Page updated October 5, 2008
Studio News for Fall 2008
Classes have started and there are only a few openings. We have spots in Beginners and Intermediate B classes on Saturday. Please check out our schedule page for more information.
Drawing class for Acton Council on Aging
In a study initiated by the National Endowment for the Arts (2001) older adults with an average age of 80 who participated in fine art programs were found to maintain or even improve physical health, mental health and social functioning. A separate control group who did not participate in arts programs showed declines.
Beginning Friday October 3rd, ActonArt will begin a series of classes at the Acton Council on Aging Center. ActonArt supports the concept of "lifelong learning" to maintain a healthy mind and body. Drawing classes offer new opportunities for older adults to learn core drawing skills and apply them to their personal creative expressions. Since a majority of adults consider themselves to be non-artists, learning to draw represents a new learning experience that both challenges the mind from a conceptual point of view and requires practice to master. Both of these attributes are recognized to be necessary to stimulate and maintain healthy brain function by developing new neural networks.
For more information contact the Council on Aging office at 978-264-9643.
Fall 2008 Drawing classes now online.
VISIONARIES AND FUTURISTS predict that people with highly developed creative skills will be the resource of the future. So let's get those creative juices flowing. Learn to draw and open the windows of your mind to let in some fresh air.
This fall we will offer some old classes, some new classes and a number of new opportunites. Please take a look at our 2008 Fall schedule.
Wecome to our new web site.
It's new and improving-by-the-minute. It's still partly under construction but will be finished soon. When done it will be cleaner, simpler to use, and contain more information than ever before. The menus at the top of the page link to a great amount of information which will hopefully make your experience faster and more complete. If you have any problems please let us know by emailing info@actonart.com.
SOME THINGS YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CHECK OUT include: Online Student Gallery, Manga classes page, improved Contacts page, Online Make-Up Projects (beta test), Parent Quotes and more.
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