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heARTy Yoga for Kids
Instructor: Swati Bhende
Two Mondays: October 24 & November 7
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Ages 5 - 12
$8/class Members; $10/class Non-Members
Call 828-327-8576 to Register

Within the galleries of HMA, certified yoga instructor Swati Bhende will guide children through fun yoga poses and games that will energize and yet calm your child. A new yoga pose will be introduced each class along with a simple origami project related to the pose. Students will love the unique approach of blending art with yoga. Bring a mat or order one from Swati. For more details on kids yoga, benefits, and the instructor, visit www.Yoga-Reflection.com.

UNUSUAL PAINTING
Three Wednesdays: October 26, November 2 & 9
3:30 - 4:30 PM
K - 2nd Grade
$25 Members, $35 Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register

This class will find unusual items to paint, just like Folk Artists. We will paint on glass bottles and turn them into luminaries, make CD sun catchers, paint ourselves on a piece of wood and more!

PAINTING ANIMALS
Thursdays November 10 & 17 and Friday, November 18
3:30 - 5 PM
3rd - 7th Grades
$30 Members, $40 Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register

Using acrylics, students will be taught about proportions and scale while learning to paint animals of all shapes and sizes. All supplies provided. Instructor: Pam Smith

CLAY FOR BEGINNERS
Three Mondays: November 14, 21 & 28
3:30 - 4:30 PM
K - 1st Grade
$30 Members; $35 Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register

Young hands will learn to squish, pound, and score clay. We will make a tile, animal bowl, and several other handmade items that will be glazed and fired.

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Saturday, November 5
11 AM - 3 PM (Book signing 1 - 3 PM)
HMA Galleria

The HMA Galleria invites you to get a head start on your holiday shopping at their Open House on Saturday, November 5. Enjoy discounts on your entire purchase – 20% off for HMA Members and 10% off for Non-Members (Hart Square book, gift certificates and memberships excluded from discount). Lemonade and cookies will be served. As a reminder, the HMA Galleria offers complimentary gift wrapping.

Also that day, Robert W. Hart III will be doing a book signing for “Hart Square” recently published by Goosepen Press (1 - 3 PM). See below for more information.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

“I’ve visited Colonial Williamsburg, almost grew up in Old Salem, and I’ve seen other restored places all over North America, and nothing compares with Dr. Hart’s village just south of Hickory.” – Bob Timberlake

For nearly forty years, Dr. Robert Hart of Hickory, North Carolina, has rescued and restored Carolina life of the nineteenth century, creating in the rolling countryside of Catawba County an entire village – the largest collection of original, historical log structures in the United States. From corn cribs and barns, to houses and chapels, and even a few outhouses, Hart Square: One Man’s Passionate Preservation of North Carolina’s Pioneer Heritage features 798 color photographs of the structures and their period furnishings, not forgoing detailed histories and the often humorous anecdotes of moving and restoring them (sometimes at peril to life, limb, and digit). As the first touches of autumn fleck Hog Hill on the fourth Saturday in October, Bob and Becky Hart’s “farm,” as they simply call it, bustles with over two hundred knowledgeable artisans and docents demonstrating and sharing the craftsmanship and subsistence of the area’s pioneers. To enter the village on festival day is to enter the early 1800s, and there is little to break the spell.

View sample pages at www.GoosepenPress.com
Clothbound: $75
11.9” wide by 12.5” tall
400 pages
798 color images

10% of the proceeds benefit the Hickory Museum of Art when Hart Square is purchased in the HMA’s Galleria. The remainder solely benefits the Hart Square Foundation for the long-term preservation of the village.

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MAKE A LARGE LIGHTED LAWN ORNAMENT
Sunday, November 6, 2 - 4 PM
$20/Family (or Individual) for Members; $25/Family for Non-Members
Includes materials for one ball (additional sphere kits $10)
Call 828-327-8576 to Register

Family fun includes making soccer ball-size lighted spheres. They look great on the lawn or hanging from trees during the holidays. John Eller took the class last year and is eager to teach the process. Please bring wire cutters and work gloves. (Wire cutters available for sale during the class.) HMA will provide the Lighted Ornament Kits.

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OIL PAINTING LESSONS with Kate Worm
Four Mondays: November 7, 14, 21 & 28
11 AM - 2 PM
$95 Members; $110 Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register

Learn the basics of drawing, composition, and beautiful color working from a still-life arrangement. Kate is an experienced painter and popular instructor. Her figure paintings were featured in Watercolor Magazine Summer 2006. Check out her website www.kateworm.com to read the online version of the article. All ability levels are welcome.

THE ART OF HENNA with Anita Gupta
Two Mondays: November 7 & 14
6 - 8 PM
$50 Members, $60 Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register
Must register by Thursday, November 3

Here is your chance to learn how to do Henna for yourself and friends. Anita will introduce the basics of this beautiful, ancient art form of skin decoration including design, application, and aftercare. Henna paste is all natural containing powdered henna leaves, acidic liquid and Eucalyptus oil. Your body art is temporary and perfect for special occasions like weddings, festivals and birthdays. Anita is originally from India and loves different arts and crafts, especially Henna (also called Mehndi). She participates in Hickory International Festival and Octoberfest.

LESSONS IN WATERCOLOR with Judy Rider
Four Wednesdays: November 9, 16, 30 & December 7
12:30 - 3:30 PM
$20/Class Members, $30/Class Non-Members; Call 828-327-8576 to Register
Must register by the Monday before each class

Judy is a master watercolorist and very popular educator. Each day will be a self-contained lesson emphasizing basics of good watercolor painting. Judy will meet with students one to four times. The Museum is offering a flexible format for Judy’s classes. You get to choose. Bring your painting supplies.

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Parents... enjoy a latté or frappuccino while your child enjoys an art lesson conducted by HMA teachers at Taste Full Beans Coffee in downtown Hickory (29 2nd St NW).

All classes are for children K – 5th grade with the exception of the family night event.

Saturday, November 5, 10 - 11:15 AM
FALL LANDSCAPE, $15
Create a fall-inspired landscape on canvas.

Saturday, December 10, 10 - 11 AM
HOLIDAY ADORNMENT, $15
Create a festive adornment just in time for the holidays.

Family Fun!
Tuesday, November 15, 5:30 - 7 PM
NESTING DOLLS, $25 (per set of five dolls)
Parents and children together are invited to paint their own folk art family of five wood nesting dolls during the workshop. Materials for decoupage will also be available as an option. These make great holiday decorations!

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