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Below you will find an archive of Sanctuary Arts monthly Newsletter(s). Browse through the issues below.


Feb 03 2024 Email (Feb 2024)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.     Artists &  Printmakers! Big Ink is coming to Sanctuary Arts  November 2 & 3 2024    Bring a carved woodblock to Sanctuary Arts on November 2 or 3. On the BIG TUNA press, you will print your woodblock (as small as 24”x36” or as BIG as 40”x96”). Registration is

Jan 10 2024 Email (Jan 2024)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. DIRECTOR'S NOTES     "Return from Africa" by Christopher Gowell painted in Joshua Langstaff's class   Sanctuary Arts is lucky to have some great figure artists teaching here. I’ve always thought that if you can learn to create beautiful and powerful work with the figure, you ca

Dec 08 2023 Email 1 (Dec 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. DIRECTOR'S NOTES    "Leafblower" by Christopher Gowell   I’m especially fond of taking Winter classes when it seems like there is more time for introspection and creativity. Our classes offer a wide range of ways to exercise that creative spark and connect with others who have simila

Dec 05 2023 Email (Dec 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Julie Lawson Designs      Come meet Julie Anne who resides and has a studio at Sanctuary Arts and is a creative designer and excellent seamstress.   Lindsey Howarth, Kim Hanson & their students present their ceramic wares      Come meet the students who

Sep 18 2023 Email (Sep 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Figure Painting in Oil     Joshua Langstaff's Figure Painting in Oil (SA 6) class begins Thursday September 28 at 10 am. Joshua is such a great teacher. He now has 30 students taking online classes with him through Juliette Aristides' Atelier workshops. We are lucky to get to study with

Aug 26 2023 Email (Aug 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Iron Pour Benefit & Open House September 23   Photo by Jasmine Inglesmith  Come to the Iron Pour Benefit & Open House for Sanctuary Arts Connects, our scholarship Non Profit, Saturday September 23, 11 – 4 (Sand Tiles completed by 1: Rain date September 24)     Jewelry & Met

Aug 01 2023 Email (Aug 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Sculpting the Standing Male Nude &  Portrait Sculpting  (High School Students)       Anthony Alemany offers two figure sculpture classes. Sculpting the Standing Male Nude (SA 14) and Portrait Sculpting (High School Students) (SA 15). Anthony is a gifted artis

Jul 12 2023 Email (Jul 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  New Wheel Throwing Class- Beginner Spin Session (SA 26) Tuesdays August 8 - September 26        Get acquainted with our studio and learn the basics of throwing clay on the pottery wheel. In this beginner class, lessons will include centering clay, wheel throwing techniq

May 21 2023 Email (May 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.   Jewelry with Alice Carroll        Alice Carroll offers her usual Intro to Jewelry classes (SA 11 A & B) as well as Prong Set Sea Glass, Beachstone, or Cabachon (SA 12), a Saturday workshop that covers everything you need to know to bring home a beautiful crafted piece of

May 09 2023 Email (May 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Animal Portraits & Colored Pencil Techniques      Botanical Artist Carol Ann Morley has been teaching drawing at Sanctuary Arts for many years and is treasured for her ability to teach drawing fundamentals and Botanical illustration in graphite and colored pencil. She's

Mar 21 2023 Email (Mar 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.     Drawing Spring Flowers begins April 6       Drawing Spring Flowers with Carol Ann Morley is a 4 week class that meets Thursdays, 2 – 5 beginning April 6. Working in graphite or colored pencils, or the medium of your choice, learn how to observe the beauty of natu

Jan 23 2023 Email (Jan 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.   Jewelry & Metalsmithing     Jewelry & Metalsmithing (SA 20) taught by Alice Carroll still has room for more students. Alice loves to teach her passion. She considers teaching classes as an art form, and enjoys every moment in the studio with students. She produces and sells her w

Jan 02 2023 Email (Jan 2023)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Free for High School students:  Introduction to Life Drawing     We still have 3 spaces left for Introduction to Life Drawing for High School Students (SA 6), our new free class. If you know of a student who could benefit from this, please send them our way. Anthony Alemany, our wo

Dec 02 2022 Email (Dec 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.   Water & Light (SA 3) with Kimberly Meuse     We are very happy to welcome watercolorist Kimberly Meuse to our roster of talented artist instructors. She’s a virtuoso watercolorist who has a lot of technical information to impart to those willing to undertake this difficult and th

