If you’ve always wanted to express yourself through drawing, this course will guide you through the fundamental concepts and techniques that bring your ideas to life. You’ll explore the essentials of composition, perspective, shading, and rendering while building confidence and skill along the way.

Class Level: Adults and Teens 16+ (Beginner)

Into to Drawing Supply List

No class on Monday May 25, 2026.

Non-Member Price: $250

Member Price: $225

Enjoy exploring the beautiful world of watercolor in this fun and relaxed class. Using still-life subjects and photographs, students learn both basic and advanced watercolor techniques, such as washes, glazing, and edge control, while emphasizing the importance of preserving light in translucent watercolor. Students are encouraged to work at their own pace with guidance from instructor Lena Shiffman.

Morning Watercolor Supply List

Non-Member Price: $400

Member Price: $375

This unique painting workshop explores the ideas of metamodernism, a contemporary approach that embraces both sincerity and self awareness. Together we will examine how to care deeply about painting while remaining conscious of the rich history, traditions, and artifice that shape the medium.

Through guided exercises and open studio time, students will strengthen their skills in drawing, surface, color, and composition while engaging with the emotional depth of their work. We will explore the creative “oscillations” that define metamodern painting, moving between hope and doubt, beauty and critique, skill and deconstruction.

Discussions of art history and contemporary theory will support your studio practice, and thoughtful critique will focus on both technical development and conceptual clarity.

This workshop is ideal for artists who want to advance their craft while situating their work within today’s artistic landscape. Participants should have some prior painting experience.

Come ready to think deeply, work seriously, and create paintings that are both technically strong and meaningfully engaged with the present moment.

Will you be joining us virtually? Please check your receipt for the zoom link. 

Meta Modern Workshop Supply List

Non-Member Price: $160

Member Price: $135

This student-moderated studio provides a relaxed, focused environment to practice in the medium of your choice. With no formal instruction, you have the freedom to experiment, observe, and develop your work at your own pace. Register for the full four-week session to work from the same clothed live portrait model, giving you time to truly refine your skills, or drop in for any day that fits your schedule.

This student-moderated studio provides a relaxed, focused environment to practice in the medium of your choice. With no formal instruction, you have the freedom to experiment, observe, and develop your work at your own pace. Register for the full four-week session to work from the same clothed live portrait model, giving you time to truly refine your skills, or drop in for any day that fits your schedule.

Non-Members Price: $125

Member Price: $100

Walk ins are always welcome. Daily tuition is $35. You may call ahead or stop by the front desk before the session begins to submit payment.

Portraiture with a Model is open to artists working in all mediums

Watercolor Exploration is the next step for students who are comfortable with the basics and ready to further develop their skills. In this class, you will build on your foundational knowledge and apply it through guided projects. By working from photographs and still-life arrangements, you will improve your brush control, color mixing, understanding of value relationships, and composition skills. Instruction is tailored to individual needs, allowing each student to grow at their own pace while deepening their understanding of watercolor.

Class Level: Adults and Teens 16+ 

Tuition includes the cost of class instruction, use of all studio equipment, paint, paper and limited number of additional supplies. Please click on the supply list for more information.

Watercolor Exploration Supply List

Non-Member Price: $185

Member Price: $160

Learn to capture the essence of the pose by sketching quickly and painting just a little slower. Working with a clothed model, we’ll warm up with gesture drawings, then paint short poses with one color for the shadow. Eventually, we will paint a longer pose exploring how light interacts with the figure, revealing its form and details. We’ll let colors blend where the values are the same. I will try to channel what I learned from two masters, Mel Stabin and Charles Reid. Their figures were full of light and life.

Watercolor Workshop Sketching Figures Supply List

Non-Member Price $135

Member Price $110

Looking for a creative night out? Whether you’re coming with a date, a friend, or just yourself, get ready to get a little messy in the ceramics studio! Join Lori Pearson for an evening of creating on the potter’s wheel. She will guide you through the process and offer options for decorating your piece.

Participants will choose their glaze, and we will handle the firing and finishing for you. Finished pieces can be picked up approximately one week after the event. Light refreshments will be available.

Remember to wear or change into clothes you don’t mind getting dirty.

Adults only, 18+.

Non Member Tution: $95

Member Tuition: $70

Don't be afraid to explore drawing! Start by getting comfortable with the basics, such as shapes and lines, and you'll find your skills growing in no time. In this workshop, artist Lena Shiffman will teach students the basic principles of drawing, including proportion, mass, value, and line. Working with charcoal on a variety of still-life displays, students will improve their drawing skills as they deepen their understanding of structure and composition.

Non-member Tuition $140

Member Tuition $115