The Art On Rotation Gallery presents Stephen Collins at the gallery at Clark's Cafe for the month of August. Stephen is an experienced and accomplished artist. He paints in watercolor and oil. The exhibit features watercolor paintings of landscapes from various locations- in and around Clinton etc. and other states, still lives and wonderfully painted portraits. Stephen has received many awards for his watercolor paintings.

Stephen with his wife Sheryll Collins make their home in beautiful Clinton with their son Joel, daughter Rachel and her 6 week old daughter Layla and two wonderful grandsons.

Stephen works as a senior software engineer for IBM. Sheryll is the owner coordinator of the Art On Rotation Gallery.

Please come and see his work all the month of August at Clark's Cafe in Clinton.

Watercolor paintings by Stephen will be on exhibit at Jaec's Cafe 68 Union st. Attleoboro, MA 02703 (508) 223-5232 from July 5- July 31, 2008.

Stephen's paintings of landscapes to portraits will be on exhibit at Jaec's Cafe. Jaec's is part of the community galleries that The Attleboro Art Museum sponsors.

Stephen's work is beautifully painted and capture the personality of the landscape or person he is painting. Stephen has won many awards and the patrons of Jaec's are in for a treat!

Are you local to Clinton, MA? Do you have an elementary or middle school child with an interest in art? If you do, and if you agree that exposure to the arts and artistic activity is important to childhood development, we would love to hear from you.

Actual class content will depend on the needs and skill levels of the students that sign up, but we plan to provide a range of classes. We are committed to keeping the student-teacher ratio low enough to allow for individualized attention and instruction tailored to the student's interest and skill level.

Instruction will be provided in a variety of media as age appropriate - drawing in pencil, charcoal, conte, and pen&ink, and painting in watercolor, tempera, gouache, and/or acrylic. We are also planning to provide instruction in digital photography depending on interest. We plan to cover 1st grade through 12th.

We are working closely with a very experienced art educator, Sharon Carloni, who teaches elementary art ed in the Hudson Public Schools. We are providing a day program running from July 6 through August 21st, divided into morning and afternoon sessions, each session lasting for 1 week. Morning classes will run 9 AM to noon, and afternoon classes will run 1 PM to 4 PM. Separate classes will run for elementary (1st - 5th grade) and middle school (6th - 8th). Tuition for the base program is $85/week, or $150 for full day (morning and afternoon). For an extra fee, we will accept extended hours, 8:30 AM to noon and 1 PM to 5:30 PM, as needed. Art supplies for class use are included, except for high school students, who will be provided with a supply list. They will be expected to buy their own supplies, either through us or another source.

If you have questions, or would like to enroll your kid(s), please don't hesitate to contact us. We will send forms for you to complete, along with additional information. Note that we provide a discount for families enrolling more than 1 child.

Classes are starting soon, so don't delay!

For more information, call us at (978) 368-3300. Ask for Steve or Sherry.
Or e-mail: collinsartworks@comcast.net

We apologize but due to problems with our old phone service, we had to change our number. The new number is (978) 368-3300. Please update your records. Note that it will take a few hours to get it setup completely (voicemail, etc.), so please be patient. You can continue to call us at (978) 293-7213, which will continue to work for the next few weeks.

Thanks for your patience and understanding.

The Collins Artworks Art Center at 18 High Street, Clinton, MA, opened for business today. Apart from the expected busy work, we met several people who were interested in our offerings, signed on an artist who specializes in wood turned bowls made of exotic woods (wonderful stuff!), taught our first student's first class, and made our first sale!

The day flew by and felt great. We're excited about what we're doing, and would love to have you visit if you're in the area.

In partnership with other local businesses, we will be open on Thursdays until 8 PM through August 27, 2009. We are also now open on Saturdays from 9 AM to 4 PM.

Along with a number of other local businesses, we offer a 10% discount on purchases when you present a membership card to the Museum of Russian Icons. The discount applies to all of our products and services.

Book now for your holiday, family or senior portraits. Call to book your appointment with our photographer, Rachel. Our prices are very attractive and Rachel does wonderful work!

School vacation camps

Camps: Christmas school vacation, February vacation, April vacation and 6 weeks of Summer vacation

Christmas vacation Art Camp begins December 28-January 1st. Register now. February Winter Vacation- February 15- 19, 2010. April Spring Vacation- April 19- 23, 2010. Summer camp begins June 28, 2010. 6 weeks total.

Run 5 days. Camps run either 9 am-12 noon or 1 pm- 4 pm each session is $85 for the week or full day program is from 9 am to 4 pm for $150 for the week. Rates are prorated for 2 or more children to save you money. You may also choose as many days of camp you want your child to attend (tuition is prorated for this choice). Call to register

Different themes are explored. Examples are "Discovery planet", "Escher Experience", "Night at the Museum," "Artistic Time Travel," "Creative collage", "Places and Spaces" and "Digital Photography", Etc.. New Themes are being developed. The children will use several methods and media to produce their works of art such as watercolor, tempera, oil pastels, cray- pas, colored pencils, watercolor crayons, makers, clay, model magic, crayons, batik and making their own textured papers etc. Also taught is basic art theory- line, drawing, positive/negative space, composition, color etc. Each lesson is taught for the age of the students participating.

Kid's Art Discovery Artists reception called "Our Town Clinton, MA," will be held on Friday March 12, 2010 from 6:30 pm- 8:30 pm at Collins Artworks Art Center 18 High St. Clinton, MA. Please come and see this beautiful exhibit by Clinton area kids. Refreshments will be served.

The show can be seen until Wednesday 3/17/10.