Nov 24 2022 Email 1 (Nov 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Sandy Cole Designs      Do you love color?Sandy's enamel and copper work will delight you!   Lindsey Howarth Pottery     Come meet Lindsey Howarth of Howarth Hill Pottery. She teaches Wheel Thrown Pottery here at Sanctuary Arts. She and Sheridan Cudworth will

Sep 24 2022 Email (Sep 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Botanical Drawing with Carol Morley   Consider taking botanical illustrator Carol Ann Morley's two offerings this Fall- Botanical Drawing (SA 5), and Colored Pencil Techniques (SA 9). Carol is one of the best drawing instructors, and certainly one of the best colored pencil drawing i

Aug 25 2022 Email (Aug 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Iron Pour! photo by Jasmine Inglesmith September 10 from 11 - 4 Create your own iron tile from scratch! Enjoy the day with us and scratch your own design into a sand mold. Hang around and watch as we cast 2300 degree iron into your mold!!    From 11 – 1, carve into our tile sand

Jul 25 2022 Email (Jul 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.  Pizza Party!     Join us in the garden for a splendid pizza party fundraiser to benefit our Scholarship program at Sanctuary Arts Connects. Featuring live music with Satigata (satigata.com), dancing, hot pies from the gas kiln, friends and community gathered together in support o

Jun 25 2022 Email (Jun 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Director's Notes     I just finished taking En Plein Air Landscape Painting with Sean Beavers and am reminded why I started this art school. It was such a pleasure to get excellent instruction from a stellar painter who loves to share his passion and cool technical tricks with a group o

May 17 2022 Email 1 (May 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Ceramics   We've been investing in our ceramics department and are so happy to welcome 2 new wheel throwing instructors, Lindsey Howarth and Sheridan Cudworth.      Lindsey Howarth: (SA 22) All Levels Wheel Throwing, 8 Weeks, Wednesdays  6 – 9, June 8 – 27    

Apr 25 2022 Email 1 (Apr 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. 5 New Instructors   Alyssa Grenning Alyssa Grenning teaches Imaginative Drawing (SA 12) Thursday nights beginning June 9th. Her work celebrates whimsy and curiosity, mixed with risk taking. Her class will introduce students to working from memory and life experience. Mark making technique

March 1, 2022 Email (Feb 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Images of recent classes to whet your imagination       Joshua Langstaff's Classical Portrait Drawing with model Sam. We miss you Sam!   Block Printing with Amanda Rouse     Jewelry & Metalsmithing with Alice Carroll   Abstraction: Dissect/Rebuild with Tom Gl

Jan 25 2022 Email (Jan 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.     Sydney Sparrow offers Painting the Still Life in Oil (SA 7). She is, by far, the best at teaching color mixing I have found. She will help you work to complete realistic, vibrant paintings from life. Addressing both direct painting as well as layered painting, from a drawing to an

January 2022 Email (Jan 2022)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.     Carol Ann Morley offers an unusual class- Botanical Drawing; Rendering with Pen & Ink (SA 9). A consummate botanical artist, Carol is awesome with pen and ink and is ready to teach you her techniques with the crow quill pen. Have fun exploring the variety of pen and ink techniques an

Nov 28 2021 Email (Nov 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here.     Come to our annual Winter Art Fair on Saturday,  December 11th from 11-4. . This years vendors include Alice Carol; Carter Humphreys; Annie Thompson; Lindley Briggs; Carol Endicott; Melinda Salazar; John Forti; Emily Boucher, Ellen Mitchell and Julie Marvin. Goods include Jewelr

Sep 24 2021 Email (Sep 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. PORTFOLIO PREP FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS     High school students can get half-off any class they want to take regardless of need (providing they are available). Go to Portfolio prep for High school students — sanctuaryartsconnects     Representational Oil Painting with Sean B

Aug 14 2021 Email (Aug 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Annual Iron Pour Benefit Join us on September 11 for our annual Iron Pour Benefit and Open House. This is a benefit for Sanctuary Arts Connects, our new scholarship nonprofit. The event is from 11 – 4 (sand tiles must be completed by 1 pm. The rain date is September 12. Half-off Portfolio Prepara

