All members are welcome. Some workshops will have limited space and require a fee.
PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOPS
Click here to watch a recording of the Photography workshop
October 24, 2021 Saturday 1 pm, on ZOOM
Theme for Bench Show – – The Awe of Autumn: This virtual workshop will be hosted by Photography Chair, Jill Corr and committee members Dodie Bump and Laura Frommer. The workshop will give our members the tools they need to enter their photographs in the November 11 Bench Show – The Awe of Autumn. It will consist of a slide presentation and three short videos featuring elements of basic iPhone photography skills and iPhone camera setting requirements. Although presented as a webinar there will be ample time for questions and discussion. Basic components of this workshop will include the following:
1. How to focus using an iPhone
2. How to adjust for exposure using an iPhone
3. Understanding the camera lenses of an iPhone
4. Understanding composition of a photograph through use of lines and
shapes.
5. How to submit a Photo Entry to the November 11 Virtual Photo Bench Show.
The instructor and Photography Committee members will offer examples from their own photography libraries to illustrate each point of discussion.
March 27, 2021 Saturday 1 pm, ZOOM
This workshop will focus on Macro-Photography. Included in the virtual slide show/webinar will be a tutorial on how to shoot close-up photographs of botanicals and other objects using an iPhone. The “portrait” feature of an iPhone will also be explained with suggestions on how this can enhance close up shots.
Meeting ID: 479 199 0576
Passcode: photograph
Click to contact Jill Corr, 860-961-2256
CONSERVATION WORKSHOPS
January 10, 2021 Sunday 3 pm, Location TBD
A workshop to help members enter the upcoming Bench Show.
May 23, 2021 Sunday 3 pm, Location TBD
A workshop to help members enter the upcoming Bench Show.
Click to contact Lisa Szaro, 401-559-6157
HORTICULTURE WORKSHOPS
October 8, 1:30 pm, ZOOM
Knowing, Growing, and Showing What You Grow: Cut Specimens. Led by Libby Moore, GCA Horticulture Judge, from Little Compton Garden Club in Rhode Island.
Click here to watch a recording of the workshop
January, Date and Location TBD
A workshop to help members enter the upcoming Bench Show.
Click to contact Dori Singer, 860-912-2996
Click to contact Diana Beck, 608-469-5278
FLORAL DESIGN WORKSHOPS
January 23, 2021 Saturday 1 pm, location TBD
Carnivale: A floral design workshop creating designs with the Carnivale theme. There is a materials fee of $25 per person. RSVP by January 16th if you would like join so that materials can be purchased for you.
March 10, 2021 Wednesday at 1 pm, location TBD
The Long and Low centerpiece: Members will create a design to take home. This workshop is free to all members (not guests). RSVP by March 3rd if you would like join so that materials can be purchased for you.
April 24, 2021 Saturday 1 pm, location TBD
Pot-et-fleur: In this workshop members will create their own pot-et-fleur. There is a materials fee of $25 per person. RSVP by April 7th if you would like join so that materials can be purchased for you.
Click to contact Anna Bell McLanahan, 401-741-5039
Click to contact Evelynn Lyons, 203-249-2497