Welcome to the North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester

The NSAA is currently closed for the season. Please join us in the Spring of 2010
Online registration and payment for 2010 Workshops is now available.

There is a 5-day prior cancellation policy for workshop registrations to be eligible for a refund.

WORKSHOPS
All workshops are $75/day for members and $85/day for non-members (to become a member click here). Painting at the North Shore Arts Association is particularly exciting because of our superb location on historic Gloucester Harbor. Home to ships of all sorts - lobster boats, deep water draggers, pleasure boats and tall ships - Gloucester harbor has provided artists with subject matter for years. A newly renovated indoor studio is located on the ground level of the art association. It features large, bright windows overlooking the harbor, a slop sink for ease in cleaning up, and easy access to the parking lot. There is just one step down from the doorway into the studio. And the parking lot provides incredible vistas for plein air painters. Click here to see more!

To register with a credit card or bank card, please click on the 'Add to Cart' buttons provided below. You may register for as many workshops as you like and use one payment. You may also print the Registration Form (PDF format) and mail to the address on the form. Please call 978-283-1857, or email with any questions.

All workshops are 10am- 4pm unless otherwise noted.

Please be sure to include your phone number(s) in the Comments box provided in case we need to contact you about the workshops.

Laurie Bryce - June 3 - “One Day Website” *10:00am-3:00pm
Do you wish you had your own website so you could easily showcase your artwork for galleries, exhibitors, and clients? Come to this hands-on demonstration and workshop to learn how to put your artwork online. See how creating a website is inexpensive, easy and fun! No technical or web skills needed. Limit 10.

Elizabeth Harty - June 5, 6 - “Painting with Acrylics”
This class will focus on the exploration of personal vision in a series. Using color, collage, mark making techniques, simplification and abstraction, students will learn to find joy in experimenting. They will expand their artistic perspective and learn new ways of working. Limit 12.

Bea Pappas - June 16, 17, 18, 19 - “Layering with Mixed Media”
Students will “layer” over texture and stampings. Acrylics will be used to create texture and students will make their own stamps. Nothing is ever wasted working in this manner. This class is a perfect continuation of Pappas’ Pouring Workshop, but it is not necessary to have previous experience. Open to students of all levels of experience. Limit 10.

Peter Spataro - June 21, 22, 23 - "Plein Air Workshop"
This workshop is designed for all media painters. It will be especially beneficial for watercolor painters who have felt the urge to try acrylics. On the first day, Peter will demonstrate the use of acrylic as a watercolor, on watercolor paper. During the next two days students will use acrylic on canvas; however students are encouraged to use any medium regardless of what is demonstrated each day. Limit 15.

Larry & Judy Pumfrey - June 24, 25, 26 - “Expressive Paintings - How to Paint with Feeling”
Loosen up your painting! Gain painting insights from this dynamic duo who will demonstrate their approach on how to observe and interpret subject matter. Learn the skill of oil painting, a process that starts with big shapes, setting the stage for an intuitive interpretation of subject matter and expressing feelings with impact. Limit 12. www.pumfreygallery.com

Barbara Donnelly - June 25, 26, 27 - “Capture the Moment” Watercolor Plein Air Workshop
In this three day “plein air” workshop each artist will learn to “capture the moment” with light and shade. Light is what defines the objects in space. The luminous Cape Ann light on the harbor and landscape is glorious! There will be watercolor demos on site, covering composition, values and color. Barbara, will advise the artists at their easels with an emphasis on individuality. To help students learn to judge their own work, there will be a positive group critique. Limit 12. www.barbaradonnelly.com

John Caggiano - July 9, 10, 11 - “Painting from the Heart & the Head”
This workshop is geared to all levels of artistic ability. It will concentrate on drawing, composition, design, color and value. Caggiano will endeavor to have each student utilize inner talent and perception to grow and develop his/her artistic abilities. The day will begin on location with a painting demonstration that will emphasize the essential elements of composing a successful painting en plein air. To emphasize a painting principle, mini demonstrations may occur. At the end of the painting day the class will meet for a group critique. Limit 18. www.johncaggiano.com

Dennis Poirier - July 12, 13, 14 - Color Vibrations in Oil & Acrylic
In this workshop Dennis Poirier works with each individual to establish the simple shapes in a motif and to understand that a good concept leads to good picture making. Students will learn to understand the process of painting on location and gain knowledge of techniques, and the control of the mediums (oil and acrylic). Limit 10. www.dennispoirierstudio.com

Ellen Rolli - July 14 & 15 - “Big Color, Bold Strokes” Acrylic Workshop
Artist Ellen Rolli, recently featured in an American Artist Workshop Issue for her bold style and “loosening up” teaching techniques, will instruct in the art of arranging simple still life set-ups. On the second day she will discuss outdoor composition and painting. Students will leave this workshop not only feeling educated but truly inspired! Limit 14. www.ellenrolli.com

Susan Daly - July 16 & 17 - “Monotypes with a Plexiglas Plate”
Students will savor the “Joy of Monotypes!” in this two-day workshop exploring water based printing inks, water-soluble oils and watercolor. Daly will demonstrate all mediums as students work from their previous completed paintings, photos or their imagination to create unique images with this hand pulled process. Limit 10.

Steve Kennedy - July 19, 20, 21 - “Perspectives - Painting the Streets of Gloucester” *9:30am-3:30pm
Learn how to see light and shade as it relates to architecture, along with a focus on proper perspective and drawing. Paint right on the streets of East Gloucester in this three-day workshop with award winning artist, Steve Kennedy. In a pragmatic, yet appreciative approach, Kennedy wants to bring his students on an exploration of Cape Ann streets as they really are. Limit 15.