Jul 05 2021 Email (Jul 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Pizza Party!!! July 31st Pizza Party fundraiser On July 31st from 5 – 8 we are hosting a fundraiser for our Sanctuary Arts Connects scholarship program. We will be serving pizzas made in our lovely gas fired ceramics kiln. Don Severance brings his guitar and will serenade us with his usual mus

May 11 2021 Email (May 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Alastair Dacey Alastair Dacey offers Plein Air- Break it Down (SA 5). Consider taking one of his 6 week Wednesday classes beginning July 7. Choose either a morning or an afternoon class, or both and experience classes with a painter who loves to communicate his techniques and his passion for oil

Apr 14 2021 Email (Apr 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Sean Beavers Sean Beavers offers a 4 day intensive En Plein Air Landscape Painting Workshop (SA1). Each session is split into 2 parts- a discussion of materials and techniques along with demonstrations at the chosen seacoast area location, and then painting onsite with Sean's generous critique

Feb 10 2021 Email (Feb 2021)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. New Scholarship Program Our scholarship fundraiser was a great success! If you need a scholarship to take a class here at Sanctuary Arts, please go online to www.sanctuaryarts connects.com to fill out a scholarship form and register for a class.   We have been working towards creating a n

Dec 26 2020 Email (Dec 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. https://www.sanctuaryartsconnects.com/waf   HOLIDAY ART SALE & SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER: Online Art Gallery of work created by Sanctuary Arts Instructors View more of their work at:   www.sanctuaryartsconnects.com/waf If you have a favorite instructor, consider purchasing a piece of their

Nov 28 2020 Email (Dec 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Aiming Forward We have been working towards creating a new non-profit, Sanctuary Arts Connects to allow us to create an environment where arts education is not limited to those with financial security. We also would like to increase the diversity of participants at Sanctuary Arts and become a

Nov 18 2020 Email (Nov 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Aiming Forward Sanctuary Arts Connects, our new nonprofit scholarship program & website (sanctuaryartsconnects.com) is up and running, thanks to the hard work of Lauren Dow, Green Foundry proprietor. We are committed to creating an environment where arts education is not limited to those with

Sep 03 2020 Email (Sep 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Classes & Workshops   Symbols & Archetypes  Sean Kramer, an icon painter and former monk, lends his expertise in Symbols & Archetypes (SA 10) as you learn about basic symbols and archetypes, what they are and how they work. Fairy tales, ancient art and dreams will provide fodder for

Aug 14 2020 Email (Aug 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. New Classes & Workshops   Surprised by Color Alastair Dacey offers Surprised by Color (SA 3), a new Plein Air class; a series of four two-day plein air workshops, each exploring a concept and practical approach to color. How does the oil painter see, mix and relate color so that somethi

Jun 05 2020 Email (Jun 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. ZOOM! Virtual Classes Online   EXPLORE COLOR: Understanding your Palette (SA 6) with Alastair Dacey Ever looked at your palette of colors and looked at what you wanted to paint and been totally baffled? Alastair Dacey will help you thoroughly explore each color on your palette and how it re

May 22 2020 Email (May 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. OUTDOOR CLASSES   PLEIN AIR SKETCHBOOK ADVENTURES Bill Paarlberg's Plein Air Sketchbook Adventures (SA 2) class is the ideal way to improve your drawing skills and keep a journal of your summertime adventures. “Why is sketching outdoors so much fun?” “Why are my sketches so much more vibr

Mar 05 2020 Email (Mar 2020)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Bronze Casting- Organic Burnout   Green Foundry proprietors Josh & Lauren Dow have added a second session to Bronze Casting- Organic Burnout (SA 17) since their first class was sold out. This second session runs from March 19 - April 9 and meets Thursdays 5 - 8 for 4 sessions. This direct b

Jan 08 2020 Email (Jan 2020)
Here are some recommendations for a color fix: View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. 3D Classes to inspire you and give you that tactile experience: Wheel Throwing (SA 19) with master potter Bob Ellis will teach you the basics of wheel throwing, glazing and firing. This is a high fire stoneware class suitable for beginning an

Dec 02 2019 Email (Dec 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Portait Sculpting from Life  New instructor Anthony Alemany, a figurative sculptor in South Berwick Maine, offers Portrait Sculpting from Life (SA 18). Anthony graduated with a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design and traveled to Italy to study at the Florence Academy of Art for a

