Crealdé School of Art is a community based non-profit arts organization
established in 1975. It features a year-round curriculum of over 100 visual
arts classes for students of all ages, taught by a faculty of over 40 working
artists; a renowned Summer Art Camp for children and teens; a Visiting
Artist Workshop series, three galleries, the Contemporary Sculpture Garden,
and award-winning outreach programs. Crealdé’s second campus, the
Hannibal Square Heritage Center, opened in 2007 in partnership with the
City of Winter Park as an extension of Crealdé’s community programs.
Crealdé School of Art, located in Winter Park, FL, is supported in part by a
membership of over 1200 individuals, families and businesses; United Arts
of Central Florida; the City of Winter Park; Orange County Government through
the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program; the State of Florida Department of State,
Division of Cultural Affairs; The Florida Arts Council; The National Endowment
for the Arts; and various private foundations.
Crealde offers over 100 art classes and work-shops in painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, photography, stained glass and jewelry design. Classes are held at our scenic main campus in Winter Park; at the Hannibal Square Heritage Center; and at the Jessie Brock Community Center in Winter Garden.
Call 407-671-1886 or see all classes under Classes & Workshops tab above.
WEATHER NOTE: If classes are cancelled due to bad weather it will be announced here.
MAIN CAMPUS OFFICE HOURS
Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday & Saturday 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Galleries
OPENING SOON
August 9 & 10
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Cup-A-Thon XXIX and A Starry August Night Open House. A fun fund-raiser where visitors can shop and select from hundreds of ceramic cups and bowls created by Crealdé artists, students and friends. The Cup-A-Thon is held in conjunction with open house, tours of the sculpture garden, live music, refreshments and discounted registration on Fall courses. Cup-A-Thon Friday, 7-10 p.m. and Saturday, 4-9 p.m. and Open House Saturday 5-8 p.m.
August 17 to August 31
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
31st Summer ArtCamp Student Exhibition.
Since 1982, Crealdé has presented an annual exhibition featuring one work of art from each of the 300 Summer ArtCamp participants, ages four to 17. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture and photography. Curated by Crealdé’s Summer ArtCamp faculty. Opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, August 17.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
June 14 to Sept. 2
Alice & William Jenkins Gallery
33rd Annual Juried Student Exhibition.
See the amazing creativity, talent and skill of Crealdé’s students! Crealdé’s Program Steering Committee selects some of the year’s best student work in painting, drawing, photography, ceramics and sculpture.
June 14 to August 10, 2013
Showalter Hughes Community Gallery
Storytellers XVI: Geneva, Florida.
Enjoy a preview through June 3 in Geneva at the Rural Heritage Center; followed by an exhibition at Crealdé from June 14 to August 10, 2013 in the Showalter Hughes Community Gallery. Storytellers XVI features the work of teens from the rural Seminole County community of Geneva, in partnership with the Rural Heritage Center. The Storytellers program is funded through a grant from the Orlando Magic Youth Fund, a Fund of the McCormick Foundation.
through September 7, 2013
Heritage Center Gallery
Preaching to the Trees and the Animals:
The Folk Art of O.L. Samuels.
As the opening event for this year’s Folk Art and Craft Festival, the Heritage Center will feature one of America’s most noted folk artists. The Tallahassee artist shows his elaborately carved wood sculptures that manifest his love for the natural world. The exhibition also features two large carved animal sculptures from the collection of the Mennello Museum of American Art. Curated by Crealdé Executive Director Peter Schreyer.
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Underserved Kids Need Art Too!
Please help us raise money to keep alive Crealde’s longest running program in east Winter Garden and south Apopka.
Every dollar counts.
For a limited time, each $1 will be matched by $.50 by Bank of America,
our Presenting Sponsor! To see our project click here
WEEKEND WORKSHOPS
There is still time to register! Click Classes & Workshops above, then the department you like, to register. Or call 407-671-1886.
August 3, 9a-5p
Wedding Photography with Patrick Van Dusen. Learn what it takes to start and run a wedding photography business. Patrick will teach the concepts of finding customers, working with them, preparing for and shooting the wedding, making the final product and selling reprints.
Members $50 • Non-Members $70 Patrick Van Dusen is a professor at Daytona State College and has been a wedding photographer for over 20 years.
August 12, 13, 14, 9a-4p
Expressive Figure in Oil with Stacy Barter.
Learn to paint figurative subjects by exploring how color, and warm and cool temperatures affect flesh tones. Emphasis is placed on finding accuracy, while bravely leaving fresh and expressive passages consisting of lost edges and merging values. This will be an energetic, fun experience, along with plenty of guidance and one-on-one instruction. We will be working from the nude, draped and clothed figure, doing short studies in oil and building up to longer three-hour model sessions.
Members $345 • Non-Members $365 Stacy Barter has won Awards of Excellence at both the National and Regional Oil Painters of America shows, and her paintings are widely collected.
August 18 & 25, 1p-4p
“Mask”arade: Clay Wall Hangings with Doug Bringle. Make and decorate a clay mask to suit your fancy: animal or human, grotesque or romantic, scary or friendly. Directions are clear to help beginners create special wall pieces. Parent/child workshop for ages 5 & up.
Members $100 • Non-Members $120
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