Concord Art

Enjoy wine and snacks while making an interesting and easy piece of art. Take home something amazing. New project every session; creative fun for everyone!

The white line woodcut, also known as the Provincetown Print, is a uniquely American form of printmaking, invented by artists working in Provincetown in the early 1900s. In this method, beautiful multicolor prints are printed by hand using a single block, eliminating the need for a press or complicated registration methods. This fun workshop offers the opportunity to learn traditional techniques of design, carving, and printing, as well as the chance to expand upon the tradition with creative inking and…

All level drawing workshop, beginners welcome! In this online weekend art retreat, we’ll sink into drawing our life at home—the objects and the scenes. We’ll use stick charcoal, colored pencils, crayons, and watercolor to explore drawing in different ways that are both intimate and bold. Our goal will be to simplify and find our own hand in the work we make. This is a chance to draw in an intensive way with the positive energy of a group in which…

All Levels Welcome The aim of this fun class is to introduce students to a variety of printmaking methods that can be used as a vehicle to express and communicate ideas in different ways. Each class will introduce a different technique: drypoint, collagraph, linocut, woodcut, and monotype, and students will have an opportunity to combine methods and explore creative ink applications to achieve unique variations. Kate will show examples, both historical and contemporary, to stir imaginations. Students will become comfortable…

Beginner level painting class Learn the basics of painting in acrylics and/or oil. This weekly online class is designed for beginners, those returning after a hyatus, and those who want to explore a new medium with their creativity. Students will learn the basics of handling paints and brushes and will explore a variety of techniques and subject matter. We will cover the fundamentals of composition, tone, and blending colors. The goal of this course is to give students the basic…

All Levels The portrait is an engaging subject to explore through new drawing mediums and styles. In this class, students will work with a combination of vine sticks, compressed charcoal and charcoal pencils. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, Cyrus will guide you step-by-step through the process, working from the general large shapes to the specific smaller shapes and details to create stunning portraits. In This class, students will work with a live model to understand proportion, anatomy and facial features.…

ALL LEVELS PAINTING AND DRAWING CLASS WITH A LIVE MODEL Our subjects will be a live model and inspiring works of art. Using both drawing and painting media we’ll practice different approaches which focus your attention on simplifying the figure in space. Relying on observation, we’ll explore ways to establish correct proportions and create strong compositions. Emphasis is on the difference between everyday seeing and seeing for the world of two dimensional relationships, relative angles and dimensions, shapes, values, and…

All Level Color Theory Class Class will meet online via ZOOM preferable on your computer (best screen). iPad and smart phone can also be used, but you will need to download the Zoom app. Martha will send an invitation in advance to join the ZOOM class. “I am always trying to get to the danger point in color…” -Wolf Kahn In these classes we will study the language of color and each pigment’s personality to build a personal palette. Enhance…

All level drawing class, beginners welcome! In this class, we’ll explore drawing in several different ways to grow our skills and go where we haven’t been before. We’ll use stick charcoal, crayons, colored pencils, watercolor paint, and even scissors to draw from observation. We’ll do some abstract drawing too and look at the work of other artists for inspiration. No matter our experience, we can use our “beginner’s mind’ to go to our edge and free ourselves up. The class…

Join us on Thursday, January 12th for an Artist Demo with Ruth Scotch and learn the advantages of painting using a palette knife! Ruth will show projects completed by past students of hers, which will help you understand why using the palette-knife improves one’s painting and helps you take your work to the next level–whether you are a beginner or an experienced painter. Ruth will also share the work that she creates using the palette-knife with photos, showing each stage…

Join us Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 5:30pm for the opening reception of Members Juried 1: Painting + Sculpture 2023, juried by Leonie Bradbury. The exhibition will be on view January 12 – February 12.

All Levels Welcome Encaustic paint is perhaps the most beautiful and durable paint that an artist can use. Made from beeswax and resin that can be polished to an enamel-like finish, it offers a number of possibilities for exquisite surface qualities. This is the legendary paint of the Fayum mummy portraits of the first and second centuries, yet its incredible versatility has made it a desirable painting medium in the 21st century. This comprehensive workshop, which will cover safety, equipment…

All Levels Winter is the perfect season to celebrate the muted hues and forms in nature. Join us in this workshop to refine your drawing skills, focused on an interesting rock, winter twig, or seedpod from your collection (or a photo of Helen’s). Drawing in detail, we’ll explore ways of using graphite alone and/or with watercolor to render neutral tones and textures. Instruction will include live demos, helpful tips, and feedback. All levels welcome; some drawing experience helpful.   1/14…

All Level Creative Inspiration Workshop This 1-day workshop invites artists to jump start their creative practice and return to making art. Through a series of exercises artists will engage with materials and processes generating new concepts through the important practice of play. Open to artists willing to experiment, take chances and awaken their artistic spirit!

