The Arts at Canal Place Education Center continues classes and kicks off the fall season with a series of classes including Preschool Art Classes and Seniors Decorative Painting, taught by Cindy Inman.  The six-session class Preschool Art Classes, beginning on Sept 13 will include such projects as card making, holiday art collage, creating a maze, drawing and illustrating, and creating a book cover.  The six-session Seniors Decorative Painting classes, beginning on Sept 13 will include acrylic painting projects such as:  painting feathers, stained glass painting, night lights, tote bags, and sand dollars.

Inman relocated to the Bedford, Pennsylvania area from Phoenix, Arizona in 2005.  She studied commercial art and oil painting at Bonds Art Studio in Phoenix, and works mostly with mixed media.  Inman's passion for the arts and animals has led her on a path, from early childhood, to the farm and art studio she now enjoys in South Central Pennsylvania.  Inman teaches at several senior centers throughout PA and MD and has worked with afterschool and home-school art programs.

Pennsylvania based artist Loretta Radeschi will be teaching a Basket Weaving class where students will create a Bean Pot Basket during the class.  They will learn to twill, do a start/stop weave, create a matchstick rim and add a decorative enhancement.  The class will be held on September 18 and is appropriate for someone with no weaving experience.

Local artist, Nancy Biggs will teach a class on perspective in drawing on Sept 15.  The world we live in has three dimensions, but the surface on which we draw or paint has only two.  We use perspective to create the third dimension.  Aerial perspective involves color.   Linear perspective is based on lines that lead the eye to the illusion of depth.  Both ways of using the illusion to provide that depth will be explored. This will allow students to make the things in their drawings or paintings appear close or in the far distance, seeing an object from above or below, depicting two sides of the house, placing figures appropriately in the landscape, etc.

To view detailed descriptions of all classes, dates, times, fees and other class requirements visit www.artsatcanalplace.com or to enroll, contact the Allegany Arts Council at 301-777-2787.   The Education Center is adjacent to the Gallery at Canal Place.

The instructors for the current classes are or were all artists involved with the Arts at Canal Place, a local co-op artists’ gallery, however, teaching opportunities are available to non-members.  If anyone is interested  in adding a unique and fun class to the line-up, contact the gallery at 301-777-8199.   The gallery, located at 16 Howard St. among the Shops at Canal Place Heritage Area, is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and extended summer hours on Friday and Saturday evenings until 8 p.m.