Nov 05 2019 Email (Nov 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. This Saturday Indigo Dyeing Amanda Rouse offers her popular Saturday Indigo Dyeing (SA 22) workshop from 1 -5, November 9th. In this 4 hour workshop you will learn Shibori, the Japanese traditionof folding and manipulating fabrics to make intricate patterns of dyeing, along with the history

Oct 01 2019 Email (Oct 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Available  Workshops This Saturday SA 16 Watercolor Basics for the Absolute Beginner with illustrator and watercolorist Bill Paarlberg meets this Saturday, October 5th from 9 – 12 SA 13 Graphite Powder Drawing with Gretchen Woodman begins November 23 for 4 weeks, Saturdays, 10 – 1

Sep 04 2019 Email (Sep 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Figure on the Armature    Figure on the Armature (SA 21) with Cate Irvine focusses on traditional modeling skills, working intensively on one pose with the live model. Gesture, proportion, basic surface anatomy, and an analysis of the planes of the head and its features are all part of

Aug 07 2019 Email (Aug 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Graphite Powder Drawing   We welcome artist Gretchen Woodman who will be teaching Graphite Powder Drawing (SA 13), a medium I have longed to learn. The technique of painting with graphite powder (no medium necessary) provides ways to create soft, beautiful images with photographic accuracy

Jun 01 2019 Email (Jun 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Sanctuary Arts 11th Annual Iron Pour Benefit & Sculpture Garden Open House IRON POUR! SCULPTURE GARDENS! ARTS &CRAFTS FAIR! FOOD! MUSIC! June 15 (rain date Sunday, June 16) 11 – 4 Come tour the Sanctuary Arts sculpture gardens, purchase gifts at our Arts & Crafts Fair and create

May 09 2019 Email (May 2019)
View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Our Second Successful Gas Kiln Firing!!! One Day Indigo Dyeing Workshop Saturday May 18 1 - 5 Indigo Dyeing (SA 24) is once again offered by Amanda Rouse in a 4 hour workshop Saturday May 18. Learn Shibori, the Japanese tradition of folding and manipulating fabrics to make i

Jan 09 2019 Email (Jan 2019)
Beautiful Drawing is it's Own Reward View this email in your browser Sanctuary Arts. Please reconfirm your interest in receiving emails from us. If you do not wish to receive any more emails, you can unsubscribe here. Watercolor Bliss in the Greenhouse   Enjoy a short, sweet class (SA 10, 4 Weeks beginning January 17) with watercolorist Pat Hardy in the Wentworth Greenhouses. A perfect escape from Winter dreariness, just walking into the greenhouse on a blust

Jun 19 2013 Email (Jun 2013)
  June 2013    Round out Your Summer         with more Art ClassesSAVE THE DATE Saturday. July 13, 11 – 4; Rain Date Sunday, July 145th Annual Sculpture Garden Open House, Mural Unveiling, & Deborah Homer O'Leary Scholarship Benefit Iron pourNature & Consorts by Lindley Briggs Eliot artist Maryhop Brandon has been painting a joyful, vibrant mural for the exterior wall overlooking the formal sculpture garden Don't miss the official “

May 19 2013 Email (May 2013)
    May 2013    Summertime Favorites   Shane Chick, whose previous Printmaking class saw such wonderful results, is back teaching this Summer with SA 16, Summer Printmaking Workshop and SA 17 Reduction Woodcut Printmaking Workshop. Above is an image by artist and art historian Charles Cramer made in Shane's Winter class. Shane is also offering his Bentwood Garden Creations Workshop (SA 21) where, with a pair of garden shears and some twine, you can make an arbor, tr

Apr 25 2013 Email 1 (Apr 2013)
        April 2013     Scintillating Summer Art Classes Remembering:Katy BauckeKaty Baucke, who died suddenly in March this year, was an artist and a painting instructor in the early days here at Sanctuary Arts, and one of my very best friends. Creative and passionate about everything she did- cooking, gardening, child rearing, poetry, painting, playing the violin, Katy was a well read, thoughtful and intelligent person with an ever-questing mind and imagi

Feb 24 2013 Email 2 (Feb 2013)
February 2013   Short Classes for a Winter Pick-Me-Up Felting, Beadmaking                                Jennifer Field's Glass Beadmaking classes (SA 24, C&D) begin March 18th. A member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers with 18 years of experience making beads, Jennifer is the perfect artisan to introduce you to the technical intricacies of basic lampworking

