Studio School

Tue, Jun 6–Jul 25 (no class Jul 4), 1–4 pm (7 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Dawn Flores

Expand the use of color in drawing with soft pastels, employing various application methods and paper choices. Students work from the still life or subjects of their choice. Individual critiques provided. Prerequisites: basic drawing skills.

$185 (VMFA members $165)

Wed, Jun 7 – Jul 26, 1 – 4 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Dawn Flores

Learn to generate ideas, choose subjects, and adopt approaches for using paint, pencil, and pastel. Students also work on independent projects, with guidance and individual critiques from the instructor. Prerequisites: basic drawing & painting skills.

$195 (VMFA members $175)

Mon, Jun 5–Jul 24, 9:30 am–12:30 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Dawn Flores

Learn a wide variety of watercolor techniques while using related drawing mediums in this course for beginning and experienced watercolor artists. Students work directly from the still life, landscape, and other subject matter, with discussions of color and watercolor masterworks offering inspiration. Individual and group critiques provided. Prerequisites: basic drawing skills.

$195 (VMFA members $175)

Wed, Jul 5– 26, 9:30 am–12:30 pm (4 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Maria Reardon

Learn to use direct observation when painting from life. Through demonstrations, observation-based painting exercises, and instruction, beginning and intermediate artists strengthen their ability to see color and value relationships, and they learn how to mix colors accordingly. Students also learn to simplify any subject matter by identifying color masses from which to develop realistic paintings. Prerequisites: basic drawing skills.

$140 (VMFA members $120)

Mon, Jul 10–31, 1–4 pm (4 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Maria Reardon

Explore drawing and painting from direct observation, photos, or sketches and depict various subjects including the still life, human figure, and landscape. Students develop a more personal approach to imagery, drawing, and painting styles by examining the formal and expressive aspects in their work and that of classical to contemporary artists. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills.

$140 (VMFA members $120)

Thu, Jun 8–Jul 13, 9:30 am–12:30 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Joan Elliott

This is a great studio course for students at the intermediate level who are working to develop their own personal painting style and approach to imagery. Through individual guidance, students explore painting strategies and working methods. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills.

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Tue, Jun 13–Jul 11(no class Jul 4), 9:30 am–12:30 pm (4 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd Floor 
Diego Sanchez

Experiment with various drawing and painting media. Explore new ideas, techniques, and imagery. Students will work independent projects with guidance and individual critiques from the instructor. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills. 

$140 (VMFA members $120)

Tue, Jun 6 - Jul 18 (no class Jul 4), 10 am- 1 pm ( 6 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor

Diana Detamore

This class will explore ways of creating and maintaining a sketchbook practice. Sketchbooks can be used for drawing from observation, playful experimentation, collecting paper ephemera, developing new ideas or as a visual journal. Sketchbooks like journals help keep us connected to our drawing practice and our creative lives. Find a sketchbook practice that is personal and useful to you. All skins levels are welcome. Students may work in pencil, pen, colored pencils, watercolors or anything else you desire. Please provide a sketchbook that is easy to carry around with you. Prerequisite: basic drawing.

$175 (members $155)

Tue, Jun 6 – Jul 18 (no class Jul 4), 7 – 10 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
DAWN FLORES

Learn a wide variety of watercolor techniques while using related drawing mediums in this course for beginning and experienced watercolor artists. Students work directly from the still life, landscape, and other subject matter, with discussions of color and watercolor masterworks offering inspiration. Individual and group critiques provided. Prerequisites: basic drawing skills.

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Wed, Jun 7–Jul 12, 7–10 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Joan Elliott

This is a good painting class for beginning or intermediate level oil painters who want to develop their own personal painting style and approach to imagery. Through individual guidance, students explore painting strategies and working methods. Prerequisite: basic drawing skills.

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Mon, Jun 5 – Jul 10, 7 – 10 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Joan Elliott

Explore drawing and painting from direct observation, photos, or sketches and depict various subjects including the still life, human figure, and landscape. Students develop a more personal approach to imagery, drawing, and painting styles by examining the formal and expressive aspects in their work and that of classical to contemporary artists. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills.

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Sat & Sun, Jun 10 & 11, 10 am–4 pm (2 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Martha Prideaux

This workshop will teach students how to build beautiful textured surfaces using cold wax medium and oil paint. Experienced and beginner painters are welcome. The workshop will consist of demonstrations and hands-on practice. With guidance from the instructor, students will create small-scale studies and paintings using various techniques and leave with an understanding of how to use the wax medium to build gorgeous, layered surfaces in future paintings. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills. 

