Friday Workshops
Workshops are listed below. Additional material fees may apply.
Taking Back the Land
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Lisa Kidd Skill Level: All levels welcome If you want beauty instead of ashes, joy instead of mourning, and a renewed confidence - take this class! Through movement, you will step out in faith and reclaim the areas of your life that the enemy has stolen from you. You don't have to be a dancer - you just have to be willing to MOVE. You will experience Classical Ballet, Jazz and Ballroom dance from a unique worship perspective that will help you get your land back! You will leave this class living Isaiah 61. |
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Creating in the Spirit
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Aeron Brown Skill Level: All Levels Welcome We will gather to create in the spirit of God, with Daddy God holding our hand. We will learn to listen and to respond to the spirit while cultivating practical skills in both Collage and Acrylic paints. We will have interactive group discussions and inspire one another. There will be lots of Q and A time also. |
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Oil Painting Officer Training, Building Skills for Green Berets
Timeframe: Friday & Saturday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Robin Popp Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Are you ready to take your painting skills to the next level? Join Robin as she guides you into, not only the safest handling of oil paints, but also step by step into the understanding of composition, atmosphere, value, and skilled brushwork. Get a solid painting built and know why it works! Plus, learn how to take these skills into the field and paint 'en plein air'. All levels welcome, but a good understanding of color mixing with a limited pallet is recommended. All materials will be provided. Students will produce one to two paintings by the end of class. Don't worry, Robin has a fool-proof way to get wet paintings home! Additional Materials Fee: $30 |
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Uncovering The Light: An Introduction to Clay Board Engraving
Timeframe: Friday & Saturday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Amanda Brannon Skill Level: Intermediate During this 2-day workshop, you will learn the process of clay board engraving from nationally-published bird & wildlife artist, Amanda Brannon. During this workshop you will: - Learn how to find inspiration through prayer and nature; - Learn how to uncover the light in your illustrations, starting with a black clay board surface for your engraving. - Work with acrylic inks. - Take away 2 ready-to-display engravings! Additional Materials Fee: $40 |
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Brushed Lettering for Beginners: How to Get Started the Best Way for Success Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Shelley Hitz Skill Level: Beginners Would you like to learn brush lettering, but don't know where to start? Maybe you're confused with all the options available for brush pens and markers and are not sure which supplies to get. I personally made the mistake of investing in the wrong pens in the beginning and will share with you the options I recommend for beginners. You will also get a hand-picked selection of my favorite brush pens as part of the supplies for this workshop. Maybe you've tried brush lettering and you've given up because you couldn't get the hang of it. When I was first learning brush lettering, I did a lot of research and practiced for hours, but still failed miserably. I was about ready to give up when I learned the basic strokes. When I started practicing my basic strokes on a consistent basis, I had a breakthrough in my lettering and saw a huge improvement. I will share these basic strokes with you in this workshop. You will also learn the anatomy of the lowercase alphabet and how to form each letter. You will learn exactly when to lift your pen and when to make a stroke so you won't have any guesswork about what to do. By the end of this workshop, you will leave with a finished lettering piece and a great foundation to continue practicing your brush lettering. When you enroll in this workshop you will get access to my lettering practice sheets as well as three of my online lettering classes. This will allow you to review what you learned at any time and is a $70 value. Not only is brush lettering relaxing, it also produces a beautiful outcome you can use for gifts, cards, artwork, and more. Let's get started with brush lettering the best way for success! Additional Materials Fee: $20 |
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Awakening the Dream Writers
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Theresa Harvard Johnson Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Since the beginning of time, God has positioned His most trusted scribes as witnesses, keepers and heralds over some of the most sacred oracles in the governance of heaven and earth and COMMANDED that they record them, especially those released through dreams and visions. Though scribes have been faithful in answering the call, they have not always understood their unique experiences or the critical importance and weight of their roles and activity in the dream realm“ until now. In her book 'The Scribal Realm of Dreams & Visions', Theresa Harvard Johnson brings great clarity to the scribal realm of dreams and visions – a strategically designed, apostolic atmosphere for "scribal encounters and activities" in the supernatural realm. In this course, participants will explore the dream realm as it relates specifically to writing, recording, drawing/painting, demonstrating (performance, acting, skits) or creating (stage props, costumes, set design, etc.) what they see or experience from the dream realm. They will dig deeply into the spiritual aspect of this calling through teaching, sharing, learning to interpret their dream realm experiences; and participating in exercises that help them identify and define their dream patterns. This session is ideal for dreamers who seeking direction on how to maximize their dreams through scribal experiences. Additional Materials Fee: $22 |
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Intuitive Painting: Seeking God Through Scripture & Paint
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Cheyenne Trunnell & Molly Courcelle Skill Level: Beginner Learn to trust your intuition as you create. In the process of meditating on scripture as you paint you will begin to hear the quiet whispers of the Holy Spirit. |
