Studio Classes Events

Explore a wide variety of techniques and materials in this exciting, comprehensive introduction to drawing. Experiment with lines, mark making, shapes, texture, tone, and composition to create drawings from observation, imagination, and memory, and learn how to use the principles of design to support your compositions.

Take inspiration from one of the modern masters while learning a variety of essential painting techniques. Drawing from the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: “My New Yorks,” this class will learn from O’Keeffe’s process, her approach to abstraction, and her renderings of both human-built and organic subjects.

Explore relief printing: learn to cut and etch into wood and linoleum surfaces and use line, tone, and texture to create expressive designs. Participants will also study safe cutting and carving techniques to make stamps and experiment with incorporating color in complex compositions.

Experiment with color, pattern, design, and composition while exploring a variety of fabric dyeing techniques.

Learn to paint from life and from imagination while looking to the museum’s collection for inspiration.

Learn drawing strategies with both dry and wet drawing materials, such as charcoal, chalk, pastel, and ink, to create expressive drawings. Draw from observation and imagination, and discover how to use lines, shapes, textures, composition, and color.

Explore the spontaneous and expressive potential of monotype printing. Using an approach similar to painting, make unique impressions by creating images through reductive and additive methods, in addition to experimenting with a combination of techniques on plexiglass plates.

Explore quilts in the High’s collection while gathering design ideas to enhance your own creative vision. Learn traditional quilting processes like hand quilting, machine piecing, and appliqué before experimenting with forms of embellishment such as stamping, beading, and embroidery.

Transform your smartphone snapshots into striking photographs that are rich in narrative. Familiarize yourself with your smartphone cameras and built-in editing capabilities before learning how to create an engaging composition and leverage natural light.