ARTworks applies the many creative tools of The Arts to strengthen artists and to enrich audiences, collectors, and visitors through high quality arts experiences and arts education programs 365 days a year.

Workshops for Adults (16+ unless otherwise noted)

Learn the Art of Decorative Painting
Carving & Sculpting Soapstone
Hand Building with Clay
Wheel Thrown Pottery
Art/Story arts marketing workshop: the know-how you need to simplify and strengthen your arts marketing plan
Floral/Pictorial Image Felted to Canvas

May - June 2013

Learn the Art of Decorative Painting
Rhonda Smith, Instructor
Tuesdays, May 21st, May 28th, June 4th
10am to 1pm ~ $65; Limit 4 students
Register with ARTworks, 843-379-2787
Join Art Works newest teacher to learn the art of decorative painting.Rhonda takes you step by step to create a beautiful sea shell keepsake box.Class is limited to four students to assure individal attention. All supplies are included.This will take three class to complete and classes are three hours. Three classes with all supplies will be $65.00 payable at least three days before class. You can e-mail rhondasmith@hargray.com to let her know other times you would prefer.

Carving & Sculpting Soapstone
Karen Brodie , Instructor
Saturday, May 25
10am to 5pm ~ $115/person (beginners), $90/person (continuing)
Register with ARTworks, 843-379-2787
Karen Brodie, a second generation stone sculptor, guides and supports you as you explore your artistic side to create truly unique sculpture.
The Morning Session: Introduction to carving and sculpting a soapstone cormorant (or water bird): Are you ready to reveal your hidden sculpting/carving talents? Learn the basic materials, tools and techniques to create and finish sculpting/carving a cormorant and a base. Every carving is unique- take your cormorant home to impress your family and friends!
Afternoon Session: So you can't stop admiring your cormorant? You're hooked, you want more! Now what? The afternoon session concentrates on soapstone sculpting/carvings that you will create, further developing sculpting/carving skills and finishing techniques. Work with a larger piece of stone while expanding your knowledge of stones and their properties.
Not a beginner? Hooked on carving stone? Then concentrate on further expanding and developing your sculpting/carving skills and finishing techniques. Work on the soapstone sculpture where you last left off or begin with another block of soapstone, (to be purchased) while expanding your knowledge of stones and their properties. Karen Brodie is a second generation sculptor and artist, her love and passion for art is conveyed through stone. From figurative nudes to mythical creatures, her creativity crosses a wide, eclectic range of genres. She is a Contemporary Realism Sculptor and is considered a direct carver since she does not use models; instead, she prefers to sculpt from her own imagination. Each stone is carefully chosen so her vision compliments the stones personality; she works with the stone, as opposed to forcing the stone to work for her.

Handbuilding with Clay
Trevor Foster, Instructor ~ 6 sessions
Thursdays Thursdays, May 23-June 27
10am - Noon ~ $125 plus $25 per 25lbs of clay
Registration ~ thealligatorhunter@hotmail.com, 803-707-5961
Learn basic hand building techniques. Glazing techniques are taught during the last two sessions. Glazes and firing are included in the clay purchase.

Wheelthrown Pottery
Trevor Foster, Instructor ~ 5 sessions
Thursdays Thursdays, May 23-June 27
Day Class 1:15 - 3:15pm ~ Evening Class 6 - 8pm
$125 plus $25 per 25lbs of clay
Thursdays January January 10th thru February 14th
Learn basic wheel techniques or refine your skills & explore new techniques if you have worked on a wheel previously. Glazing techniques are taught during the last two sessions. Glazes and firing are included in the clay purchase.

Art/Story arts marketing workshop: the know-how you need to simplify and strengthen your arts marketing plan
Lisa Rentz, Instructor
Wednesday, June 5
1:30 to 3:30
$30; $20 for ARTworks resident artists
Registration ~ 525-6911
How can artists communicate through their work? How do artists reach the media? This workshop helps artists form the right marketing plan and realistic expectations. Twitter, zeega, facebook, websites, brochures— it's all still word of mouth, so how can you best express it? Learn more about which strategies will work for you through examples and discussion with ARTworks' transmedia publicity leader Lisa Annelouise Rentz. She has 15 years experience in promoting the arts in South Carolina, including the Piccolo Fiction Open in Spoleto, ARTworks in Beaufort, Natalie Daise, and The Charles Street Gallery. Art is a wonderful subject, let's keep people talking about it.

Floral/Pictorial Image Felted to Canvas
Laurie Lovell, Instructor
Saturday, June 29
12:30-3:30pm
$40/person (includes basic materials. Extra yarn will be available the day of class for a small fee)
Registration ~ Call ARTworks at 379-2787
Learn the techniques of felting wool fleece, blending color, felting with fleece and yarn. Class is open to Adults.