Visual Narratives / Low-cost class

Registration opens October 21, 6 pm  

Instructor: Dawn Evans Scaltreto

Mosesian Center for the Arts is excited to offer a class for adults 55 years of age and over who are residents of Watertown. Creating visual art in combination with writing is a wonderful way to share personal stories and experiences. Have you always wanted to put some of these stories in writing? Or have you wondered how to paint your favorite landscape or seascape? With the guidance of an experienced art educator, students will be able to create images that best illustrate these stories or evoke the feelings associated with them. Participants will use easily accessible materials like watercolors, acrylic paint, pencils, glue, and scissors. Students will be shown different ways to use photographs as references and combine them with the writing. No prior art or writing experience is required! The writing and art prompts will be explained, and the teacher will work with each participant to help them achieve their goals. There will be demonstrations on techniques such as collage, watercolor painting, drawing, and some mixed media applications. Participants will work in a sturdy, hardbound sketchbook so at the end of the class each person will have a book filled with writing and images that tell their stories. At the end of the class, Mosesian Arts will host a reception and a viewing of the work. Participants may choose to share a story, or images done in the class. It may be a story circle, simple and comfortable for all who choose to share their work. 

Materials will be provided for all participants. Materials will include watercolors, some basic acrylic paint colors, gel pens, markers, scissors, glue sticks, brushes, pencils, and a hardbound sketchbook. 

 There will be a day dedicated to showing / sharing the work and a small reception, time to be determined. The class will take place in the Blue Studio at Mosesian Arts. 

Tuesdays, 10:30 AM–12:30 PM

January 19 - March 16, no class on February 16 / Snow date March 23

$45 registration fee for Watertown residents

$130 for non-Watertown residents

*Registration Fee will be waived for EBT card holders, please contact registration@mosesianarts.org to get the fee waived.  

This class is made possible by Marshall Home Fund and the Aging Creatively Initiative at Mosesian Arts.

During the checkout process, you will be given an option to purchase ticket insurance called XCover, which is offered by the AudienceView ticketing platform we use for registration, NOT by MCA. Please do not purchase this insurance for Education programming. If you need to withdraw from a Summer Stages and Studios program, please contact education@mosesianarts.org. Refunds between January 7 and April 1 are subject to a $50 admin fee. If a refund is requested between April 1 and June 1, we are only able to refund 50% of the tuition paid. After June 1, refunds will only be issued if the space is filled by someone from the waitlist.