PAINTING & DRAWING

Explore the luminous, versatile and limitless possibilities of encaustic, a wax-based paint, in combination with photography and mixed media. During this workshop, students examine their own visual vocabulary...

Develop a variety of acrylic painting techniques ranging from the very precise and geometric to the more spontaneous and organic. Using these techniques, students learn to push their paintings into new...

During this experimental and hands-on workshop, take an in-depth look at techniques and strategies for producing compelling works in collage. This workshop features both classroom exercises to encourage...

Examine and respond to what you see in this drawing workshop open to artists of all skill levels. Students make drawings from a live model, still life, personal objects/relics and natural surroundings....

Using a personal object, piece of writing or photograph as a point of departure, this workshop explores different methods of storytelling through representational painting. Students identify the approach...

Discover the transition from traditional flat works on paper to a more dimensional and dynamic approach to collage. Through cut paper, painting and collage, students build technical skills to create abstract...

Realize the dynamic potential of water-based media through abstract mark-making and layering. In this workshop for beginners, students explore a versatile array of media including traditional watercolor,...

Join us for an engaging exploration of the artistic synthesis between two distinct art forms: photography and painting. Students discover transfer techniques that integrate photographic images and text...

Color is a major signifier within a painting; it not only contributes to mood, it can have deep conceptual and meaningful implications. Students in this workshop perform studio exercises and hold discussions...

In recent years, representational work and work that involves the body has found new urgency in the contemporary art world. This workshop helps artists push their personal practice forward by focusing...

Portfolio review required. Future Dates: June 29 – July 3, 2020 This class is in its second year of a three-year program. Please contact Elizabeth Ferrill for space availability. Tuition is per...

For centuries, art served the needs of ritual, the church and the state. In the West, this tradition was broken by the rise of the avant-garde and artists who wanted to make “art for art’s sake”....

Bring the figure to life with the transparency and dramatic immediacy of watercolor. This extremely expressive media can also be highly controlled. Students work from life as well as photographic source...

This project-based, abstract painting workshop provides students with specific prompts that generate a distinctly personal visual language. Exercises encourage personal research and mining for inspiration....

Embark on an in-depth exploration of egg tempera painting; a beautiful, traditional, water-based medium. Tempera painting caters to dense layers and ultra-fine description as seen in Indian miniature paintings,...

Basic Photoshop skills required. Explore combining images and words into hybrid works of art that engage the viewer on multiple levels. In this workshop, students further their work by expanding concept...

Color delivers an enormous amount of information to the viewer-it stirs up memories, speaks of joy, mystery or fear, conjures historical references and suggests quiet or cacophony. In this workshop, students...

In this rigorous painting workshop, explore the ways materiality carries, creates and complicates meaning in the fertile area between abstraction and representation. Work from a wider definition of painting...

Engage with the past while immersing in the present and develop the practice of drawing using sumi ink and brush on paper. Students take a contemporary and experimental approach to sumi ink drawing while...

10 am – 3 pm This rigorous Critical Dialog program is open to practicing artists who want to take their work and careers to a new level with a unique opportunity to engage with: Alex Israel, artist;...

This workshop explores a variety of approaches to painting the figure, with emphasis on finding meaning and agency in the human form and a personal connection to content. Investigate what it means to identify...

This workshop for experienced painters consists of engaging studio time and intensive critique, and is designed to challenge artists to open their practice to new possibilities. Students work on self-directed...

Experiment with works on paper in this mixed-media workshop focused on developing perceptive drawing skills, while simultaneously exploring the combination of a variety of media. This workshop introduces...

Explore the luminosity of oil paint! Learn the foundational skills and exciting techniques of oil painting by working directly from observation and photographs. Develop fundamental skills to understand...

Automatic drawing is a process of entering an altered state of consciousness to explore the worldview of an artist through the medium of the hands. Gesture drawing is one example of this process. Using...

SPECIAL OFFER: Consider also attending The Magic of Transfers the week after this workshop and save 20% on tuition for The Magic of Transfers. (Offer cannot be combined with any other offers, promotions...

Engage in critical group dialogs and individual critiques to hone your work and deepen your understanding of contemporary art practice. Produce work at your own pace, pausing for daily discussion with...

Tackle the basics of oil painting, from paint handling, to color use, to compositional strategies in this workshop. Working from life (figure, still life, landscape), students create roughly one painting...

Explore broader means and strategies in drawing while delving into its possibilities to create dynamic, two-dimensional works on paper. Find a visual balance within the principles of drawing with other...

Transferring one material to another can be complicated and involved, or as simple as smacking one surface down on top of another. Students learn different approaches to transfers and which work best to...

This advanced painting workshop provides a unique opportunity to open up your practice and push yourself to experiment. Driven by risk-taking and chance, paintings begin with formal, structural or linguistic...

Experiment with ways to represent and invoke your surroundings. Students use an interdisciplinary format that embraces painted or photographic images, physical layers, non-traditional art materials and...

In this ever-present digital world, artists are drawn to digital imagery and technology as a way to advance their paintings and collages. This workshop teaches painters how to make personal and intimate...

Investigate your artistic practice, beginning with an examination of three of your previous works that demonstrate your interests, roadblocks and detours. Works should be brought to class or represented...