PAINTING & DRAWING

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

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...

Painting is a direct and powerful way to start the process of letting our subconscious lead our creative flow. This course teaches how to elegantly combine divergent media (photos, acrylic, found and organic...

Transferring one material to another can be complicated and involved, or as simple as smacking one surface down on top of another. In this class, students learn the art of this tricky, but fascinating...

Using drawing, plaster of Paris, and a resilient fiberglass reinforced gypsum cement (Hydrocal FGR 95), this class explores how the acts of drawing and sculpting can inform and expand each other in a reciprocal...

In this skill-based introduction to oil painting workshop, participants focus on the fundamentals of painting through the subject matter of still life and portraiture. Emphasis is on composition, concepts...

Explore landscape painting with the immediacy and luminosity of watercolor. This beginners’ workshop incorporates a series of exercises in the basics of watercolor, focusing on the landscape both in...

In order to draw better, one must first see better. Through a series of experiential exercises, students heighten their observational skills while achieving new ways of drawing and seeing. Each day brings...

In this workshop students engage in one of the most interesting and challenging pursuits in representational painting: working with the figure. From color mixing exercises to studies of proportion and...

Diversify your material, methodical and compositional oeuvre by exploring alternative applications of traditional media. In this project-based workshop, students experiment with the versatility of painting...

This dynamic collage workshop encourages students to explore different methods of storytelling through figurative gestures, thoughtful compositions and expressive colors. Participants draw gestures from...

This workshop for advanced painters explores the fundamental properties of figurative painting and portraiture through the lens of political and historical gestures and poses. Students examine the figure...

This rigorous, water-based painting workshop guides students through broad experimentation to develop a personal visual vocabulary. Students explore strategies such as manipulation, appropriation and reenactment...

Explore the strengths and limitations of your current work and practice in order to re-energize them in this one-week, advanced painting and critique workshop— the last in this three-year mentored study....

In this rigorous painting workshop, explore the expressivity of your materials, whether you are working with representational imagery, abstraction or the fertile area in between. With an expanded definition...

Engage in critical group dialogue and critiques to hone the fundamental aspects of your work and deepen your understanding of contemporary art practice. In this master workshop, students produce work at...

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

Artists are invited to examine and cultivate the ways in which they nurture their studio practice. What are the processes that sustain and inspire immediately as well as inform your practice over a lifetime?...

Challenge yourself to think critically about the potential for narrative in your work and the ways to enhance a sense of story within a painting. This course examines the distinctive ability for a painting...

This workshop encourages students to produce work in the studio at their own pace, pausing daily for critical dialog and individual critiques with the instructors. Topics are potentially wide-ranging,...

The mysterious, powerful realm of abstraction and how it can be used as a visual tool when merged with representation becomes accessible in this acrylic painting workshop. Participants delve into the basic...

Fabrics have a dynamic presence in the world of contemporary art. In this experimental workshop, participants explore the intersection between painting, textiles and pattern. Experimental “paintings”...

Challenge convention and broaden the spectrum of your materials in this provocative workshop that encourages participants to see the familiar with new eyes and a fresh take on content and form. Students...

Experiment with works on paper in this mixed-media workshop open to students of all levels. This course focuses on the development of perceptive drawing skills in combination with the use of other media....

Discover how to take ordinary still life paintings to the next level. In this mixed-media painting class, participants learn about contemporary artists whose exciting work continues to re-imagine the still...

Capture what you see; translate what you feel, all via the fluid medium of watercolor. Learn to simplify and abstract subject matter with minimal marks and a broad spectrum of techniques to create bold...

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...

In this dynamic painting workshop open to all levels, participants explore the rich overlap between figuration and abstraction with a particular focus on materiality. A look at the history of gestures...

Automatic drawing is a process whereby one enters into an altered state of consciousness to explore the worldview of an artist through the medium of the hands. Gesture drawing is one example. Using automatic...

Further your personal development of acrylic painting techniques ranging from very precise geometric painting and very fine line work to more spontaneous and organic techniques. Students practice working...

Gleaning inspiration from the polite decorative arts, this class explores fresh avenues in studio practice that result in paintings from the riotous to the subtle. Discover diverse sources and develop...

This intense painting workshop hones skills to make meaningful and concise strides in the practice of abstract painting. The course examines how visual compositions have the potential to address political,...

This project-based workshop for beginners guides students to making unique and personal works of art while combining painting, drawing and collage. Technical exploration, perception, development of ideas,...

In this two-week intensive, students experiment with ways to represent and invoke their surroundings using an interdisciplinary format that embraces painted and/or photographic images, physical layers,...