Looking for something fun to do for you or your children? Take an art class! The Booth Art Academy offers a variety of art classes throughout the year for both children and adults. All art classes are open to the public but Booth Museum members receive a discount on registration. Prices and class offerings vary.
All classes are held at the TRC building at 1 North Gilmer Street unless otherwise noted. To sign up for an art class, call central scheduling at 770-387-3849. Registration will end one week before the first day of class. The registration fee is fully refundable up to 14 days prior to the class.
Adults | Children | Home School Fridays | Summer Camps
Adults
Booth Artist Guild Presents: 1-Day Portrait Workshop with Artist Julia Knight
This special 2D workshop is designed to help students understand the nuances of the structure of the skull and understand the information gleaned from a photograph in order to draw, paint, and/or sculpt the likeness of a person more effectively.
Saturday, August 10, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch break)
Materials list to be provided
Minimum of 10 students, Maximum of 18 students
FEE: $90.00 for Museum members
$120.00 for non-members
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Booth Artist Guild Presents: 3-Day Landscape Workshop with Artist Chris Groves
This class will include discussions on materials, palette, and composition. Techniques of drawing along with preliminary charcoal sketches, value and color studies, and fundamentals of color mixing will be covered. A classical approach of monochromatic under-painting, directed observation and application of color, followed by glazing techniques will be discussed. The class will consist of lectures, slide analysis, and individual critiques, while the student paints his or her own landscape.
Friday-Sunday, September 13-15, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch break)
Materials list to be provided
Minimum of 8 students, Maximum of 15 students
FEE: $325.00 for Museum members
$350.00 for non-members
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Booth Artist Guild Presents: 2-Day Abstract Painting Workshop with Artist Alton Coleman
In this exciting workshop, students will learn to broaden their imagination through the use of techniques, materials, and color while creating works in abstraction. Focus will be on the elements of texture, shape, value, color, and the principles of design.
Saturday-Sunday, October 12-13, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch break)
Materials list to be provided
Minimum of 5 students, Maximum of 15 students
FEE: $225.00 for Museum members
$250.00 for non-members
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Booth Artist Guild Presents: 1-Day Encaustic Painting Workshop with Artist Helen DeRamus
Get started with this marvelous medium with demonstrations and hands-on painting. Learn to use encaustic with mixed media and create finished paintings. Topics covered include supports, making paint and medium, fusing, transferring photos, the safe studio, and much, much more.
Saturday, November 16, 2013
9:00 am – 4:00 pm (1 hr lunch break)
Materials list to be provided
Minimum of 5 students, Maximum of 12 students
FEE: $125.00 for Museum members
$150.00 for non-members
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Children
Summer Camps
For a complete listing of the 2013 Summer Camp schedule, click here!
Home School
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Home School Fridays (Ages 7 – 12)Explore different art mediums and techniques in these unique classes just for home school students. Take home a completed art project after each class.
First Friday of the Month, 1:00 – 2:30pm |
Directions to the Booth Art Academy:
Arriving From I-75
- Take I-75 to exit #288 to Main Street, Cartersville, Georgia.
- Follow Main Street (Highway #113 / #61) into the business district – approximately 2.2 miles.
- Turn right on Gilmer Street and go through the traffic light at the corner of Cherokee and Gilmer.
- The Resource Center building and parking lot is on the right.
Arriving From the West on Highway # 113/ #61
- Take Highway #113 / #61 to Main Street, Cartersville, Georgia.
- Follow Main Street into the business district.
- After crossing the railroad tracks, proceed to the 1 st traffic light and turn left onto Gilmer Street.
- Go through the traffic light at the corner of Cherokee and Gilmer.
- The Resource Center building and parking lot is on the right.