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This 2-hour workshop will begin with a brief tour of three pieces of art located within the museum. We will look at the work of Anselm Kiefer, Richard Diebenkorn and Georgia O’Keeffe. We will do some close observation, discuss historical content and participants will be invited to do some warm-up sketching. Participants will be encouraged to take photos with their cell phones. After participants have viewed the works, we will go outside to the garden and participants will be asked…

Lace was typically made from linen or silk, but it was also made with metallic gold & silver threads! The finest lace involved the skills of many artists. This course will cover basic enameling techniques of sifting & stencil with powered glass & torch firing/fusing to this to copper. Students will have the opportunity to use lace templates inspired by the Portrait of Judith Van Langley by Jan Van Ravensteyn or create other delicate patterns in the enamel to leave…

In this workshop, Armory artist instructor Mark Cohen will explain the different types of printmaking in relation to works of art found in museum. Examples of printmaking in the extensive Norton Museum include Jacques Callot, Le Paterre de Nancy, a 1625 etching on paper; Jacob Lawrence, Schomberg Library, a silkscreen print on paper created in 1987; and Claes Oldenberg, Arch in the Form of a Screw, a lithograph created in 1976. This will be followed by a demonstration of monoprintmaking,…