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CREATIVE ARTS FOR LIFE
South Salt Lake and the Arts Council has moved to a platform called CivicRec. All art class registrations will now take place here: South Salt Lake Civic Rec Catalog.
To register for classes, simply create a user account, click on the "Arts Programming" tab, add a class to your cart, and then checkout.
New Fees. As we expand arts programming and to help mitigate materials/supplies expenses, we will be charging SSL Residents $20/class and Non-residents $60/class for a typical four-session class.
If you need help creating a user account, please contact arts@sslc.gov or call 801-483-6018.
If you are an instructor and would like to propose a class, please complete the CLASS PROPOSAL FORM.
UPCOMING CLASS OFFERINGS
Bad Dog Arts: Intro to Linocut
Instructor: Victoria Lyons
Wedensdays: April 3, 10, 17, & 24
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
South Salt Lake Community Center Co-Op
Art Room - 2530 South 500 East
Linocut is a relief printmaking process, attracting both professional and amateur artists. It's easy to learn and easy to do at home with a minimum of tools. With printmaking you can make multiples of an image, which lends itself nicely to prints you can give as gifts as well as creating handmade cards. We will also create several small stamps with a soft rubber like material.
We will carve an image into a linoleum block, apply ink using a brayer, and then with pressure we will transfer it to paper. In this four-week class, Victoria will not only walk you through the basics of linocut, but she will also provide tips on cutting, printing and design aesthetics. We will start with a single-color print with the option of creating a multicolor print. No previous experience necessary. This class is filling up fast!
Kintsugi Healing Group
Instructor: Michelle Markey Nelson LCSW
Tuesdays: May 7, 14, 21, & 28
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
South Salt Lake Community Center Co-Op
Art Room - 2530 South 500 East
Has grief and loss broken open your heart. Grief can come in many forms such as loss of a loved one, divorce, life transitions, loss of community, and even loss of our sense of self. Markay Nelson, LCSW will guide you through the Kintsugi art process as a metaphor for our grief. We will share stories as we break and mend our bowl to bring more beauty, strength, and resilience to our grief journey.
All supplies included but feel free to bring an item to repair if you would like.
Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum; the method is similar to the maki-e technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise (Source: "Kintsugi." Wikipedia).
For more information and to register Click Here
The Bad Poet Society
Instructor: Cadence Summers
Tuesdays: May 6, 13, 20, and June 3 - No class on Memorial Day
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Historic Scott School - Main Building
3280 S 540 E
The Bad Poets Society is a poem-a-day community workshop that meets once a week to discuss the great experiment of poetry. This workshop is for beginners, perfectionists, “I’m not a poet” poets, for poets who are not ready to call themselves poets… yet. Every day class members will receive a prompt via text or email and an invitation to write a poem with the goal of making something new each day, something imperfect and outside of our comfort zones as writers and artists. The goal is to allow ourselves room and permission to play. Creativity is better in community so the weekly Bad Poets Society will meet with the goal of sharing our writings in small groups and with the class & to cheer one another on in our journey out of the boxes we have built for ourselves to create in.
It is imperative to be “bad” at something, especially if you love it. The first version of a thing should not be perfect. Creativity flourishes in a community and with play
MORE Colored Pencil Techniques
Instructor: Marelene Teter/Bad Dog Arts
Wednesdays: May 1, 8, 15, & 22nd
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
South Salt Lake Community Center Co-Op
Art Room - 2530 S 500 E
Join us to explore and play with colored pencils. If you missed out on the Colored Pencil Techniques in January, now's your chance! If you took the January class you will learn more in depth. Marlene will guide you through a myriad of techniques and tips such as color blocking, blending, stippling, and layering to build layers and create painterly effects. Learn to draw bubbles, fire, wood grain, leaves, clouds, and reflective surfaces or go totally abstract. This class is for both beginner and intermediate students.
For more information and to register Click Here
Plein Air Sketching with Ink and Watercolor
Instructor: Sue Martin
Tuesdays: June 4, 11, 18, and 25th
Time: 1 pm to 3 pm
Fitts Park - Lion's Pride Pavilion
3050 S 500 E
Join Sue Martin for some outdoor watercolor sketching for four weeks in June. You’ll practice sketching with ink, then adding watercolor for beautiful studies or frameable paintings. We’ll meet at Fitts Park, where we’ll have access to a pavilion for shade, picnic tables and a variety of painting subjects. Painting outdoors can feel overwhelming at first because there’s so much busy detail before your eyes. In this class you’ll learn to simplify edit the details to create a pleasing composition.
This class is for all levels of experience. A materials list will be emailed in late May. Materials will be provided for those who need them.
For more information and to register for the single session , please Click Here
Mindful Photo
Instructor: Danielle Waters MTFA
Monday: April 22, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
South Salt Lake Community Center Co-Op
Art Room - 2531 South 500 East
Mindful Photo
Instructor: Danielle Waters MTFA
Monday: May 20, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
South Salt Lake Community Center Co-Op
Art Room - 2531 South 500 East
May Registration Here
PLEASE BRING YOUR SMARTPHONE AND A JOURNAL
Come learn a science-based mindfulness approach to smartphone photography that can foster creativity, reduce stress, and bring more presence in your everyday moments. Each month will have a different focus.
Students will participate in guided mindfulness meditation activities such as environmental awareness, non-judging stillness, and engaging the senses. • Students will create, edit, and share images they take on their phones. • Students will apply mindful photography practice to everyday life situations to positively impact stress and wellbeing.
Danielle Waters is a full-time commercial photographer and certified meditation teacher based in Salt Lake City. She has a Bachelor of Photography and a Master of Art Teaching in Fine Arts. Her artwork focuses on the splendor of the natural and mundane world. She is the founder of Mindful Photo Studio and teaches photography as a tool to pause and find gratitude. Danielle has a contagious passion for life as she teaches others how to find clarity and peace in the stillness of everyday moments.
Zentangle Club
Meet monthly with Linda Rios of Moon Dance Tangles.
The cost is $5 per session
Linda discovered Zentangle in January of 2016. Through daily practice, she regained her focus and love of life after the loss of losing her husband. Linda felt inspired to share the benefits of Zentangle with others. In 2017 she trained in Rhode Island to become a certified Zentangle instructor.
Join Linda to learn techniques and create your own works of art.
May Registration Here
