The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation:
Office & Gallery Hours: 10 AM to 4 PM Tuesday- Saturday
Large groups are welcome! After hours appointments available for gallery exhibits.
To schedule a visit call 706-769-4565 or email
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OCAF is located at 34 School Street in Historic Watkinsville Georgia.
The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation (OCAF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charity that is not supported by tax dollars of any kind. All of our programs are open to the public regardless of what county they live in. OCAF members receive valuable discounts on classes, workshops and special events. Although membership is suggested it is not required.
Upcoming Events & Exhibits
All exhibitions open to the public the evening of the opening reception.
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YOUTH ART MONTH - Oconee County Schools
Exhibition Dates: February 27 – March 26, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, February 27, 4-6 PM
OCAF's annual exhibit in celebration of Youth Art Month is a fun and wondrous event. The exhibit features works of art from Oconee County's public and private schools, grades K-12 and always amazes with the quality of colorful, imaginative and variety of work produced by these young artists.
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UNG Oconee Campus Gallery
Exhibition Dates: March 5 - April 2, 2015
Opening Reception: Thursday, March 5, 5 PM
Rob Matre, of Atlanta's Matre Gallery, will select work by members of the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation for this juried exhibit in the Oconee Campus Gallery.
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SOUTHWORKS 20TH ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Exhibition Dates: April 10 – May 8, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, 6-9 PM
The Southworks Juried Art Exhibition is a national juried art exhibition that OCAF has been holding for years. Since its inception, it has been one of the premier art exhibitions in the region as it brings in several hundred applications from talented artists across the nation. This year's Juror,Will South (Chief Curator for the Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia, South Carolina, Chief Curator at the Dayton Art Institute, Dayton Ohio) will choose the exhibit works from the over 425 pieces of art submitted this year.
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JAN PERKINS: Art, Innovation & Technology
Exhibition Dates: April 10 – May 8, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, April 10, 6-9 PM
Jan Perkins, an internationally known artist and designer, combines innovative techniques with her formal art training in traditional mediums to create a vibrant and unique collection of animal portraiture. Her digital fine art and mixed media resin painting are featured in this year's Southworks Director's Choice Exhibit.
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SAVE THE DATES:
Members' Exhibit
May 29 - July 10, 2015
PERSPECTIVES
August 28 - September 16, 2015
Georgia Small Works
October 9 - November 13, 2015
WINE FEST
Sunday, October 18, 2015
HOLIDAY MARKET
December 4, 5 & 6, 2015, 2015
MINGLE W/ KRINGLE
Saturday, December 12, 2015
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Art Classes & Workshops
Click Each Catergory Link Below for More Info.
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Art Camp Registration Now Open!
This camp is designed and intended for children who have a keen interest in art and want to learn more about how to be creative. Emphasis will be for your child to learn different techniques and create one of a kind works of art that they will be proud to share and display. Camps consist of one clay and one painting and drawing week per session for the age group 5-12.
Teen Summer Workshops Registration Now Open!
Relate and Create is designed to offer teens, AGES 12 TO 18, who want to extend their art education beyond the classroom the opportunity to explore different media while studying under accomplished artists in each medium. Each of the one week sessions will focus on a different aspect of the visual arts - drawing, painting, and pottery.
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Metal Work / Jewelry
with Barbara Mann
Please sign up for the Wait List for future Workshops
Our Cuttlefish workshops with Barbara always receive rave reviews! Even if you have attended these in the past there is always more to learn and you will want to sign-up again.
With Glenn Josey
Registration Now Open!
Come and make some beautiful beads just for yourself or to make into jewelry as gifts for friends or family. No pottery experience required!
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Painting & Drawing
Please sign up for the Wait List for future Classes
The class many have been waiting for! From beginners to advanced, class is perfect for students of all skill levels.
with Charles Warnock
Registration Now Open!
Our very own Gallery Director and long-time Lyndon House instructor, Charles teaches oils and acrylics in an Open Studio Format. (Not for Beginners).
