraphy, transfer, and relief, resulting in students producing multiple prints for each fun and creative printmaking type. Open to all skill levels.
Age 15+
Cost: $240, includes most supplies.
Teaching Artist bio: With a Fine Arts degree from Huntingdon College and a Master’s degree in Art Education from the University of Montevallo, Paul Williamson has been teaching art and exhibiting his artwork for nearly three decades. This award winning instructor loves motivating his students to succeed in their creativity so that they grow as artists.
On Friday, December 14th from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, Space One Eleven is hosting a Holiday Craft Drop-in Art Night! Join us to create artful hand-made gifts for your friends and family with local Birmingham artists.
Lily Reeves, a sculptor working in a range of media, will teach you how to create mobiles from found objects and hand-made wire sculptures. Sarah Gurganus, a local fiber artist and handwork teacher will help you create lovely holiday ornaments for your window or tree; and print-maker Paul Williamson will guide you through the process of printing your own holiday cards from hand-made woodblock prints.
The cost is $20 per project, and enjoy a drink on us!
Payments are accepted at the door in cash, check, or credit card.
Plan on Dropping in or interested in the event? Let us know on our Facebook Event page!
For more information on Drop-in Art Night, please call Kristen J. McArthur at (205) 328-0553 ext. 24.
Join Gary Chapman for a Make Your Own Snowflake session! $20 per person, including wine, beer and paper. BYOScissors. Call us at 870-0480 to sign up.
You are invited to our Holiday Open House and Daniel Smith Watercolor Demo! Join
us for holiday shopping fun.
Join us for grits, gumbo, beer and wine! Enjoy a demonstration by Faber-Castell artist, Don Colley, along with complimentary refreshments and libations to make your holiday shopping more fun and relaxing while finding truly special creative gifts.
Explore color, composition, light and shadow, and visual depth with John Lytle Wilson as your guide. The concepts covered will be applicable to multiple techniques and styles. John will offer one-on-one direction and feedback on your self-directed projects. You may bring phot references, set up still lifes, or use other reference material. Your paintings may include landscapes, portraiture, still lives, or illustrations in a variety of styles. This class is open to intermediate and advanced painters working in oils or acrylics.
John Lytle Wilson is a Birmingham based artist known for his brightly colored acrylics of monkeys, robots, and unicorns. He has fifteen years experience teaching oil painting, drawing, and design at Florida State University, UAB, and Birmingham-Southern.
