Classes for Adults

All classes held at the Menino Arts Center unless otherwise specified. If you are a Hyde Park Art Association member, you will receive a 10% discount on all classes. If you are not a member but would like to become one, please fill out the Membership Form.

To register for a class, you can fill out a registration form. You can also pick up a registration form at The Arts Center. Checks are payable to: Hyde Park Art Association

and mailed to:

The Menino Arts Center
26 Central Avenue
Hyde Park, MA 02136
Phone: 617-364-ARTS

You can also email us with questions.

Fall Art Classes

***note the new schedule***

NEW CLASS!

Understanding How to Use Your Digital Camera

ages 16 and up

Mondays, 4:30 - 6:30 PM
4 weeks, November 3 – November 24 $80.00

This class will focus on learning your camera’s functions so that you can move beyond your presets and take better pictures. Topics to be discussed will include how the digital sensor works; file formats like JPEG, TIFF, and RAW; exposure, metering, and evaluating the camera’s histogram; basic photographic technique; and a few post-processing techniques for easy emailing and web-posting of your photos.

Teacher Erik Gehring www.erikgehring.com
A freelance writer and photographer. His photos have been shown extensively at galleries and juried shows throughout Boston, Eastern Massachusetts and the Lakes Region of New Hampshire.

Drawing

All levels, $120.00

Tuesdays 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
3 weeks, October 14 - October 28, $60.00
6 weeks, November 4 - December 9, $120.00

Drawing is learning how we see. Discover how sketching provides the fundamental skills that underlie all works of art. Focus on line, proportion, and composition. We will use charcoal, pencil, and ink.

Materials list provided. HPAA teachers.

Painting

all levels, $120.00

Wednesdays 7:30 – 9:30 pm
3 weeks, October 15 - October 29, $60.00
6 weeks, November 5 - December 1 (no class November 26), $120.00

Learn how to tune into your spontaneous and intuitive side and then analyze your mark-making discoveries.

Materials list provided. HPAA teachers

Life Drawing Drop-In Class

All levels

Thursdays 7:30 - 9:30 pm
6 weeks, September 25 - October 30, $80.00 or $15.00/session
6 weeks, November 6 - December 18 (no class November 27), $80.00 or $15.00/session

Monday Mornings with Paul

Mondays, 10:00 am - 12:00 noon (FREE)
Location: The Menino Arts Center, 26 Central Ave.