Workshops


BIG ARTS will continue to provide the high quality of instruction, small class size, and subject relevance that students and participants have experienced in previous years.


Classes offered include: Art and Technology, Discussion Groups, Fine Crafts, Foreign Language, Music Lessons, Painting and Drawing, Pottery, and Writing

Enrollment is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. To ensure a space in classes or workshops it is wise to register early. Full payment is required with registration. To enroll in a class: Download and print the registration form and mail or fax the completed form to us with your payment or payment information. Fax number is (239) 395-0330.

For more information call (239) 395-0900, or come in to BIG ARTS Center during business hours.


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2013 - 2014 Workshops Listed by Month


Registration Form

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Workshop Cancellation/Transfer Refund Policy:

If a student cancels/withdraws from a class/workshop and notifies BIG ARTS at least one week prior to the first day of the class, 100 percent of the tuition paid may be transferred to another workshop or to a BIG ARTS gift card. If a cash refund is requested, 80 percent of the tuition paid will be refunded to the student. No transfers/refunds will be given if a student cancels within one week before start of the class/workshop.


2013 - 2014 Season:
Supply Lists and Class Information from Instructors
Listed Alphabetically by Instructor Last Name

Arnould: Issues in the Economics of Health and Health Care

Bailey: History of Jazz, Swing Era

Bouche: Seeing Through Masterpieces, Hidden Lives of Outrageously Famous Artworks

Bronsted: Clay Sculpting, Pottery on the Wheel

Buelow: Pastel Painting

Butler: Looking at Art

Casola: Stained Glass Classes

Churchill: Torn Strip Papier-Mâché Sculpture

Collier: Oil Painting, Beginner and Intermediate

Collier: Oil Painting, Intermediate Advanced

Councell: Adventures in Watercolors and Mixed Media

Damandl: Cool Coils, Basketry

Damandl: Fun with Gourds

Damandl: Pine Needle Basketry

Daversa: How to Write Mysteries and Thrillers

Daversa: Mystery Thriller Critique Group

Devos: PMC Classes: Glass Pendant, Gemstones and Pearls, Bracelets

Ferguson: Decorative Painting and Creative Art

Ferguson: Oil Painting

Flagg: Learn to Weave

Flaherty: Pottery on the Wheel

Gause: Open Studio, Clothed Model/Still Life

Gray: Rattan Basket

Gray: Shaker Tape Tote Basket

Hagan: How to Write Your Memoirs

Hammond: Learning to See and Draw with the Old Masters

Jacob: Beginner Italian, for Travelers

Kaiser: Glass Fusing

Lettmann: Jumpstart Your Writing

Life Drawing Open Studio - Non Instructed (Mondays)

Life Drawing Open Studio - Non Instructed (Fridays)

McCarty Sickels: Applied Drawing Basics

Morrow: Self-Hypnosis for Health

Ndiaye: African Dance and Drumming

Niehoff: Convergence of Science & Spirituality: Physics & Metaphysics in the 21st Cent.

Niehoff: The Psychology and History of Religion

Newbourne: Chinese Brush Painting

Oberbeck: Great Themes Discussion Group

Oberbeck: Memoir or Short Fiction

Ogden: Drama Discussion Group

O'Kane: Art You Can Hang

Pappas: Experimental Watermedia, Beginner and Advanced

Pappas: Intermediate Watermedia

Pappas: Watermedia supply list

Pesek: Layered Imagery Collage

Peterson: Encaustic Workshop

Scott: Drawing, Introduction to Zentagle

Smith: Bach to Brubeck - Great Composers and Their Music

Souers: Adobe Elements

Souers: Adobe Lightroom

Souers: Adobe Lightroom

Souers: Photography, info for Intro and Advanced classes

Radeff: How to Publish - Articles

Radeff: How to Get Your Book Published

Ritchie: Great Books Discussion Group

Taylor: Create with Alcohol Inks

Thurber: Women's Seminar - For and About Women

Wagner: Pilates Plus Mat Class

Wagner: Dance, Move Your Body Shake Your Soul, Improv





BIG ARTS Workshops
are sponsored by
Sony Corporation of America.

BIG-ARTS workshops


Attention BIG ARTS Instructors:

BIG ARTS needs a completed IRS Form W-9 (Request for Taxpayer ID Number) for all instructors

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