Mena Art Gallery
607 Mena Street
Mena, Arkansas 71953
479 394-3880
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Mena Art Gallery Education


Weekly Art Day
When:  Tuesday, February 12, 2008Time: 10:00:00 AM
Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. join us at the Mena Art Gallery for Art Day. Anywhere from 3 to a dozen artists gather to work on their current projects, help each other, share ideas and enjoy the conversation. Bring your materials and join us. Admission is free.




Children's Art Classes
When:  Saturday, August 23, 2008Time: 10:00:00 AM
Featuring: Catherine Trietsch
Catherine Trietsch of the Mena Art Gallery will be finishing up the Saturday's "Children's Art Classes" for ages 6 to 12 this week. The dates for future classes will be posted but are expected to resume on the third and fourth Saturdays of the month beginning again in November. Classes will meet from 1PM - 3PM. There is a charge of $2.00 per student per class for supplies and the class size is limited to 6.

Please call 394-4456 for information or check back on our website for updated information.





Drawing Class
When:  Tuesday, August 26, 2008Time: 6:00:00 PM
Featuring: Lorraine Timmerman
A drawing class will be offered for High School students and adults with beginning to intermediate skills who would like to improve their ability to depict objects more realistically on a 2 dimensional surface. The class will move from line drawing to seeing and rendering objects 3 dimensionally through the use of shading and perspective. Though work will be done in pencil, the skills and principles practiced in the class will be applicable to any drawing or painting medium. The instructor will be Lorraine Timmerman. She has experience drawing in several media and has drawn and painted many backdrops for the Ouachita Little Theatre.

When: The class will meet at the gallery on Tuesday from 6 to 8 PM beginning August 26th for 8 weeks, ending October 14th.

Cost: $40.00

Materials needed: Practice paper-8 1/2 x 11" or larger(can be copy machine paper), kneaded gum eraser, Graphite pencils, HB,2B,4B,6B. Drawing paper for finished work - 9 x 12" or larger (may be purchased later).

Call the gallery at 479-394-3880 and get your name on the list.



 


Support for Mena Art Gallery (formerly SouthWest Artists) is provided, in part, by the Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Walton Family Foundation.
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