Get creative with art classes and workshops taught through the 60+ nonprofit art groups in the North Texas area. For more details on workshops and classes, please refer to the art group's website (links are included).
For this week's art events, see the Art This Week in DFW feature or the new Google Art Instruction calendar:
June 2011 through Aug. 2011 offerings:
African-American Museum of Dallas
http://www.aamdallas.org/
Art Club of McKinney
http://theartclubmckinney.com/
Art Hotel Gallery, Dallas
For classes see website
Artisan's Studio-Gallery, Farmers Branch
PAT KOCHAN SWS,TVAA,TWS,ISAP, WFWS,WHS PatKArt@aol.com 972 241-6504
Finding Your Own Style All Levels Watercolor/Acrylic/Gouache $50/Day; Monday Classes 9:30-2:30
June 6, 13, Aug. 1, 8
JULY 11- 12 - 13 - YUPO Workshop 3 - DAYS $165/ 9:30-3:00
NAOMI BROTHERTON SWS, NWO, TWS, WFWS n.brotherton1@verizon.net 214 483-3903 Variations in Watercolor All Levels Times of Day/Kinds of Weather; Wednesday Classes 10:00 to 2:30 $50./Day
June 1, 8, 15, 22, July 6, 20, 27, Aug 3, 10, 17, 24
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS 9:30 to 3:00 $55./Day Subjects to be announced by email
June 18, July 16, Aug. 20
Artists' Showplace, Dalllas
http://theartistsshowplace.com
For classes see the website
June 21 - 24 - Cheryl McClure Abstract: the Process
July 26 - 29 - Gay Faulkenberry Still Life Painting in Oil
Artists 'Round Texas (Rowlett)
http://www.artistsroundtx.org/
Associated Creative Artists (ACA)
For more information or to enroll, contact LaRue Hunter, 972-926-9526.
Association of Oriental Artists (TAO)
(Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, Irving)
http://irvingart.ipower.com/iaawordpress/?page_id=1201
Thursday Painters/TAO Arts Painting Group, most Thursdays 10-3 at the Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, Irving; Thursday classes $20 for mornings, $30 for all day; contact Brandy Thomas brandyreddthomas@me.com or 972-931-1900
Clique Gallery, Dallas
http://mywisdomofart.com 214-219-7777
Colored Pencil Society of America, Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter
Craft Guild of Dallas
http://www.craftguildofdallas.com/
See website; the Guild offers numerous classes and workshops in bookbinding, paper arts, clay, glass, drawing & painting, metal smithing, jewelry, beading, and wirework.
Creative Arts Center, Bonham
http://www.creativeartscenter.us/
See website for classes
Creative Arts Center of Dallas
http://www.creativeartscenter.org/
See website; CAC offers numerous classes and workshops on ceramics, clay sculpture, drawing, glass, jewelry, metal arts, mosaics, painting, photography, printmaking and paper arts, and stone.
Dallas Arboretum
See website for art and gardening classes
Dallas Area Fiber Artists
http://www.dallasfiberartists.org/
Dallas Center for Contemporary Art
http://www.dallascontemporary.org/art_think.html
Art Think
Dallas Handweavers & Spinners Guild
Dallas Needlework and Textile Guild
DeSoto Art League
http://www.desotoartleague.com/home.html
Eclectic Expressions Gallery, Arlington
http://eclecticexpressions.biz/
For classes see website
DFW Fiber Fest
Ellis County Art Association & Fine Art Museum
http://www.elliscountyart.net/
See website for adult classes
July 25 - 29 - 9-4 Daily: JAMES BRANTLEY AWS, NWS, SW & WSA
Encaustic Center, Dallas
For workshops & ongoing classes in wax painting see website
Farmers Branch-Carrollton Art Association
twengler@sbcglobal.net or 972-407-0353
Fort Worth Calligraphers Guild
http://www.fortworthcalligraphersguild.com
Fort Worth Community Arts Center
http://www.fwcac.com/?exhibitions/tac
Texas Artist Coalition Classes:
Life Drawing; contact kversfelt@fwcac.org