ALL LEVELS: HOW TO EXHIBIT YOUR ART WORK Ron Rosenstock, internationally known photographer, is conducting a one-day workshop on how to prepare your artwork for an exhibition. Learn how to cut mats and frame your artwork to museum standards. Everyone will have a hands-on experience with a 32-inch, classic Logan mat cutter. All materials needed will be supplied. Topics to be covered include: choosing a theme for your exhibit, effective editing, pricing your work, and finding a venue in which…

Fun, hands-on one-day workshop! In this one-day workshop, Carolyn Letvin will teach the process of making and enhancing prints made from fish. Originating from Japan in the mid-1800s, Gyotaku prints are a form of nature printing, believed to have been used by fishermen to record their catches, subsequently becoming a popular art form of its own. Using both acrylic paint and water-based ink, students will create beautiful prints, then learn how to enhance the image to make them come alive…

All Levels Welcome Want to take your painting to the next level? Try painting with the palette knife instead of a brush. You will get clean color, beautiful texture, deeper space with very little blending, if any. Through a series of fun exercises, students not only learn how to paint with the palette knife, but also acquire the skill of seeing color better and being able to mix it to match what they are seeing. Clean up is a snap…

All Levels Watercolor Class Transparency and flow are unique to watercolor. It is a balancing act between spontaneity and control. Delve deeper into the qualities and techniques that make a watercolor, a watercolor. New lessons on color and layering will allow you to see and use watercolor in fresh and new ways. Stretch your perception of how you see, think about and interpret color. Students will work on any subject(s) of their choosing and will re-imagine it through a study…

Carole Rabe is an oil painter and collage artist who works with her immediate surroundings. Rabe will give a talk that will offer more questions than answers as she discusses her creative journey. The title of her talk, The Power of Limits, is from a book by Gyorgy Doczi. This idea—power through limits—has provided a strong foundation for her exploration of her immediate surroundings. There will also be a short demonstration of how one might use “limits” as a positive…

Join us Thursday, February 2nd at 6pm for a conversation with Māris Valdis Platais about his memoir, An Artist’s Journey: Adventure Into the Unknown. This event is free and open to the public.

All Level Drawing and Painting Class It’s time to give your painting a push! Using a photo only as a reference and starting point…Emily will encourage you to take some chances, and breakthrough fears about your painting process. Through a series of guided exercises, Emily will assist you to find fresh ways of seeing, using your tools, choosing color and creating composition. Push to a larger format and follow new techniques to bring more expression and immediacy to your work.…

Beginning Level Painting and Color Theory Class Are you relatively new to painting? Or have you always struggled with the basic understanding of Color Theory? This class is for you! Through color mixing exercises and hands on painting, I will take you on a journey of why color works the way it does. Gain an understanding on how to: increase the richness of your pallet, build layers of color to create depth or how’s and why’s to put colors in…

All Levels Welcome This workshop is about moving from landscape into abstraction. The idea of landscape to abstraction covers a very broad range. It is very difficult to move one’s thinking towards the abstract, but through using the lines of land, deciphering shapes, and simplifying, we will change our language from the literal to the non- objective using nature as our teacher. Class runs 2/24/23 - 2/26/23

Drawing and Painting Class for All Levels Many artists wish they could just latch onto an inspiring subject matter and run with it, making dozens of paintings and drawings with reckless abandon. This is nice work if you can get it. Instead, what often happens is we get stuck with the “One Hit Wonder” and once we create that we are thrown out into the vast abyss searching for a new spark to build our momentum again. Sometimes the next…

All Level Multi-Media Workshop March 4th & March 5th This weekend workshop will explore the figure through collage and sculpture. Working from a clothed model, artists will experiment with the potential of humble materials like paper and cardboard, and will gain an understanding of shape and form. Visual presentations of the work of modern and contemporary artists will supplement the exercises. Please note: An additional model fee of $30 will be paid to the model directly at the workshop.