David Curtis - July 21, 22, 23 - “Understanding LightDavid Curtis will use his 35 years of plein air painting experience to instruct a plein air oil painting landscape workshop. The focus will be on understanding and interpreting the effect of light on a chosen subject. Individual days will be given to studying and practicing back light and front light and the impact each has on landscape painting. Limit 15. www.davidpcurtis.com

Andrew Anderson-Bell - July 23 - “Landscape Painting in Pastel”
This pastel workshop will focus on landscape painting working in the studio from photographs, memory and imagination. Emphasis will be placed on composition, values and light. Anderson-Bell will share his different techniques using pastel paper, tools and materials. Students will receive individual attention at their easels, as well as demonstrations and critiques. Limit 15. http://anderson-bellstudio.com

Charles Gruppé - July 30, 31, Aug 1 - Plein Air Painting with Charles Gruppé
Award winning Artist Charles Gruppé is offering a three-day landscape and marine painting workshop in oil & acrylic. Gruppe shares his unique techniques using a palette knife and brush in a rapid wet-on-wet approach to achieve a controlled, impressionistic style painting. For beginning to advanced students, daily instruction includes individual assistance and critiques. Limit 18. www.charlesgruppe.com

Judythe Evans Meagher - Aug 2 - “Color Mixing with a Limited Palette”
Award winning artist Judythe Evans Meagher is offering a special one day workshop. While demonstrations will be done in transparent watercolor, the information presented also applies to opaque media such as oils, gouache and acrylics. Students may bring a medium of their choice. Limit 6.

Lynda Goldberg - August 5, 6 - “Creating Monotypes with an Etching Press”
Explore the process of creating monotype (one-of-a-kind) prints on paper. Students will learn general printmaking techniques using an etching press. Incorporating the elements and principles of design students will create prints using natural and manmade objects. Students will explore different ways of creating texture and depth on an inked surface. Using the plates created and pulled; students will have the original print, a “ghosted” print, and a third print utilizing what is left on the plate. The possibilities are endless. Limit 6.

Frank Federico - August 7, 8, 9 - “The Painterly Pastel” 9:00am-3:00pm
Award winning artist, Frank Federico, is holding a three-day plein air pastel workshop. During this workshop, Federico will show students how he focuses on the essence of a landscape or figure, while applying emotional and aesthetically crafted content in the pastel medium. Limit 18. www.frankfederico.com

Lynn Loscutoff - August 7, 8, 9 - "Experiencing Yupo"

Charlotte Wharton - August 13, 14, 15 - “Luscious Figurative Interiors” Oil & Pastel Workshop
Paint luscious figurative interiors of charm and expression. Study will include and go beyond the standard elements of design to cover the interpretation of the inherent energy of shape, linear directives, value patterns, color relationships, texture, and the choice of marks. Limit 15. www.charlottewhartonstudio.com

Carole Berren - August 16, 17, 18, 19 - "On the Road to Realism through Abstraction"

Frank Federico - August 27, 28, 29 - “Adventures in Water Media ” *9:00am-3:00pm
Award winning artist, Frank Federico, is holding a three-day plein air water media workshop. Frank considers himself a colorist and a contemporary impressionist.

Students will be painting alla prima en plein air with acrylic and watercolor paints...with creative color, design and panache!!! All water media explored. Limit 18. www.frankfederico.com

Shelly Eager - August 21, 22 - “Pushing Color” Pastel Workshop
Join award winning artist Shelly Eager as she teaches students to push color and put down bold, confident marks in this studio workshop that celebrates the luminosity and vividness of pastels. Working from photographs, Eager will encourage students to plumb memory to produce expressive works of everyday life in any genre of scene; cityscape, county fairs, restaurant scenes, parties…any type of memory students want to capture on paper. Eager will be teaching new techniques on painting textural surfaces such as; glass, metal and reflective materials. Limit 15.

Carolyn Jundzilo - August 21, 22 - “Painting at the Essex Marshes” *12:00pm-5:00pm
Join artist Carolyn Jundzilo for a two-day outdoor oil workshop at the Essex Marshes. She chose the marshes for two reasons: “The motif is absolutely beautiful, it will inspire one to paint a masterpiece” and “One can grasp: distance, light, color, and the composition is limitless. Students will leave with a beautiful painting and experience. Any light is beautiful at the marshes. The sparkle of sunlight or the velvet colors of a cloudy day put together in an interesting composition and it is as if your painting was painted for you.” Sessions begin with a quick demo and discussion. http://web.mit.edu/jundzilo/www/

Charles Shurcliff - September 11, 12 – “Plein Air Painting”
“How do you catch the sense of light and the spark of life in a scene?” Join Charles Shurcliff working “on-the-spot” under the broad sky of Cape Ann. The emphasis will be on observation: really seeing and “getting” the key color and value relations. The class will start with quick studies, and several canvases or sheets of good paper will be needed. Shurcliff will give a half-hour demonstration at the start of class and critique at the end, with positive reinforcement throughout. Limit 12.

Caleb Stone - September 24, 25, 26 – “Plein Air Oil & Watercolor Workshop”
New England Artist Caleb Stone will instruct a three day Outdoor Painting Workshop. Each day will begin with an on-the-spot demonstration. Students will then work in the medium of their choice, with personal instruction from Stone. Workshop participants may work in oil or watercolor. Each student will be helped according to his or her ability, limitations and choice of medium. Limit 18. www.calebstoneart.com

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