Studio Classes Events

Learn to see, consider, and render light in your drawings. Study value and tone across objects including glass, metal, and cloth, and practice different techniques to heighten contrast and convey illumination.

Using color is a central skill in painting. This class will teach you how to mix colors and define hue, value, and saturation using a primary color wheel.

Join us for a playful and creative journey through improvisational quilting, exploring the medium without rules or patterns.

Learn principles of design while playing and experimenting with collage materials and techniques.

Learn to capture character as you create portraits using a variety of media. Through guided lessons, develop your skills in facial anatomy, proportion, and expression while exploring pastel sticks, charcoal, gouache, and graphite.

Create your own narrative illustrations. Looking to paintings, pop culture, and tarot cards for inspiration, practice simplifying and exaggerating human anatomy to create unique character designs and captivating compositions.

Create your own narrative illustrations. Looking to paintings, pop culture, and tarot cards for inspiration, practice simplifying and exaggerating human anatomy to create unique character designs and captivating compositions.

Learn to capture character as you create portraits using a variety of media. Through guided lessons, develop your skills in facial anatomy, proportion, and expression while exploring pastel sticks, charcoal, gouache, and graphite.

Learn new ways to create paintings while experimenting with color systems and texture. Work from observation, memory, and imagination as you begin mixing colors using warm and cool color palettes.

Discover the art of surface design. Define your artistic voice within richly layered textile works, and create an expressive mini quilt that tells personal or collective stories. Draw inspiration from fiber artists in the museum’s collection while experimenting with vibrant techniques like direct painting with fabric paint and dye pastes, stamping, mark making, and stitching.