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Upcoming Classes
Melinda Byrd has been teaching children since the 1970s
when she taught a multitude of activities during seven years
as a summer camp counselor at Camp Sewataro in Sudbury,
Massachusetts. Today, her art classes for children include her
most successful techniques of ensuring that FUN will be had by
all. She often integrates artistic technique with movement,
music, exploration, nature, past experiences, disconnecting
the brain, and playfulness in a totally accepting atmosphere.
Look for children's classes in Nature Drawing--where children
practice drawing everything they see and Action Art--a series
of classes where nonstop creativity flows from one medium to
the next: sculpture, painting, printing, and collage.
Classes for adults include Nature Drawing--making field
observations and keeping a journal, Learning about Nature
Through Drawing--where the focus is to really see nature
clearly for the first time using a sketchbook as a tool for
better understanding. In addition, watch for classes in rya
rug making. (See rya page) She
recognizes that it is an expensive endeavor for someone to buy
a handknotted rya rug. If people learn how to design and make
their own rugs, they can have the experience of making a rug
as well as the beautiful finished piece. Making the actual
knots is so simple, anyone who can sit still can do it. When
she teaches a rya rug making class, the student learns the
principles of designing, enjoys the weeks or months of
knotting the rug, and saves about two-thirds the price of a
purchased hand knotted rug.
