MUSEUM IS CLOSED MEMORIAL DAY (MAY 29)
CURRENT HOURS: Monday - Sunday 11AM - 5PM
Sarah Stifler Lucas Advance your skills, technique, and personal style using acrylics or oils and a photo reference to inspire your piece. Bring your favorite photographs, magazine images, calendar pictures, etc., and explore the process of transforming them into your own work of art. Instructor demonstrations focus on design, composition, and value. Previous painting experience […]
Jack Montmeat Gain understanding of how to conceptualize and construct a portrait drawing, utilizing a live model each week. Working from quick studies and longer poses, students will systematically learn the “landscape” of the human face. Explore techniques for capturing accurate anatomical features, proportions, and likenesses to develop realistic and expressive portraits. Demonstrations will be […]
Laura LoTurco-Gorian Monotypes are a painterly printmaking process. It offers the flexibility and freedom to create prints using drawing and painting methods, each print being unique. Monotypes unlike many other printing methods do not require a press. They offer the exciting freedom to work with a variety of materials and methods that give you the opportunity […]
Bring your own materials and enjoy working in a relaxed studio environment. Mondays, 1pm – 4pm January 9 – June 5 (No open studio on 2/20, 5/29)
Tom Frohnapfel, Monitor From academic to abstract, pencil on paper to oil on canvas, highly-rendered to expression-driven, this studio allows you to follow your path at your own pace. It is a great opportunity for all-level artists to get together and create, in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. Open Studio at MMoA is a fun […]
Sunil Howlader This class will combine abstract and realistic elements to create a painting that is complex, dynamic, and interesting. Abstract realism opens a whole new world of creating. Students will work on translating thoughts, emotions, and ideas to the canvas using texture, form, and color. A basic understanding of painting is recommended. *This class […]
Jack Montmeat Gain understanding of how to conceptualize and construct a portrait drawing, utilizing a live model each week. Working from quick studies and longer poses, students will systematically learn the “landscape” of the human face. Explore techniques for capturing accurate anatomical features, proportions, and likenesses to develop realistic and expressive portraits. Demonstrations will be […]
Laura LoTurco-Gorian Journals and diaries have always excited people, as handwritten letters with notations in the margin, musings on the borders; Scrapbooks with bits and pieces from long-ago parties and events that make up a life. A journal is intended to record a vast amount of information about what you experience, the focus is to […]
Caroline Joy Adams Now is the perfect time to learn the art of calligraphy, or “beautiful handwriting.” In this workshop, you will work on creating hand-crafted bookmarks, greeting cards, favorite quotes ready to frame, journals, and other projects. Participants will find it to be a fun, calming, experience, and will be surprised how quickly they […]
Annie Chapman Take your yoga practice outside this summer with Annie Chapman, E-RYT® 500, YACEP® for hour long Slow Flow classes on the museum’s waterfront patio. Connect asana with breath and find your zen with expansive views of the Mystic River. This class is open to students of all levels. Bring your own yoga mat […]
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Support for several Mystic Museum of Art exhibitions were provided by the Kitchings Family Foundation and CT Humanities (CTH), with funding provided by the Connecticut State Department of Economic and Community Development/Connecticut Office of the Arts (COA) from the Connecticut State Legislature.
