Spring Studio Arts Classes Start Soon!

Dear Budding Artist,

We wanted to remind you that spring studio arts classes are starting soon and that there are still spaces available. Our courses and workshops are taught by professional artists and experienced teachers, and focus on skill-building and creative exploration within an intimate classroom setting.

To learn more about the Studio Arts classes, read their course descriptions.

To ensure more student-teacher interaction, class sizes are kept small!

View a complete list of instructors>>

Not a Smithsonian Associates member? Join today and you can receive
significant discounts on classes—typically 25% or more. Learn more>>

Space is limited so register today to guarantee your seat!

We'd also like to make sure you know about the Studio Arts Blog.
Join the conversation, and jump-start your creativity today.

Drawing by Max-Karl Winkler



Drawing Classes

• Beginning Drawing
• Figure Drawing and Independent Projects
  
• Exploring Abstraction
• Drawing on the Right Side of Your Brain
• Painting and Drawing
  En Plein Air
• Sketching Safari: Drawing Animals
• Pastel Portraits
• Still-Life in Pastel

Classes Begin Apr. 15

All drawing classes>>

Metro by Ann Richards

Fiber Arts Classes

• Knitting Circle at the Smithsonian
• Bride's Basket Quilt
• All About Shapes: Template Free Hand Piecing for Quilt Makers
• Recipe–Inspired Applique
  

Classes Begin Apr. 20

All fiber arts classes>>

Watercolor by David Daniels



Painting Classes

• Introduction to Watercolor
• Exploring Abstraction
• Beginning Oil Painting
• Painting and Drawing
  En Plein Air
• Painting is for Everyone
• Landscape Painting at Brookside Gardens

Classes Begin Apr. 18

All painting classes>>

Student learning calligraphy

Other Media Classes

• Sumi–e and Shodo
• Contemporary Mosaics
• Sogetsu Ikebana: Modern Japanese Flower Arranging
• Hand–built Pueblo Pottery
• Neon Light Sculpture
• Introduction and Continuing Calligraphy
• Introduction to Calligraphy: The Foundational Hand
• Introduction to Case Book Binding
• Color Theory
• Mixed-Media in the Style of Romare Bearden
• Handmade Paper Workshop
  

Classes Begin Apr. 15

All other media classes>>

Photograph by Paul Matthai

Photography Classes

• Spring Landscape Photography
• Open Darkroom Plus
• Introduction to Black-and-White Photography
  
• Continuing Black–and–White Photography
  
• The Joy of Photography
• Introduction to Studio Portraiture
  
• Contemporary Urban Landscape Photography
• Fine Photographic Printing
  
• Open Darkroom Plus
  
• Spring Landscape Photography on the Potomac
  
• Digital Camera Basics
  
• Getting to Know Your Digital SLR
  

Classes Begin Apr. 14

All photography classes>>

All digital media classes>>

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