Sheri Lawrence
Sheri Lawrence is a teaching artist with a Masters in Art Education and a B.F.A. in illustration. She has taught art to K- 8th for ten years and has illustrated children’s books. Prior to teaching she was a graphic designer at the Shaker Library and freelanced for the City of Shaker Heights. She currently has a collection with Vida where her artwork is printed on products for home and apparel click here to view. Her artwork was chosen for the utility box in front of the Shaker Heights Community Building.
Email: PaintBrushPlay@gmail.com

Nicole Coury
Nicole is a Cleveland-based actress who holds degrees in Theatre Arts and Psychology from Case Western Reserve University. Some favorite performance credits include I’m Alive ... (Lang) with Nightbloom Theatre Company, and Aida (ensemble/fight captain) at Karamu House. She has also worked as a Teaching Artist for Cleveland Public Theatre.
Email: nicole.f.coury@gmail.com

Sheela Das
Sheela Das is a multi-disciplinary roster artist with the Ohio Arts Council living in Shaker Heights. Her artistic programs are sought-after experiences serving the community for 12 years.
Website: creativeconceptsinmusic.com



Paint Party with Mrs. Lawrence - Canceled
Program Description: Gather your paints to create beautiful artwork with Mrs. Lawrence. Each week will be a new lesson. Learn how to blend colors, create a pleasing composition, work in different art styles and use your imagination! Let’s have fun and make some art!
Session 1: Desert Cactus
Session 2: Van Gogh Flowers and Vases
Session 3: Sunset Silhouette Cityscape
Session 4: Underwater Sea Turtle
Dates: Tuesdays, September 22 - October 13, 2020
Time: 4:30 - 5:30pm
Fees: $10 for individual sessions or $40 for 4 sessions
Instructor: Sheri Lawrence

Beginning Scene Study - Canceled
Program Description: Learn to create interesting, three-dimensional characters through script analysis, outside research and inspiration, and collaboration. During week one we will go over some acting fundamentals, then by week two we will jump right into script analysis. The class will culminate in polished, performance-ready scenes that are presented over Zoom.
Dates: Sundays September 20 - October 25, 2020
Times: 11:00am - 1:00pm
Fees: $90 for 6 sessions
Instructor: Nicole Coury

Handcrafted Paper Art - Concluded
Program Description: Create a hand-crafted object out of paper, flour, water and decorate!  Paper mache can be used to build masks, wall art, pencil holders, vases, even model animals! We’ll build our frame from newspaper/circulars and small amount of flour paste. The second session we cover our creations in paper mache.  The last day we decorate the dried object using paint or materials from around the house.
Dates: Saturdays, September 26 - October 10, 2020
Time: 1:30 - 2:30pm
Fees: $30 for 3 sessions
Instructor: Sheela Das

How to Create a Graphic Novel
Program Description: Whether you like to write, to illustrate, both or neither (but you’re interested in learning to develop, writing and illustration skills), you can produce a mini graphic novel. This class takes a step-by-step approach to creating a graphic novel taking place in each student’s hometown, developing a clear narrative, drawing engaging characters, producing a story-board and formatting the final work.
Dates: Wednesdays, October 7 - November 4, 2020
Time: 4:30 - 5:45pm
Fees: $50 for 5 sessions
Instructor: Sally Levine

Mixed Media Fun - Canceled
Program Description: Create fun and funky postcards or greeting cards using materials easily found at home! Upcycle empty cracker boxes or cereal boxes along with art supplies already you have to make cheerful postcards you can send to your friends, family, and neighbors.
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2020
Time: 4:30 - 6:00pm
Fees: $10
Instructor: Karen Koch

Poetry Sandbox - Canceled
Program Description: In this workshop we will examine and experiment with a variety of poetic forms, tools and goals.  We will write during and between classes, then share and discuss our efforts.  Prior poetry writing is not required, but participants must be interested in putting pen to paper to capture and explore the human experience.
Dates: Mondays, September 21 - October 19, 2020
Times:  7:00- 8:30pm
Fees: $50 for 5 sessions
Instructor: Bill Newby

