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Art and Yoga for Fun and Relaxation
Saturdays, April 12, 19, 26, and May 3, 10, and 17, 2008
9 – 10:15 am
$10 per session or $55 all sessions for Members
$15 per session or $85 all sessions for non-members
Instructor: Leanne Oldenbrook
Yoga mats and music will be provided. Pre-registration is required and enrollment is limited.
Please call 716.270.8320 or email Admissions Coordinator James Baker at jbaker@albrightknox.org.
Enjoy an hour of yoga/meditative practice and learn about our Collection in a different art-filled location each week, including our beautiful Sculpture Garden if the weather permits. Each of the six sessions will begin with a fifteen minute introduction to the artwork in the yoga space by a Gallery guide. Leanne Oldenbrook, certified yoga instructor, will then lead a class that will explore different aspects of yoga each week. Every week will include stretching, strengthening, and relaxation poses and end with an art-inspired meditation. Beginner to advanced students welcome. Participants meet at the Elmwood Avenue entrance five minutes before class time. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own mat if you have one; otherwise, one will be provided.
Adult Outdoor Pastel Drawing Classes for Members Only
Fridays, July 11, 18, 25, and August 1, and 8, 2008
7 – 9 pm weather permitting
FREE
Members Only
Instructor: Todd Overturf
Meet outside the entrance on the Delaware Park side of the Gallery. Pre-registration is required and enrollment is limited.
Please call 716.270.8320 or email Admissions Coordinator James Baker at jbaker@albrightknox.org. These classes fill very quickly. A materials list will be mailed upon registration.
Spend five summer evenings outdoors learning pastel techniques for landscape drawing. Each session, the class will travel to different locations and experience and capture on paper the changing weather and light of Buffalo in the summer.
Adult Outdoor Landscape Painting with a Contemporary Edge
Thursdays, July 17, 24, 31 and August 7, 14 and 21, 2008
3 – 5 pm weather permitting
$75 Members / $100 non-members
Instructor: Nathan Naetzker
Pre-registration is required and enrollment is limited.
Please call 716.270.8320 or e-mail Admissions Coordinator James Baker at jbaker@albrightknox.org
by 5 pm on July 15 to pre-register.
A materials list will be mailed upon registration.
Spend six summer afternoons learning traditional oil painting and techniques for handling and transporting landscape paintings. The class will explore the methods that have been used by European artists since the middle of the nineteenth century. These methods, still used today but with a contemporary slant, are used by artists such as Anne Appleby and Gerhard Richter. Instructor Nathan Naetzker, a traditional oil painter who creates contemporary subject matter, has been painting outdoors since the age of ten. A teacher at Buffalo State College, Naetzker was the 2000 recipient of the Prince of Wales allowing him the opportunity to paint in Europe with HRH Prince Charles.
Art and Yoga for Fun and Relaxation
Saturdays, September 27, October 4, 11, 18, 25 and November 1, 2008
9 – 10:15 am
$10 per session or $55 all sessions for Members
$15 per session or $85 all sessions for non-members
Instructor: Leanne Oldenbrook
Enjoy an hour of yoga/meditative practice and learn about our collection in a different art-filled location each week, including our beautiful Sculpture Garden if the weather permits. Each of the six sessions will begin with a fifteen-minute introduction to the artwork in the yoga space by a Gallery guide. Leanne Oldenbrook, certified yoga instructor, will then lead a class exploing different aspects of yoga each week. Every session will include stretching, strengthening, and relaxation poses and end with an art-inspired meditation. Beginner to advanced students welcome. Participants meet at the Elmwood Avenue entrance five minutes before class time. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own mat if you have one; otherwise, one will be provided.