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September 2022
Beede and Books Storytime 2022 – 2023
The Beede Swim and Fitness Center and the Concord Free Public Library are teaming up to bring you Beede and Books. This is a free program available to all. Join us at the Beede Center for a Friday collaboration of reading and swimming. A librarian will read books at 1:30pm, then we transition to the Children’s Pool for water fun! This free program happens once a month, usually (but not always!) on the last Monday of each month: September 26…
Find out more »PLEIN AIR: Painting Outdoors in Historic Concord with Charles Shurcliff
Tuesdays 10am-3pm Sept 27 Come paint outdoors in sun and wind, amid the fresh greens and reds and ochres of fall in one of Concord’s large, natural settings. We will start off painting together – quick, abbreviated sketches to warm up – before choosing our own locations for the longer haul. Charlie will work with painters individually – guidance geared to their goals and proficiency. For painters using any medium (oil, acrylic, watercolors, etc.). Bring enough canvasses for quick studies…
Find out more »Watercolor Painting from Photographs with Richard Denzer
Tuesdays 6:30pm-9:30pm Sept 27-Nov 8 For beginning and intermediate artists. This in-depth 6-week Tuesday evening class is perfect for beginning and intermediate painters who want to expand their knowledge and experience with the watercolor medium. Topics covered include materials, composition, washes, values, color mixing and more. Also discussed will be various painting strategies, tips, tools, and advanced textural techniques. While students will be encouraged to paint from their own reference photos, optional “group projects” will be offered as an alternative,…
Find out more »Color + Light for Watercolorists, Focusing on Nature Illuminated with Marjorie Glick
Wednesdays 10am - 1pm Sept 28-Dec 7 Delve into all things watercolor and make your paintings come alive through a studied approach to depicting color and light. Students will work on any nature subject(s) of their choosing and will re-imagine it using watercolor’s unique qualities of transparency and flow. A study of color juxtapositions, layering, light, and shadow. Seeing/perception is key to working with color. Observation is key to depicting light. Each week we will work with a key component…
Find out more »Oil Painting: Self Portrait in a Still Life with Haley Hasler
1pm - 4pm Wednesdays Sept 28 - Nov 2 This course is open to all levels. Intermediate and advanced students will build on skills and experience to gain a deeper understanding of the possibilities of oil paint and still life. Beginners are welcome. Participants will work from an illuminated still life set up incorporating a self portrait. The self portrait is loosely defined and can be represented either by means of a mirror or a personal object. Hasler will guide…
Find out more »Paper Mache Vegetable Workshop for Kids
The Concord Free Public Library is partnering with The Umbrella Arts Center to offer a free paper mache workshop geared towards children in grades K - 5 and their families. We’ll make giant paper mache vegetables which we’ll hang from the Children’s Library ceiling to celebrate the fall harvest! Come to one or both of our two workshops in the Children’s Library at the Main Library (129 Main Street Concord, MA): Wednesday, Sept 28 at 3 pm Wednesday, Oct 5…
Find out more »Goodwin & Friends at Nosh
Thursdays in September! Goodwin & Friends performing at Nosh
Find out more »Concord Conservatory of Music’s Adult Chamber Music Play-In
Celebrate fall by making music with others on Saturday, October 22 Calling all adult chamber musicians! Concord Conservatory of Music (CCM), in collaboration with the Concord Chamber Music Society, announces the CCM Adult Chamber Music Play-In on Saturday, October 22nd, from 9:30 am – 12:00 pm. We welcome adult instrumentalists to experience the unique enrichment of making music together! One of a musician’s greatest joys is creating and collaborating with others. In chamber music, we commit our whole selves to…
Find out more »Jazz Up Your Fall Wardrobe with Accessories
Jazz Up Your Fall Wardrobe with Accessories 💍 👑 👒 👡 💍 👑 👒 👡 💍 👑 👒 👡 Imagine you are going to your granddaughter’s destination wedding at the Chateau Frontenac, and you are limited to carry-on luggage. The hotel is the ultimate in luxury and there are so many events to attend. What to do? Accessorize, of course!! Would you like to learn how to dramatically change your plain black outfit into something spectacular? Well, come to this…
Find out more »Flowers and Flow
The West Concord GREEN THUMBS and ArtScape and collaborating on a gallery show called "Flowers and Flow" Share with us your creations and captures of flowers/flow - open to your artistic interpretation. PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, all MIXED MEDIA ARTISTS of any ability and age level - submit your artwork to ArtScape on Sept. 17th and 18th $10 gallery hanging fee Green Thumbs and students - waived fee GALLERY RECEPTION - Sept. 22nd @4:30 - 7PM Show runs 'til Nov. 11th
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