Jan 26 2013 Email (Jan 2013)
January  27, 2013     February Flurries of Classes Felting, Beadmaking, Wax Carving, Jewelry & MetalsmithingFelt Beads by Jennifer FieldJennifer Field, a master of both wool felting and glass beadmaking, offers a Felted Jewelry & Flowers (SA 26) workshop Saturday February 2ndfrom 10 – 5. Her handmade glass beads to embellish will be available for purchase. No experience is necessary. It's a good idea to take this before her Felted Birds (SA 27) or her Felte

Dec 30 2012 Email 1 (Dec 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011     A CELEBRATION OF CLASSES PAST Birds of a FeatherJennifer Field inaugurated her new Sanctuary Arts studio with glass beadmaking classes (SA24) and taught an excellent Felted Birds workshop (SA 27), a perfect class for those who want to sculpt directly in color.Cate Aichele &  Blue BirdJennifer Field 's beads will be published in Glasss3- Book of Lampworkers  in the Netherlands, Spring 2013. It will feature glass beadmakers from aroun

Nov 29 2012 Email 2 (Nov 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011BRAND NEW CLASSES TO COMBAT THOSE WINTER BLUES Introducing Taf SchaeferThe top selling designer at Steuben Glass for 14 years, Taf Schaefer explored the sculptural aspects of form, combining her love of nature and animal life. Abstract forms play a strong role in her work as a means of conveying movement, tension or tranquility, and to capture and reflect light. Her experience and ability as a sculptor have given her a talent for capturing the essence of an animal w

Sep 28 2012 Email (Sep 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011SO MANY CLASSES...  So Little Time Celebrating a Creative Life"Sailing Through" by Deborah Homer O'LearyOur good friend, Deborah Homer O'Leary, dancer, sculptor and jeweler of form in motion and creative, joyous spirit, died September 14th. Deborah exhibited her work locally and every summer at the League of NewHampshire Craftsmen Annual Fair, where she won the Best in Show for bronze sculpture in 2011.(Green Foundry here at Sanctuary Arts cast her work). We ar

Aug 29 2012 Email (Aug 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011A KNACK FOR PORTRAITS; Profile of Artist Alan Ammann  Fall Classes Begin September 18th I'm always excited to see the new array of art classes that begin here in September and treasure the tried and true classes and their instructors that have graced this 13 year old art school for adults- 16 and up.Iron PourSA 32 TRADITIONAL CAST IRON Instructors Lauren & Josh DowLife CastingSA 30 LIFECASTING, Instructors Lauren & Josh DowGlass Bead by Jennifer FieldSA

Jul 31 2012 Email (Jul 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011    New Instructor Profile & Fall Preview Sneak Preview of New Fall Class OfferingsGlass Totems by Jennifer FieldSA 26 GLASS BEADMAKING, Jennifer Field, InstructorThis glass beadmaking workshop will introduce students to the wonderful world of glass beadmaking from a member of the International Society of Glass Beadmakers with 18 years experience making beads. Students will learn basic lampworking techniques including wound beads, pulling, twisting and

Jun 24 2012 Email (Jun 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011     JULY WORKSHOPS & CLASSES Our Sculpture Gardens are open for Visiting"Garden Goddess & Consorts" by Lindley BriggsThe visual music of sculpture and flowering gsardens once again adorn the grounds of Sanctuary Arts. For the fourth year, original works created by New England sculptors are mingled with plantings in a peaceful setting and we want to share this beauty. Come view the gardens, free and open to the public. Enjoy the beauty of orig

May 2012 Sanctuary Arts Newsletter (May 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011      SUMMER CLASS  PREVIEW OPEN HOUSEJoin us Saturday June 2nd for our annual Sculpture Garden and Iron Pour Open House & Benefit for local sculptor Deborah O'Leary.Bronze Sculpture by Deborah O'LearyLIVE MUSIC FOR YOUR DANCING PLEASURE!We're honored to have WAY TO THE RIVER as our entertainment for the afternoon,playing Rock, Pop and OldiesYou'll Love to Hear and Dance to!And with it, the chance to see old friends,make n

