Workshops

"Thank you for the great workshop! I had so much fun at the Quinlan Visual Arts Center's workshop with Nancy. I learned and I laughed...what more can an art student ask?!?

I look forward to returning to QVAC for exhibits and workshops! It's a great environment and Gainesville is very fortunate to have the Center!" - R. Bruns

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2018 WORKSHOPS

2019 WORKSHOPS

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Ann Zawacki - Telling your Story with Collage: An Intro to an Ancient Art

$175.00 - $350.00

2 DAY

October 5 & 6
Friday - Saturday
10 AM - 4 PM

Cost: $350

Cancellation & Transfers Payments are transferable to another workshop/class if intent to withdrawal is made at least one month prior to the beginning of the workshop/class. (A $15 transfer fee will apply.) Payments may be transferred one time only and must be redeemed by December of that calendar year in which you enrolled. Enrollment numbers determine whether or not a workshop/class will proceed, all payments will be forfeited if intent to withdraw, or transfer is given less than one month prior to the workshop/class start date. FULL CLASS POLICY IS LISTED ON WEBSITE. PLEASE DO NOT REGISTER IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FULL POLICY.

Mosaic Glass Slippers with Debra Mager

$200.00 - $400.00

November 2 - 4, 2018
Friday 1 - 4
Saturday 10 - 3
Sunday 12 - 4
Cost: $400 (+$20 supply fee)

Some mosaic experience is a plus but not required.

This is how it all started! I’m obsessed with making mosaic shoes in all their glory! We take an ordinary shoe and make it extraordinary. So many of us have shoes we used to wear or a wedding shoe we will never wear again or a shoe we wouldn’t ever wear at all. Why not make them into beautiful art pieces? The design possibilities are endless. Keep in mind your shoe will grow with the addition of plaster wrap and glass. If you are looking for a shoe from a thrift store look for the smallest size. The easiest shoes to make are slides or slip-ons without straps. I will okay your choice before the class. I also have shoes here if you need one.

Look for a focal piece to plant on your shoe toe or choose another way to design as you wish. Feel free to bring your bling or any other things you want to add to your shoe. You may also want to incorporate fine patterned china or metal findings.

Day One-I will demo the process and then we will plaster and rigid wrap your shoe. While the shoe is drying we will be mapping out your color palette and design, and cutting glass. If your shoe is dry you can start gluing glass to the bottom of your shoe.

Day Two-Your shoe will be dry after sitting overnight. Today we finish adding the glass onto the shoe and trim with our focal piece and other decorations.

Dan Graziano - Painting "Painterly" with Dan Graziano

$225.00 - $450.00

Oct 11 - 13, 2018
Thursday - Saturday, 9 AM - 4 PM
3 days
$450

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Connie Lynn Reilly - Painting the Portrait in Oil

$210.00 - $420.00

3 DAY

November 7 - 9

Thursday - Saturday,

9:30 AM—4 PM

Cost $400 (+$20 model fee)

Beginner to Advanced levels

Connie Lynn Reilly Professional Portraitist and International Award Winning Artist will teach her basic principles of portraiture. Some drawing skills preferred. The class will begin with drawing the portrait from life and will immediately go into painting in oil with Connie’s recommended palette of colors. Artists will gain skills in capturing the “portrait likeness” as well as capture the spirit of the portrait and Connie’s color theory for mixing colors.

Painting BARNS, BARRELS and BUSHELS with Amanda Lovett

$255.00

Oil Painting Workshop

Friday & Saturday

October 26 & 27

9:30 - 4:30 PM$255

Adding more substance and interest to your composition can often times enhance the story you’re trying to tell, however, the word ‘perspective’ can clear a classroom faster than a canvas on fire! One of the best ways to overcome this feeling of panic, and need for a high quality extinguisher, is to learn to keep only the bare essentials necessary to imply an object rather than completely replicate it.

So let’s be fearless together and no longer be afraid to tell the ‘whole’ story. Join me for two days of lively demos, hands-on painting and one-on-one instruction. FOR ALL LEVELS.

Studio Workshop in Oils or Pastels with Debra Nadelhoffer

$175.00 - $350.00

January 17, 18, 19 2019
Thursday – Saturday, 9 AM - 4 PM
3 days
$350

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Alana Knuff - Core Concepts of Portrait Painting

$200.00 - $400.00

March 14, 15, 16 2019

10 AM to 4 PM

$400

+ $20 model fee

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Qiang Huang - Basics of Still Life Painting in Oils