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Ages 16 and up

in Spring

2-D Design: Foundations of Art

$160

with Wes Sherman

Calendar Apr 15, 2026 at 6 pm, runs for 5 weeks

Ready to start your artistic journey or refresh your skills? Join acclaimed artist and instructor Wes Sherman for an inspiring 2D Design class. 

Dive into the essential elements and principles of design—line, shape, perspective, tone, color, and balance—through hands-on projects. Express yourself through collage, drawing, and painting as you build a strong visual foundation in a supportive, engaging environment. Discover new ways to apply design concepts, foster observation skills, and develop personal style with expert guidance. Whether you're a beginner or returning to art, this class offers the perfect space to develop your creativity and confidence. Enroll now and let your imagination thrive!

For students ages 16 and up, welcoming all skill levels!

2-D Design_ Foundations of Art Supply List

Non-Member: $160

Member: $135

Meta Modern Painting Workshop

$160

with Wes Sherman

Calendar Apr 20, 2026 at 6:30 pm, runs for 5 weeks

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.

Meta Modern Workshop Supply List

Non-Member Price: $160

Member Price: $135

Watercolor Workshop: Spring Flowers

$135

with Doris Ettlinger

Calendar May 9, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 1 week

After a harsh winter, it’s time to welcome spring and the succession of flowers that bloom on trees and emerge from the ground. The wonderful aspect of painting flowers is that they won’t wilt or go to seed. In this workshop you’ll learn how to plan ahead, paint with courage, and know when to put your brush down. Overworking is more detrimental to flowers than Japanese beetles. Discover the art of brushstroke, balancing water-to-pigment ratios, color mixing, understanding pigment behavior, painting around the whites, and effectively managing the background. Novice - advanced. 

Watercolor Workshop Spring Flowers Supply List

Non-Member Price - $135

Member Price - $110

 

Portraiture with a Model Session 2

$125
Calendar May 13, 2026 at 10 am, runs for 4 weeks

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 Workshop: Sketching Figures

$135

with Doris Ettlinger

Calendar May 17, 2026 at 11 am, runs for 1 week

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





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