Instructor: Kathy Sacks | Exploring drawing through the elements of art. Beginners and advanced are welcome!
Artwork can be arranged for pick up at the MDCA gallery after Monday, October 3. Email info@mdca.org for more information
Instructor: Maria Pirone Learn new techniques using clay in the studio. Stamp, coil and pinch. Be creative and take a masterpiece home! Kids 6 & up. 3 session course Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week from 5-6:30PM.
This is an open studio session with no instruction. Tables for crafting and Easels available for use. Bring your own materials. $10 each session or $35 for 4 sessions.
Each monthly session includes four Wednesdays 2:30PM-4PM. Try out new art techniques while learning about art history, artists, and their different styles. After-care available until 5:30pm - $10/day. Contact happyhennahands@gmail.com
Each monthly session includes four Wednesdays 4PM-5:30PM. Try out new art techniques while learning about art history, artists, and their different styles.
Instructor: John Schroeder - Learn or increase your knowledge using the pottery wheel. Skill Level: Beginner to intermediate. Show up either day to learn how to throw clay!
Create hair barrettes, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and more out of fused glass. No experience needed.
Paint on location from dusk to dawn and return your artwork to the Art Center anytime before Saturday October 15 at 1PM. We will award 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes at 4PM in the MDCA gallery Saturday October 15.
Learn the art of ceramic sculpture through hand-building with instructor Jenny Stewart. Students will learn to build functional vessels and decorative pieces using traditional pinch, coil, and slab techniques, followed by basic glazing.
Instructor: Paul Morris. Learn how to take great photos every time with your iPhone!
Instructor: Rosemarie Brown. Learn the exciting craft of stained glass. Each student will learn all the basics and leave the studio with a finished project, having learned the skills to do a second project on their own!
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Instructor: Mira Fallbeck 9:30am-11:30am Classes are held in the Activities Center at Waterman Village 445 Waterman Way Mount Dora, FL
Instructor: Souby Boski. 12:30pm-4:30pm In this workshop students will learn how to loosen up and apply their paint in a gestural, painterly manner. Techniques and observations on what it takes to "loosen-up" your paintings.
The 2022 theme for this popular, timed event is “Village Market: Capturing Images of local life”. Head over to the Mount Dora Village Market in Sunset Park (4th and Alexander St) and paint! Return your artwork by 1 PM for cash prizes.
Instructor: Rosemarie Brown. Learn how to use up scrap glass, wire and trinkets to make a unique and fun window! No experience needed. 9:30am-12:30pm
Instructor: Rosemarie Brown | Students will complete several angels. Learn to cut, assemble and solder the small pieces. No experience needed.
Drop off kids and enjoy your Saturday morning coffee. Kids will work with acrylic paint and learn techniques.
Make a beautiful glass tree to display fir the holidays. No experience needed.
Instructor: Jane Moody
Instructor: Jenny Stewart. This fun pottery class is the perfect Date Night or Girl's Night Out! Learn some basic slab work or pottery wheel instruction with hands on throwing. BYOB and let’s get creative! Adults 18+
Instructor Shawn Dell Joyce. In this fast-paced 1-day workshop. We will start with a Notan sketch, make an underpainting, then use a system where we match colors to values by numbers and paint the scene in front of us in a new and colorful way. 1-4pm
October 31 1pm to 2pm Supplies included - $45, Instructor Susan Grogan
Instructor: Susan Grogan - Oct 31, 2022 1pm to 2pm Supplies included, $45
Starts Nov 1 Tuesdays. Learn to paint with the luminosity of watercolor and further your painting ability. This class is designed for advanced intermediates to advanced students. Instructor: Susan Grogan - Members $130 Non-members $160
Instructor: Susan Grogan - Session 2 Basic Watercolor Nov 7 through Dec. 5, 2022, 1pm to 3:30 (5 week session) Members $106 | Non-members $136 - Skill Level: Beginner Learn how to paint in watercolor!
Each student will learn to cut glass, about proper adhesive and grouting a finished picture frame. No experience needed. Use of tools and all materials included.9:30am-3pm
Each student will complete several ornaments. No experience needed. Use of tools and all materials included. 9:30am-12:30pm
Formed in 2007, Toppermost has performed more than 800 shows nationally and brings happiness and the greatest songs to audiences of all ages. Join us for this fundraising event in support of the Mount Dora Center for the Arts.
Students will learn to use sun catcher lead, assembly process and solder techniques. No experience needed. Use of tools and all materials included. 9:30am-12:30pm
Students will create a glass sculpture that will sit in a stand, learn cutting and assembly techniques. No experience needed. Use of tools and all materials included. 9:30-3:00rn
Grab that fancy dress or your best dapper attire and join us on New Years Eve to help support MDCA’s mission to bring art education, thoughtful exhibits, and creativity to all in the community. 7pm-11pm. Fireworks at midnight in Sunset Park!
Champion Local Art on New Years Eve by sponsoring MDCA’s mission to bring art education, thoughtful exhibits, and creativity to all in the community. 7pm-11pm. Fireworks at midnight in Sunset Park!
Advertise your business in this years New stART Gala 2022 Program or on the MDCA website
Valid for any Class on the Schedule
Sponsorship dollars help us to purchase supplies and compensate our art instructors for low-cost/ no-cost art instruction for seniors, veterans, and underserved communities in our area. Thank you!
Instructor: Paul Allen Taylor“ - Finally, watercolor made simple.” Line and Wash was once a popular method of creating a watercolor painting. Artists have used many different tools to create entertaining drawings before adding the watercolor.
Instructor: Shawn Dell Joyce Make breathtaking paintings with dramatic light and color like sunset and marsh/lake scenes, then add wildlife (birds, gators, etc) and learn to Match the lighting to make it look like they were there all along!
The Mount Dora Art League is comprised of artists and art supporters who pay an annual $25 membership fee to cover monthly art demonstrations and workshops to encourage creativity in the community.
