We know that many studies now show that participation in the arts is good for us - making it or seeing it! The arts build community, raise children's test scores, help children and adults with special needs, develop skills, encourage us to think outside of the box, help us to solve problems creatively, and serve as economic engines. But plain and simple, art just makes us feel good.

So often our New Year's resolution are lists of things that we should do because they are good for us. In 2015 how about making a commitment to doing something for yourself that just makes you feel good? 

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Sue Ferguson Gussow

Line, Color and Surface

The exhibit is curated by well-known New Jersey painter, and great friend of The Center, Mel Leipzig, and features the work of four artists: Harry Naar (Lawrenceville, NJ), Sue Ferguson Gussow (New York, NY), Geoffrey Dorfman (Trenton, NJ) and Tracey Jones (Trenton, NJ).  

According to Leipzig, "At first glance it might seem that the grouping of these four artists, two concerned with drawing from nature and two abstract painters, is disparate. On closer inspection it can be noted that all four artists, no matter what medium they use, be it the oil paints of Geoff Dorfman and Tracey Jones, the charcoal and pastel drawings of Sue Ferguson Gussow or the ink drawings of Harry Naar, exhibit a deep appreciation of the textual richness and sensuous qualities of their chosen medium."

Winter Art Classes & Workshops 

Registration is open for all winter 2015 classes and workshops. 

Winter is a great time to get creative! The winter session of classes and workshops for children and adults begins on Monday, January 5th.  

Classes are offered in oil, acrylic and watercolor painting, pastels, drawing, photography and ceramics. Special subjects include book illustration, abstraction, realism, animal portraiture, the figure and more.  

One-day winter workshops will cover painting with a palette knife, colored pencils, watercolor glazes, painting on silk and zentangle art.

The popular new format for childrens' classes with overview (Draw, Paint, Throw!) and in-depth (Draw!, Paint! and Throw!) programs will continue in the winter.
 

View and register for fall or winter classes & workshops   

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