Apr 16 2012 Email (Apr 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011 SPRING & SUMMER CLASSES Introducing Rebecca Q. YankesRebecca Q. Yankes, an illustrator, designer and painter, and new to our teaching staff, is offering three classes; The Sketchbook (SA 16), an Acrylic & Gouache Painting Workshop (SA 17) and a Contemporary Figure Drawing class (SA 18). There is a delightful interview with Rebecca at http://blog.kitetails.org/2012/03/meet-the-artist-rebecca-q-yankes/, the Children's Museum and Theater of Maine blog.Tea

Feb 25 2012 Email (Feb 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011      MARCH MADNESS AT SANCTUARY ARTS Instructor Russel Whitten demonstrating in his Portrait in Drawing & Watercolor class. Below is a drawing executed in Russ's class by Phillpe Fauvet.Portrait by Phillipe FauvetI am always impressed by the creativity and qualilty of Trisha Coates' ceramic creations. For excellent instruction in hand-building, throwing and glazing, sign up for her Wednesday evening five week Ceramics Open Studio (SA 24) Mar

Jan 25 2012 Email (Jan 2012)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011      Combat those Winter blahs with scintillating art classes at Sanctuary Arts! Learn  colored pencil techniques with master artist Carol Ann Morley (SA 13)"Pillow Talk" by Carol MorleyTodd Bonita will show you 20 tips for using color in this one day Color Workshop for Painters (SA 19)"Venerable Spirit" by Todd Bonita"Hand Forged" by Kim CaseAre you a beginner or casual photographer? SA 21, Getting the most out of your Digital Camera with

Dec 22 2011 Email (Dec 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011      VIEW OUR NEW CLASS OFFERINGSat www.sanctuaryarts.org Brooch by Alice CarrollCheck out our Jewelry & Metalsmithing classes (SA 26 A&B) with our awesome Metalsmith, Alice CarrollSprouting Endive by Trisha CoatesCome create hand-built whimsy, decorative tiles, or learn to throw pottery for use in your home with ceramic artist Trisha Coates (SA 22, SA 23, SA 24)Art StudioRentals:We have a communal living space coming up in February

Nov 29 2011 Email 1 (Nov 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011      INVEST IN YOUR ARTISTIC FUTURE! Consider Taking a Wool Felting Class with Jennifer FieldImaginary Bird by Jennifer FieldRentals:We have a living space coming up in February for $450 a month, which includes all utilities, shared kitchen, living room and laundry. We also have a couple of art studios coming available, ranging from $190 to $300 a month. Call (207) 438-9826 to come by and take a look.GREEN FOUNDRY NEWSJosh Dow Applying PatinaThi

Oct 31 2011 Email (Nov 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011         ART CLASSES TO GET US THROUGH THE WINTER Create Your Own Handmade Holiday GiftsOriana Allen at the WheelThere is still room in our November Intro to Wheel Thrown Pottery 5 week class, beginning Wednesdays, November 16th, 4 – 6 (SA 21) with instructor Trisha Coates. She will offer Tile Making, Wheel Throwing, and an Open Studio this Winter for those folks who want to experiment with some expert guidance.GREEN FOUNDRY NEWSBronze

Sep 30 2011 Email 1 (Sep 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011          BEGINNERS WELCOME!  Birthday BalloonsWeekend Rentals We occasionally rent out the Sanctuary on weekends for music events or birthday parties and sometimes we have “Fun”raisers ourselves, and even a wedding.  Gary Sredzienski & Accordion  All the musicians who've played here over the years have raved about the wonderful acoustics. Voices and instruments don't need to be miked much, if at all.

Aug 30 2011 Email (Aug 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011         BACK TO ART BASICSChickens Admiring our New WallLearn to build a dry stone wall!Learna bit of the history of stone walls and our New England Heritage inthis four day workshop with a master stone wall artisan and sculptor Steven Carpenter.The first class will journey to local sites to view Steven’sdesigned and built stone work and review the necessary tools for theconstruction of a dry stone wall. Learn how to set stone, withoutmort

August 2011 Email (Jul 2011)
Volume #2, No. 7July 2011         FALL MUSINGSCast Iron Tile by Michael StasiukWant to be part of ourarts community?We have an artist's studio for rent,approximately 338 square feet- 18' x 17' with an 8” x 4' alcovewith built in shelving. It is a basement studio and has three (new)windows and an exhaust fan. Newly refinished with exposed beams andtrack lighting. $300 a month includes all utilities. 24 hour access.Call (207) 438-9826 to view it.Art Studio for RentOu

