for Classes!
Johns Creek, Georgia 30097
Phone 770-623-8448
Fax 770-623-6695
E-mail oceeinfo@bellsouth.net
Sign up for Summer
and Fall classes*!
Summer Schedule Fall Schedule
*Online registration for summer and fall classes will be available by May 15.
NEW CLASSES AT OCEE!
YOUTH:
- Early Teen Drawing
- Living with Art
ADULT:
- Figure Drawing (evening class)
- All Level Oil and Acrylic
- Ceramic Sculpture and Handbuilding
- Presentation in Polymer
NEW WAY TO SEARCH!
What if Ocee Arts Center had a penny for every time you searched the internet? Search the web with www.goodsearch.com and money from Yahoo advertisers will go to Ocee Arts Center without you spending a dime! Our goal is $1,000 which will be put toward future camp supplies. This means just 150 people doing 2 searches per day! It is an effortless way to give back to the community, so search for Ocee Arts Center today!
CERAMICS STUDIO: OPEN
STUDIO SCHEDULE
5/27- 8/8
Monday: 9am-5pm
Tuesday: 9am - 9pm
Wednesday: 9am-9pm
Thursday:
9am-9pm
Friday: 9am-5pm
Sorry, no Saturdays
We are now offering Early Release Art Parties! Join us for an exciting afternoon in our new mixed media, early release art parties! Come get your hands dirty while experimenting with different media and techniques to create one of a kind work of art! Art Parties will be held on Fulton County Early Release School Days. Grades k-5. Click here for more details and registration.
Help out the Earth and Ocee Arts Center by recycling certain materials! Bring in your used ink cartridges, clean yogurt cups and plastic containers, baby food jars, cigar boxes, condensed soup cans, and dry cleaning plastic. Your contributions will help us raise funds for the arts center, as well as supply our classrooms with extra containers for art supplies. Ocee Arts Center and Mother Earth will thank you!
Friends of the Ocee Arts Center:
Call for
Volunteers
Interested in lending a helping hand at the Ocee? Below are just some of the few ways you can help out and be a part of our arts community.
1. Join the fundraising committee: Help with various events during the year.
2. Join the mailings committee: Help with addressing and postage on promotional materials.
3. Distribute quarterly schedules: Each session the Ocee class schedules are taken to area schools and libraries.
4. Greeting Card Committee: Ocee will begin selling greeting cards this spring. Help with packaging and delivering to various retailers.
Creative Chit-Chat: Check out our newsletter. Click here to download.
Ocee Arts Center is also available for:
- Homeschool Classes
- Special Needs Classes (Youth and Adult)
May 27-August 8: 2008 Summer Camp - Under the sea!
Summer Class Session Dates: May 27-August 28 (for specific class dates and times, check the class details pages.)
Fall Session Dates: September 8 - October 31
August 22: Ocee Arts Center becomes Johns Creek Arts Center.
September 5: Fall Registration Ends
September 2: Free Acting Class with Amy Cain: 6:30-8:00pm
September 8: Fall Classes Begin
October 4: Fall Fundraiser. Join the Johns Creek Arts Center and the Johns Creek Symphony for an evening of art and music. Visit the Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra online at www.johnscreeksymphony.com
October 15: Winter Registration Begins
Upcoming Shows
Fall Student Show: Saturday, November 8, 6:00-8:00pm
Holiday Arts Sale: November 8 - December 15. Opening Reception - Saturday, November 8: 6:00-8:00pm
Art Tips from the New Creative Artist by Nita Leland
Design Strategies:
1. Explore the design in your sketchbook. Does it need a delicate touch or an explosion? Look for a subject's gestures, the descriptive contours. Note important details.
2. Identify your concept, theme or idea. Every composition should have a strong design emphasis based on this. The decisions you make from here on out will depend on it.
3. Determine design dominance to reinforce your concept. Do you want: cool colors, restful horizontals? Curving lines, hot colors? Dynamic angles and oblique lines? Large shapes or intricate patterns? Sensitive colors or strong values?
4. Choose a format that enhances your expressive idea. Use creative variations of design formats. Make distinctive choices in your layout. Have your design interact with the edges, forming interesting negative areas.
5. Develop a design plan. Make big shapes by combining several small shapes. Arrange lights and darks in an effective value pattern. Use your sketchbook to try different plans.
6. Determine the focal point. Place it a different distance from each edge. Plan rhythm, repetition, color and pattern to direct the eye to your focal point. Arrange your greatest contrasts of color and value here.
7. Plan a distinctive color scheme. Use the expressive quality of color and count on dominance to support your concept.
8. Decide on the medium and technique that will pull everything together.
