Minnesota Porcelain Art Guild
(MPAG)

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Every two years the MPAG hosts a Porcelain Art School.
The school is open to all painters

Location:
Christ the King Lutheran Church
1900 NW 7th St., New Brighton, MN

Minnesota Porcelain Art School
Session 1 - July 24-26, 2008

MARY ELLEN HAGGERTY- Paint Your Pet on a 12"Stein The preferred shape is a 12" stein. Pictured are representative samples of Mary Ellen's work. She has a background in veterinary illustration and instruction. You will need to bring good photographs of your pet in standing, sitting, running, lying down or close-ups. A 9 1/4" practice plate (coupe) will be needed. A regular pallet of colors will be used and Mary Ellen will have paint in class mixed for your use. There will be a general sheet of instructions given; special instructions have also been prepared for your use.

Level - Intermediate and above Click on pictures for larger image

JERRY SIMERTZ - Paint that Special Piece in your collection (Where do you go from here?) You will bring your own special blank piece of china to class from your collection. Pictured are representative samples of Jerry's work. Jerry will work with each of you who are in her class. This is a design opportunity offered to help artists get moving forward with this project with individual help in the various aspects of composition, color harmony and suitable subject matter for your piece. A regular pallet of colors will be used. This class will help you to start work on your special piece; however you will not have a finished piece at the end of the 3 day session. Arrangements can be made for help to complete the painting. You will need pencil and paper for drawing your design etc.

Level - Intermediate and above Click on pictures for larger image

2nd Session - JULY 28, 29 AND 30, 2008 (Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday)

MARY ANN PUTZIER Paint birds on a Rectangular Vase Painting shown is representative of Mary Ann's work; however for the class, the preferred shape is a rectangular vase with a flat surface to accommodate painting on both sides and big enough for a bird shape on each side. You will have a variety of bird pictures to select from or you may bring your own bird picture. You may also choose to do another painting on a 9 1/4" coupe plate. The instructor's preference is that you purchase the porcelain at the beginning of class so that there won't be issues of enough space or appropriateness of the piece to the subject matter.

Level - Intermediate and above Click on pictures for larger image

JAN RASMUSEN Paint Quick and Easy Ornaments You will enjoy making these ornaments for yourself or gifts. Painting shown is representative of Jan's work. Quick and easy ornaments are the subject of this class using lusters, enamels and porcelain paint. Simple ornament shapes are preferred with no raised embellishment or scrolls. At least five ornaments will be painted; if you are a fast painter more should be possible. You will need to indicate if you wish to purchase ornaments and how many on your registration sheet.

Any level should be able to succeed in this class

Suggested levels of difficulty
1. Beginner and above - studying under an instructor and has successfully completed 2 projects.
2. Advanced beginner - successfully completes projects, occasionally needs tracings of projects
3. Intermediate and above - has completed basics of porcelain art and seeks new challenges and methods
4. Advanced - has completed all course work, paints independently.

Link to general information
Link to application

For questions please call
Mary Ann Malensek 651-450-1584 or Cathy Luedke 763-416-5688

To contact the web master - send an email to info@porcelainartmn.org