Jun 14 2011 Email (Jun 2011)
Volume #2, No.6June 2011         Garden Sculpture Exhibition & Iron Pour for a Cure"Lance was a Shy Man" by Lindley Briggs w/ "Butterflies" by Elizabeth OstranderSailor's Delight by Gary RathmellButterflies by Elizabeth OstranderSanctuary Arts' new Summer Class & Workshop schedule is online.Sanctuary Arts 117 Bolt Hill Road Eliot, ME 03903 (207) 438-9826 www.sanctuaryarts.org info@sanctuaryarts.orgGarden Sculpture Exhibition & Iron Pour for a Cur

June 2011 Email (Jun 2011)
Volume #2, No. 5June 2011         Sean Beavers - En Plein AirSCULPTURE GARDEN OPEN HOUSE & IRON POURSaturdayJune 18, 11 – 4 (Rain date; Sunday June 19)View our beautiful sculpture garden with pieces created bytalented area artists and tour Green Foundry, our iron, bronze and aluminumcasting and teaching facility. (Check out SA 15 & SA 17 for our bronze andiron casting classes).Also, Sanctuary Arts is opening its doors to the publicfor a “HOT” fu

April 2011 Email (Apr 2011)
Volume #2, No. 4April 2011Spotlight on Christopher Pothier, Contemporary RealistWarm up - think summer!Sanctuary Arts' new Summer Class & Workshop schedule is now online.Polaris by Christopher PothierDon't Forget!Sanctuary Arts is offering a Monhegan Island outdoor painting watercolor intensive with Dewitt Hardy the first week in August, 2011. Monhegan Island has been an art colony since the mid- 19th century. It has amazing ocean views, with much of it uninhabited but accessible on hiking t

Feb 18 2011 Email (Feb 2011)
Volume #2, No. 3February 2011Spotlight on Alice Carroll, Jewelry & Metalsmithing Extraordinaire!Warm up - think summer!Sanctuary Arts is offering a Monhegan Island outdoor painting watercolor intensive with Dewitt Hardy the first week in August, 2011. Monhegan Island has been an art colony since the mid- 19th century. It has amazing ocean views, with much of it uninhabited but accessible on hiking trails. Quaint and unspoiled, this island is a feast for the eyes. Dewitt Hardy is delighted to

Jan 08 2011 Email (Jan 2011)
Volume #2, No. 2January 2011Spotlight on Erin Murray and "How To"ATTENTION TEACHERS! Classes taken at Sanctuary Arts can be used toward meetingthe State of Maine requirements for teaching certification in Art and possiblyother subjects. Maine certification lasts for 5 years and is earned by takingclasses for a total of 6 credits or 9 CEUs (continuing education credits) or90 contact hours.(45 contact hours = 4.5 CEUs) within the 5 year period. Tosee if this would apply to you, the Maine State off

Dec 2010 Email (Nov 2010)
Volume #11, No. 2December 2010 Spotlight on Lauren Holmgren and Josh Dow: Molten Metal New Catalog, New instructors and the Perfect Gift to Give this Holiday SeasonA new catalog of classes is on our website www.sanctuaryarts.org. Check out the three newinstructors I introduced in my director's notes- painters Erin Murray and Todd Bonita, and sculptor/designer Jennifer Fields. Foggy Cove Dory by Todd BonitaI am delighted to be able to continue to offer high quality art instruction with some of th

Sep 15 2010 Email (Sep 2010)
Volume #10, No. 1September 2010 Spotlight on Cate Aichele: Figure Sculptor and AnatomicalDrawing Instructor. Teachers Outside Our WallsSean Beavers, our popular Representational paintinginstructor, is featured in a glowing article in this month's American ArtCollector Magazine and has a show that is up until September 15th atthe gallery Quidley & Company on Nantucket. The Secret Life of DuskSculptor or Movie Star?ViewChristopher Gowell (Owner/Director, Sanctuary Arts) on YouTube working in c

Aug 2010 Email (Aug 2010)
Volume #9, No. 1August 2010 Three New InstructorsAnd Many New ClassesDebut This FallEliot BicentennialOpen House with Foundry Tour & Garden Sculpture ExhibitionIn celebration of Eliot's 200th anniversary this year, Sanctuary Arts and Green Foundry are hosting an Open House Saturday August 14th from 12pm until 4pm. Come tour the classrooms, the bronze, iron and aluminum casting foundry and view our gorgeous sculpture gardens. Light refreshments will be served and Fall art class brochures will