Bill Newby
Bill Newby worked as a teacher and administrator at Shaker Heights High School 1969-2001. He has taught creative writing, edited several anthologies, performed in open mics, moderated open workshops and been published in numerous journals. He was a 2018 Pushcart Poetry Prize Nominee. His first collection, Sea Chests or a Carry-On, can be previewed at
billnewby.net

Peter Lawson Jones
Peter Lawson Jones , a member of both Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA, has appeared in over twenty films (White Boy Rick, Alex Cross), on network television (ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7) and on stages throughout Northeast Ohio. He has authored two plays, The Bloodless Jungle and The Family Line. Peter received the 2016 Indie Gathering International Film Festival Best Ohio Supporting Actor Award.
Website: peterlawsonjones.com

How I Got to Perform with an Oscar Winner: Tips on Building Your Acting Career
Program Description:During the one hour session, Peter Lawson Jones will provide guidance on how you, as a Cleveland-based actor, can build an acting career; share stories of his evolution as an actor; and, most importantly, answer your questions. Peter is a member of both SAG-AFTRA and Actors Equity.
Dates: Thursday, October 29, 2020
Times: 7:30 - 8:30pm
Instructor: Peter Lawson Jones

Ki Charm John Kim
Ki Charm John Kim is a studio sculptor, product designer and Art Instructor with Studio Institute based in NYC. As one of two artist instructors involved in the Cleveland Public Schools pilot program, John teaches art at Clara Westropp in West Cleveland.
Website: kcharmdesign.etsy.com Email: koreanjohn32@hotmail.com

Graffiti: Text as Image - Canceled
Program Description: Graffiti is ubiquitous in major cities, but more than being an eyesore, it has actually gone through it's own artistic evolution. This series will explore how graffiti artists develop letters and how the interaction between text and image can be blurred. We will learn how to draw block letters as well as using color, shape, and line to express our own personal message.
Dates:  Tuesdays and Thursdays, July  21 - August 4, 2020
Times: 4:30 - 5:30pm
Fees: $50 for 5 sessions
Instructor: Ki Charm John Kim
 For the first time the Shaker Arts Council is sponsoring art related classes  offered through the Shaker Heights Recreation Department.  Registration for the  Fall begins August 1.  Click here to register for classes.

Creative Visions
Ages: 9 - 18
Program Description:  This course sparks imaginative thinking and processing through creative expression.  Classes will focus on identifying and developing each individual students’ creative energy, allowing them the stage to express that creativity through artistic options.  Each class will focus on a selected medium, such as paint, pastels, markers, watercolor paint and color pencils.  An additional materials fee of $25 is payable to instructor at first class.
Location: Thorton Park Community Room
Dates: Tuesdays, Sep 12 - Nov 14
Times: 7 - 9:30 pm
Fees: $45 SHRES/$65 NRES
Instructor:  Abdul H. Rashid
Abdul H. Rashid’s background includes work as an illustrator and art director to various intellectual properties including those distributed by Marvel comics.  He is a fine art instructor and has been a instructor at Interlochen Arts.   His work can be seen at: ahrvisions.com

Epoxy Resin Jewelry
Ages: 18+
Program Description: Transform epoxy resin into a unique jewelry medium using coloring agents and collage materials. We will explore this medium by making  a broach in our first project.  No jewelry skills required.  An additional materials fee beginning at $18 must be payable to instructor at first class (fee varies depending on selection of base jewelry).
Location: STJ Community Bldg Room 115
Dates: Tuesdays, Sep 26 - Oct 17
Times: 9:30 - 11:30am
Fees: $30 SHRES/$45 NRES
Instructor: Grace Fay Chin
Jewelry designer Grace Chin creates one-of-a-kind artistic and fine jewelry. With a background in sculpture, she was trained in jewelry at the Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Grace Chin also teaches at the Orange Art Center. You can visit her website: gracechindesign.com