$145 (VMFA members $130)

Sat, Jun 10, 10 am–4 pm (1 session) | Studio School, 1st floor
Karen Eide

Encaustic painting is an ancient process using molten, pigmented beeswax to create layered and luminous art. Designed for both new and experienced painters, the instructor teaches classic encaustic techniques and ways to combine them with contemporary painting techniques and mixed media. Discover collage, incising, texturizing, surface embellishment, and relief work, as well as how to combine oil paint, pastels, inks, watercolors, and gouache with the encaustic. Some materials included.

$105 (VMFA members $90)

Sat, Jun 17, 10 am–4 pm (1 session) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Sally Bowring

In this mixed media workshop, students will create several small artworks that will add up to a larger artwork. Students may choose to work in a painting or drawing media they are familiar with --- acrylic, watercolors or mixed media on small canvases, wooden panels or watercolor paper. The instructor will show examples of artwork comprised of smaller piece that add up to make a whole piece. Prerequisite: basic drawing and painting skills.

$90 (VMFA members $75)

Sat & Sun, Jun 24 & 25, 10 am–4 pm (2 Sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Dawn Flores

This workshop provides step-by-step instruction on a variety of watercolor techniques, including special effects, glazing, wet on wet, washes, and more. Working from colorful photographs or still lifes of flora and fauna, students explore the full range of watercolor painting. Prerequisite: basic drawing skills.

$145 (VMFA members $130)

Sat, Jul 8, 10 am–4 pm (1 Session) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Kendra Wadsworth

Explore several methods for making acrylic pour paintings. These paintings are characterized by unpredictable swirls of colorful paint with a glossy finish. Prerequisites: basic drawing and painting skills.

Please bring as many painting canvases or panels as you can safely transport – not to exceed 24” x 24”, one quart of white semigloss house paint, and four to six acrylic colors of your choice. Miscellaneous supplies will be provided by the instructor for a $5 fee, payable at the beginning of the workshop.

$90 (VMFA members $75)

Sat & Sun, Jul 15 & 16, 10 am–4 pm (2 sessions) | Studio School, 1st floor
Pam Fox

This workshop explores the use of photography with mixed-media applications. Students combine photographic materials (digital or traditional prints, photocopies, found imagery or old photographs) with oil paint to produce new and exciting imagery. The instructor demonstrates a variety of approaches, including surface supports and preparation, gluing techniques, surface alterations, paint application, varnishing, cold wax, and other surface treatments. Open to all levels of experience.

$145 (VMFA members $130)

Sat & Sun, Jul 15 & 16, 10 am–4 pm (2 Sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Mary Scurlock

In art, term frottage (from French frotter, "to rub", rubbing) is a surrealist and "automatic" method of creative production developed by the artist Max Ernst. Students will learn to work intuitively while creating rich surfaces using a variety of media on paper or wooden panels. Using the frottage process, students will make impressions and rubbings from places, and/or objects that have personal relevance to incorporate into their artwork. Through instructive demonstrations, students will learn a variety of mark-making and layering techniques using collage materials, paints, charcoal, and/or graphite. Prerequisite: basic drawing skills.

$145 (VMFA members $130)

Sat and Sun, Jul 29 & 30, 10 am–4pm (2 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Amy Smith

Start by exploring a variety of drawings of the human form by other artists. Then with guidance from the instructor and working from a live model, learn to create expressive portraits in charcoal and pencil. Prerequisites: basic drawing skills. 

$145 (VMFA members $130)

Tue, Jun 6–Aug 1(no class on Jul 4), 10 am–1 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor Conference Room
Douglas S. Jones

Willa Cather wrote, “Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can happen to one again.” Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Memory is hunger.” This class merges these two notions that memories are heightened experiences, and that they make us hunger for more. The instructor offers students encouraging feedback and specific writing prompts to help develop ideas. 
 
$195 (VMFA members $175)

Mon, Jun 5–Jul 24,  7–10 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, 2nd floor Conference Room
Douglas S. Jones

Each of us has a dark self. Sometimes we glimpse it in dreams; sometimes we come to know it in our thoughts or imaginings. The aim of this course is to draw it out and see what we can learn from it. Students explore ways in which a realization of the shadow can open creative avenues for use in various writing exercises, including guided imagery, dream work, and active imagination.

$195 (VMFA members $175)

Sat, Jun 17, 10 am–4 pm ( 1 session)| Studio School, 2nd floor Conference Room
Stacy Hawkins Adams

Learn why telling your story matters and how you can best craft it for publication or personal accomplishment. Select a fictional form such as a novel, short story or children's book or a nonfiction form such as a memoir, blog, or essay. This workshop is ideal for beginning writers who want to get from the idea stage to "The End."

