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  CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS

IMPORTANT: Classes and workshops are in-person unless otherwise noted.  Full vaccination required for in-person instruction.  Limited seating and masks optional. Online learning is offered on Zoom.
Colleen Gianatiempo
 
About the instructor:  Art has always been a part of Colleen’s life paralleling her development as a person, through education, becoming an adult, raising children and her professional career. She has successfully merged them all somehow and has been addicted to education her entire life. She is honored to hold an MFA in painting from the Academy of Art in San Francisco. Now with a business degree, a graphic design degree and an MFA, Colleen has all the knowledge and motivation she needed to pursue her fine art practice and teach and inspire students from around the globe. Visit Colleen's website here!
Fat Tea Pot by Elaine Carpenter
 
4 Sessions  ~ Off-Site
Painting in Oils! Explore and Enhance Your Work with
Elaine Carpenter

September 22, 23, 29 & 30
Thursdays & Fridays
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Fee:
$180 Members; $205 Non-members

Next Session: Begins in October


Learn to paint with confidence using this classic and versatile medium. 


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Image by Colleen Gianatiempo

10 Sessions  ONLINE
Mish Mash 2.0 with
Colleen Gianatiempo


Oct. 4, 11, 18, 25; Nov. 1, 8, 15, 29
& Dec. 6, 13

Tuesdays, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PT

Fee:
$300 Members; $330 Non-members


Learn to use different materials and  new techniques of featured artists:

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Cartoon by Gary Francis
 
1 Session Workshops
Creative Cartooning with
Gary Francis

Saturday, 
October 8
2:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Fee:
$45 Members; $55 Non-members

Next Workshop: 
Saturday, October 22


Learn to construct solid characters in classic Looney Tunes and Disney cartoon style.


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Doll drawing by Carol Squicci
 
6 Sessions
Learn to Draw! with Carol Squicci

Oct. 25 & Nov. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29

Tuesdays, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Fee:
$120 Members; $150 Non-members


Learn basic drawing skills, produce good sketches, and build your confidence.


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Pumpkins by Margaret W. Fago

6 Sessions  
Color Dynamics in Watercolor
with
Margaret W. Fago


View free online demo here!

Beginning - Intermediate

Nov. 7, 14, 28 and Dec. 5, 12, 19
Mondays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Intermediate - Advanced

Nov. 8, 15, 29 and Dec. 6, 13, 20
Tuesdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Fees:
$120 Members; $162 Non-members


Come develop your painting voice while learning watercolor techniques. 

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Alameda Island Poets 
1st Wed., October 5 ~ 7 pm - 9 pm
Hosts: Nanette Deetz and Cathy Dana                                    Read more...

Alameda Island Poets Workshop 
2nd Thurs., October 13 ~ 7 pm - 9 pm
Hosts:  
Marilyn Flower and Cathy Dana                                  Read more...
Watercolor by Colleen Gianatiempo

10 Sessions ONLINE
Comprehensive Watercolor with Colleen Gianatiempo


Sept. 29; Oct. 6, 20, 27; Nov. 3, 10, 17 & Dec. 1, 8, 15
Thursdays, 9:00 am - 11:00 am PT

Fee:
$300 Members; $330 Non-members


Extensive course on the nuts and bolts of watercolor painting.


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Mixed media by Colleen Gianatiempo

10 Sessions  ONLINE
Mixed Media Techniques with
Colleen Gianatiempo


Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; Nov. 7, 14, 28 
& Dec. 5, 12

Mondays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Fee:
$300 Members; $330 Non-members


Learn new techniques with mixed media such as Relief; Graffiti; Ebru; Impasto and many more.


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Painting by Colleen Gianatiempo

10 Sessions ~ ONLINE  
Painting Potpourri with
Colleen Gianatiempo


Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov. 2, 9, 16, 30
& Dec. 7, 14

Wednesdays, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT

Fee:
$300 Members; $330 Non-members


Focus on color theory, composition, painting techniques, differing subject matter in heavy body acrylics. 

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Painting by Elaine Carpenter
 
1 Session  ~ Off-Site
Oil Painting Lab ~ "Working toward your next level in oils:
: with
Elaine Carpenter

Friday, October 21
9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Fee:  $60 per student


Help find techniques and best practices that will help you work through your unique challenges as a painter.

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Watercolor by Wendy Soneson
 
3 Sessions ONLINE
Absolute Basics of Watercolor with
Wendy Soneson

Mondays, November 7, 14, 21
10:00 am- 11:30 am

Fee:
$100 Members; $120 Non-members


We will start from the beginning in this process-oriented approach.


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           Watercolor, sticks and ink by Emily Weil

1 Session
Paint with Watercolor! Draw with 
Sticks  and Ink! with Emily Weil


Saturday, November 12
​10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Fee:
$55 Members; $65 Non-members

               
Learn watercolor and drawing-with-ink with a slight twist -- using sticks and found objects instead of pens.


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Snowscape by Colleen Gianatiempo

1 Session ONLINE
Snowscape in Mixed Media with
Collen Gianatiempo

Tuesday, December 6
6:oo pm - 8:00 pm PT

Fee:
$40 Members; $50 Non-members


Discover a new approach to creating an abstract landscape snow painting.

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Interested in teaching in with the Frank Bette Center?  Contact  programs or visit our website here.
In our Main and Signature Galleries...


En Plein Air

Exhibit up until

Saturday, October 1


 
Red Umbrella by Marie Massey                                                                                Read more...   
Rediscover ~ October 7 – December 18

Receiving day: Sunday, October 2 ~ 11 am - 5 pm

Theme: Fresh view, reawaken, hidden, treasures, childlike joy, new loves, “same old same old,” what’s underneath, abstraction, “not that again”, gold mine, “music to my ears,” sunshine after the rain, new focus, “ah there you are,” bugs, butterflies.
Read more...                                                                                  Sunlight in the Aspens by Margaret Fago                           
POSTCARD ART: If you would like your art to be used to promote this exhibit, please send your image to: communications@frankbettecenter.org.
ONE DAY ONLY!!!

Saturday, October 29

11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Artist studio room available for rent upstairs at the Frank Bette Center for the Arts.   For details contact our Gallery Director Ros Harper.
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On to Phase Three


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such a great job illuminating our upstairs rooms.  But we aren't done.  Phase Three will entail illuminating the stairwell. Please donate. Thank you.
 
Thanks to our sponsors for the
2022  Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout
Thanks to our 2022 Alameda On Camera Sponsors

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eon Computer Technologies
of Alameda!
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