Discovering Art — "How to Appreciate Great Art"

Cloverdale Arts Alliance's Series of Art Appreciation Classes

The Cloverdale Arts Alliance invites you to attend the upcoming DISCOVERING ART series, titled "How to Appreciate Great Art". This 36 session program will teach you the specific visual and interpretive skills needed to approach great artworks, finding their deeper meanings and reaching new levels of appreciation. Participants will learn the core elements of the artists' visual language and apply this technical knowledge to major art works in major genres of drawing, printmaking, sculpture and painting from the major eras and movements in Western art, from the Renaissance to the present.

Classes will be held at 7 pm to 8:30 pm, every other Wednesdays, starting on January 18, 2012, at the Cloverdale Center for the Arts (105 E. First St., Cloverdale, CA). Each evening will feature two sessions via DVD presented by a prominent art historian, with a short informal discussion following each.

Course curriculum is as follows:

January 18th	First Impressions Point of View and Focal Point
February 1st	Color Line
February 15th	Shape, Space and Shadow Composition
March 7th	Perspective Time and Motion
March 21st	Texture and Light Drawing
April 4th	Printmaking Modern Printmaking
April 18th	Sculpture Painting
May 2nd	Modern Painting Subject
May 16th	Signs and Symbols Portraits

Dates To Be Announced for the second half (Fall-Winter 2012)

	Self-Portraits Landscapes
	The Complete Picture Early Renaissance
	Northern Renaissance High Renaissance
	Mannerism Baroque
	18th —Century Era Neoclassicism and Romanticism
	Realism and Impressionism Post-Impressionism
	Expressionism Cubism
	Abstraction and Modernism Surreal
	Postmodernism To the Museum

Attend all classes, or choose the ones that interest you the most. DISCOVERING ART is meant for a wide audience, from those who are discovering art for the first time to those who have experienced art their entire lives and realize that it is a journey of constant discovery.

In order to reimburse the Cloverdale Arts Alliance (CAA) for the expenses of administration and refreshments, a nominal donation ($3 per evening for CAA members, $5 for non-members) will be requested. Seating is limited to the first 40 participants.

Call 894-4410 for further information and full schedule regarding this or the many other fine Cloverdale Art Alliance programs.