Handheld Stories (Hand Casting + Object + Sound Art)
Ages: 10+
Program Description: This workshop is designed for people who are new to life casting and are interested in applying sound in artworks. Students will cast their own hand and bring a handheld object. The instructor will then guide participants to audio record their voices while telling stories hidden behind the objects. In the final section, students will be introduced to a microcontroller board and learn to connect sound to artwork. Through the workshop every object held in each plaster hand will be assembled as a collaborative
artwork. The voices of participants telling stories contained in the objects will be displayed and shared to the whole community when the audience touches the plaster hand sculptures. Additional $30 materials fee payable to instructor at first class.
Location: STJ Community Bldg Room 114
Dates: Tuesdays, Oct 3 - Nov 7 (No Class Oct 31)
Times: 6:30 - 8 pm
Fees: $45 SHRES/$65 NRES
Instructor: Meng Husan Wu
Meng Husan Wu is a multi-disciplinary artist originally from Taiwan. Her work is focused on community engagement to explore one’s identity and insights into life in a specific time and place. By actively engaging the viewers' participation, she questions their physical and mental sense of existence.  Website: meng-hsuan-wu.blogspot.com/


Painting with Pastels
Ages: 55+
Program Description:  This course entails learning how to paint with pastels using traditional and contemporary methods, including sketching, field trips to local sites, learning how to handle and care for pigments, brushes, pencils, and instruction in contemporary materials safely.  Find the joy and pleasure of translating what you see into a picture on paper and fabric. 
Location: STJ Community Bldg Room 115
Dates: Wednesdays, Sep 6 - Oct 18
Times: 1 - 4 pm
Fees: $112 SHRES/$132 NRES
Instructor: Patricia Fallon
Patricia Fallon has taught drawing, painting, and printmaking at Ursuline College for 34 years, retiring in June 2016.  A gifted teacher and contemporary artist whose work is shown in the US, Europe and Latin America, she shares the joys of image making. Visit .patfallon.com to view her artwork, philosophy, resume, CV and awards earned.    
 
Portrait Painting
Ages: 18+
Program Description:  You will learn how to paint a portrait using oil, paint, achieving realism in sharp detail and color accuracy.  An additional materials fee of $25 is payable to instructor at first class.
Location: Thorton Park Community Room
Dates: Saturdays, Sep 16 - Oct 28
Times: 10:15 - 2:15 pm
Fees: $160 SHRES/$180 NRES
Instructor: Thomas L. Hudson
Thomas Hudson is an artist specializing in pencil and oil paint media, drawing and painting realistically.  He is a graduate of Cleveland’s Cooper School of Art.  His clients include the American Cancer Society, United Way, Harcourt Brace & Company, The Cleveland Playhouse, University Hospitals, and Holt, Rinehart & Winston.  Visit his website: thomashudsonart.com.

Epoxy Resin Jewelry
Class has been canceled due to low enrollment.
Ages 18+. Transform epoxy resin into a unique jewelry medium using coloring agents and collage materials. We will explore this medium by making a brooch in our first project. No jewelry skills required. An additional materials fee beginning at $18 must be payable to instructor at first class (this fee varies depending on selection of base jewelry).
Location: STJ Community Building Room 115
Dates: Tuesdays, Jan 30 - Feb 2
Times:  10:30 – 11:45 am
Fees:$25 SHRES / $35 NRES
Instructor: Grace Chin
Jewelry designer Grace Chin creates one-of-a-kind artistic and fine jewelry. With a background in sculpture, she was trained in jewelry at the Parsons School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Grace Chin also teaches at the Orange Art Center. You can visit her website: www.gracechindesign.com
 
Observational Drawing
Ages: 18+
Program Description: This course teaches basic drawing skills. Through the observation and analysis of natural and manufactured
forms, students will learn how to structure their sketches and how to compose what they are exploring.
Location: Thorton Park Community Room
Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays, Jan 9 - Mar 1 ( Two Sessions)
Times: 9:30 - 10:30am
Fees: $15 SHRES/$25 NRES
Instructor: Maria Balcells
A Catalan artist. Maria Balcells graduated from hhe University of Barcelona with a degree in fine arts and has more than 3o years of exhibition work.  Her latest drawing exhibition was held in Barcelona in 2015.
Website:  mariabalcellsforrellad.blogspot.com