Stuart Street Atelier has had to close for classes because of the pandemic. We hope to open for administrative purposes in February and for classes in March. In the meantime, we have some great classes and workshops for 2021! David Shevlino will teach figurative painting in April. Hollis Dunlap will be coming in the Fall. And our resident artists, Jennifer Sims, Patricia Rice, and Sue Braswell will be offering classes in pastel, drawing, watercolor and painting. So stay tuned!
SSA is very pleased to announce that the internationally recognized artist, Patricia Rice, is joining SSA as a resident instructor. Patty is known for her exquisite pastel and oil portraits and her Luminous paintings on copper, for which she has been awarded prizes from the Oil Painters of America, the Portrait Society, the International Guild of Realism, and many others. Patty is also a superb teacher with over 30 years of experience mentoring artists from beginning through advanced. Patty, who will have the south studio at SSA and offer classes beginning in the Fall of 2020, is represented by Berkeley Gallery in Warrenton.
We are excited to announce that SSA has successfully reopened for make-up classes from the winter semester. We are planning a general reopening in September following strict guidelines for protection against the Coronavirus pandemic. For more information on these guidelines visit our new health and safety Page in the main menu. For more on classes available this fall at SSA and for the 2020 – 2021 study year, please visit the classes and workshop tab, which will be revised on an ongoing basis.
Following national guidelines during this national health crisis, Stuart Street Atelier will Not be holding open studios and will be canceling all workshops for the next four weeks. The workshops will be rescheduled as soon as it is safe to reopen. For those enrolled in our drawing and painting classes, please contact your instructor for information specific to your class. Please use the contact page if you have additional questions.
Williamsburg Paint Event Canceled
Apologies for any duplicate notifications but this is just to let everyone know that the Williamsburg paint event has been canceled for this Friday (13th); the company representative is ill. It will be rescheduled for this summer. The Shevlino workshop is, however, going forward.
All SSA’s other workshops are under review. Classes will continue through this term unless notified otherwise. Please do not come to class if you think you may be Ill and If you have any questions, please contact me.
For the remainder of the term we will be setting easels with social distancing in mind, so please Help us observe this rule. Also – just for now we ask that people bring lunches from home or visit our great local restaurants. We will not be offering food (other than fruit with peels and bottled water) at the atelier.
Here is hoping everyone stays well!
Want to learn more about Williamsburg Oil paint and the qualities of consistency, opacity, transparency, mixing, temperature in oil painting? Come Friday 13 March from 5-7 PM to learn from a company representative! Followed by a reception and show of works by David Shevlino.
All participants in the Williamsburg event will have an opportunity to try the paints, learn about the company’s materials, and take free samples. Reservations required but the event is free. We are requesting A donation of $10 to cover the cost of the reception. To sign up, just email JSims2332@ail.com
Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to reschedule the Pastel workshop with Patty Rice. It will now be held from 10-4 on March 21, 2020. If you have signed up but cannot attend on the new date, our sincere apologies! Please contact us for a complete refund or credit. If you wanted to attend and now can because of the new time, contact us as soon as possible to reserve a spot!
Master Artist Steven Parrish is teaching our core still life oil painting class On Saturdays from 10 AM to 1 PM starting Saturday January 18. And there is still room! Small classes and personalized attention is our specialty. All levels welcome. Come take a class in our lovely studios: we have easels, taborets and shadow boxes – come check us out!
Free for members. $15 fee for students. Become a member and join us!
Come join us to draw or paint the live model.