$90 (VMFA members $75)

Sat, Jun 24, 10 am – 4 pm (1 session) |Studio School, 2nd floor Conference Room
DOUGLAS S. JONES

Willa Cather wrote, “Some memories are realities and are better than anything that can happen to one again.” Ernest Hemingway wrote, “Memory is hunger.” This class merges these two notions: that memories are heightened experiences, and that they make us hunger for more. The instructor offers students encouraging feedback and specific writing prompts to help develop ideas.

Mon, Jun 5–Jul 10, 10 am–1 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 1st floor 
Monica Escamilla

Find out what white balance, resolution, and mega pixels are all about. This class teaches students to use their digital cameras more effectively, including the fundamentals of image capture, camera operation, proper exposure, and using a flash. Weekly assignments and sharing images in class help beginning photographers troubleshoot and develop a creative eye. Bring a digital camera with manual adjustments and the camera manual to the first class. 

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Mon, Jun 5–Jul 10, 7–10 pm (6 sessions) | Studio School, 1st floor 
Monica Escamilla

Find out what white balance, resolution, and mega pixels are all about. This class teaches students to use their digital cameras more effectively, including the fundamentals of image capture, camera operation, proper exposure, and using a flash. Weekly assignments and sharing images in class help beginning photographers troubleshoot and develop a creative eye. Bring a digital camera with manual adjustments and the camera manual to the first class.

$175 (VMFA members $155)

Sat, Jul 8, 10 am–3 pm (1 session) | Studio School, 2nd floor Conference Room 
TRAVIS FULLERTON

Do you use your iPhone to make photos more than your digital camera? Learn from a photographer who uses his iPhone regularly in his studio practice. Students will learn the various camera functions and will practice shooting during in-class exercises.

$90 (VMFA members $75)

Thu, Jun 8–Jul 27, 10 am–1 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, lower level
Steven Glass

For students of all levels, this class teaches pottery making and design using various materials and techniques, including wheel-thrown and hand-built methods. By exploring the history of pottery making, students gain a better understanding of design. Individual critiques and technical assistance provided. Firing, glazes, and 25 pounds of clay included. Extra clay is available for purchase.

$210 (VMFA members $190)

Tue, Jun 6–Aug 1 (no class Jul 4), 7–10 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, lower level
Steven Glass

For students of all levels, this class teaches pottery making and design using various materials and techniques, including wheel-thrown and hand-built methods. By exploring the history of pottery making, students gain a better understanding of design. Individual critiques and technical assistance provided. Firing, glazes, and 25 pounds of clay included. Extra clay is available for purchase.

$210 (VMFA members $190)

Thu, Jun 8–Jul 27, 7–10 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, lower level
Steven Glass

For students of all levels, this class teaches pottery making and design using various materials and techniques, including wheel-thrown and hand-built methods. By exploring the history of pottery making, students gain a better understanding of design. Individual critiques and technical assistance provided. Firing, glazes, and 25 pounds of clay included. Extra clay is available for purchase.

$210 (VMFA members $190)

Tue, Jun 6–Aug 1 (no class on Jul 4), 10 am–1 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, lower level
Steven Glass

Create sculptural forms and hand-built vessels in this class that focuses on techniques, including coil and slab construction methods. Students experiment with various glazes and slips and are introduced to the history of ceramic art. Bring sketches of ideas to the first session. Both beginning and experienced clay students are welcome. Firing, glazes, and 25 pounds of clay included. Extra clay is available for purchase. 

$210 (VMFA members $190)

Sat, Jul 22, 10 am–4 pm (1 session) | Studio School, 2nd floor
Saajida Chohan

Awaken your creative spirit and draw ideas inspired by the VMFA African art collection to create your own beaded jewelry. Practice traditional and contemporary beading techniques using an array of natural and fabricated materials, while learning about African cultures and body adornment. Tools are available during the workshop and materials are included.

$110 (VMFA member $95)

Sat, Jul 22,  10 am -- 4 pm (1 session) | Studio School, 2nd floor

Mary Swezey

Learning a few basic embroidery stitches will allow you to embellish your own clothing or household textiles or simply make marks on fabric and draw with thread. Embroidery is an easy, portable, and inexpensive art form. Cotton fabric, a small embroidery kit, and hoops will be supplied. Feel free to bring a piece of clothing or tea towel to embellish. Expect to complete a small sampler of stitches and a hoop composition and a fabric embellishment. A materials fee of $20 payable to the instructor is due at the beginning of the workshop.

$90 (VMFA members $75)

Tue, Jun 6–Aug 1 (no class on Jul 4), 5:30–6:30 pm (8 sessions) | Studio School, 1st floor, Parlor
Jodi Bock

This beginning-level yoga class incorporates stretching, strengthening, and breathing exercises to reduce stress and promote optimum health and well-being. Participants should use an exercise or yoga mat and wear comfortable clothing during this hour-long, instructor-led class.

$110 (VMFA members $90)