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Ukulele Level 2 on Wednesdays in April at River House

$3750

with Dennis Fermin

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 9:45 am, runs for 4 weeks

Open to new students with no or some prior experience. 

Class subjects:

  • Learning new chords including Dominant 7ths.
  • Smoothing out those chord changes while playing fun classics.
  • 12 Bar Blues shuffle chord progressions.
  • Some experience playing most Major and Minor chords.

Requirements: Instrument, music stand, pen or pencil

Dennis Fermin has been playing guitar for over 30 years and joyfully helping others learn to play along the way. As a graduate from Musician's Institute of California, he has the skills and the patience to teach on many different topics and styles of music. Currently you can hear him perform locally as Fermin Spanish Guitar.

Class sessions will run on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 9:45 - 11:15 a.m. at the River House, 179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084.

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Will run

Beginning Acrylic Landscape Painting Class on Wednesdays in April at River House

$50

with Jenny Keyser

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 11:30 am, runs for 4 weeks

In this painting course, Jenny will lead you through the fundamentals of landscape painting from composition to finished piece.  

You will learn how to break down a composition into readable shapes and patterns, how to mix colors as well as how to apply different painting applications all within an art historical framework.  Jenny’s goal is to work with each student from where they are and help them take the steps to get where they want to be.

Jenny is an award-winning, independent, St. Augustine area artist and has shown her work internationally in galleries and museums.  Her formal education includes a BS from Vanderbilt University, a certificate in Museum Studies from Northwestern University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Supplies Needed:

A few images of landscapes you might want to paint - printed out

a 16”x20” canvas,

a painter’s palette (do not get one with dividers as it is not conducive to mixing colors, paper plates can work quite well),

a variety of round and flat paintbrushes,

a general set of tube acrylic paints including black, green, yellow, red, brown, blue and two tubes of white or one large tube (white is used more than the other colors),

a rag for clean-up,

a plastic cup for water,

a pencil and eraser,

a plastic trash bag to transport your piece,

a sketchbook or white paper to make preliminary sketches on. 

Class sessions will be held on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 11:30 to 1:30 at the River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Full Course

Guitar 2 on Wednesdays in April at River House

$3750

with Dennis Fermin

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 11:30 am, runs for 4 weeks

Learn more Major, Minor and Dominant 7th open string Chords.

Tips and tricks for chords.

Playing smooth chord changes.

Fun, easy, beginner songs and strum patterns.

Play your Classic Rock song favorites in a fun group setting.

Supplies needed

  • Guitar 
  • Compact Music Stand 
  • Pen or Pencil for notes

Dennis Fermin has been playing guitar for over 30 years and joyfully helping others learn to play along the way. As a graduate from Musician's Institute of California, he has the skills and the patience to teach on many different topics and styles of music. Currently you can hear him perform locally as Fermin Spanish Guitar.

Class sessions will be held on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 11:30 to 1 at River House (179 Marine St.  St. Augustine 32084)

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

 

Will run

Line Dance on Wednesdays in April at River House

$25

with Ramona Walter

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 11:45 am, runs for 4 weeks

Come learn the fun dance art of Line Dance with a lively variety of music including Pop, Country, and Latin.

Wear comfortable shoes, preferably with leather bottoms.

Ramona is the former owner of Mona Gail Dance Center. She studied Ballroom dance under Jack Kalan and became a teacher at the age of sixteen. While working with Fred Astaire she became the Tri-State Dance Director. Ramona is a multi National Championship winner. She has experience in choreography and her local students won first place in the "I Love Dance Competition" at World Golf Village in 2020.

Class sessions will be held on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 11:45 to 12:45 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Will run

Tap Dancing Level 3 on Wednesdays in April at River House

$3750

with Judy Woodruff

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 1:30 pm, runs for 4 weeks

For the experienced tap dancer with a good command of tap technique and vocabulary this intermediate level class emphasizes choreography. Practice includes a variety of time steps, more syncopated rhythms, developing speed with clarity, and performance quality. Choreography includes new work and some dances from the Matanzas Tap performance repertory.

Class sessions will be held on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 1:30 - 3:00 pm at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084).

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Will run

Intermediate / Advanced Art on Wednesdays in April at River House

$50

with Jenny Keyser

Calendar Apr 3, 2024 at 2 pm, runs for 4 weeks

This class is for students with prior knowledge of composition and art (for example, anyone who has taken Jenny’s Acrylic Landscape Painting class should consider this next step!). In this class, a variety of techniques and media will be introduced that can serve to add to the students’ current repertoire and consequently deepen the artist’s practice and individual voice. The use of mixed media, mono-printing, layering, scraping, papermaking, an exploration of earth art and the incorporation of words/poetry are all possible classes. Jenny will schedule the materials for each class based on interest. Her goal is to further develop your style all within an art historical framework. Please bring a project you are working on to continue your practice between groups of demonstrations / experimentations. It is the “fabric of the individual voice” that Jenny will try to help cultivate by working with each student.

Materials:  

Bring to class the materials you enjoy using in your practice along with a current project. Don’t worry, if you are “stuck”, we can discuss. For example: a variety of acrylic paints, brushes, watercolor paints, papers, inventive mark-makers, colored pencils, graphite, fine markers, a palette (paper plates work well!), inspirational writings, sketchbook thoughts, a rag for clean-up, a cup for water, a pencil and eraser, sketchbook paper, a plastic bag to transport your piece etc… (I also invite water soluble oil paints as well, but these may be harder to transport while wet).

Jenny is an award-winning, independent, St. Augustine area artist and has shown her work internationally in galleries and museums.  Her formal education includes a BS from Vanderbilt University, a certificate in Museum Studies from Northwestern University and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Class sessions will be held on Wednesdays, April 3, 10, 17, 24 from 2:00-4:00 pm at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084).

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Full Course

Colored Pencil Art on Thursdays in April and May at River House

$50

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Apr 4, 2024 at 11 am, runs for 5 weeks

With instructor Liz Monaco, this class is designed to teach you the popular art of Colored Pencil to create your very own works of art. You will learn color mixing, layering, and other techniques to get the results you have always wanted. 

*Supplies Needed:

  • Prisma Color Premier Colored Pencils – Set of 24
  • Open Stock Colors: Black Grape, Magenta
  • Colorless Blender
  • White Plastic Eraser, Pencil Sharpener, Ruler
  • Bristol Vellum Drawing Paper
  • Tracing paper, Graphite Transfer Paper

Class sessions will be held on Thursdays, April 4, 18 and May 16, 23, 30 from 11 to 1 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

Please note that there are no class sessions on April 11 & 25 and May 2 & 9.

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Will run

Colored Pencil Art on Thursdays in April and May at River House

$50

with Liz Monaco

Calendar Apr 4, 2024 at 1:30 pm, runs for 5 weeks

With instructor Liz Monaco, this class is designed to teach you the popular art of Colored Pencil to create your very own works of art. You will learn color mixing, layering, and other techniques to get the results you have always wanted. 

*Supplies Needed:

  • Prisma Color Premier Colored Pencils – Set of 24
  • Open Stock Colors: Black Grape, Magenta
  • Colorless Blender
  • White Plastic Eraser, Pencil Sharpener, Ruler
  • Bristol Vellum Drawing Paper
  • Tracing paper, Graphite Transfer Paper

Class sessions will be held on Thursdays, April 4, 18 and May 16, 23, 30 from 1:30 to 3:30 at River House (179 Marine Street, St. Augustine 32084)

Please note that there are no class sessions on April 11 & 25 and May 2 & 9.

Classes are for ages 18 and up.

Will run





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