Thursday, September 14 & Friday, September 15 9:30am-2:30pm Cost: $245 members/$295 non-members Please call the Guild at 203.438.8863 to sign up for this workshop “Abstraction allows man to see with his mind what he cannot see physically with his eyes”- Arshile Gorky   This Introduction to Abstract Art focuses on using water-based/acrylic paint and materials in traditional […]

Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, dots, patterns and textures that are made visible as a manifestation of applied or gestural energy. They are key to developing an artists individual “language” and it is a term that can refer to any art material applied to any surface. Descriptive, expressive, conceptual, […]

Oil & Acrylic Workshop In this workshop students will learn how to loosen up and apply their paint in a gestural, painterly manner. Techniques and observations on what it takes to “loosen-up” your paintings. Nearly all of these tips have a common denominator – simplification. The more you simplify what you do, the more it […]

Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, dots, patterns and textures that are made visible as a manifestation of applied or gestural energy. They are key to developing an artists individual “language” and it is a term that can refer to any art material applied to any surface. Descriptive, expressive, conceptual, […]

Mark making is a term used to describe the different lines, dots, patterns, and textures that are made visible as a manifestation of applied or gestural energy. They are key to developing an artist’s individual “language”  and it is a term that can refer to any art material applied to any surface. Descriptive, expressive, conceptual, […]

Oil & Acrylic Workshop          This workshop is for students who want to loosen up with less restraint.   Using personal photographs, as reference students will work on several fast paintings. Guided towards discovering and trusting their own mark/painting statement and developing a critical eye. This is not a HOW-TO class. You will be encouraged […]

Fashionably Warm! with Jessica LaRock December 6 & 13 5:00-6:30 pm Ages 9 and up   Children ages 9 and up, as well as parents or caregivers are invited to this fun fashion holiday workshop, “Fashionably Warm!” Participants will learn about creating embellished designs to winter scarves, hats or gloves. Jessica can teach you to […]

The Illustrated Journal With Megan Jeffery Friday, September 27, 2019 7:00-9:00 pm Cost: $60 member / $70 nonmember Adults and Teens ages 16+ Always wanted to keep an artistic journal but didn’t know where to begin? Let illustrator Megan Jeffery show you an easy way to get started with documenting your daily life in a […]

Chancery Calligraphy  With Grace Connell   October 13, 2019 12:00-3:00 pm Cost: $90 member / $100 non-member Come and see which font Michaelangelo and his fellow Renaissance masters preferred in 16th century Italy and understand why it is still so popular today! Learn how to achieve the look with some basic guidelines and simple tools! […]

The Illustrated Journal With Megan Jeffery November 1, 2019 7:00-9:00 pm Cost: $60 M / $70 NM Adults & Teens ages 15+   For this two-hour workshop, illustrator Megan Jeffery will get our evening started off with a series of warm-up, icebreaker “Art Games” to both shake off the work week and to get us […]