Kid’s & Adult Classes

Date: 8/28/2011 - (ongoing event)

Location: In-Store

Gloria L. Sutter – Art Instructor

• Gloria has taught art to children for over 20 years in vocational & private Art Schools; educated at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, and currently a student at the Illinois Institute of Art working toward her goal of becoming an Art Therapist.

• Gloria’s specialties are caricature portraits, life drawing, painting & writing Children’s Books.

• As a gifted artist and teacher, Gloria desires to discover, encourage, and inspire the artistic gifts and potential in those under her instruction.

• Instructor: Gloria L. Sutter
• Session: Blick Kid’s Art Club: Wednesdays, 6p - 7p ($10 per class)
• Session: Blick Kids Art Workshops: 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month, 1p – 2:30p ($10 per class)
• Session: Adult Life Drawing: 2nd and 4th Sundays of the month, 3p – 5p ($20 per class, incl. live model)

Winter Back to School Sale

Date: 1/5/2012 - 2/26/2012

Location: In-Store

Join us in store for our Winter Back to School Sale from Thursday, January 5-Sunday, February 26, 2012! Look for huge savings on canvas, paints, brushes, pads, and frames throughout the store!

Check out our new, exclusive Handmade Journal Kit and attend the Handmade Journal Demo at your local store! Demos will be held at all store locations on Saturday, January 14 and Saturday, February 18, 2012 from 1pm-3pm. Contact your local store for more information about the exclusive kit. Demos are free to attend and no purchase is necessary.

• Session: Saturday, January 14, 2012 1pm-3pm
• Session: Saturday, February 18, 2012 1pm-3pm
• Fee: Free to attend demo, Kit for purchase

Schaumburg High School Oil Painting Display

Date: 2/6/2012 - 3/1/2012

Location: In-Store

The painting display at the Schaumburg store showcases ten Painting 1 students from Schaumburg High School. In the painting class they studied oil paintings from 1962 thru 1993 by Wayne Thiebaud. Wayne says “My works celebrate the ritualizing of food-memories of big picnics where food was laid out in rows.” His many compositions were studied; students then choose their own objects and planned several thumbnail compositions of their own. Students studied the effects of lighting on the object’s surfaces and the colors of the shadows cast. They practiced mixing accurate colors. Thiebaud shares “When you stare at an object as you do when you paint it, there is never any time when you stop learning something about that object. Only then can you take a flat surface and make it into a different world.” These students now have their first taste of oil painting and judging from their resulting works they have a hearty appetite!

Join us in-store until March 1, 2012 to view the works in the store front gallery.

Blick Madness!

Date: 2/9/2012 - (one-day event)

Location: In-Store

Thursday, February 9, 2012 is Blick Madness! Join us in-store to play our Instant Win Game (while supplies last)! Each piece is a guaranteed winner. You could win discounts up to 50% off of your entire purchase or a $100 Blick gift card!

We’ll also be hosting a Valentine Card Making demo and a Screen Printing demo! Take home your own card creation and screen printed tote for free!

Don’t miss this exciting, one day event full of fun, demos, discounts, refreshments and more!

• Session: 3pm-6pm Card Making Demo
• Session: 3pm-6pm Screen Printing Demo
• Session: 3pm-6pm Live Oil Painting with Dominic Vignola