Featuring an array of workshops in painting, drawing, mixed media/sculpture, printmaking, plein air painting, and photography
 
Plus workshops for kids during school vacation
 
Twice-weekly Painting and Life Drawing sessions without instruction
 
With faculty members Selina Trieff, Heather Blume, Karen Cappotto, Anne Flash, Vicky Tomayko, Charles Philip Brooks, John Clayton, Mary Giammarino, Robert Henry, Marc Kundmann, Sky Power, Paul Schulenberg, Diane Brinker, Megan Hinton, Tia Scalcione, Kathryn Smith, Howard Karren, Nate Miah Johnson and Cathy Skowron.
 

REGISTER NOW FOR PAAM'S SPRING 2012 CLASSES:
 
Artists in their Studios

Have You Tried Monotype? Open Yourself to a New World of Creativity with Diane Brinker in Chatham
One-Day Workshops: March 10, March 21, April 11 or April 28, 10-3pm
$110 plus a $30 materials fee  

Living Artfully: Digital Photography in Wellfleet with Nate Miah Johnson
February 25-26, 1-4pm, $150

Encaustic Explorations with Marc Kundmann in Provincetown
February 25-26, 9-4pm, $250 plus a $50 materials fee A

Drawing

Surface as Metaphor with Anne Flash
April 28-29, 9-4pm, $250 plus a $10 materials fee

Drawing through Observation with Kathryn Smith
Mondays & Wednesdays, January 23-February 8, 9:30-12:30pm, $300
Mondays & Wednesdays, March 5-21, 9:30-12:30pm, $300

Drawing and Painting from the Model with Selina Trieff
March 20-22, 1-4pm, $300

Chester I. Solomon Life Drawing
Tuesday & Friday, 9:30-11:30am, $10

Film

Masters of the American Cinema: Hitchcock, Ford, and Wilder with Howard Karren
Mondays, April 30-May 21, 6-7:30pm, $150

Mixed Media/Sculpture

Cuts and Folds: Explorations with Paper Workshop with Heather Blume
Mondays, April 16 & 23, 9:30-12:30pm, $125

Discover Creative Expression through Collage and Monotype with Diane Brinker
January 30-31, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee
February 6-7, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee

The Art of Collage with Karen Cappotto
TBA

Surface as Metaphor with Anne Flash
April 27-29, 9-4pm, $250 plus a $10 materials fee

Image Making with Rosalind Pace and Marcia Simon
April 17-20, 10-2pm, $275

Assemblage: A Mixed Media Workshop with Mike Wright
February 11, 9-3pm, $125

Painting

Color Composition Workshop with Robert Henry
March 20-22, 1-4pm, $300

Encaustic Explorations with Marc Kundmann in Provincetown
February 25-26, 9-4pm, $250 plus a $50 materials fee

Abstraction as Form: Seeing Abstractly with Sky Power
April 21-22, 9-4:30pm, $275

Drawing and Painting from the Model with Selina Trieff
March 20-22, 1-4pm, $300

PAAM Painting Group
Mondays, 3-7pm, and Thursdays, 9:30-1:30pm, January 23-March 15, $10

Plein Air Painting

Plein-Air / Outdoor Landscape Painting with Charles Philip Brooks
May 15-17, 9:30-1:30pm, $300

Plein Air Painting with John Clayton
April 30-May 4, 1-4pm, $300

No Fear Painting: A Plein Air Painting Class with Mary Giammarino
May 21-25, 1-4pm, $300

Photography
Living Artfully:  Digital Photography in Wellfleet with Nate Miah Johnson
February 25-26, 1-4pm, $150

Printmaking

Discover Creative Expression through Collage and Monotype with Diane Brinker
January 30-31, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee
February 6-7, 9:30-2:30pm, $195 plus a $45 materials fee

Have You Tried Monotype? Open Yourself to a New World of Creativity
with Diane Brinker in Chatham
One-Day Workshops: March 10, March 21, April 11 or April 28, 10-3pm
$110 plus a $30 materials fee  

Line Woodcuts: Who, What & Why? with Sally Brophy
February 13-14, 10-3pm, $175

The Painterly Print: Monoprinting Workshop with Megan Hinton
June 6-8, 1-4pm, $225 plus a $25 materials fee