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Play Book - Mixed Media Hand Bound Journal
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Amy Smith Skill Level: All Levels Welcome Play is essential in our art practice and in our daily lives, but we don't often give ourselves permission to play. In this workshop we will construct two colorful hand painted hand bound journals during the first half of class. In the latter half we will fill our journal pages with art and words on the theme of play. The goal for our day will be to have fun, remind ourselves how important play is, and take home a tangible reminder to make play a regular activity. Each student will have one book to keep and one to give. Additional Materials Fee: $5 |
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Creating Visual Impact with Watercolor
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Jill Williams Skill Level: All Levels Welcome This workshop is specifically designed to guide artists of any skill level through the process of creating a well executed and emotionally impactful painting in watercolor. We will discuss the creative process and ways to fearlessly and uniquely approach your work. Students can expect to learn a wide variety of techniques to effectively capture the dynamic qualities of light and value, which enable your paintings to speak with a more engaging, powerful voice. Additional Materials Fee: $20 |
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Ceramic Handbuilding: Whimsical Bird House
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Lonnie & Margie Johnson Skill Level: Beginner This one day intensive class will cover the basics of working with clay and will include demonstrations and instruction as students are lead step-by-step through the process of creating their own Whimsical Bird House. Students will be guided through the principles of working with the clay and then allowed to pursue their own creative direction for the decorative details that will make each piece a unique design. The finished bird house will be fired and shipped to the student. Instructions will be provided for painting and sealing the piece once it has been received. Additional Materials Fee: $40 |
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Who Am I and How Do I Leverage That for Success as an Artist?
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Jim & Pat Banks Skill Level: Beginner Each of us is wired for life and for artistic expression differently. That is the direct expression of God in you. We will not only help you discover your basic wiring, but how your environment growing up impacts it, how your wounds and your failures alter it, how the wiring of your parents tends to shift it and how your efforts to mature it and hone it for greater artistic expressiveness effects the fulfillment you get from that expression. Further, as an artist you are certainly aware of the difficulties and barriers that arise in the process of creating art, as well as marketing yourself. Often you find that that it is not only difficult to define what is blocking you, but where it is coming from as well. This Intensive ( 9 am to 5 pm) will help you accurately define what those barriers are, help you discover their precise origin and provide you with some solid strategies to help you respond to each of them appropriately so that your creative process will be undeterred from season to season, well into the future. Additional Materials Fee: $25 |
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Beginning Glassblowing
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitators: John Almaguer Skill Level: Beginning Come learn the first steps to blowing glass while learning to make a paperweight, ornament, cup, and pumpkin! Beginners Welcome! Additional Materials Fee: $60 Class Minimum: 6 |
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Awesome Artists Studios in WNC Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Sherry Masters Skill Level: All Levels Welcome We'll take a full day to explore professional artist studios near Black Mountain and east Asheville. Studios offered will be varied and include both fine art and fine craft mediums. Some visits will be to home studios and some will be commercial settings. There will be time for: - Seeing the studio and what is currently being made - Demonstrations - Learn how each artist had built their business - Challenges and solutions in their businesses - Q & A |
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How to Get More Clients from Google
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Jeremy Ashburn Skill Level: Beginner Is your website producing commissions for you as an artist? It should be. Google is the most used widely used Search Engine. 63% percent of people who search for something on Google only click on the first three organic positions. Are people who are searching for art finding you at the top of Google? You should be right there, on Google's First Page. You deserve it! In this class, we'll show you be visible in Google so that your website starts producing more commissions for your artistic business. We'll explain how Google Works, show you how to do keyword research, give you the tools for success, and explain SEO Strategies and Techniques that work. You'll need to bring your laptop for this hands on workshop. While each workshop will begin with a powerpoint presentation, most of our time will be devoted to hands on work that we'll do together to start making your website show up in Google. Don't Worry! We'll explain everything in non-technical, easy to understand everyday English! It will be fun, informative, and direct benefit the business side of your art. When finished, you'll have the foundation for showing up on Google's first page in both the short term and long term. Sign up for this class today. Be visible and grow! |
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Releasing Your Sound Through Alignment With Heaven
Timeframe: Friday, 9-4pm Facilitator: Linette Penny-Gainham Skill Level: All Levels Welcome In this seminar Linette will demonstrate through multimedia presentations and physical examples the wonder of natures sounds. She will explain the vital importance of your unique sound and its place in God's plan for your life. You will be taken to scripture for reference and science for revelation and discover the wondrous intricacy of our makers design of you and of the universe. |
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