Now at Classes Near You > California:
Andie Thrams, Coloma, CA
Andie is a painter and book artist devoted to creative work in wild places.
Her work is widely exhibited and honored, and is held in many private and public collections. She is currently at work on two series, IN FORESTS and FIELD STUDIES. Her new website will be launched soon. View Andie’s 2011 IN FORESTS calendar on her Etsy page.
- Spring Flora: Watercolors in the Garden – April 2 & 3, 2011.
9:30 AM – 4:00 PM. Quickly capture gesture and form using watercolor, gouache, ink, and colored pencil. Classes can be taken separately as a one-day class. Cost: $100 per day members / $105 nonmembers. Tilden Regional Park Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA. View course details and register. - Printers Night with Andie Thrams (Free event) – May 12, 2011. San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. Go to SFCB website
- Transformation: The Journal into Artist’s Book. May 14-15, 2011. San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA. Go to SFCB website
- Summer Magic: Surface Design & Accordion Books. June 3-5, 2011. Santa Fe Book Arts Group, Santa Fe, NM. Go to SFBAG website
- A Sense of Place: Art and Hiking Retreat – June 10-12, 2011. Awaken your senses on this weekend camping trip in Yosemite! Balanced Rock Foundation, Yosemite National Park, CA. Cost: $450. View details
- Finding Your Colors (Color Mixing Mysteries Solved!) – June 23-24, 2011. Focus on the Book Arts Conference, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR. Conference website
- The Artist’s Journal – June 25-26, 2011. Focus on the Book Arts Conference, Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR Conference website
- Book Arts for Kids – July 2-3, 2011; 10 AM – 4 PM. Use ink, watercolor, sticks, feathers, stones, reeds, pen, brush, crayon, and other objects to create book structures. Ages: 8 & up. Cost: $107. Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Cascade Head, OR View details
- Watercolors in the Wild – July 7-1-, 2011. Learn to paint in wild places through the creation of a series of outdoor studies. Cost: $390. Ages: 12 & up. Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Cascade Head, OR
View details - Field Studies: Sierra Flora & The Artist’s Book – July 20-24, 2011. Focused field study of plants and habitats in the Sierra Nevada. Supply lists, camping gear requirements are available online. Cost $370. San Francisco State University Field Camp, Sattley, CA. View course details and accommodations.
- Ongoing: Private Art Instruction & Creativity Coaching –
Individually tailored instruction is available to a limited number of students. Lessons are conducted via email and/or in Andie’s studio or your workspace. Contact Andie Thrams.
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