Jul 05 2010 Email (Jul 2010)
Volume #8, No. 1July 2010 2nd Annual Sculpture Garden Open House           July 10, 2010          11am-5pmYou are cordially invited to our second annual Sculpture Garden Open House. Come view the work of accomplished regional sculptors. Some of them, I am proud to say, are former Sanctuary Arts students who have become professional sculptors, and some are professional sculptor colleagues and instructors.Indigo - Antoinette SchultzeThe Sculpt

Jun 10 2010 Email (Jun 2010)
Volume #7, No. 1June 2010 June Spotlight:      Lindley Briggs SculptureLindley Briggs' website www.lindleybriggssculpture.com is one of the most beautiful artist websites I have seen.  Please visit and enjoy!Hands - Lindley BriggsReunion - Lindley Briggs____________________________________________________Rescuing Van GoghOne of the first artist tenants at Sanctuary Arts was musician, sculptor, and now, motion graphics designer, Don Severance, known as “Sev”. He ha

May 2010 Email (May 2010)
Volume #6, No. 1May 2010 May Spotlight: Mary Byrom, An Artist's SagaI was excited to interview Mary Byrom for this newsletterprofile, since she came to Sanctuary Arts as a student to study painting withSean Beavers and Rob Sullivan, continued her studies with Scott Christensen inWyoming and Idaho, became an ardent alla prima painting practitioner, and nowteaches Plein Air painting and Sketch Book Journal classes and workshops here. Mary ByromDon't forget to mark your calendars! Special FreeEvent

April 2010 Email (Apr 2010)
Volume #5, No. 1April 2010 April Spotlight: Rachel Huckins       Ceramics and Garden SculptureHappy Spring! This month I am spotlighting Rachel Huckinsand her Ceramics and Garden Sculpture classes. Rachel and her fiancé and soon to be husband, sculptor Joe Montroy, share astudio here at Sanctuary Arts. It's wonderful to see the diligence of a hardworking artist couple. These two young folks have chosen difficult, butcreatively rewarding paths in life. Ceramics from Rache

Mar 2010 Email (Mar 2010)
Volume #4, No. 1March 2010 March Spotlight: Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer, Paper & Book Arts AficionadoPaper for most people is simply a means to an end: a way to leave a message, make a statement or maybe even practice that jump shot.  But for Johanna Finnegan-Topitzer, paper is a way of expressing a message, rather than just "leaving" a message.  Her meticulous work stretches the concept of paper and reflects her varied interests and background.  Read on for information on what

Feb 2010 Email (Feb 2010)
Volume #3, No. 1February 2010 February Spotlight: Artist Dustan KnightEducationChoosing a GalleryPainting TransitionsInspirationDustan Knight, who is teaching Floral Paintingand Drawing for Teens this semester, is a very active, hard working careerpainter with 3 upcoming shows in the works. In June she shows at Art StreamGallery in Rochester with new work. In July she is represented with herwatercolors in a 2 person show at Bowersock Gallery in Provincetown MA, and inAugust she has a watercolor

January 2010 Email (Jan 2010)
  Volume #2, No. 1January 2010  Carol Ann MorleyGreen Foundry: A Quick HistoryThe entire Spring course catalog can be seen online at  www.sanctuaryarts.org. You'll find descriptions of the courses taught by Carol Ann Morley here and you can also watch Lauren and Josh chat with The Gossip Lady.Sanctuary Arts 117 Bolt Hill Road Eliot, ME 03903 (207) 438-9826www.sanctuaryarts.orginfo@sanctuaryarts.org Carol Ann Morley: An artist's circuitous path through a creative life Oak

Dec 2009 Email (Dec 2009)
Volume #1, No. 1December 2009 Welcome! This is our first email to our artists, artists to be, and supporters who share in the joy of art.Sanctuary Arts: a brief historyIn May 1997, Christopher Gowell and Robert Wallis purchased an 1850 Methodist Church in Eliot Maine and began construction to develop the property to house an art school, a communal residence for artists, and art studios. A few years later, Christopher built her own separate sculpture studio,  Rob purchased adjacent land, and




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