We welcome the holiday season with our take on the traditional Advent Calendar. We are pleased to offer the work of artists to purchase as gifts for yourself or someone you care about, classes to teach or expand a skill, and original art to enjoy a lifetime. The gifts of the season will unfold every day from Dec 1 to Dec 24, so you’ll need to come back every day o see what that day holds.
Enjoy!
ArtCenter Manatee is offering a series of free demo videos to introduce you to select classes and instructors, as well as to bring you a few art projects for children. All the demos and projects will be posted to our YouTube Channel where you may view them as many times as you’re like.
Sterling Edwards is a contemporary watermedia master who is originally from Kansas City, Missouri. He has been a resident of North Carolina since 1973.
In 2007 Sterling was honored to be awarded signature member status in the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour (CSPWC) and in 2010 he was awarded signature membership status in the Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA).
Sterling was a featured artist in the fall 2001 issue of “Watercolor Magic Magazine’s Ones to Watch” and has been featured in numerous other magazine and newspaper articles. In 2009 he was a featured artist in the book, “Best of America Watermedia Artists”. He is the author of the best selling North Light book “Creating Luminous Watercolor Landscapes, a Four Step Process” and is a featured artist in numerous other books by various national and international publishers including, “Masters of Watercolor”, published in 2015 by Russian artist and author, Konstantin Sterkhov. Sterling is also the designer of a signature line of multi-media paint brushes and a watercolor palette that are marketed internationally.
In 2013 Sterling was proudly accepted by invitation into the International Watercolor Society (IWS) and in 2015 was awarded a lifetime signature membership into the internationally renowned Whiskey Painters of America (WPA), the most unique and exclusive miniature painting society in the world. In 2017 he was awarded signature membership status in the National Watercolor Society (NWS).
Highly respected among his peers, Sterling is often commissioned to jury national and international art competitions. His award-winning paintings are in private and corporate collections worldwide. Sterling works from his home studio in Lewisville, North Carolina.
Until further notice, the pottery studio will only be open to students currently enrolled in a class. Students must register in advance to reserve a slot. Each student may take one 3-hour session per week. You may register the first day of your class for that week and on Saturday for the following week. Limit will be 6 students per session.
The Pottery Studio is available for use during regular business hours by ArtCenter Manatee members who have completed one ceramics class at ArtCenter Manatee in the past two years. Open studio is available only when classes are not in session. There is a fee for use of Open Studio if you are not in a ceramics class. Each session is up to 3 hours. A full day is up to 6 hours. If you are currently enrolled in a ceramics class you have a one week grace period after your last class date. You must sign in and out at the front desk at all times. If you do not sign in/out, it will be considered an all day open studio. You must provide your own materials. Clay may be purchased for $35 per 25 lbs. Price includes glazes and firing.
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