It still feels like summer in the Bay Area and things are hoppin' at IMA! We had a record number of students this summer from all over the United States...lots of mosaic fun and more to come.

Our new print schedule is due to come off the presses next week, so watch for it in your mailbox. If we don't have your snail mail address let us know! You can download a pdf of the schedule here.

To meet the demand for inspiring, fun and informative classes we have more programming this Fall and Winter than ever before! We have new instructors as well as new Visiting Artists on and board ready to share their knowledge and expertise.

Keep watching our website for scheduling through April of 2008!

Welcome New Instructors!
IMA welcomes new staff instructors Tracy Broback and Lily Russo!

IMA welcomes Visiting Artist Pippa Murray this fall for Indirect Techniques for Mosaic in November.

Also a big welcome to Visiting Artist Dot Edwards, who will be teaching two different sessions of her Sales Tax for Mosaic Artists lecture in November and again in February!

Go to our website for the fall schedule: www.instituteofmosaicart.com/classes.html.

The entire fall schedule is now online, here is a taste of what is coming up at IMA!

Glass fusing piece by Dana Zed

Architectural Sculpture by Brent Sumner

Mosaic by Laurel Skye

Lightweight Concrete Sculpture

Josef Norris Community Mosaics

Featured Classes

October 1 - 5
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: BRENT SUMNER Darjit!— Architectural Sculpting Workshop
This will be an amazing course for learning to build structural armatures for architectural, sculptural work out of this easy to use eco-concrete material!

October 4 - November 8
INTERMEDIATE GLASS MOSAICS
Take your glass mosaics to the next level in this 6-week course with instructor Tracy Broback.

October 6-7
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: Laurel Skye — Millefiore Workshop: Garden of 1000 Flowers
In nationally acclaimed mosaic artists Laurel Skye's class students will learn all about working with Italian millefiore and other fabulous materials.

October 6 - 7
LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE SCULPTURE FOR MOSAIC with Tracy Broback
This is the class everyone has been asking for! Learn how to carve unique and personal sculptures from lightweight foam.

October 13 - 14
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: JOSEF NORRIS Facilitating Community Mosaic Projects— Hands on Workshop
Jump into community mosaic fun with this amazing class!

October 20 - 21
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: ELLEN BLAKELEY— Tempered Glass Mosaics
Everyone loves this course! Ellen is a wonderful instructor and a pioneer of tempered glass mosaic.

October 20 - 21
VISITING ARTIST SERIES: SAUNDRA WARREN— Mosaic Fountain
Beautify your yard with a mosaic fountain!

Grout Clinic is Back!
Need some grouting support? Come to Grout Clinic the third Wednesday of every month from 10a.m. - 1p.m.

For more classes go to:
Fall 2007 Class Schedule

New Orleans!

Come on down to New Orleans and take a mosaic class from IMA instructor and founder Laurel True.

Classes almost every weekend in October:

October 6 - 7: Introduction to Smalti Mosaics — Contemporary Mosaics with Ancient Materials At New Orleans Conservation Guild

October 20 - 21: Introduction to Glass Mosaics at New Orleans GlassWorks

October 26: Power Mosaics — Tools and Techniques Lecture and Demo At New Orleans Conservation Guild

October 27 - 28: Architectural Applications — Floors and Walls At New Orleans Conservation Guild

October 1 - November 25th 2007

Alchemy Circle, Detail Madeline Behrens-Brigham

Altars, Ancestors and Magic
Works Celebrating the Scorpio season

Two and three-dimensional mosaic and mixed media works on display in all mosaic media. Come see this mysterious and inspiring collection of work by mosaic and mixed media artists from the Bay Area and beyond.

Coming Up:
Holiday Mosaic Exhibit: November 28th - January 6th, 2008
Jingletown Artists Exhibit: November 28th - January 6th, 2008

New at Mosaic Studio Supply!

Mosaic Studio supply has lots of new items in and the store is chocked full of cool stuff.

Just in: A huge load of Spectrum stained glass, including colored mirror glass Beautiful floral print tiles, 2" x 2" in many patterns...these remind us of Grandma's dishes! Hot Wire Foam cutting tools!

Still hot: Mosaic Garden Sphere Kits! We can barely keep these in the store...Order yours and get cracking so you can get that garden tricked out before the end of the season.

Coming soon: large shipment of Wedi board. Great pricing...reserve a sheet today!

To shop online go to: http://www.mosaicstudiosupply.com

Job Opening at Mosaic Studio Supply

Mosaic Studio Supply is still searching for the perfect person to work in the store on Sundays! If you have retail and mosaic experience, and are interested in the this position please contact delaine@mosaicstudiosupply.com.