Introduction to Monotype with Vicky Tomayko
March 5-6, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Introduction to Silkscreen Printing with Vicky Tomayko
March 12-13, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Introduction to Drypoint Etching with Vicky Tomayko
March 19-20, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Monotype II with Vicky Tomayko
April 2-3, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Silkscreen Printing II with Vicky Tomayko
April 9-10, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Drypoint Etching II with Vicky Tomayko
April 23-24, 10-2pm, $100 plus a $20 materials fee

Kids
April Art Adventures with Cathy Skowron
Monday-Thursday, April 16-19, 10-Noon, $15 per day or $50 for the week
 

REGISTRATION

HOW TO REGISTER: You may register for classes by:

Filling out the registration form and mailing completed form with payment to:
PAAM / Attn: Grace Ryder-O’Malley / 460 Commercial Street, Provincetown, MA 02647

DOWNLOAD THE SPRING 2012 CLASSES REGISTRATION PRINT FORM

Emailing registration with all information to: gryderomalley@paam.org

Faxing your registration to: 508 487 4372

Calling 508 487 1750 x 20

or:

REGISTER SECURELY ONLINE WITH A CREDIT CARD

Want more information? email gryderomalley@paam.org

Grace Ryder-O’Malley
Program Administrator
508.487.1750 ext 20

All Class Balances Due in Full 30 Days Before Class Start Date.
Deposits are nonrefundable January 15, 2012. If you cancel your registration less than thirty days before the start of your class, your entire payment will be forfeited.
Your credit card will be charged the balance due 30 days before class start date, unless PAAM is otherwise instructed.

We reserve the right to cancel a workshop up to one day in advance of the class start date. If we cancel a class due to under-enrollment your tuition will be refunded in full.
There will be a processing fee of $25 for all transfers.
Terms of Membership Discount:

A 5% discount is given on all fall classes for individual members. Dual membership entitles you to a 5% discount for you and one additional individual who resides in your home. Family Memberships entitle you/your partner and all children who reside with you workshop discounts. PAAM Membership must be confirmed and current during workshop to receive discount.

MEMBERSHIP
Since 1914, PAAM’s members have been integral to the vitality of our organization. Each member plays an essential role in achieving PAAM’s mission “to promote and cultivate the practice and appreciation of all branches of the fine arts.” As a member, you join an extended community of practicing artists, teachers and mentors, students, and supporters of the arts, who believe that full access to excellent arts programming is our birthright. There are many benefits to becoming a member of PAAM, including a 5% discount on all summer classes and the opportunity to exhibit your artwork in PAAM Members exhibitions. Membership starts at $50. You may sign up for membership upon registration. For more information, contact PAAM .

MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES
Material and supply costs are in addition to tuition and vary from class to class. They are the responsibility of the student. Most supplies can be purchased at Conwell Lumber in Provincetown.


GENERAL RULES
All class and workshop participants are expected to arrive on time and to cultivate an attitude of mutual respect towards other workshop members. PAAM is committed to providing all participants with meaningful and productive educational experiences. As a result, PAAM reserves the right to refuse admission to any workshop, or to deny further participation in a class or workshop to anyone who may adversely affect the quality of the educational experience. Anyone denied access to the remainder of a workshop, at the sole discretion of PAAM, will not be granted a refund. No pets are allowed in our studios.
We are a Green building and care about both our students and the environment. Accordingly, we have a list of approved solvents and mediums that can be used in our facility.


STUDIO GUIDELINES
Please read these guidelines about materials usage here at PAAM


WORKSHOP LOCATIONS & PARKING
The Museum School entrance is on the Bangs Street side of the building, to the left of the main museum entrance at 460 Commercial Street. Unless indicated in course descriptions, classes will be held in our studio classrooms on the second floor at 460 Commercial. Access to studios can be obtained by elevator or stairs. Directions to classes that take place at artists’ private studios will be supplied upon registration. A number of classes will also take place out-of-doors, weather permitting (Museum School studio classrooms will be available in the event the weather does not cooperate). Outdoor class locations will be determined by your instructor, who will provide specific information at the start of your class.

Parking is available along Commercial and Bradford Streets and in public and private lots throughout town. There is one handicapped parking spot in the PAAM Bangs Street lot and two handicapped spots in front of PAAM on Commercial Street. Otherwise there is no student parking available at 460 Commercial Street. If you are concerned about parking, please contact PAAM for information on parking alternatives and discounts from participating lot owners in town.

PAAM’s studios, galleries and facilities at 460 Commercial Street are fully wheelchair accessible. A number of classes will also be held at artists’ private studios or out-of-doors, weather permitting. If you have a physical disability, please contact PAAM to ascertain the physical requirements and appropriateness of any workshop.