Plein Air sessions monthly; contact Doug Clark at 682.478.8060 for more info
Artist Mentoring Program; contact kversfelt@fwcac.org
Fort Worth Weavers Guild
http://fortworthweaversguild.org/
Gainesville Area Visual Arts (GAVA)
http://www.gainesvilleareavisualarts.org/
Greater Denton Arts Council. Center for Visual Arts
Hill Country Arts Foundation
See website for classes
Irving Art Association, Jaycee Park Center for the Arts
http://www.irvingart.org/ ; email register@irvingart.org about classes
Fridays - Friday Oil Painting Classes with Jim Humphrey (contact him at 817.329.5688)
June 6 - 10 - Learning to Draw I (instructor Beverly Fuqua) contact bgfuqua@aol.com
June 25 - Elizabeth Padgett Workshop – 9:30-4pm Contact: art2go75@yahoo.com Elizabeth Padgett Workshop brochure for 6-25-2011
July 5 - 9 - Learning to Draw II (instructor Beverly Fuqua)
July 23 & 24 Judy Gelfert Oil Painting Workshop brochure jrgelfert@aol.com, or 817-269-8274
Aug. 1 - 5 - Learning to Draw III (instructor Beverly Fuqua)
Irving Arts Center
http://www.irvingartscenter.org
Irving Quilt Guild
June 18 - Ken Moore
July 23 - Turning Twenty
Aug. 20 - Stained Glass with Bias
Jane E. Jones Art Studio, Dallas
972.407.1566
www.janejonesart.com jane@janejonesart.com
Kaligrafos: The Dallas Calligraphy Society
http://www.kaligrafos.com dsabolovic@sbcglobal.net
June 11 - 12 Nan Kirby Fabric Collage, Jaycee Park Center for the Arts
Lake Granbury Art Association
http://www.granburyart.org/ email: littlejohndj@charter.net
July 20 - 22 - Kaye Franklin oil or pastel
Mecca on Main
http://meccaonmain.blogspot.com/
no information
North Texas Polymer Clay Guild
Mar. 19 - Joyce Cloutman Workshop - Sculpted Flower Girl; Artist's Showplace
Apr. 2 - Eugena Topina Workshop - Faux Cloisonne with Wire and Resin; Artist's Showplace
P.R.I.N.T. Press (Print Research Institute of North Texas)
940-369-7575 or email Print@unt.edu
Quilter's Guild of Dallas
http://www.quiltersguildofdallas.org/
June 3 - Marti Michell - "Quilt As You Sew and Machine Quilting in Sections"
Aug. 5 - Pepper Cory - "Mastering Quilt Marking"
Quilter's Guild of Plano
http://www.quiltersguildofplano.org/
June 10 - Lisa Erlandson: Quilt Appraisals, $40 for each quilt
June 14 – Community Sew Day
July 7 - Terry Clothier Thompson: Appliqué by the Yard class
July 8 - Terry Clothier Thompson: Civil War Women and Their Quilts class
July 9 - Texas Association of Quilt Guilds presents Rally Day 2011: Terry Clothier Thompson will talk to us from 9:00 AM 3:00 PM. There will be Lectures, Door Prizes, Goody Bags, Raffle Quilts, Raffle Baskets, and a Mini Quilt Auction.
July. 12 – Community Sew Day
July 14 - 7pm - Germaine Reconnu - Trunk Show
Aug. 9 – Community Sew Day
Aug. 11 - 7-9pm Quilt Plano 2011 Preview Night, Plano Centre
Aug. 12 - 13 - Quilt Plano 2011, Plano Centre
Pastel Society of the Southwest
P.R.I.N.T. Press, Denton
http://www.art.unt.edu/print/ print@unt.edu
July 30 & 31 - Adam Palmer Screen Print Workshop
Richardson Civic Art Society
http://www.richardson-arts.org
Rockwall Art League
http://www.rockwallartleague.org/
June 9 - Studio Day Thursdays 9-3 at Harry Myers Community Center
July 7 - Studio DayThursdays 9-3 at Harry Myers Community Center
Aug. 11 - Studio DayThursdays 9-3 at Harry Myers Community Center
Aug. 27 - Dina Gregory Pastel Workshop, 10-4 at the Harry Myers Center, dinagregory2@gmail.com
Sept. 15 & 16 - Becky Parks oil painting workshop
Russell Farm Art Center, Burleson
For classes in woodworking & stonecarving see
http://www.russellfarmartcenter.com/
Society of Decorative Painters. Yellow Rose Chapter, Dallas
http://www.yellowrosechapter.com
June 11- Paint Day: Bleeding Hearts - taught by Jana Reynolds
June 17 & 18 - Seminar: Brenda Harris
