Classes and Workshops

Ongoing

Open Figure Drawing Sessions 

Weekly on Thursdays, 7:30 - 10:00

[NOTE: FIGURE DRAWING SESSIONS ARE CANCELLED FROM JULY 3-AUGUST 14 DURING THE JAZZ SERIES]

Monitored drop-in sessions 

$12 members; $14 non-members; $6 students with I.D.

For information contact Janet Hamlin or Ashley Newcomb.

Visit our blog to view drawings created during the sessions and read or contribute comments.


Poetry for People

Third Monday of each month from 7:00 - 9:30 pm, check calendar for next workshop.   A poetry workshop for practicing poets and all who wish to explore their desire to write poetry.  Space is limited, pre-registration required.  For more information, contact Jim Glaser or the Hopper House. 

Upcoming

Poetry & Music Workshop & Lecture with David Amram*

Thursday, August 14: 6-7 pm. 

David Amram (www.davidamram.com) is a legendary musician, composer, and writer who has worked with such notables as Thelonious Monk, Dizzy Gillespie, Charles Mingus, Leonard Bernstein, and Arthur Miller. He and Jack Kerouac, along with poets
Howard Hart and Philip Lamantia, pioneered the first jazz-poetry reading in New
York City in 1957.  This workshop will provide a rare opportunity for participants to
experience his collaborative process first-hand.

Amram will also participate in the final Music in the Garden concert with Erik Lawrence’s group Hipmotism (www.hipmotism.com) at 7:30 pm on August 14.

$18 Hopper House members; $20 non-members.  Pre-registration suggested.

 

Portraits in Oil Pastel Workshop*

Saturday, September 6, 10 am - 12 pm

Instructors: John and Sheila Elliot

Learn about the medium, watch a short demonstration, and then try your hand on your own portrait. 

$20 Hopper House members, $24 non-members.  Pre-registration required.

 

Creating your own Small Works of Great Importance*

Saturday, October 4, 10 am - 12:30 pm

Instructor: Jeanie Neyer

Create your own small works using a variety of media, including paper, felt-tipped markers, graphite, and colored pencils, oil pastels and collage elements. 

$24 Hopper House members: $28 non-members.  Pre-registration required. 

 

 

*These programs are made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.

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