Please sign up for the Wait List for future Workshops
In this unique series of one-day Saturday workshops Cameron offers instruction in a variety of mediums and techniques.
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Sculpture
One opening available! Please call our office to register or sign up for the Wait List for future classes.
Class will introduce students to the forms, proportions and expressive possibilities in shaping the human head. Don't miss this new class with renowned sculptor Jean Westmacott!
Please sign up for the Wait List for future Workshops
Students will create unique sculptures using mixed media materials.
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Watercolor
Registration Now Open!
Our long-time watercolor instructor, Kie Johnson, has designed this class to provide the beginning and intermediate student essential skills for becoming a successful watercolorist.
Cameron Hampton Workshop Series:
Registration Now OpenLearn basic techniques, design & use of other materials to enhance &/or repair watercolor paintings. A fun & relaxed class!
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Performing Arts
Class is full! Please sign up for the Wait List for future classes.
From beginners to advanced, Dan Wilson has been teaching Bagpipes for many years to those adventurous at heart students looking for something different to learn.
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Literary Arts
"So You Want to be a Columnist"
with Dr. Wally Eberhard
Class was a great success! Please sign up on the Wait List for future classes
Opinions? We all have them. If you have something to say and would like to share it with a wider audience this is the writing class for you!
The Made Thing - A Beginner's Poetry Workshop
With Michelle Castleberry
Class was a great success! Please sign up on the Wait List to be notified of openings &/or future classes
Well known Athens Word of Mouth poet, author of Dissecting the Angel and Other Poems, and finalist in poetry for the Georgia Author of the Year Award, Michelle Castleberry will be teaching a poetry class for beginning adult writers aimed at providing a place to generate poems, gather poem-making tools, and learning how to sharpen one’s work.
Beyond Memoir
with Dana Wildsmith
Class was a great success!
Please Sign up on our Wait List for future Dana Wildsmith classes.
Learn how to focus on the facts of your life to create stories, poems and essays which move beyond merely recording family stories.
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Pottery Open Studio
Open studio time is available for adults who have previous experience in OCAF ceramics classes or other ceramics studios. Days & hours: change from week to week.
Class is full! Please sign up for the Wait List for future classes.
Always wanted to try pottery but intimidated by the thought of wheelthrowing? Want to move beyound wheelthrowing? This is the class for you! Jenna will learn basic handbuilding techniques that will enable students to form clay into their own visions.
With Glenn Josey
Registration Now Open!
Come and make some beautiful beads just for yourself or to make into jewelry as gifts for friends or family. No pottery experience required!
Surface Design and Enhancement
With Kathy Adams
Class to be rescheduled for first of next year. Please sign up for the Wait List.
Surface techniques include: carving/incising, colored slip inlays,slip trailing and sponge printing, slip/oxide resist, terra sigillata fabrication and application. If time allows the raku kiln will be used.
Wheel Throwing for Beginners
Class was a great success! Please sign up on the Wait List for future classes.
If you have ever wondered if you would enjoy the art of pottery, this is the class for you! This six-week intensive course for beginners will cover pottery basics and introduce you to the joy of throwing pottery on the wheel. Cups, bowls, saucers, and other utilitarian forms will be covered. Come prepared to get dirty and have fun!
Intermediate Wheel Throwing
With Jenna Gridley Class was a great success! Please sign up on the Wait List for future classes.
Know the basics of wheel throwing and wanting to learn more? This class is for you. The class will cover more complex thrown forms: jars, tea pots, bottles, platters, and pitchers.
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Collage / Mixed Media
Singing Through Collage
with Susan Pelham
Class was a great success!
Join Susan in the fun of creating collage by making your own personal collage inspired by, and illustrating elements from, one of your favorite songs. All skill levels welcome.
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Please be sure to check back as new classes & workshops will be added to our Art Education page in the coming weeks.
For questions about these or other classes/events at the Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, please contact us directly by using the information provided below.
The Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
Address: 34 School Street
Mailing address: P.O. Box 631
Watkinsville GA, 30677
Phone# 706-769-4565
Fax# 888-804-6581
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