All Levels The portrait is an engaging subject to explore through new drawing mediums and styles. In this class, students will work with a combination of vine sticks, compressed charcoal and charcoal pencils. Through demonstrations and individual instruction, Cyrus will guide you step-by-step through the process, working from the general large shapes to the specific smaller shapes and details to create stunning portraits. In this class, students will work with a live model to understand proportion, anatomy and facial features.…

All Levels Welcome Our subjects will be a live model and inspiring works of art. Using both drawing and painting media we’ll practice different approaches which focus your attention on simplifying the figure in space. Relying on observation, we’ll explore ways to establish correct proportions and create strong compositions. Emphasis is on the difference between everyday seeing and seeing for the world of two dimensional relationships, relative angles and dimensions, shapes, values, and colors. Every level of experience is welcome.…

For beginning and intermediate artists. This in-depth 6-week Tuesday evening class is perfect for beginning and intermediate painters who want to expand their knowledge and experience with the watercolor medium. Topics covered include materials, composition, washes, values, color mixing and more. Also discussed will be various painting strategies, tips, tools, and advanced textural techniques. While students will be encouraged to paint from their own reference photos, optional “group projects” will be offered as an alternative, with on-going teacher demonstrations. Throughout…

Please note there will be live birds, kept safely in their cage, during this event. Join photographer Sarah Bossert as she takes a few of her works–which will be on display in Concord Art’s Members Gallery from February 23, 2023 through March 23, 2023–and explains the process of their creation from the initial inspiration, through the construction of sets and props, to the finished image. She will show how she often uses items found around the house or in the…

All level monotype printmaking workshop March 10-12 Do you love the translucence and flowing marks of watercolor, the surprises and freshness of seeing your painting on plexiglass transform through the alchemy of working with a press? Explore these aspects of this medium – and more – as you print with watercolor on plexiglass for an exciting combination of luminosity and complex color layering.

All Levels Surrealist Workshop March 17 - March 19 Join artist Cal Rice in this three day intensive workshop focusing on surrealist drawing and painting. Starting with the technique of “automatic drawing” we will explore the ways in which artists can tap into the subconscious to create unconventional and imaginative imagery. The drawings created on day one of the workshop will then serve as reference for our paintings on the following days. These next two days will concentrate on how…

All Levels Welcome Want to take your painting to the next level? Try painting with the palette knife instead of a brush. You will get clean color, beautiful texture, deeper space with very little blending, if any. Through a series of fun exercises, students not only learn how to paint with the palette knife, but also acquire the skill of seeing color better and being able to mix it to match what they are seeing. Clean up is a snap…

Join us for a demonstration of Kara’s felting process. Wool felting is one of the oldest methods of creating textiles and can be used in the making of a wide range of objects, from vessels to scarves, childrens crafts to original artworks. Kara will share how she begins with inspiration from daily life as a mother, then gathers photos and generates drawings. Next she will demonstrate how she translates these references into painterly, wool felted art through wet felting and…

All Level Drawing and Painting Class It’s time to give your painting a push! Using a photo only as a reference and starting point…Emily will encourage you to take some chances, and breakthrough fears about your painting process. Through a series of guided exercises, Emily will assist you to find fresh ways of seeing, using your tools, choosing color and creating composition. Push to a larger format and follow new techniques to bring more expression and immediacy to your work.…

Intro to Gel Plate Printing Workshop Gel plate printing is a low cost and accessible monotype printing process that is ideal for creating papers for collage, bookmaking, cards or journaling as well as a final art prints. This is a fun experimental process that yields unpredictable and exciting results. Using a gel printing plate participants will learn best ways to apply acrylic paints and use a variety of tools for mark making, stenciling, masking and texturing to transfer onto papers.…

Join us for a demonstration of Caryl’s collage-making process, starting with finding inspiration, to building references through sketching and snapping photos, to creating a finished collage of painted paper and random materials. A slide presentation of her artwork will be presented, including a series of collages that has been evolving over three years, based on one view from her studio.

Join us Thursday, April 27th at 6pm for a photo-book presentation with photographer Astrid Reischwitz. Astrid will discuss her body of work and her path to publishing her photo-book Spin Club Stories (Kehrer Verlag, 2022) . In Spin Club Stories, Astrid explores personal and cultural memory influenced by her upbringing in a small farming village in Northern Germany. She uses keepsakes from family life, old photographs, and embroidered fabric from the village to build a world of memory, identity, and…

Join us on May 3rd for an Artist Demo with Kimberly Stoney, who will give a hands-on demonstration of how she recreates images from life to make abstract collages. Kimberly will share how she prepares the colorful pattern papers used in her multi-layered collages. As Kimberly says, the sense of possibility when holding a “piece of color” is intensely inspiring and sparks the question “what if” that underlies her collaging process. “I love to tear, fold, and crumple, thin pieces…

The white line woodcut, also known as the Provincetown Print, is a uniquely American form of printmaking, invented by artists working in Provincetown in the early 1900s. In this method, beautiful multicolor prints are printed by hand using a single block, eliminating the need for a press or complicated registration methods. This fun workshop offers the opportunity to learn traditional techniques of design, carving, and printing, as well as the chance to expand upon the tradition with creative inking and…