BOOTH ART ACADEMY

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 do 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.

CHILDREN

Drawing and Painting (Ages 8 – 15)

Kids find their own unique artistic style by exploring various drawing and painting techniques.  Students learn fundamental drawing skills such as value, color, composition, scale, and perspective.  Learn how to use different media to illustrate what you see, then have fun experimenting with color mixing, balance, composition and shading.

4 Tuesdays, September 21 – October 12
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Fee: $50 for members and $65 for non-members
Price includes supplies
Instructor: Peggy Cline
Min. 5, Max. 12

Jr. Pottery (Ages 7 & up)
Come have some messy muddy fun!  Students learn the basic ceramic techniques of pinch, coil, and slab building and have a day to experience the potter’s wheel.  Students will take home several completed pieces.
4 Wednesdays, October 6 - 27
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Fee: $60 for members and $75 for non-members
Price includes supplies
Instructor: Natalie Goodwin
Min. 5, Max. 12

Home school
Home School Fridays (Ages 7 – 12)
Our home-school Fridays program has expanded!  Now we are offering special art programs just for Home School students the first and third Friday of the month.  The first Friday program is an interactive tour program at the Booth Museum and the third Friday program is an art program at the Booth Art Academy located in the TRC building.
Fee: $6 for members and $8 for non-members for each Friday
Price includes supplies
Instructors: Natalie Goodwin and Peggy Cline
Min. 15, Max. 30
First Friday of the Month
(Held at the Booth Museum)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
October 1 – Ansel Adams Program
November 5 – Sculpture Program
December 3 – Architecture program

Third Friday of the Month
(Held at the Booth Art Academy/TRC Building)
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
October 15 – Landscapes in Photography
November 19 – Model Magic and Paper sculptures
December 17 – Geodesic Dome Ornament

Home School Pottery (Ages 7 & up)
Learn the skills necessary to become a ceramic artist.  Students create projects out of clay the first Thursday and glaze their projects the last Thursday.  Parents will be notified to pick up the projects after the final firing.
Two Thursdays, November 4 and November 11
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Fee: $30 for members and $40 for non-members
Additional children in the same household receive half off.
Price includes supplies
Instructors: Natalie Goodwin and Peggy Cline
Min. 8, Max. 20

ADULT

Studio and Plein Air Growth Acceleration Advance to a new level on an accelerated path as you enjoy the beauty of North Georgia. Learn to paint better paintings on location with renowned artist Bill Davidson.  Bill simplifies the process of how to feel your way into a good composition, demonstrates paint viscosity, application, how to apply strokes to obtain LOOSENESS, energy and how to create LUMINESCENCE in your paintings.  Bill constantly improves and simplifies his methods.  Geared for all levels, you will be able to develop at your own level and speed and grow in a healthy, joyful and positive environment. This class includes the updated “GREAT PAINTINGS MADE EASIER” manual.  Bill recently won “Best Landscape Award at the prestigious Salon International Show.” See his website for what students are saying. There is limited availability, sign up today! Three-day weekend workshop, October 8 – 10 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Fee:  $320 for members and $345 for non-members Weather Permitting: Students will spend one day inside and two days Plein Air. Supply list provided upon registration.  Instructor: Bill Davidson Min. 5, Max. 15

Artist workshop with John Coleman
colemanstudios.com/
 “I like to tell stories in my work using metaphors that help explain who we are and from where we came. Creating an object means little to me unless I can portray an underlying emotion or analogy. Each piece tells a story in the three dimensional, a visual mythology written by my hands and spiritual imagination, somehow linking us to the past and bringing us to a greater understanding of our ancestors." ~ John Coleman
Learn basic sculpting techniques in this one-day workshop with John Coleman, featured artist of the 8th Annual Cowboy Festival and Symposium.  Participants will be provided with clay and an armature and given basic instruction in how to sculpt a Native American head.
Friday, October 22
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fee: $125 for members, $150 for non-members
Lunch is included.
Armature, clay, and reference photos provided.  Supply list of tools provided upon registration.
Instructor: John Coleman
Min. 5, Max 15

Beginning and Intermediate Drawing
Try your hand at something new this summer in this fascinating drawing class for both beginners and artists with intermediate skill levels.   Learn the basic theory, methods and materials used in drawing. Discover a new hobby that you’ll enjoy for years to come.
6 Wednesdays, October 6 – November 10
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Fee: $120 for members and $145 for non-members
Materials list provided
Instructor: Carla Sanchez
Min. 5, Max. 15

Digital Photography Techniques
www.marianaphotography.com
Take your photography to a new level and join renowned photographer and popular educator of photography, John Mariana, for a Saturday workshop on Digital Photography techniques.  Learn digital camera basics, camera setup, image capture, image manipulation, output, and storage.  Photograph at the Booth Museum and use those images to participate in an optional critique at the end of the class.  This workshop is open to beginning and intermediate photographers using an SLR digital camera (not a point-and-shoot). 
Saturday workshop, November 6
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fee: $100 for members and $125 for non-members
Bring your digital camera
Instructor: John Mariana
Min. 5, Max. 20

Pastel workshop This workshop is for the beginner and intermediate pastel painter who is interested in learning and improving painting and “seeing” skills, developing stronger compositions and moving toward a more personal and unique statement about the landscape.  Each day will focus on a different topic, illustrated during a short morning demo/discussion with further individual attention at student’s easel.  This workshop is geared for the student to gain confidence with simplifying shapes, value and color relationships as well as understanding how and why a landscape is painted in a particular way.  Three-day weekend workshop, November 12 – 14 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Fee: $270 for members and $295 for non-members Supply list provided upon registration Instructor: Virginia Dauth Min. 5, Max. 15

 

BAG

The Booth Artists Guild (BAG) is a new organization intended for artists of all levels and experience to continue art education, have their work displayed in yearly exhibitions at the Booth Museum, and to meet and network with fellow artists.

BAG meets the first Tuesday of every month at 6 pm at the Booth Art Academy.

August 3: Nikki Davidson teaches how to paint water

September 7: Members are asked to bring up to two pieces of their own work for group critiques.

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.