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Dear Studio Arts Enthusiast,

Get started on becoming a master of mosaics or a pastel pro. Our Studio Arts lineup includes exciting new classes in a number of techniques that are sure to inspire you this new year.

Classes are starting, so be sure to grab a seat—register now to make sure you don't miss out!

All sessions are taught by professional artists and experienced teachers, and focus on skill-building and creative exploration in small studio groups or on location.

Meet our instructors>>

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Watch this behind-the-scenes video of our Introduction to Watercolor class and the instructor's passion for helping students discover their unknown talents.

With so many tempting courses, you might not be sure which are right for you. Don’t worry: Our popular Sip and Sample evenings offer a taste of three of our most popular studio arts courses—in photography, painting, and printmaking—for a single night each as you enjoy a glass of wine and stimulate the artist within. Buy tickets>>

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

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Drawing Classes

• Exploring Abstraction
• Pastel Intensive: Designing the New Still-Life Tablescape
• Drawing in Museums: National Gallery of Art
• Figure Drawing and Independent Projects
• Drawing in Museums: American Art Museum
• Beginning Drawing
• Continued Drawing

Classes begin as early as Jan. 22

All drawing classes>>

 

Fiber Arts & Other Media Classes

• Knitting for Beginners: Learning
  the Basics
• Knitting Socks
• Felting Techniques for Beginners
• Laundry to Legacy: Repurposed-Garment Quilts
• When Good Patterns Go Bad: Avoiding and Fixing Knitting Mistakes
• Sip and Sample: Try Your Hand at Three Studio Arts Classes
• Introductory and Continuing Calligraphy
• Basket Weaving for Beginners
• Encaustic and Mixed Media: Elements of Nature
• Collage, Assemblage, and Mixed-Media
• Tingle Your Creativity
• Color Theory
• Exploring Abstraction
• Relief Printmaking: Linocut and Woodblock
• Introduction to Pointed-Pen Calligraphy
• Interpreting Paintings in Stained-Glass Mosaics
• Contemporary Mosaics
• Introduction to Coptic Binding
• Neon Light Sculpture
• Sweet Grass-Style Coiled Basket Workshop
• Basket Tote Workshop
• Calligraphy: Introduction to the Italic Hand

Classes begin as early as Jan. 15

All other media classes>>

All fiber arts classes>>

Painting Classes

• Learn Portrait Painting from John Singer Sargent
• Beginning Oil Painting
• Exploring Abstraction
  
• Introduction to Watercolor
• Painting is for Everyone

Classes begin as early as Jan. 20

All painting classes>>

 

 

 

Photography & Digital
Media Classes

• Understanding Your Digital Mirrorless or SLR Camera: Moving Beyond Auto Mode
• Digital Camera Basics
• Introduction to Photography
• Lightroom + Vision
• Photographic Creativity, Design and Composition
• Open Darkroom Plus
• Joy of Photography
• On-Location Photography
• Continuing Studio Portraiture
• Introduction to Black-and-White Film Photography and the Darkroom
• Mastering Exposure
• Darkroom Fine-Art Printing
• Spring Landscape Photography on the Potomac

Classes begin as early as Jan. 16

All photography classes>>

All digital media classes>>

 

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program calendar and enliven your world.