July 9 - Workshop/Meeting
Aug. 13 - Paint Day: Blue Hope taught by Sharron White
Society of Figurative Arts, Dallas
http://www.tsofa.com/ - see website for classes
Society of Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth
http://swa-watercolor.com
June 8 - 10 - Ric Dentinger Watercolor Workshop
Sofia Art Academy, Dallas
For classes see website
South Dallas Cultural Center
http://www.dallasculture.org/SDCulturalCenter/
For classes for adults & children see website
Southwestern Watercolor Society
http://www.swswatercolor.org/ (contact Mary Treadwell mary@treadwell.biz)
Sept. 12 -1 6 - Alex Powers 5-Day Workshop FULL, Artists’ Showplace
Oct. 10 - 14 - Frank Webb 5-Day Workshop, Artists’ Showplace $400* $425**
Nov. 7 - 10 - Leslie Frontz 4-Day Workshop, Artists’ Showplace $300* $325**
Texas Area Artists, Mesquite
http://texasareaartists.blogspot.com/
Paint-ins on the Monday after the 1st Sunday at the Mesquite Arts Center
Texas Lettering Arts Council, Jaycee Park Center for the Arts, Irving
http://txlac.org angie@txlac.org
Creative Studio Night Workshops: ($25 to $35)
June 22, 2011 - Poured Acrylics - Abstract Painting with Elizabeth Padgett 6:30pm. All supplies are included in the low participation fee of $30. register
July 13, 2011 - Lettering - Monoline Magic
Aug 10, 2011 - Paste Paper Techniques
ZENTANGLE Classes:
June 2, 3 & 4, - GREAT AMERICAN SCRAPBOOK CONVENTION
Arlington Convention Center, Arlington, TX
June 18 - Zentangle - Basics & More - Stars & Stripes; Quilt Country, Lewisville, TX
June24, 25 & 26, 2011 -Retreat: Zentangle on Silk; REGISTER - June Retreat.
Crafty Hen House, Bedford, TX
June 29 - Tangle Time™ - Watercolor & Zentangle; REGISTER Jaycee Park Center For The Arts, Irving, TX
July 2 - Basics & More; Jaycee Park Center For The Arts, Irving, TX
July 27- Tangle Time™ - Tangled Pin Wheels REGISTER Jaycee Park Center For The Arts, Irving, TX
Aug. 10 - Basics & More; Jaycee Park Center For the Arts, Irving, TX
Aug 24 - Tangle Time™ - Fabric & Zentangle; Jaycee Park Center For the Arts, Irving, TX
Texas Sculpture Association
For classes offered by TSA members, see http://www.txsculpture.com/classes.html
Texas Visual Arts Association (TVAA)
http://www.tvaa.org/
Trinity Arts Guild, Bedford
For classes and painting groups see website
Mondays - Oil & Acrylic with Barbara McFarland; 12:30-3:30pm ; call 817-282-0714
Tuesdays - Watercolor with Bennie Wood ; 6:30-9:30pm; call 817-838-2409
Wednesdays - Oil, Acrylic and Pastel with “Mahto” 12:30-4:00pm; call 817-504-8769
Fridays - Watercolor with Bennie Wood 9:30am – 12:00pm; call 817-838-2409
July 30 - 31 - Mahto Drawing Workshop contact Mahto at 817-504-8769 for details
Upstairs Art Gallery, Arlington
For classes see website
Visual Art League of Lewisville
www.visualartleague.org or valtex.blogspot.com
Visual Arts Guild of Frisco (VAGF), Frisco Art Gallery at Discovery Center
www.vagf.org
Visual Arts Society of Texas (VAST), Denton
http://vastarts.org texjo@msn.com
Weatherford Art Association
http://weatherfordart.wordpress.com/current-classes/
Other guides to Art Instruction & Activities:
- For the guide Getting into Art Education – 10 Schools in the DFW Area
- For links to websites of college and university community courses in art see http://artgroupsdfw.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=413
- For the Guide to Art Instruction at Galleries, Art Schools, Artist Studios and Arts & Crafts Stores see http://artgroupsdfw.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=518
- See also KERA's Art&Seek Directory at http://artandseek.net for art classes and workshops in arts & crafts
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